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This tutorial will show you how to Upgrade / Change to a new SD card having an EXT2/3 partition. This tutorial is for Windows platform only and assumes that you are comfortable with doing some basic functions with your phone.
Disclaimer:
I take no responsibility for any damage (if it occurs) to your phone by following the the steps mentioned below. Use it at your own risk!!! You have been warned.
Prerequisites:
1. HTC Desire - Rooted
2. Clockworkmod recovery installed on your phone (my version is 3.0.0.5?)
3. Nandroid
4. Download and Install - Freeware: Easeus Partition Manager
5. A windows PC and HTC desire data cable.
Steps:
1. Create a full nandroid back up for your current ROM from Clockworkmod Recovery screen. [No Mybackup or Titanium Backup - Nandroid is Required]
Boot phone into Clockworkmod recovery -> backup/restore -> backup (takes a few minutes) will make a complete backup of you rom, stored in clockwordmod folder of your SD-card (folder named with date and time) [Thanks Papedo]
2. Connect your HTC desire to your PC via your data cable and save the whole "Clockworkmod" folder from your SD card to a folder in your PC. Save any other files which you may want to in that folder.
3. Safely Eject the SD card.
4. Turn off your phone.
5. Remove the Old SD Card and Insert the new one.
6. Boot phone into Clockworkmod recovery.
7. Now select the option - "Partitions Menu"
8. Select option - "mount USB storage"
9. Open Easeus Partition Manager.
10. Create two partitions on the SD *exactly* in this sequence (assuming you have a 16gb card - windows will show 14.98gb free):
a. Fat32 partition - Primary - 14gb
Method: Right click unallocated space on your SD card and select "Create" -
A create partition dialog will pop up - use the following values:
Create As: Primary
File System: Fat32
Partition Size: 13980
Hit: OK
b. Ext2/3 partition - Primary - 1 gb
Method: Right click unallocated space on your SD card and select "Create" -
A "Create Partition" dialog will pop up - use the following values:
Create As: Primary
File System: Ext2 or 3
Partition Size: 1000
Hit: OK
11. Your SD card partitions should look like this (see DISK 3):
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11. Hit Apply button which will appear on the left hand side.
11. Go to Windows Explorer to ensure that you can see and access the newly created FAT32 partition.
12. Once you are satisfied with the FAT32 partition go and copy paste all the files and folders from the backup of your OLD SD Card made on your PC to the new SD Card.
13. Once this process if finished reboot the phone into recovery.
14. Go to Nandroid - Select Restore. Choose the Backup you want to restore.
15. Nandroid will take sometime to check MD5 sum of the recovery image, be patient. If everything is OK, Nandroid will start restoring the image and will start copying files.
16. Once finished it will display "Restore Complete". Press the back button now, select "Reboot System Now".
Go Crazy!
Now you have a full functional new SD card with EXT 2 / 3 partition.
[Credits if you post this elsewhere]
CS
Similar tutorials:
Using other freeware:
MiniTool Partition Wizard - Credits: Kneros
Parted Magic - Credits: Svennetjee
Good work, this will surely help some people.
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b3ndik said:
Good work, this will surely help some people.
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Thanks. Have a good day.
Hi celestialspring,
Nice explaining with details.. I have problem before kicking off.
i used unrevoked to root, have rom manager installed , clock work mod 2.5.0.7 i am using the latest leedroid rom.
How do i obtain a Nandroid back up to backup as u have required apart from titnanium and backup pro? I don't know how to get nandroid back up from. please advice. thanks a million.
Boot phone into Clockworkmod recovery -> backup/restore -> backup (takes a few minutes)
will make a complete backup of you rom, stored in clockwordmod folder of your SD-card (folder named with date and time)
I know that this is a Windows-only tutorial, and thanks for sharing.
However, when dealing with Android and its (advanced) aspects is always a good thing to have a Linux OS handy: in this case, having native access to the sdcard's ext partition, one can simply copy/paste its contents making the whole process a matter of seconds. Moreover, the gparted utility that ships with most Linux distributions can play the Easeus Partition Manager's role perfectly.
@ngel said:
I know that this is a Windows-only tutorial, and thanks for sharing.
However, when dealing with Android and its (advanced) aspects is always a good thing to have a Linux OS handy: in this case, having native access to the sdcard's ext partition, one can simply copy/paste its contents making the whole process a matter of seconds. Moreover, the gparted utility that ships with most Linux distributions can play the Easeus Partition Manager's role perfectly.
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Personally, I wouldn't want to copy and paste the data within an ext partition. nandroid will do a better job of that i feel,
However, Gparted would definitely be my weapon of choice. In my professional experience, windows based partition managers have never been great at handling alien file systems
About the pratition softwares please also add information about GParted, Partition Wizard, etc.
Those are similar freewares just like the one posted.
EASEUS Partition Manager didn't do the trick for me, but Parted Magic did.
Wrote another tutorial myself: http://www.everythinghtcdesire.com/tutorials/how-to-partition-your-microsd-card-for-app-storage
Svennetjee said:
EASEUS Partition Manager didn't do the trick for me, but Parted Magic did.
Wrote another tutorial myself: http://www.everythinghtcdesire.com/tutorials/how-to-partition-your-microsd-card-for-app-storage
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Easeus will work but you need to create the partitions exactly as mentioned in the tutorial. If you create the EXT3 partition before the FAT32 partition it won't work. I learnt it by trial and error
Perhaps the biggest advantage of using Easues is that one does not need to burn a CD and then boot from it. I hate booting off my current work envoirnment just to partition an sd card.
This was the quickest and easiest way I found which worked for me. People who are more tech savvy can use Gparted or whatever.
aaa said:
About the pratition softwares please also add information about GParted, Partition Wizard, etc.
Those are similar freewares just like the one posted.
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See reply above.
No need to reserve the last portion for linux swap? Just only two partition (FAT32 & EXT3)?
Great .... ! But i have one question...2GB for android .. is it possible ? Or 1gb is really enough ?
yuna75 said:
No need to reserve the last portion for linux swap? Just only two partition (FAT32 & EXT3)?
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I am not quallified to answer that question. But in my day-to-day workings, I have no troubles after formatting the card as above.
ta. cs
Oggy972 said:
Great .... ! But i have one question...2GB for android .. is it possible ? Or 1gb is really enough ?
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2gb. I don't see any issues.
1 gb -- Yes, it is possible only if you want to run older versions of many ROMs. If you intend to run DHD ports then I don't recommened it.
aaa said:
About the pratition softwares please also add information about GParted, Partition Wizard, etc.
Those are similar freewares just like the one posted.
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Information added about two new freeware software. See updated original post. ta.
celestialspring said:
Easeus will work but you need to create the partitions exactly as mentioned in the tutorial. If you create the EXT3 partition before the FAT32 partition it won't work. I learnt it by trial and error
Perhaps the biggest advantage of using Easues is that one does not need to burn a CD and then boot from it. I hate booting off my current work envoirnment just to partition an sd card.
This was the quickest and easiest way I found which worked for me. People who are more tech savvy can use Gparted or whatever.
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Afternoon all.
My 4GB card is full. I'm running a rooted Desire, S-off with Amon-Ra recovery. My PC is running Linux. I want to swap to a bigger card. I'm fine with partioning the new card with G-Parted, and also cool with copying the data between FAT32 partitions.
I'm not so sure I know what I'm doing with the ext4 partition. Will Amon-Ra Nandroid backup and restore do the whole contents of the ext4 partition? So does the process go a bit like this:
nandroid backup
copy FAT32 partition to PC
partition new card
copy FAT 32 data from PC to new card
take the old card out and put the new one in
boot into recovery
nandroid restore
reboot
Have i got that right, or have I misunderstood something?
That's correct.
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Trogladyte said:
Afternoon all.
My 4GB card is full. I'm running a rooted Desire, S-off with Amon-Ra recovery. My PC is running Linux. I want to swap to a bigger card. I'm fine with partioning the new card with G-Parted, and also cool with copying the data between FAT32 partitions.
I'm not so sure I know what I'm doing with the ext4 partition. Will Amon-Ra Nandroid backup and restore do the whole contents of the ext4 partition? So does the process go a bit like this:
nandroid backup
copy FAT32 partition to PC
partition new card
copy FAT 32 data from PC to new card
take the old card out and put the new one in
boot into recovery
nandroid restore
reboot
Have i got that right, or have I misunderstood something?
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Just use 4ext recovery, waay better in every way and much more features. U can partition ur new sdard with it to (guide in my sig)
Using 4ext recovery to backup, simply go to
Backup/restore
Backup
Then copy "clockworkmod" folder to pc
Then once uv partitioned ur new sdcard, copy the clockworkmod folder back to new sdcard and in recovery go to
Backup/restore
Restore
Job done
CWM doesn't play with this phone, so I'm using Amon Ra
I just tried the process with Gparted as set out above, and it doesn't seem to have worked. Lots of apps are missing, I don't have the ext4 partition available, and no account details are loaded.
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And I also can't boot into recovery - it just boots normally
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Took the battery out, and put the old SD card back in and miracualously I can now get into recovery. Did a Nand resore but the screen is now flashing white every few seconds. What the hell?
英文不好，哪位大大帮翻译下，谢谢！
此ROM为G7 CDMA版本ROM，英文代号为：bravoc
此ROM开启了DATA2EXT分区，SD卡必须分区，建议EXT4分区，下面有详细教程。
操作步骤：
第一：刷支持分EXT4分区的RECOVERY,地址在这里
第二：将SD卡内的资料备份到电脑上，因为对SD卡分区会造成SD卡上资料丢失。备份后安装到手机上，手机进RECOVERY模式，选择菜单
ADVANCED （高级）
---PARTITION SD CARD（SD卡分区）
--remove all partitions and start from scratch(重新分配所有分区)---
1024（SD-EXT1分区分1024M）---
341（SD-EXT2分区分341M）----
256（SWAP分区分256M）----
YES（确认）----
EXT4（将分区格式化为EXT4格式）
点下PRINT PARTITION INFO(查看分区信息)
2011-11-17 22:30 上传下载附件 (109.91 KB)
我们就可以看到屏幕上打出了分区表了：
分区 文件格式 大小 剩余
SD-EXT EXT4 1024M XXXM
SD-EXT2 EXT4 341M XXXM
SDCARD FAT32 XXM XXXM
SWAP SWAP 257M -
至此，我们已将SD卡分为 FAT32+1GEXT1+341EXT2+256SWAP 四分区了。
再加个刷ROM部分吧：
第三：下载MIUI ROM，将下载的ZIP格式ROM放入手机SD卡中，进RECOVERY模式，
WIPE FORMAT 清除数据&格式化 ----
FORMAT ALL PARTITIONS (EXCEPT SDCARD)（格式化除SD卡外的所有分区）
为了防止清除不干净，我们可以再点下
WIPE data/factory reset 及 wipe cache (清除用户数据及系统缓存之类的)
按返回键返回进入INSTALL FROM SDCARD(从SD卡上选择安装ROM)
----CHOOSE ZIP FROM SDCARD (从SD卡上选择ZIP格式的ROM)
-----XXXX.ZIP（就是你下载的ROM名）
OK，现在可以开刷了，刷完后按返回键返回，拨电池，（很多网友卡在第一屏，是返回后按REBOOT NEW菜单所致，原因未知，应该是RECOVER重启引导性错误，直接拨出电池，再安装上，按电源开机，如果步骤没错，你现在可以正常开机了。不过有时测试时，点REBOOT NEW可以进系统，我也郁闷了。）
The following translation from the anti-GOOGLE
English is not good, which greatly help translate, thank you!
This ROM version for the G7 CDMA ROM, English, code-named: bravoc
This opens the DATA2EXT partition ROM, SD card must be partitioned, it is recommended EXT4 partition, following a detailed tutorial.
Steps:
First: the brush support points EXT4 partition RECOVERY, address here
Second: the SD card to back up data to a computer, because the SD card partition on the SD card will result in data loss. After the installation of a backup to the phone, cell phone into RECOVERY mode, select Menu
ADVANCED (Advanced)
--- PARTITION SD CARD (SD card partition)
- Remove all partitions and start from scratch (re-allocation of all partitions) ---
1024 (SD-EXT1 partition points 1024M) ---
341 (SD-EXT2 partition points 341M )----
256 (SWAP partition points 256M )----
YES (confirmed )----
EXT4 (formatted as EXT4 partition format)
Point under the PRINT PARTITION INFO (view partition information)
2011-11-17 22:30 upload and download attachment (109.91 KB)
We can see the screen shot on the partition table:
The size of the remaining partition file format
SD-EXT EXT4 1024M XXXM
SD-EXT2 EXT4 341M XXXM
SDCARD FAT32 XXM XXXM
SWAP SWAP 257M -
So far, we have the SD card into FAT32 1GEXT1 341EXT2 256SWAP four partitions.
Coupled with a brush ROM part of it:
Third: Download MIUI ROM, the ROM download ZIP format SD card into the phone, into the RECOVERY mode,
WIPE FORMAT Clear data & formatting ----
FORMAT ALL PARTITIONS (EXCEPT SDCARD) (in addition to the SD card format all partitions outside)
In order to prevent removal is not clean, we can then point the next
WIPE data / factory reset and wipe cache (Clear user data and system cache and the like)
Press the Back key to return to enter the INSTALL FROM SDCARD (choose to install from the SD card ROM)
---- CHOOSE ZIP FROM SDCARD (from the SD card, select the ZIP format ROM)
----- XXXX. ZIP (that you download the ROM name)
OK, now you can open the brush, and brushing and press the return key to return, call the battery, (a lot of friends stuck in the first screen, the menu returns caused by REBOOT NEW unknown reason, it should be restarted leading RECOVER error, direct set aside the battery, install, and press the power boot, if the right steps, you can now boot up normally, but sometimes the test, the point REBOOT NEW can enter the system, I was depressed.)
这里是下载地址：
新核心2.3.7_2.6.38.8 （NEW Kernel2.3.7_2.6.38.8）
http://115.com/file/e6dnh99d#
XZD-MIUI-20111119-2.6.38.8-BRAVOC_1.11.18_signed.zip
CM提取核心：2.6.37.6 (Kernel from CM 2.6.37.6 )
http://115.com/file/aq6iurri#
XZD-MIUI-20111119-CN1118-BRAVOC_1.11.18_signed.zip
已ROOT
DATA Free 0.95GB
- UC Browser:
- Superuser Permissions
- Busybox
- Rooted
- Zipaligned
- Deodexed
Kernel:2.6.38.8
Will work on
2 Partitions: fat32+ext4, fat32=remaining, ext4=1000MB;
3 Partitions: fat32+ext4+ext4, fat32=remaining, ext4=1000MB, ext4=300MB;
4 Partitions: fat32+ext4+ext4+linux-swap, fat32=remaining, ext4=1000MB, ext4=300MB, linux-swap=100-200MB;
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适合CDMA版本的RECOVERY模式在这里可以下载到：
4extrecovery_v2.2.7_rc5
http://115.com/file/aq69kepl#
PB99IMG.zip
刷RECOVERY方法：
刷机方法：
ZIP文件更新方法:将下载到的PB99IMG.zip 放入格式为FAT32的SD卡中，
将卡放入G7 CDMA手机，
手机关机。然后按住音量下键（按着不松）+关机键（红色电话那个按钮按着不松）
手机进入HBOOT模式，如振动几次没进入则拨电池重新来。
此时手机会自动识别卡上的PB99IMG.zip 文件，出现YES NO时点轨迹球确认（即选YES）
更新完将再次出现YES NO，轨迹球确认重启。更新至此结束。
RECOVERY mode for CDMA versions can be downloaded here:
Brush RECOVERY method:
Brush Method:
ZIP file update method: will be downloaded to the PB99IMG.zip into the SD card to FAT32 format, the
Place the card G7 CDMA mobile phones,
Phone off. Then press and hold the volume down button (according to not loose) + off button (red phone by pressing the button is not loose)
Phone into HBOOT mode, such as the vibration did not enter the dial several times to the battery again.
At this point the phone will automatically recognize the file on the card PB99IMG.zip appears YES NO point trackball to confirm (that is, choose YES)
After the update again YES NO, the trackball to confirm reboot. Updates to this end.
Dafuq? I know I'm late.......
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Dafuq? I know I'm late.......
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I think he is mistaken as his procedure for the ROM flash seems to be for the HTC G7 (bravo c). He was talking mostly about flashing this ROM and partitioning SD cards and all that stuff
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XDA is an international site, but please no other languages! (Chinese is the most confusing ever, no offense) And there is already another miuiv4 thread so mod pls close.
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panpjp said:
XDA is an international site, but please no other languages! (Chinese is the most confusing ever, no offense) And there is already another miuiv4 thread so mod pls close.
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so what is another miuiv4? let the man organize his posts, maybe he remove chinese stufs, rom could be useful for others.
cheers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627448
I thought this thread is miui4, but it is gb anyway there are bunches of old miui out there, so why this? Mod should close, for it is a duplicate and discontinued.
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i am a chinese and i know what he said.
this rom is a very old miui rom, it was built in 2011，and it based on android 2.3.x , also , this guy said that he don't know english, so he use chinese instead.
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also , this rom just for bravo CDMA phones , not for GSM
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Hello everyone
This is CWM-Zip script to repartition our N7100 to gain 1.9 GB more for user data partition.
This script is originally from http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/guide-extra-1-3-gb-user-data-t2762594 It’s for GT-i9300. Made by @forumber2 :good:. Thanks to him, without his easy simple script, I wouldn’t be able to port this script.
This is how Samsung partitioned N7100
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After running the script
Please note that this script is not suitable to ROMs that require storing big files in CACHE and PRELOAD or HIDDEN, notably Official ROMs, as you can see that CACHE and PRELOAD got shrank.
I’m not sure if there are some custom ROMs that store files in CACHE and PRELOAD, so check the ROMs installation zip first before using this repartition script. Check by reading update-binary in META-INF and observing folder structure inside the zip file.
I’m using DN3 v5+ and it doesn’t store any files.
I checked Omega v29, it doesn't use PRELOAD to store files, even wiping it before install.
X-Treme v2.1 is safe to install, even wiping PRELOAD before install.
BIG UPDATE 1
For some ROMs like Phoenix ROM requires storing data to PRELOAD, but not CACHE.
Use partition script "Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip" instead of "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip"
It will partition PRELOAD to size of Stock 587 MBs.
CACHE remains 100 MBs, and SYSTEM remains around 2 GBs. GAINED USERDATA FREE SPACE IS AROUND 1328 MBs.
If your ROM .zip installer doesn't store files in PRELOAD, use "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip" instead.
FYI, Big CACHE partition is used to store official Samsung OTA updates file, if you are on custom ROMs, then you can’t use Samsung OTA updates anyway. Big cache partition is practically waste of free space, but it is still required for Google Play APK downloads. (Max Google Play APK size is 50 MBs) In fact, Google Play apk downloads are stored in /data/com.android.providers.downloads/files/, cache partition is used to store apk downloads in old Android version. This script will partition CACHE with size of 100 MBs. For any Google Play apps that are bigger than 50 MB, they will use expansion files called .obb to help, those obb are stored in "Internal SD Card/Android/obb".
Samsung Apps APK downloads sometimes can be seen large to something like 300 MBs, but these APK downloads are stored in "/data/data/com.sec.android.app.samsungapps/files" So it won't break Samsung Apps downloads.
PRELOAD or HIDDEN is used to store Samsung crap stuffs like ringtones, Wonders of Nature video, starter beautiful images, VODB folder that is used for S-Pen stroke recognition. When user make a factory reset, all data in internal sd card gets deleted, then stuffs in PRELOAD gets copy to internal sd card. That’s why after factory reset Wonder of Nature video comes back.
ALL USERDATA AND INSTALLED OS ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED, SO BACKUP FIRST!
So let’s get started. You will use "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip OR Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip OR in the attachment
1.Backup of course, if you don’t do System Nandroid backup, be sure to have ROM installer zip ready in external sd card, if you do Nandroid backup or Titanium Backup, make sure to back up to external sd card because this process will erase internal sd card too.You may backup your internal sd card to external sd card, USB-OTG, or Windows PC.
2.You need to use PhilZ Recovery, it doesn’t work with TWRP, TWRP lacks of “parted” binary required for repartitioning.
I personally used PhilZ Touch 6.25.0 on my N7100. 6.41.6 reported to work as well.
3.Install the ZIP and the script will run, after it finished, it will reboot recovery again.
4.We are not done yet, this script still has some bug that formatted partition can’t be mounted. You can see that you can’t mount some partitions or maybe all, weird.
5.We need to fix mount problem manually by go to Mounts and Storage, then format System, Data, Cache, Preload or Hidden one by one, then go to Power Option and reboot recovery once. DO NOT FORMAT BOOT, MODEM, STORAGE/SDCARD1 (external sd card).
6.We have repartition successfully. Now restore data, install ROMs.
How to restore original stock partition table.
You will need to do this if you want to install stock official firmware.
1 - Download "Odin3_v3.07_with_PIT_16GB_GT-N7100.zip" and extract it somewhere
2 - Download any stock ROM from sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com and unzip it.
2 - Open Odin, click "PIT" button and select " PIT_N7100_16GB_20121102.pit"
3 - Click "PDA" and select official ROM that you've downloaded
4 - Click "Start"
5 - After installation, phone will be stuck at bootanimation, don't panic.
6 - Pull out battery, boot to recovery (you can see some mount errors, don't worry)
7 - Select "wipe data/factory reset" in recovery menu
8 - Select "reboot system now"
I recently update 4.3 MJ5 to 4.4.2 ND3 bootloader via odin successfully, just to inform that after repartition, bootloader update still works. If it fails, make sure to try new usb cable. Mine failed first time because of bad usb cable.
See ND 4.4.2 bootloader here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472270 CTRL+F in the thread and find bootloader.
For some people who curious how to output partition table in Terminal.
First you need to install "parted" binary to /system/bin/
parted binary is in attachment,
then use these command in terminal
su
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
Also programs to show partition tables in Google Play can't show partitions offsets, but this command could.
UPDATE 15/10/2014
I found out that in fact, Google Play apk downloads are stored in /data/com.android.providers.downloads/files/, cache partition is used to store apk downloads in old Android version.
UPDATE 24/10/2015
I also uploaded a new partition script cwm-zip file for AOSP users that will repartition system to size of 1 GB, preload 15 mb, cache 100 mb.
This will gain 3 GB of more userdata space.
Please note that once you have repartition with Repartition AOSP N7100 System 1 GB.zip
You will not be able to install Touchwiz based ROM, Touchwiz based ROMs are bigger than 1 GB.
You will have to repartition again with Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip OR Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip, note that all userdata will be deleted.
Note that I personally don't use Note 2 anymore, but this script should work. It's just simple script editing from previous files.
1 GB system partitioning for AOSP/CM is not working as
psndna88, AGNI kernel maker, tests
"it seems we cannot change SYSTEM size, else the bootloader boots only into download mode"
Thanks a lot. I will try it later.
I did repartition my device about a year ago, but I did it manually and used parted program that comes with cwm recovery. The process is fairly simple if you are familiar with unixlike OS'es. The advantage of parted us that you can resize /system partition too (CM11 requires just 400 mb on /system, and default is 1800mb).
I just tried it. It all went fine. Thanks!
My question is, can we have more space, or this is the max we can have?
I guess some space must be reserved though, so the phone can work properly.
steff195 said:
I just tried it. It all went fine. Thanks!
My question is, can we have more space, or this is the max we can have?
I guess some space must be reserved though, so the phone can work properly.
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Yes we can have just a little bit more space. You may try to shrink cache partition to 60 mbs, shrink preload to 4 mb. That would gain 54 mbs only. I configured cache and preload to be bigger than this for safety purpose. Maybe it will be use to store small files in the future. We also need to keep the number of partitions to be the same as stock one, else everything will malfunction. I still have no ideas what does OTA and TOMBSTONES do.
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great guide, will try
reminds me of the htc days when we could s off and flash various hboots to increase/decrease various partitions
so, this will accomodate all current custom roms ? edit - just read your warning to check : thanks:
ninekaw9 said:
Yes we can have just a little bit more space. You may try to shrink cache partition to 60 mbs, shrink preload to 4 mb. That would gain 54 mbs only. I configured cache and preload to be bigger than this for safety purpose. Maybe it will be use to store small files in the future. We also need to keep the number of partitions to be the same as stock one, else everything will malfunction. I still have no ideas what does OTA and TOMBSTONES do.
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Then I'll just leave it this way. Don't want my phone to malfunction if I push this to the extreme.
Thanks again!
steff195 said:
Then I'll just leave it this way. Don't want my phone to malfunction if I push this to the extreme.
Thanks again!
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only a small problem, it does not format anything and says that there is no sim inside, I sincerely hope that you manage to solve the problem ....
also the modem is not installed ...
I saw your post on the DN3 V5+ thread which led me... Seems to be a great concept, especially considering that one of the first things I do upon flashing a stock-based rom is to delete most Sammy things on it.
I understand that you need Philz to flash this; will the latest V6.41.4 do?
Also, do you know of anyway to save all system settings so as to restore them later? I can backup apps and their data but not the stock system settings themselves.
Can we increase system partition???
I need more space in system......
ulkika said:
only a small problem, it does not format anything and says that there is no sim inside, I sincerely hope that you manage to solve the problem ....
also the modem is not installed ...
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Man, I tried via Philz 6.41.6, since it was recommended in OP. I usually use TWRP, had a nandroid backup of everything including Modem made with TWRP which I placed on external card.
Had the mounting problem after flashing script and rebooting recovery, but I manually solved them, as described in 1st post. Then reflashed TWRP and restored my nandroid from external card. Then also restored my internal sd files (music, games obb, etc) which I saved on pc.
I have no error, I have ND3 modem present, all fine, phone works as before. And 12.1gb total space instead of 10.4 which I had before.
Thanks again!:good:
ulkika said:
only a small problem, it does not format anything and says that there is no sim inside, I sincerely hope that you manage to solve the problem ....
also the modem is not installed ...
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How come your modem firmware is gone?
Have you try installing ROMs again, most rom installer will flash modem firmware.
My script doesn't touch modem partition at all.
Just partition cache and after that, see the partition table.
Rickav said:
I saw your post on the DN3 V5+ thread which led me... Seems to be a great concept, especially considering that one of the first things I do upon flashing a stock-based rom is to delete most Sammy things on it.
I understand that you need Philz to flash this; will the latest V6.41.4 do?
Also, do you know of anyway to save all system settings so as to restore them later? I can backup apps and their data but not the stock system settings themselves.
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steff195 used Philz 6.41.6, and it worked.
Well, DN3 v5+ update-script has the commands to delete Android Setting Database on install.
Because you restore data first, then flash DN3v5+ which triggering deletion of Android Setting Database.
So you have to backup android setting database using titanium backup before repartition, then restore after repartition.
Or after repartitioning, install DN3 v5+ first, then restore data using nandroid.
I also have weird problem after deleting Android Setting Database on DN3 v5+. New setting generated is really courrupted. It breaks home button, notification toggles expanding, lock screen, and much more. Everybody else seem to be fine of android setting database regeneration. Weird.
MBariya said:
Can we increase system partition???
I need more space in system......
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Yes you can.
Extract my .zip script, then open the updater-binary with your favorite text editor, I prefer Notepad++.
Find these line
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 168MB 270MB -> CACHE
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 270MB 2417MB -> SYSTEM
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 2417MB 2432MB -> HIDDEN
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 2432MB 2440MB -> OTA
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 2440MB 15.8GB -> USERDATA
It is pretty easy to understand indeed, first number after word "primary" is the start offset of the partition, second one is the end.
You may change those number. But remember that CACHE partition must always be bigger than 50 MBs to store google play apk download. Google stated that google play apk max size is 50 mb, bigger than that will use .obb to help.
I recommend you to keep OTA size 8 MB, cause I don't know what it does.
HIDDEN can be shrink up to 5 MB I doubt. I suspect that shrink up to 4 MB can cause issue, I don't know if you set size for 4 MB, will it exceed minimum partition size required.
However, numbers in red can't be changed, they must be 168MB and 15.8 GB the same.
And do not change order of partitions, and there must be 5 partitions. You can't remove HIDDEN and OTA, else partition order and number will wrong, and I think a lot of things will break, including recovery.
After you modified the script. Zip them and put in your phone and flash! :laugh:
philz_touch_6.41.6-n7100.zip.md5 but the problem is that not format data,i solve whith reinstall nd3 and after root and restore system but the patch is not functionally at my device.
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ninekaw9 said:
How come your modem firmware is gone?
Have you try installing ROMs again, most rom installer will flash modem firmware.
My script doesn't touch modem partition at all.
Just partition cache and after that, see the partition table.
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I do not know what happens because of it, I can not see the pictures because you do not know how to send to you but that happens on the screen while doing the second restart to do manually format the system tells me that the memory is not formatted.
then I tried to reinstall the old rom and told me that he could not find the modem, it does not restart no line present it tell insert telephone card ... in the end I had to reinstall ND3, before I tried it with the pit from you and given after but not without changing anything in the system memory space....
ulkika said:
philz_touch_6.41.6-n7100.zip.md5 but the problem is that not format data,i solve whith reinstall nd3 and after root and restore system but the patch is not functionally at my device.
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I do not know what happens because of it, I can not see the pictures because you do not know how to send to you but that happens on the screen while doing the second restart to do manually format the system tells me that the memory is not formatted.
then I tried to reinstall the old rom and told me that he could not find the modem, it does not restart no line present it tell insert telephone card ... in the end I had to reinstall ND3, before I tried it with the pit from you and given after but not without changing anything in the system memory space....
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I am very confused with your language. After you used my script, did you go to "Mounts and Storage", then format SYSTEM DATA CACHE PRELOAD?
only an other question,i use x-treme rom 2.1 is possible that is the problem...
ulkika said:
only an other question,i use x-treme rom 2.1 is possible that is the problem...
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I'm downloading it and will diagnose the installation file.
ninekaw9 said:
I am very confused with your language. After you used my script, did you go to "Mounts and Storage", then format SYSTEM DATA CACHE PRELOAD?
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after reboot of first install, is impossible for me format prelod .system and cache....
ulkika said:
after reboot of first install, is impossible for me format prelod .system and cache....
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Try this Philz Touch version. It is the version that I used to repartition on my device.
I'm still downloading your ROM, mediafire is quite slow today.
Hi Guys,
This is my first thread here in xda-developers.. so please support and encourage...
I present to you the re-partitioning guide for micromax unite 2 a106 8 gb edition.....
I'm Not Responsible for any damage caused by it .......i would just tell you that you should have taken all the preperations i described in my guide... if you complain me about your phone getting bricked.... coz i have tested it on my phone and my brothers phone.. atleast 5 different partition and im uploading only 2 stable ones.....
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Preperations :-
1. First Take a Nandroid Backup of your existing rom....
2. Then take a Readback of your device......(skip if it is done earlier.)
3. Take IMEI/Baseband backup of your phone..
Things Required :-
1. Common Sense
2. Backup
3. Micromax Unite 2
4. SP flash Tools
5. PC
5. EBR files
6.....goes on...
Actual Steps :-
1. Download the EBR Files and scatter files from here....
2. Download SP Flash Tools..
3. Install MT6582M drivers
4. Open Sp flash tools and load up the scatter files...
5. Select EBR1 and link the ebr1 file and do the same for ebr2
6. Now click download
7. Connect your phone without battery (Switched off)
8. You should see a tick mark and success message...then disconnect your phone and boot again...
9. If it boots up properly you are good to go..or else just restore the Nandroid backup you took... and you would get a re partitioned phone..
* if the internal sd card after formatting gets mounted as read only... then go to ctr recovery and wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache and reboot the phone... everything will be alright... after all your apps get optimized
10. Hit Thanks for me...
DOWNLOADS :-
1. SP Flash Tools
2. Scatter Files
3. EBR FILES ( Phone storage - 6 GB | Internal storage - 0 GB )
4. EBR FILES (Phone Storage - 2.36 GB | Internal Sd - 3.67GB
5. EBR FILES (Phone Storage - 4.70 GB | Internal Sd - 246 MB )
5. EBR FILES (Phone Storage - 5.16 GB | Internal Sd - 821 MB )*** NEW Recommended by me..
6. EBR FILES (Phone Storage - 5.68 GB | Internal Sd - 2.17 GB )Flashable Zip... Just Flash it through CTR or CWM and clear dalvik cache thanks to rohit for his support sorry for the trouble.... i had many complaints that this is a buggy version.. coz everytime you flash a new rom or clear cache you have the internal sd corrupted...... even i had the same problems when i used it for a few days.....
UPDATE : All these are tested by me and some xda members.... like gauravbirla,johny eros etc.......
IF IT HELPED YOU PLEASE DONATE SOMETHING... NOW THAT'S AN ENCOURAGEMENT
SCREENSHOTS
EBR FILES (Phone Storage - 2.36 GB | Internal Sd - 3.67GB screenshot by gauravbirla
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EBR FILES (Phone Storage - 5.16 GB | Internal Sd - 821 MB ) screenshot by ME (Kiran ANto)
if you want any other combination .. please feel free to ask me..
soon... im gonna upload a guide to do this... ..
HIT Thanks button if it Helped you .......
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Dunno what.....
i repartitioned the filesystem.. i can read and write to both phone storage and internal sd,... but somehow when i set internal sd as default.. my camera cant store images into this storage....
someone please tell me some quick fixes....
Kiran Anto said:
Dunno what.....
i repartitioned the filesystem.. i can read and write to both phone storage and internal sd,... but somehow when i set internal sd as default.. my camera cant store images into this storage....
someone please tell me some quick fixes....
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I used the first 3-3 EBR files that you posted and there is no problem with that. tried using the camera to save on internalSD. No problems faced. I have selected internalSD as default, and not facing any issues man.
And just because of you I m going to buy 2 more of the same phone for the family as that low storage was the only issue which you solved!! :laugh:
BIG THANKS along with the thanks buttons pressed!!
gauravbirla said:
I used the first 3-3 EBR files that you posted and there is no problem with that. tried using the camera to save on internalSD. No problems faced. I have selected internalSD as default, and not facing any issues man.
And just because of you I m going to buy 2 more of the same phone for the family as that low storage was the only issue which you solved!! :laugh:
BIG THANKS along with the thanks buttons pressed!!
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Found out the problem... i had installed lenovo aosp rom on the phone and that was causing all these problems....
its not my phone its my brothers.. he has no prob with saving in sd card so no prob....
well i only have a 4 gb version... but im planning to buy a 8 gb version ......
I have updated the 3-3 partition... a new one.. you don't have to format the internal sd again and again.. the bug which you told is solved in it...
you don't have to re flash it .... if you can write files to your internal SD... but some phones couldn't write to internal SD... so i have updated that...
How can i take backup of my existing rom step 1 ?
is that procedure is included in step 2 read back ?
mba9 said:
How can i take backup of my existing rom step 1 ?
is that procedure is included in step 2 read back ?
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you can take readback through sp flash tools...
and you can take a backup of your rom from CTR..
you can take nvram backup using MTKdroid tools...
A screenshot would help users go with your method.
I would like to do it too, as in 2 days of usage, internal space is only 200 MB left.
and whats the procedure to revert to stock partition size ?
Plz provide scatter file and ebr files to make internal 5gb rest 1gb
sumitkhkh said:
Plz provide scatter file and ebr files to make internal 5gb rest 1gb
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will look into that.... can't test it on my phone.. so someone will have to test first.....
anyway ill post it soon...
A screenshot would help users go with your method.
I would like to do it too, as in 2 days of usage, internal space is only 200 MB left.
and whats the procedure to revert to stock partition size ?
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i don't have a 8gb phone... its my brothers phone ..and my brother is not here always.. so cant take screenshots
..
if you want to revert back to stock partition then flash the ebr1 and ebr2 from your readback .............
you will get your 1gb 5 gb .. partition back...
5gb+1gb is working fine. Confirmed! Though I prefer using 3_3 as space is sufficient and I can store ctr backup also on the internal SD.
Sent from my Micromax A106 using XDA Free mobile app
thanks
johnyeros said:
thanks
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someone please add some screenshots.....!!!
someone please tell me Home Screen and Menu rotates or not ? bcoz in my mobile its not rotating, only in apps videos and browser except home screen and menu. I saw one review video on Youtube his rooted mobile's home screen and menu is rotating. plz confirm me my device is faulty or what just purchased 2 days back
mba9 said:
someone please tell me Home Screen and Menu rotates or not ? bcoz in my mobile its not rotating, only in apps videos and browser except home screen and menu. I saw one review video on Youtube his rooted mobile's home screen and menu is rotating. plz confirm me my device is faulty or what just purchased 2 days back
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by default homescreen does not rotate...
if you want you can make it ... by rooting ....
i prefer not to...
i'm not a fan of landscape mode .. except watching movies and playing some games....
See this.
Kiran Anto said:
by default homescreen does not rotate...
if you want you can make it ... by rooting ....
i prefer not to...
i'm not a fan of landscape mode .. except watching movies and playing some games....
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Thanks Kiran, i was worried and thinking that my phone is faulty thats why screen is not rotation in fact i went to service center too but i was not satisfied with their answer they too don't know exactly it rotates or not checking other mobiles which came for repair, thanks Kiran
I will root my mobile only to solve the issue of low phone memory i cannot install apps like FB, Line UC browser Kaspersky etc these applications needs phone memory to Install...
Screenshots of 5-1 internal storage
Hi Kiran,
Thanks a ton for this. I faced the issue of "Internal SD card corrupted" and needed format, and after format, worked like charm. The screenshots for the 5-1 are below.
:good:
Congratulations. But you have lost around 1gb space. Total should be more than 6gb. But your is around 5gb total.
Sent from my Micromax A106 using XDA Free mobile app
gauravbirla said:
Congratulations. But you have lost around 1gb space. Total should be more than 6gb. But your is around 5gb total.
Sent from my Micromax A106 using XDA Free mobile app
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yepz...
total will be around 6...
i dont know why ...
for the last one ive updated....
im getting only about 5 gb....
please dont flash it...ill update it sooon...
had a small problem...
Does it required to root my A106 8GB
Really happy by getting to this post,
But does this process will remove waranty,
Or whether we need to root the phone???
It is required also to mention if we fails in this process what are the effects???
and what are the recovery????
Carliv Touch Recovery 3.0 for XOLO Q3000
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Original thread
Porting guide
Note:-
Tested and fully working
sdcard0 = external sd card
sdcard1 = internal storage
Credits:-
Master carliv sir
@m0han Sir,
This recovery is for you.
stock xolo s005 version, Legand rom, Hive rom
CTR 30, philz 6.57.9 recoveries
4gb sd card
flashed stock s005 using philz
copied script to bin folder using root explorer
changed permission to 775
installed terminal emulator
execute script
backup ok on sd card successful
went to recovery
flased ctr 3
rebooted to recovery
wiped data system chache delvik
sd card1 is internal
sd card 0 is external
restore from sd card 0 selected
reboot ok
everything working fine as normal
all saved changes made - all contacts, sms app data - intact.
legand 8, hive rom - all ok with ctr
Note:-
All backups were taken on external sd card by default (i havnt tried on internal - but it should be same)
restore from philz also works - just rename boot.img to bootimg.img (or copy - paste - rename)
Tried TWRP also but it doesnt detect backup (i havnt tired taking backup in TWRP format).
avi3230 said:
.....sd card1 is internal
sd card 0 is external....
......Tried TWRP also but it doesnt detect backup (i havnt tired taking backup in TWRP format).
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could be due to backups being stored in different locations, viz., /clockworkmod/backup for cwm-based recoveries and /TWRP/BACKUPS/..... for twrp-based recoveries.
in my case, the script saves backups in /TWRP/BACKUPS/0000000000000000/, whereas twrp v2.8.2.0 recovery saves backups in /TWRP/BACKUPS/Q3000/
twrp v2.8.2.0 looks for backups in the latter. so, it'd be a good idea to copy/move the backups to this location before attempting a restore. this would prevent panic.
i think you should be trying your above tests (backup & restore) with a twrp recovery also. you'll be better placed to carry out more dev work. try onandroid -w :good:
m0han said:
could be due to backups being stored in different locations, viz., /clockworkmod/backup for cwm-based recoveries and /TWRP/BACKUPS/..... for twrp-based recoveries.
...... :good:
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Yes its the location and format of backup.
I personally dont like TWRP much and very happy with philz so havnt tried ur script backup in TWRP format.
TWRP needs newer binaries which gives error in flashing and it does hangs sometimes while rebooting.
When I am doing my porting some zips contains older binaries which gives error in TWRP so i prefer Philz always.
Thank you,
avi3230 said:
.....went to recovery, flased ctr 3, rebooted to recovery....
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you mean you used this zip file and not .img file with spf-tools?
please see this post and the dev's response in the next post.
any such issues with ctr v3.0 for xq3k? (i hope to try ctr v3.0 soon.)
m0han said:
you mean you used this zip file and not .img file with spf-tools?
please see this post and the dev's response in the next post.
any such issues with ctr v3.0 for xq3k? (i hope to try ctr v3.0 soon.)
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Sir, I already read that post but i havnt faced such a issue in my testing.
I gave the recovery to u for the same if u face any issue as no one else is testing for me.
So many downloads but not even single user is replying about anything-recovery or rom.
For me every recovery worked with the flash bale zip - so i made new thread for it also.
avi3230 said:
....So many downloads but not even single user is replying about anything-recovery or rom....
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i flashed this zip file and rebooted into ctr v3.0 fine. here's my feedback....
did 2 backups - 1 each into /storage/sdcard0 and /storage/sdcard1. but the backup in /storage/sdcard1 is visible only in recovery.
not seen in my file manager after booting into the os. incidentally, this backup finished in less than the half the time it took for the former.
next, i booted into the os and made 2 backups using the script - one into /sdcard and the other into /storage/sdcard1.
but, on booting into recovery and checking, the former is not seen by the recovery.
not sure whether my above problems are due to using stock kk rom of a clone device and not that of xolo. will check further.
the saving grace is backups in /storage/sdcard0 (made from recovery and using the script) are seen. will try a restore later.
aroma fm works, but, doesn't read the folders/files well. kinda hangs with "please wait ....." msg.
p.s: when rebooting phone, after a bit of a wait, it asks you whether to fix root (/system/xbin/su). i chose 'no'.
@m0han
Sir its cause ur using BQ stock things where the boot.img contains shared sd card.
Please see in data/media folder of internal and external sd card for the backups taken in recovery.
The recovery after flashing/rebooting sees for root permissions of device, if ur device in not rooted/properly rooted it asks for root.
avi3230 said:
....ur using BQ stock things where the boot.img contains shared sd card.
.....see in data/media folder of internal and external sd card for the backups taken in recovery.
....if ur device in not rooted/properly rooted it asks for root.
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maybe so. i did raise that doubt myself.
/data/media on my device contains 3 folders:1. 0 - internal sd card
2. obb - contains 2 folders (and .nomedia file) - TWRP and clockworkmod - with associated nested folders. but, 'those' backups not seen.
3. legacy - emptythis has not happened in other recoveries. i'm rooted using chainfire's zip file.