Hi All
I'm looking to install this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234221 on to my galaxy ace and have a question about formatting the SD card for it.
It talks about ext-4 partition and I was wondering what size to format the partition if using an 8gb card?
I was thinking - 1gb for the ext-4 and the rest for fat32?
halp please
What class is your sdcard? Are you planning to use int2sd?
Wysłane z mojego HTC Desire za pomocą Tapatalk 2
pamtayls said:
Hi All
I'm looking to install this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234221 on to my galaxy ace and have a question about formatting the SD card for it.
It talks about ext-4 partition and I was wondering what size to format the partition if using an 8gb card?
I was thinking - 1gb for the ext-4 and the rest for fat32?
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You must used the Fire Kernel because you don't have a 4Ext partition
and with Swap kernel and a Sdcard Class 6, you need a 4Ext partition.
So finally, it will depend of the choice of your kernel, and the better choice if you use the Swap kernel, it's to format all in 4Ext
And if you want an another answer, go to post here, you can do without problem
- Galaxy Ace S5830i Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
or here: Galaxy Ace S5830 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
philos64 said:
You must used the Fire Kernel because you don't have a 4Ext partition
and with Swap kernel and a Sdcard Class 6, you need a 4Ext partition.
So finally, it will depend of the choice of your kernel, and the better choice if you use the Swap kernel, it's to format all in 4Ext
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I am going to get a class 10 8gb card this weekend. the swap kernel is what I was going to use.
Why should I format the whole card in 4ext? If I do that, I won't be able to add files from my windows 7 PC will I??? I just don't know much about ext4. I do store some music and stuff on it.
Thanks so much for your help
pamtayls said:
I am going to get a class 10 8gb card this weekend. the swap kernel is what I was going to use.
Why should I format the whole card in 4ext? If I do that, I won't be able to add files from my windows 7 PC will I??? I just don't know much about ext4. I do store some music and stuff on it.
Thanks so much for your help
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Which recovery do you use ?
I wrote a mistake about to format whole sdard to 4Ext
1 - You must have 1 Fat32 partition and 1 EXT4 partition on your sdcard
2 - If you rather use a computer for creating and formatting partitions keep in mind that both partitions must be primary partitions (not logical)
3 - The recommended size of your EXT4 partition is depending on how many roms and apps you are going to install.. 512M is the minimal size
Go to one of the links that I've wrote above and sent your question.
philos64 said:
Which recovery do you use ?
I wrote a mistake about to format whole sdard to 4Ext
1 - You must have 1 Fat32 partition and 1 EXT4 partition on your sdcard
2 - If you rather use a computer for creating and formatting partitions keep in mind that both partitions must be primary partitions (not logical)
3 - The recommended size of your EXT4 partition is depending on how many roms and apps you are going to install.. 512M is the minimal size
Go to one of the links that I've wrote above and sent your question.
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Thanks, I didn't see your links in the first post. Will go check them out. at the moment I have the base CM7 ROM on the phone if that helps with which recovery I use.
again thanks heaps!!! and I will go to those links now
I want to increase my internal memory of htc explorer,
Using Mini Cm9 rom and mount2sd script but when I cross 150mb limit then it shows "Sd Card unexpectedly removed" I searched a lot but did not find any help..
I am using 16gb sandisk sd card
2gb ext2 partition.....Any Help
maksuperlink said:
I want to increase my internal memory of htc explorer,
Using Mini Cm9 rom and mount2sd script but when I cross 150mb limit then it shows "Sd Card unexpectedly removed" I searched a lot but did not find any help..
I am using 16gb sandisk sd card
2gb ext2 partition.....Any Help
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use int2ext..
google it...extract on pc..search the 40int2ext..copy to sd card..
using root browser copy it system/etc/init.d folder...set permissions...TICK ALL..reboot
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amit.lohar said:
use int2ext..
google it...extract on pc..search the 40int2ext..copy to sd card..
using root browser copy it system/etc/init.d folder...set permissions...TICK ALL..reboot
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I tried this but that did not work.......although same things happen with link2sd and any built in script in roms like nextgen and jaggy........while sd card work in mobile perfectly...
maksuperlink said:
I tried this but that did not work.......although same things happen with link2sd and any built in script in roms like nextgen and jaggy........while sd card work in mobile perfectly...
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kind of not so..i havnt used this rom...
post in the thread bro...or on fb grp
maksuperlink said:
I want to increase my internal memory of htc explorer,
Using Mini Cm9 rom and mount2sd script but when I cross 150mb limit then it shows "Sd Card unexpectedly removed" I searched a lot but did not find any help..
I am using 16gb sandisk sd card
2gb ext2 partition.....Any Help
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is it happening on minicm9 only or other roms too?
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Affangta said:
is it happening on minicm9 only or other roms too?
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This is happend to just mini cm9 in other roms display gone off and soft keys keep brightening....solution restart the phone.......very irritating
maksuperlink said:
This is happend to just mini cm9 in other roms display gone off and soft keys keep brightening....solution restart the phone.......very irritating
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& what about stock rom, does that one work well? if you have these issues in stock rom too than maybe it's a hardware problem.
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Affangta said:
& what about stock rom, does that one work well? if you have these issues in stock rom too than maybe it's a hardware problem.
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Stock and all other roms works good and this problem only occur when I want to increase my internal memory......:silly:
looks like problem with my sd card I also tried another card but this slow down pico to hell......
maksuperlink said:
Stock and all other roms works good and this problem only occur when I want to increase my internal memory......:silly:
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try aries kernel then..but you'll need 2 ext4 partitions for your sd card.
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Affangta said:
try aries kernel then..but you'll need 2 ext4 partitions for your sd card.
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I am on ext2 partition...please explain why ext4.....
maksuperlink said:
I am on ext2 partition...please explain why ext4.....
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because it is recommended by kernel developer..& you have one external partition, make it two.
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Affangta said:
because it is recommended by kernel developer..& you have one external partition, make it two.
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How to make 2 ext partition......I am using Mini tool for partition..........and sizes of partition????
1-create sd-data partition ext4 as primary 1gb
2-create sd-cache partition ext4 as primary 70mb
mount2sd
i m having trouble using mount2sd. whenever i try to move data or cache to ext the phone gets laggy even after reboot
Is there any way to swap internal memory card with external, i tried some script already but no one works on stock 4.2.2, so any 1 know how to swap sdcard plz let me know, Thx.
Some info about my tab :
Model P3110
Kernel Stock
Rom Stock 4.2.2
rakeshbro said:
Is there any way to swap internal memory card with external, i tried some script already but no one works on stock 4.2.2, so any 1 know how to swap sdcard plz let me know, Thx.
Some info about my tab :
Model P3110
Kernel Stock
Rom Stock 4.2.2
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as a friend i am suggesting you something that please do not do swapping cos it damages your sd card
my 16gb class 10 sandisk sd card died in this swapping
swapping increases read write cycles of your sd card and this damages sd card
so please dont do it cos 1gb ram of tab 2 is enough
aditya rathee said:
as a friend i am suggesting you something that please do not do swapping cos it damages your sd card
my 16gb class 10 sandisk sd card died in this swapping
swapping increases read write cycles of your sd card and this damages sd card
so please dont do it cos 1gb ram of tab 2 is enough
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M not talking about ram brother, I want to swap bcaz wanna play games, the default storage is only 3.something g.b, and u may know the size of an android hd game is about 1.5-2.5 g.b. Updated my tab 2(p3110) to 4.2.2 and no swap is working on this rom, or is there any way that game can read it's data/obb from extsdcard?
rakeshbro said:
M not talking about ram brother, I want to swap bcaz wanna play games, the default storage is only 3.something g.b, and u may know the size of an android hd game is about 1.5-2.5 g.b. Updated my tab 2(p3110) to 4.2.2 and no swap is working on this rom, or is there any way that game can read it's data/obb from extsdcard?
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try a custom kernel
Yesterday I root my Sony Xperia J.. I want to swap Internal with SD card(8gb), but I don`t know how..
I want to install apps to SD card..
Sony Xperia J
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
Takisamtija said:
Yesterday I root my Sony Xperia J.. I want to swap Internal with SD card(8gb), but I don`t know how..
I want to install apps to SD card..
Sony Xperia J
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
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Although this is possible, and many noobs here will do it, I cannot advise doing this as the risks of hard-bricking your phone are very high.
For example:
You do the swap and then factory reset = Hard Brick
or
You do the swap and then Wipe Internal Data = Hard Brick.
Either way it's not worth it, even with a class 10 sdcard you'll notice how much slower your phone becomes.
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
Although this is possible, and many noobs here will do it, I cannot advise doing this as the risks of hard-bricking your phone are very high.
For example:
You do the swap and then factory reset = Hard Brick
or
You do the swap and then Wipe Internal Data = Hard Brick.
Either way it's not worth it, even with a class 10 sdcard you'll notice how much slower your phone becomes.
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I couldn't agree more. A friend of mine has done it with his Ace. Hard bricked.
What I did( Ihave a 32 GB SD card, so yeah), was shrinking my Fat32 partition, and making an ext2 partiton of 2,5 gb. With the help of Link2SD you can move 99% of apps to this partition. I have 110 apps, and my internal memory has 1,2 GB left, and my phone memory 551 mb.
No performance loss, and even a little (may be placebo, I don't know) improvement.
Partitioning your SD card may decrease the the life time, but I find it very effective and handy.
Have a nice day!
MatsPunt said:
I couldn't agree more. A friend of mine has done it with his Ace. Hard bricked.
What I did( Ihave a 32 GB SD card, so yeah), was shrinking my Fat32 partition, and making an ext2 partiton of 2,5 gb. With the help of Link2SD you can move 99% of apps to this partition. I have 110 apps, and my internal memory has 1,2 GB left, and my phone memory 551 mb.
No performance loss, and even a little (may be placebo, I don't know) improvement.
Partitioning your SD card may decrease the the life time, but I find it very effective and handy.
Have a nice day!
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hello there sir, I'm interested in your way of doing this, so would you explain it in a more detailed way? I don't really get it...
what do you mean by 'shrinking my Fat32 partition' ?
and what do you mean by 'making an ext2 partition of 2,5 gb' ?
you also stated that your sd card is 32 gb, is this your internal SD card or external SD card?
what's the difference between link2SD from the other apps such as app2sd? and fyi i'm using titanium backup (not pro) and it CANNOT move the apps to my micro sd card (ext sd card)
thank you~
eryannda said:
hello there sir, I'm interested in your way of doing this, so would you explain it in a more detailed way? I don't really get it...
what do you mean by 'shrinking my Fat32 partition' ?
and what do you mean by 'making an ext2 partition of 2,5 gb' ?
you also stated that your sd card is 32 gb, is this your internal SD card or external SD card?
what's the difference between link2SD from the other apps such as app2sd? and fyi i'm using titanium backup (not pro) and it CANNOT move the apps to my micro sd card (ext sd card)
thank you~
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We're talking about the external SD here.
Storage is accessed by partitions. See a partition as a little chunk of code that defines how the storage is used.
A normal micro SD without any modifications will have 1 FAT 32 partition.
What you could do is using a tool like Mini Tool Partition Wizard(Windows only), to shrink the existing FAT32 partition, so there is unallocated space left. Every size is possible, but the unallocated space has to be smaller than the FAT 32 partition. Please note that a Class 10 SD is preferred, or at least Class 6. Lower classes can't handle the app loading very well, and the apps will sooner start to lag.
Now you can create a new partition, since there is unallocated space left. You will use Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4, it doesn't really matter, but Ext2 works 99℅ of the time, so use that one. These are all part of the Linux file system, as your phone memory is. Your micro SD will act like an extra phone memory. But it will be slower, since flash will always be faster than the maximum R/W speed of a SD card.
(Root access is required)
You now have 2 partitions, one FAT 32 and one Ext.... Insert the micro SD card in the phone and download Link2SD from the Play Store. Open it and it will prompt you that it has detected a second partition. Grabt Superuser rights. Select the kind, and let it generate the needed information. Reboot and you're good to go! You can now move any user app to the external SD.
(Way more extensive tutorials are available. Just Google: how to use link2sd? I'm on my phone now, so sorry)
Oh, and the difference between apps like App2SD and Link2SD, is that with the former you can only move apps to the internal SD, and not the external, micro SD. The latter does give you this option, but root is required.
Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any question!
Sent from my C1605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
MatsPunt said:
We're talking about the external SD here.
Storage is accessed by partitions. See a partition as a little chunk of code that defines how the storage is used.
A normal micro SD without any modifications will have 1 FAT 32 partition.
What you could do is using a tool like Mini Tool Partition Wizard(Windows only), to shrink the existing FAT32 partition, so there is unallocated space left. Every size is possible, but the unallocated space has to be smaller than the FAT 32 partition. Please note that a Class 10 SD is preferred, or at least Class 6. Lower classes can't handle the app loading very well, and the apps will sooner start to lag.
Now you can create a new partition, since there is unallocated space left. You will use Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4, it doesn't really matter, but Ext2 works 99℅ of the time, so use that one. These are all part of the Linux file system, as your phone memory is. Your micro SD will act like an extra phone memory. But it will be slower, since flash will always be faster than the maximum R/W speed of a SD card.
(Root access is required)
You now have 2 partitions, one FAT 32 and one Ext.... Insert the micro SD card in the phone and download Link2SD from the Play Store. Open it and it will prompt you that it has detected a second partition. Grabt Superuser rights. Select the kind, and let it generate the needed information. Reboot and you're good to go! You can now move any user app to the external SD.
(Way more extensive tutorials are available. Just Google: how to use link2sd? I'm on my phone now, so sorry)
Oh, and the difference between apps like App2SD and Link2SD, is that with the former you can only move apps to the internal SD, and not the external, micro SD. The latter does give you this option, but root is required.
Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any question!
Sent from my C1605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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You now have 2 partitions, one FAT 32 and one Ext....
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you explained it very well, but sorry sir, i'm still a lil bit confused about partitioning the sd card.. what do you mean by 'Ext' ? because the only formats i know are ntfs, fat32, and exFAT..
As the others above me said, it's not advised. But if you really want to swap the memories check this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...eria-sd-card-fix-remount-sd-internal-t1943643
eryannda said:
you explained it very well, but sorry sir, i'm still a lil bit confused about partitioning the sd card.. what do you mean by 'Ext' ? because the only formats i know are ntfs, fat32, and exFAT..
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With Ext I mean Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4. These are Linux file systems. Since Android is based on Linux, Android recognizes this Et2/3/4 partition as a storage where it can write data. A little help from link2SD is needed, but it works fine. If you're still interested, follow this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142844
It's quite easy to follow.
MatsPunt said:
With Ext I mean Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4. These are Linux file systems. Since Android is based on Linux, Android recognizes this Et2/3/4 partition as a storage where it can write data. A little help from link2SD is needed, but it works fine. If you're still interested, follow this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142844
It's quite easy to follow.
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Hi,
You guys saying about hard brick possibilities. I had swapped my External with Internal. Now after seeing your posts I am thinking of reverting back to normal. Would it cause any issues ? I am not sure how much it would improve the performance though. I am quite sure the lag I have sometime is because of higher RAM usage [I have more than 120 apps installed including games such as PES (more than 150 MB) utilizing 8 GB external as Internal] . I am on Xperia Miro
about my rooted xperia j st26i
Paduretu Ionut said:
As the others above me said, it's not advised. But if you really want to swap the memories check this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...eria-sd-card-fix-remount-sd-internal-t1943643
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hi, im not that good on the sony flashtool and i would like to know why my xperia j 11.0.A.3.28 gets rooted when i click on 'My ST26/Root/Force Emulator'. i dont need to download any rooting files it just roots with Force Emulator...
danieltaylorlevi1996 said:
hi, im not that good on the sony flashtool and i would like to know why my xperia j 11.0.A.3.28 gets rooted when i click on 'My ST26/Root/Force Emulator'. i dont need to download any rooting files it just roots with Force Emulator...
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If you see an app like Superuser or SuperSU installed, it means your phone is rooted...Download any root explorer app and copy the vold.fstab file (in that thread ) in root/system/etc then reboot.
Hi Guys I Swapped My Xperia J's External Memory With Internal & Now i want to revert back to normal.
Will it work if i flash stock ftf?
Thanks in advance
manthan29jamdagni said:
Hi Guys I Swapped My Xperia J's External Memory With Internal & Now i want to revert back to normal.
Will it work if i flash stock ftf?
Thanks in advance
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First, swap them as they were than flash stock ftf. It's highly possible to hard brick your J if you don't swap them back.
Good Luck.
Xperia M2 D2303 on K.K. 4.4.4
Dzepar said:
First, swap them as they were than flash stock ftf. It's highly possible to hard brick your J if you don't swap them back.
Good Luck.
Xperia M2 D2303 on K.K. 4.4.4
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Thanks for replying...Appreciate it ...but the problem is that someone else swapped the memories before...& I am not aware of the method by which he did that...nor I know about swapping them back..
I was hoping for some help on swapping back the memory to their original state..
manthan29jamdagni said:
Thanks for replying...Appreciate it ...but the problem is that someone else swapped the memories before...& I am not aware of the method by which he did that...nor I know about swapping them back..
I was hoping for some help on swapping back the memory to their original state..
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I never did this, but look Here you'll find answer.
Good Luck.
DID SOMEONE ALSO ENCOUNTER THIS KIND OF ISSUES? I GOT SANDISK MICRO SD 32GB CLASS10 AND I WANT TO PARTITION IT USING MINITOOL I FOLLOW THE GUIDE OF stpkid .. BUT THE PROBLEM/ISSUE IS WHY DID MY SD CARD HAVE ALWAYS 8MB ALLOCATED WHEN I ACTUALLY WANT TO PARTITION IT TO 1GB ? I GOT SOME SS 1 AND 2 .. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO FIX THIS THX ALOT ^_^
Papa Slang said:
DID SOMEONE ALSO ENCOUNTER THIS KIND OF ISSUES? I GOT SANDISK MICRO SD 32GB CLASS10 AND I WANT TO PARTITION IT USING MINITOOL I FOLLOW THE GUIDE OF stpkid .. BUT THE PROBLEM/ISSUE IS WHY DID MY SD CARD HAVE ALWAYS 8MB ALLOCATED WHEN I ACTUALLY WANT TO PARTITION IT TO 1GB ? I GOT SOME SS 1 AND 2 .. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO FIX THIS THX ALOT ^_^
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Try doing the same using this software: EaseUS Partition Master
Papa Slang said:
DID SOMEONE ALSO ENCOUNTER THIS KIND OF ISSUES? I GOT SANDISK MICRO SD 32GB CLASS10 AND I WANT TO PARTITION IT USING MINITOOL I FOLLOW THE GUIDE OF stpkid .. BUT THE PROBLEM/ISSUE IS WHY DID MY SD CARD HAVE ALWAYS 8MB ALLOCATED WHEN I ACTUALLY WANT TO PARTITION IT TO 1GB ? I GOT SOME SS 1 AND 2 .. CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TO FIX THIS THX ALOT ^_^
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Thats beacuse the fat32 partition is already at the sd card's max size. Decrease the fat32 partition by 1024MB and you'll be fine
thanks for the suggestion really appreaciate your suggestion but wat do u mean? when u say "decrease the fat32 partition by 1024MB?" sory for my bad english ^_^
Papa Slang said:
thanks for the suggestion really appreaciate your suggestion but wat do u mean? when u say "decrease the fat32 partition by 1024MB?" sory for my bad english ^_^
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imma try it when i got home haha im at the school vacation right now i forgot to bring my sd card feel bad but thx alot man :good: ill update u asap