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Data2ext get more room for apps.

Ive been looking for something since I got this phone. Today with just system apps and 20 user apps on the internal partition I ran out of space yet again. So off to search google and I found this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342387
What this will do is create a link from /data/app to a created partition on your sd card. It can move dalvik and a few other things to the /sd-ext partition.
I created a 1 gig partition and I have over 300 megs left for apps. I dont forsee a problem in the near future.

Good find. I'll need to check this out.

I just glanced at this briefly, but isn't this the same as app2sd which our phones already have? Or do o need to look at it closer? Lol
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Look closer!
Appps2SD isn't compatible with all apps, and it doesn't move the whole app.
Data2ext moves the whole thing to sd partition as well as all dalvik cache.

Good find eollie I yesterday saw this script that let's user fix the "low storage" this script works for our with cm9, aokp and nexus beam(haven't test the other roms)
So if you guys test with data2ext here's the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26375859
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Huh, I have 100+ apps, and lots of free space!
And all of them are 2mb +
I go to settings and manually move unmoved apps to sd card. For some reason CM isn't doing it automatically

thomas.raines said:
I just glanced at this briefly, but isn't this the same as app2sd which our phones already have? Or do o need to look at it closer? Lol
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Like airflip said read closer. This does more than just move the app to the sdcard. It fools your phone into thinking it has a larger /data partition and also moves a lot of stuff to the /sd-ext partition and sym links it back to the /data partition.
Im going to try this for a couple days and make sure it doesnt give me some wild errors.
Airflip I had a lot more apps installed when I was on stock roms. But cm based roms seem to fill the data cache up super fast. Atleast that is what I can figure out. The "app" I linked to has a option to fix the cm based data issues. I havent enabled it yet want to read up on it more.

Are your apps on SD? On CM9 I have a lot more storage than kj6.
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Woops posted the wrong picture initially. See how much free space it says I have?
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Hi eollie
This looks amazing.
I hate it when I restore with TB and have to push apps one by one to sd card, to spare space and not all apps like it (dropbox) ..
I will definately test it on my next ROM flash.
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I dont suggest turning on the cmdalvik option or swap. Both of those made me extremely laggy. So far no issues.

Hey eollie,
This brings up an interesting discussion.
I've been thinking about moving to the SGS/Aries partitioning scheme.
MTD:
0 = boot (kernel)
1 = recovery (not usable... Maybe steal this space for system)
2 = /system
3 = /cache
4 = /efs
5 = /radio
6 = /datadata (mounts to /datadata which is symlinked to /data/data)
7 = reservoir
SD:
1 = /sdcard
2 = /data
This would of course mean that those with bigger sd cards will have more room for data.
Let me know what you think.
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Basically it would work kinda like this zip does then right?
For this zip to work you have to have a ext2/3/4 partition.
Would adding data to sdcard work on the native partition?
The reason for needing the ext partition is it is much faster than the fat partitions.
Im all for giving people more rom for apps without having to flash apps and zips.

bhundven said:
Let me know what you think.
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Yes please. I would really like to see this.

This phone's lack of internal memory drove me to buy a 32GB SD Card (Sandisk, ebay, fastest, claimed to be 'special for Android apps & games', for only 32$).
Looking forward towards this implementation.
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That scheme is confuzzling me.
So, /datadata is the same as our current data, but only important stuff like dalvik and etc will be there.
/mnt/sdcard/data is real data that the system will think is an internal data partition right?
/mnt/sdcard/SD is SD card right?
If I am right, boot will be faster, you will rarely run out of sd space unless you depleat sd card, if you pull out your sd card, then you will have no data partition, but sd mount from SystemUI will just mount /mnt/sdcard/SD right?
And in a perfect world, only apps will be there and not settings data which should remain in /datadata because if you boot without sd card, then phone will reset every time and ask to sign in, but then again, it'd look for a non-existant symlink and phone would still reset.
But won't widgets and other downloaded home replacements take forever to load? Or is there a way to move an app to /datadata?
In a way it's good cause you won't need apps2sd to auto move without the fear of low internal space.
Bad: Just like apps on Sd card that take 2-3 minutes to populate on app drawer, this would be consistent for all downloaded apps. Unless it mounts sd during boot proccess.
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This reminds me of my G1.
Swap partition wouldn't allow me to boot w/o sd card.

That is why a ext 2/3/4 partition is used because android read them faster. They are native to the os. I have only noticed problems with things when the sdcard used is a cheap four dollar one you find on ebay.
Basically what he is looking to do is build this .zip into the rom natively. Right now the only problem with this is a permissions issue. But other than that is has worked on other devices just fine without problems. Hopefully the permissions will not be a issue once we can move to mtp insteadof mass storage like bhundven is hoping for.

What is mtp?
Also, this will change the phones mounts completely, not just inbuilt zip. Resulting a new recovery.fstab, and new twrp requirement.
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What is mtp?
Also, this will change the phones mounts completely, not just inbuilt zip. Resulting a new recovery.fstab, and new twrp requirement.
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MTP
Ill defer the rest of those questions to bhundven.

SO... I assume that the under MTP, /mnt/sdcard/SD will be mounted, but we will still be able to use it as a normal transfer method for roms and such not just media, correct?
Also, thanks for not sending me to LMGTFY despite my laziness in not googling it for myself.

SOLVED: Jellybean now on my GT-P5113 tablet, all internal sdcard storage is gone.

Hey Guys,
Wow, the filesystem of AKOP is a LOT different than stock, rooted touchwiz Samsung ICS filesystem!
My current ROM came from these instructions and these two packages:
Install CM10.1 based Android 4.2.1 update on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 GT-P5113
cm-10-20121130-EXPERIMENTAL-p5110-CODEWORKX.zip
gapps-jb-20121130-signed.zip
Look folks, I know this is a lot to read. I am sorry but I have 5 questions that I really need answered. Please speed read or just tell me what you know. Please!
Why is my 16Gb of internal storage down to 507Mb free?
What can be removed from internal storage to make more room?
"Settings, Applications, Developer, and check USB Debugger box" is NOT in Jellybean, how to enable it?
I am using cm-10-20121130-EXPERIMENTAL-p5110-CODEWORKX.zip. Is there a newer, better JB ROM for me that is stable and will not "break anything"?
Does this mod contain a screenshot app or must I install one?
Remember I was telling you that I could not get Milestone JB to install on my tablet. Well, I found some different instructions here: Install CM10.1 based Android 4.2.1 update
And this worked perfectly!
One issue that I am having is with Titanium Backup. I keep getting this message:
"System settings may cause problems. Go to Settings, Applications, Developer, and check USB Debugger"
There IS NO SUCH option in Jellybean. The Settings/Apps options only lists the applications; downloaded, running, and all. It shows all of this being in Internal Storage, 11Gb used, 516MB free. I cannot restore all of my apps, I have no more room to install anything. This is the same device with same internal 16Gb sdcard and 32Gb ExtSdCard. There are NO developer options in the Cyanogen ROM that I installed. Is this a real problem or is there a hidden option or workaround for it?
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Now this worked like a charm. No problems at all and I really like Jellybean. I also installed the corresponding gapps zip and all is well. Deleted the cache and the dalvik cache and went clean. Of course I did a CWM backup first and did all of this in CWM ROM Manager. I am really happy with all this and I think there are updates that are better as this is from November and is labeled as EXPERIMENTAL.
There is now another one, the gapps is a file called: gapps-jb-20121212-signed.zip I did update with CWM but did not get the gapps so I had to restore. This Cyanogen ROM is nice but the filesystem is different. sdcard is in root AND under /mnt. /mnt now contains 7 folders. extSdCard is also under root and under /mnt.
asec
extSdCard
obb
sdcard
secure
shell
usbdisk0
Both sdcard (internal) lead to the same location. Both sdcard folders appear to be the same, not sure how to tell with ES File Explorer Properties. Both of them are called "Folders" and appear identical. No mention of symlink or anything else. Do I have duplicate of the same storage device?
One serious problem I have is that all my internal storage is all but gone. I can only restore about 30% of my apps without data before I run out of room. I DO have a 16GB external SDcard where I keep my pictures, personal files, and many installed apps have the option to move to SDcard by ZDbox or Android Assistant. Now I have a serious storage problem. I cannot install all my apps "because there is no room on card".
Internal Storage shows a big bar graph, about 30% is used up by the color bands listed below, over 60% is dark gray and what I assume to be available. All categories are colored bands on the bar graph.
Settings/Storage does list my two cards, what size, and what is free and used.
Internal Storage Total Space = 11.87Gb. Available = 525Mb
Available = 525Mb
Apps = 625M (app data & media content)
Pictures, Videos = 692Mb
Audio (music, ringtones, podcasts, etc.) = 853Mb
Downloads = 226Mb
Cached data 18.76Mb
SD Card Total Space = 14.53Gb
Available = 3.02Gb
Here is a picture of my Storage Settings View:
This AKOP stuff is GREAT, but where did all my internal storage go? I have sdcard duplicated, The bar graphs tell me nothing about where are all the additional gigs of space, and I cannot restore most of my apps because there is no more room.
I really love this and want to keep it but I need some room back on my card! When I wanted to restore from CWM, Touch or even regular, no backups could be found because they were on the internal card where CWM put them, yet all I could access was the extSdCard. I could choose to mount the internal sdcard, from CWM boot menu, but it would NOT mount, thus the backups were not available. Is this an issue that I can fix or should I copy ALL backups to the extSdCard?
Just checked Properties in ES File Explorer on the /sdcard (Internal) Shows as "Folder". Size 3.86Gb. How can I check this internal card and get my space back? Let me check in ESFE my extSdCard "Folder" size while I am at it. 11.6Gb.
Please, give me some insight!
Can you guy give me some ideas or help please? Thanks!

Well, I got my answer, sort of. This build of jellybean just plain sucks. I recently got up the balls to install jellybean on my Droid Razr Maxx. This is something I was really cautious of doing. It is one thing to mess up the tablet, I can live without it for a week if I mess it up, but the phone is my business, phone, everything and I cannot be without it. Too risky to try, especially after this snafu of a ROM with this tablet. Too many bugs. Audio jack and loss of audio and voice typing over the jack. Constant nag screens when headphone jack plugged into AUX jack on car. And the worse thing ever, all of my SD storage is just, ...gone. Out of 16Gb space, this should take not even ¼ of the space, yet I have maybe 528Mb free space. When all calculations are done, they do not add up at all. The space just "disappeared". I cannot install any apps larger than 500Mb and only one if that. No room for a picture or anything. Totally unacceptable, this ROM is ah, "not so good".
So I went "ROM shopping" for the phone and found 3 different sources for the 4.2.1 jellybean ROM and downloaded all of them with instructions. One uses CWM to wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, factory reset, put zips for gapps and system on SD card, use CWM to install and do all processes. TOTAL FAILURE! I bricked the phone!
Other ROM was CM 10 with CWM, did not try it. And last but the best and what saved the day was an all in one script for Windows, Mac, or Linux. Came with 4 options.
1 Flash Official Jellybean Firmware (Wipe Data)
2 Flash Official Jellybean Firmware (No Data Wipe)
3 Razr Blade: Motorola Droid Razr 4.1 Root Exploit by djrbliss
4 Install Safestrap & App by Hashcode
Use AP FastBoot Mode, USB to phone, run script in Linux, option 1 to get new system. Option 3 got my root back. After that, installed CWM and Titanium Backup to get everything back plus my Google accounts. Now this version of jellybean rocks and kicks total stinking behind off the planet. NO bugs, NO problems, Nothing wrong with it at all, everything works, and the storage is normal and just fine.
So, I am off to go ROM shopping for the tablet again to get it right this time. I wish this script would work on the tablet. This is what I used, now I really have to find something like this for the tablet.
[SCRIPT] DROID RAZR Utility XT912 Jellybean -- Windows + Mac + Linux (All In One!)
Cheers mates. All is not lost, we will get this right!

BIG Help
Update: 4/1/2013
Uhm, for Developer Options, go to Settings, then About Tablet. Tap the Build Number 7 times. Now you have Developer Options added and can turn on USB Debugging.
This dude got the missing storage problem, SOLVED, spot on! Follow his directions, step by step, and you get all of your storage back. Yeah, you will start over, but Google put ALL my stuff back in less than 30 minutes. This really, really rocks. Follow link below. I will re post his instructions just for convenience, but take no credit for this fantastic and very helpful post by Rated RR. Quoted text is posted in blue.
Get your Storage Back!
Reclaiming Lost Gigabytes
If you feel you've lost internal sdcard space to the unknown, and you don't mind starting over, then follow the next steps:
1, Go to recovery
2. Mount /sdcard
3. Format /sdcard
4. Wipe data/factory settings
5. Reboot system
6. Check-up your Settings > Storage if everything went fine (see Note 2, below)
7. Restore your Google account, and set back until all your apps are reinstalled by Google Play.
Notes 1:
Running the factory defaults option through CM GUI settings WILL NOT reclaim your lost SDCard space.
No CM ROM/kernel will be lost of course, only your customizations (with apps).
It seems GApps will be intacted as well.
Notes 2:
If everything is fine you should have free around 12GB for a 16GB version, assuming you have partitioned to 4/12.
Okay, that was him. This is me. I hope this helps, *somebody* had to try and help and finally, it is here.
Edit: Here is a screenshot of my storage now. As you can see, it really is working.

funny, this has been driving me crazy.
i did a search and this came up. worked like a dream.
funny how that search thing works huh

DangerChicken said:
funny, this has been driving me crazy.
i did a search and this came up. worked like a dream.
funny how that search thing works huh
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Yeah man. We cannot find it because the dude put it onto a very last page of a long, ongoing thread. This is SO important that it should be in it's own help post. If he does not do it, I will, giving proper credits, mind you. If my post helped you, please click the Thanks button. Ciao!

External SD as Internal SD on Photon Q 4G LTE 4.1.2 OTA

I take no credit for this, but I don't see anything on the Photon Q threads here really detailing how to do this or confirming that it works.
From forum xda-developers com showthread.php?t=2229848
Courtesy of ZaYAC-ua (forum xda-developers com member.php?u=2303983)
Mount the external SD in place internal SD.
Option for editing via Root Explorer
Go to the folder "System" to set it right R / W.
Find the file "build.prop" and open it as a text.
Find the line "persist.fuse_sdcard = true" (in the middle of the file)
Change the "true" to "false". It turns out "persist.fuse_sdcard = false"
Save and exit. To turn off the simulation data/media on the internal SD
Go to the folder "/system/etc" and find the file "vold.fstab"
Separates it as text.
Find the line "dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host"
Change the "1" to "0"
Add the line "dev_mount external /storage/sdcard1 auto /data/media"
Save and exit. Now External SD card is mounted in place internal SD.
Restart.
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I've done this to mine and the only side effect so far is the loss of ~4GB of internal memory that didn't swap (if someone could figure that out it'd be nice to have I guess). However, I now have my full 32GB SD card as the "internal SD" instead. There's risk involved here, loss of data if your SD card corrupts being the biggest worry. However I need that space available for apps. The first time it filled up, I knew there was something wrong. I have a little over 3GB of music that I keep locally on my phone because I frequently go out of service areas and 4G isn't quite online here in Detroit just yet.
Some other things
- You need root (I used Motochopper from droidrzr com for simplicity)
- I used AntTek File Explorer from my phone to make the changes. Other methods work, but see post #8 in that thread for exceptions
FIRST DO NOT drag files from phone to PC modify them then place back on phone this corrupts files result no Boot!!
Second ROOT EXPLORER would not modify files no matter what I tried yes I,m aware of RO RW and so on.
Third Download ES FILE EXPLORER Brilliant APP for file access, connecting to your LAN and seamless transfer of files between Phone and PC
oh yes and Editing system files.
- Tested on current OTA 4.1.2, CM users need the other process from that thread.
- I still had to symlink to get Google Play to dump onto my SD card. ROM toolbox pro made that pretty easy with it's shortcut function.

doesn't work on cm10.1

I've done this method since I was using Atrix HD. It will work on any Moto Qualcomm devices with JB 4.1.2. First,you should edit build.prop to turn off data/media. The rest is editing vold.fstab. But,it won't work on any CM10.1 based ROMs coz different mount point of storage. You can use the whole internal as storage for apps and the whole external sdcard as internal sd so that you can have a lot of huge game data.

huatz84 said:
I've done this method since I was using Atrix HD. It will work on any Moto Qualcomm devices with JB 4.1.2. First,you should edit build.prop to turn off data/media. The rest is editing vold.fstab. But,it won't work on any CM10.1 based ROMs coz different mount point of storage. You can use the whole internal as storage for apps and the whole external sdcard as internal sd so that you can have a lot of huge game data.
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In that case, i'm switching back to 4.1.2.
I also read your post "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2231480". Does this works for the photon q @ cm10.1 as well ?

GoodWiesKapot said:
In that case, i'm switching back to 4.1.2.
I also read your post "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2231480". Does this works for the photon q @ cm10.1 as well ?
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For CM10.1,there's an init.d script by Younggun. It works but I haven't tried it yet.
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huatz84 said:
For CM10.1,there's an init.d script by Younggun. It works but I haven't tried it yet.
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Care to share the link for younggun I could not find any.

aviwdoowks said:
Care to share the link for younggun I could not find any.
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Here's the link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2270545

I tried this out, and it worked!
Here's a screenshot of my 64 GB SD card as internal storage.
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I wonder if it is possible to boot from external sd card, when internal sd cards partition table is messed up. Will the photon try to boot from the external sd card then?

Nope (Secure boot).

Skrilax_CZ said:
Nope (Secure boot).
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Any idea why the younggun... cm 10,1 script won't work on 422 roms for a xt907? See also my post on the ATRIXHD thread above.

How about using Link2SD app rooted? That seemed to solve the issue for me.

CM10.1 and CM10.2 ported by Skrillax has storage swapping option. It's much better.
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ZenInsight said:
How about using Link2SD app rooted? That seemed to solve the issue for me.
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App2SD is not supported on photonq

CornholioGSM said:
App2SD is not supported on photonq
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Correct. But I did not say anything about App2SD.
I stated to use Link2SD, which requires a dual formatted microSD card with both partitions marked as Primary. Link2SD can see the secondary one, and send data from apps, even system apps, to that hidden partion.
Trust me. It works. I am using it now.

ZenInsight said:
Correct. But I did not say anything about App2SD.
I stated to use Link2SD, which requires a dual formatted microSD card with both partitions marked as Primary. Link2SD can see the secondary one, and send data from apps, even system apps, to that hidden partion.
Trust me. It works. I am using it now.
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I used to use Link2sd on my Motorola Charm. It worked great. But,it can't store game data on SD. Only apk,cache n dalvik which can be linked to SD.
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huatz84 said:
I used to use Link2sd on my Motorola Charm. It worked great. But,it can't store game data on SD. Only apk,cache n dalvik which can be linked to SD.
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Hmmm...that's odd. I am playing "Waking Mars" and it worked fine on Link2SD. Mine show that
Application file
Davlik-Cache
Library Files
Can all be linked. I would assume, and by looking at the less data usage, that Library files are the main file data that takes up the most space.
But, I'm not an expert.
I think there is a program out that that reverses the external and internal SD card usage. But that might not be a safe solution either.

....i have found better way...search xda for Directory Bind.
I have test it with Re-Volt game (approx 100mb) and it works

Oh, Re-Volt exist for Android too? Great.

Link2SD - Issues from Xperia pro not on Photon Q?
ZenInsight said:
How about using Link2SD app rooted? That seemed to solve the issue for me.
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Hi,
on my Sony Xperiy Pro (Android 2.3.4) I used Link2SD for a long time - until I had to reboot the phone some times.
After each rebooting, a lot of important apps were missing, and everything was a big mess. It took me 2 days to get it working again - until the next reboot.
Finally I found out:
Link2SD did a great job with linking DEX-files and apk-files to the third partition. That worked great.
But when rebooting the phone, some weird services of android (or: Sony?) did a kind of cleanup:
All .dex files were created freshly on the small internal partition. Each time this took about 10 to 15 minutes - until this partition run out of space. Then this process seems to have been stopped and the rest of the apps were missing. This problem could not be solved by a simple relinking in Link2SD...
So my question is:
Can I use Link2SD on my Photon Q without having to care for enough space for dex-files on the internal partition? I'm using the original Motorola Android 4.1.2.
Thank you.

[Q] No Speed Improvements with CROMI 5

i have been using my tablet for studying and lately, it has been very laggy to the point of being unbearable!
i have no technical experience about the subject matter but decided to go ahead and try to unlock, root and install a ROM. the goal of which was to improve the tablet's responsiveness and usability. i was very positive upon learning about the DATA2SD mod.
i followed the instructions found on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425383 (CROMi-X 5.3a)
the tablet boots and runs, but when i ran tests (AndroBench), the Random Write Speeds were mere 0.2mb/s.. yet the SD mod seems to be in effect! as such, i could even access sdcard0 and sdcardi in file explorerers.
i mounted the sd card, class 10 Sandisk, onto my phone and ran a test using A1 SD Bench.. the results showed 8.1- 11.1 mb/s write speeds..
what did i do wrong? i have been very stressed by this entire process.. i was doing things i have never done before, and worst, i knew very little about what i was doing.
someone pls help me!
Edit.. heres a pic showing info about my storage..
i partition the 32GB card into: Fat32 5GB and EXT4 25GB
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technocephalgia said:
i have been using my tablet for studying and lately, it has been very laggy to the point of being unbearable!
i have no technical experience about the subject matter but decided to go ahead and try to unlock, root and install a ROM. the goal of which was to improve the tablet's responsiveness and usability. i was very positive upon learning about the DATA2SD mod.
i followed the instructions found on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2425383 (CROMi-X 5.3a)
the tablet boots and runs, but when i ran tests (AndroBench), the Random Write Speeds were mere 0.2mb/s.. yet the SD mod seems to be in effect! as such, i could even access sdcard0 and sdcardi in file explorerers.
i mounted the sd card, class 10 Sandisk, onto my phone and ran a test using A1 SD Bench.. the results showed 8.1mb/s write speeds..
what did i do wrong? i have been very stressed by this entire process.. i was doing things i have never done before, and worst, i knew very little about what i was doing.
someone pls help me!
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You must have done something wrong as you should have noticed a difference.
Did you go straight to data2sd? Which kernel and options did you choose? Clean wipe or dirty flash on top of stock? Did you choose all the apps or do a lighter install?

technocephalgia said:
the tablet boots and runs, but when i ran tests (AndroBench), the Random Write Speeds were mere 0.2mb/s..
i mounted the sd card, class 10 Sandisk, onto my phone and ran a test using A1 SD Bench.. the results showed 8.1mb/s write speeds..
what did i do wrong?
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You are comparing the results of two different benchmarks?

sbdags said:
You must have done something wrong as you should have noticed a difference.
Did you go straight to data2sd? Which kernel and options did you choose? Clean wipe or dirty flash on top of stock? Did you choose all the apps or do a lighter install?
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i was previously on cromi 3.2.. rebooted.. then flashed the data2sd.. but that didnt work so i did more reading and finally, i found your signature on the forum. clicked on the tf700 option and tada! i found cromi 5.3! and it had built in data2sd! i was ecstatic! great thanks by the way!
i booted in recovery and performed a factory reset, then,
since i was using twrp 2.4, i flashed the suggested bootloader with the latest twrp (WW series), then rebooted, then went into recovery.
installed cromi 5.3 with the following selections
_that os (first option) , data2sd enabled
240 dp
cromi xlite + stock launcher
default options for stock apps
default options for misc apps
music fx
added polaris, titanium back-up, emulator, LMT (i was very found of the pie controls)
rebooted, then went into recovery to install the 5.3a patch..
the tablet boots, runs, i even have the sea wallpaper now.. but the random write speed is still the same as before.. still 0.2mb/s
super thanks sdbags for replying!

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You are comparing the results of two different benchmarks?
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the tablet has very poor write speeds (or so i read).. its original speed would 0.2mb/s.. i read that by using Androbench i would be able to verify if data2sd speed enhancement is in effect.
i posted the sd card write speed to clarify that i am indeed using a class 10 sd card..
or am i using them wrong? i dont really have enough know-how about this, i have just been reading and rereading guides.. i just started.. i dont know why things go wrong, or how to troubleshoot them..
EDIT:
so i transferred the sd card unto my phone, ran Androbench and choose the micro option, results for random write was 1mb/s..
if it matters, my phone is a SGS4 Snapdragon variant

technocephalgia said:
the tablet has very poor write speeds (or so i read).. its original speed would 0.2mb/s.. i read that by using Androbench i would be able to verify if data2sd speed enhancement is in effect.
i posted the sd card write speed to clarify that i am indeed using a class 10 sd card..
or am i using them wrong? i dont really have enough know-how about this, i have just been reading and rereading guides.. i just started.. i dont know why things go wrong, or how to troubleshoot them..
EDIT:
so i transferred the sd card unto my phone, ran Androbench and choose the micro option, results for random write was 1mb/s..
if it matters, my phone is a SGS4 Snapdragon variant
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You may not have data2sd running. Did you format the card in GParted first form a linux distro as is required?

sbdags said:
You may not have data2sd running. Did you format the card in GParted first form a linux distro as is required?
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yes i did.. it was a very intense experience! i booted from a usb then partitioned my sd card in Gparted..
i was sorta desperate, i flashed mount_data2sd.zip just now, like 5mins earlier. if it matters, i took a screenshot of my storage..
but i cant link it cause im a new member, instead i edited my questioned and added it there..
ran Androbench, got 0.18mb/s

technocephalgia said:
yes i did.. it was a very intense experience! i booted from a usb then partitioned my sd card in Gparted..
i was sorta desperate, i flashed mount_data2sd.zip. if it matters, i took a screenshot of my storage..
but i cant link it cause im a new member, instead i edited my questioned and added it there..
ran Androbench, got 0.18mb/s
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The sandisk is it an ultra uhs-1 class 10? Did you do a clean install? You don't need to use the mount zip for installing the ROM - that is only for TWRP operations. The rom installer should figure it out for you.

sbdags said:
The sandisk is it an ultra uhs-1 class 10? Did you do a clean install? You don't need to use the mount zip for installing the ROM - that is only for TWRP operations. The rom installer should figure it out for you.
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hmm.. it says SDHC.. could it be that i have the wrong type of sd card? if so, then thats great news! maybe if i change my sd card, ill have better results? at this point, i would really rather prefer a physical problem than technical ones..
i always did a factory reset if thats what clean install means..
i'm beginning to conclude that the sd card is the main problem here..I really do hope changing to another SD card will solve it.. super thanks sir for your time and knowledge!!!
sorry for the wait.. i had to weait for 5mins, got distracted while waiting for the time limit to expire

SDHC should be OK (must be 32GB or lower?)
I just ran AndroBench on my internal SD Card with fsync disabled - I'll run it on my Sandisk UHS-1 Class 10 64GB SDXC in a minute
Internal SD Card /data
External SD Card /data (ROM2SD/DATA2SD)
As you can see they are approx the same as the external data setup gives the same benefits as internal + fsync without the dangers of disabling fsync.

sbdags said:
I just ran AndroBench on my internal SD Card
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With fsync off you are just measuring the write speed of your RAM.

sbdags said:
SDHC should be OK (must be 32GB or lower?)
I just ran AndroBench on my internal SD Card with fsync disabled - I'll run it on my Sandisk UHS-1 Class 10 64GB SDXC in a minute
As you can see they are approx the same as the external data setup gives the same benefits as internal + fsync without the dangers of disabling fsync.
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its a 32GB card sir..
as for the external data setup vs internal.. i dont seem to comprehend.. does external mean the DATA2SD mod? im really sorry, but much of the terms are very new to me..

technocephalgia said:
its a 32GB card sir..
as for the external data setup vs internal.. i dont seem to comprehend.. does external mean the DATA2SD mod? im really sorry, but much of the terms are very new to me..
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If you are using data2sd or rom2sd then /data is on your external sd card.
Run the same test as me what do you get?

sbdags said:
If you are using data2sd or rom2sd then /data is on your external sd card.
Run the same test as me what do you get?
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these are my results..
i cant express enough my gratitude for your guidance.. please continue to help me through this process

sbdags said:
If you are using data2sd or rom2sd then /data is on your external sd card.
Run the same test as me what do you get?
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would a reinstall possibly fix this?
how I plan to reinstall..
reboot to recovery, advance wipe everything (same options, will not do anything about fsync)
then reinstall cromi 5.3, go back to home
then flash 5.3a patch, then reboot
would that be okay? i am scared to brick my device.. or how should i go about it? i have copied my files to my computer and do not have many apps, i use my tablet solely really for studying.. so a total wipeout really wont bother me..

technocephalgia said:
would a reinstall possibly fix this?
how I plan to reinstall..
reboot to recovery, advance wipe everything (same options, will not do anything about fsync)
then reinstall cromi 5.3, go back to home
then flash 5.3a patch, then reboot
would that be okay? i am scared to brick my device.. or how should i go about it? i have copied my files to my computer and do not have many apps, i use my tablet solely really for studying.. so a total wipeout really wont bother me..
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BTW I tried the benchmarks without fsync disabled and got very similar to yours so it looks like the card controller is rubbish on the transformer as well. But the rom should feel zippy even so.
If you want to wipe your data2sd partition you'll need to run the mount zip first.
Why don't you just try a nice clean install on internal first - let's get that up and running.

sbdags said:
BTW I tried the benchmarks without fsync disabled and got very similar to yours so it looks like the card controller is rubbish on the transformer as well. But the rom should feel zippy even so.
If you want to wipe your data2sd partition you'll need to run the mount zip first.
Why don't you just try a nice clean install on internal first - let's get that up and running.
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heres what i did..
factory reset, then wipe internal.. then flash mount zip, delete internal (just to make sure)
then flash cromi-x 5.3, home, flash 5.3a patch then reboot (this time i disabled fsync)
the tablet booted, runs
i did perform any backups but i still have androbench and google drive(i used it to transfer the screenshots)? isnt it suppose to be gone? even my pie shorcuts are still here..
i ran the test again, here are the results (even the screenshot shortcut settings remained the same, shouldnt it have been affected by the reset as well?
anyway, the numbers showed big imporvements on write speeds!

i dont know if this helps, but heres my storage:
sdcadi, data and datai are all empty

I would like to thank you alot sir! I simply cannot afford a new tablet. Your work has breathed new life to my. More power to you sir!
As a matter of fact, I am tying this from my tablet! There isn't a thanks button in sight though.. I will hit thanks as soon as I get on the computer! Currently slaving away in the library..

[QUESTION] Install apps to external SD (ROOT) app? Galaxy ON5 G550t

I want to install ALL of my apps automatically (from Play Store) on to my EXTERNAL SD card without using any kind of adoptive option. I have root. I have a fast external SD card.
What app can I use. Does such an app exist? Have you tried it? Does it work?
Please note that I am aware that I can do this manually with SOME apps. I do not want this. I want them all to go over, and I want it automatic.
This would be such a great phone for the price if they corrected this small SD card issue.

I have been literally trying this all day today as well with no luck, I am not rooted though mind sharing which method you used?
If I ever get it to work ill let you know!

Budnevicg said:
I have been literally trying this all day today as well with no luck, I am not rooted though mind sharing which method you used?
If I ever get it to work ill let you know!
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ROOT is pretty basic. Here's a nice step by step guide. (tmob/metro only)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/root-samsung-galaxy-on5-t3435457
I just tried to do the root essentials "install to sd" technique in conjunction with a Titanium Backup restore, and all the apps still installed on the main sd.

I've gotten it to work, after a bit of trial and error. First, make sure you are using this recovery:
Recovery tar :http://www.mediafire.com/?ysugtwzzusxgvw7
Recovery image:http://www.mediafire.com/?tln7q406dmejeq5
Boot into recovery and partition SD Card to 4GB or 6GB as ext4.
The rest of the sd card will be formatted with fat32.
The ext4 will become your "2nd partition".
Download and install Apps2SD Pro.
Go into Partition Tool within the app and you should see fat32 size and ext4 file system according to the size you allocated in recovery.
Select Format from the drop down and re-check the fat32 and ext4 file systems.
It should then prompt you to reboot.
Go back into and select Link apps to SD card, then select Recreate mount script from the left menu...
There are a few other options possibly, but those are the basics... You should now be able to link you apps to the 2nd Partition. Hope this helps!
I'm using 5.25GB out of 8GB internal storage and have several games installed that easily consume over 3GB alone!

jeraspie28 said:
I've gotten it to work, after a bit of trial and error. First, make sure you are using this recovery:
Recovery tar :http://www.mediafire.com/?ysugtwzzusxgvw7
Recovery image:http://www.mediafire.com/?tln7q406dmejeq5
Boot into recovery and partition SD Card to 4GB or 6GB as ext4.
The rest of the sd card will be formatted with fat32.
The ext4 will become your "2nd partition".
Download and install Apps2SD Pro.
Go into Partition Tool within the app and you should see fat32 size and ext4 file system according to the size you allocated in recovery.
Select Format from the drop down and re-check the fat32 and ext4 file systems.
It should then prompt you to reboot.
Go back into and select Link apps to SD card, then select Recreate mount script from the left menu...
There are a few other options possibly, but those are the basics... You should now be able to link you apps to the 2nd Partition. Hope this helps!
I'm using 5.25GB out of 8GB internal storage and have several games installed that easily consume over 3GB alone!
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