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Htc Explorer ( pico ) steps to Install Custom rom For NEWBIES

UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER
1- Unlock the Bootloader, Here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
By selecting " All Other Supported Models "
2- Just follow the Instructions There, & Unlock the Bootloader.
3- Now Follow jaggyjags' Rooting tutorial Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1415223 If your phone is Rooted Successfully, then it looks like This http://forum.xda-developers.com/album.php?albumid=8055&pictureid=29251
CREATING A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE INSTALLING A CUSTOM ROM..!!
1- Reboot into Recovery menu Pressing the VOLUME DOWN button & POWER button simultaneously For 5 Seconds.
2- Select RECOVERY
- Now Select "Backup and Restore"
- Select the "Backup" option
- It will take a Few minutes & When it is Done, Select Reboot System
- The Backup will be seen in the SD card. A folder Named " CLOCKWORKMOD "
Copy it in your PC , incase you may need for some other time to RESTORE
SD CARD PATITIONING
1- Backup all your data in SD card some where in PC
2- Remove the SD card From your Phone, & place it in CARD READER
3- Download the software called MINI TOOL PARTITION WIZARD
you can download it from here - http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
4- Right Click on FAT32 / FAT system & Delete the Old files
Delete old partitions on SD card if you hav made any
5- Now create FAT [ 2GB & Below SD cards ] or
FAT32 partition [ If you have Above 4GB SD CARD ]
Resize your FAT / FAT32 Partition where UNALLOCATED SPACE should be atleast 1GB but not MORE than 2GB.
select - Create As : " PRIMARY "
6- Create a New " Ext4 " partition. With left over unallocated space [ Do not exceed more than 2GB ]
Select - Create As : " PRIMARY "
Apply CHANGES
Click "Apply" Button on Top left Corner.
PARTITIONS will be CREATED .
INSTALLING CUSTOM ROM
First Make a NANDROID BACKUP before Flashing a new Rom , Every time..
If you want to Backup some of your Favourite APPS Or CONTACTS then Titanium Backup helps you to do so, You can simply Create a Zip File of Data or Apps & can Flash them After Flashing your New Rom.
1- Download the Rom you want, place it in the SD CARD ROOT [ Do not place it in any FOLDER ]
2- Reboot Into Recovery Menu.
3- Now Select " WIPE DATA / FACTORY RESET " & Also the DALVIK CACHE in ADVANCED Option.
4- Select " INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD " & locate to the ROM .
5- Flash the Rom , After Completing select " REBOOT SYSTEM "
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO BOOT.. DON'T PANIC / FACTORY RESET / WIPE DATA ANYTHING

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my htc

1- Backup all your data in SD card some where in PC
2- Remove the SD card From your Phone, & place it in CARD READER
3- Download the software called MINI TOOL PARTITION WIZARD
you can download it from here - http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
4- Right Click on FAT32 / FAT system & Delete the Old files
Delete old partitions on SD card if you hav made any
5- Now create FAT [ 2GB & Below SD cards ] or
FAT32 partition [ If you have Above 4GB SD CARD ]
Resize your FAT / FAT32 Partition where UNALLOCATED SPACE should be atleast 1GB but not MORE than 2GB.
select - Create As : " PRIMARY "
6- Create a New " Ext4 " partition. With left over unallocated space [ Do not exceed more than 2GB ]
Select - Create As : " PRIMARY "
Apply CHANGES
Click "Apply" Button on Top left Corner.
PARTITIONS will be CREATED .
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I'm facing problem in SD card partition. I done it, but SD card is not detecting on Phone. Already wasted 2 (8GB & 2GB) memory cards. help:good:

droidbot678 said:
I'm facing problem in SD card partition. I done it, but SD card is not detecting on Phone. Already wasted 2 (8GB & 2GB) memory cards. help:good:
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You have to resize the current fat 32 partition and must not delete and make a new one using ur PC
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go through it.. u will get to know
droidbot678 said:
I'm facing problem in SD card partition. I done it, but SD card is not detecting on Phone. Already wasted 2 (8GB & 2GB) memory cards. help:good:
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Check the images below..!!
I have made a 2Gb SD card Partition [ Fat ],
If You Are Having 4 / 8 Gb then make it Fat32..

srinuu619 said:
Check the images below..!!
I have made a 2Gb SD card Partition [ Fat ],
If You Are Having 4 / 8 Gb then make it Fat32..
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Thanks srinuu619:good:

thanq mate..

srinuu619 said:
Check the images below..!!
I have made a 2Gb SD card Partition [ Fat ],
If You Are Having 4 / 8 Gb then make it Fat32..
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How do you manage with just 500 mb left
I can't manage with 16 gb and 512 mb ext 4!!
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ShadowCode said:
How do you manage with just 500 mb left
I can't manage with 16 gb and 512 mb ext 4!!
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i partitioned 2gb sd card [ resizing fat to 1400mb and the rest for unallocated space i.e is for Ext4 ] Just to show him how to partition the sd card
AND when you got 16gb Memory why don't you allot more space for EXT4 like, above 1gb

maine jab jaggy rom install kia aur koi bhi app install kraha hu tu phone reboot horaha hai. aur app install bi nai horahi.

my phone hang on rebooting after flash about 30 min???and nat go frwrd???

fahadshaikh said:
maine jab jaggy rom install kia aur koi bhi app install kraha hu tu phone reboot horaha hai. aur app install bi nai horahi.
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flash ateeq rom by ateeq72 you won't have any problem with it
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fahadshaikh said:
maine jab jaggy rom install kia aur koi bhi app install kraha hu tu phone reboot horaha hai. aur app install bi nai horahi.
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apne galat way se rom install kiya hoga,

fahadshaikh said:
my phone hang on rebooting after flash about 30 min???and nat go frwrd???
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If you are saying, then you are in a bootloop. Redo all the steps.
If you are asking, then there is always a possible risk of going things wrong. But dont you worry, re-flash the rom.
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i think partitioning through recovery is way easy and is defenately not soo complicated. i always prefer partationing through recovery only. anyways, soo far i havnt faced any problems, ::thumbsup::

I am new here... i also a noob with pico because this is my new devices and old devices is galaxy y.thanks you all

reflash the rom dude

Thanks helped a lot

Awesome!
One stop shop for all the newbies! This is the best tutorial! :good:

is it absolutely necessary that partition be 2gb only.??
I accidentally partitioned it to 2.1gb, will it create problem.??
and I tried to install jaggyrom, but for some reason it stuck in the jaggyrom boot animation portion.!!
it any load further than that.!!
I had european custom Rom installed previously and I tried to install jaggyrom.!!
do I need to root and unlock bootloader again for installing jaggyrom or what.??

Spice mi 270 sd card partition [save internal memory space] makes. Mobile faster

Hi...frndz I am new to xda and this is my first post...
Today I am going to tell you how to do spice mi 270 sd partition
For this you need to download mini partition tool
Follow these steps:
1) install mini partition tool on your pc
2) connect your sd card to pc with card reader
3) open mini partition tool there u can see your sd card
4) right click on your sd u will see delete, click on delete
5) once again right click u can see create, click on create
6) now leave partition name..after that select primary from next box
7) u can see another box select fat32 (note- left sides boxes )
8) now select storage space this will your sd card main space where ur files are saved
9) click ok
10) after that u can see another unlocated space right click on that again click on create
11) ignore warning do same process as we done previously (note- this time select all storage this is your 2nd storage)
12) after that click on apply at left top corner
Here we done download link2sd and select fat16/fat32
Note: your phone should be root
If u hve any question just ask me
THANK YOU
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SD Partion Help?

I'm don't have much knowledge in Ext4 and partitioning my SD but I read a thread and know what it does and what the benifits are. But I have a problem with it. Firstly making the sd-ext. When I did this last night within CWM and when I rebooted my device my SD had been erased. That was a rough loss with a 16gb SD. Now in my settings it says my SD is a FBI short of storage but my internal has not changed. I tried to use Mount2SD to install a script to make internal storage increase. But it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong to not be able to use the benifits of ext4. I'm running Valhalla Black Edition, with Lightning Zap tweak. I would greatly appreciate any help with this issue. If I can't get the benifits I would atleast like to be able to remove the sd-ext partion. I tried that as well with CWM format sdcard
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Please read the sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897227

I did but that sticky xix not help
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Install link2sd into phone. From playstore
Download mini partition tool to your pc.
Back up sd card to pc using a card reader.
Open mini partition tool.
Remember: NOTHING IS CHANGED LOST OR MADE UNTIL YOU PRESS "APPLY" AT TOP LEFT.
Carefully select your sd card. If you so this wrong you could wipe/crash c: drive. It is probably F : or G :
On the left side of the partition tool select "delete all partitions" from operations. This wipes everything on sd card!
Next select "create partition". Name it if you want. Make this a Primary and Fat32
Now decrease size of allocated space with arrows, making the unallocated space about 1gig. It can be less or more, but between 500mb and 2gigs is best.
Next select the unallocated partitition you made when you made the Primary allocated partition. Once it is selected, press "create partition" again from the left.
You don't have to name it, but you can. Now make this unallocated partition a Primary Ext2 partition. Note: you can select any of the options, ext 2 or 4 or 3 or even fat32. Ext 2 worked best for me, as far as everything functioning and seeing the storage on phone. (Windows won't see more than one primary partition in Start/Computer but it will be there.)
If you think it is all correct, press "apply" at top left.
You did it!
Safely remove your sd from reader...you should press eject/safely remove from f: in start/computer
Replace sd in phone and boot up. Wait until your sd card is all mounted and prepared...you will see it cycle a few times at top of screen.
Open link2sd. Select the type of partition. Mine was ext 2.
Reboot after it says mount script created.
Open Link2sd... You should select auto link.
See the memory you added in "storage info".
The system memory a will appear unchanged, but you will see the new partition increase as you add more apps to sd card. I don' t recommend moving system apps.
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[Guide] INCREASING INTERNAL MEMORY

THIS GUIDE IS TO SHOW YOU HOW TO INCREASE INTERNAL MEMORY OF ANY ANDROID DEVICE BY PARTITIONING
Note
This guide will partition your sdcard to make a part of your sdcard works like the internal memory that you can move your apps to it.
This guide will never increase the real internal memory (Storage in taskmanger) as it is impossible to be done.
First,
you have to do is to partition your SD Card and for doing this you have to: Download Mini tool Partition.
2- Install the application on your PC and connect your SD card to your PC with Card Reader.
3- Open Mini Tool Partition in your PC and when the wizards open click on your SD Card and select Delete option. !!!(Note: This will format your SD Card completely mean that it will erase your data permanently, so before doing this backup your data at any place in PC or other Storage device.) When the Formatting of your SD Card is completed then, you have whole of space of your SD Card as unallocated
4- then Right click SD Card and select create option. A popup box will open giving you options for making partition; select the partition as primary and file system as FAT if SD Card is less than 4GB or FAT32 if your SD Card is more than 4GB. Leave about 512 MB or more space (your choice) for creating the next partition.
5- Then select done and do right click on unallocated space of your SD Card and again click create option. Select Primary partition but change the file system to Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4. Note: (Ext2 is recommended as most ROMs work fine with it). Click Apply Changes and then process goes on for the few minutes and then partition is completed.
6- Install Link2sd from Google Play
On the first launch of the app, it will ask for root permissions and then, it will ask you the file system of the .ext partition that you had earlier made, choose the option as you had choose in the partitioning steps.
Sort the apps according to size and start linking them and then you have done your task.
Now you have your Phone’s Internal Memory+ Ext file size made by you in your SD Card. Now you can move your apps from your device memory to SD Card and simultaneously your device speed will also be increased.
I know there are many posts like this post but hit thanks button if you see mine first

Will this work for Samsung Galaxy Tab 2

Notam said:
Will this work for Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
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Likely yes, one my friends tried it on his galaxy tab and worked
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Nice guide.
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andiroxu said:
Nice guide.
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THANKS
....HIT THANKS IF I HELPED....
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I'm so gonna to try this, thx!

OP should give credits to actual OP who took pain to create screenshots.
Also guys dont select storage as "external" in auto link. Link2sd dev recommends "internal" storage to avoid conflicts. Also I see this increases space in internal in storage info.
Ext2 fills up. You see widgets for all linked apps as phone assumes app installed as internal memory.
Also linking better than native app2sd or move to sd method and it retains apps in memory even if sd card is removed!!! during usb connection according to dev.
Read link2sd FAQ very helpful. :thumbup:
God is Original Developer

But this process requires you to already have a bit of space on internal storage, and only then move the apps.

Also use FolderMount to move huge OBB and DATA files to SD card
I've been using FolderMount along with Link2SD. FolderMount allows you to also move the HUGE OBB and DATA files that large games often make you download (some up to 2 GB!!!) Link2SD does not link these large files (it links APK and other smaller files) so they work together beautifully. Together they are truly huge space savers! Just search for FolderMount on the Play store.
Cheers!!!

War10ckJ0shua
I use the Recovery-ClockWork, go to Advanced > Particion SD Card.

already I have created a partition for 512 mb and I am using Link2sd. Is this now possible to extended the partition with or without loosing the data ?

Thats a good question. There is always a possibility to lose data stored in a partition when resizing any partition file system where it be Linux EXT2,3,4 or Windows Fat and Ntfs. Backup the data in there if you can before attempting it. I personally would use gparted since its already in all my installed linux distros already, but the free Minitool partition editor for Windows looks pretty awesome! It says it easily supports resize/move of partition without data loss so its possible. Just make sure you backup the whole card IE all data on both partitions just in case. Good luck.
thegreeat said:
already I have created a partition for 512 mb and I am using Link2sd. Is this now possible to extended the partition with or without loosing the data ?
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Do I absolutely have to use a card reader for this? Can't I use the mount usb storage option from my phone? Either way, the card shows up as an external drive doesn't it?

AualSciaespecially
I can't wait to do this after I root my HUAWEI H881C. I got it a week ago and free internal space for apps and data is rather small at about(?) 512MB total. After factory installed apps and such I was left with about 384Mb to start with. I can be a app whore. I haven't download too many games on google play yet because of internal storage limits. Even with those limits I do have Doom, Quake 1, 2, and 3 installed off the SD card along with my dosbox, snes, sega, psx and n64 emulators and roms with no problems.

I have been using link2sd since abandoning Froyo. Now on cm10.2.
One thing of which to know and be carefull: Link2sd's Achilles Heel.
When flashing a new ROM on rebuilding the dalvik cache for any reason, all the linked dalviks (dex) must fit on internal storage. If one has linked more than can fit, internal storage will run out and crash bang. I have requested of the devs to facilitate treating this within link2sd but so far, has not been implemented so the manual procedure would be:
A. Prevention! If playing with experimental ROMs often, pull the /data/sdext2/dalvik-cache folder and see how big it is. Make sure that the internal space available is say 20meg more than this. No problem.
B. If not possible or simply must have all the goodies installed now, here it what to do:
1. Show linked apps in dex-size order.
2. Multiselect enough of the largest ones to meet the 20meg condition.
3. Remove them.
After flashing, rebuilding the dalvik cache.
4. Relink current dalvik. Now have lots of room again.
5. Restore the removed apps and data, relink them. Note: Titanium is your best friend!
'Twould be nice if a future link2sd version would warn us and if need be, do this for us

FYI I just did that very same thing just leaving the card in the phone and using the minitool. It seems to have worked just fine even with resizing the fat32 partition already there and creating a Ext2 out of the room I freed up.
aashay960 said:
Do I absolutely have to use a card reader for this? Can't I use the mount usb storage option from my phone? Either way, the card shows up as an external drive doesn't it?
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Retro Gamer said:
FYI I just did that very same thing just leaving the card in the phone and using the minitool. It seems to have worked just fine even with resizing the fat32 partition already there and creating a Ext2 out of the room I freed up.
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Quick question - If you resize the partition which is already there, making space for a new one, will you lose all the data that is there in the card?

I answered that question in my last 2 reply posts. I just did this very thing without any problems or data loss, then went on to root my phone. It all took 20mins and I did copy my sd card contents to a dir in my PC just in case.
There is a always a chance for things to go wrong, but at the very least make a folder on your PC label cellback or something, connect your phone(with card) to PC & just copy all contents from your existing card in phone to that folder you made. Then in partition editor select the drive that is your SD card, resize it leaving left over space behind it. Use that free unallocated space to create a the new PRIMARY ext2 drive. Good luck.
aashay960 said:
Quick question - If you resize the partition which is already there, making space for a new one, will you lose all the data that is there in the card?
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Clockwork Recovery
To partition, you don't necessarily have to use a 3rd party PC based partitioning tool.
If your phone is rooted, with Clockwork Recovery flashed, you can simply:
a)Backup your Sd Card on another device.(As warned, the process wipes the sd card clean)
b)Reboot your device into Recovery mode.
c)Select Advanced, then Partition SD Card
d)First menu lets you choose the size of the ext
e)Second menu lets you choose the size of the swap file.
When your done partitioning, you will have both an ext and a swap file, no 3rd party partitioning app needed.
You'll need an app like Swapper2 for the swap partition and the aforementioned Link2Sd for the ext
Hit thanks if this helps. :highfive::good:

Kris the wizz 15 said:
To partition, you don't necessarily have to use a 3rd party PC based partitioning tool.
If your phone is rooted, with Clockwork Recovery flashed, you can simply:
a)Backup your Sd Card on another device.(As warned, the process wipes the sd card clean)
b)Reboot your device into Recovery mode.
c)Select Advanced, then Partition SD Card
d)First menu lets you choose the size of the ext
e)Second menu lets you choose the size of the swap file.
When your done partitioning, you will have both an ext and a swap file, no 3rd party partitioning app needed.
You'll need an app like Swapper2 for the swap partition and the aforementioned Link2Sd for the ext
Hit thanks if this helps. :highfive::good:
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Thanks. When step d) is completed... what happens with the partition that was created... is mounted on the micro sd card, as a partition on itself?
I have another question. Is there an app/way to install directly to micro sd card, as if there is no need to move the apps later, because they go where is needed to in the first place?
Is there a way to move dalvik cache as well?

[TUT] [NOOB FRIENDLY] The Ultimate Guide to Link2SD

Android being an open source OS, offers limitless possibilities of optimization and customization as per your requirements. But, half the charm of an Android phone lies in the root-based apps, beautiful mods and patches, and custom ROMs. If you have not rooted your phone yet, believe me you are not getting the most out of it. Rooting offers many advantages indeed but, at the same time it is also a little risky as it breaks into the wall of security build by the operating system.
According to a survey, 80% of Android phone users live happy with an unrooted device and the reasons for this are various- some people think of it as a sort of criminal activity, some are afraid of losing warranty, some are afraid of bricking their phone, while most people do not even know about the existence of a term like “rooting”.
Most people root their phones to get rid of pre installed bloats and gapps which they don't need at all ! ! But why??
They just wanna have more free internal storage. Many of the android users haven't heard of Link2SD ! So, I am here to tell you everything about this awesome app.
Android is one of the most used and popular operating system for the mobile.Day by day several new apps are getting available for the android devices, but your limited internal memory restricts it to the certain limit.Old Android phones have internal memory around 200 to 300 MB (Mega Bytes) unlike the latest one which have in few GB (Giga Bytes). Due to this limited memory, you cannot install more apps. This problem can be overcome by increasing internal memory of your mobile. This is absolutely true that no way to increase internal storage size of your phones, but you can allocate some part of your memory card for your phone to install applications.
This app will help you to link some part of your external SD card storage(whatever amount you want, no restrictions) to the internal storage of your phone. Apps and Games will be linked to that external SD card storage helping you to protect your internal storage from being used.
Believe me, I use Moto E which comes with 2.2 GB user available internal storage. I have 32 GB external SD card and I have linked 20 GB of it to my internal storage.
Now, I have 242 apps n games installed and still have 1.8 GB internal storage free. Apps like app2SD, appmgr have certain limitations as they move only some part of application files only whereas Link2SD links everything (app, cache, data) allowing you to install a large number of apps and games even if your phone have lesser internal storage. Isn't it cool ? ?
It is cool but to be able to use Link2SD you will have to do some steps. Many people don't know what to do after installing this app and that's why they complain it as an useless app. But believe me, it is a great app
Enough talking, let get to work ! !
Pre-Requisites:
1. Phone should be rooted. There are many methods available to root your phone.
2. You need a windows Pc and a card reader.
3. You must take a backup of your memory card on your computer as all the data will be deleted during this process.
4. Download and install Partition Tool to your computer. The link is
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
5. Downloaded Link2SD app from Google play store. You will get it easily.
Steps:
1. Take backup of your memory card on your computer.
2. Remove your SD card from your Mobile and insert it in your computer using card reader for making partition. Never use USB cable for this.
3. Download and install Partition Tool from the above link. Run this partition tool and select MiniTool Partition Wizard.
4. You will see the different drives and disks of your pc. Identify your memory card, right click on it and select delete. It will delete the entire contents of your memory card.
5. Now, you will see your memory card showing unallocated space. Now, right click on your memory card and select create.
6. Select primary in it. If your card storage is more than 2 GB, then select FAT32 file system otherwise select FAT file system.
7. Enter the amount of space which you don't want to link with internal storage. You can use this space for storing music, videos and other files. Your pc and mobile will recognise this space only as your external storage. So, choose wisely. I had 32 GB memory card(29.4 user available). I wanted to link 20 GB to my internal storage. So, I entered the remaining 9.4 GB in partition size.
8. After entering the partition size, click OK. Now, you will see the remaining space as unallocated. Right click on it and select Create. Create as primary and ext2 file system, select the remaining size. This size will be linked to the internal storage. Click OK.
You must select primary in both the partitions.
9. Now, click on the apply button on left corner menu. It will take sometimes to create partition. You will get a message showing that the partition is successful.
10. Now, copy your backup data to your memory card and take out your memory card from card reader and insert it in your phone.
11. Start your phone. Download link2sd app from Play Store. Install it and open. It will ask you to grant root permission, grant it. On opening, you will see a tab asking you to select the file system of your second partition, choose ext2. If you do not get the tab, then in Link2SD app, go to menu and click on RECREATE MOUNT SCRIPTS and select the file system of your second partition, choose ext2.
12. Now, it will ask you to reboot, select OK. If you have done 2 partition of your card and both as primary. Then, it will link the ext2 partition to your internal storage.
13. After reboot, open Link2SD app. You will see a funnel type icon, click on it and choose internal. It will show the apps which are stored in internal memory of your phone. Click on the option key and select "multi-select", press select all option. All the apps will be selected.
14. Then click on option key, choose option and select "create link" and select all options.
15. If you will pay 2$ for Link2SD plus app, then you will have the option of linking app data. Otherwise, choose the first three options.
16. Link2SD will link all these apps to the secondary partition of your SD card and your internal storage will be increased. That is it.
Note: You can use Link2SD app to uninstall pre-installed apps, move apps to SD card. You should select AUTO LINK option in settings, it will automatically link new apps to SD card. You can select INSTALL LOCATION. I must say, you should pay 2$ for Link2SD plus. It will link all app data to ext2.
Don’t be shy and leave any questions.
Thank You. Have a smiling Day
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