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[Q] ext3 on dexters

I have been trying forever to get ext3 working on my phone. I have 3 primary partitions; fat32, ext3 and linux swap. I used a card reader to create them via Partition wizard. Every software can see the 3 partitions, but my phone wont pick up the ext3. I tried wiping everything, reflashing dexter's rom, but i just cannot get it to work. I still see only 134mb on internal memory and it decreases as i install apps. I have even tried using link2sd but that gives me an error ("Mount script cannot be created"). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Frisbee6 said:
I have been trying forever to get ext3 working on my phone. I have 3 primary partitions; fat32, ext3 and linux swap. I used a card reader to create them via Partition wizard. Every software can see the 3 partitions, but my phone wont pick up the ext3. I tried wiping everything, reflashing dexter's rom, but i just cannot get it to work. I still see only 134mb on internal memory and it decreases as i install apps. I have even tried using link2sd but that gives me an error ("Mount script cannot be created"). Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Me too, I used Miui optimize rom and Steel v4 (
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That's strange. My EXT3 partition works both in Dexter's rom and in the Steelblue V4 rom.
I used gparted under Linux to do my partitioning. What I did was to resize the existing FAT32 partition and move it all the way to the right. Then I created a 2gb EXT3 partition all the way at the left. From there I created a 256mb swap partition in the middle, and I resized the FAT32 partition to take up the rest of the drive.

Did you guys remember to create an "app" folder on the EXT3 partition?
There are other folders that you can create to put the delvik cache on there among other things. I just don't remember off hand what you need to name them as.

Ya there is a folder there called apps, but for some reason, nothing is moving into it. do i need to run some sort of a script? what i did:
1. flashed dexters 1.3
2. partitioned sd card using partition wizard with a fat32, a ext3 and a swap partition
3. booted up phone, internal memory shows 134mb, all apps installed go to internal memory.
4. terminal shows ext partition with 1100 mb free space
Am i missing a step?
Thanks in advance

Frisbee6 said:
Ya there is a folder there called apps, but for some reason, nothing is moving into it. do i need to run some sort of a script? what i did:
1. flashed dexters 1.3
2. partitioned sd card using partition wizard with a fat32, a ext3 and a swap partition
3. booted up phone, internal memory shows 134mb, all apps installed go to internal memory.
4. terminal shows ext partition with 1100 mb free space
Am i missing a step?
Thanks in advance
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not folder apps but app no s....if your ext3 working fine then shud have lost+found folder @/sd-ext.. create app folder using root explorer then reboot..now your app shud automatically move to sd-ext..

and create cache folder dalvik-cache

Well i did what you guys said and now my apps are going to /sd-ext/app but im also losing space in the internal memory, and it does not show internal + ext3, it only shows internal. You guys have any idea whats happening?
Thanks for all your help guys.

Frisbee6 said:
Well i did what you guys said and now my apps are going to /sd-ext/app but im also losing space in the internal memory, and it does not show internal + ext3, it only shows internal. You guys have any idea whats happening?
Thanks for all your help guys.
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Are you using Dexter 1.3 without any patches?
[If so, probably your dalvik-cache is on /data? So... even though the apps are going into /sd-ext, the optimized versions of the dex are being stored on internal memory.]

Yes... no patches, and dalvik is going to /data. Any idea whats up?

Frisbee6 said:
Yes... no patches, and dalvik is going to /data. Any idea whats up?
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That's just how Dexter's 1.3 works by default and one of the reasons I started the bugfix patches. If you apply bugfix patch 3 dalvik-cache will move to /cache automatically (you can optionally move it to /sd-ext by creating /sd-ext/dalvik-cache and rebooting).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995989
Or, if you don't want the patch, you can maybe use Androidiani OpenRecovery--it has a menu option to install an init script to move dalvik-cache to /cache. I haven't tested whether that works or not, though.

After this patch, now the /sd-ext/app folder deletes itself after i restart the phone, tried a few times, same goes for davlik-cache. This is crazy every thing that could go wrong has gone wrong, thanks again for your help. You got any other suggestions?

I do not understand what you worry?

It works now, thanks alot for all your help guys, really appreciate it!

Frisbee6 said:
It works now, thanks alot for all your help guys, really appreciate it!
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How you did it?

V_XT720 said:
How you did it?
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1. Formatted my card to the required partitions.
2. Flashed dexters rom followed by Mioze7Ae's bugfix 3.
3. Using root explorer I created /app folder.
4. Downloaded apps like there's no tomorrow.
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I tried two different ways to partition my sd:
1) I used Gpatred and I did everything as described here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z1Tu9l8WNc&feature=related.
2) I used MiniTooLsPartition Wizard and Root explorer to create app and dalvik-cache folders.
In both cases, everything seems fine....until i install some apps. After restart the phone can not load the android. The phone only shows M logo and restart. If I remove the card then OS load. What I have to do? Thanks in advance.

Are you partitioning your sd while its in the phone? Use a card reader if possible. Wipe clean your partitions and wipe data and dalvik cache. Then try again, although i did not have the problem that you mention, are you running any other scripts? eg. darktremors?

What I did:
1. Clean Installation of Steelblue V4 rom.
2. Two primary partitions (FAT32 and EXT3). I used card reader.
3. App and dalvik-cache folders on ext3 partition.
4. Wipe clean partitions and wipe data and dalvik cache.
After first reboot everything was fine. Then I installed a root explorer to check a ext3 partition. The app and dalvik-cache folders were there. I decided to restart the phone again before I install anything else and nothing happened....only M logo

V_XT720 said:
What I did:
1. Clean Installation of Steelblue V4 rom.
2. Two primary partitions (FAT32 and EXT3). I used card reader.
3. App and dalvik-cache folders on ext3 partition.
4. Wipe clean partitions and wipe data and dalvik cache.
After first reboot everything was fine. Then I installed a root explorer to check a ext3 partition. The app and dalvik-cache folders were there. I decided to restart the phone again before I install anything else and nothing happened....only M logo
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dalvik-cache on ext partition will cause bootloops in Khal's ROMs.

[Q]How to mount the 2nd partition of my SDCARD?

I just created a 2nd partition on my 8GB SD card so that i could move apps to it using link2sd...but when i open link2sd and select the file system of my SD card's 2nd partition (ext4) i get an error:
Mount script cannot be created.
mount: No such device.
ext4 may not be supported on your device. Try FAT32 on the second partition.
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Other small question : Do I really need to mount the 2nd partition if I just wanna install custom ROMs?
Need help ASAP! thanks in advance .

Make ext3 partitions
No need of second partition for cyanogen. You may need it for sense
LâTêS†↭ⓛⓘⓝⓚⓢ™CM10 HTC A310E.
If I haven't given you link, it's above. Just click it

ptcpayme said:
Make ext3 partitions
No need of second partition for cyanogen. You may need it for sense
LâTêS†↭ⓛⓘⓝⓚⓢ™CM10 HTC A310E.
If I haven't given you link, it's above. Just click it
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I made the second partition as FAT 32 and it worked.
Now the only doubt i have is...will ROMS work on FAT32 partition?

kingcola said:
I made the second partition as FAT 32 and it worked.
Now the only doubt i have is...will ROMS work on FAT32 partition?
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If you are on Stock then maybe FAT32 partition may have worked.. or even otherwise maybe it will work,.. haven't used a FAT32 sd partition since JaggyROM 2.x.x ( obviously my 1st partition is fat32 ) ... My second partition is an ext and it is advisable to have an ext partition cause there are many scripts like int2ext , s2e, etc which work well with an ext partition...
A partition is Not necessary to made in order for other ROMs to work.. They will work just as well without a partition .. only thing is your internal memory will remain to be 150 mb.. Which is the memory allocated in our phone's nand..
NOTE: Sense 4.0a is the only ROM that you necessarily need to have an SD-EXT Partition of at least 1 GB. Otherwise it won't boot.

thanks for helping me..

I partitioned (1GB of memory to fat32) my sdcard with MiniTool Partition Wizard to facilitate to link2sd long back. Now I am unable to recover that memory and merge into a single partition. Do you guys have solution for this?

delete the partition in disk mgmt..

kingcola said:
I just created a 2nd partition on my 8GB SD card so that i could move apps to it using link2sd...but when i open link2sd and select the file system of my SD card's 2nd partition (ext4) i get an error:
Other small question : Do I really need to mount the 2nd partition if I just wanna install custom ROMs?
Need help ASAP! thanks in advance .
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If anyone still have the above issue then just change ur sdcard partition type to ext3. Reboot mobile. Better to use link2sd for this.

smartksr said:
I partitioned (1GB of memory to fat32) my sdcard with MiniTool Partition Wizard to facilitate to link2sd long back. Now I am unable to recover that memory and merge into a single partition. Do you guys have solution for this?
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do it through mini partition tool..delete the created partition..now right click on the 1st partition..slect extend..n drag the cursor till end...n click apply...done

Use Other Kernel
The reason for your second partition is not recognized is you may be at Stock Rom and Stock kernel....
Stock kernel do not support ext partitions...
Use ateeq kernel or cranium kernel for ext4 partition support....
Also use Mounts2sd instead of link2sd...!!!!

I used mounts2sd after I created sd card partition(ext3) but this app said partition not mounted; but link2sd recognised n created scripts.
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RajeevBN said:
I used mounts2sd after I created sd card partition(ext3) but this app said partition not mounted; but link2sd recognised n created scripts.
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Assuming you have the right kernel, install the startup script and change the driver in mounts2sd settings to ext3.
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Thanks mate!! Your ext3 suggestion worked perfectly for Link2SD on my droid.
BleedingIris said:
Make ext3 partitions
No need of second partition for cyanogen. You may need it for sense
LâTêS†↭ⓛⓘⓝⓚⓢ™CM10 HTC A310E.
If I haven't given you link, it's above. Just click it
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Thanks mate!! Your ext3 suggestion worked perfectly for Link2SD on my droid. :good:

hey guys, is it possible to access the 2nd partition on Android or under Windows? Link2SD sees my 2nd partition and mounts it correctly, but assuming I want to copy e.g. music files to the 2nd partition using Root Explorer or using my PC, how do I do that? I tried both and they don't see my 2nd SD partition at all...

chaoscreater said:
hey guys, is it possible to access the 2nd partition on Android or under Windows? Link2SD sees my 2nd partition and mounts it correctly, but assuming I want to copy e.g. music files to the 2nd partition using Root Explorer or using my PC, how do I do that? I tried both and they don't see my 2nd SD partition at all...
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Use EXt2FS search in google you will get it..
Install it in your windows.. reboot your pc.. Then connect your card.. You will get the second partiton to see plus you can copy paste as well..

THANKS jynt_panwar!!!!! I WAS LOKING FOR THIS FOR A YEAR!!!!!!!!!! The Link2sd don't work for my phone (ZTE Blade L3 stock rom 4.4.2), but the Mounts2sd saved my life!!! Also I followed the instructions in this site: INCREASE YOUR ANDROID INTERNAL MEMORY || BY MOUNTS2SD (BEST WAY) in androcustomroms site. Maybe it can help more people... And thanks XDA of course!

[Q] sd card partition.....help

Sorry for bad english and thanx...
after rooting i flashed cm10 first time...while i did sdcard partition in recovery as ext-1gb,
swap-0...
in cm10 all my system and user apps got installed in sd-ext...thus my device worked smooth and charm without lag and no insufficient memory problems...
after i flashed "sense5" by hibgills...that time i didnot make the sd-card partition in recovery but did all wipes...
now my apps getting installed on internal memory...and storage showing only 30mb free for internal,device showing only 7gb out of 8gb...and i cant use my sd-ext ....
what to do...? to use my sd-ext of 1gb...

[email protected] explorer said:
Sorry for bad english and thanx...
after rooting i flashed cm10 first time...while i did sdcard partition in recovery as ext-1gb,
swap-0...
in cm10 all my system and user apps got installed in sd-ext...thus my device worked smooth and charm without lag and no insufficient memory problems...
after i flashed "sense5" by hibgills...that time i didnot make the sd-card partition in recovery but did all wipes...
now my apps getting installed on internal memory...and storage showing only 30mb free for internal,device showing only 7gb out of 8gb...and i cant use my sd-ext ....
what to do...? to use my sd-ext of 1gb...
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say clearly what's ur problem man... u wont create sd partition or sdext partition???

NAVidua all
dinesam said:
say clearly what's ur problem man... u wont create sd partition or sdext partition???
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i created sdext for old custom rom.....but i didn't for new sense 5 rom....
now how to use that sdext ?..as my internal memory is getting low.

see all rom had same SDEXT partition, required minim 1gb EXT3.
so just reinstall the Rom, before u create SDext using recovery as ext3 ...

SD card 2nd partition is not getting mounted

Hi Friends
Yesterday I flashed my HTC Explorer with CM10.1 Beta 5 ([DEV][ROM][JDQ39E][4.2.2] CyanogenMod 10.1.2 | BETA#5 | 25/07/13 | WILD FOR THE NIGHT) . But with this build my phone is not mounting the second partition of size 2GB (total 16gb card) which I have created from recovery menu. I have tried with the Mini partition tool on windows for FAT32 too, but still its not mounting my either Link2SD, mount2SD or by the kernel (About Phone -> System partion).
Please help me as without mounting the 2nd partition I can not install any other app as very very less space is available after CM 10.1.
Thank you.

Use Int2sd+ for cm10.1
You can Google it & download
Note: you when flash ROM when mount system, data,sd-ext..and make ext3 partition

thekoolanie said:
Use Int2sd+ for cm10.1
You can Google it & download
Note: you when flash ROM when mount system, data,sd-ext..and make ext3 partition
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Its still not working. I wonder, if we can do so many things in CM, why can not we simply integrate the script in to the rom itself. I'm damn sure 100% of HTC explorer users must be searching for a way to increase the internal memory of the phone also now a days sd cards are damn cheap.

There is a link
http://androidicablog.wordpress.com...rnal-memory-script-for-4-2-1-romsgalaxy-mini/
You can see my memory in this attachment

There is a link
http://androidicablog.wordpress.com...rnal-memory-script-for-4-2-1-romsgalaxy-mini/
You can see my memory in this attachment
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There is a link
http://androidicablog.wordpress.com...rnal-memory-script-for-4-2-1-romsgalaxy-mini/
You can see my memory in this attachment

mount2sd NOT mounted SD-EXT on Samsung Galaxy Y Pro Duos
hi,
I have a rooted Samsung GT-B5512. Init.d and mountd2sd installed.
Android 2.3.6, kernel: 2.6.35.7.
Trying to move a lot to SD card, including some system files since this is a low end device with little memory. Even with apps like link2sd after a large number of apps the int storage was full :/ therefore trying the mount2sd but it doesn't want to mount the sd partition.
The card (16GB) is formatted as follow: 13 GB FAT32, 1 GB EXT3.
In the section Storage\External mount2sd says Not mounted.
the busybox is installed, the startup script too. Driver is set to EXT but most of fields are grayed out.
Please help.

xda_keevvee said:
hi,
I have a rooted Samsung GT-B5512. Init.d and mountd2sd installed.
Android 2.3.6, kernel: 2.6.35.7.
Trying to move a lot to SD card, including some system files since this is a low end device with little memory. Even with apps like link2sd after a large number of apps the int storage was full :/ therefore trying the mount2sd but it doesn't want to mount the sd partition.
The card (16GB) is formatted as follow: 13 GB FAT32, 1 GB EXT3.
In the section Storage\External mount2sd says Not mounted.
the busybox is installed, the startup script too. Driver is set to EXT but most of fields are grayed out.
Please help.
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remove any sd. ext you made..create new ext partition using recovery and try..

shubhojit89 said:
remove any sd. ext you made..create new ext partition using recovery and try..
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thank you, I was struggling with this alone for too long ...
Did as you say but same results. Mount2sd doesn't see the SD-EXT.
FYI - I did not install the ClockworkMod,just run it from the Android recovery shell. Anyway it was able to successfully create partitions on the SD.
Don't know if that matters ...
Do you want me to post any screens, or log files (actually mount2sd log is empty, even though debug mode is checked).
Marek

xda_keevvee said:
thank you, I was struggling with this alone for too long ...
Did as you say but same results. Mount2sd doesn't see the SD-EXT.
FYI - I did not install the ClockworkMod,just run it from the Android recovery shell. Anyway it was able to successfully create partitions on the SD.
Don't know if that matters ...
Do you want me to post any screens, or log files (actually mount2sd log is empty, even though debug mode is checked).
Marek
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ya u can post the screenshots..

vice ereafe
See enclosed. The log file is empty but check the debug

xda_keevvee said:
See enclosed. The log file is empty but check the debug
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create partition through recovery and make it ext4 coz ext4 is mounted easily..

shubhojit89 said:
create partition through recovery and make it ext4 coz ext4 is mounted easily..
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My ClockWordMod (CWM-6102) does only ext3 (did not find setting to change type). I'm not sure is there higher CWM for my cell.
I've made the ext4 using MiniTool Part under Windows but it looks like the Mount2SD does not support ext4 in my case. I can choose ext2, ext3, fat, auto but the ext4 is dimmed (could it be Android kernel related?).
Tried then also sd-ext and FAT, still Not Mounted ...

xda_keevvee said:
My ClockWordMod (CWM-6102) does only ext3 (did not find setting to change type). I'm not sure is there higher CWM for my cell.
I've made the ext4 using MiniTool Part under Windows but it looks like the Mount2SD does not support ext4 in my case. I can choose ext2, ext3, fat, auto but the ext4 is dimmed (could it be Android kernel related?).
Tried then also sd-ext and FAT, still Not Mounted ...
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change to philz recovery.. i m using it for months.. it supports ext4.. ext4 is easily mounted.. i use ext4 and i never faced any kinda issue you r facing..

shubhojit89 said:
change to philz recovery.. i m using it for months.. it supports ext4.. ext4 is easily mounted.. i use ext4 and i never faced any kinda issue you r facing..
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it was kernel thing (BTW - there are very few recovery binaries for this phone, CWM is for example mostly in use as a temporary executed, loaded each tip from ZIP).
I have updated kernel to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913349
and things automatically got mounted (even made a partition using my PC and working same good)
thanks for participation

[Q] [ solved ] link2sd can't created mounting script fat32 on cm 10.1 unofficial

I install link2sd on my cm10.1 and partition my 8gb SD card with mini tool partition wizard home edition I make 1.3 SD fat 32 partition for apps installation and the left for data
But link2sd can't create mounting script the error is.
(Mount: mounting/dev/block/vold/179:2 on/data/sdext2 failed: device or resource busy)
if some one know the solution please tell me I don't need to recreat the partition. And format the whole SD card. As a long process n time will spend to do bla bla .
Thanks in advance
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sultan arshad said:
I install link2sd on my cm10.1 and partition my 8gb SD card with mini tool partition wizard home edition I make 1.3 SD fat 32 partition for apps installation and the left for data
But link2sd can't create mounting script the error is.
(Mount: mounting/dev/block/vold/179:2 on/data/sdext2 failed: device or resource busy)
if some one know the solution please tell me I don't need to recreat the partition. And format the whole SD card. As a long process n time will spend to do bla bla .
Thanks in advance
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Is your ext2 partition mounted or un-mounted when running Link2SD

Theres fat 32. Partition. I created because cm 10.1. Not supported. Ext. ... Anyway. I solve the problem by recreating. The partition. ...

sultan arshad said:
Theres fat 32. Partition. I created because cm 10.1. Not supported. Ext. ... Anyway. I solve the problem by recreating. The partition. ...
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Glad to hear you fixed it. When I had this problem it was a ext3 partition under the wrong ownership. I had to change ownership from user to root and it worked.

SonicX2014 said:
Glad to hear you fixed it. When I had this problem it was a ext3 partition under the wrong ownership. I had to change ownership from user to root and it worked.
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Hmm sounds interesting ..
Wanna know how to change ownership. just for increasing knowledge

sultan arshad said:
Hmm sounds interesting ..
Wanna know how to change ownership. just for increasing knowledge
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There are two ways to do this. 1. If you have a recovery boot loader installed in your phone, you can simply log into your recovery and select advanced and then fix permissions. Once done reboot the phone. All partitions will have their flags set back to read write execute. The other way would be what you did, redo all the partitions again. The last one only works in Linux. I'm not a Windows user so I couldn't help there.
If your a Linux user and not sure how to take ownership of a hard drive or removable drives, let me know and I'll explain it in the next post.

link2sd mount script
Hi please the problem of mount script cannot be done still persist
Help me out I'm running cwm 5

Not sure if anyone's still reading this thread but I'm having this problem too. I formatted my microSD with MiniTool Partition Wizard. Only the 1st FAT32 partition is mounted in Android, how do you mount the 2nd partition?