What are the partition sizes for the shift? I need to resize everything after a bad attempt to port Firefox OS to the Shift.
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im coming from htc desire, cm7, so i have sd-ext2 partition on my sd card. do i still need that partition for android revolution or can i get rid of it? i tried using darktremor but didnt work. thanks
I previously used a2sd on kryllios's froyo 9.5 rom. Now cm9 does not show partition. Do I have to format my sdcard? Is there any other way without doing it?
Vaibhavs800 said:
I previously used a2sd on kryllios's froyo 9.5 rom. Now cm9 does not show partition. Do I have to format my sdcard? Is there any other way without doing it?
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on CM9 its not possible right now....its still under development and pretty alpha stage....but i this you can try the ICS26 by arakmar kernel and get ur ext working....ive tried multibooting with it and its possible in ICS ...done that with MIUI....
Then can I reclaim that partition without wiping or backing up my data.
Thanks for the quick reply
Problem isnt solved. Can anyone help me?
If you load up your SD card in a Linux partition program such as gParted (there may be a Windows equivalent that will see it as well) you should be able to delete the ext4 partition and extend your FAT32 partition. This still carries a Data Loss risk but it is unlikely.
i also posted this in software-development, dunno which one of these two is more appropriate, please suggest.
What to do with 215mb of Extra Free Space in SYSTEM on custom ROMs?
1) so my data partition constantly keeps on running out of space but i am constantly changing roms so i can't move my data to the system partition ... maybe a customMTD for xperia arc s ICS roms is a solution but i know nothing about how to make that happen
2) another big problem is multitasking, maybe it can be used for Swap or for cache etc.
3) what else can i use it for?
repartition mtd to give more space to /data or /cache..... or make a new partition to put only dalvik-cache......
SoftWord said:
repartition mtd to give more space to /data or /cache..... or make a new partition to put only dalvik-cache......
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g1 used to use some custommtd scripts. can i use those with my xperia arc? if so, how?
so on my arc s, will i be able to restore from a nandroid backup after creating a new layout? n then get the kernel to boot too? for g1 there was a script for creating partition layout first after which you'd install the rom n then you'd have to patch the kernel to understand the new partition layout.
UPDATE: i just tried using customMTD 1.5.9 as well as 1.5.8, neither have changed my partition sizes.
UPDATE : just tried FR's customerMTD 1.5.7 and bravo customMTD 1.5.3 . they didnt work either.
i see no updates here hence i bumped this thread in Xperia Arc.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620650
so far, i haven't read anything that accomplishes this for arc.
Anybody wanna help me resize my data and system partitions? I can't figure out how to do it myself, the closest thing I found was for evo 4G, but I'd rather not take the risk of blocking my phone using that method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077426
Question I have to ask is why ?
Garridon said:
Anybody wanna help me resize my data and system partitions? I can't figure out how to do it myself, the closest thing I found was for evo 4G, but I'd rather not take the risk of blocking my phone using that method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077426
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It can't be done with this method, it looks like that's firerats custom MTD partitions and the Shift is EMMC partitioned which means no one has even thought about that.
prboy1969 said:
Question I have to ask is why ?
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The reason this mod came about was because the older phones like the hero and whatnot had very little system memory, but after running firerats script it would give the hero like 300mb of system memory on Sense, so its a major memory increase and it would most likely eliminate the need for a2sd
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Might be a better idea to do use a sd-ext rom with a partition on your sdcard. The shift has so little internal space in general, it might be a better idea to do that if your looking to get space.
Also, the OG Evo has a MTD memory, and the Shift has EMMc, which I believe is a lot less flexable to being changed than MTD is. Tell me if I'm wrong though.
Thanks for the quick response guys, I was really hoping to increase my data partition. There's so much room left untouched in the system folder. So no hope in doing this I assume your saying?
Sd_ext or move trusted apps from /data to /system
Garridon said:
Thanks for the quick response guys, I was really hoping to increase my data partition. There's so much room left untouched in the system folder. So no hope in doing this I assume your saying?
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You really wouldn't get much more outta system for data as you would a ext partition. Sd-ext is virtually unlimited depending on the size of your sdcard.
Not to mention you would have to revert back to the stock settings in order to install a sense rom for updating prl and such things. This could be very tedious.
Firerat's initial custom mtd was for the G1, which is a aosp phone stock and does not need tons of system/rom space.
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Hello,
I was wondering if it is possible to repartition partitions on Nexus 5? I was thinking about reducing system partition size and expanding data partition to get a little bit more internal space.
Can that be done?
No one has reported this being possible yet.
or reduce cache partition that is about 650mb, useless...........I think.
I'v done repartition with old htc desire and with my xoom.........I think that every android device can be repartitioned, the partition is in MTD.....table
SoftWord said:
or reduce cache partition that is about 650mb, useless...........I think.
I'v done repartition with old htc desire and with my xoom.........I think that every android device can be repartitioned, the partition is in MTD.....table
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Not all devices are MTD devices. HTC desire was done by modification of hboot by flashing either custom hboot or flashing into hboot a custom mtd layout. Most devices, this is not possible.
not all? ah ok, I don't know that
So the partition table is set in read only memory? I wouldn't be able to use adb and fdisk to delete any partitions?