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Ext2/3/4 issues (space not fully showing up)

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thre3aces said:
Hi all.
I have created an ext2 partition on my sdcard it is workinghone now shows 198mb of rom which is about 90mb higher than the phone's internal memory. BUT, my ext2 partition is nearly 300mb. I'm completely baffled by why this has happened since it happens on every rom I try: miui, ice and fire, cm7,froyomod...
I thought I would like to put this post here because I'm certain that other people may have similar issues.
Hope someone can help
Charlie
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P.S I tried all the different types of ext like ext2,3 and 4 but I get the same result no matter how big the partition is
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Phone is always showing how much internal memory it has. It will not show you space of your ext partition on sd card. Don't worry about it, it's normal.
You can check your free space of ext partition by typing in terminal 'df -h', line with '/sd-ext' will be your ext partition.

android roms will not show you your ext partition size.Custom roms might.To see your partition and the folders,i use root explorer.Great app
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I can see what you mean when u say that the phone doesn't always show all of the ext2 because in open recovery it shows how much ext2 is left but since the phone doesn't recognise the internal memory I can't install more apps. It just says not enuff internal memory.
Also on my friends htc desire he has a 1gb ext3 partition and on his phone it shows that he has 1gb internal memory.
On a slightly unrlated subject do u know of any build.prop fixes to show all market apps on the milestone (I'm using iceandfire 2.8 if that makess a difference)
Thanks for the help so far
Charlie
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Cache and Gmail takes up internal storage space
U might have moved all your apps to SD or Ext 2/3/4 but what about caches for your application....the cache is taking up your internal storage space.
Also what about Gmail? I supposed Gmail is also using the internal storage space to store your emails.

Actually I just realised something. On my 1st post I had 30mb free. Now I have 80mb internal storage and I haven't done anything either my phone is automatically moving app to SD or they are being transferred to my ext2 partition
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thre3aces said:
Actually I just realised something. On my 1st post I had 30mb free. Now I have 80mb internal storage and I haven't done anything either my phone is automatically moving app to SD or they are being transferred to my ext2 partition
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Looking back on myself... I looked like such a spak then :L
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[NEED HELP] Partitioning SD Card

Hello all, i want to partition my 8gb sd card (class 4) but dunno how to do it perfectly coz diz my 1st time. Actually browsing XDA , i gone through tassadar's multirom. This is d need for partition !!
wat is the idle size of partition for 8gb ?? & wat is the process ??
Edit: m using clockwork recovery 5.0.2.7 touch.
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I was going to cr8 thread of same doubt.
I also waana partition my sd card. 8Gb class 4..1.5 gb space left.
And i also need pros and cons of partition.
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Me too I had looooooooooooots of doubts but after I partitioned it today regretted every moment without ext!!!!!!
So I partitioned it through CWM 256 ext and 32 swap and when using link2sd it's exactly like apps are in /data(widgets...)
I don't know about risks coz I didn't face any
PM me for any question I'm ready to help!

I too have a doubt when I partitioning my SD card all my data in it will gonna erase
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Yes, partitioning your SD card will format it and erase everything on it, so back it up first.
The point of an ext partition is to extend the internal memory, so you can load it up with apps and not run out of internal storage. This comes in handy on the ov which has very little internal memory to begin with. With an ext partition, you can use apps like link2sd to create symbolic links to your apps, so they can be on the sd card, but the "think" they are on the internal. This way you can move apps that can't be normally moved to the sd, or use widgets, which need to be on the internal memory. I, however like cronmod's ext scripts. They can be put in the init.d of some roms, and they will move your data partition, and/or dalvik, and/or data/apps to the ext. That way you don't have to manage apps like with link2sd. In a sense, it's like adding straight to the internal memory.
To partition your sd card, the easiest thing is to do it from a custom recovery. You won't get to choose the filesystem, but you can choose the size of the ext partition and swap. Keep swap at zero, as most phones here won't use it. Set your ext partition to ~10% of the size of the sd card.
If you want a different filesystem than your recovery gives you, you can use the minitool partition wizard on your pc with a card reader:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Is swap partition really helpful for low ram devices and O1??
Do we need to use any script to use of swap memory or is it done automatically??!
Edit: Good info about swap partition.

hope this can help you!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2059900

rr0yy said:
Is swap partition really helpful for low ram devices and O1??
Do we need to use any script to use of swap memory or is it done automatically??!
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Actually swap is not needed for o1.Even on ics i have about 150-200 mb of free ram most of the time,and if u make swap partition u'll get even more free ram.But remember unused ram or free ram is nothing but waste of ram in linux,unlike windows.

Can make partion without formating sd card?
I don't have pc and can't even go to cyber or friends home till April
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virusshah1997 said:
Can make partion without formating sd card?
I don't have pc and can't even go to cyber or friends home till April
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Have 10th board exams?
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Finally my sd card partition with 512mb ext & 0mb swap formatted. Used cwm 5.0.2.7 touch recovery.(very easy) :beer:
Now m using GB as well as ICS via multiRom at 1 fone lg P500 (dual boot)
ITZ AWESOME !!
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akiratoriyama said:
Have 10th board exams?
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Yeah
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virusshah1997 said:
Yeah
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Me too
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Finally got it ,was trying for such a long time but wasn't able to..

Internal phone storage

My internal storage shows that the space ist full but i have 0.98 GB total space used for apps and media 251 MB now it s only 23 MB free?
I wiped cache it dosnt help ..
How i can delete files from intrrnal storage i have only installed some apps
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pota-- said:
My internal storage shows that the space ist full but i have 0.98 GB total space used for apps and media 251 MB now it s only 23 MB free?
I wiped cache it isnt help ..
How i can delete files from intrrnal storage i have only installed some apps
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If you come from ICS , your internal SD card may need a format.
You should have around 5.5 GB of internal SD size in total. Check that if you have only 1 GB. Then you need to format it.
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boltthrower56 said:
If you come from ICS , your internal SD card may need a format.
You should have around 5.5 GB of internal SD size in total. Check that if you have only 1 GB. Then you need to format it.
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Thanks
Sorry but i mean phone storage. Its phone storage im on cm10 for some month ago.. I think the information cache or something are saved in thistime on phone storage... How i can delete Or Format this phone storage i dont want to loose my data
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if i use navigon select in some minutes the phone storage is full
how to fix that or delete data that has saved?

pota-- said:
Thanks
Sorry but i mean phone storage. Its phone storage im on cm10 for some month ago.. I think the information cache or something are saved in thistime on phone storage... How i can delete Or Format this phone storage i dont want to loose my data
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of course he means your phone storage..
i think you have no option but to format it from your phone

Yes, you should enter recovery and format the phone's internal memory.

[Q] Insufficient Phone Memory

Sony Xperia ST26i only have 750mb Phone Memory
and all installed application always in phone memory
even after move some of the data to internal storage it's just not enough
is there anyway to increase it ?

You can use sdcard as internal storage. Check tutorials in forum about howto or flash a rom with sdcard as internal.
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Use FolderMount, it works really well.

if your phone is rooted just make a fresh restore or re-flash your phone and first thing you do after that is to uninstall the system apps that you dont use.. just be careful with the apps that must not be uninstalled

[Completed] External sdcard is corrupting my data

The problem is that the data stored in phone's internal storage remains safe while if i copy or move the data to my external sdcard it corrupts the data whether if it's a picture,document,music or video file
Xperia L C2105
Android 4.2.2
Build Number 15.3.A.1.17

XDA Visitor said:
The problem is that the data stored in phone's internal storage remains safe while if i copy or move the data to my external sdcard it corrupts the data whether if it's a picture,document,music or video file
Xperia L C2105
Android 4.2.2
Build Number 15.3.A.1.17
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Format Your SD Card And Reset Your Device.
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