Hi. I have a ROOTed Sony Xperia M Dual. I have the root successful, i presume. I have tried to get link2ds app working, since my phone has little space for apps, typical. I have tried to do the disk partition and divide the SD card to two parts: Fat32 andExt4. All worked but after i used the link2ds app, phone restarts and does get stuck in bootloop. Only way to stop this and start phone is by removing the SD card, which I then must format.
Any help here, please?
(Only idea of a mistake i know could be that i dont have a usb card reader, so am using the aplication called AParted, and im creating one large Fat32 12GB and one smaller Ext4 4GB. Would using the Windows partition program Mini Partition tool or something help? I realy need help here, i need to start using my phone more). Btw, if there are any better working apps then link2sd, I am open to any suggestions...
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Hi all
I'm desperate.
Just wanted to reformat my SD card. Wasn't possible right away since I've partitioned it in 3 (fat-ext2-ext3) with my formerr HTC Desire.
I deleted the fat partition, and now the card isn't recognized and I cannot reallocate the large partition.
I'm using a Samsung SGS (i9000). But clockwork recovery doesn't allow me to format SD-card?
I've tried Paragon Harddisk Manager, and Diskman4. Windows7 devicemanager doesnt allow anychanges either...
Please help
i found a solution. Couldn't get it to work in windows 7. Tried almost everything. The thing that worked was entering recovery on my old htc magic and partitioning the card from there.
Just wanted to let you guys know if you should end up in the same situation...
Regards
iv made this as the chinese made a2sd but without the root and the original boot screen
what is app2sd
Apps to SD card feature which means you can install apps to your SD
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partition your sd to fat32 and ex3
ok so download here
put your phone in to fastboot by turning off and the press the up button and the power button
extract it to C:\rickywyatt\
cd C:\rickywyatt\
C:\rickywyatt>fastboot flash boot boot.img
changes are
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1 permanently rooted
2 apps2sd
3 original boot screen
Can't get into fast boot
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Hey got root but can't get app2sd please advise
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did you partition your sd
When I did came up sd card damaged
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i done the partition what program did you use to partition it btw and i assume u need apps2sd sorry i am new at this i got the root as i stated but the sd card it having issues once its back in the phone if you have suggestion i would love the help
Angel0912 said:
i done the partition what program did you use to partition it btw and i assume u need apps2sd sorry i am new at this i got the root as i stated but the sd card it having issues once its back in the phone if you have suggestion i would love the help
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i used my pulse mini to partition my sd
Ok so your sure its a ex3 I need not ex2
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Works fine after use z4root and then apps2sd then full root granted
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hey rickwyatt,
Thanks for your work. I am have been able to flash the boot image using your steps. I partitioned my sd card using Miniool Partition Wizard and created one FAT and other Ex3 which also formated the card. When I now boot my racer having sd card inside it does not start. It stays on 2nd logo (Three) and keep coming back. It gets started if the sd card is not in the phone. Any idea what could be the cause of this issue?
Also your steps do not mention if the sd card (after partition) needs to be in the phone when applying above steps, so I did it with both ways but no success.
Your help will be really appreciated.
also, somehting to note that after having deleted the partitions and reverting it back to FAT, phone does get started even with the sd card inside.
Do you know if the above steps (flashboot) will write any data on sd card (either FAT or ex3 partition)? coz If not, then it means my phone is still rooted and I can look into some other tools to create the ex3 partition and see if it works.
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UPDATE:
After doing some investigation I found that the process required another partition of format "Linux Swap" (for more than 32 mb) along with FAT and Ex3. Doing this allowed the mobile to start with memory card inside and the phone was rooted. BUT I cannot see an aaps2sd application. Also there is no way in Managing Applications that I can move data. Going to try installing Apps2SD separatly now.
did u succeed?
Hello everyone, it's been a while since I've this problem, and it's becoming frustrating, really.
Every modification I do to the microSD, such as copying files or deleting them, gets cancelled after an unmount.
Example, if I delete a file, it's deleted. As soos as I unmount the microSD (or unmounts by itself), the deleted file comes back, like nothing happened.
I've even tried formatting the microSD from a computer, first with Windows, but after a low level format, the content was back there! I tried then with an hard format, but it didn't even start. So I thought it was Windows' problem, and I've tried with a GNU/Linux application, GPartED. I was able to see both the partitions on my microSD, an EXT4 (1GB) and the FAT32 one. I was able to format the FAT32 partition, but when I tried to delete the EXT4 one, it gave me an unknown error. I've even tried deleting the whole Partition Table, but it couldn't. Files are still there.
Therefore, my phone is unusable, I can't install any app, they disappear after a while, I can't download anything, I can't take pictures or sync my music folder.
The problem is the same even when the microSD is plugged in my computer... It's a class 2 16GB microSD card... Please help
Take off and nuke it from orbit. Only way to be sure!
I would try formatting it from another PC before writing off the card, but failing that i would just replace it.
I've tried from other computers and in many other ways, but nothing. I've bought a class 6 microSD card, it seems like the old one was broken.
lol like the nuke it comment above
Yip, unfortunately all cards have a limited life span depending how much you write/read, i had one fail a while ago, nothing could be done so in the bin it went
first with gparted , recreate partition table ans after primary fat32 et one other primary ext4
second you mount ext4 partition of your external sd card automatically ??? !!! tell me how
Used HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
srle.srki said:
Used HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool
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very short answer
I presume hp usb disk storage is for windows PC to see usb devices ext4
question is how to see ext4 IN android dor data or applications
Chkdsk /r ?
Forever living in my Galaxy Ace using XDA App
chkdsk is not implanted on my SGS
but,
DF give a mounted partition /data/sdext2 from /dev/block/vold/179:10
and this is not visible (i think because it is mounted under data) from any android programme, even file manager, even ext4 extension tools from CF-root
so that's what i ask in this forum
enthalpie said:
chkdsk is not implanted on my SGS
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This is probably one of the times where Windows is good for something techy .
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EmoBoiix3 said:
This is probably one of the times where Windows is good for something techy .
Forever living in my Galaxy Ace using XDA App
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??? explain
i was using mintool to partition my 32gb microsd for use with link2sd on xperia mini pro
it formated cleaning sectors
but now its not picking up on phone or pc
can adb via android fix it
tried to format on other android and old windows 6.5 phone but no success:crying:
any ideas to fix greatly appreciated
It is not clear question. Although it is quite long time ago, but i know minitool can partition sd card perfectly. i dont know why you format it, if you want to convert files system, you can use minitool partition wizard to convert files system directly and without data losing.
Got a Tab10DUALC Sunstech tablet (RK3066 chip, 8 GB Flash NAND).
As I started to install some apps it quickly became out of space, checking storage settings I found out that internal storage was about 1gb full and Nand flash 5.26gb free.
So I started to search how to root it and after a lot of trials and errors I got to flash CWM and root it.
Now, I wanted to make a partition out of that 5gb non used space but when I tried that with CWM recovery (advanced, partition) despite having doing it correctly, when the tab restarted it all reseted back to the way it was, this is, no ext2 or whatever.
I've tried just about everything, Link2SD tells me there's no SD CARD 2nd Part. I went to recovery and mounted USB and tried partition it with Mini Tool Partition Wizard and while succeed, when restarting, the tab reported bad SD so made me reformat (Link2SD reported unmountable 2nd Part) so it all came back to the way before, no partition.
Could it be some safe measure or something that doesn't allow me to get this partitioned? I've tried just about everything and can't come up with any other ideas. I mean, I don't want to use my only mini SD card if I can help it, I just don't understand why I can't use that extra 5gb while running out of space on the internal memory.
I also tried moving a few apps to SD and got all kind of errors like not loading.
Hello,
Try posting your question in the forum linked below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help
The experts there may be able to help. Good luck.