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Apps2SD version 2.5

Note: Newer version of Darktremor Apps2SD can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670087
Okay...since I ended up rebuilding the Apps2SD 2.0 due to improvements and to allow moving the dalvik-cache automatically (per request), I figured I better just release this.
Apps2SD version 2.5
Warning: Do not use this version if you are partitioning your SD card with ext4. This version is not compatible with that partition layout.
Apps2SD is a script that runs when you phone boots. Many of the ROM developers include the script in one form or another. Originally based on Cyanogen's Apps2SD, this script will allow a user to free up more storage space on their phone.
How does it do it? It uses an ext2 or ext3 partition (if one exists) to move all your free and purchased apps (not core apps) to the ext2/ext3 partition on your SD card. It also tricks Android into thinking it is storing your programs in the internal storage space by linking the install directories (/data/app and /data/app-private) to similar directories on the sd card.
Here's the program:
http://www.darktremor.com/files/misc/a2sd-2.5-signed.zip
Requirement: An ext2 or ext3 partition on your SD Card.
HOW TO INSTALL:
Since you are flashing this version to your phone, do a nandroid backup of your phone before starting these instructions.
1. Download the program above.
2. Determine if you have setup your SD Card with an ext partition
If you have setup your SD card already (existing users of A2SD...any version):
a. Copy the program to your SD card. One way of doing that is to use ADB by typing this command: adb push a2sd-2.5-signed.zip /sdcard/a2sd-2.5-signed.zip
b. Reboot into recovery
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If you have not setup your SD card (for those new to A2SD):
a. BACKUP YOUR SD CARD TO YOUR COMPUTER. Can't stress this enough, as partitioning will wipe the entire card.
a. Reboot into recovery
b. In Android System Recovery, select Partition sdcard
c. In the Partition sdcard menu, select Partition SD
d. Follow the instructions on the phone to partition your SD card. You can optionally set a swap file while you are partitioning your SD card.
e. In the Partition sdcard menu, select SD:ext2 to ext3. Follow the instructions on the screen. Do not select the option SD:ext3 to ext4 after this step completes, otherwise A2SD will not work.
e. Press the back button on the phone to go back to the main menu.
f. Put the A2SD file on the SD card (and all your other files you backed up earlier) by selecting USB-MS toggle and transfer the files to your computer.
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3. In recovery, select Flash zip from sdcard.
4. In Flash zip from sdcard, select a2sd-2.5-signed.zip. Press HOME to flash.
5. Reboot phone.
NOTE: The first time your phone is booted after installing a2sd, you may experience a long delay before your phone completely boots. This is due to the dalvik-cache being redirected to your sd card. The contents of dalvik-cache are recreated on your SD card, which can take up to 10 minutes to complete.
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NOTE: If you experience force closes or random reboots after you apply A2SD version 2.5, this could be that your SD card is not fast enough to handle the dalvik-cache. Perform the following steps to move your dalvik-cache back to your SD card:
1. Switch your phone into read-write mode by typing: adb remount
2. Enter your ADB shell by typing: adb shell
3. In the ADB shell, type /system/bin/a2sd nocache
4. Reboot phone by typing the following command: reboot
If that doesn't work, follow these commands:
1. Switch your phone into read-write mode by typing: adb remount
2. Enter your ADB shell by typing: adb shell
3. In the ADB shell, type rm /data/dalvik-cache/*
4. Reboot phone by typing the following command: reboot
If you have a swap partition and you suspect this may also be an issue, follow these instructions:
1. Enter your ADB shell by typing: adb shell
2. In the ADB shell, type /system/bin/a2sd noswap
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What does this program do:
1. Moves applications to the sd card
2. Moves dalvik-cache to the sd card
3. Activates swap partition if one exists
4. Allows the user to deactivate a2sd without removing the ext2/ext3 partition (a2sd remove to deactivate, a2sd install to activate)
5. Allows the user to restore dalvik-cache back to the main memory (a2sd nocache to deactivate, a2sd cache to activate)
6. Allows the user to deactivate swap (a2sd noswap to deactivate, a2sd swap to activate)
7. Creates the /system/sd mount if one doesn't exists.
How to tell if it is working:
1. On your computer in the Android SDK Tools directory, type adb shell
2. In the adb shell, type ls -l /data
3. Look for the entries app and app-private. The entries should look like the following:
app -> /system/sd/app
app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
If they don't, follow these instructions:
1. Enter the ADB Shell by typing adb shell
2. In the ADB shell, type /system/bin/a2sd install
If you have any issues, you can PM me for assistance.

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Can this be done?
Can this be done with phone on?
Which mode: charge; htc sync; ect...

Thanks! I am finally going to take the plunge and go Apps2SD!

Can this be used with any 2.1 Rom?

thanks for the share big improvement...

Flash and partition from recovery. As always nandroid first and also backup sd card before partitioning as it will wipe the card.
jjjjayd13 said:
Can this be done with phone on?
Which mode: charge; htc sync; ect...
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help
how do you reverse this im getting alot of apps FC on me please help

METHOD1911 said:
how do you reverse this im getting alot of apps FC on me please help
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reinstall the apps

dont
this totally f**ked my phone up

i did something simliar last night, damage will have it in his rom shortly. Didn't check the download but the current way a2sd was implemented in the ramdisk on dc was wrong and has potential to hang the phone on boot (expecially moving dalvik)

wow, this worked beautifully, took a little while to boot, but now showing 138 free up from 79.
using fresh rom

METHOD1911 said:
this totally f**ked my phone up
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Restore your Nandroid and try again. Also, what ROM are you using?

before i had 110mb used with 45 apps.After installing this now i have 24mb used..loving this upgrade...

puertoblack2003 said:
before i had 110mb used with 45 apps.After installing this now i have 24mb used..loving this upgrade...
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It would beautifully for me. First I nandroid, converted my ex2 to ex3 (partitioned sd card), ran this script and it has worked wonders for me

works perfectly for me as well. everything s on the card and my phone is as smooth as silk

METHOD1911 said:
how do you reverse this im getting alot of apps FC on me please help
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Ran this last night and same thing happened to me. It happens because your phone is on and suddenly all of your apps have moved to your SD card. Simply reboot and everything will be back to normal.
Running perfectly for me on Fresh 2.0d. Going entirely app crazy as a result.

luftwaffles86 said:
Ran this last night and same thing happened to me. It happens because your phone is on and suddenly all of your apps have moved to your SD card. Simply reboot and everything will be back to normal.
Running perfectly for me on Fresh 2.0d. Going entirely app crazy as a result.
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lol or even better use titanium and backup up all apps and restored them back...

jjjjayd13 said:
Can this be done with phone on?
Which mode: charge; htc sync; ect...
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It can if your phone is already setup with an ext3 partition. If not, you'll need to go to recovery first and do that.
It's easier to flash this via recovery, but if you want to do this manually, here's what you do:
1. Unzip the contents of the zip to a folder
2. Open a command prompt and type adb remount
3. Push the system/bin folder to the /system/bin directory on the phone by typing adb push <folder>/system/bin /system/bin where <folder> is the folder you extracted the zip to.
4. Push the system/lib folder to the /system/lib directory on the phone by typing adb push <folder>/system/lib /system/lib where <folder> is the folder you extracted the zip to.
5. Type adb shell "chmod 777 /system/bin/a2sd"
6. Type adb shell "chmod 777 /system/bin/e2fsck"
If you already have the ext2/ext3 partition, type /system/bin/a2sd to activate.

even though i entered the command on the first page and it says its active I still dont have all my space back? is that to do with the stock apps?

flashing custom rom without sd card

my sd card got broken and reflashed to original 2,3 rom. now i want to go back to custom rom. can any1 help me flash custom recovery without sd card. thanks
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mrbulanescu said:
my sd card got broken and reflashed to original 2,3 rom. now i want to go back to custom rom. can any1 help me flash custom recovery without sd card. thanks
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I doubt that's possible
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I think you can only flash official roms with kdz because custom roms needs SD card to use "flash zip from sdcard" in the recovery.

There must be a way for flashing ROM through adb.

there is, basically look up how to copy files from PC to phone using adb, and just copy everything in the ROM onto the / (root) of your phone, as all flashable zips do is copy the stuff from your sd card onto your phone

Flash mage
Use Android Commander version 0.7.9.10 by PanPiotr. It has a option to flash your phone under device menu. I have never used it so I don't know if it will work, but it might be worth a try. http://androidcommander.com/ here is the link for the software It is a very powerful application I would recommend to any andriod user, good luck I would like to know if it works for you. All of the features I have used work perfect.

mrbulanescu said:
my sd card got broken and reflashed to original 2,3 rom. now i want to go back to custom rom. can any1 help me flash custom recovery without sd card. thanks
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I only understoood that you flashed.stock firmware using kdz and have no sd, so steps are as follows:
1.root optimus 1 using superoneclick
2.flash cwm using adb
3.reboot in recovery
4.mount /system
5.then format /system
6.flash rom using adb
or
just copy paste files in /system of your phone
I mean the files which are in zip of custom rom

How to Flash a ROM Without an SD Card
​
This is for all those who don't have a working sdcard, sdcard slot, etc. but want still to flash a new rom
Prerequisites:
Flash an Amon_RA recovery if you're using Clockwork
Access to a computer that had AndroidSDK tools on it - you'll be using ADB
Put whichever ROM.zip you want to flash in your android-sdk\tools folder - I would rename it to something simple. (My example which I'll be using for this tut is: C:\AndroidSDK\toosl\ROM.zip)
Directions:
Reboot into the Amon_RA recovery
Wipe data/factory reset, cache, and dalvik via the recovery menu
Open up cmd/terminal on your computer
Navigate to your android-sdk\tools directory
Enter the following in cmd/terminal:
Code:
adb shell
mount data
*wait a second or two* You may or may not get the "/ #" line returned.
Despite what happens press "Ctrl+C" to break the command and get back to the standard AndroidSDK\tools> directory
Enter the following in cmd/terminal:
(replace "ROM.zip" with the name you're using)
Code:
adb push ./ROM.zip /data/
*this will take anywhere from 30sec to a min depending on the rom.zip size*
Then we do this in cmd:
Code:
adb shell
recovery --update_package=DATA:ROM.zip
Wait for it to finish flashing/updating
Reboot
ENJOY
Brief rundown of what we just did:
Wiped /data/ to free up space for the zip
Put our ROM.zip onto the /data/ partition since we don't have an SD Card to work with.
Told the recovery to flash from our /data/ partition instead of /sdcard/

.......

is there a way to toggle signature verification through adb? My sd card slot is not working and i am trying to flash back to stock to go to sprint for repair but when I run the command and reboot into recover it says signature failed and then I can not pick the update.zip i put in the data partition.
by.adrian said:
How to Flash a ROM Without an SD Card
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This is for all those who don't have a working sdcard, sdcard slot, etc. but want still to flash a new rom
Prerequisites:
Flash an Amon_RA recovery if you're using Clockwork
Access to a computer that had AndroidSDK tools on it - you'll be using ADB
Put whichever ROM.zip you want to flash in your android-sdk\tools folder - I would rename it to something simple. (My example which I'll be using for this tut is: C:\AndroidSDK\toosl\ROM.zip)
Directions:
Reboot into the Amon_RA recovery
Wipe data/factory reset, cache, and dalvik via the recovery menu
Open up cmd/terminal on your computer
Navigate to your android-sdk\tools directory
Enter the following in cmd/terminal:
Code:
adb shell
mount data
*wait a second or two* You may or may not get the "/ #" line returned.
Despite what happens press "Ctrl+C" to break the command and get back to the standard AndroidSDK\tools> directory
Enter the following in cmd/terminal:
(replace "ROM.zip" with the name you're using)
Code:
adb push ./ROM.zip /data/
*this will take anywhere from 30sec to a min depending on the rom.zip size*
Then we do this in cmd:
Code:
adb shell
recovery --update_package=DATA:ROM.zip
Wait for it to finish flashing/updating
Reboot
ENJOY
Brief rundown of what we just did:
Wiped /data/ to free up space for the zip
Put our ROM.zip onto the /data/ partition since we don't have an SD Card to work with.
Told the recovery to flash from our /data/ partition instead of /sdcard/
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Flash using kdz uploader. Search and read before flash. There are some tutorials on these forums.

u can also use fastboot

i am following this way but i get error "device not found". please help

Didn't Work For Me
I Want To Flash CM9 ICS On My LG P500. I Followed The Steps EXACTLY LIKE IN THE GUIDE! I Have Amon_RA Build:RA_thunderg-3.0.6-GNM and it said can't install because no such thing exist in that directory...? I DONT Have A SD CARD Also... Is ClockWorkMod Recovery Any Better?

Isn't better buy a new sd card than anticipade some unnecessary problems?

orbit09 said:
Isn't better buy a new sd card than anticipade some unnecessary problems?
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Sometimes the problem isn't about buy an sdcard, but the phone doesn't recognize any sdcard

orbit09 said:
Isn't better buy a new sd card than anticipade some unnecessary problems?
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My LG phone doesn't even have an ad card slot. Entire phone is riveted shut so I can't even change the battery if I needed to. So this advice is completely relevant and necessary.

[GUIDE] How to Remove SD-EXT Via ADB {Create EXT / Swap Via ADB} [05/03/2013]

This article is for people with rooted Android phones. Everyone else please ignore. There are dozens of ways to remove SD-EXT Partition your SD card and I would like to share the one that has worked for me every time.
Requirements before getting started:
Custom Recovery (TWRP/ CWM etc).
SD Card (Any Class).
Android Device Bridge(ADB): Comes with the Android SDK.
These instructions apply to both the Windows command prompt and the Mac terminal.
As you can see from my screens, I was using Windows Vista. You can Remove/ Delete your SD-Ext Partition at any time, but you might as well do it before you flash a new build of Android and You want a different size SD-EXT Partition.
IMP: As always, back up your data when performing any hacks.
Formating your SD card will erase all data on it.
I split this guide into 5 steps, but it is not as difficult as it looks. Read the whole thing before starting.
Step 1: Connect your phone to your computer via USB. Reboot into recovery mode.
Command: adb shell reboot recovery
(this will reboot your phone into Custom recovery image.
Command: adb shell
(type this after your phone has booted and on the recovery screen. it should take you to a # prompt)
Step 2: Open parted to partition your SD card.
Command: parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
(opens parted and mounts your SD card)
Step 3: Check the size and partitions of your SD card.
The print command will display this info. You can see the size of my SD card is 7969 MB (8 GB). I have 1 partition which is fat32. If your SD card is blank and no partitions are listed, you can skip to Step 5.
Command: print
(displays SD card information)
Step 4: Remove all existing partitions. If you have multiple partitions, remove each one at a time.
Command: rm 1
(deletes partition number 1)
Command: rm 2
(if needed. keep going till all partitions are removed)
Command: print
(check when you are done to make sure all partitions are removed)
Step 5: Check the sizes of your SD Card.
Use the command print again to display the partition sizes (There should be no partition).
If you made any mistakes you can return to Step 4 and remove them.
Command: print
(displays your partition information)
IMP: Now Remove USB Cable from Phone and go to WIPE Menu in Recovery and Format/ Cleat SD Card..
Now Go to Advance Menu and Partition SD Card with What Size / Swap / ext You Want..
[Additional GUIDE]
How to manually Partition your SD CARD {EXT 2/ 3/ 4 And Swap / Linux} Via ADB.
For SD-EXT Partition Please Continue After Step 5 (Don't Remove USB cable from PC).
Step 6: Create your new partitions.
You can make these any size, but the most common setup is
32 MB linux-swap partition,
512 MB ext2 partition, and
remaining free space as a fat32 partition.
In order to work properly, the partitions must be created in this order:
fat32,
ext2,
linux-swap.
The linux-swap partition is used for a swap file on some builds. Not all builds use linux-swap, but I create one just in case I ever need it.
The ext2 partition is where your apps will be installed. I use 512 MB which gives me plenty of room but you can go larger like 1024 MB if you want.
IMP: Parted only creates ext2 partitions and we can convert them to ext3 or ext4 later.
When using the Linux command mkpartfs, you must tell it where to start and and end each partition. This can be done by taking the total SD card size and subtracting the linux-swap then ext2 partition sizes. See the following example for my 8 GB card.
Command: mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7425
(start is 0 and end is Total C)
Command: mkpartfs primary ext2 7425 7937
(start is Total C and end is Total B)
Command: mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7937 7969
(start is Total B and end is Total A)
For Example
7969 Total A
-32 Linux-Swap
7937 Total B
-512 EXT 2
7425 Total C
* If You Don't want Linux-Swap partition follow this
7969 Total A
-512 EXT 2
7457 Total B
IMP: Kindly Change Values for EXT / Linux-Swap Accordingly if You want more or less space for Partitions.
Step 7: Check the sizes of your partitions.
Use the command print again to display the partition sizes.
If you made any mistakes you can return to Step 4 and remove them.
Command: print
(displays your partition information)
Step 8: Exit parted and upgrade your ext2 file system to ext3.
For most users this is the final step.
I suggest all users upgrade to ext3.
Its main advantage over ext2 is journaling which improves reliability and eliminates the need to check the file system after an unclean shutdown.
Command: quit
(exit parted and return to # prompt)
Command: upgrade_fs
(script to upgrade from ext2 to ext3)
Step 9 (Optional): If you wish, you can upgrade your ext3 partition to ext4.
Skip to Step 10 is you wish to use ext3.
The file system (EXT 4) offers enhancements like delayed allocation.
Command: tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(enter this command from the # prompt)
Command: e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(run e2fsck after tune2fs. wait for the file check to finish)
Step 10: Finished.
Check your work with print
Command: parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
(open parted again)
Command: print
(check all your system partitions and their sizes)
Command: quit
(exit parted)
Command: reboot
(reboot your system to the operating system)
[Guide] How to Install SDK / ADB..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37805872
Credits:
akshat.shenoy (For SDK / ADB installation GUIDE).
XDA.
Screen Shots Added in Second Post.

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Awesome man. Thanks ..
Didn't know of this method.. us there a way to partition via adb?
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akshat.shenoy said:
Awesome man. Thanks ..
Didn't know of this method.. us there a way to partition via adb?
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Yes there is a simple method..
If u wanna know I ll post that too..
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Yes there is a simple method..
If u wanna know I ll post that too..
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Nice tutorial.
Screenshots are really helpful for me (as I know nothing about adb).
Thanks bro..
And yeah post it too.. :thumbup:
Edit
Some questions
1. So wiping SD ext comes under rm2 right... and it does nothing to partition fat32(1)
2.parting with Adb... will it cause erasing all data in SD card? And partition of any type ext3 ext4 ..?
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ptcpayme said:
Nice tutorial.
Screenshots are really helpful for me (as I know nothing about adb).
Thanks bro..
And yeah post it too.. :thumbup:
Edit
Some questions
1. So wiping SD ext comes under rm2 right... and it does nothing to partition fat32(1)
2.parting with Adb... will it cause erasing all data in SD card? And partition of any type ext3 ext4 ..?
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rm 1 - SD Fat32
rm 2 - SD-EXT (if available)
rm 3 - Swap / Linux (if available)
Partition via ADB delete all ur SD data.. I hv mentioned that in Guide already.
I ll add tutorial for Partition ext 2/ 3/ 4 and swap partition ASAP..
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Or else, we can directly do it with Mini partition tool..!(duh!)

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Or else, we can directly do it with Mini partition tool..!(duh!)
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U can.
Basically This guide is for ppl who r nt depended on different softwares.
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Tutorial For Link2sd Error, read only FIle system fix

This tested and worked for me in LG P500
1. First check if you're rooted, you can find any apps in the app store for checking this
2.Second check if you can make folder or file in the sdext of your sdcard if not there problem with mounting or your second partition is corrupted
3.BackUP EVERY FILE IN THE SDCARD
1. Download amonra here then install amonra, then reboot recovery
2.Then choose Partion Sdcard, choose partition sd card(set swap to 0 then(navigate through the volume buttons)just choose how large the second partition be) then click the "menu" button to confirm
3.then Reboot to your OS and its done!
Please just click thanks! if this thread helps please

HELP! wrong sdcard size after flashing rom

I have flashed a new rom on my phone with twrp 3.4.0.0
When I got to the new UI I had no free space (both internal and sdcard)
Back to twrp I took these steps:
1. Boot into TWRP recovery.
2. Select Wipe » Advanced Wipe.
3. Tick/check the Data partition.
4. Select Repair or Change File System button.
5. And lastly select Resize File System button.
that solved the internal storage size, but the storage of sdcard shows 80MB when it should read 128GB.
I tryed the same method for sdcard but it cant be done on sdcard selection.
Is there any solution without formating sdcard?
if not please provide a solution with formating on twrp.
I have searched for a solution but no result...
Please help! i have no time to search right now!

PanosT said:
I have flashed a new rom on my phone with twrp 3.4.0.0
When I got to the new UI I had no free space (both internal and sdcard)
Back to twrp I took these steps:
1. Boot into TWRP recovery.
2. Select Wipe » Advanced Wipe.
3. Tick/check the Data partition.
4. Select Repair or Change File System button.
5. And lastly select Resize File System button.
that solved the internal storage size, but the storage of sdcard shows 80MB when it should read 128GB.
I tryed the same method for sdcard but it cant be done on sdcard selection.
Is there any solution without formating sdcard?
if not please provide a solution with formating on twrp.
I have searched for a solution but no result...
Please help! i have no time to search right now!
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Problem solved by replacing twrp with pitchblack ver.3 and repeating the procedure mentioned.