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Partition and Swap

I've been searching for the guide to partition using recovery and setup swap. Are there any guide to do that?
Thanks,

you dont really need a guide for that. all you need to do is boot into your custom recovery, select partition sdcard, and your phone will tell you to change the partition and swap size to what you want. (but dont forget that partitioning your sdcard will format it)

4EXT/Partitioning Help!

Hello there! if I just want 1gb partition for games,apps, and I got a 8gb card, whats the correct way to do this on 4EXT recovery?
Also one of the things says....
Warning sd-ext2 is not formatted!
how do i format sd-ext2???
how do I go about clearing everything and starting again? there is a option in the wipe/format menu, called Wipe all Partitions (DANGEROUS!), does this clear everything? I dont want to do it without checking with experienced forum members first, so if you can help, please leave below....

You've got one solution
Make a backup from your sdcard on your PC, and format partition and increasing the size of three of them ( system, data, cache, sd_ext and ext2) with your recovery on EXT4.
Like this:
- system => Ext4
- data => Ext4
- Cache => Ext4
- SD-ext => Ext4
- SD-ext2 => EXt4 or Ext3
- sdcard => fat32
then, restore your files on your sdcard.

biggary said:
Hello there! if I just want 1gb partition for games,apps, and I got a 8gb card, whats the correct way to do this on 4EXT recovery?
Also one of the things says....
Warning sd-ext2 is not formatted!
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Use the EXT4 recovery as suggested, although are you sure that you'll need this space as the DS had over 1GB of internal user storage available to you by default. Mine has over 700mb free with all my applications installed.
The un formatted message relates simply to the non existence of the partition and isn't anything to worry about.
To wipe everything, the easiest way is to simply perform a factory reset, either from bootloader or from settings
The wipe all isn't what you are after as this is used by ROM cooks and wipes all partitions, which should only be used when installing new roms
Swyped from HTC Desire S using XDA Premium

Problem in creating partitions

Accidentally I deleted boot and boot1 partitions on my Mi4 while extending system partition. Could create system partitions as ext2 but I do not understand what type of filesystem boot and boot1 belong to. Could someone help in creating back the lost partitions? Thanks in advance
[update]
I think I messed up boot partition...so tried to flash rom via fastboot(since I created the system partition already). Now I can't flash recovery also. Can enter only fastboot mode.Is my mobile permanently bricked?

Partitioning /data partition

Hello, I am interested to know if it is possible to successfully shrink /data partition in twrp recovery and make it accessible as an sd card in the rom, also if it is possible to make it survive an internal storage wipe. I would like to use that as a partition for backup files and flashable zips. Is it possible to complete the procedure without having to lose internal storage?

hi buddy, this is 2018, i guess you query was valid if you had made same post in 2010.. secondly /data partition is unified with /sdcard so your question is not valid at this date

Ok, I see, well thanks for the help anyways, cheers, the devs may delete this thread now.

Phone in bootloop after repartitioning

Hi,
I have a Fairphone 4 and i used Iode os, wanted to install GApps but the system partition size was too small.
I have tried to repartition, but couldnt format the partition because of error:could not access system bash.
Now it is in a bootloop, but i can access TWRP. And bootloader is unlocked.
Any help is appreciated.