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Step by Step: How to partition ext2 with Paragon Partition Manager 9.0 - windows vers

HOW TO PARTION WITH PARAGON PARTITION MANAGER
**** YOU WILL LOSE ANY INFO ON THE SDCARD - PLEASE BACK UP IMPORTANT INFO PRIOR TO STARTING THIS PROCESS ***
**** these are instructions for Windows XP ***
***** if you are using Windows Vista - You need to change the permissions to Administrative in order for this to work - RIGHT CLICK ON THE START BUTTON AND GO TO ADMIN SETTINGS - even if you are the only user of the PC
have the sdcard in the card reader or in the phone mounted to the pc !!!!
OPEN PARTITION MANAGER...
CLICK ON PARTITION MANAGER IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER..
then click on the line that represents the sdcard, and right click on it, and choose format partition.. name the volume label - fat32
then click format..
computer might hang for a minute or 2, and then a popup will come up and say click GREEN CHECK to apply changes..
click the GREEN CHECK IN THE TOOLBAR AREA..
you will then see another pop up show - apply changes, choose yes, then you will see OVERALL PROGRESS AND GEARS TURNING.. LET IT PROCESS AND TAKE ITS TIME.. DONT HIT CANCEL..
when its done the cancel button at the bottom will change to Close.. click it..
AND THE FIRST STAGE IS DONE...
NOW ITS TIME TO CREATE THE EXT2 PARTITION..
Now on the Left side of the screen click Create partition.. and a screen will now show Create New Partition Wizard... it lets you chose which drive to partition ( make sure you chose the sdcard - it will be the one with the smallest volume/size of the sdcard in gbs.. should be on the bottom )...
HIT NEXT
now a slider will appear where it says new volume....
move the slider with the mouse, and make it how big you want it.. for ext2 partiiton about 500mb to 1gb is plenty... 500mb is good size.. ( size wont be exact so get it close to the size you want..
WHEN DONE CLICK NEXT...
NOW IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION TO FORMAT THE PARTITION...
CLICK THE PARTITION TYPE DROPDOWN MENU AND CHOSE LINUX EXT2... AND GIVE IT A VOLUME LABEL OF ext2.
then click next...
PC WILL PROCESS AND HOURGLASS WILL SHOW WHERE THE MOUSE POINTER IS.. AND THEN A POP UP WILL SHOW - SAYING -
COMPLETING THE CREATE NEW PARTTITION WIZARD..
CLICK FINISH...
THEN IT TAKES YOU BACK TO THE SCREEN SHOWING THE DRIVES, AND WHAT YOU CREATED, AND THE OPTION AT THE TOP WILL SAY - APPLY ... choose apply
THEN IT WILL ASK YOU TO - APPLY PENDING CHANGES AGAIN, choose yes..
NOW YOU WILL SEE THE GEARS WORKING AGAIN.. LET IT RUN TILL IT SAYS complete..
*it will take a few minutes to process.. let it run...
you might get a pop up for the sdcard drive as a open folder on the pc just showing that its done, just go back to paragon and let it finish running...
once complete you will get a pop up saying SYSTEM RESTART IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE OPERATION.. CHOSE RESTART THE COMPUTER...
You will see a paragon manager screen, that will hang for a almost a minute, and then the bar will fill saying 100 percent complete, press any key to reboot the pc..
AS LONG AS THERE IS NO ERRORS, YOUR DONE..
FORMAT COMPLETE..
PARAGON WILL START UP ON ITS OWN, AND SHOW THE PARTITIONS AS BEING COMPLETE..
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Originally Posted by Androidandy
check that the ext2 partition is good by typing busybox df -h in terminal.
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If your having issues using paragon partition manager, and trying to make a linux swap partition, try these instructions for formating thru Cyanogens newest recovery
Formatting you SDcard
You only need to do this once folks..if you already have 3 partitions including linux-swap move to step 2
You need Recovery image 1.31 to do this folks!
To format card SD card with linux-swap WARNING!!! this will reformat you entire SD card!!
You can use the recovery console and parted to format SDcards with 1.31 folks, no more going through hassles you have the tools on you G1!...here is an example of how to do this in recovery console using parted
Example for 8GB card (specific value's may be slightly different use print to verify your total SDcard size~!
Reboot and enter recovery
Enter console
#parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
#print (to verfiy we know what size card we are dealing with, the details should be straight forward)
rm 1
rm 2
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7584
mkpartfs primary ext2 7584 8127
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 8127 8159
#print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
Example for my 4GB card
#parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
#print (to verfiy we know what size card we are dealing with, the details should be straight forward * then grab a calculator to figure the exact amounts... as shown below that is an example..)
rm 1
rm 2
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
"End?" you need to place the last value for the linux swap eg.3964 for my 4GB card
#print (to verify we have the 3 partitions)
Next we need to "quit" parted and upgrade our ext2 partition to ext3
#upgrade_fs
Swap value is set to 30 currently, you can change this by modifying the "echo" value for swappiness in the a2sd.sh script
swap partition shouldnt be no larger than 92mb
ext2/3 partition shouldnt be more than 500mb ( more than that is too much )
( directions from a post by justanothercrowd )

Thank You, for a great post but, can you please fix this link *** word docx with screenshots - http://kaysesoze.wordpress.com/wp-ad...ttachment_id=4
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stuck
I installed paragon parttition manager 9 pro trial version after installtion I reboot and , it brought me to the blu paragon advance recovery screen...I notice I forgot to back up my sd card...but it won't let me out of this screen...tried rebooting it still brought me back to this screen...is there any solution for this problem....its gotta be something easy...I just don't know what to do to get back to my desktop.....HELP!!!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!

biz18434 said:
Thank You, for a great post but, can you please fix this link *** word docx with screenshots - http://kaysesoze.wordpress.com/wp-ad...ttachment_id=4
When I signed in I received the following message "You are not allowed to edit this attachment." Again THANK YOU,
V/R
Biz
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thanks for bringing that to my attention.. will try and fix it..
toconfuze1 said:
I installed paragon parttition manager 9 pro trial version after installtion I reboot and , it brought me to the blu paragon advance recovery screen...I notice I forgot to back up my sd card...but it won't let me out of this screen...tried rebooting it still brought me back to this screen...is there any solution for this problem....its gotta be something easy...I just don't know what to do to get back to my desktop.....HELP!!!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!
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during the paragon process it says do not interrupt it while it is formating, cause you pc can become unstable. and thats exactly what you did.. u might be able to press the esc button, i believe it gives that option at the bottom of the screen to exit it properly. but rebooting was wrong...
anytime u FORMAT any drive or card you will lose information, thats pc fundamentals... will add the issue about losing info to orig post..

was stuck
thanks a lot....fixed

Help
I know I am always running into problems. But i am freakin out about this and i don't know if this is the right thread to be posting this or maybe someone can lead me to other thread with this fix.
Question
First i partitioned my mini sd card using my G1 with paragon manager and when everything was done the computer restarts.
But the weired thing is that now when i mount my G1. My G1 is recognized by my computer but it does not show me the storage device on my computer folder or even prompt me with opening a folder for my storoge card. I am freakin out.
Things i tried.
1. Rebooted my phone
2. nandrroid backup restore
3. restarted my computer
4. changed minisd cards.
5. uninstalling the usb android driver and reapplying it
6. went to usb debug on the settings on the phone
nothing worked.
Thanks . Any help would do.
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Fix ******Update
It took me alot of time to figure this out. if anyone gets this problem just assign your sdcard a Letter. Example: E: Drive.
When i look at these tutorials it does not mention anything like that.
thanks anyways

stonefurry said:
I know I am always running into problems. But i am freakin out about this and i don't know if this is the right thread to be posting this or maybe someone can lead me to other thread with this fix.
Question
First i partitioned my mini sd card using my G1 with paragon manager and when everything was done the computer restarts.
But the weired thing is that now when i mount my G1. My G1 is recognized by my computer but it does not show me the storage device on my computer folder or even prompt me with opening a folder for my storoge card. I am freakin out.
Things i tried.
1. Rebooted my phone
2. nandrroid backup restore
3. restarted my computer
4. changed minisd cards.
5. uninstalling the usb android driver and reapplying it
6. went to usb debug on the settings on the phone
nothing worked.
Thanks . Any help would do.
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1. did you do the fat32 first, then ext2 second ?
2. did you mount the sdcard to the pc ?
3. may show as F drive on your pc !!!

I used PM 10, it is very easy. However when the program wants to reboot it says there is an error, but I check that the ext2 partition is good by typing busybox df -h in terminal.
I've partitioned several cards now and they all work.
I found that doing a wipe then installing Lucid's rom.
I reinstall my applications from mybackup pro and downloading others from the market.
I test everything is working fine, then and only then I use the scripts that Lucid posted.
To recap ensure that busybox recognises the ext2 partition then wipe, install Lucids rom

Androidandy said:
I used PM 10, it is very easy. However when the program wants to reboot it says there is an error, but I check that the ext2 partition is good by typing busybox df -h in terminal.
I've partitioned several cards now and they all work.
I found that doing a wipe then installing Lucid's rom.
I reinstall my applications from mybackup pro and downloading others from the market.
I test everything is working fine, then and only then I use the scripts that Lucid posted.
To recap ensure that busybox recognises the ext2 partition then wipe, install Lucids rom
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thank you for the info..
was looking for the commands to verify that the ext2 partition is done correctly, and of course it verifies that busybox is working also..

I'm having a large issue with my new Micro SD card.
When using PM and my MicroSD in an SD adapter it allows me to format and create partitions successfully JUST FINE with my Sandisk 2gb which is probably a class 2 or just not a class at all...it doesn't say on the card at all.
BUT I just bought a Transcend 8gb Class 6 HC card and when using the SD adapter the computer recognizes it just fine to open and view files...BUT Paragon says its "Invalid" and won't allow me to format, partition, or anything.
I have no idea what needs to be done differently. It works just fine in the phone and moving files but Paragon won't recognize it or allow it to be modified.

I need some help please!!!
First of I'm new to all this so I'm a nood and I need some help massively I have trying to make this ext2 partition on ubumtu for months and always get an error message and a lost and found folder in the ext2 partition. Found these directions and finally make the partition w/ no error messages. Fat32 1st then ext2 2nd type busybox command so I think its done right. So I try to mkdir /system/sd/app for marcus directions on apps to sd to use his apps to sd2 app and I get error /system/sd/app read only. Why is that so? I look in pargan partitioner were I made the parition and there both still there. I would be greatfull if anyone can help out a nood like me [email protected]. I have been trying to get this ext2 partiton for months and today thought I did it correct cause no error messages and boy was I wrong!! Please anyone help !!
Bronze G1 W/ JF 1.5 cupcake W/Areo
NO APPS TO SD1! HELP PLEASE
Saphire SLP
[email protected]

i like this tuturial, but one problem, doesnt work with vista 64bit -.-
im literally crying

So every time I try to format, my phone unmounts my damn card.
Any ideas?

worked for me on vista 64

missxoash said:
So every time I try to format, my phone unmounts my damn card.
Any ideas?
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Using Paragon or windows?

missxoash said:
So every time I try to format, my phone unmounts my damn card.
Any ideas?
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im have the same problems as her, i dunno why

I am running vista 64 and paragon profesional. I can get it to format and can get the ext2, but I can not do anything with the card. I try and reformat the fat32 and give it a letter for a drive but it wont take or if i format it and then create the ext2 it gives the ext the drive letter(both cannot have a drive) What gives and in the meantime I have to use the 1gig because although paragon recognizes the sd card my pc does not!

so i've done everything in the tutorial. and even the coding for checking busybox.
it doesnt show the ext2.
and i tried running the lucid commands
and it says ext2 is not mounted.

i get all the way to the ext2 part the very last thing
like mount/dismount and i get a error
saying to close a program or restart pc
cant close program because i dont know what it is so i click retry same error
i restarted pc 2 times
still same thign tried reformatting all over again what am i doing wrong? thanks guys!

pr0cl1v1ty said:
i get all the way to the ext2 part the very last thing
like mount/dismount and i get a error
saying to close a program or restart pc
cant close program because i dont know what it is so i click retry same error
i restarted pc 2 times
still same thign tried reformatting all over again what am i doing wrong? thanks guys!
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are u using a sdcard reader ??

[GUIDE] How to run SD version of CM7.1 on HTC Desire S (fried emmc chips too).

I designed this version of the system for my broken phone with fried emmc chip. This disk can be used in the working devices as "Recovery Disk"/"Emergency Disk" for testing purposes or other google's account))
1. Get “adb” and “fastboot” from Android SDK tool.
2. Prepare a blank memory card (Micro SD 4GB and more) for recording an image of the system.
3. Download the system image to a memory card sdcard_4g.rar.
4. Decompress/unrar archive, and u get the image of the SD card sdcard_4g.img.
5. Write image to your sdcard with:
Linux:
Code:
dd if=/path_to/sdcard_4g.img of=/dev/sdX
”, where X your device.​Windows:
Write image with Image writer for Windows to Micro SD card​Experts can make own sized partitions with this structure:
Code:
sdb1 – fat32 (rest size) the external storage
sdb2 – extendet partition
sdb5 – ext2 – 4MB
sdb6 – ext2 – 4MB
sdb7 – ext4 – 585MB /system
sdb8 – ext4 – 315MB /cache
sdb9 – ext4 – 28MB /devlog
sdb10 – ext4 – about 1-1.2GB /userdata
then decompress and copy system.7z:
Code:
dd if=/path_to/system.img of=/dev/scX7
, where X your device.​6. Dowload bootloader's image “bootsd.img”.
7. Boot your phone to “BOOTLOADER” (VolDown+Pwr → Pwr).
8. Connect device to computer via USB cable.
9. Boot your device:
Command line
Code:
fastboot boot /path_to/bootsd.img
Wait 3-5 minutes (The 1st boot can take some time, depend on speed of memory card).​
If all goes well, you get the device working without using the phone's internal memory!!!
Good Luck!!!
PS: Be careful the image of the memory card will erase all existing information on it! Select the correct device before recording an image on the memory card. The author assumes no responsibility for the integrity of your data and equipment damage!
If you think the author's helpful, buy him a beer!
Booting from "Recovery":
To launch an android from the "Recovery", copy the "update.zip" to your memory card at root directory of the fat32 partition. In the "RECOVERY" select "apply update from sd card" and confirm "install" by selecting "Yes - Install ...". Installing update.zip only starts the Android system from the SD card. Now you can run the system without a PC.
This method is suitable to run in an emergency, if discharged or the phone needs a restart. He uses the chroot method and kernel in your RecoveryMod, so there may be some limitations of the functional (ex. WiFi module bcm4329.ko - wifi dont work after boot from Recovery).

Downloading and testing...
Will give you feed back as soon as i boot

Now I'm working on others ROMs based on CM7.2 and ICS... Waiting for your replay
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app

It works!
Everything is working ok! How about a mini-guide on how to build customized sd-images?

Mini howto)
U can modify the contents of the memory card directly through the card reader. U need a PC with Linux only, because Android - a Linux + virtual machine Dalvik. Now you do not need "RECOVERY" to clear/wipe the cache or user data. Simply delete unnecessary or format /cache or /date partitions, without fear of damaging the data on your phone, you can always restore from an image memory card, or take another card.
Change "/system" partition to add/remove programs, sounds, pictures and more right on the disk.
PS: Howto about progamming, compiling kernel or android... It's not a trivial task, it can be described in several books. And the principles have been repeatedly described in the Internet. I may write later. Still a lot of things I can do.

the mposelys
Hah if only HTC could come up with a solution such as this! +1 :angel:

Mostly Devices can boot by this way, if they have MicroSD or USB port. This is "Linux way".
Sent from my HTC Desire S with fried EMMC Chip using xda-developers app

Awesome! it is working! I almost got my phone boot after 10 months. THANK YOU SO MUCH!. Is it possible to directly boot into SDcard after rebooting?

Im working on boot from the Recovery. U need SD Card Class 10 or 6 to quick booting phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire S with fried EMMC Chip using xda-developers app

you can upload an image flash drive with the original firmware 4.0

Great !!
for me it works !! i got my phone back after 3 months of death
but there is small problem ! when i switched it off then turned it on it gets stuck on HTC logo
and i have to do the last few steps again and again to turn the HTC on.
"7. Boot your phone to “BOOTLOADER” (VolDown+Pwr → Pwr).
8. Connect device to computer via USB cable.
9. Boot your device"
is there any way to avoid this ??
Many thanks for you man

AWESOME!!!
Unfortunately,mine Volume down key doesn't work well...ANYWAY,THANKS!

Added loader from the "RECOVERY" menu...
Added loader from the "RecoveryMod" by install update.zip .

kibril said:
Added loader from the "RecoveryMod" by install update.zip .
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how can i do this ??
i copied it the SD card and tried to install it from recovery mode but nothing happened
and another thing ,, is there any way to enlarge the free space of my SD card
its 16 Giga and after writing the system image on it it turned to 1.79 G only.
Thanks

Not running
Hey
When I try to run this on my branded desire S I get stuck at the carrier screen, if I try to boot via recovery method I get an sd card mount error, I have tried writing this to my sd card in both linux and windows.
Thanks

U have problem in sdcard slot. I have same problem after service. Place correctly MicroSD in the slot.
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tetotarek said:
how can i do this ??
i copied it the SD card and tried to install it from recovery mode but nothing happened
and another thing ,, is there any way to enlarge the free space of my SD card
its 16 Giga and after writing the system image on it it turned to 1.79 G only.
Thanks
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Try boot from fastboot 1st time. About 16G make own sized partitions or u can resize partitions in Gparted/parted under Linux.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app

kibril said:
U have problem in sdcard slot. I have same problem after service. Place correctly MicroSD in the slot.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
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I can run this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575272 just fine though so I don't think it's and issue this my SD card,
thanks for the reply though

kibril said:
Try boot from fastboot 1st time. About 16G make own sized partitions or u can resize partitions in Gparted/parted under Linux.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app
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Now I can restart / shutdown my phone perfectly by your suburb solve ( update.zip )
also i partitioned my SD card so now the external memory is about 12 Giga
Many thanks man you rooked my life

Important thing
Now, and after couple of days using my desire s, i can say that everything works great and perfectly except two important things
1- it can't read any of Pic's files that i copied it on my SD card from PC - when i open the gallery it says - there is no items - despite when i capture photo from the camera he can read it and i can find it in the gallery !!
2- it can't read any of music files that i copied on my SD card also
i tried everything but it seems it is something unsolvable.
Any ideas ??

[DualBoot][Tools][Guide]Essentials v2.1 for Berni's method

As of 28/12/2013, I no longer have this phone. My threads will stay open for all who want to assist others. I've had a great time being a member of the O3D community, so thank you all!
For questions, requests or any other remarks, please don't send me PM, I will not answer. Instead, please post properly in the thread, so that anybody can read and benefit or even assist.
02/07/2013:New version 2.1 (fixed compatibility issues with Gingerbread present in v2.0). Switch_ROM in v2 is now a single script. All other scripts integrated into a "Recovery" equivalent. Fixed bug in wipes. Renamed "bin" folder to "img" (seemed more appropriate). Old v1.0 users must delete their existing DualBoot folder. Don't forget to backup your boot1.img and boot2.img from the old "bin" folder.
Our top developer, Berni987654321, developed a method to dual-boot our phones (follow the link to his page and press his "Thanks" button, he deserves it)! Thanks to him we can preserve our stock ROM with full 3D support and at the same time try out modern Jellybean ROMs like CM10, PACman, perhaps even KitKat some day!
However, dual booters were facing two problems:
1. Switching ROMs was cumbersome and time consuming since it required to reboot into recovery, flash a kernel and reboot again to the other ROM.
2. Recovery only backs up and restores the primary ROM. If someone wanted to try out different secondary ROMs, he would have to set them up from scratch every time.
3. Factory Reset and wipes don't work for secondary ROM in Recovery
This is where I've come in. I have written scripts that fill in these gaps.
Download and unzip the file attached and copy the DualBoot folder anywhere in your phone. It is necessary that all files are kept inside the folder and that the path (all directory names) to this folder contains no spaces.
Usage instructions are on the second post.
In order to keep SMS and Call Logs synchronized between the two ROMs, I use SMS Backup +. Naturally, it needs to be installed in both, primary and secondary ROMs.
You can't install just any kernel for your secondary ROM. You can only use one from Berni's page. Still, you can overclock using CM10 modules by Iodak.
Ilie321 and Defcomg have made a working FM radio app for ICS and JB. Attached at the end of this post there is a modified flashable zip that installs the radio straight into a secondary CM10 ROM. Use it after every Nightly upgrade.
For a long time I've wanted to integrate a "Fix Permissions" option into the Dual Boot Tools script but never found the time. Here you can find a wonderful script and run it with Script Manager after your secondary ROM has booted.
!! 3D support for CM10 !!
We may not be able to view in 3D, but we can shoot!
Defcomg has successfully ported ArcCamera to CM10 / 10.1 based ROMs, fixing at the same time orientation problems for all 3rd party cameras (e.g. Instagram). Attached you will find ARC+V30B_LIBS_CM10+_DualBoot.zip which is modified to flash directly to the secondary ROM. You need to flash it after every Nightly upgrade.
Hit Defcomg's "Thanks" button (Original thread)!
Stock ICS v30a Kernel:
If you have already updated your primary ROM to P920 ICS v28b or v30a, you will need the attached "Kernel-ICS-v30a.zip". Download and copy it to your phone. Follow instructions in 2nd post.
IMPORTANT: Official P920 ICS has locked bootloaders, so before you can boot into CM10 you also have to flash Wkpark's v1.25a bootloaders. OS_Hacking's Tool is an easy way to do that.
New CM10.1 Kernel
With the old CM10.1 Kernel, Bluetooth doesn't work. Attached you will find a new BT-fixed 10.1 kernel modified for Dual-Boot!
ADB driver not installing when in recovery!
It has been reported that after installing ICS on the phone, the computer cannot install the ADB driver when phone is in recovery mode, although ADB works normally when in USB Debugging mode.
Solution:
1. Open Device Manager and connect phone in recovery.
2. Right-click on LGE COSMO USB Device (in Other Devices) and select "Update driver software"
3. Select "Browse my computer for driver software"
4. Select "Let me pick from a list..."
5. Select "ADB Interface"
6. Select "Android Platform Sooner Single ADB Interface" and hit "Next"
7. Say "Yes" to the warning and wait for the driver to install
8. You may have to reboot the computer

Instructions on setting up the ROMs:
In this guide, I will concentrate on how to setup your EXTERNAL SD, because the latest CM10 and CM10.1 kernels modified by Berni expect to find partitions there!
First of all, you need to have ADB installed on your PC and CWM (or other recovery) on your phone. You also need to have unlocked bootloader if you are running ICS. There are other threads that explain how to do all that.
1. BACKUP your EXTERNAL SD card. IT WILL BE ERASED!
2. Download the primary and secondary ROMs of your choice
3. Do the necessary modifications to the secondary ROM as instructed by Berni (Do NOT use Windows Notepad for this. It corrupts the script. Download and use Notepad++ instead).
4. Download the kernels that match your ROMs (as described in Berni's guide).
5. Copy all to your INTERNAL SD (as I said, the external sd will be erased).
6. Boot into recovery, connect to PC via ADB and prepare partitions as instructed by Berni (this is when your card loses all data).
... Detailed Setup Instructions:
Some people reported trouble when trying to partition external SD cards larger than 8GB. So, I rewrote Berni's guide and added a little trick to help.
Follow this guide to partition your EXTERNAL SD card:
1. Turn off your phone. Keep Vol- 3D and Power keys until the LG logo shows. Release all keys. Wait a few sec.
2. You are now in Recovery. Connect your phone to PC with a USB cable, press Windows Start Menu, type:
cmd
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and hit enter.
3. In the new window that has opened type:
adb shell
cd /dev/block
parted mmcblk1
print
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For a 32 GB card, you'll get something like this:
Code:
Model: SD 00000 (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk1: 31.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 [b]1049kB 31.4GB[/b] 31.4GB primary fat32 lba
Write down the Start and End numbers
For cards larger than 8GB, the End Number is shown in GB. Multiply it by 1000 to cnvert it to MB (31400MB in our example). Make sure you use values in MB and NOT in GB in the commands below.
4. Type
rm 1
mkpartfs primary fat32 1049kB 29400MB ///!!! Instead of 1049kB, type the Start number you wrote down. Instead of 29400, type your End number minus 2000MB !!!
mkpartfs primary ext2 29400MB 30100MB ///!!! Instead of 29400, type the end of your 1st partition. Instead of 30100, type the end of 1st partition plus 700MB !!!
mkpartfs primary ext2 30100MB 31300MB ///!!! Instead of 30100, type the end of your 2nd partition. Instead of 31300, type the end of 2nd partition plus 1200MB !!!
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At this point, because not all cards have exactly the same capacity, you need to know exactly how much space you have left. Type:
print free
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You get somehing like:
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Model: SD 00000 (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk1: 31.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
32.3kB 1049kB 1016kB Free Space
1 1049kB 29.4GB 29.4GB primary fat32 lba
2 29.4GB 30.1GB 700MB primary ext2
3 30.1GB 31.3GB 1200MB primary ext2
31.3GB 31.4GB [b]87.7MB[/b] Free Space
Note the size of your last free space (87.7MB here). Anything larger than 67.1MB will be sufficient.
Type:
mkpartfs primary ext2 31300MB 31387.7MB ///!!! 31300MB is the end of 3rd partition. 31387.7MB is the end of 3rd partition plus the remaining free space !!!
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Model: SD 00000 (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk1: 31.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 29.4GB 29.4GB primary fat32 lba
2 29.4GB 30.1GB 700MB primary ext2
3 30.1GB 31.3GB 1200MB primary ext2
4 31.3GB 31.4GB 90MB primary ext2
5. Turn off your phone and boot again into recovery.
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adb shell
cd /dev/block
mke2fs -T ext3 mmcblk1p2
mke2fs -T ext3 mmcblk1p3
mke2fs -T ext3 mmcblk1p4
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Your new partitions are now ready!
7. Flash the ROMs (you may want to keep your original ROM and flash only the secondary one)
8. Flash your primary kernel and reboot to system.
Rebooting will now load your primary ROM.
Partitioning the easy way!
Instead of step 6, you may put your microSD card to your PC using a Card-Reader. Then you may use MiniTool, EaseUS or other freeware partitioning tool to create your partitions. Shrink your main partition and make three new PRIMARY EXT3 partitions AFTER your main one. The 1st (system2) must be 700MB. The second (data2) at least 1GB (you can make it larger if you like to install lots of apps)! The 3rd one (cache2) should be around 100MB. So, do the math and make sure you have shrunk your fat32 partition according to your needs first. After you're done, eject your card from the PC, put it in your phone and continue to step 7.
Important: If for your own reasons you need to create more than the 4 primary partitions mentioned above, then you must convert your card to GPT (GNU Partitioning Table). Minitool has that option. This is because the default MBR (Master Boot Record) partitioning does not support more than 4 primary partitions on the same medium. This is also how the internal memory of our phones is divided into a large number of partitions (P920: 15, SU760: 17) and they are all primary.
New: Easiest partitioning ever!
A new app, AParted, has appeared on PlayStore. You can use it to create both MBR type (up to 4 primary) and GPT type (up to 128 primary) partitions.
Instructions on ROM switching:
1. Go to Play Store and install SManager
2. Download the attachment from 1st post, unzip it and place the DualBoot folder on your phone (anywhere you like)
3. Unzip your primary kernel, place boot.img into your DualBoot/img folder and rename it to boot1.img
4. Do the same for your secondary kernel, but rename it to boot2.img
5. Run SManager, browse to your DualBoot folder and select "Switch_ROM".
6. Mark favourite and su options and run the script.
Your phone will now reboot to your secondary ROM. Use the same script to go back to your primary ROM.
7 (optional). SManager has a homescreen widget system. It lets you add buttons in your homescreens that will directly run the linked script (it has to be put in favourites first).
Alternatively, you may download Flashify from Play Store and flash your desired Kernel.img from there. The advantage is that you may keep and test different kernels for the same ROM without having to rename them or put them in the IMG folder (less initial setup). The disadvantage is that it requires more clicks to switch every time.
Instructions on Backup/Recovery/Wipe:
These scripts work for EXTERNAL SD ROM installations!
1. For full functionality, you must be on PRIMARY ROM (you can't expect to wipe or restore a running system)!
2. Make sure you have at least 2GB free space on your external SD if you want to make a backup.
3. Inside your DualBoot folder there is a script: "Recovery_Tools". Run the script with SManager (make sure you have the SU and Wlck buttons pressed). For Wlck to work, you must first enable it from SManager settings.
4. You will now enter the Dual Boot Recovery Tools. There are several options. Type the number you want and press enter. All functions are pretty self-explanatory.
It's very important to know that every backup overwrites the previous! The backup is kept in /sdcard/_ExternalSD/ROMs/rom2_backup. If you want to keep more than one backups, you can always rename the folder, but remember to change the name back if you want to restore your ROM.
The "Advanced" option takes you to the "Wipes" menu. For a Factory Reset, you must wipe Data2 and Cache2. For a Full Format, in order to clean-install a new ROM, you may also wipe System2.
Remove Dual Boot - Regain card space:
This is pretty simple:
1. Backup the contents of your SD card.
2. Boot to your primary ROM
3. Go to System Settings/Storage and select Erase SD card.
Case scenario / Easy migration to dual boot:
Say you have already installed CM10 in a single boot setup but you miss the 3D features and you want to restore your good old gingerbread backup or flash the new P920 ICS, but keep your CM10 setup as a secondary ROM in dual boot.
1. Make sure you have at least 4GB free in your external SD.
2. While still in CM10, use SManager to browse to your DualBoot folder, run the "Recovery_Tools" script and select option to "Backup/Migrate ROM1".
(Go fry some bananas cause this will take around 6-7min!)
3. Now backup your external SD to your PC and reboot to recovery.
4. Follow the guide to partition your external SD.
5. Restore your Gingerbread or P920-ICS backup or flash your favorite ROM and reboot into it.
6. Restore your external SD backup from PC.
7. Run the "Recovery_Tools" again and use the "Restore ROM2" option.
(Eat your fried bananas cause this will take another 6-7 min!)
Your original CM10 installation is now relocated to external SD as your secondary ROM. Use my instructions on ROM switching to boot into it.

Wow man, this is awesome!
I'm bussy right now but I'll try it out as soon as i can.
Thanx thanx thanx thanx......

this is awesome!!thank you so much for this...one of the reasons i don't use dual booting is that the switching process is not efficient
and now its much better..so thank you again

Re: [DualBoot][Tools]Essential tools for Berni's method
Great job mate, you just made my life a lot easyer.
Thanks
Sent from my LG-P920 using xda app-developers app

Re: [DualBoot][Tools][Guide]Essentials for Berni's method
Some people experienced trouble partitioning external cards larger than 8GB. Specifically, the 4th partition (cache) wouldn't fit. So, I rewrote Berni's guide on partitioning, adding one extra trick to do the job without problems!
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Re: [DualBoot][Tools][Guide]Essentials for Berni's method
Added a way to migrate your single boot CM10 installation to dual boot without losing your settings!
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dreccon said:
Added a way to migrate your single boot CM10 installation to dual boot without losing your settings!
Sent from my 3D phone
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Thank you. You are awesome

Very good bro, just find a way to put script shortcut in powermenu, that would be real cool. I think it can be done by editing android.policy.jar

Re: [DualBoot][Tools][Guide]Essentials for Berni's method
Added support for the new P920 ICS v28b.
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It just occured to me that there is yet another way to easily switch ROMs without using my scripts! Whoever is interested may try it.
This method is ideal for those who use Xbsall's prerooted v28b. That rom comes with milaq' 2nd init recovery which lives in the system partition. The recovery partition remains with stock recovery which is practically useless. So, 1st of all make sure you have wkpark's v1.25a bootloader (a prerequisite to boot into both ICS and CM10). Then flash the secondary boot.img into the recovery partition. This way every "normal reboot" will take you to your primary ROM and every "reboot to recovery" (or pressing vol-down at bootup) will take you to the secondary ROM. To go to milaq's recovery you would press vol-down at normal bootup while keys are flashing or run the dedicated app from android. So, there you have it: a fully functional dual-boot android. Ofcourse, this can apply to any ROM that can be fitted with 2nd init recovery.
Any questions?

dreccon said:
Added support for the new P920 ICS v28b.
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yaaaa great man i love it :good::good::good::good:

Hey dreccon , say that i want to keep cm10 as my primary ROM and v28b as my secondary , if you can also include those steps in your main post i'd really appreciate it.
Thank you for this great contribution.

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boltthrower56 said:
Hey dreccon , say that i want to keep cm10 as my primary ROM and v28b as my secondary , if you can also include those steps in your main post i'd really appreciate it.
Thank you for this great contribution.
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Sorry, can't do that! It's not that it can't be done, but you would need a v28b kernel modified to look for the system partitions in the SD card. I don't know how to do this. Berni does! That's why all the modified kernels are on his page and not here!
What you can do right now is to migrate your existing CM10 to the card. I've written instructions on 1st post.
Sent from my dual-booting ICS/JB O3D!

dreccon said:
Sorry, can't do that! It's not that it can't be done, but you would need a v28b kernel modified to look for the system partitions in the SD card. I don't know how to do this. Berni does! That's why all the modified kernels are on his page and not here!
What you can do right now is to migrate your existing CM10 to the card. I've written instructions on 1st post.
Sent from my dual-booting ICS/JB O3D!
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Allright , thanks anyway...
I'll pm bernie and ask about modifying the kernel.
I already did a little research about it , i think i can do it easily , i just need someone to point me out to the right direction.

Thank you very much for the Scripts they work really good and fast...:good:

ADB can not get started with the recovery, I tested with CMW and TRWP (terminal), any ideas?

infernum said:
ADB can not get started with the recovery, I tested with CMW and TRWP (terminal), any ideas?
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Are you using ICS as your primary ROM? It seems that there is a driver problem in ICS. I'm using v28b and my computer can't install drivers when I connect phone in recovery, although everything works perfect when it's booted in Android. All I can tell you is to try updated drivers (the link has been posted in v30a thread. If it still doesn't work, you'll have to use TWRP console instead of ADB. If this is your case you'll need further instructions cause the commands in TWRP console are a little different than ADB.
Sent from my dual-booting ICS/JB O3D!

Also, see if updating Android SDK makes any difference.
Sent from my dual-booting ICS/JB O3D!

dreccon said:
Are you using ICS as your primary ROM? It seems that there is a driver problem in ICS. I'm using v28b and my computer can't install drivers when I connect phone in recovery, although everything works perfect when it's booted in Android. All I can tell you is to try updated drivers (the link has been posted in v30a thread. If it still doesn't work, you'll have to use TWRP console instead of ADB. If this is your case you'll need further instructions cause the commands in TWRP console are a little different than ADB.
Sent from my dual-booting ICS/JB O3D!
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I can get into adb from fastboot , recovery and debugging with defcomg super light ROM ?
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[Guide][Android-x86] Mount Internal Windows Partition (NTFS) in Android-x86

Mount Internal Windows Partition (NTFS) in Android-x86.
Android-x86 project is one of the new and exciting offshoot of Android platform solely developed by the community. Our Android community has contributed very heavily for the development of Android as one of the most loved platform for both users and the development community as a whole. Custom ROMs such as CyanogenMod, OmniROM, SlimRom, AOKP, Paranoid Android and many more community developed ROM's rock our beloved devices, including latest flagships to aged Legends such as HTC HD2, Motorola Defy(+). One such community developed Android ROM is the Android-x86 Project.
Android-x86 project aims porting the android experience as whole to the x86 architecture platform. This includes our laptops, desktops and x86 based tablets. Although android is a mobile platform specifically developed for phones, tablets and newly introduced wearable devices such as smart watches and Google Glass eyewear, google has not introduced the android as an operating system into the desktop-laptop segment. Google is sticking with its Chrome OS for desktops and is now trying to introduce android app to the Chrome OS. Android-x86 project patches that gap for us.
Android-x86 is like an elixer for our old desktops and laptops wiith lower capability processors and rams, such as pentium and atoms by introducing a modern OS with a lower requirement. It gives those devices a new life. But it is also not perfect yet and has many drawbacks. One such drawback is that it can't mount the internal NTFS partitions of the HDD, in case of the Multibooting Android-x86 with Windows Operating Systems. Many has tried it before but failed. Recently I came upon a chinese website which depicted a process of mounting internal ntfs partitions using a library named mount_nfsd_fuse.
Steps :
1. Download the mount_nfsd_fuse file from the download link provided below or here
2. Place the the downloaded file in the /system/xbin/ folder using a root enabled file manaager, eg. ES File Explorer, Root Explorer and and change to approriate permission.
3. Open Terminal ( If no terminal app installed, download one from Google Play), and obtain Su permission.
4. Mount the NTFS partitions using the code for example :
mkdir /storage/D
mount_nfsd_fuse /dev/block/sda2 /storage/D
format : mount_nfsd_fuse /dev/block/(partition) /(mount point)
5. (Optional) You can automate the process of mounting on boot by adding these lines to the /etc/init.sh file.
6. You can make a Windows style My Computer Icon using ES explorer widget pointing to the mounting folder such as in my example /Storage use it as a my computer alternative for android.
NOTE : All internal HDD partitions are stored at /dev/block/ folder. And so far I have failed mounting C drive , sda1, and sda10 partitions. Feel free to poke around.
Disclaimer : I'm note the developer of this tool and i take no responsibility for any damages caused.
Download : http://www.jemshi101.tk/tools/android-x86/mount_nfsd_fuse.zip
Ref : http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2094586835

[Guide][Android-x86] Mount entire Hard Disk Space using Gparted in Android-x86
The best way to install Android-x86 on any PC is using Gparted. You can download Gparted ISO from it's official site and then write the iso into a USB drive. Now boot from USb drive and then format the newly created partition to ext4. I have found a post related to this on a site called Techposts, you can search this site on google.
Once the partition is formatted to ext4, you can write Android-x86 ISO to USB drive and then follow the installation. The installation on ext4 is differtent so follow the guide to understand how to do it. This way you can get rid of error 17 and also you get the entire partitioned disk space and use it to store files while using Android OS on PC. Below are the screenshots of installtion using GParted!!
All the Best!!:good:

/sys/kernel/debug/ i believe is d...
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checknmater said:
The best way to install Android-x86 on any PC is using Gparted. You can download Gparted ISO from it's official site and then write the iso into a USB drive. Now boot from USb drive and then format the newly created partition to ext4. I have found a post related to this on a site called Techposts, you can search this site on google.
Once the partition is formatted to ext4, you can write Android-x86 ISO to USB drive and then follow the installation. The installation on ext4 is differtent so follow the guide to understand how to do it. This way you can get rid of error 17 and also you get the entire partitioned disk space and use it to store files while using Android OS on PC. Below are the screenshots of installtion using GParted!!
All the Best!!:good:
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This doesnt mount the entire Hard disk, just the partition in which you have installed the OS

Sparshkr said:
Can you explain Step 4 in detail please? "D" stands for what in step 4? and how to determine in which partition windows is installed?
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Here the D stands for a custom folder in /storage to mount the corresponding partition in the hard disk.

I've Managed to mount the partition. but the media files inside cant be played for some reason while copying them to android's storage makes them play. any ideas?

checknmater said:
The best way to install Android-x86 on any PC is using Gparted. You can download Gparted ISO from it's official site and then write the iso into a USB drive. Now boot from USb drive and then format the newly created partition to ext4. I have found a post related to this on a site called Techposts, you can search this site on google.
Once the partition is formatted to ext4, you can write Android-x86 ISO to USB drive and then follow the installation. The installation on ext4 is differtent so follow the guide to understand how to do it. This way you can get rid of error 17 and also you get the entire partitioned disk space and use it to store files while using Android OS on PC. Below are the screenshots of installtion using GParted!!
All the Best!!:good:
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This article was not to share how to make a bootable or infact install the Android-x86 on any PC. It was meant to share the knowledge how to mount an internal NTFS drive after installing Android-x86 using the terminal or any other methods available.

Sparshkr said:
Can you explain Step 4 in detail please? "D" stands for what in step 4? and how to determine in which partition windows is installed?
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This article was not to share how to make a bootable or infact install the Android-x86 on any PC. It was meant to share the knowledge how to mount an internal NTFS drive after installing Android-x86 using the terminal or any other methods available.
Here D stands for D Drive, It depends on which drives you have. It can be D, E or any other Drives

Help
Hi . My screen started to flicker after i mount the partition . I have tried to change the hdd but it still flickers . It seems to me like the problem isn't from the hdd which i install the android x86 . Any suggestion on how to fix this ? Cant even boot to windows . Blue screen appear if i want to boot to windows .

As of androidx86 ver 6, you do not need a tool as one is now built in.
With su permissions, you can do the following to mount a ntfs partition,
ntfs-3g /dev/block/{partition you want mounted, use sda1 style format} {filepath to mount to, must already be created}
This works for me. There is a single space between the source partition and the destination folder paths.
However, to note, I upgraded to android ver 8, and this works for the terminal emulator, but my file explorer apps read the mounted drive as empty. Additionally, creating a folder in that directory "works" in the file explorer, but doesn't show up in the terminal emulator.
Conclusion, android 6 for x86 works fine without additional tools, though 8 still has problems I haven't solved yet.

tnx bro.
it,s really good work bliss os 9. thank u?

Thanks man for sharing the steps. Works on Bliss OS 11.13. Saves a lot of time from having to switch between OSes just to transfer something from the Android partition and the Windows partition.

BlissOS installed but not found as boot system

These are the installation steps i followed to install BlissOS14 on an older Acer laptop:
Install to harddisk
Create/Modify partitions
GPT > No
1 New
2 Primary > Enter
7 Bootable > Enter
4 Write > yes > Enter
6 Quit
8 sda1
9 Ok
10 ext4 > format yes (used fat32 because ext4 didn't work)
11 GRUB > yes
12 Read/Write > yes
I've tried the same with BlissOS15 and it didn't work at all, then when i tried with BlissOS14 it also failed but i retried using fat32 over ext4 format and it worked, after waiting a few minutes, blissos started successfuly.
But, when i rebooted the laptop there now is a status message displayed saying "this is not a bootable disk". Note that this error happens even when i clearly installed blissos on the harddrive instead of using livemode.
So i went into the bios and moved drive0, then drive1, and a few other options to the top of the list to make them the boot-drive.
No matter which drive i selected as boot-drive, blissos doesn't boot as if it wasn't even installed.
I can only guess from here, either the acer laptop doesn't know how to boot bliss, or i might have done something wrong?
After all i was able to use blissos14 on this laptop without any issues but after the reboot the device acts as if there was no os.