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Have Hero on my G1 but have questions?

I am liking the Hero software and will diff be putting it on my Mytouch when some figures out how to root that phone.
1. I thought I would have more internal mem from the G1 after I did the part on the memory card in console? Hero running laggy and I thought the apps would run from my memory card ?
2. Bluetooth, notification lights not working when I recieve texts?
3. Laggy laggy lol it's awsome software

FenderGuy said:
I am liking the Hero software and will diff be putting it on my Mytouch when some figures out how to root that phone.
1. I thought I would have more internal mem from the G1 after I did the part on the memory card in console? Hero running laggy and I thought the apps would run from my memory card ?
2. Bluetooth, notification lights not working when I recieve texts?
3. Laggy laggy lol it's awsome software
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1. They should run from the SD if it is correctly set up. You should be running with a linux-swap partition also. JAC says to not use anything bigger than 32mb but I have mine at 128mb with swappiness at 60 and haven't seen a loading screen since first boot.
2. BT and LED are not working in any Hero build. JAC is getting closer to getting BT fixed, and I bet LED is next.
3. The lag should abate soon after adjusting you swap settings (The swappiness is set in the a2sd.sh file)

i did a fat32, ext2, and linux-swap part in the console
Please explain #3?

So you can abd pull the a2sd.sh and adjust the swappiness settings from there and push it back?
As for A2SD still using up space, I believe the phone needs to be restarted for apps to be moved to the ext partition.

How can I tell if the apps are running the sd card? I thought the JACHeroski 2.7.4 already had the swapper in it?
I have a 8gb sc card did this Fat32 6936 Ext2 7448 Linux-swap 7576
I did take the twitter and books marks widgets off the main screen seems to be quicker...I would like optimize my G1 so the rom runs smooth, so far i like the rom

FenderGuy said:
How can I tell if the apps are running the sd card? I thought the JACHeroski 2.7.4 already had the swapper in it?
I have a 8gb sc card did this Fat32 6936 Ext2 7448 Linux-swap 7576
I did take the twitter and books marks widgets off the main screen seems to be quicker...I would like optimize my G1 so the rom runs smooth, so far i like the rom
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If you don't have ADB, then type in the terminal:
$su
#cp /system/bin/a2sd /sdcard
Open the file in a text editor from your computer and change the echo 30 > swappiness value to whatever swapiness you want (Mine is 60 but I have a bigger swap partition. If you only have a 32mb partition I would leave it at 30, but I would recomnmend having 64mb and changing it to 60 swappiness)
then save to file back to the root of you sd card and type in terminal again:
$su
#mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
#cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin/a2sd
#reboot
and your swap settings are updated !

Cool thanks, I am actually going to take the 8Gb out and put in a 1gb, I am going to be selling the phone soon. Will the 1GB work for the apps to sd transfer?

FenderGuy said:
Cool thanks, I am actually going to take the 8Gb out and put in a 1gb, I am going to be selling the phone soon. Will the 1GB work for the apps to sd transfer?
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Yes and no. It will work, but very slowly. The stock 1gb card is very slow.

Having an issue with this process:
Open the file in a text editor from your computer and change the echo 30 > swappiness value to whatever swapiness you want (Mine is 60 but I have a bigger swap partition. If you only have a 32mb partition I would leave it at 30, but I would recomnmend having 64mb and changing it to 60 swappiness)
What file is it?

FenderGuy said:
Having an issue with this process:
Open the file in a text editor from your computer and change the echo 30 > swappiness value to whatever swapiness you want (Mine is 60 but I have a bigger swap partition. If you only have a 32mb partition I would leave it at 30, but I would recomnmend having 64mb and changing it to 60 swappiness)
What file is it?
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/system/bin/a2sd
as stated earlier, yo copy it to your sd card
Code:
su
cp /system/bin/a2sd /sdcard
Then edit the file and save it back to the card
Then use this command to push it back, then reboot.
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin/a2sd
reboot
Just make sure that after you've edited it and want to save you don't save it as a text file, which would add .txt

AdrianK said:
/system/bin/a2sd
as stated earlier, yo copy it to your sd card
Code:
su
cp /system/bin/a2sd /sdcard
Then edit the file and save it back to the card
Then use this command to push it back, then reboot.
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin/a2sd
reboot
Just make sure that after you've edited it and want to save you don't save it as a text file, which would add .txt
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Don't worry about running 2.7.4 until it's completely refined. I am running 2.7.3 with a 64 mg swap partition and it is SUPERFAST with 6 home screens being used, with widgets on them all:
Crappy video quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxLZOhUA3R0

How Do I move a certain app back to internal memory?

I have partitioned sd card and I have the hello im apk on the sd and I want it on my phone because it wont let me change my buddy pic it says please make sure your sd card is in the phone so Im going to try to put it back on internal storage to see if it works. So how do I move it? I parted with apps2sd but the app wont work with cyan 4.0.1 so how Do I move it?

Apps2sd is really an all or nothing proposition. You can't have one app on internal memory and the rest on the SD card.
If you want to get rid of apps2sd altogether I can tell you how to move everything back.
OTOH, if an app is complaining about the sd card it's probably talking about the fat32 partition that it wants to store images on. Is your fat32 close to being full or something?

on a side note im on cyan 4.0.1 I was at 3.6.8.1 when I used the apps2d app and now when I try to open it it says Oops! Looks like you need to go through the tutorial to set up apps to sd. Please go to blah blah blah why is it doing this
what do I have to do to get this app running gain I already haves apps going to sd.

The top part of Cyanogen's stable thread says not to use any other method of apps to sd because his has a script built in.
So. Stop fiddling with whatever apps2sd app you have.
go to terminal and type:
Code:
su
ls /dev/block/mm*
Tell me what you see. (And please take a moment to make your posts a little more readable, I'm having a hard time deciphering what you're asking/saying. )

what Am I suppost to do? I dont want to do it without knowing

open the application 'terminal emulator' -- this is like the dos 'command prompt' in windows or a term window in Linux
type 'su' and press enter -- this Switches User to root, or the administrator of the machine (your phone)
type 'ls /dev/block/mm*' -- 'ls' is 'list' directories. /dev is where all the devices are, block is hard-drive like devices (your internal memory and the sd card) and mm* is every block device that starts with 'mm....' which should be mmcblk0 (the sdcard), mmcblk0p1 (the fat32 partition) and mmcblk0p2 (the ext partition)
If the last exists, the cyanogen automatic apps2sd will have already moved all your applications there. If only one exists, it means you either formatted the whole SD card to ext2 for apps2sd (and left nothing fat32) or formatted none of it and your apps are already on your phone.
if your 'ls /dev/block/mm*' says that you have a mmcblk0p2, than run "ls /system/sd/app/*" and you should see a bunch of files ending in .apk. If so, then you have to undo apps2sd to get the Hello IM app back to internal memory.
Report back on the outputs of the above and further instructions will be provided.

Ok Iv done all that so how do I undo them and if so how will I get them back?

Tell me what all that said back when you typed it in. THEN I can tell you what to do.

I see all my apk files now what? I want to move that 1 app onto the phone memory and every other apk on the sd. Im ready for the next step.

I see a bunch of files ending in .apk now what?

Hmm. I just looked up 'Hello IM!' and see that it's a paid app.
So, we can move just paid apps to the internal memory and leave the free ones on the sd card.
if yes run the following in terminal emulator:
su
rm /data/app-private
mkdir /data/app-private
cp /system/sd/app-private/* /data/app-private
Copying the apps may not work and you may have to uninstall/reinstall, but when you install them they'll be on the internal memory.
Oh, but cyanogenmod will put them back on the sd card when you reboot, so if having the app on the internal memory does fix the problem, you'll have to edit the a2sd script.

The problem isn't that your apps are on the sdcard. The app itself doesn't know. Your partions may be out of whack or the app itself may just need to be reinstalled.
When your apps are on the sdcard they are on a different partition then what every app uses your sdcard for. Not sure if I wrote that where you can comprehend it or not...

wat do u mean out of wack

PsychoI3oy said:
If you want to get rid of apps2sd altogether I can tell you how to move everything back.
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I've done some searching, and haven't found any way to do this that has worked for me. Could you please pass some of this info along?
Thanks.

HowTo - un-apps2sd (on CyanogenMod)
Ok, this is based on the assumption that you are running a Cyanogen rom. I'm sure it could be adopted for use on another one, but Cyanogen 4.0.x is what I'm running. You'll probably have to re-install any paid apps (app-private) but normal apps should run fine after this.
Instructions for use with adb:
Code:
adb remount
adb push a2sd.txt /system/bin/a2sd
adb shell
# rm /data/app
# mkdir /data/app
# cp /system/sd/app/* /data/app/
# rm /data/app-private
# mkdir /data/app-private
# cp -r /system/sd/app-private/* /data/app-private
# reboot
for terminal emulator, assuming the new a2sd.txt is on your sdcard:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /system
mount -o rw,remount /data
cp /sdcard/a2sd.txt /system/bin/a2sd
and then continue the adb instructions from after 'adb shell'
after reboot you can confirm that it worked by running:
ls -l /system
from terminal emulator (no need to remount/su) and you should see 'app' and 'app-private' as directories (and not app -> /system/sd/app).
If you're running some other a2sd method, you'll have to edit/remove the script that's doing the linking, then delete the symlinks and copy back (should be similar to above).
The modified a2sd.txt attached just takes away the apps-to-sd part. Dalvik-cache is still run from /system/sd/ as are whatever other magical juicy bits he's got in there.
If you upgrade to another Cyanogen rom, the new version of a2sd will get pushed and everything will be moved back. The only way to get rid of it permanently would be to delete the ext2/3/4 partition on your sd card.
If you decide you want apps2sd again and don't want to upgrade, just put the a2sd.orig.txt back as /system/bin/a2sd and reboot, it'll automagically move everything back to the /system/sd/app on your ext partition.
I just did the un-apps2sd then put the original back and everything's fine (and was fine with un-apps2sd).
That should cover most things....

Thank you so much for the step by step instructions.
One minor correction, maybe, shouldn't there be a '/' at the end of the second to last line?
Also, for me I didn't copy over the modified a2sd.txt file. After I copied everything to internal I shutdown the phone and deleted the ext partition. All seems to be working well!
Thanks again.

daveerickson said:
Thank you so much for the step by step instructions.
One minor correction, maybe, shouldn't there be a '/' at the end of the second to last line?
Also, for me I didn't copy over the modified a2sd.txt file. After I copied everything to internal I shutdown the phone and deleted the ext partition. All seems to be working well!
Thanks again.
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Trailing slashes are optional in most shells, including this one.
Glad it worked for you.

these doesn't seem to be working for 4.2.1, no a2sd file exists in /system/bin, maybe he moved it somewhere else, i'm trying to find it but i'm not being lucky.
any help?

No, he broke up the bits that were in a2sd and spread them across several files in /system/etc/init.d/
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Removing_Apps2SD has the instructions now.

Easiest way to remove ext3?

I'm on a myTouch right now, and thought I'd try running apps off the phone rather than the sd card for once. I can't for the life of me find any good instructions for completely removing the ext3 partition. Would I be best off doing this through gparted? Is there any command I could pop into sdsplit to do what I want? Thanks!

mayormullet said:
I'm on a myTouch right now, and thought I'd try running apps off the phone rather than the sd card for once. I can't for the life of me find any good instructions for completely removing the ext3 partition. Would I be best off doing this through gparted? Is there any command I could pop into sdsplit to do what I want? Thanks!
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You could use Ubuntu.

wow, did you even bother looking first before posting
downland amon ra"s recovery that is meant for the my touch and in that is a option to partion or format

gridlock32404 said:
wow, did you even bother looking first before posting
downland amon ra"s recovery that is meant for the my touch and in that is a option to partion or format
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not sure if you guys on mytouch can use cyanogen but if you can, drop into console, and run parted
here are the commands,
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
now that you are in parted, type
Code:
print
type
Code:
rm 2
to remove your ext partition, only problem with this is that if you are usng linux swap, a2sd will get all screwy so you will also need to
Code:
rm 3
i recommend doing
Code:
rm 3
rm 2
this will help to ensure you dont run into problems... hope this helps... btw i got the info on using parted and CM recovery1.4 from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714

error: /dev/block/mmcblk0: unrecognised disk label

This error (error: /dev/block/mmcblk0: unrecognised disk label) is plaguing my life and I don't know how to get around it. I have scoured the net for two days and I only find other people asking about the error with no real solutions offered.
Basically, I am trying to set up my 16gb SD to work on my rooted G1 recently flashed to CyanogenMod 5.0.7-test2. I have tried running with all three current recovery builds (the RA build flat out states it doesn't work with apps2sd so I have gone with Cyanogen's 1.4)
Using parted in console and following all of the standard partition steps (found all over the web) I was previously able to get the three partitions set up with RA's recovery 1.6.2, however the apps2sd didn't work and no one seemed to have a work around to get it to work, so I started from scratch.
Now with Cyanogen's 1.4 recovery, I can't get the ext2 partition in at all. I get the above error every time. What am I doing wrong? What can I do to get this working? Please help as I know there are dozens of others with this issue and I have seen no solutions for Android. (Did find something on a Linux forum, but waaaayyyy over my head.)
Thanks,
JS

after the mmcblk0 did you remember to put "p" then the # which i think stands for what partition the secondary is on?

after the mmcblk0 did you remember to put "p" then the # which i think stands for what partition the secondary is on?
I did not. At what point would I do that? This is what I did, (where would the "P(#)" go?
Boot into recovery (Power Button + Home)
Go to console and hit Enter
Type ‘Parted /dev/block/mmcblk0’
Type ‘print’ to check existing partitions and storage size
If any partitions exist remove by typing ‘rm 1’ for first, ‘rm 2’ for second…
For new partitions it will be total 16384 (16GB) minus 96mb for swap minus 500mb for ext3 (15788, 16288, 16384)
Type ‘mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15776’
Type ‘mkpartfs primary ext2 15776 16288’
Type ‘mkpartfs primary swap-linux 16288 16384’
Type 'print' to see changes
Type 'quit' to leave parted
Type upgrade_fs to move ext2 to ext3
Reboot
I have this working flawlessly on my 2GB card, so it must be a hardware issue.

Just_s said:
after the mmcblk0 did you remember to put "p" then the # which i think stands for what partition the secondary is on?
I did not. At what point would I do that? This is what I did, (where would the "P(#)" go?
Boot into recovery (Power Button + Home)
Go to console and hit Enter
Type ‘Parted /dev/block/mmcblk0’
Type ‘print’ to check existing partitions and storage size
If any partitions exist remove by typing ‘rm 1’ for first, ‘rm 2’ for second…
For new partitions it will be total 16384 (16GB) minus 96mb for swap minus 500mb for ext3 (15788, 16288, 16384)
Type ‘mkpartfs primary fat32 0 15776’
Type ‘mkpartfs primary ext2 15776 16288’
Type ‘mkpartfs primary swap-linux 16288 16384’
Type 'print' to see changes
Type 'quit' to leave parted
Type upgrade_fs to move ext2 to ext3
Reboot
I have this working flawlessly on my 2GB card, so it must be a hardware issue.
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why don't you just use amon_ras recovery to partition sdcard.
also, cyanogen's recovery will be updated way less than amon_ras - if it's ever updated again. either do amon_ras or clockwork.

why don't you just use amon_ras recovery to partition sdcard
I actually started with AmonRa's and I love it, but it says it is not compatible with apps2sd which is pretty much the main reason I got an Android phone, so tat was out for me. I posted about a half dozen queries on other sites asking if anyone could tell me how to get apps2sd working if I was running AmonRa 1.6.2 and I received no responses. If you know how that could work, I would be extremely elated and grateful!!
Ideally, I would get to run CyanogenMod 5.0.7test2 on my G1 running Amon Ra recover 1.6.2 with my 16GB card and all of my apps stored on the card via apps2sd. But I couldn't get it to work.
Right now, I have CyanogenMod 5.0.7test2 on my G1 running CM recover 1.4 with my 2GB card and all of my apps stored on the card via apps2sd and it is working flawlessly, just not much room left for media files.
BTW, I appreciate the advice, I haven't had much luck in any of the forums.

apps2sd has nothing to do with the recovery image, apps2sd has to do with the ROM itself. When you hear that, it's because cyanogen moved the place for apps2sd or something, which honestly changed nothing as long as you still partition your sdcard. It technically DID, but that's more under-the-hood. You just can't wipe ext partition, which you can do with a simple adb command. I personally don't know it as I've never used apps2sd.
Cyanogen's recovery is pretty old, and like I said, he probably won't update it. Also, don't worry about not being able to wipe your ext partition. Amon_RA will roll an update around soon enough to fix this and you won't have to type the code in yourself anymore. Well, maybe. I'm not him so I can't promise you that, but I'm sure he will.

Did you solve it?
Did you figure out how to get around the unrecognized disk label problem?

i had the same problem, for me was helpfully
format sd card and partition again in cwm

How to install data partition on sdcard partition

I install a lot of application so I constantly run out of space on NAND. So I tried to install Myn's Warm Donut using the following method so the system stuffs will be on NAND and the data will be on the sdcard. It is slower but I can install lots of applications now.
Requirement:
-You have to have Myn's Warm Donut or other android rom installed already on NAND. This means that both the system and the data is on NAND.
-A USB reader for your micro sdcard
Overview:
The main steps are 1) install adb 2) partition your sdcard into three partitions 3) reinstall the rom.
Steps:
1- Install the Android SDK here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. This will give you the adb tool which is a remote terminal program. You will have to locate the adb binary to run it.
2a- Connect you vogue to the desktop. Make sure that USB debug is enable on the vogue. It should be by default.
2b- Run the adb:
Code:
adb shell
2c- Repartition the sdcard using parted. You need some experience with parted which is very popular in linux. Remember, this step will destroy the data on the sdcard.
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
At this point you should see the list of all partitions on the sdcard. For most of you, there will be one partition. Remove all the partition using the rm command with the partition number.
Code:
rm 1
Now your print should return empty. So create three partitions using the following commands. Basically, you want three partitions. The first one is your sdcard folder which you always had. The third one is for your data. The second one is just filler because the current installer only install to the third partition.
Code:
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 6500
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 6500 6756
mkpartfs primary ext2 6756 8168
set 1 lba
Note that the size is depended on you. I want around 6.5GB on my 8GB card to be the sdcard partition for musics and videos. So what's left is around 1.5GB for the data partition. I just give the filler 256MB so maybe I can do something with it later. The partition number might be different with other rom. You have to play with it.
After this step you should see something like this when you do print:
Code:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 6500MB 6500MB primary fat32 lba
2 6500MB 6756MB 256MB primary linux-swap(v1)
3 6756MB 8168MB 1412MB primary ext2
Now you can quit parted and exit the console by:
Code:
quit
exit
3a-Turn off your phone and put the sdcard into a USB reader so you can copy the andboot installation files over.
3b-Put the card back, run the installer and choose the data on sdcard option. You should be good to go.
As you usual, you are solely responsible for your phone and your data.
Hope this helps.

I have another solution in the works that will solve the out-of-space on data very easily on ANY build and also have some other nice advantages: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750768

So you put the apps on to ext2 partion and the data stay in NAND? In that case it would be better. The problem for the vogue is that the installer on the Myn's rom only put everything on the data partition on to an ext2 partition. On the vogue other rom is slow IMO. Maybe someone can separate the data and apps in the next build?
Anyway, do you know how can I extend the system partition so it can span to 256MB? Right now it is only 128MB because the data presumably should extend the other 128MB.
kallt_kaffe said:
I have another solution in the works that will solve the out-of-space on data very easily on ANY build and also have some other nice advantages: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750768
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Hi csbert,
I am new to ADB. When I typed adb shell, I got device not found. Maybe I need a driver or something? thanks
update: I think I found the instruction on how to obtain the usb driver, going to try now

When you connect to vogue to your computer, it has to say "USB debugging connect". If it doesn't, maybe you need to enable USB debugging in Settings -> Application Settings -> Development.
Cookiekaikai said:
Hi csbert,
I am new to ADB. When I typed adb shell, I got device not found. Maybe I need a driver or something? thanks
update: I think I found the instruction on how to obtain the usb driver, going to try now
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partition program
i am looking for a good free partition program for windows xp that can partition my sd card from a card reader
i have used paragon partition but it always ask to restart the pc and then partitions the sd from there
i have had it causes my laptop to crash twice now and both time had to have a friend repair my laptop
i am looking for a program that can partition the sd with out restating the computer if that is possible
thank you
nate

Hi,
I don't think you can partition the sdcard for the phone using an xp computer. That's why I wrote this instruction. The partition android uses is from linux. You can try a linux machine but i heard that doesn't work. You can still connect to the phone using adb and format the sdcard as I explained.
Cheers
evilclosetmonkeynate said:
i am looking for a good free partition program for windows xp that can partition my sd card from a card reader
i have used paragon partition but it always ask to restart the pc and then partitions the sd from there
i have had it causes my laptop to crash twice now and both time had to have a friend repair my laptop
i am looking for a program that can partition the sd with out restating the computer if that is possible
thank you
nate
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evilclosetmonkeynate said:
i am looking for a good free partition program for windows xp that can partition my sd card from a card reader
i have used paragon partition but it always ask to restart the pc and then partitions the sd from there
i have had it causes my laptop to crash twice now and both time had to have a friend repair my laptop
i am looking for a program that can partition the sd with out restating the computer if that is possible
thank you
nate
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You could boot from a Live CD of any Linux distro. Or download and burn Gparted Live CD, all free