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I have been searching for a clear guide to enabling compcache on 3.9.2, but there is so much info about swap and compcache in this forum i feel like im running around like a chicken with its head cut off.
so far i have pushed 3 different userinit.sh files into my /system/sd with no change.
#free shows 0 swap , #cat /proc/ramzswap says doesnt exist , #cat /proc/swaps comes up blank.
So i searched more and ended up making a 32mb linuxswap partition on my sd and cant figure out how to get that moving either.
Im bogged down with information and have no idea where to start.
Someone point me in the right direction please. Im a swap/compcache noob...
i would like to run them both together, but as i said i need a noob setup guide
Your /system/sd is a mounted ext filesystem, correct?
Push the userinit.sh from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542304
Then run it as root and report back any results:
# /system/sd/userinit.sh
i pushed userinit.sh to /system/sd/ with adb
then put in console
su
# /system/sd/userinit.sh and got /system/sd/userinit.sh: permission denied
should i be doing this in the recovery console?
and what did u mean by: is my system/sd/ a mounted ext filesystem?
i did adb remount to mount /system/ as r/w if thats what you meant.
let me apologize once again. i have almost no knowledge of linux commands. a step by step would really save some time. the only thing i hate more than not understanding something, is wasting others time while i do it.
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and what did u mean by: is my system/sd/ a mounted ext filesystem?
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sounds like you did not set up a second partition (or a 3rd for that matter) on your sdcard.
there are many different ways to do this (I prefer gparted in linux), but here's one guide that uses parted in cyanogen's 1.4 recovery image:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714
hit me up if you hit a snag
gl
im pretty sure you are right. My mmcblk0p2 exists (of course) but when I check # /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 it says not found. And if I # ls /dev/block/mmcbl0p3 it says no such file or directory.
Im guessing i botched something in paragon partition 9. if i remember correctly i put the 32mb linuxswap partition between my fat32 and ext3.
Do u think i should create a new linuxswap partition after my ext3 with paragon9, or is there a workaround for my mistake? does the phone even recognize my poorly placed partition as anything?
thanks so much for your help. after a few hours of reading all these threads Ive come to realize you are the resident expert in swap compcache scripts. as for myself.... not so much
ext should be 2nd partition.
...and linux swap 3rd if you're using it (but it's not needed for compcache -- only as a backing swap).
I'd kill them both and readd with some variant of parted -- i've read that some are having trouble w/ paragon partitioning
Very well then. Ill reformat today and report back.
First of all! Paragon Partition Manager is a FARCE!
Gparted Live CD was awesome. Paragon had my sdcard looking pretty bad. I had 32mb of unallocated space between my FAT32 and EXT3. Even though paragon was telling me it was formatted to linuxswap.
I moved my ext3 over and created a 32mb linuxswap at the end of the sdcard with no loss of data. wow
But sadly, i pushed the userinit.sh #free shows 0 swap and #cat /proc/swaps shows nothing.
Im going to try this >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542899 <<<WORKED!!
What ive learned:
Use Gparted to create a linuxswap partition AFTER your EXT3. Paragon is pure ****.
Get the user.conf and userinit.sh file from the link in above post.
Put them in the root of your sd card
I DID THIS WITH TERMINAL
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /sdcard/userinit.sh /system/sd
cp /sdcard/user.conf /system/sd
chmod 755 /system/sd/user.conf
chmod 755 /system/sd/userinit.sh
type #sh /system/sd/userinit.sh into console to activate the script.
type #sh /system/sd/userinit.sh -s to get a pretty well detailed report of the goings on.
OOOh being a linux noob is much headache.
Alpapa Thanks for giving me your time and pointing me in the right directions. Thanks man.
ShatBag1105 said:
Use Gparted to create a linuxswap partition AFTER your EXT3. Paragon is pure ****.
push the user.conf file (from link in above post) to /system/sd along with your userinit.sh.
type #sh /system/sd/userinit.sh into console to activate the script.
type #sh /system/sd/userinit.sh -s to get a pretty well detailed report of the goings on.
OOOh being a linux noob is much headache.
Alpapa Thanks for giving me your time and pointing me in the right directions. Thanks man.
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I'm a newb as well... so did you chmod either of those files after moving them to ext2/3?
Yes. You have to chmod both of them.
And this works on 3.9.4.
V 0.1 files work best.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=542899
And these files come with everything disabled, so you have to edit both of them and enable what u want before putting them on your sd.
0=disabled
1=enabled
Hey guys,
I have a problem that I know you can assist with. I recently rooted my G1. I installed the CryogenMod 4.2 OS. I then decided to give the Dizzy's White Champion V2 OS a whirl. I wasn't too impressed with it due to the lag and slowness. I then did a wipe and installed the CryogenMod 4.2 OS again. This time around I am stuck on the G1 screen. I can enter the recovery mode by pressing home and power. I know I am missing something easy. Can you guys tell me what I should do? I can supply more information if needed.
I appreciate you guys.
Ira
iraqmilner said:
Hey guys,
I have a problem that I know you can assist with. I recently rooted my G1. I installed the CryogenMod 4.2 OS. I then decided to give the Dizzy's White Champion V2 OS a whirl. I wasn't too impressed with it due to the lag and slowness. I then did a wipe and installed the CryogenMod 4.2 OS again. This time around I am stuck on the G1 screen. I can enter the recovery mode by pressing home and power. I know I am missing something easy. Can you guys tell me what I should do? I can supply more information if needed.
I appreciate you guys.
Ira
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Sounds Drizzy's ROM left some crud on your ext partition..
Open the command line in recovery..
Code:
mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
cd /system/sd
rm -r /dalvik-cache/*
reboot recovery
then wipe and reflash. That should fix it, otherwise you will need to delete your apps too :-(
Code:
mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
cd /system/sd
rm -r /app/*
rm -r /app-private/*
reboot recovery
Thank you brother, Adrian.
I will give that a shot right now and I will let you know how it goes.
Thanks again
Ira
Alright,
I just followed the steps that you provided. My G1 said that I couldn't remove the following files because they weren't there. Something along those lines. I reformatted my sd card right before I attempted to reinstall cryogenmod. Maybe that has something to do with it. Any other ideas?
Thanks again.
iraqmilner said:
Alright,
I just followed the steps that you provided. My G1 said that I couldn't remove the following files because they weren't there. Something along those lines. I reformatted my sd card right before I attempted to reinstall cryogenmod. Maybe that has something to do with it. Any other ideas?
Thanks again.
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Ah, right, I assumed your card had an ext partition which was set up for Apps2SD and some files got left behind. Sorry, I really should have asked before making suggestions >< Not really sure in that case :-/
I believe I did do that. I followed these steps originally:
#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 3420
mkpartfs primary ext2 3420 3932
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3932-3964
Then I installed Champion V2. I am at a loss right now. If you have any questions please fire away.
did you format the entire ext3 partition or just folder like was already suggested? if you just did folders then try rm -r /app_s/*. non hero roms will not boot up if you still have all the hero apps on your ext2/3/4.
I think the problem is that I had to create the 3 partitions in order to run the Hero rom. I am trying to return to the CyanogenMod now and that isn't needed. So, how I can I delete the partitions that I created for Hero. I think once those guys are gone then I will be good to go. Any ideas how I can do that?
Problem solved!
This is what I did:
I loaded the recovery flasher and entered the terminal. Keyed in the following:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
rm 1
rm 2
rm 3
rm 4
rm 5
quit
upgrade_fs
recovery
Wiped the data, reinstalled OS and she loaded up like a charm.
Seeing as you removed your ext3 partition and are now only using Fat, there must have been something left on your ext3. As David said, I think it was the /app_s/ folder which I forgot to mention. Oh well, you should be able to remake all your partitions and have all the apps on your internal memory moved to ext3.
iraqmilner said:
This is what I did:
I loaded the recovery flasher and entered the terminal. Keyed in the following:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
rm 1
rm 2
rm 3
rm 4
rm 5
quit
upgrade_fs
recovery
Wiped the data, reinstalled OS and she loaded up like a charm.
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Just out of curiosity, why did you have 5 partitions?
I am using the Switchrom script with CY recovery. I have successfully made backups and switched between roms using the script. Now I want to try the new Drizzy Hero rom. To install the rom I will have to wipe the ext3 partition. My question is, If I wipe the ext3 partition, will I loose the script? If yes, can I copy the script in system/sd later on for it to work again?
PS: Before someone posts "search the thread" answer, I tried doing it and couldn't find anything.
Thanks
bole_to said:
I am using the Switchrom script with CY recovery. I have successfully made backups and switched between roms using the script. Now I want to try the new Drizzy Hero rom. To install the rom I will have to wipe the ext3 partition. My question is, If I wipe the ext3 partition, will I loose the script? If yes, can I copy the script in system/sd later on for it to work again?
PS: Before someone posts "search the thread" answer, I tried doing it and couldn't find anything.
Thanks
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The only thing that is stored on your ext3 partition is your apps. So when you clear that only your apps will get cleared.
supremeteam256 said:
The only thing that is stored on your ext3 partition is your apps. So when you clear that only your apps will get cleared.
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Thanks man. Wiping now.
To clear this up for other reader who might stumble on this thread, the above comment is not true. If you wipe you ext 2/3 you might end up wiping more stuff than just apps. I realized it the hard way lol. However you can push back switchrom.sh in /system/sd and you will be good to go. The alternate method to do this is to delete just the following folders:
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
rm -rf /system/sd/app*
rm -rf /system/sd/dalv*
bole_to said:
To clear this up for other reader who might stumble on this thread, the above comment is not true. If you wipe you ext 2/3 you might end up wiping more stuff than just apps. I realized it the hard way lol. However you can push back switchrom.sh in /system/sd and you will be good to go. The alternate method to do this is to delete just the following folders:
Code:
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
rm -rf /system/sd/app*
rm -rf /system/sd/dalv*[/QUOTE]
You can do that or you can wipe buy doing this
Code:
mount /system/sd
mount /sdcard
rm -rf /system/sd/*
cp /sdcard/switchrom.sh /system/sd/switchrom.sh
That's how i've been doing it. And I like to do it this way to make sure the my EXT2/3 is completely clean. I've had problems where doing a partial wipe gives me issues. But yes if you wipe your EXT2/3 drive it will get rid of everything (including the switchrom.sh)
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when you wipe your internal phone memory and ext3 you will lose the script. once you get the rom you flashed up and running again, just repush switchrom.sh and you are good to go again. wiping the ext 3 or the internal memory WILL NOT wipe out your backups. when i use switchrom i dont even wipe all of ext3...
this is what i do... flash a new rom. get it setup the way i want. install all apps and extra settings i want. reboot into recovery, run switchrom.sh and let it do its thing. now when you have created your back up and want to flash a NEW ROM, not one of your backups, wipe internal memory of course but instead of wiping all of ext 3 drop down to recovery console and do the following
Code:
# mount /system/sd
# rm -rf /system/sd/app*
# rm -rf /system/sd/dalv*
this will prepare your ext3 for a new install of a new rom. when you are going back and forth between your backups you do not need to wipe ext3 at all. the script takes care of all of that. if you have any more questions PM me or hit me up on gtalk - palosjr
NOTE- this script is case sensitive as i found out the hard way... when bookmarking and tagging ROMs be sure to use all lowercase. if you use uppercase the script will fail. hope this helps bro.
thanks guys, i got it to work.
I just received my new class 6 SD card in the mail today, and I was wondering how I can transfer all my files over to it. I don't mean like music and stuff like that, but like my Apps2SD. I don't exactly know what all I have to transfer over, but if someone can give me the adb commands and what I'm trying to transfer, that would be great.
Go to the recovery console
mount /sdcard
mkdir /sdcard/ext
cp /system/sd/* /sdcard/ext/
the copy the ext folder to your new card, put it in your phone and go back to recovery
mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
cp /sdcard/ext/* /system/sd/
I've probably made a couple of mistakes with mounting the partitions correctly, so you may have to mount /sdcard on the second batch of commands.
Anartic said:
I just received my new class 6 SD card in the mail today, and I was wondering how I can transfer all my files over to it. I don't mean like music and stuff like that, but like my Apps2SD. I don't exactly know what all I have to transfer over, but if someone can give me the adb commands and what I'm trying to transfer, that would be great.
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Use Adrian's method
awesome, i've been wanting to know how to do this myself so this will definitely come in useful.
B-man007 said:
pretty sure the adb command is
adb pull /system/sd/*
then use adb push to get it back on the new one.
that should get everything on your ext partition. (note: do this while phone is booted into the rom. else you will need to mount the ext partition)
(if you need clarification, dont mind asking)
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What? Pushing apps to the ext is not a good idea when the phone is in the ROM (when I tried half of them showed and half of those FCed)
You can easily mount your ext - mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
AdrianK said:
What? Pushing apps to the ext is not a good idea when the phone is in the ROM (when I tried half of them showed and half of those FCed)
You can easily mount your ext - mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
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i don't push i use adb install that way all of them get installed and i don't have the problem with certain apps not showing up right.
you say that like i want to type a really long command, i just use adb remount, or if i am forced to use my phones keyboard for command i just go to the recovery console and use mount system or mount system/sd depending on how specific i feel . (i hate typing commands on the g1s keyboard, and its and epic fail if you mess a long one up.)
david1171 said:
i don't push i use adb install that way all of them get installed and i don't have the problem with certain apps not showing up right.
you say that like i want to type a really long command, i just use adb remount, or if i am forced to use my phones keyboard for command i just go to the recovery console and use mount system or mount system/sd depending on how specific i feel . (i hate typing commands on the g1s keyboard, and its and epic fail if you mess a long one up.)
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easiest way i have done this is do a switchrom backup, make sure its saved to your old sd, get your new sd partitioned correctly, and copy the switchrom folder from your old sd to your new one, then do the normal steps to restore a switchrom backup... this will restore your rom to the exact moment it was when you saved it. had me back up and running in 10 minutes after a new sd was here.
Thanks so much for the help guys, I just noticed that I left my USB cord at work :/, so tomorrow I'll get back to you guys about this.
AdrianK said:
What? Pushing apps to the ext is not a good idea when the phone is in the ROM (when I tried half of them showed and half of those FCed)
You can easily mount your ext - mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
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ya i started my response and saw you already answered so i was like mehhhh
i wrote my own script to do all this stuff below for me, and its done through the recovery.
Back up apps
Remove app_s folder
Reformat ext3 partition
Restore apps
Enter Recovery
SwitchRom Backup/Restore
Clear Dalvik-Cache
adb push while booted works fine for me, it just slows the crap outta the phone for a good 2-3 minutes, but it works fine. i use push because adb install hasnt always worked 100% for me (i have ~130 apps, and some of them don't install.)
anyways ill edit out my post to stop confusion
i have no more then 40 apps so adb install doesn't really flunk out on me
the only thing i don't like is the protected apps that show up in the fugly system default app icon and the long name.
I would like to install the KiNgxKxKlair DroidEris2G1 v0.1 on my g1....I am not sure of the steps to install it though...I just purchased a 8gb class 6 card....My phone is rooted..Firmware 1.5....Baseband version 62.505.20.17h_2.22.1926I....Kernel Version 2.6.27-00392-g8312baf Jesusfreke spork#1....Build[/email] Number dream_devphone-userdebug 1.5 CRB43 148830 test-keys.......Please can someone help me with a step by step tutorial on how to get kings rom....PLEASE!!!!
Ok, this is pretty simple. Make sure your battery is near full. First thing you'll want to do is Download Amon_RA's latest recovery (carebears optional) and put it on the root of your SD card(not in any folder). Also copy king's v1.0 to the root of your SD card.
start the terminal app, and type this code:
$su
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.6.2.img
#reboot recovery.
After this, your phone should shut off, and you will boot straight to recovery. Run a nandroid backup, then go to the wipe option and wipe everything. After you are backed up and wiped, click the apply any zip from SD card option, and select kings rom. Let it install (about 2 minutes), then reboot the phone(about 5-10 minutes til it boots up).
After this, you should be golden=p
Once your in recivery, you have to parition your sdcard before flashing the rom.
Select partition sd card.
96mb swap
512mb ext2
Fat32 the rest
When its done upgrade ext2 to ext3
When its done upgrade ext3 to ext4
Wipe data
Flash king rom
get 1.0 not 0.1
I am having a problem installing this King Rom....I installed the 1.6.2 recovery...I partitioned the card....wiped...and when i go to install king rom while copying it tell me cant chown/mod /system/xbin/nano
(no such file in directory)
e:failure at line 20:
set_perm 00 04755 SYSTEM:xbin/n
taino887 said:
I am having a problem installing this King Rom....I installed the 1.6.2 recovery...I partitioned the card....wiped...and when i go to install king rom while copying it tell me cant chown/mod /system/xbin/nano
(no such file in directory)
e:failure at line 20:
set_perm 00 04755 SYSTEM:xbin/n
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Did you get the death spl and/or set up proper symlinks?
JAguirre1231 said:
Did you get the death spl and/or set up proper symlinks?
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which is the death spl...i thought i had that already....how do u set up proper symlinks???
Turn phone off, turn it back on holding the Camera and Power button.
What does the screen you now see say, you need to know this info to know if DeathSPL is compatable.
and please be warned that flashing DeathSPL (DangerSPL) is known to cause bricks for some people, so you need to completly understand the risks before doing it.
mejorguille said:
Ok, this is pretty simple. Make sure your battery is near full. First thing you'll want to do is Download Amon_RA's latest recovery (carebears optional) and put it on the root of your SD card(not in any folder). Also copy king's v1.0 to the root of your SD card.
start the terminal app, and type this code:
$su
#mount -a
#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-dream-v1.6.2.img
#reboot recovery.
After this, your phone should shut off, and you will boot straight to recovery. Run a nandroid backup, then go to the wipe option and wipe everything. After you are backed up and wiped, click the apply any zip from SD card option, and select kings rom. Let it install (about 2 minutes), then reboot the phone(about 5-10 minutes til it boots up).
After this, you should be golden=p
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when I insert mount -a It says no such files or directory
yeah that was the problem this whole time...I had the wrong spl...i thought i flashed it w while back but obviously i didnt...thankyou all for the help....lets see how this king rom is running
gmail is not working what did i do wrong????
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm -r /system
what does this code do....huh
taino887 said:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
rm -r /system
what does this code do....huh
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I wouldnt do it if i were you, depends on how keen you are to reinstall your rom.