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Am I missing something here? I have successfully formatted my card, I've been running JF 1.42, then JF 1.5, and right now I'm on Haykuro's Hero ROM... however in none of the ROMs did I manage to get the apps to install straight to SD... I have the card set up correctly (since Hero works), 1 partition as fat32, second as ext2 (using gparted)... I'm just not sure why it's not working... I'm installing apps with ASTRO... do I have to move them to SD card after I install them? app2sd application didn't work on my JF builds (well it worked but after I applied it, nothing installed at all, so I'm gonna count it as not working)...is it an ASTRO problem? starter 1GB card problem? something I'm doing wrong? I seem to be following everything 100% correctly but it still doesn't install to SD... thank you verymuch for your help!
On jf roms you have to install the marcus maximus files to get apps to sd working correctly.
Or you could install a pre-modified jf1.5 rom that are on these forums.
Did at anytime you get a warning of low space?
Just because your internal memory is going down doesn't mean the apps aren't on the sd.
If you got a warning of low space then there's a problem. If you can install more than 25+ apps without getting the low space warning you should be good.
Hope I helped even though I babbled lol
And also
This post doesn't belong in the ANDROID DEVELOPMENT thread!
Please post it in general or a mod please move this
Thank you
I do believe I ran out of space on one of the JF ROMs, I don't remember if it was on 1.42 or 1.5... I really wanna get this working on Hero... my memory is going down and I don't see the apps on the ext2 partition when I boot into linux on my laptop... I guess I'm gonna go app-crazy and install a bunch of applications and see if I run out of space again... also will pulling out a card on Hero work to see if where the apps keep getting installed? or will it just not boot?
I have a rooted G1
& i have jf's 1.5 build with CM's recovery
But the other day out of being scared that i bricked my g1
i flashed to jf but after i thought i "bricked"
i realized that was normal when installing Hero SPL/Radio
So im think of finally flahing to Hero
but theres two options for me
1. flash he spl/radio again then install JAC's Slow SD hero ROm
2. wait till i get paid next week and buy a new 8gb or 16gb
(does the g1 support 16???) then install Jac's Hero Rom but with Apps2SD
oh and if any body out there with JAC's Slow SD rom does it really differ from the A2sd rom(except 4 the obvious)
An does it give you a decent start off of memory like 70mb internal or something
And since i already installed the hero spl/radio do i need to reflash them in order to install the rom
or can i just go ahead and flash the Slow SD rom
And last does Swapper make a difference on the Slow SD Rom
Thanks in advanced
Because i wont beable to read the replies tonight(maybe)
watchyaself said:
I have a rooted G1
& i have jf's 1.5 build with CM's recovery
But the other day out of being scared that i bricked my g1
i flashed to jf but after i thought i "bricked"
i realized that was normal when installing Hero SPL/Radio
So im think of finally flahing to Hero
but theres two options for me
1. flash he spl/radio again then install JAC's Slow SD hero ROm
2. wait till i get paid next week and buy a new 8gb or 16gb
(does the g1 support 16???) then install Jac's Hero Rom but with Apps2SD
oh and if any body out there with JAC's Slow SD rom does it really differ from the A2sd rom(except 4 the obvious)
An does it give you a decent start off of memory like 70mb internal or something
And since i already installed the hero spl/radio do i need to reflash them in order to install the rom
or can i just go ahead and flash the Slow SD rom
And last does Swapper make a difference on the Slow SD Rom
Thanks in advanced
Because i wont beable to read the replies tonight(maybe)
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unless you have flashed another spl to your phone you still have the new spl. yes the g1 supports 16gb sdcards. i haven't tried the slow version of hero because i have a class 6 8gb sdcard but you should be able to flash the slow rom just fine. i think it leaves around 30mb of free space but i am not sure and swapper should make it run faster on the slow version set it to 32/30 (swap/swappiness) should give best results. you should invest in a class 6 sdcard though. also if using the swapper app make sure you put the swapfile in /system/sd so it will not corrupt your sdcard when you mount it. if there is anything else i have not covered just ask and i will answer to the best of my ability.
So pretty much since I already flashed the spl/radio from I think it was
Saphire ports or something like I'm able to flash to pretty much any ROM including JAC's Slow SD
With no problems??
And if I flash to JAC's Slow SD ROM today, can I reflash to the A2SD ROM next week when I get a new card
Oh yeah and is there a way to check my spl just to make sure I got the right one?
ohhh and I already know how to check my radio
Go into bootloader (camera+power) SPL:1.33.2005
david1171 said:
unless you have flashed another spl to your phone you still have the new spl. yes the g1 supports 16gb sdcards. i haven't tried the slow version of hero because i have a class 6 8gb sdcard but you should be able to flash the slow rom just fine. i think it leaves around 30mb of free space but i am not sure and swapper should make it run faster on the slow version set it to 32/30 (swap/swappiness) should give best results. you should invest in a class 6 sdcard though. also if using the swapper app make sure you put the swapfile in /system/sd so it will not corrupt your sdcard when you mount it. if there is anything else i have not covered just ask and i will answer to the best of my ability.
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Well if he goes to JACHero 2.36 he shouldn't use swapper. Just create the linux-swap partition on your sd card and everything is auto from there. You wouldn't want to have the partition and use swapper because that will mess things up. Plus having linux-swap partition compared to swapper makes a huge difference.
supremeteam256 said:
Well if he goes to JACHero 2.36 he shouldn't use swapper. Just create the linux-swap partition on your sd card and everything is auto from there. You wouldn't want to have the partition and use swapper because that will mess things up. Plus having linux-swap partition compared to swapper makes a huge difference.
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Erm...you mean JACHero 2.63
alritewhadeva said:
Erm...you mean JACHero 2.63
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Yep my bad. Its to early here at work. lol
So if I create a linux swap patition using paragon partiton ill select "linux swap'
And then flash the rom ??and then after I boot up I won't need to do anything??
Oh and since I will most likely flash to JAC's a2sd rom because I'm going to buy a sdhc card next week
watchyaself said:
So if I create a linux swap patition using paragon partiton ill select "linux swap'
And then flash the rom ??and then after I boot up I won't need to do anything??
Oh and since I will most likely flash to JAC's a2sd rom because I'm going to buy a sdhc card next week
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JACHero 2.63 will automatically see the linux-swap
Ok well I think I'm going to flash to slow sd for now then next week to a2sd
Oh and just to make sure my radio is 2.22.1.16 or something like that
And my spl is 1.33.2005 so am I all good to flash to jachero
and I have linux swap so I can flash right???
Oh and how would it most likely take to boot for the first time??
Thank you in advance
watchyaself said:
Ok well I think I'm going to flash to slow sd for now then next week to a2sd
Oh and just to make sure my radio is 2.22.1.16 or something like that
And my spl is 1.33.2005 so am I all good to flash to jachero
and I have linux swap so I can flash right???
Oh and how would it most likely take to boot for the first time??
Thank you in advance
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Yep as long as you got the spl and radio you good. You really don't have to have the linux-swap partition but if you do it will pick it up automatically. And it shouldn't take a long time to boot up the first time.
Thanks man I really appreaciate the help
And from everyone els to
Oh and one last ?
Since I'm going to flash to the slow sd rom
When I reflash next week to a2sd jac with my new 4 gig or 8 I'm not sure do I have to prep the card
With the recovery img
Fat32
Ext3 and the linix swap
And it would turn on fine??
Oh and is ext3 a replacement for ext2
So that meaning all my apps on ext3
Music photos etc.. on fat32
And linux swap is what??
I think I'm confused here
I just want to make sure that next week I don't muck up my g1
watchyaself said:
Thanks man I really appreaciate the help
And from everyone els to
Oh and one last ?
Since I'm going to flash to the slow sd rom
When I reflash next week to a2sd jac with my new 4 gig or 8 I'm not sure do I have to prep the card
With the recovery img
Fat32
Ext3 and the linix swap
And it would turn on fine??
Oh and is ext3 a replacement for ext2
So that meaning all my apps on ext3
Music photos etc.. on fat32
And linux swap is what??
I think I'm confused here
I just want to make sure that next week I don't muck up my g1
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You won't have to do anything with the recovery img because that is already on your phone. The ext3 is just like the ext2 but suppose to be safer for the card so yes all your apps will be on there and photos, music, videos and everything else on your fat32. The linux-swap is basically like giving your phone more ram. If you need help formating your card I have a tutorial in my sig on how to set everything up.
supremeteam256 said:
You won't have to do anything with the recovery img because that is already on your phone. The ext3 is just like the ext2 but suppose to be safer for the card so yes all your apps will be on there and photos, music, videos and everything else on your fat32. The linux-swap is basically like giving your phone more ram. If you need help formating your card I have a tutorial in my sig on how to set everything up.
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His tutorial is very good and I noticed a HUGE difference moving from swapper app to linux-swap as its own partition.
Oh how big do i make Linix Swap
Anybody??
32MB is fine for swap.
help with my sdcard
Hey guys I was wondering if any of you can help me out get more space on my phone i formarted my sdcard to ex2 and linux_swap and i still get 70mb plz help I nee dthe space I'm running the latest jachero
it saves to the sd automatically
i think
it doesnt show as merged internal/sd
it just saves to sd
help
is not showing anything it keep making my internal memory smaller
well idk what to say maybe
reflash hero then see if that works
oh and are you sure you didnt download his Slow SD ROM
if you dont know what that is its basically JAChero but with apps to internal memory maybe you did that
because thats what is sounds like
Hello all,
i have had root for a while now using cyanogens 4.2.12.2 with the ram hack, ok the thing im confused with is i have 2 partittions fat32 and ext3 for the a2sd but whenever i install a app it installs to internal memory, do i need linux swap aswell ?
Thanks Alot Ryan
What size is your ext3? And by installs to internal memory, do you mean it goes down a bit for each install, or does it go down the total app size? Even with A2SD you still use up a little internal memory. As well, if you run out of space on the ext3, it will install to the internal memory. It should work just fine out of the box with no need to do anything crazy on your part.
well im using 2gb sd with 600mb ext3, well i installed 8apps and it went from 71.91mb to 71.02 is this normal and thanks for the quick response
That is very normal, if it wasn't working you would have seen it go from 71.91 to 50 type thing. That small amount taken up is normal.
ok then thanks alot for your help
Hello this is droidfreek and i am new to rooted phones. I am using t mobile g1 black
I am currently using a 1GB memory card and i would like a step by step guide to partitioning it and installing the ROM kind of like a fresh install but i would like to have more internal memory if you can do the math and all it would be a great help. I am tying to use Amon Ra v1.2.2(part sd :fat32+ext2+swap)
Can you also make one for a 4GB memory card
the size of the memory card doesnt change how to partition it... and well, there are plenty of tutorials out there already on how to flash a ROM.
And partitioning, well, thats really straightfoward with amonra's recovery.
Uuuuhhh... Why are you using Amon_Ra 1.2.2? Use the latest (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4647751&postcount=1). It works like a charm, except for reading corrupted sd cards. Well, nothing is good at. I need a new SD card. Sorry. I'm ranting now. Just use the latest.
Ty but just to verify does this whole partition thing work on a 1gb card
One gig is going to be a little small, but you can do it. 96 mb swap is preferred, and 512 mb for ext is also pretty good. It's going to be tight, but you can do it. Is this a class six? My class 2 only worked for about a month doing this. I'm not sure if its related, but...
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One gig is going to be a little small, but you can do it. 96 mb swap is preferred, and 512 mb for ext is also pretty good. It's going to be tight, but you can do it. Is this a class six? My class 2 only worked for about a month doing this. I'm not sure if its related, but...
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Can u please guide me step by step
How do you tell what class it is
DroidFreek said:
Can u please guide me step by step
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Boot into recovery, select "partition sd card" menu and follow on-screen prompts. This doesn't get any easier then that.
i tried it and it worked
do i need to install aps to sd
some roms either have that included already (you will need ext3 or ext4 depending on what the rom specifies) and you dont have to do anything for it except flash the rom.
other roms might have it as an option, and you just convert the ext2 to ext3 or ext4. For example, CSDI has it as an option and can either be enabled or disabled through supsetup.
Ok I've partitioned and loaded the rom and my phone is complete but I still. Have 32mb in my settings for internal and I set it to 96 even when I download my apps I still get low space do I need apps to sd or do I have to convert ex3 to ex4
I would like it to give me my full 96
If you have 32MB on a clean install then that's all you're going to have. What SPL do you have? Also, type
busybox df -h
in your terminal and post your output for us.
I don't know how to tell what kind of spl
But here is the output
My busy box kmoo sd Details $ su# busybox df -h Filesystem*************** Size***** Used Available Use% Mounted on tmpfs******************* 47.8M**** 12.0K**** 47.8M** 0% /dev tmpfs******************** 4.0M******** 0***** 4.0M** 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals/dev/block/mtdblock3 AO
So what do I do next
Ok seems many usrs here have the same problems over and over again. so heres a tut!
This will probably cover many other topics but simplified here as much as i can.
You Must have the following to get this to work:
ROOT
Recovery 5.0.2.6
busybox installed.
if you have non of these...do not attempt any of this thread till you have!
To start with.
Creation of EXT3 Partitions.
you will need Minitool Partition Wizard. Mini Tool Partition Wizard Download
This is a harddrive/diskspace program allowing accurate modification of disk space.
Never create an EXT3 in CWM, as this will create whats known as a swap drive.
this causes the bootloop. Hence the non boot!
EXT3 has to be set as primary drive not logical.
Size allowance recommendations (personal choice, but this is after a few findings and results given by Salsa users)
SD Card Size.................................EXT3 Size
2GB......(Class 2).............................250MB
4GB......(Class 2-4)..........................500MB
8GB......(Class4-6)...........................500MB-1GB
16GB....(Class8-10).........................1.2GB
WARNING, anything over 1.5GB will result in serious problems and SD damage
This also works around class types of SD Card. the higher the class the faster it works, there are various brands offering different class cards, find a fast and big card for best performance. I currently use Class 8 16GB with 1GB Ext3 with little/no lag
Wise idea before this to make an SD backup, if done correctly your data will not be affected...if you screwed up...you'll loose everything...so back it up!
To start with,
Remove Sd Card and use and SD Reader and insert into your computer USB Slot.
Open Minitool Partition Wizard.
Resize your sd card accordingly leaving 1.2-1.5gb of unallocated space. Apply the actions.
Now you have the unallocated space, reformat the space in EXT3 and set as Primary drive. Apply Actions.
Now normally the Application throws your sd out and says bad drive......this is sometimes normal so don't panic.
Reinsert your Sd in Phone and boot into recovery only
Data2sd script
theres 2 scripts available for these roms.
htc-data2sd-ext3 or data2whatever by m1ndh8x4r.
2.1 Roms work well with htc-data2sd-ext3 script with no problems.
data2whatever works really well with 3.5 sense Roms (Bens/M1nds)
*****There is a warning with this data2whatever script....When using this script, you will notice after a short period, that you cannot update or install any more apks. This is due to a Dalvik error within the script on Deodexed roms, currently it cannot be fixed, you have been warned*****
these can be used easily but the following rules must be applied.
You must flash the rom firstly by the 3 wipes...regardless!
flash the rom as normal and reboot full, letting the rom fully build it self and load up... ie input your details/sign in wifi etc.
check it out for a few mins while your waiting...hey even make a backup lol!
OK now reboot in recovery and flash the chosen script....DO NOT WIPE ANYTHING!
once flashed reboot normally.
it will boot, it may take up to 5-10mins but it will boot. if by any chance you a boot loop at the boot animation screen then you have an EXT3 fault and you must redo the EXT3 Partition in Minitool to proceed again.
data2sd scripts are here>
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?duigp9ky9796b65 for htc-data2sd-ext3.zip
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?m7bv6pk024p63ef for d2extv0.43.zip (New/Advanced)
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?qr5rh2fho1hnbnl for data2whatever
This is a proven way and so many have tried and failed other ways.
Please try this guide. If you get stuck please just ask!
Please Answer my poll at the top and Thank this post...Ty!
If you Answer NO to this guide, please post below and tell me why so i may help further
Heyy it worked thanks man
BigBearEvo said:
Open Minitool Partition Wizard.
Resize your sd card accordingly leaving 1.2-1.5gb of unallocated space. Apply the actions.
Now you have the unallocated space, reformat the space in EXT3 and set as Primary drive.
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Trying to do this with fdisk on linux
It works but runs slowly for some reason
I have a 2GB cards, first partition is about 1.4 for normal /sdcard the remaining .4GB for /data
Both partitions are start aligned on 2048 sectors
Issue - applications get corrupted after restart
I am facing strange issue. I did everything described above and have /data on sd. But everytime I reboot something happens to most apps. They are installed but when I try to launch any of them I got errors and application closes. I need to reinstall EVERY app and they work until next reboot. Any ideas about the cause or what to check ? At this point I am trying not to discharge or reboot my phone by it;s impossible to keep it that way.
procek said:
I am facing strange issue. I did everything described above and have /data on sd. But everytime I reboot something happens to most apps. They are installed but when I try to launch any of them I got errors and application closes. I need to reinstall EVERY app and they work until next reboot. Any ideas about the cause or what to check ? At this point I am trying not to discharge or reboot my phone by it;s impossible to keep it that way.
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thats a rom issue.
What rom are you running?
Are you using a Data2sd script? if so which one?
Are you using links2sd?
BigBearEvo said:
thats a rom issue.
What rom are you running?
Are you using a Data2sd script? if so which one?
Are you using links2sd?
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I am running standard HTC ROM 1.12.401.2 With Sense 2.1.
I used ext3 version of script.
No. Shall I ?
procek said:
I am running standard HTC ROM 1.12.401.2 With Sense 2.1.
I used ext3 version of script.
No. Shall I ?
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no dont lol...ok sounds a bit stupid but have u got root? because what your describing is and apps2sd thing...which u cant get on stock rom....but if u dont have full root....then this sort of thing does happen....or...you got a faulty ext3 partition...
questions next...
which guide did u make ext3?
size and did u make swap?
root?
Need file name of the data2sd script u used and how u used it...(this is important)
so i need full break down....assuming u have root that is....this almost sounds like a silly problem, but then most of us don't use stock roms anymore....so we dont have this problem lol
BigBearEvo said:
no dont lol...ok sounds a bit stupid but have u got root? because what your describing is and apps2sd thing...which u cant get on stock rom....but if u dont have full root....then this sort of thing does happen....or...you got a faulty ext3 partition...
questions next...
which guide did u make ext3?
size and did u make swap?
root?
Need file name of the data2sd script u used and how u used it...(this is important)
so i need full break down....assuming u have root that is....this almost sounds like a silly problem, but then most of us don't use stock roms anymore....so we dont have this problem lol
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Of course I have a root - it works perfectly. I created the partition according to above instructions (I mean this thread). My ext3 partition is about 800 MB and 3200 MB is for FAT32. I did not create swap - just fat32 and ext3 with Partition Wizard. I used htc-data2sd-ext3.zip in I think normal way - phone reset, installing busybox, reboot, installing script with recovery - done. Everything is perfect until next reboot.
procek said:
Of course I have a root - it works perfectly. I created the partition according to above instructions (I mean this thread). My ext3 partition is about 800 MB and 3200 MB is for FAT32. I did not create swap - just fat32 and ext3 with Partition Wizard. I used htc-data2sd-ext3.zip in I think normal way - phone reset, installing busybox, reboot, installing script with recovery - done. Everything is perfect until next reboot.
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sounds like a problem with your rom my friend....hard to tell without seeing it really...
have you thought about changing the rom itself?
BigBearEvo said:
sounds like a problem with your rom my friend....hard to tell without seeing it really...
have you thought about changing the rom itself?
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To this moment no. But if there's no other option I will probably have to...
procek said:
To this moment no. But if there's no other option I will probably have to...
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either that or find your ruu and reinstall stock again!
Funny thing
I used my previous card (smaller - just 2 GB) and there's no such behaviour as with my 4GB. Smaller one is Sandisk, bigger one is Kingstone - both known for good products. So switching ROM is rather not an option. There's something about SD but I can not figure out what...
Pls help
I have created 6gb of fat32 and copied ROM and data2sd-ext3.zip then formatted remaining 1gb space in ext3. When I tried to install zip from recovery mode it throws "E: can't mount /sdcard/"
pls help
Thx
yuva0103 said:
I have created 6gb of fat32 and copied ROM and data2sd-ext3.zip then formatted remaining 1gb space in ext3. When I tried to install zip from recovery mode it throws "E: can't mount /sdcard/"
pls help
Thx
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how did you make the partitions? and are they set as primary?
what class sd card is it? you need a class 8 or 10 on that size.
I used mini tool for partition. I set fat32 as logical and ext3 as primary. I have 8gb class 10 SD.
Sent from my HTC Salsa C510e using XDA
Shrink the ext3 to 750mb and set all partitions as primary.
BigBear is using Xparent Tapatalk Purple
Yep now I can see my data in SD card. Another problem I triple wiped and flash arc rom again, and given detail/sign in. When trying to flash script in recovery mode, it asks for busybox in some sys folder. I don't have busybox and also script installed, but ext3 memory not reflects in as main memory. Am I used different script or I need to install busybox, if so how to do that.?
I installed busybox @ system/xbin and flashed script, it worked. Finally my internal memory problem solved:thumbup:
I request to add installing busybox step and download link for script in tutorial.
Thx bb
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I used data2sd without without any problem for past two days, suddenly today some apps force closing. Instagram app show error msg like"unfortunately this device's filesystem is reporting a problem." and pointing to this url "bit.ly/igfilesystem".
pls help.
I'm using arc V2 ROM, class 10 8gb sd, with 750mb of ext3.
yuva0103 said:
I used data2sd without without any problem for past two days, suddenly today some apps force closing. Instagram app show error msg like"unfortunately this device's filesystem is reporting a problem." and pointing to this url "bit.ly/igfilesystem".
pls help.
I'm using arc V2 ROM, class 10 8gb sd, with 750mb of ext3.
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contact instagram with a logcat or report for them to check