I have a 8 GB class 6 SD card with an ext2 partition that I created while running JF 1.51. I also used LucidREM to move everything over, but then moved my dalvik cache back to internal memory.
Following JesusFreke's retirement, I flashed Cyanogen 4.0.2 (stable). After encountering a boot-up loop, I wiped my phone and almost everything seems working fine.
The problem, however, is that my apps now seem to be installing to my internal memory instead of my partition. I'm pretty new at this, so I'm not really sure what's going on or how to fix it. Help please.
Use cyan 4.0.4, the most recent build. Open parted from command line and type print, just to verify you have an ext partition. Most likely you don't have an ext partition because the rom does it automatically.
The parted command implies you have cyan's recovery 1.4.
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So I partitioned my sd card so i would be able to automatically have apps to sd like the faqs of the cyanogen mods said, but now that i have done the process and partition my sd card 500mb ext, 34mb linux swap, not only has it not worked and the apps are still taking up memory on my phone, it is not noticing the secondary partition in the settings and when i reboot my phone, after the g1 screen and android screen, my phone just goes blank. does anyone have any input? ive wiped and reflashed the rom, now im just clueless. and if it matters, i used Paragon Partition Manager to partition my sd card.
You could re-partition it by using the console in recovery mode.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=533731
Look at the 2nd code box and follow it. This is how I did it my first time.
It is really easy.
yea the only thing is it is either saying not found, or error could not stat device dev/block/mmcblk0 no such file or directory. so im stuck i cant even format my card and get back to 8 gigs its sayin 6.06 gigs. ionno im stuck.
Can't you use your partition manager to delete the partitions you made? Then just make 1 partition: fat32, then use the code on the link.
I use paragon Partition mgr. and that is an option to use.
If you partion your card after flashing your rom, then you must reflash your rom for changes to take effect. You have to do that so the system can change the way it runs
Oops sorry, I just reread your first post and saw that I missed that you did reflash. Try going into your recovery console and type ums_enable to mount your card and than try downloading gparted and try to reformat that way, when you are done type ums_disable to unmount. Have you tried taking your sd out when you try to boot up just to see if you can get past, it is possible that your sd corrupted
its ok thank you both, i used the recovery erase all partitions and im gonna read the second box and partition threw the console instead of on the manager.
I just had the same thing happen to me earlier today. I have the 404 Cyanogen MOD and now my SD card is stuck. I can't figure out how to get rid of that partition. All of the directions are not step by step. And this rookie is stressed out. Please let me know where or which directions you used to format your SD.
surfereddie said:
I just had the same thing happen to me earlier today. I have the 404 Cyanogen MOD and now my SD card is stuck. I can't figure out how to get rid of that partition. All of the directions are not step by step. And this rookie is stressed out. Please let me know where or which directions you used to format your SD.
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To get it back to just a fat32 partition.... THIS WILL WIPE ALL DATA ON YOUR SDCARD!!!! MAKE A BACKUP OF FAT32 also this will only work with 1.3.1 and up cyanogen recovery image
boot into recovery and go to the recovery console and type
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
rm 1
rm 2
rm 3 (if you have a linux-swap partition)
print (after the 4th or 5th line there is a number after a line that reads disk size or something and that will be the end value for the next command. Sorry on my g1 now)
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 xxxx(substitue with number above)
quit
reboot recovery
Then reflash your rom. That will clear all partitions of your sdcard and leave you with one whole partition that is fat32.
i have ongoing problems installing new roms inc hero one , i have correct spl and radio , i wipe ext partitions repair partitions and wipe factory data but i still have problems with no installs working
one thing i did find after i got a hero rom working is that it started to download some programs that i had installed previously on the phone , how do i completley wipe the phone memory ? as i think this is now my problem ?
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i have ongoing problems installing new roms inc hero one , i have correct spl and radio , i wipe ext partitions repair partitions and wipe factory data but i still have problems with no installs working
one thing i did find after i got a hero rom working is that it started to download some programs that i had installed previously on the phone , how do i completley wipe the phone memory ? as i think this is now my problem ?
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im using cyans recovery 1.4 and when you come to the boot screen for it, theres an option for wiping memory. ive had to wipe whenever switching from one rom to the next.
if your using cyanogenmod v1.4 its alt+w to wipe clean.. then wipe your ext with alt+f as well
Problems with new ROM's huh?
Well...it could also possibly be your micro SD card,in which I found out was my problem about a week ago. I found Paragon Partition Manager on the internet.The free version called Partition Manager 9.0 Special Edition. Anyways...used Partition Manager to delete my old FAT32,EXT3,and Linux-Swap partitions and reformatted the entire micro SD then created new EXT3 and Linux-Swap partitions on my SD. Just thought this may be a solution to your problem. Good luck!
I'm not sure alt+f wipes your ext. there are commands you have to type.
to completely wipe your ext2 and ext3 you have to type:
mount /system/
rm -rf /system/sd/
or at least that's what I always used until I upgraded to ext3.
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I'm not sure alt+f wipes your ext. there are commands you have to type.
to completely wipe your ext2 and ext3 you have to type:
mount /system/
rm -rf /system/sd/
or at least that's what I always used until I upgraded to ext3.
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Code:
mke2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
that will actually reformat and its less chars
Hey guys, I just got a Hero after switching from Android to winmo for a while, so I've been out of the loop since 1.6. I was able to get the phone rooted no problem, got the custom recovery image on it, got it to tether, even installed busybox. The only thing I can't seem to do is load a custom rom. Whenever I put any rom on it at all it gets stuck looping the boot screen. I tried 4 different roms, none work. The only way I can get it to boot after a custom rom is to do a nandroid restore since I backed up right after I rooted it. I've tried partitioning the sdcard from the recovery image as well, once with a swap and ext partition for apps added, and once with just the ext partition, neither of them had any affect. Anyone have any ideas on what else to try?
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For those with this problem in the future, it was being caused by a2sd on my phone, specifically the dalvik cache. I did the following from the latest a2sd post:
"If you experience boot loops when you move the dalvik-cache to the cache partition, go into adb shell while the phone is boot looping and run the following commands:
a2sd nocache (if you want to put your dalvik-cache on your internal storage) or a2sd cachesd (if you want to put your dalvik-cache on your SD card)
a2sd resetcache (this clears the dalvik-cache and reboots)"
Then I ran logcat as the phone booted up to watch to make sure it didn't loop, and it took it a while but it did start up into the custom ROM.
I've been crawling forums looking for several ways to partition my SD, but to no avail.
Recently upgraded from damagecontrol 2.08 to 2.09. Bought a new 8gb micro SD.
I'd like to partition the SD card so that Apps2SD runs, and I remember the first time I rooted my phone and loaded a rom, there was an option in recovery to partition the SD card. Now, my phone boots into clockworkmod recovery v1.8.1.4, and the list of commands doesn't include a card partition option.
How can I get this option back?
I resorted to using adb and trying to work around this problem through the command line, but all of those attempts failed. "parted not found" etc.
I'm at my wit's end and my school work is suffering! (I'm crazy if my phone is not working perfectly) PLZ help this girl stay in med school!
you could flash back to godspeed or darch's unofficial 1.7 recovery found here both these recovery images have the option. clockwork must not support partitioning.
or, you could take your card out and put it in your pc and use a gparted livecd (or linux) to partition the card.
remember to backup your data first as re-partitioning will erase all data on the card.
I'd love to flash a new image, but my phone doesn't seem to allow me to. I use flashrec and it won't flash a new image.
Here's the chronology of my troubles
What I did with my rooted and fully functioning hero was...
back up apps
changed SD cards
set to factory settings via an option of the clockwork recovery
updated my rom to damagecontrol 2.09
found that apps2sd wouldn't work
tried to partition- clockwork recovery doesn't support it
tried to get back SU capabilities unsuccessfully
tried to mimic my first flash attempt unsuccessfully with flashrec
Now I'm stuck with a slowed down hero which can't allow Su and won't do apps2SD
I'm at the point of insanity with this thing
any suggestions?
Okay so my Droid is running okay, but I would like to have more memory for apps. So I figured, why not just use the app2sd script from DT after partitioning my card in CWM like I did my Ascend. I tried these steps:
1. In the CWM recovery (2.5.0.1 and 3.1.0.2) there is no option ANYWHERE to partition the SD card like in the 2.x.x.x CWM on my Ascend.
2. I partitioned in ROM Manager and chose 512 Partition with 128 MB Swap. The phone reboots and partitions the SD, and I checked in MiniTool Partition Wizard to make sure, there was a ext3 partition and a linux swap.
3. I move all apps to Internal memory, went in to CM Settings and allowed application moving.
4. Flashed DT's beta 4 script in recovery and it wouldnt boot, had to clear dalvik cache.
5. Get back in and found that the apps had moved no where. I check the sd-ext folder in Root Explorer and it said empty folder. a2sdgui does not work, if I change something, it just changes back.
6. Reflashed, tried S2E (simple2ext) and had the same issue, it isnt recognizing the ext partition.
7. Reflashed and tried various other settings with no luck.
What should I do? I really dislike having 15mb of internal memory free. Any help would be loved
Here is the info:
Was using the latest CM7 build but now I tried it on SteelDroid 9... same issue
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delete all previous scripts and try link2sd. i have been using it successfully.