Can I partition my sd card with out Linux? If so, could someone tell me how? If not, could I buy a partitioned sd card from someone and have it shipped to me?
Thanks
This is not development related. Post all your questions in the Questions and Answers forum.
As far as partitioning, if you're using amon_ra's recovery, it has a built-in partitioning utility.
use GParted to partition your sd card, really simple.
I'll sell a partioned sd card for $500
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I bought a Transcend 4gb class 6 SD card, and partitioned it with paragon, now that ext2 partition has dissapeared and all Im left with is basically 3gs of space on a 4g card. I cant get it through paragon or anything on windows, is there a certain way to recover that partition or have I perminently fried it.
get the format software
hey I went through the same thing... I got panasonic's software called SD Memory Card Formatting Software Ver.2.0, I used it format by sd and got the original space back... good luck
Use ubuntu. If you need a tut look in my sig.
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Use ubuntu. If you need a tut look in my sig.
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Or if you don't have/don't want ubuntu do it right from the phone, there's a very good guide in the development section on how to do it... you do need CM 1.3 and up recovery though
Good luck
First of all, I normally don't post new threads. I've been using this site for a long time, and have always found the answers I need by simply searching and reading. I have searched, and read a lot, but have not found answers that I believe will help my specific problem. So here goes, thank you.
I am running CyanogenMod-4.0.4. I had A2SD set up on a 16GB micro SD card, using the sdparted utility. Everything worked perfectly for about 2 weeks, then my phone suddenly froze up. Pulled the battery, but it would not boot past the "T-Mobile G1" screen. I removed the SD card and everything was fine. I tried to repartition the card using both Mac Disk Utility and Gparted, then tried to set up a new partition table, but I got a corrupted filesystem error each time. That's old news, I've wiped my phone and found a new card, so now I need to know if I can safely set up A2SD.
The card is a 16GB Sandisk micro SD card - class 2.
I've done some reading suggesting that I do not need a linux-swap partition. Can I do this with just a Fat32 and ext3/4 partitions? Or because the card is class 2, do I need the swap?
Thanks again.
Swap is for the OS, not applications on the sd card. The only reason I use swap is for Hero, I have yet to go back to a donut filled cupcake rom with it on.
A2SD is pretty safe for the card, it's swap that you take the risk of shortening the lifespan of the card.
I assume you have cyan's recovery image, you should try to partition the card with parted instead of a computer utility. I really don't think a2sd is the reason for the card failure.
Your old card should still be under warranty.
I've done some reading suggesting that I do not need a linux-swap partition. Can I do this with just a Fat32 and ext3/4 partitions? Or because the card is class 2, do I need the swap?
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Swap is not related to apps2sd, they are completely separate entities. "because the card is class 2" swap probably isn't a good idea, since it will likely be slow.
Apps2sd isn't particularly taxing to the SD card, particularly with ext2, writes are most damaging to a flash device.
Awesome. Thanks for the quick reply guys. I think I'll go ahead and use the sdparted utility to set up a partition for my apps, but leave off the swap.
Thanks again.
Hey, sorry if this has been asked before (I'm sure it has, but I couldn't find anything through the search). I just bought an 8gb class 4 sd card that I'm looking to upgrade to from the stock N1 card. What exactly do I need to do to have everything run smoothly? Do I just need to copy everything from my N1 to my PC then pop in the new card and copy back or is there something special I need to do? I'm running CM 5.0.5.2 (upgrading to 5.3 after card swap) and Amon Ra 1.7.0.
Thanks for any help.
Basically you answered you own question. Only thing is are you planning to do app2sd?
Hi,
Thanks for confirming. I just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't run into any problems just copy/pasting. I was considering apps2sd but I dont use the phone for games or anything big like that so I wasn't sure if I really needed it.
Also, I'm pretty sure I need to format the new card before I copy everything back, right? Will the phone prompt/perform the format or do I need to do that from a pc?
Format the card to fat32. I use the pc to format. If you do want app2sd, the card is easily partition using Amon_Ra recovery. I would suggest to do partition now if you know this is something you want to so. Little less work now that when you have a lot on the card. This is just my view point on the matter. I love app2sd. I have 75 apps and only use 10 mb of internal memory with cm rom it is fast.
thanks for the clarification. How much space is recommended for the apps2sd partition and can it be expanded later on?
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I dont have a computer with an sd card reader, is there another way?
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nvm, I can do it with the phone apparently
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thanks for the clarification. How much space is recommended for the apps2sd partition and can it be expanded later on?
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I dont have a computer with an sd card reader, is there another way?
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512mb is all you'll really need. You can use recovery and do USB mass toggle to access it. But one thing I think u might need class 6 card for ap2sd
Ok, so I've partitioned the sd card (ext-2 size 512, fat32 remainder). Do I need to do the upgrades to ext-4 or do I leave it as is?
A2SD will work with either ext2/3/4...
I'm running cyanogenmod 5.0.5.3 with apps2sd and amon_ra recovery 1.70 on a 4gb sd card planning on getting a 32gb card how do I swap this out and keep my existing ext.?
I have looked for this information but haven't found anything that seems very good. So I thought someone here might have know how to get this done.
I partitioned my SD card and since then my computer doesn't recognize it when I connect it through USB. Not sure if they are related but figure I can always partition it again.
I remember reading that formatting my SD card will not remove the partition. So what is a good way to get this done.
Thanks in advance
Gparted should help you do it. You will have to remove the partition and then reformat it. Just be very careful that you are working on the SD card and not your hdd... if you are familiar with linux, this should be pretty easy.
Use ROM Manager to Partion the SD card and change it back to a FAT32 partition.
That worked for me.
Just boot into recovery and choose format SD card if your using RA or Darchstar's recovery never used cwm so can't tell you that one good luck
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Hey Guys..
I dunno if this has been answered before, but I can't seem to find. But I wanted to be able to put files larger then 4gb on my sd card. I have read a few things that people have partitioned their SD card into 2 partitions. 1) fat32 partition that the phone sees as sd-ext, and 2) a 2nd partition that allows files larger then 4gb.
Any recommendations/suggestions how I could do this? Or any apps that assist in this?
My phone is rooted btw...obviously its a script that would need to be run at boot.
Thanks!