i want to get rid of the ext3 partition that i have been using and use Froyos inbuilt method instead, whats the best way to do this?
i already know how to use gparted to do this, but is it possible to do this using the Amon-RA recovery 1.7.0? if i repartition with a 0mb ext partition, will it remove the ext partition that is currently there?
i have backed up all my stuff, so now im just looking for advice.
Edit: yeah, used the recovery's own partitioning tool, i got the partition removed and the space recovered. working fine so far.
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Ok well I currently use cyans rom but i also like to test ROMs like hero and such and i was wondering if i could access the ext3 partition on ubuntu and manually put my apps back from my BART backup on to the ext3 partition. The problem is when im in ubuntu it won't let me browse the ext3 partition. I tried backing up ext to fat32 and restoring from fat32 in console after flashing a different ROM but it ended up erasing the apps from the new ROM. Please help im tired of flashing to a hero rom and then manually installing each apk from my old ROM
On the phone under Settings, applications, development, is USB debugging checked?
When you plug your phone into you ubuntu box, does the phone show the usb icon in the top bar? If it does, did you pull down the top bar and click the "USB CONNNECTED" choice?
If you do that it should mount you fat and ext partitions. If it doesn't..... I'll have to think about it.
yea ive mounted the phone and everything in ubuntu but when the ext3 partition is mounted it disappears. I think i found a way tho. Backup apps from ext3 to fat32 in recovery and then wipe and flash new rom and after rom boots up reboot to recovery and restore apps from fat32 to ext and then update the same rom image again
I just partitioned my SD card using Amon's recovery, and I don't know why, but I hit upgrade ext3 to ext4....I don't even know what ext it was to begin with at the moment of partition, so I don't know if that even worked.
How do I find out what version of ext I have?
And I'm using Enomther's 2.12.4, and enabled apps2ext, and rebooted my phone, and it definitely worked.
And assuming that it is ext4, I just found out that apparently ext3 is better than ext4 (I'm not really sure why).
How do I downgrade? Can I simply go into Amon's recovery and hit upgrade from ext2 to ext3? I have a feeling that's too simplistic to work.
Do I have to wipe everything and start from scratch?
hi, i've looked everywhere for help and i just can't understand for some reason. so i'm trying to set up DT a2sd on a gingerbread rom that supports it. so i partition my sd card using clockwork mod for 512mb ext partition. then i wipe data using clockwork mode so it wipes everything, but then when i run the rom there is no a2sd partition seen by quick system info and my memory fills up quick. this is after i have flashed a compatible rom and the latest dt a2sd zip. when i look at the sd card on my computer it shows that the ext partition i created is in fact ext4, which i think isn't compatible. so when i manually set the partition to ex3, and run a rom, the apps install onto the ext partition but they force close and i can't open any of them. and when i wipe in clockwork mod, it converts the ext3 to ext4 again. any help?? thanks
On the stock GB ROM, Link2SD requires a FAT32 partition to move the App and DalvikCache to the SD.
EDIT: Actually requires FAT32 OR EXT2 for stock...
Titanium backup requires an ext2/3/4 partition to use the Data2SD feature.
Is it possible to do both of these on a stock rom? Or use some other method to get the App, DalvikCache and app data to the SD without flashing another ROM?
I will be doing this for 3 of my family's phones and would much prefer to not have to flash ROMS and them have to put in extra effort afterwards.
I promise I've searched so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, the closest I could find was http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605006 which didn't answer the question...
Thanks in advance!
Tim
I have created two partitions, one FAT32 and one EXT2 using MiniTool Partition Wizard
Link2SD is correctly setup and working.
Titanium Backup has this to say:
The supported mount points for the ext2/3/4 partition are:
/system/sd/ (“classic” sd-ext)
/sd-ext/ (“Cyanogen” sd-ext)
/data/sd/ (“MIUI” sd-ext)
However none of these mount points are present (it appears to mount under /data/sdext2/) so I'm unable to use the Data2SD functionality as yet.
So the question now becomes, can I create multiple mount points for a single EXT2 partition on a Stock ROM (ideally easily!).
Install a custom kernel with init.d support.
Cf-root is the most common since it's based on stock, and preserves baseband.
After that, there's many choices:
-link2sd as you've beeb using
-cronmod or amarullz scripts (int2ext+) which mount sd partition as extention to internal memory (every app on internal gets installed to the partition).
-s2e has the option to also move data to the partition.
Keep in mind that having data on the partition will lower performance and smoothness as compared to having data on internal.
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Install a custom kernel with init.d support.
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Keep in mind that having data on the partition will lower performance and smoothness as compared to having data on internal.
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Thanks for the advice.
I have a class 10 card that I was hoping would help mitigate the problem, am I just being naive?
I was hoping I'd be able to avoid a custom Kernel (haven't researched them enough yet)
I will try and find an S5830 Stock + init.d kernel tomorrow and see how that goes, I'm still planning on Titanium Backup to do the Data2SD.
Does this init.d script mount the partition somewhere that Titanium Backup can get hold of it then?
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Does this init.d script mount the partition somewhere that Titanium Backup can get hold of it then?
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I really can't say about titanium backups' data2sd function since i've never used it before.
The init.d script (i found cronmods' int2ext to be the most convenient) mounts the sd partition as part of /data. When making backups of apps+data titanium backup had 0 problems finding and backing up all apps. The problem might arise if the data2sd function tries to move /data (in which the partition is already mounted) to the partition.
Someone in the forum might know more details. You can always make a nandroid backup and see what happens. Good luk.
Hello
I have managed to root my phone and confirmed this with a free app on Google.Play but now what do I do?
I read somewhere that I need ClockworkMod and I followed a tutorial but the link was dead.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
Dead link for clockworkmod 5
http://[url="http//forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=743333&d=1318051346
I am not exactly sure what Clockworkmod is and why I need it.
My plan is to be able to backup my Phone operating system (ROM I think it is called)
And I also want to put all my apps stored on the phone's memory onto an SD card. This is because I keep getting warnings that my internal memory is full.
I would appreciate any help or advice
Cheers
the lemming said:
Hello
I have managed to root my phone and confirmed this with a free app on Google.Play but now what do I do?
I read somewhere that I need ClockworkMod and I followed a tutorial but the link was dead.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
Dead link for clockworkmod 5
http://[url="http//forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=743333&d=1318051346
I am not exactly sure what Clockworkmod is and why I need it.
My plan is to be able to backup my Phone operating system (ROM I think it is called)
And I also want to put all my apps stored on the phone's memory onto an SD card. This is because I keep getting warnings that my internal memory is full.
I would appreciate any help or advice
Cheers
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I told you it in your other post
ROOT + CWM 5.0.2.6. FIX
Viper The Ripper said:
I told you it in your other post
ROOT + CWM 5.0.2.6. FIX
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Hello
For some reason the link you gave in the other post was broken. However the link you have just given does work and I have now downloaded it.
Thank you
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I told you it in your other post
ROOT + CWM 5.0.2.6. FIX
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May I ask how you can tell if the Backup process has been successful?
Is there a way to verify the backup?
I only ask as I have tried to make a backup and got the message that could not mount SD-ext
And that the backup my not be supported by my device. The information went very quickly so I could not get the info exactly.
Cheers
the lemming said:
May I ask how you can tell if the Backup process has been successful?
Is there a way to verify the backup?
I only ask as I have tried to make a backup and got the message that could not mount SD-ext
And that the backup my not be supported by my device. The information went very quickly so I could not get the info exactly.
Cheers
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1. Your backup = ALL your current rom data
2. Umm... I've never had a problem using CMW :S
3. Sd-ext IS NOT sdcard, so no problem if you haven't got sd-ext partition the script always finish telling you that you haven't got a sd-ext and skipping automatically this step , that's all. No problem at all
Hello
Before I did the clockworkmod, I partitioned my SD card into two FAT32 partitions. One was for my data and a smaller partition was to be in preparation of learning how to transfer all my apps to the SD card.
I was worried that partitioning the SD card had caused complications.
the lemming said:
Hello
Before I did the clockworkmod, I partitioned my SD card into two FAT32 partitions. One was for my data and a smaller partition was to be in preparation of learning how to transfer all my apps to the SD card.
I was worried that partitioning the SD card had caused complications.
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What did you use to do partitions?CWM?
I use minipartition tools (a windows free tool) and is to easy
Now you can use Link2sd e.g.
If I were you I'd create an ext4 (as sd-ext partition) instead of create 2 Fat32. Because ext4 can be used with int2ext scripts too
If you want you can read this q&a thread about link2sd/int2ext to get more useful info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2313327
Hello
I did indeed use minipartition tools to create two partitions. I have a 16Gb card. I saved 2Gb for the second partition. I will now format that partition to ext4.
Cheers
the lemming said:
Hello
I did indeed use minipartition tools to create two partitions. I have a 16Gb card. I saved 2Gb for the second partition. I will now format that partition to ext4.
Cheers
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format with ext4
mount system
flash this script and hurray work done
HIT THANKS MAN
So this method works for sure? On the Ace is possible to make only a 512mb ext4 partition to use it with int2ext, right? Because every 500mb partition is needed 100mb of internal storage.
MeltingSnowman said:
So this method works for sure? On the Ace is possible to make only a 512mb ext4 partition to use it with int2ext, right? Because every 500mb partition is needed 100mb of internal storage.
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Yes, for sure!!
...no, you can do a partition with the size that you want. This script mount your /sd-ext as your /data partition so you can use all space you want in your sd-ext partition
I had 1GB partition and worked without problems with int2ext+ script