where is Partition created by ROM Manager - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello
I created 512 partition and 64MB swap partition on my sdcard using ROM Manager.
I am not able to locate it exactly.
Any one has some idea how can I access them?

alien0101 said:
Hello
I created 512 partition and 64MB swap partition on my sdcard using ROM Manager.
I am not able to locate it exactly.
Any one has some idea how can I access them?
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wow.. well. If you are speaking of an extfs partition, it means it separated your sd card memory to 512mb extfs and the rest to fat32. To find it, use something like sparepartsmod on your phone to check out your partitions. You can't view the partition on your pc normally, as it won't read it.
Usually a rom that uses apps2ext will instruct you on how to make use of it. Some are built with it autodetect ready and others you must activate from settings or spareparts.

I installer spareparts and I am not able to find any settings related to partition.

alien0101 said:
I installer spareparts and I am not able to find any settings related to partition.
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As far as I know Enom's and Leo's ROMs are the only ones that will show you this in Spare Parts. I could be wrong though.

negreenfield said:
As far as I know Enom's and Leo's ROMs are the only ones that will show you this in Spare Parts. I could be wrong though.
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no you're right. thats why i said Spare Parts "Mod". its a modded version of the market app. I've been able to install it as an apk since Leo was kind enough to put the source up for all.
OP, I recommend just testing to see if it installs to extfs by looking at internal memory usage at least, and checking with your installed rom on directions .

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app2sd?

I'm using warm donut, flashed to the phone.. before hand I was using haret until I felt everything was stable enough.
My SD card is still partitioned the old way, 7.4GB fat32, 512M ext3, 32M swap
Is there a way to enable app2sd with warm donut so I can get more room? it might just be the fun of something new for now, but watching the free space for apps going down way to quickly
lordcalin said:
I'm using warm donut, flashed to the phone.. before hand I was using haret until I felt everything was stable enough.
My SD card is still partitioned the old way, 7.4GB fat32, 512M ext3, 32M swap
Is there a way to enable app2sd with warm donut so I can get more room? it might just be the fun of something new for now, but watching the free space for apps going down way to quickly
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i second this, I would love to do apps to SD
I think it should be do-able now that we have the automount program that allows access sd card system and user simultaneously.
yeah you guys would love apps2sd...it's cool on my hero! im glad to see all of the android development going on here.
If you guys want to do Apps2SD, you'll need an ext2 partition on your SD for it. Native Android devices have had some trouble with Apps2SD, so it's just been rewritten by Chris Soyars and Cyanogen -- instead of the WesGarner method that had been used previously. I suggest using their code as it's battle-tested.
Here's the relevant code at github, as you can see it's been recently updated:
http://github.com/cyanogen/android_vendor_cyanogen/tree/eclair/prebuilt/common/etc/init.d/
HTH
I have app2sd enabled in my eclair build.
If you want to use it you must have an ext2 parition on your sdcard. than use my spareparts app to enable. Reboot.. wait... and there you go.
Can we get this going in your build Myn?
mssmison said:
I have app2sd enabled in my eclair build.
If you want to use it you must have an ext2 parition on your sdcard. than use my spareparts app to enable. Reboot.. wait... and there you go.
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Did a search for spareparts and couldnt find a link to a download. Anybody have a link they could throw up that would be awesome.
Thanks in advance
aviking said:
Did a search for spareparts and couldnt find a link to a download. Anybody have a link they could throw up that would be awesome.
Thanks in advance
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It's something that's built into the build, for msi's eclair he's got some extra things built into it. But it's not something you can just download
mrono said:
It's something that's built into the build, for msi's eclair he's got some extra things built into it. But it's not something you can just download
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i have the apps2sd.apk but it doesnt work properly. like you said i think it needs to be built into a build somehow
mrono said:
It's something that's built into the build, for msi's eclair he's got some extra things built into it. But it's not something you can just download
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Thanks for the quick reply.
This is starting to be not worth it and I am thinking I am glad that I was able to try android on an older phone because I dont think I will be getting an android phone when I upgrade in 6 months. Getting it so I can load apps to the sd card is WAAAAAAY to much of a pain I have tried a couple of tutorials and still cant get it to work.
aviking said:
Thanks for the quick reply.
This is starting to be not worth it and I am thinking I am glad that I was able to try android on an older phone because I dont think I will be getting an android phone when I upgrade in 6 months. Getting it so I can load apps to the sd card is WAAAAAAY to much of a pain I have tried a couple of tutorials and still cant get it to work.
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All you need to do is create a ext2 partition on your card and install system to nand and data to ext 2 partition. You can create as big of a partition as you want.
incubus26jc said:
All you need to do is create a ext2 partition on your card and install system to nand and data to ext 2 partition. You can create as big of a partition as you want.
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Thanks for the super fast repsonse
I used gparted to create the partition and formated it to ext2.
The second part you are talking about install the system to nand and data to the ext2 partition. I have installed Myn’s Warm Donut - [RLS 4 - 03/16/2010] nand version and thats where I am at right now. Do I need to move the data folder to the ext2 partition that I created? If yes when I connect to my PC running windows 7 I cannot see the ext2 partition that I created with gparted.
aviking said:
Thanks for the super fast repsonse
I used gparted to create the partition and formated it to ext2.
The second part you are talking about install the system to nand and data to the ext2 partition. I have installed Myn’s Warm Donut - [RLS 4 - 03/16/2010] nand version and thats where I am at right now. Do I need to move the data folder to the ext2 partition that I created? If yes when I connect to my PC running windows 7 I cannot see the ext2 partition that I created with gparted.
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i think you will have to reinstall system and wipe data. Change the location of the data when your going to reinstall. sorry
aviking said:
Thanks for the super fast repsonse
I used gparted to create the partition and formated it to ext2.
The second part you are talking about install the system to nand and data to the ext2 partition. I have installed Myn’s Warm Donut - [RLS 4 - 03/16/2010] nand version and thats where I am at right now. Do I need to move the data folder to the ext2 partition that I created? If yes when I connect to my PC running windows 7 I cannot see the ext2 partition that I created with gparted.
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use the norootfs installer and set your data to NAND, hit data backup, then set your data to ext2 and hit data restore.
Windows can't read ext2 on it's own
mrono said:
use the norootfs installer and set your data to NAND, hit data backup, then set your data to ext2 and hit data restore.
Windows can't read ext2 on it's own
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there you go much better answer then mine. Thanks man
would using ext2 partions make the build run smoother?
what are the benifits over NAND?
are you sure you need to have your data on the sd card? I was running apps2sd with mssmison's v7 eclair, and both my data and system were on nand, only the apps2sd was using the ext2 partition. i don't think it cares where your data.img is, just as long as you have an available ext2 partition; correct me if I'm wrong.
tatnai said:
are you sure you need to have your data on the sd card? I was running apps2sd with mssmison's v7 eclair, and both my data and system were on nand, only the apps2sd was using the ext2 partition. i don't think it cares where your data.img is, just as long as you have an available ext2 partition; correct me if I'm wrong.
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yes that is correct. This is if your not using apps2sd
mrono said:
use the norootfs installer and set your data to NAND, hit data backup, then set your data to ext2 and hit data restore.
Windows can't read ext2 on it's own
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Ok making progress with your suggestion after 2 days of reading and failure -- lol.
I am now able to install apps to the sd card. However when I was trying all kinds of things to get this to work I made my 8GB sd card partitioned 6.5gb fat 32 and then made two ext2 partitions evenly split.
So do I need two ext partitions?
And as soon as I made the change and was able to install to the sd card I can no longer sync with my PC. Its not a huge deal because I took out the micro sd and placed it into an sd reader and my PC could still read it. So I am guessing that its something that I changed that is causing the phone not to sync with my PC.
Any thoughts

[HOWTO]Change SD with app2sd

Upgrading/Changing of memory/SD cards while using App2SD?
Here's how.
What you need:
-Rooted
-Drellisdee's ThunderG custom recovery(preferably v1.2)
-Card Reader(Optional)
Steps:
-Boot into recovery
-In recovery menu, select "Backup/Restore" then "Nand + ext backup".(If you are using an ext4 app2sd partition, ThunderG v1.2 is a MUST)
-Now with any means suitable to you, transfer the "nandroid" folder found on your SD to your PC.(the easiest way is to mount USB-ms via recovery, but for some reason this option doesn't work for me)
-Now turn off your phone and insert the NEW SD.
-Boot into recovery again and partition your new SD(for app2sd).
-Now again, with any means suitable to you, transfer the "nandroid" folder you just copied to your PC back to the new SD.
-In recovery menu, select "Backup/Restore" then "Nand restore", choose the file to restore(in most cases, there is only one option)
-Wait for it, now reboot.
-Enjoy!
Custom Recovery
ThunderG v1.2
man! you woke up early for this?
kudos!!!! now everyone can happily change/upgrade their cards...
(the easiest way is to mount USB-ms via recovery, but for some reason this option doesn't work for me)
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now this doesnt seem right... i mean, it has to work.
hhmm.. mine does. im on thunderG too.
maybe youre lacking drivers for it.... have you checked you device manager?
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EDIT ok i get it. i dont have the V1.2 will try to install later on.
maybe the new recovery has the problem.. and not your PC...
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ok ive just installed V1.2 and yes i can confirm that the USB toggle under recovery works for me.
now the next thing to try is upgarade to a higher capacity card... *lol*
nice one Ungaze!
lol, up late seems more like it.
usb-toggle issue might be usb driver related.
havent flashed the firmware yet so i didnt have the need to install the drivers as well.
i also used this method to revert my app2sd partition from ext4 to ext2. so it also works with different partition filesystem, someone can maybe test if it also works with different partition size.
thats backing up and restoring right?
maybe ill try it on ext4...
anyway, why convert back to ext2? is there any significance?
bluviper said:
thats backing up and restoring right?
maybe ill try it on ext4...
anyway, why convert back to ext2? is there any significance?
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was doing a test, and speed-wise there is a slight improvement. about 50 - 80 points on I/O using quadrant. Although really unnoticeable and I don't really rely on quadrant that much, performance seems to be just the same.(OptimusXrom maker domenic_s also uses ext2).
i see.. maybe one time ill try to do ext2.. hehehe
theres not much happening with our O1 today ei?!
so i need to do something... hehehe errr experiment on something...
*lol*
now thats weird.. after rebooting the second time to recovery...
i cant find my files under Flash zip files...
seems like only system folders are installed....
I just used EASEUS Todo Backup to clone old sd card (with partition ext 4, i think) to new sd card.
It copied everything on the old sd card to new sd card and it works flawlessly.
The software is free for home user.
bluviper said:
now thats weird.. after rebooting the second time to recovery...
i cant find my files under Flash zip files...
seems like only system folders are installed....
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are you refering to this step?
-Boot into recovery again and partition your new SD(for app2sd).
which i highly doubt. please explain.
I just used EASEUS Todo Backup to clone old sd card (with partition ext 4, i think) to new sd card.
It copied everything on the old sd card to new sd card and it works flawlessly.
The software is free for home user.
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good for you. just sharing how I did it since changing SDs are becoming pretty common nowadays.
ungaze, after installing the recovery...
and rebooting it via adb, i can still access the files on my sd card. like for example i want to install a new theme etc etc using Flash ZIP menu on V1.2
but after rebooting the second time.
i cant see the files anymore... just folders....
im not into changing cards. but i just want to install something using V1.2 recovery.
and somehow i cannot see my zip files inside Flash ZIP menu.
thats the place to look for when i want to install flashable zips right?
I see, I think I know what you mean.
One of the new features of ThunderG v1.2 recovery is the ability to recognize folders when choosing a zip file to flash. Well that's good, but the problem is that it still doesn't have the option to scroll down when the screen/list is full(or maybe I just havent found out yet). I also had this problem before, so what I did was to make a new folder with a higher alphabetical priority name, eg: "aaflash", "aflashfiles", "1flash" etc so that the folder will always appear at the top. Then I placed all my zip files into that folder and just open the folder when I need to apply something. Try it, the files should appear.
yap. someone told me that too... and so i did.. and yes it can be read...
but we can still consider that a bug.
and i think the author needs to edit that part.
anyhow. its working fine....
What does this do? Is this the way we can move all our apps to sd card??? Please im desperate
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ungaze said:
lol, up late seems more like it.
usb-toggle issue might be usb driver related.
havent flashed the firmware yet so i didnt have the need to install the drivers as well.
i also used this method to revert my app2sd partition from ext4 to ext2. so it also works with different partition filesystem, someone can maybe test if it also works with different partition size.
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could you explain how you converted the ext4 partition into ext2?
victortangocharlie said:
could you explain how you converted the ext4 partition into ext2?
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Actually, I can't really call it a convertion, I just backed up the SD contents, format it, repartition ext2 than put the old contents back in place. Update: Ext2 on optimusXrom's app2sd doesnt seem to work, didn't checked thoroughly and app2sd got disabled. Need to contact domenic on how he did this.
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No, actually ext2 is faster than ext3 ... i don't know how it is to ext4 but i'm using ext2 at the moment.
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Hey ungaze,
Could you tell me how to use apps2sd to move an app to the ext4 partition i have on my phone.

[Q] Why isn't apps2ext supported on Cyanogenmod?

Hi, I have my phone usually a little bit too stuffed with apps, and even now with cyanogen, I'm starting to receive space warnings again. I know the easy answer is to make some room by erasing unneeded apps, but I'm not so eager to get rid of many of them. (Then I wonder why the heck the dolphin browser hoards 20MB of the internal memory even though the app has been clearly stated to store the cache on the SD).
Anyway, I was toying with the idea of the apps2ext, which I believe allows to move all the apps (or the system partition) to an ext3 partition on the SD, hence freeing a lot of space on the phone. I decided to read onto some documentation, just to find Cyanogenmod doesn't support it. And my question would be, why? Is there any problem with this kind of messing?
Thank you!
Depends what you mean by apps2ext, because that term gets used for generic processes, as well as specific implementation methods.
There are a number of methods than can be used with Cyanogen, such as Darktremors script, out even apps such as S2E, or Link2sd...
danger-rat said:
Depends what you mean by apps2ext, because that term gets used for generic processes, as well as specific implementation methods.
There are a number of methods than can be used with Cyanogen, such as Darktremors script, out even apps such as S2E, or Link2sd...
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Huh...Thanks, now I'm confused...Where could I find some information regarding the differences between each one?
Thanks a lot!
danger-rat said:
Depends what you mean by apps2ext, because that term gets used for generic processes, as well as specific implementation methods.
There are a number of methods than can be used with Cyanogen, such as Darktremors script, out even apps such as S2E, or Link2sd...
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Apps2Ext is typically DarkTremor or a variation of it, but must admit I've never heard of the others.
I think the point here is to use an Ext partition rather than the daft FAT .android_secure Apps2SD in Froyo onwards.
Darktremors is more commonly known as a2sd.
When talking Cyanogen, apps2ext typically refers to the older system that was in place in CM5, but has since become unsupported. This is possibly where the confusion arises?
From what I can gather, the old apps2ext made some trick use of repartitioning to exploit the unused cache space that occurs on CM, as well as moving apps to the ext partition. Firerat has a working version, but it is no longer integrated in the ROM. I've used it, and you get way more space than with DT, but the maintenance is a nightmare... CM not longer support it because there are so many alternatives available (though none are as effective)...
danger-rat said:
Darktremors is more commonly known as a2sd.
When talking Cyanogen, apps2ext typically refers to the older system that was in place in CM5, but has since become unsupported. This is possibly where the confusion arises?
From what I can gather, the old apps2ext made some trick use of repartitioning to exploit the unused cache space that occurs on CM, as well as moving apps to the ext partition. Firerat has a working version, but it is no longer integrated in the ROM. I've used it, and you get way more space than with DT, but the maintenance is a nightmare... CM not longer support it because there are so many alternatives available (though none are as effective)...
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IMO A2SD or Apps2SD is too vague, so I (and other folks) refer to it as Apps2Ext to differentiate it from Froyo's method.
And as for how CM5 did it, wasn't that just using DarkTremor? I could certainly be wrong, as I've only recently started using CM on my Nook Color.
I still assume the OP wants an Ext partition on his SD card used for Apps, aka: Dark Tremor.
khaytsus said:
And as for how CM5 did it, wasn't that just using DarkTremor?
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Yes. DT was integrated into CyanogenMod ROM 5.0x. Then there was great wailing and gnashing from many when CM6.x releases lacked DT. TeamDouche stated that they planned to put it back in for CM7, but they never did.
OP: Please visit DarkTremor's XDA thread to learn how easy it is to implement on CM6/CM7.
No, CM5 (and 6) was NOT just DT integrated. Read this:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/19160-modhow-to-apps2ext-for-cm7-updated-03312011/
10th Post!!!
danger-rat said:
No, CM5 (and 6) was NOT just DT integrated. Read this:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/19160-modhow-to-apps2ext-for-cm7-updated-03312011/
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Thanks for the link... not applicable to my assertion AT ALL. Read the page twice, nada.
Please visit this one:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Apps2SD#Apps2EXT
The CM5 releases implemented a extX partition scheme that later came to be known as DarkTremors Apps2EXT. CM6 did not.
Another link, posted by none other than Firerat (possibly Danger-rat in a former life?). I guess the scripting/symlinking came along in the later, excised incarnations dubbed DarkTremor's Apps2SD, then Apps2EXT:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6385186&postcount=2581
Your link to the CM wiki states that the apps2ext solution was integrated into the framework, not a script that tricks the phone into thinking the ext is internal memory...
Here you have Firerat (no relation) providing a solution to the apps2ext problem, where "the base is from CM5":
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...p2sd-built-in/page__view__findpost__p__166163
Note that Firerat states that it is not perfect, but "better than scripted a2sd solutions" (read Darktremors)
Here is the xda Darktremors thread, with the title containing "Script" and "a2sd":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715940
The CM apps2ext and Darktremors are not the same thing...
Whoops
Ok. Thank you.
danger-rat said:
Darktremors is more commonly known as a2sd.
When talking Cyanogen, apps2ext typically refers to the older system that was in place in CM5, but has since become unsupported. This is possibly where the confusion arises?
From what I can gather, the old apps2ext made some trick use of repartitioning to exploit the unused cache space that occurs on CM, as well as moving apps to the ext partition. Firerat has a working version, but it is no longer integrated in the ROM. I've used it, and you get way more space than with DT, but the maintenance is a nightmare... CM not longer support it because there are so many alternatives available (though none are as effective)...
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Hi guys, thank you very much for all the useful information! So, as you say, it's a maintenance nightmare...does it means trouble when updating the rom? What are the risks? I'm gibbs search a little bit regarding this dark tremor...thank you!
Darktremor isn't the nightmare, the repartitioning trick is. I would recommend using Darktremor, and staying away from the fancy stuff, unless you are really confident about what you are doing...
Ahh ok, from what I saw it involves a bunch of options in the boot menu. I was doing the goddamn backup of the SD card, it took ages. Now I'm ready to start. It's a pity there isn't yet a partitioner that makes the partitions without erasing your data (kind of partition magic of sorts).
timonoj said:
Ahh ok, from what I saw it involves a bunch of options in the boot menu. I was doing the goddamn backup of the SD card, it took ages. Now I'm ready to start. It's a pity there isn't yet a partitioner that makes the partitions without erasing your data (kind of partition magic of sorts).
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Isn't GParted able to do this?
Btw, if you don't want to play through recovery menu, go get S2E from Market, it is free and it works great IMO
Sooo here I am again!
I'm not sure at all if this is working. After booting the first time (it took a looong time), I was greeted with a "welcome to Nexus One" home screen. I have lost all my data, apparently. Not very sure regarding that.
I'm also not very sure if this is working at all?
Let's see, I made a 1024MB Ext4 partition, inside the 16GB SD card. Now when I see Manage Applications, it shows me 136MB free...But I don't get it, wasn't I supposed to have more space?
The other possibility I'm thinking, it's just listing the internal memory space, while all the applications are in the SD Ext4 partition.
If that's the case, then if I install stuff, it won't be listed, and I won't be able to know how much space I have left, right?
I don't know, can anybody clarify this? Thank you!
If you're using the DT script, you need to activate it by typing either "a2sd install" (apps only), or "a2sd cachesdreset" (apps and dalvik) into a terminal emulator (need to type "su" first, to get superuser rights).
To see better idea of the space allocations, use Titanium. It has a nice breakdown on the first page...
Yup, I typed the commands from the adb shell, which I reckon is the same. But now everything seems like a big loss in contacts and stuff.
I have a question: If I install a new rom (cyanogen nighties, I'm running), will I lose the DarkTremor script? And if I restore a full backup made with Clockworkmod?
I'll try to fight with Titanium backup, but for each app to restore I have to manually accept the installation...Seems a lil bit pain in the ass
Are you sure your contacts are set to sync? You can lose that setting from nightly to nightly...
When updating between nightlies, I believe you can flash the nightly then the DT script and all should be good (I always wipe).
The DT settings etc will be backed up with CWM backup, so you can restore that and it will include the ext also.
If you buy Titanium Pro, you won't have that problem... xD
timonoj said:
Sooo here I am again!
I'm not sure at all if this is working. After booting the first time (it took a looong time), I was greeted with a "welcome to Nexus One" home screen. I have lost all my data, apparently. Not very sure regarding that.
I'm also not very sure if this is working at all?
Let's see, I made a 1024MB Ext4 partition, inside the 16GB SD card. Now when I see Manage Applications, it shows me 136MB free...But I don't get it, wasn't I supposed to have more space?
The other possibility I'm thinking, it's just listing the internal memory space, while all the applications are in the SD Ext4 partition.
If that's the case, then if I install stuff, it won't be listed, and I won't be able to know how much space I have left, right?
I don't know, can anybody clarify this? Thank you!
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Manage Applications only shows how much ROM space is left
If your really want to check the space usage, you could try Free Space or Titanium Backup from the market

Low memory with CronMod on CyanogenMod.

I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
Which script did you use?
CronMod-INT2EXT4+
palito1980 said:
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
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That's really weird. It's not supposed to happen. Though I have had some issues like that, it's because you know some parts of the app stay in the internal memory of the phone, they have to be manually moved to the SD over time. Since it's a really small amount of storage that that part of the app takes, it really shouldn't be a problem. But since you have a lot of them installed, you're gonna have to manually move the apps to the SD.
Use Titanium Backup and batch move the heaviest apps you have to the SD and it'll work normally.
palito1980 said:
CronMod-INT2EXT4+
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are you sure your EXT partition is EXT4? Make sure cuz CWM formats the EXT partition to EXT 3.
Try Cronmod Int2ext+
I am sure
palito1980 said:
I am sure
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Just use the normal INT2EXT+ with the CWM made partition.
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palito1980 said:
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
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I heard that for every use of 500mb of external memory we need 100mb internal memory as it store some files every time we install a app...
SuperAce609 said:
That's really weird. It's not supposed to happen. Though I have had some issues like that, it's because you know some parts of the app stay in the internal memory of the phone, they have to be manually moved to the SD over time. Since it's a really small amount of storage that that part of the app takes, it really shouldn't be a problem. But since you have a lot of them installed, you're gonna have to manually move the apps to the SD.
Use Titanium Backup and batch move the heaviest apps you have to the SD and it'll work normally.
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Do I need to use swap for this to work? if so, can you recommend which size I use?
Thanks in advance
vikashhero said:
Do I need to use swap for this to work? if so, can you recommend which size I use?
Thanks in advance
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Swap and A2SD are two completely different and non related subjects.
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Swap and A2SD are two completely different and non related subjects.
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Sorry, I'm just having no luck getting the fixed IN2EXT4+ to work on an international galaxy ace. the script creates a file in the init.d folder, as opposed to the unfixed version, but it still doesn't mount or recognise the ext partition on the SD card. I've followed your guides very closely, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
after each attempt, i start from scratch (clean ROM install), and yet I keep failing ;/
I partition using CWM recovery 5, so does that create an ext4 partition or 3/lower?
Thanks for your time
vikashhero said:
Sorry, I'm just having no luck getting the fixed IN2EXT4+ to work on an international galaxy ace. the script creates a file in the init.d folder, as opposed to the unfixed version, but it still doesn't mount or recognise the ext partition on the SD card. I've followed your guides very closely, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
after each attempt, i start from scratch (clean ROM install), and yet I keep failing ;/
I partition using CWM recovery 5, so does that create an ext4 partition or 3/lower?
Thanks for your time
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Really. You really haven't noticed it. Look at the script you're flashing and the one on my guide.
SuperAce609 said:
Really. You really haven't noticed it. Look at the script you're flashing and the one on my guide.
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Ive used in2ext+, int2ext4+ and in2extv2+ with identical results. I know I must be annoying you, and I'm really sorry that I am, But I just can't see what I'm doing wrong here?
vikashhero said:
Ive used in2ext+, int2ext4+ and in2extv2+ with identical results. I know I must be annoying you, and I'm really sorry that I am, But I just can't see what I'm doing wrong here?
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What rom/phone are you using? You should have NO problems if you follow everything exactly the way it is.
SuperAce609 said:
What rom/phone are you using? You should have NO problems if you follow everything exactly the way it is.
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Old Droid CM 10.1 with an international Galaxy Ace
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104442
vikashhero said:
Old Droid CM 10.1 with an international Galaxy Ace
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104442
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I don't use JB so I can't help. Check their thread for details.
SuperAce609 said:
I don't use JB so I can't help. Check their thread for details.
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Will do. Sorry to be a bother.

[Q] free space disapeared

Hi,
On the first screens, i've no free space on the phone storage and i've about 3 or 4 apps that need just less than 1gb... What does mean the 4.31gb "other" ?
What can i do to fix that ?
As you can see, part of my application disapeared because of the way in the storage changed...
For example, when i take a picture it's located in storage/emulated/0/picture/screenshot and before it was simply picture/screenshot.
I tried to do a factory reset but nothing change after that...
Thanks in advance
alain21218 said:
Hi,
On the first screens, i've no free space on the phone storage and i've about 3 or 4 apps that need just less than 1gb... What does mean the 4.31gb "other" ?
What can i do to fix that ?
As you can see, part of my application disapeared because of the way in the storage changed...
For example, when i take a picture it's located in storage/emulated/0/picture/screenshot and before it was simply picture/screenshot.
I tried to do a factory reset but nothing change after that...
Thanks in advance
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It seems like you have just under 1GB of free space on phone storage.
I just went on HTC.com and here is the conversation about what Other is:
10:31:30 PM Customer Corey
Initial Question/Comment: When I go into Settings-Storage-Phone Storage-Other it says I am using 3.53GB. I would like to know what this Other stuff is.
10:32:10 PM System System
Federico P. has joined this session!
10:32:10 PM System System
Connected with Federico P.
10:32:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Hi Corey, how are you? I will assist you today.
10:32:24 PM Customer Corey
I am doing good. How are you?
10:33:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Under OTHER is stored all the system files, updates, cache, and information that the phone needs to work, it cannot be deleted unfortunately.
10:33:35 PM Customer Corey
Ok. Thank you very much that is all I needed to know.
It seems like there is nothing you can do to fix that.
Your applications disappeared because you moved them to the sdcard, but something else also happened or you just need to restart your phone so they will reappear. If you remove your sdcard after moving them to the sdcard, they can appear greyed out like that. There can also be a problem with your sdcard and that is why your apps appear like that and your pictures save on your phone.
Try to change your Primary storage by going into Settings-Storage-Primary storage and set it to Automatic switching. You may have to restart your phone.
I really think there is a problem with your sdcard, ranging from a minor problem all the way up to it is not working anymore.
blaqueknight said:
It seems like you have just under 1GB of free space on phone storage.
I just went on HTC.com and here is the conversation about what Other is:
10:31:30 PM Customer Corey
Initial Question/Comment: When I go into Settings-Storage-Phone Storage-Other it says I am using 3.53GB. I would like to know what this Other stuff is.
10:32:10 PM System System
Federico P. has joined this session!
10:32:10 PM System System
Connected with Federico P.
10:32:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Hi Corey, how are you? I will assist you today.
10:32:24 PM Customer Corey
I am doing good. How are you?
10:33:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Under OTHER is stored all the system files, updates, cache, and information that the phone needs to work, it cannot be deleted unfortunately.
10:33:35 PM Customer Corey
Ok. Thank you very much that is all I needed to know.
It seems like there is nothing you can do to fix that.
Your applications disappeared because you moved them to the sdcard, but something else also happened or you just need to restart your phone so they will reappear. If you remove your sdcard after moving them to the sdcard, they can appear greyed out like that. There can also be a problem with your sdcard and that is why your apps appear like that and your pictures save on your phone.
Try to change your Primary storage by going into Settings-Storage-Primary storage and set it to Automatic switching. You may have to restart your phone.
I really think there is a problem with your sdcard, ranging from a minor problem all the way up to it is not working anymore.
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First, thanks for your answer !
I know there were a part of "other" but this part was not more than about 2 gb before. I don't think the problem is my sd card cause the application i showed you on the screenshot are the only one i did not move ... For example, i had Hearthstone moved and it steel on my sd card.
The picrture was just an example, all my memory moved to emulated/0
And the same for settings/storage/primary is the same than ever
When i plugged my phone with usb to my computer, the internal storage were about 7.60 gb,... And look what i can see now
I can't download what i want with that...
All of that happen when i followed a tutorial to upgrade RAM with ROEHSOFT. I was needing to partition my EXTERNAL storage, what i did. I make a swap part about 3gb and the rest for the storage in fat32. After the partition, i had my 2 part but my internal storage change like what you see on these pictures. I think partition is now in my internal storage & that why the default internal storage way changed... But i have no idea to fix it... Can't use backup, can't part internal storage again, can't factory reset cause it has no effect after reboot...
alain21218 said:
First, thanks for your answer !
I know there were a part of "other" but this part was not more than about 2 gb before. I don't think the problem is my sd card cause the application i showed you on the screenshot are the only one i did not move ... For example, i had Hearthstone moved and it steel on my sd card.
The picrture was just an example, all my memory moved to emulated/0
And the same for settings/storage/primary is the same than ever
When i plugged my phone with usb to my computer, the internal storage were about 7.60 gb,... And look what i can see now
I can't download what i want with that...
All of that happen when i followed a tutorial to upgrade RAM with ROEHSOFT. I was needing to partition my EXTERNAL storage, what i did. I make a swap part about 3gb and the rest for the storage in fat32. After the partition, i had my 2 part but my internal storage change like what you see on these pictures. I think partition is now in my internal storage & that why the default internal storage way changed... But i have no idea to fix it... Can't use backup, can't part internal storage again, can't factory reset cause it has no effect after reboot...
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I think you should delete the apps that are showing that they were on your sdcard then try to reinstall them. They should be in Settings-Apps.
I just looked up the ROEHSOFT RAM Expander (SWAP) app. I have never heard of this app before, but it had this as a note:
Note: only FAT32 Drives can be used for Swap. When you are using a Partition then use fat32 format or swap otherwise it will not be visible in the Drivelist!
It may not be working right because you need to use a FAT32 partition for the SWAP/RAM. If needed you can use Aparted to format the sdcard then use ROEHSOFT again to create SWAP. I found this tutorial. Is this how you did it or something different?
blaqueknight said:
I think you should delete the apps that are showing that they were on your sdcard then try to reinstall them. They should be in Settings-Apps.
I just looked up the ROEHSOFT RAM Expander (SWAP) app. I have never heard of this app before, but it had this as a note:
Note: only FAT32 Drives can be used for Swap. When you are using a Partition then use fat32 format or swap otherwise it will not be visible in the Drivelist!
It may not be working right because you need to use a FAT32 partition for the SWAP/RAM. If needed you can use Aparted to format the sdcard then use ROEHSOFT again to create SWAP. I found this tutorial. Is this how you did it or something different?
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That's what i did but it cause the different default path in my internal storage.
Finally i flashed cwm and wipe all + factory reset. Now i have what i had before. I still have 4 gb use by android so i think i had this before... ? I did not find any rom for the 64 bits euro, are the cricket/boost/etc working on it ? Or maybe there some roms i did not found like cm11 or cm12 ?
alain21218 said:
That's what i did but it cause the different default path in my internal storage.
Finally i flashed cwm and wipe all + factory reset. Now i have what i had before. I still have 4 gb use by android so i think i had this before... ? I did not find any rom for the 64 bits euro, are the cricket/boost/etc working on it ? Or maybe there some roms i did not found like cm11 or cm12 ?
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Where did you get CWM from? Did you use this recovery? As far as I know, there is no ROM for 64-bit, you cannot use the Cricket/Boost/etc. Those are just for 32-bit. There is a kernel.
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Where did you get CWM from? Did you use this recovery? As far as I know, there is no ROM for 64-bit, you cannot use the Cricket/Boost/etc. Those are just for 32-bit. There is a kernel.
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ClockWorkMod is the only one i know how to use so i flashed this one
I saw somewhere that the stock rom was also in 32 bits so i'm gonna see no difference if i install cm11 32 bits, right ?
alain21218 said:
ClockWorkMod is the only one i know how to use so i flashed this one
I saw somewhere that the stock rom was also in 32 bits so i'm gonna see no difference if i install cm11 32 bits, right ?
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Oh, ok, I didn't know that CWM was available for the 64-bit version. Thanks for that info.
As far as I know our ROMs are KitKat based, which only supports 32-bit devices. It will be good when Lollipop hits our devices as it supports 64-bit devices, but I'm not so sure if the ROMs that were built for 32-bit devices will work for a 64-bit device. You would have to ask the respective developers of those ROMs. My guess is no.
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Oh, ok, I didn't know that CWM was available for the 64-bit version. Thanks for that info.
As far as I know our ROMs are KitKat based, which only supports 32-bit devices. It will be good when Lollipop hits our devices as it supports 64-bit devices, but I'm not so sure if the ROMs that were built for 32-bit devices will work for a 64-bit device. You would have to ask the respective developers of those ROMs. My guess is no.
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So, i will probably waiting for 5.0 ^^
Thanks for your help !

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