I am liking the Hero software and will diff be putting it on my Mytouch when some figures out how to root that phone.
1. I thought I would have more internal mem from the G1 after I did the part on the memory card in console? Hero running laggy and I thought the apps would run from my memory card ?
2. Bluetooth, notification lights not working when I recieve texts?
3. Laggy laggy lol it's awsome software
FenderGuy said:
I am liking the Hero software and will diff be putting it on my Mytouch when some figures out how to root that phone.
1. I thought I would have more internal mem from the G1 after I did the part on the memory card in console? Hero running laggy and I thought the apps would run from my memory card ?
2. Bluetooth, notification lights not working when I recieve texts?
3. Laggy laggy lol it's awsome software
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1. They should run from the SD if it is correctly set up. You should be running with a linux-swap partition also. JAC says to not use anything bigger than 32mb but I have mine at 128mb with swappiness at 60 and haven't seen a loading screen since first boot.
2. BT and LED are not working in any Hero build. JAC is getting closer to getting BT fixed, and I bet LED is next.
3. The lag should abate soon after adjusting you swap settings (The swappiness is set in the a2sd.sh file)
i did a fat32, ext2, and linux-swap part in the console
Please explain #3?
So you can abd pull the a2sd.sh and adjust the swappiness settings from there and push it back?
As for A2SD still using up space, I believe the phone needs to be restarted for apps to be moved to the ext partition.
How can I tell if the apps are running the sd card? I thought the JACHeroski 2.7.4 already had the swapper in it?
I have a 8gb sc card did this Fat32 6936 Ext2 7448 Linux-swap 7576
I did take the twitter and books marks widgets off the main screen seems to be quicker...I would like optimize my G1 so the rom runs smooth, so far i like the rom
FenderGuy said:
How can I tell if the apps are running the sd card? I thought the JACHeroski 2.7.4 already had the swapper in it?
I have a 8gb sc card did this Fat32 6936 Ext2 7448 Linux-swap 7576
I did take the twitter and books marks widgets off the main screen seems to be quicker...I would like optimize my G1 so the rom runs smooth, so far i like the rom
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If you don't have ADB, then type in the terminal:
$su
#cp /system/bin/a2sd /sdcard
Open the file in a text editor from your computer and change the echo 30 > swappiness value to whatever swapiness you want (Mine is 60 but I have a bigger swap partition. If you only have a 32mb partition I would leave it at 30, but I would recomnmend having 64mb and changing it to 60 swappiness)
then save to file back to the root of you sd card and type in terminal again:
$su
#mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
#cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin/a2sd
#reboot
and your swap settings are updated !
Cool thanks, I am actually going to take the 8Gb out and put in a 1gb, I am going to be selling the phone soon. Will the 1GB work for the apps to sd transfer?
FenderGuy said:
Cool thanks, I am actually going to take the 8Gb out and put in a 1gb, I am going to be selling the phone soon. Will the 1GB work for the apps to sd transfer?
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Yes and no. It will work, but very slowly. The stock 1gb card is very slow.
Having an issue with this process:
Open the file in a text editor from your computer and change the echo 30 > swappiness value to whatever swapiness you want (Mine is 60 but I have a bigger swap partition. If you only have a 32mb partition I would leave it at 30, but I would recomnmend having 64mb and changing it to 60 swappiness)
What file is it?
FenderGuy said:
Having an issue with this process:
Open the file in a text editor from your computer and change the echo 30 > swappiness value to whatever swapiness you want (Mine is 60 but I have a bigger swap partition. If you only have a 32mb partition I would leave it at 30, but I would recomnmend having 64mb and changing it to 60 swappiness)
What file is it?
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/system/bin/a2sd
as stated earlier, yo copy it to your sd card
Code:
su
cp /system/bin/a2sd /sdcard
Then edit the file and save it back to the card
Then use this command to push it back, then reboot.
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin/a2sd
reboot
Just make sure that after you've edited it and want to save you don't save it as a text file, which would add .txt
AdrianK said:
/system/bin/a2sd
as stated earlier, yo copy it to your sd card
Code:
su
cp /system/bin/a2sd /sdcard
Then edit the file and save it back to the card
Then use this command to push it back, then reboot.
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cp /sdcard/a2sd /system/bin/a2sd
reboot
Just make sure that after you've edited it and want to save you don't save it as a text file, which would add .txt
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Don't worry about running 2.7.4 until it's completely refined. I am running 2.7.3 with a 64 mg swap partition and it is SUPERFAST with 6 home screens being used, with widgets on them all:
Crappy video quality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxLZOhUA3R0
i've installed linuxdx 004 and i'm trying to use swap.
someone recomnded swapper2 and when i turn on the swaping and reboot, i go into the terminal and write 'free' it says it doesn't have swap memory.
do i need to make a special partition or something??
setting it
swap place /mnt/sdcard/swapfile.swp
swap size 128mb
swappiness 10
then turn it on.
wait until it successfully create the swap file.
if not success,on it again
you will see Turning swap off(file) ok
Dear Friends,
angelom said:
I tried now with a USB stick format ntfs
1) I inserted the file ntfs-3g for GS2 in /system/bin with the proper permissions
2) Reboot
3)Then I inserted the usb stick with the otg cable into the phone, so I typed from the terminal emulator:
su
insmod /lib/modules/fuse.ko
ntfs-3g /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/usb
And now the usb stick can be read and written
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AbyssNote Kernel developer " angelom " pointed us solution for read/write ntfs for formatted usb stick and i apply it for sdcard and both works flawlessly !!!! Thanks angelom...
Some Tests:
** After mounting sdcard as read/write ntfs, camera app also can be able to record photos and videos to ntfs...
** Watching movies over 4 gb size is not a problem anymore. 1080p Mkvs with no lag at all...
** Most of the 3rd Party apps recognize ntfs formatted sdcard like it is fat32...
** Stock Video Player dont see NTFS so i use BSPLAYER LITE ( best for mkv on note ) OR MX VIDEO PLAYER !!! ( U can use ES file explorer to play videos with stock video player )
** Stock app like gallery dont see the files in ntfs sdcard... Quickpic app also doesnt work with ntfs formatted sd card...
PERFECT VIEWER CAN DISPLAY IMAGES AVAILABLE FROM NTFS SDCARD.... ( THANKS BROTBUEXE)
** You can use free apps like MyMusicOn or MixZing Basic to play music files which are in ntfs formatted sdcard...
** We have to repeat steps 4 and 5 after every reboot. Gscript lite app helps here so much with its shortcuts...
** We have to repeat steps 4 and 5 after using usb mass storage mode...
** Ntfs formatted sdcard also is recognized by windows when Gnote is using usb mass storage mode...
** I am getting very low transfer speed for small files in windows when Gnote is using usb mass storage mode... for big files it is as fast as Fat32...
My config:
MySAM ed.1 Rom
Abyss V2.5 Kernel
32 gb class4 SDCard
How to: READ/WRITE NTFS
1- Flash Abyssnote Kernel - Latest Version : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362424
2- Format sdcard to ntfs in windows and plug it to phone.
3- Power on phone and GNote will recognize ntfs formatted sdcard as blank sd.
4- Download ntfs-3g.zip from attachment...
4- Extract zip and copy " ntfs-3g " to /system/bin/
5- Reboot
6- Install Terminal Emulator from market.
7- Enter these lines in terminal emulator. ( insmod commands are optional for abyssnote kernel since they are loaded automatically but for other kernels u have to use insmod commands )
a- To mount ntfs formatted sdcard
su
chmod 755 /system/bin/ntfs-3g
insmod /lib/modules/fuse.ko
ntfs-3g /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
vold
b- To mount ntfs formatted usb hdd or usb stick
su
chmod 755 /system/bin/ntfs-3g
insmod /lib/modules/fuse.ko
ntfs-3g /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/usb
vold
or create a newfolder named usb in internal sdcard
su
chmod 755 /system/bin/ntfs-3g
insmod /lib/modules/fuse.ko
ntfs-3g /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/sdcard/usb
vold
5- now goto settings-storage and select mount sdcard ( only for sdcard not usb stick )
6- now your ntfs formatted sdcard or usb memory stick should be recognized by system as read/write
7- After every reboot u have to repeat steps 4 and 5 !!!
8- To unmount usb hdd:
a- Run Terminal Emulator
b- Enter This line:
su
umount -l -f /mnt/usb
umount -l -f /mnt/sdcard/usb
c- now your usb hdd is unmounted.
d- You can safely remove it from otg cable.
** You can download "Gscript Lite" from market and create these scripts as shortcuts in your home screen so u dont have to enter line every time after reboot... ( Market - Free )
** Use "Autostart" app or "script manager" app to run script on boot... ( Market - Free )
** Use "elixir 2 widgets" app or " any cut " app to create a shortcut directly on home screen to settings-storage... ( Market - Free )
*** UPDATE 10-JAN-2012
I realized that after executing ntfs-3g , our ntfs formatted card is automatically mounted by the system even it says Blank SD in notification page... No need to go to settings-storage-mount sd card...
So if the blank sd message in noti. doesnt bother us, then no need to look for how to mount ntfs sd automatically... It is already mounted...
I use script manager to load the ntfs-3g script during boot and thats it... After boot i use my ntfs formatted card...
*** UPDATE 21-JAN-2012
While trying to get rid of blank sd noti, after running vold command, noti has gone, surprisingly...
No more " Blank SDCARD " or " Blank Usb Storage " in the notification bar.
Simply add " vold " command to end of script
...
After reboot "blank sd" noti will gone...
vold command remounts all storage.
Dont bother even settings-storage shows sdcard as unavailable since it is already mounted and recognized by the system...
Hope this helps,
THANKS GOES TO angelom, The_Steph, brotbuexe and to all who i forgot to mention....
Kind Regards,
ONLY AMIGA MAKES IT POSSIBLE !!!
Dear Friends,
Here is some info for read/write ntfs by fuse.ko module and ntfs-3g driver for GalaxyS2 but they failed to run in G-note when i try in terminal emulator...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15001824&postcount=23
I hope someone may recompile fuse.ko for G-Note so we can use ntfs as read/write ... I dont know whether kernels has to be patched for fuse.ko support or not...
********** OLD INFO for READONLY NTFS as REFERANCE - OUTDATED !!!
I have managed to read ntfs for both ex.sdcard ( tested ) and usb otg devices ( not tested )... Needs ROOT ! Ntfs Read Only !
I wish some devs recompile ntfs.ko module as read/write so we can use all time ntfs formatted ex.sdcards...
Sdcard method is tested by me and i have watched 10 gb " last samurai " 1080P mkv movie with mx player flawlessly...
I dont have a usb otg cable so i couldnt test usb hdd or usb stick but i guess they will work, too. ( your feedback is needed here )
All Info is collected from xda forums. Combined and tested by me for G-Note...
My config:
MySAM ed.1 Rom
Abyss V2.5 Kernel
32 gb SDCard
How to: READONLY NTFS
1- Format sdcard to ntfs in windows and plug it to phone.
2- Power on phone and GNote will recognize ntfs formatted sdcard as blank sd.
3- Install Terminal Emulator from market.
4- Enter these lines in terminal emulator.
a- To mount ntfs formatted sdcard
su
insmod /lib/modules/ntfs.ko
mount -o umask=000 -t ntfs /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
b- To mount ntfs formatted usb hdd or usb stick
su
insmod /lib/modules/ntfs.ko
mount -o umask=000 -t ntfs /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/usb
5- now goto settings-storage and select mount sdcard
6- now your ntfs formatted sdcard should be recognized by system as external_sd but READONLY. You can play full size mkv movies...
To unmount usb hdd:
1- Run Terminal Emulator
2- Enter This line:
su
umount -l -f /mnt/usb
3- now your usb hdd is unmounted.
4- You can safely remove it from otg cable.
** You can download "Gscript Lite" from market and create these scripts as shortcuts in your home screen...
Kind Regards,
PROTOCHIP,
I carefully read your posts but I don't understand where ntfs.ko comes from. I used MySam Ed and AbyssNote kernel (I am on KL7 now) and I did not manage to understand where that ntfs.ko modules is. I saw your posts with angelom on AbyssNote thread but the question still remains.
Can you explain where it is from and if, for instance I could use it with another kernels ?
As I have ordered a 64 micro SDXC card for my toy, I really expect to be able to see films in HD with being bothered by file size. And if it is possible to have a read/write access to the card, it would be really amazing.
Thanks in advance for the upcoming info on the subject.
Dear The_Steph,
Actually i dont know where the file comes from but after flashing MySAM rom to phone, ntfs.ko is located in /lib/modules/ ... In case it is needed, i have enclosed the file here ... You can copy it to /lib/modules/ and try with other kernels... I tested it by Abyss but for ChainFire kernel and FM Kernel, i didnt test it...
My sdcard is class4 32 gb and watching Last Samurai as 1080p mkv from ntfs formatted sdcard is amazing... The mkv file is around 10.2 gb...
For ntfs read/write ; there is another module called fuse.ko and driver called ntfs-3g but as far as i know these modules have to be recompiled for our kernels...
Hope this helps,
Kind Regards,
PROTOCHIP,
It is not in stock KL7 ROM and does not seems to be in MySam too. I read the post you linked. I understand now a bit more.
As I am planning to move to XtraLiteRom from Cassie today, I will try to do some tests tomorrow using the ntfs.ko and above 4GB files. I'll reports afterwards.
As you stated, maybe read/write library can be recompiled for the SGN.
It it is possible it would be awesome. Hopefully, a master in modules compilation will see this thread
Edit: I hope I helped a bit posting reference to this thread in RiverSource kernel thread.
Really looking forward to development on this matter.
I tried now with a USB stick format ntfs
1) I inserted the file ntfs-3g for GS2 in /system/bin with the proper permissions
2) Reboot
3)Then I inserted the usb stick with the otg cable into the phone, so I typed from the terminal emulator:
su
insmod /lib/modules/fuse.ko
ntfs-3g /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/usb
And now the usb stick can be read and written
angelom said:
I tried now with a USB stick format ntfs
1) I inserted the file ntfs-3g for GS2 in /system/bin with the proper permissions
2) Reboot
3)Then I inserted the usb stick with the otg cable into the phone, so I typed from the terminal emulator:
su
insmod /lib/modules/fuse.ko
ntfs-3g /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/usb
And now the usb stick can be read and written
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Dear angelom,
Thats great... Gonna try it again... Thanks...
EDIT : It is working... THANKS... GUIDE AND TOPIC UPDATED !!!
Kind regards,
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
As planned, I did some tests this morning with my Cassie's XtraLiteROM v5 (stock KL7 kernel) as I have a spare 16GB micro SDHC card.
I formatted my card in NTFS and put it in the slot. Rebooted my SGN and got the message as my SD Card is empty. So i plugged my SGN to my PC to see what was wrong with libraires.
First point, as I use Multimount SDCard, my internal memory and external SD card are automatically mounted when my SGN is connected via USB. Which make me realised that even if librairies were not working, the NTFS formatted card can be read/written by Windows even if the SGN is not able to read it.
Once that seen, I tried to do your step by step tutorial (which was not working because I initially forgot fuse.ko in /lib/modules) and got the following error message:
insmod: init_module '/lib/modules/fuse.ko' failed (Exec format error).
So I created a /sdcard/ntfs-3g/ folder and put fuse.ko in it as I saw on another thread but it did not work. I rebooted my SGN and found that what was working the first time (automatic mount of SD cards) did not work anymore. Strange.
Looking for clues on Google, it seems that fuse.ko needs to be compiled for the kernel magic number to properly start (CL823206 for XXKL7). So, two cases: we are lucky that the kernel magic number was the same as angelom base (what a luck), or angelom compiled the fuse.ko for his kernel magic number (likely).
So my question is now, did angelom compiled the fuse.ko file for his kernel?
Next steps for me are to move my KL7 kernel to angelom's and to automate the SDCard mounting process (I'm pretty sure a script in init.d could do the trick).
Dear The_Steph,
Pls Follow the steps in the updated first post and the right files are also enclosed in the post. I guess u have to flash Abyss kernel... My Sdcard is now ntfs and even the camera app can read and write to it... Just woow... Now Watching 1080p Avatar movie... show off time !!!
Kind Regards,
Other than the ability to use bigger size files, is there any advantage of using ntfs ?
THere are the new 64gb cards . was wondering if there would be any benefit in using them in ntfs
drgopoos said:
Other than the ability to use bigger size files, is there any advantage of using ntfs ?
THere are the new 64gb cards . was wondering if there would be any benefit in using them in ntfs
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Dear drgopoos,
Main purpose is to be able to use larger files than 4 gb, other then i didnt realize any speed improvements regarding to my short time tests... Forum User " The_Steph " got a new 64 gb SDXC card and he is starting to test it with ntfs i guess... He will kindly report back soon...
Kind Regards,
My 64 card has been ordered at Amazon and it is planned to be delivered to my house the 4th of January.
As the SGN does have a big enough internal memory to store all daily files such as applications, pictures and data, my only aim using this modules is to be able to store HD movies on it (always bigger than 4GB) as I mainly use my SGN as an HD PMP during my daily commuting. I don't really care about the rest since as I said eearlier, it cans be hosted in the internal memory.
I am currently doing some tests with an old 16GB SD Card before my big jump to the 64GB world
I have now tests to do with AbyssNote 2.5 kernel then
An aditional question, is you fuse.ko removed from /lib/modules each time you restart your SGN?
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An aditional question, is you fuse.ko removed from /lib/modules each time you restart your SGN?
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Dear The_Steph,
No, It is always in /lib/modules... I have several times restarted my Gnote and never copied fuse.ko... Weird...
Kind Regards,
PROTOCHIP,
I think this then because of angelom that kindly added fuse.ko and ntfs.ko in the /lib/modules
Moved to angelom's AbyssNote 2.6 kernel and did your step by step procedure. Everything is now working perfectly
Next point is now how to automate it to automatically mount the card at Android startup and unmount it when shutting it down.
Dear The_Steph,
Yeah these files must be related with the kernel itself... By the way, is abyss v2.6 released? I cant find it...
Kind Regards,
PROTOCHIP,
Did not look for AbyssNote 2.6 yet as I was working on automation.
BTW, I succeded in automation of launching script with autostart https://market.android.com/details?id=nk.bla.android.autostart.
Last point to do is finding the settings > mount SD card script line to finalise a complete NTFS formatted card mount script at start
Once done, I will create a CWM flashable file to ease the process.
I have voted this thread 5-star that it deserves. CHEERS.
Here's my experience so far using stock KL7 deodexed ROM with Abyss kernel 2.5:
0. Firstly, I have a 32GB MicroSD card and I have successfully copied a 10gig 1080p MKV video file to it and played it without any issues on my Note thanks to this thread. THANK YOU heaps.
1. Using 'Script Manager' app, I can auto-run the script at bootup. But I still need to manually go to settings - storage and mount SD for it to be actually mounted. Is there a command to do this also at boot up via the same script? or is there no other way to mount it?
2. I noticed that all the video files in the \sdcard\external_sd are not seen by the media scanner. So the videos do not show up in Videos app and my favorite video player which is Act 1 Video player. (it just goes by the media scanner indexing and has no option to specify folders manually) Is there a way around this? or is this a limitation that is unavoidable?
3. I have no issues with connecting it as mass storage to my PC using USB cable and can copy files without any issues or speed loss to my MicroSD card. Awesome. (I get 11MB/sec consistent write to my Lexar 32GB class 10 card)
Anyways, overall, I'm super duper happy. =)
But yeah, solutions for #1 and #2 would make it perfect.
Dear jakiman,
Thanks for the feedback...
1- We are all looking for a solution to mount automatically... At least in new abyss kernel V2.6, fuse.ko will be automatically loaded during startup so there will be no need to use it in scripts i guess...
Use Autostart app or script manager to run script on boot...
Use elixir 2 widgets app to create a shortcut directly to settings-storage...
2- Stock apps has problems recognizing ntfs files... We have to use 3rd party alternatives...
For videos i use mxplayer and bsplayer.. Bsplayer is much more smooth that make me shocked...
For photos neither stock nor 3rd party apps i tried could read ntfs files... So viewing photos from ntfs is still problem... i select the file with es file explorer and then choose gallery to show photo file from ntfs.... I copied all photo files to internal memory for a temporary solution...
3- My card is 32 gb class4 and that may be the problem for copying small files... For big files like movies i get 7 mb/s transfer rate with usb mass storage mode on windows7...
Kind Regards,
Sent from my GT-N7000
Hi all,
i hope i'm right here with my question .
it try do get "Swap" on my phone but it doesn't work.
I have root rights, busybox, cwm , and cm including the werewolf kernel.
I've partitioned my micro sd into 3 partitions.
1. fat32, primary => for my stuff like music etc.
2. ext3, primary => for outsourcing over link2sd and mountfolder
3. linux swap, primary => my "swap" file
if i enter in the terminal emulator:
su
fdisk -l dev/block/mmcblk1
swapon /dev/block/mmcblk1p3
he shows:
swapon: /dev/block/mmcblk1p3: Function not implemented
I tried the way over the app "swapper2" but same result.
I think this could be a swap support problem of the kernel. Does anyone know which kernel (for lg optimus 4x hd) supports swap.
Or have anyone other ideas, how to reach my target?
Kind regards
Daniel