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[Q] SD Card Questions

Hi! And yes I did use search function but all result didn't really help me out.
I just bought this phone and I will replace mine HTC HD2, which I already miss. Oh well this LG seems to be a good phone but I have notice like many people about SD Card problem.
When you check settings and storage info you see that phone have partitioned in to two partition. One for I don't know Intern Memory? And second one seems to be for saving apps/games.
I now have a SD Card 16gb that I mount in and when I use USB connection I get 2 storage to play with, one is around 5gb I think that is phone intern memory?
And second is 14gb that should be external sd card?
I have install several games and apps but I really want them to be on external 16gb and not intern 5gb, I tried Apps2SD but it only move to phone 5gb storage instead of 16gb external. And I don't want to use CM7, I just want to use original firmware until they release 2.3.
Are there any solution for this?
I don't even get to choose where to install games/apps, they just install on phone and than I try to move with Apps2SD but it only go in to phone's memory.
//Cheers

May I ask why you want to do this?
The way this phone mounts your storage cards, you can only use the external card for storage. movies, music and such things, while the internal is used for applications.
the internal card is mounted at /mnt/sdcard, while the external card is mounted in /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD. that way you access your external through your internal, and applications will see it as one card. Problem is, most applications don't use _ExternalSD explicitly, they all use the sdcard root directory and take it from there.
For most users this way is the preferred. They save music and such things on external and that way keep the internal from clogging up. 5,5GB for application data is more than enough for most of us.
This phone has a large data partition (1,4GB) where ALL applications are installed (this is android default, and probably nothing to do about). This partition will hold thousands of applications.
But if you would like to switch, it is possible by editing a system file. This will require you to install clockworkmod, preferably a version with adb support.
This may void your warranty, and there is always a slight possibility of bricking the device when working with system files. And I can not guarantee it will work.
I will tell you exactly what to do if you choose to try.

The reason why I want to do this is because I want as much storage as possible, sure 5.5gb might be enough but game like Spectral Souls just took around 1gb data to download. I mean it's kinda stupid not to use SD Card as storage for application also. That's why I kinda miss my old HTC HD2, I could move apps/games to my SD Card without using intern storage.
If there's the only way to install a custom rom I think I will pass.
I like to use it the firmware it come with, using Launcher PRO Plus atm and I love it. Fast and smooth. Oh well.... This is kinda annoying not to be able to use full out of SD Card. But thanks for the info.
Stikkontakt said:
May I ask why you want to do this?
The way this phone mounts your storage cards, you can only use the external card for storage. movies, music and such things, while the internal is used for applications.
the internal card is mounted at /mnt/sdcard, while the external card is mounted in /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD. that way you access your external through your internal, and applications will see it as one card. Problem is, most applications don't use _ExternalSD explicitly, they all use the sdcard root directory and take it from there.
For most users this way is the preferred. They save music and such things on external and that way keep the internal from clogging up. 5,5GB for application data is more than enough for most of us.
This phone has a large data partition (1,4GB) where ALL applications are installed (this is android default, and probably nothing to do about). This partition will hold thousands of applications.
But if you would like to switch, it is possible by editing a system file. This will require you to install clockworkmod, preferably a version with adb support.
This may void your warranty, and there is always a slight possibility of bricking the device when working with system files. And I can not guarantee it will work.
I will tell you exactly what to do if you choose to try.
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You don't need a custom rom, but you need clockworkmod recovery to update the system file needed to change the mounts.
But I still don't see the reason why you need this.. your card is probably also waaay slower than the internal memory

anyways, here's the steps.
create a folder called _ExternalSD in your external SD card
install clockworkmod recovery, download a version supporting adb here on the forum
connect your phone to your computer via usb and make sure drivers are installed.
download ADB: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27197205/ADB.rar
extract archive, open command prompt on that folder
reboot into recovery by holding vol down and power until the second lg logo appears, then release both
go to mounts and storage in CWM and mount /system
run pull.bat from command prompt. you should get confirmation that one file was transferred
in the files folder inside ADB folder there is a file called vold.fstab. make a copy for backup. Open it in a text editor
i don't have the original vold.fstab available, so not sure exactly what it says, but there are two lines on the bottom.
They probably says (not necessarily in this order)
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto (and something more here)
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto (and something more here)
switch this part, leaving everything from auto where it is.
save file and run push.bat from command prompt, you should get a confirmation that file is transferred.
reboot and check if everything is OK. This should work, but if you or some reason get memory card errors after boot, restore the original vold.fstab and I'll look into it.

Hmm I get stuck on part where I run ADB on PC and use pull, it doesn't give me any file in files folder.
On command Promp:
C:\ADB>adb pull /system/etc/vold.fstab /files
*daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
111 KB/s <682 bytes in 0.006s>
That's what I get, but no file in files folder.
Stikkontakt said:
anyways, here's the steps.
create a folder called _ExternalSD in your external SD card
install clockworkmod recovery, download a version supporting adb here on the forum
connect your phone to your computer via usb and make sure drivers are installed.
download ADB: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27197205/ADB.rar
extract archive, open command prompt on that folder
reboot into recovery by holding vol down and power until the second lg logo appears, then release both
go to mounts and storage in CWM and mount /system
run pull.bat from command prompt. you should get confirmation that one file was transferred
in the files folder inside ADB folder there is a file called vold.fstab. make a copy for backup. Open it in a text editor
i don't have the original vold.fstab available, so not sure exactly what it says, but there are two lines on the bottom.
They probably says (not necessarily in this order)
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto (and something more here)
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto (and something more here)
switch this part, leaving everything from auto where it is.
save file and run push.bat from command prompt, you should get a confirmation that file is transferred.
reboot and check if everything is OK. This should work, but if you or some reason get memory card errors after boot, restore the original vold.fstab and I'll look into it.
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I see I did something wrong in the pull.bat file
it should say
adb pull /system/etc/vold.fstab files

Hmm.... What should I do now? I mean what should I type in command prompt? just pull? or more command? to get vold file.
Should I re-download your ADB? XD
EDIT: Hm I reboot phone both intern memory and extern memory doesnt show up.
Stikkontakt said:
I see I did something wrong in the pull.bat file
it should say
adb pull /system/etc/vold.fstab files
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just type
adb pull /system/etc/vold.fstab files

EDIT: Hm I reboot phone both intern memory and extern memory doesnt show up.
Aaah I got file now:
## Vold 2.0 NVIDIA Whistler fstab
#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...>
## label - Label for the volume
## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted
## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
######################
## 20100725, [email protected], Add 2nd external memory
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
It's those up lines there dev_ right?
Stikkontakt said:
just type
adb pull /system/etc/vold.fstab files
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Try:
## 20100725, [email protected], Add 2nd external memory
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2

or if that fails
## 20100725, [email protected], Add 2nd external memory
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0

Stikkontakt said:
or if that fails
## 20100725, [email protected], Add 2nd external memory
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
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I tried this one, so I just run push, how do I know if it have upload to phone?

you should get a confirmation if you ran it from a command prompt.

Stikkontakt said:
you should get a confirmation if you ran it from a command prompt.
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I did on second and when I boot in to phone, both memory extern and intern got no recognize both dont show up. Im gonna try first one you post now.
when I type push it say:
55 KB/s <679 bytes in 0.012s>
Is this confirmation?
EDIT: Both don't work. My Intern and external doesn't show in phone. Did I do something wrong?

that means something transferred, so yes, it's kind of a confirmation..

Stikkontakt said:
that means something transferred, so yes, it's kind of a confirmation..
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Both don't work. My Intern and external doesn't show in phone. Did I do something wrong?

Probably not. I have CM7 installed, so I'm not able to test myself. Therefore hard to get it right
Try this:
Code:
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2

Stikkontakt said:
Probably not. I have CM7 installed, so I'm not able to test myself. Therefore hard to get it right
Try this:
Code:
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
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Doesn't work but I have a question, maybe I did wrong. Should it say like this?
## 20100725, [email protected], Add 2nd external memory
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
or
## 20100725, [email protected], Add 2nd external memory
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
dev_mount extsdcard /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc0
I mean should I replace what you give me? or add them 2 more extra line?

you should only have two dev_mount lines after ## 20100725, [email protected], Add 2nd external memory
just like your original file..

[Q] vold.fstab appending an extra /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2(?)/mmc_host/mmc2

In short,
what should vold.fstab look like to link /sdcard/external_sd to the 2nd partition on the EMMC external sdcard? (/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 is a bad idea)
Background and why you might want to do this:
3 data partitions, how best to arrange? (/mnt/emmc /mnt/sdcard & 2nd emmc partition)
My internal memory has shrunk down from 8gb to about 4gb, which is annoying but natural for flash storage.
This is no longer enough space for apps such as Sygic to store it's maps in.
Sygic looks in /mnt/sdcard & /mnt/sdcard/external_sd. These older apps are always going to be a problem so I'm looking to make /mnt/sdcard/external_sd available somehow. But which way is best?
I have 2 partitions on the EMMC sdcard and the internal SDcard is just fat32:
Internal SD = ~4gb, /mnt/sdcard
External SD partition 1 = fat32, ~10gb, /mnt/emmc
External SD partition 2 = ext3, ~5gb, currently used by link2sd in /mnt/sec I think
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/mnt/sdcard/external_sd is unused.
I would prefer to do:
Code:
ln -s /mnt/sec/external_sd_emulated /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
...but presumably because the /mnt/sdcard is only fat32 I have permission denied. I was hoping this would work since the source for the link is ext3 even if the destination is fat32.
I could edit fstab to change that but I'd rather not if possible because that's a bit too non standard for me. If I did though... what would that be?
I guess it would be adding to vold.fstab:
Code:
dev_mount emmc /mnt/sdcard/external_sd auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.[B]3[/B]/mmc_host/mmc[B]2[/B]
^ but should it be a 3 or a 1 at this line? fstab -l with no output and nothing in /devices makes it hard to figure out
I would normally experiment but in this case I don't want to get it wrong. How do I find out what /mnt/asec is mounted to because df isn't showing it
Just to show I have searched, a related thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941443
&
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524831
Also a note to anyone reading this; obviously backup your vold.fstab file... but also put it somewhere that you can access easily via adb and CWM recovery if it doesn't work. I guess mounting /dev/block/mmc... might work but that would then fail if the sdcard isn't present... which would be I guess when USB mass storage mode is turned on.
Some documentation on /devices on Android would be good:
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/vold-fstab-modding-need-help.15576/

Same problem.
I used Galaxy S 8GB and found that it's too less space for install many game.
So I buy micro sdhc 32 GB.
I added it in vold.fstab too but it seem like does not work.
Now I used workaround by run command.
mount -o /mnt/sdcard/Android /mnt/emmc/Android/
But it's not convenient to use because if you want to plug computer via USB you must umount first unless it might have problem when mount.
So If you can find solution to add it automount external sd (micro sdcard ) at startup same as internal sd feature please guide me.
Thanks

frankind said:
I used Galaxy S 8GB and found that it's too less space for install many game.
So I buy micro sdhc 32 GB.
I added it in vold.fstab too but it seem like does not work.
Now I used workaround by run command.
mount -o /mnt/sdcard/Android /mnt/emmc/Android/
But it's not convenient to use because if you want to plug computer via USB you must umount first unless it might have problem when mount.
So If you can find solution to add it automount external sd (micro sdcard ) at startup same as internal sd feature please guide me.
Thanks
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you're gonna need an entry to whatever the sdcard is but from /devices so it ejects properly. the thing is I I'm not 100% the syntax in my first post is correct.... the only way is to try it unless we can find a command that is equivalent to fdisk -l on linux?

An app called directorybind can do this bit running an app all the time isn't ideal and it crashes for me from time to time

[Q] SDCard / External SDCard

Really funny that the internal storage of the Note is called SDCard.
It´s definitly not an SDCard, it´s a chip. The only SDCard in a phone is always an external. Is there any possibility to change this stupid name (whatever you want:
harddisc, storage or just a letter like C:, everybody would understand)?
Thanks in advance

Are you on CM9-based ROM or Stock? Is this issue on both.

sam.wilder said:
Are you on CM9-based ROM or Stock? Is this issue on both.
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You might be able to change the name by editing the file ect/vold.fstab in the system folder. You should read the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1454753

I´m using ICS TheMidTeam 1.61 with Kernel LQ3.
Thanks for the tip changing the two storages. I´ve read it already.
My question was only if it´s possible to change the stupid name of the internal storage ´cause my GS Note (and I think all Note users all over the world)
has an internal storage. The SDcard is always external. Just SDcard or external would be enough, double name is not necessary.
No other producer for example Motorola or HTC is using such a stupid name.
That´s why i´m asking if it´s possible only to change the name of the internal
storage.
Perhaps somebody has an idea.
Thanks in advance.

This is the standard for all Android devices the first storage that is mountable is always mounted to sdcard so that apps that require space to save files to can be sure there is somewhere to save it to.
Trust me its a very good reason to have it this way. Its been like this from the start as devices did used to only have external sdcards so to save every app dev changing there app it was just kept as the sdcard mount point
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Does anyone have the mount points of the internal memory and external SD swapped ?
When I installed the aokp from external SD this happened. With paranoid android I took care of install from the internal memory.
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bitFault said:
Does anyone have the mount points of the internal memory and external SD swapped ?
When I installed the aokp from external SD this happened. With paranoid android I took care of install from the internal memory.
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The followings give the internal memory to be the sd card and the external sd card to be mnt/emmc
# internal sdcard
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard 11 /devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 encryptable_nonremovable
# external sdcard
dev_mount emmc /mnt/emmc auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
The followings give the external sd card to be the sd card and the internal memory to be mnt/emmc
# internal sdcard
dev_mount emmc /mnt/emmc 11 /devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 nonremovable,encryptable
# external sdcard
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
Remember this is only for ro ms like liquid, paranoid, or cm9. For other ICS or GB rom the mount points will be different.

I'm curious how do I mount the sdcard as external_sd by some configuration. Now i'm using ics sd binder.
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bitFault said:
I'm curious how do I mount the sdcard as external_sd by some configuration. Now i'm using ics sd binder.
Sent from my GT-N7000 (paranoidandroid v0.3) using xda
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You should read the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1454753
This thread also provide the appropriate vold.fstab file for ICS rom if you want to mount the external sd card as the internal sd card. I use the file for both Rocket Rom and Kingdroid rom without problem.

It must have something more
Because in the file vold.fstab the internal memory is as /mnt/emmc and the external is as /mnt/sdcard. But they have the mount ponta swapped.:what:
"
# internal sdcard
dev_mount emmc /mnt/emmc 11 /devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 nonremovable,encryptable
# external sdcard
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
"
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Sorry, it's mount points.
I reinstalled the ics sd binder. And maybe it's only swapped descriptions. Can someone confirm this?

Sd card is also a chip. It's just that the other is internal and the other is external.
Zapped through server hops to XDA forums

I think what zacthespack said is the half of the truth.
My Motorola Milestone with Gingerbread is showing with root explorer the internal storage. There is one folder named "SDcard" and what´s behind: exactly how it should be: the EXTERNAL storage.
A SDcard is by definition a movable chip with a little bit of plastic around.
The internal storage never can be a SDcard because you cannot remove it of the device without damaging ist.
Since nearly 30 years I´m working with a PC. It´s soooooo!!! simple: in C:\ you find the system. If you have well programmed software you have the choice to install it where you want (d:\ for example), bad programmed software goes directly to C:\programs\???. Well done software offers you usually the possibility to put your data whereever you want.
Android stores the apps on the internal storage. With App2SD you can move them to the reel SDcard (external storage), with ICS they are moved to the root directory of the internal storage. Perhaps App2SD moves the apps there because of the stupid name SDcard for the internal storage.
Well done apps like Office Suite Pro giving you the choice to put your data wherever you want.-
I don´t want to change internal to externel (maybe also a matter of speed).
I ONLY want to change the WRONG name SDcard for internal storage to one which makes sense.
Sometimes I think there are engeneers tryin´to invent the wheel again by changing the round form to a triangle.

Poly0709 said:
I´m using ICS TheMidTeam 1.61 with Kernel LQ3.
Thanks for the tip changing the two storages. I´ve read it already.
My question was only if it´s possible to change the stupid name of the internal storage ´cause my GS Note (and I think all Note users all over the world)
has an internal storage. The SDcard is always external. Just SDcard or external would be enough, double name is not necessary.
No other producer for example Motorola or HTC is using such a stupid name.
That´s why i´m asking if it´s possible only to change the name of the internal
storage.
Perhaps somebody has an idea.
Thanks in advance.
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HAHA. I've noticed this since the day I bought my Note. Haven't done anything about it ever since. Share your solution when you find one, okay? Thanks!

Poly0709 said:
I think what zacthespack said is the half of the truth.
My Motorola Milestone with Gingerbread is showing with root explorer the internal storage. There is one folder named "SDcard" and what´s behind: exactly how it should be: the EXTERNAL storage.
A SDcard is by definition a movable chip with a little bit of plastic around.
The internal storage never can be a SDcard because you cannot remove it of the device without damaging ist.
Since nearly 30 years I´m working with a PC. It´s soooooo!!! simple: in C:\ you find the system. If you have well programmed software you have the choice to install it where you want (d:\ for example), bad programmed software goes directly to C:\programs\???. Well done software offers you usually the possibility to put your data whereever you want.
Android stores the apps on the internal storage. With App2SD you can move them to the reel SDcard (external storage), with ICS they are moved to the root directory of the internal storage. Perhaps App2SD moves the apps there because of the stupid name SDcard for the internal storage.
Well done apps like Office Suite Pro giving you the choice to put your data wherever you want.-
I don´t want to change internal to externel (maybe also a matter of speed).
I ONLY want to change the WRONG name SDcard for internal storage to one which makes sense.
Sometimes I think there are engeneers tryin´to invent the wheel again by changing the round form to a triangle.
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Would like to point out that the milestone doesn't haven't any internal useable storage it only has the sdcard other than what's used by the system which is completely different . This is my point the first mountable storage is called sdcard to save apps the trouble of asking the user.
And as android is based from Linux it would not use the drive lettering like windows.
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Hi zacthespack,
I didn´t opened this thread for talking about the milestone which I have since 2,5 years. Also I´m not talking about its 512mb internal space, which is of course not complete usable (I have 142mb left and this space is ubable!).
I know since years that Android is based on Linux, you don´t have to tell me.
My simple question was: Is it possible to give the internal space another name?
SDcard is definitly wrong!!
If this name is a convention it will be difficult to change it.
If somebody is able to change it the internal storage should be named in future
perhaps "zacthespack".
thanks

bitFault said:
It must have something more
Because in the file vold.fstab the internal memory is as /mnt/emmc and the external is as /mnt/sdcard. But they have the mount ponta swapped.:what:
"
# internal sdcard
dev_mount emmc /mnt/emmc 11 /devices/platform/dw_mmc/mmc_host/mmc0/mmc0 nonremovable,encryptable
# external sdcard
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/platform/s3c-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
"
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Sorry, it's mount points.
I reinstalled the ics sd binder. And maybe it's only swapped descriptions. Can someone confirm this?
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This is only for rom like liquid, cm9, or paranoid. For regular ICS rom you need to download the vold.fstab from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1454753

Poly0709 said:
Hi zacthespack,
I didn´t opened this thread for talking about the milestone which I have since 2,5 years. Also I´m not talking about its 512mb internal space, which is of course not complete usable (I have 142mb left and this space is ubable!).
I know since years that Android is based on Linux, you don´t have to tell me.
My simple question was: Is it possible to give the internal space another name?
SDcard is definitly wrong!!
If this name is a convention it will be difficult to change it.
If somebody is able to change it the internal storage should be named in future
perhaps "zacthespack".
thanks
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Its likely possible to do but I have said it will cause issues with apps if there is no sdcard mount point and as you don't need to have a external sdcard then the internel memory must be mounted to /sdcard
Is it really that big a issue? Yes really android should have changed this by now but its already far to much a issue with the fact the external SD gets mounted where ever the phone company wants it to be.
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[Q] Swap SD Card and Internal Storage on Xperia V?

Hello all, I've been searching for a solution to swap sdcard and internal storage which means real sdcard will mount as /sdcard0 and internal storage will mount as /sdcard1
The point in doing this is because the internal storage is too small, while many of us will play heavy games such as gameloft's game, nfs, etc. and the data will be stored in /sdcard0/android/ . We won't have enough space, so we will mount real sdcard as /sdcard0 so we won't have anymore problem with storage :fingers-crossed:
This is what I've done but I'm just on a halfway done, I need your help!
Here's the original lines in vold.fstab in /system/etc/
dev_mount ext_card /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount usbdisk /storage/usbdisk auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host
fuse_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard0 179 15 /mnt/int_storage
Here's what I tried to change:
dev_mount ext_card /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount usbdisk /storage/usbdisk auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host
dev_mount int_storage /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmc_host/mmc0
or
dev_mount ext_card /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount usbdisk /storage/usbdisk auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host
dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmc_host/mmc0
or
dev_mount ext_card /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount usbdisk /storage/usbdisk auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host
fuse_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 179 15 /mnt/int_storage
or
dev_mount ext_card /storage/sdcard0 auto /devices/platform/msm_sdcc.3/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount usbdisk /storage/usbdisk auto /devices/platform/msm_hsusb_host
fuse_mount int_storage /storage/sdcard1 179 15 /mnt/int_storage
What I've achieved is the real sdcard has mounted as sdcard0 and showed as internal storage when we connect with USB. Yay! :fingers-crossed: We've done what we meant to do ... But the internal storage doesn't mount as sdcard1 . My sdcard is 32gb class 10 so I have nothing to worry about. But I just wondered if there's anyway to fix this problem Plz any dev look for this problem, I think many people want this too as xperia V has a very low internal memory (about 4GB in fact, 2gb has been shared with device memory and more than 1gb is system partition).
I've searched alot, many devices get it worked just by swap the number of sdcard0 and sdcard1 like I did in the 3rd case. But in xperia V, I can't get it totally working.
If you want to try this, make sure you have backed up your rom with CWM. I'm not responsible if you get bootloop / stuck at boot when try to modify this.
Here's the dev_mount arguments , I can't find fuse_mount arguments .
#######################
## Regular device mount
##
## Format: dev_mount <label> <mount_point> <part> <sysfs_path1...>
## label - Label for the volume
## mount_point - Where the volume will be mounted
## part - Partition # (1 based), or 'auto' for first usable partition.
## <sysfs_path> - List of sysfs paths to source devices
######################

finally, someone decided to makes this kind of thread
i read that on XAS thread, thats to switch sdcard line to ext_card and vice versa on vold.fstab file. tried, and no success.
its bcoz the line at vold.fstab is abit different from XAS.
yes, i sent from my phone using Xda Premium, so what?
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andrasandhi said:
finally, someone decided to makes this kind of thread
i read that on XAS thread, thats to switch sdcard line to ext_card and vice versa on vold.fstab file. tried, and no success.
its bcoz the line at vold.fstab is abit different from XAS.
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Yeah, every device has it's own kind of code and sysfs, I think the first line is right. But I don't know what to do with line 3 cuz it's not using device mount but use fuse mount . I try to add dev_mount but no use ...

blackcat510 said:
Yeah, every device has it's own kind of code and sysfs, I think the first line is right. But I don't know what to do with line 3 cuz it's not using device mount but use fuse mount . I try to add dev_mount but no use ...
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haha
that fuse line make V different :sly:
maybe u can search to other forum, take their vold.fstab then see what u can find there.
yes, i sent from my phone using Xda Premium, so what?
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andrasandhi said:
haha
that fuse line make V different :sly:
maybe u can search to other forum, take their vold.fstab then see what u can find there.
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I've searched in many forum, but no vold.fstab uses fuse_mount like xperia V
And I've soft-bricked mah phone 2 times 2day for the f*** sake of this :-<

Please post in the correct section
Please use search
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176411

gregbradley said:
Please post in the correct section
Please use search
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176411
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I think that is different. That thread wants to move apps 2 SD but this wants to swap internal to external.
Sent from your backyard...
Slender watches what you do...

-SlenderMan- said:
I think that is different. That thread wants to move apps 2 SD but this wants to swap internal to external.
Sent from your backyard...
Slender watches what you do...
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Yeah, I've been searching but no use cuz there's no document about fuse_mount :"(, so I don't know how to edit the third line T___T

gregbradley said:
Please post in the correct section
Please use search
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176411
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Sorry, can u move this thread to Q&A, troubleshooting section? I post in wrong section, really sorry :"(

I can't even mount the real SD to sdcard0
Sent from my LT25i using xda premium

any update to this? is there any other way?

concepcionjfq said:
any update to this? is there any other way?
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I think there is a thread in the theme and app section which does this. Or it may be in the general section. Just search for it

If you look properly in the Xperia V's thread, there's a post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2254918
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could someone swap SD card and internal storage on xperia V ?!
this is my vold.fstab
can someone modify this for all ...
http://firesoft.ir/FireSoftUp/vold.fstab

One of the sollution
I have successfuly mounted external sd as intarnal storage, but there are some limitations. If you would like your applications like camera does not stop working, you need to keep fuse_mount line in vold.fstab. Dont ask me why. Than if you wish still having sd card accessible connecting your phone to USB you have to keep primary partition on your sd card type fat32. So according to this, i have created second primary partiton on my SD card (ext4), than i mount this partition and copied all of the content of internal storage to this partition (cp -dpR ...), and than have created init.d script that remount /storage/sdcard1 to my new partition just after system starts and after fuse_mount do its job. Works fine. In storage settings i see 23 gb internal storage and 37 gb external sd card. This is how i spited my 64 gb card. Init.d scripts works just after you add busybox run-parts /system/etc/init.d line into the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh script. Thats all. I am running stock firmware .140. Sure rooted.

@pc1660
Could you share your works please, especially the part about mounting external sd as internal storage.

hi .. did it work on xperia t ???
i have the same dev_mount on my xperia t , so does it will work ???

Xperia V: swapping internal with external SD mico
dear blackcat510,
i was very happy to have read your post regarding attempts to switch the internal with the external memory storage. unfortunately, it seems that the Xperia V (with the command fuse_mount) is quite unique from the configurations of other handsets. i have rummaged through much of the internet, even entered the SONY forums, to try my luck and find something related to the topic.
unfortunately, your post is the only relevant one, though it doesn't FULLY fix our concerns... i have the same situation as yours and tweaking the file only gives a partial result. it makes me wonder why SONY set up this device in this way, or is this something for all ANDROID devices? i hope that someone would give us a fix soon. my last attempt ruined a 32GB card i had, fortunately, the store i bought it from was kind enough to replace it.
hoping for the best reply and solution soon,
in the meantime, i shall try to see what i can gather about our predicament,
bodega1968

Have you seen the mod here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383114
It seems some people in the Xperia Z forum have edited the framework to change the primary storage location. This means while sdcard0 remains the internal card, and sdcard1 the external SD; the edited framework tells all apps to use sdcard1 as the primary storage

Root External 2 Internal SD app worked for me! Whoo hop
I'm not much of an android hacker so I beat my head against my phone until I came upon this app. It just worked. I did not want to install any other OS. Just a rooted Xperia ZR. I think I just had to change the setting for the original location of the external card to be /mnt/ext_card
Root External 2 Internal SD from the play store. Sorry I can't post the link, I am a noob.

invert mount sdcard cm10.1 old bootloader

hi can anyone give the lines in vold.sftb thing to get sdcard ass internal and internal as sdcard
the stock 5gb isnt enough, have all data on my 16gb sdcard, help plz
tried some changes but i get bootloop then (i put out my sd card dont want i to be formated) dont know if phne dont like that.
here is what i have found in the zip
dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount emmc /storage/sdcard0 9 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc2
and mine on cm10.1 loooks liks this
dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/platform/sdhci-tegra.2/mmc_host/mmc1
dev_mount emmc /storage/sdcard 9 /devices/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/mmc_host/mmc0
dont have mmc2 but mmc0
and it's not sd card0 9 but just 9
and the sdhci is first then tegra and in zip its tegra first
"just changed sdcard1 auto to sdcard0 auto"
"and sdcard 9 to sdcard1 9"
got boot loop,

use directorybind safer than editing vold.fstab

grimmyrippy said:
use directorybind safer than editing vold.fstab
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Hummm nan i just want to have sd card as internal. Always had on cm7 so want on cm10 also.
Just want to have or a .zip (which i will check first if its looks like mine) dont want it again in bootloop.
Or just the lines.
But first time when i edit line i never boot with my 16gb sd. Scared thay it will format it self or somethinf.

AW: invert mount sdcard cm10.1 old bootloader
I have the same problem with cm10.1, that's the reason why i go back to cm10.
But it were great if someone had a solution.
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app

Jader12345 said:
I have the same problem with cm10.1, that's the reason why i go back to cm10.
But it were great if someone had a solution.
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app
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Ow.... mmmm yeah i just need the invert mount all my data is on sdcard. I never used the internal 5gb is noting. And if i use nvflash it wipes intern sd. So i never stor any thing import on it.