[Q]Ext4 on milestone? - Motorola Droid and Milestone General

Hi guys,
I c some ROM posts talking about the ext4.
I use it on my SGT, auto changed when installing the ROM.
Can any1 explain bout the ext4 4 the milestone?
How do i convert and how.
If i need to do it at all?
Tx,
Shahar.
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Bump.
Any1 can explain pls?
Tx, Shahar.
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Check post 226 of the thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10994672
[Expired as Official Released] Moto APAC leak-25*1 / Apps2ext / Themes
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sileshn said:
Check post 226 of the thread below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10994672
[Expired as Official Released] Moto APAC leak-25*1 / Apps2ext / Themes
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I don't Know what difference will be obtained if i change from ext2 to ext4.
Anyone explain why to do that?
Thank you

It does make a difference if you are using Linux, but for android phones, I am not sure. The following link should clear all your doubts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800353
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sileshn said:
It does make a difference if you are using Linux, but for android phones, I am not sure. The following link should clear all your doubts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800353
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I want your advice, ext2, 3, or 4.
What do u think?
Regards

hearts king101 said:
I want your advice, ext2, 3, or 4.
What do u think?
Regards
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Ext2 should be more than enough.
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Well, I saw this thread and I didn't want to open a new one for almost the same reason.
I'm running CM7 which supported ext4, so I changed from ext2 to ext4. But .... I didn't feel much improvement ....so, I want to revert the process. :/
How to do it?
Any tips?
TIA!
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sdtaddey said:
Well, I saw this thread and I didn't want to open a new one for almost the same reason.
I'm running CM7 which supported ext4, so I changed from ext2 to ext4. But .... I didn't feel much improvement ....so, I want to revert the process. :/
How to do it?
Any tips?
TIA!
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I'm not exactly sure if you are able to downgrade a partition. Converting upwards seems to be feasible, but downwards I don't think so. So long as you have a backup of your SD card, you can just restart the process for creating an ext2 partition.

You can turn off journaling and see if it improves ext4.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12712544#post12712544

skadude66 said:
I'm not exactly sure if you are able to downgrade a partition. Converting upwards seems to be feasible, but downwards I don't think so. So long as you have a backup of your SD card, you can just restart the process for creating an ext2 partition.
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Ok!
Yeah, I think is the best way!
Cheers
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Thanks @zeppelinrox!!, but...
Effdee said:
if it's performance you are interested in then turn off journaling
tune2fs -O ^has_journal /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
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So...by typing this you get the journaling disabled?
But, I soooooo newbie in this, but isn't journaling makes ext4 be ext4? ^_^ , I mean if I disable journalimg then I gonna have an ext2 called ext4, ain't I right?
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There are other benefits to using ext4 though.
If you used the extents parameter, files won't get fragmented so they would be accessed faster than on ext2.
In the other thread that I linked to, I got into a little debate with somebody who knows more about it than me. heh.
But if you read it, I found that if an app is is 5 mb, you can have it all together in one peice on ext4 (with extents) instead of needing to create the indirect mapping for 12800 blocks (without extents ) which means that the system will need to call the block allocator 12800 times.
Just seems faster with extents to me

zeppelinrox said:
There are other benefits to using ext4 though.
If you used the extents parameter, files won't get fragmented so they would be accessed faster than on ext2.
In the other thread that I linked to, I got into a little debate with somebody who knows more about it than me. heh.
But if you read it, I found that if an app is is 5 mb, you can have it all together in one peice on ext4 (with extents) instead of needing to create the indirect mapping for 12800 blocks (without extents ) which means that the system will need to call the block allocator 12800 times.
Just seems faster with extents to me
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ok. I`ll try so.

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[SURVEY] Which kernel you used for JVQ ?

Hi world, which kernel you use for the build JVQ and what are the characteristics?
I opened this discussion because it may be useful to all...
SURVEY
Galaxian, fast, stable, many good features
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gsw5700 said:
Galaxian, fast, stable, many good features
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has lagfix and supporto a ext4 ??
_CoreMaster_ said:
has lagfix and supporto a ext4 ??
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yup...it does support ext4...
Talon 0.4.3.
awandroid89 said:
yup...it does support ext4...
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thanks, I read the review. To convert to ext4 you must use 'Chainfire's EXT4 tools' but I can't find it. Where i can download chainfire's ext4 tools?? thx
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Galaid said:
Talon 0.4.3.
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I tried it but, back key doesn't work...
_CoreMaster_ said:
thanks, I read the review. To convert to ext4 you must use 'Chainfire's EXT4 tools' but I can't find it. Where i can download chainfire's ext4 tools?? thx
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Look at galaxian thread near the end, I provided a link to download it,
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gsw5700 said:
Look at galaxian thread near the end, I provided a link to download it,
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I looked many pages but don't find it! Can you post the download in this post ??
thx
Damian, once you go banned you never go back!
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Talon 0.4.3
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temporal + flash with odin = BRICK
Luckily I have unbrick with JIG method...
very afraid
Dark Core 2.9.3
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_CoreMaster_ said:
I tried it but, back key doesn't work...
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i'm running this one http://dl.darkirc.info/public/talon/TalonDEV-0.4.3-1200-I9000-CWM3.zip
never had problems with back key, how could you use the phone without back key anyway
Semaphore 1.3.3
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_CoreMaster_ said:
I tried it but, back key doesn't work...
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Because you use the kernel for Captivate. Download the right i9000 version and you'll be okay. Trust me, this kernel is worth it. UV is so awesome and I never dropped a percent when in deep sleep.
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lgsshedden said:
Damian, once you go banned you never go back!
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Fully agree!
It's the best out there.
I tried all Kernels here, but nothing compare to Damian's one.
Once you try, you never will look back.
talon 0.4.3
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Talon 0.4.3 non-O/C but slightly UV, all file systems on ext4.
Had to ajdust minfree settings with AutoKiller to 50/60/70 to get it really smooth though.
It's a good and fast kernel with great battery performance, but the current version has a small memory leak that will be fixed in the next release.

[Need devs and pros help] Ram above 105 using swap

As you can see I(accidentally) got ram free up to 109 using swap,now I dont know how I did it that's why I need the pros to help me,i dont have swap partition or so,i just use the old swapper with the green icon in the market,then I swap 237 then I got 109 ram then in the noon I reach 130 ram and then I quickly play gta III and its completely smooth! I need the pros help to make this fully possible because after couple minutes it return to 65 ram..
I use 8gb class 2 sdcard,alfkernel v4 no chargemon,Rom gingerxperia v20
Please help
eqyaq said:
As you can see I(accidentally) got ram free up to 109 using swap,now I dont know how I did it that's why I need the pros to help me,i dont have swap partition or so,i just use the old swapper with the green icon in the market,then I swap 237 then I got 109 ram then in the noon I reach 130 ram and then I quickly play gta III and its completely smooth! I need the pros help to make this fully possible because after couple minutes it return to 65 ram..
I use 8gb class 2 sdcard,alfkernel v4 no chargemon,Rom gingerxperia f20
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405274
Please help
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what did you say? COMPLETELY SMOOTH
are you sure you played gta III?
eqyaq said:
As you can see I(accidentally) got ram free up to 109 using swap,now I dont know how I did it that's why I need the pros to help me,i dont have swap partition or so,i just use the old swapper with the green icon in the market,then I swap 237 then I got 109 ram then in the noon I reach 130 ram and then I quickly play gta III and its completely smooth! I need the pros help to make this fully possible because after couple minutes it return to 65 ram..
I use 8gb class 2 sdcard,alfkernel v4 no chargemon,Rom gingerxperia f20
Please help
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I don't understand, why this post is in Android Development section?
Second thing: I had around 90 MB of free RAM when I was using swapper, not a big deal.
Third thing: What do you actually need from devs/experienced users? New swapper, swapper partition tutorial or what?
I was hoping that the pros would help me solve this rare occasion,so that we can always have 100+ free ram,maybe like a real swap partition or something,and I did say 'RARE'
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kingsize623 said:
what did you say? COMPLETELY SMOOTH
are you sure you played gta III?
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Yes,i dont know how but when I got 130 ram it is completely smooth for me,that'd why I need help getting this to work
For mods-If u want,please move this thread to question section,i dont know why I post it here,maybe cause its related to the swap thing
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eqyaq said:
Yes,i dont know how but when I got 130 ram it is completely smooth for me,that'd why I need help getting this to work
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so if it does work, what's the problem!
it actual does work better than you expect. (smooth gtaII
he wants someone to figure this out so that others can do it too.
eqyaq said:
Yes,i dont know how but when I got 130 ram it is completely smooth for me,that'd why I need help getting this to work
For mods-If u want,please move this thread to question section,i dont know why I post it here,maybe cause its related to the swap thing
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can you share how you get 130mb of ram? I want to try gta 3 with that incredible number of ram max ram what I can get with CM rom is 101mb and it works so laggy
Read the main post,it's really rare to reach that number
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Dexter_prog said:
he wants someone to figure this out so that others can do it too.
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Finally!Someone understand this thread
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eqyaq said:
Finally!Someone understand this thread
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and hopefully get the RAM to stay high for some time until and unless we use it up by running apps..
can someone write a "swap for dummies" tutorial?
I don't understand this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345872
I downloaded swapper just to try and see if I could mimic your performance. How much did you set for swapping?
W.O.W.
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Dexter_prog said:
I downloaded swapper just to try and see if I could mimic your performance. How much did you set for swapping?
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did you ever read the main post?237,but it is very I mean VERY RARE,maybe it will be occurred when you kill a file manager or something,i got it after I kill androzip,then the settings
Reached 110 free RAM. Stock ROM, stock kernel, only rooted.
Koulis2000 said:
Reached 110 free RAM. Stock ROM, stock kernel, only rooted.
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How long did it stay up
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For me i partition my sd card 1000mb for swap!lolxxx
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junghyun01 said:
For me i partition my sd card 1000mb for swap!lolxxx
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What the...
Btw, Does it work?
gerimis said:
What the...
Btw, Does it work?
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I dont know too but i check free in terminal it work
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Swap partition

Hello..i want to swap...but i really dont understand about minitool...how to partition it??? sorry still newbie
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lien91 said:
Hello..i want to swap...but i really dont understand about minitool...how to partition it??? sorry still newbie
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download swapper 2 from market
lien91 said:
Hello..i want to swap...but i really dont understand about minitool...how to partition it??? sorry still newbie
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You first need to create main storage. Fat or fat32
Second create sd-ext
Third create swap partition - 128mb good
I respect to the members who respect to the other rest.
bandarigoda123 said:
You first need to create main storage. Fat or fat32
Second create sd-ext
Third create swap partition - 128mb good
I respect to the members who respect to the other rest.
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Not a good idea..
All roms here support ext4 filesystem which is much faster than fat32 even with swap..
Best never use swap and format the sdcard as ext4 in CWM recovery...

[Q] SD-EXT on a Class-4 MMC

As the title suggests, is it possible to run a SD-EXT Partition on a Class-4, 8gb Memory Card?
What are the issues that i may have to face?
Is it reversible?
PLEASE, Do not tell me to buy a new one
Thanks in Advance!
Yupp...
No problem but speed gets some slow down..nothing else noticable..
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kranti.ace said:
Yupp...
No problem but speed gets some slow down..nothing else noticable..
Sent From REVOLUTiON Ultimate Xperia Edition Rom..
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Okay! Thanks.. And is it reversible? ie. Can i delete that partition and get it back to FAT32?
Shivam Bector ^_* said:
Okay! Thanks.. And is it reversible? ie. Can i delete that partition and get it back to FAT32?
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Sure i use that sd-ext 8gb on class 4
And of course u can delete it
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SnowPluralism said:
Sure i use that sd-ext 8gb on class 4
And of course u can delete it
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Glad to hear that
I read somewhere that it was irreversible! Thankyou for confirming it as false
Anyway could you provide a link to the complete procedure? Like from partitioning to using a good script? And do you suggest EXT3 or EXT4?
Thanks a lot :thumbup:
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Shivam Bector ^_* said:
Glad to hear that
I read somewhere that it was irreversible! Thankyou for confirming it as false
Anyway could you provide a link to the complete procedure? Like from partitioning to using a good script? And do you suggest EXT3 or EXT4?
Thanks a lot :thumbup:
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Best and quick way to partition would be via ClockWorkMod Recovery and it will automatically use EXT4 which is better.
And I would recommend Link2SD, no problem with it so far for me.
[email protected] said:
Best and quick way to partition would be via ClockWorkMod Recovery and it will automatically use EXT4 which is better.
And I would recommend Link2SD, no problem with it so far for me.
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Find my rom post theres a step by step guide
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Thank You all for your replies!
Finally partitioned my memory card! And switched to S'perience! (Must say.. Great work Snow )
Its great
Note to Mod-The thread can be closed now
Shivam Bector ^_* said:
As the title suggests, is it possible to run a SD-EXT Partition on a Class-4, 8gb Memory Card?
What are the issues that i may have to face?
Is it reversible?
PLEASE, Do not tell me to buy a new one
Thanks in Advance!
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hey.... since your using a class 4 sd card remember not to flash new roms frequently as sd extension gets formatted every time you flash a new rom... and if formatted too many times your card is surely going to get damaged soon ... i'm saying this because i've faced this problem !!!
press thanks if i helped !!!

[Q] What tweaks do you use with CM10

Hello
What tweaks do you use with CM10? Can post them here?
LaKsHaY1997 said:
Hello
What tweaks do you use with CM10? Can post them here?
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I use Crossbreeder and Turbo boost v3.0. It runs great.
I use v6 supercharger, system swap(Turbo boost), no zram as it conflicts with my system swap
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turbo boost, wolfscript
me4488 said:
I use Crossbreeder and Turbo boost v3.0. It runs great.
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ZoltanOrDie said:
I use v6 supercharger, system swap(Turbo boost), no zram as it conflicts with my system swap
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How much swap do you use and in what partitions? using turbo boost..
Link to all tweaks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303983
I use triple swap and I will try cross breeder now
webhijacker said:
Link to all tweaks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303983
I use triple swap and I will try cross breeder now
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How much MB of swap you use? Thanks for the list bro
aashay960 said:
How much MB of swap you use? Thanks for the list bro
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75,75,100 mb
webhijacker said:
75,75,100 mb
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I installed it now. It recommended 75,75,120 Do you think it makes a noticeable difference?
aashay960 said:
I installed it now. It recommended 75,75,120 Do you think it makes a noticeable difference?
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I noticed it a little bit with gaming
webhijacker said:
I noticed it a little bit with gaming
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I could really notice the difference on the sense-based roms with a 300mb system swap but since I've switched to cm its hard to tell really. Maybe its because the swap already installed gets priority I'm not sure.
ZoltanOrDie said:
I could really notice the difference on the sense-based roms with a 300mb system swap but since I've switched to cm its hard to tell really. Maybe its because the swap already installed gets priority I'm not sure.
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I was just gonna ask about sense..lol . So should i use cache swap?
Well I've always left my cache untouched because my system partition has a lot of free space but they say cache is slightly faster although you probably wont notice it.
ZoltanOrDie said:
Well I've always left my cache untouched because my system partition has a lot of free space but they say cache is slightly faster although you probably wont notice it.
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I set up a triple swap of 75, 200, 120 (cache, data, system) on Revolution Sense 5
I use Blazing Thunder Script and Crossbreeder :thumbup:
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To be honest with you guys, i don't bother with them. My desire C is pretty quick on the CM10 based Roms, thus not requiring any special scripts.
russell664 said:
To be honest with you guys, i don't bother with them. My desire C is pretty quick on the CM10 based Roms, thus not requiring any special scripts.
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There is enough in this world to satisfy man's need, but not enough to satisfy his greed..
Haha..sorry. Couldn't stop myself
Watch out! we have a smart badass over here!
But on a serious note, just go with the Rom you prefer, all us Devs ask is to have the required feedback so we can improve on what we have already done
Does anyone use any additional build.prop tweaks on the stock cm10? Have you edited your build.prop in any way?
hi there i use crossbreeder pure graphic hd tuurboboost wolfscript v6 super charger or something and some athore stuff

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