1st question :I have created a swap partition according to one of the tutorials here. But when i do the swapon command it says No such device or adress any solutions ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21718735
2nd question: After i rebooted the phone i use alfs kernel and gingerdx25 , the telephone is stuck jsut after i input my pin it enters the gingerdx amd thamn its stuck it becoems really laggy and than i reboots... this happens every time i boot it since my last restart it cant boot sometimes it stucks at infinity boot loop even if i delete the cache . Like there is 100% cpu usage so much lag... i cant even open the menu and than i t reboots
Hi there, it seem like you activate Comp-cache with swap right?
if you do that, you'll likely need to remove the swap partition OR Wipe your data & disable comp-cache
one more question mate . I reisntalled the android but due to some reason when i try to instlal an application the phone restarts any ideas ? :S
it mean that the app you tried to install is existed but only the data....
so, when u try to install it again, it will lead to reboot...
try clear out the data or do full-wipe
CKKnot said:
it mean that the app you tried to install is existed but only the data....
so, when u try to install it again, it will lead to reboot...
try clear out the data or do full-wipe
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once again i hit the thanks button really thank you. But something now screwed up. When i inert my 8gb sd card it doesnt recognise taht i have even put in a card.Nothing happens like there is no sdcard.I tried to format it but it says taht there is nosd card and when i put my opther one which i do not use 2gb card it recognises it i think my 8gb card is bugged :S
nah, if you had't partition it well, it will buggy. Try copy all ur data to pc & wipe disk & copy back. Hope that solve ur problem
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nah, if you had't partition it well, it will buggy. Try copy all ur data to pc & wipe disk & copy back. Hope that solve ur problem
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i think my 8gbSanDisc is bricked forever. Its not recognised either on pc or on the telephone.Like there is no card i cant format it ....
if at partition wizard display it as a bad disk, i afraid that your sdcard is utterly damaged
be sure to own a lifetime warranty sdcard if using swap.(well, lifetime doesn't mean it last forever also.) you can instead use comp-cache as substitute method
CKKnot said:
if at partition wizard display it as a bad disk, i afraid that your sdcard is utterly damaged
be sure to own a lifetime warranty sdcard if using swap.(well, lifetime doesn't mean it last forever also.) you can instead use comp-cache as substitute method
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Tried several partition wizards and they dont regognise the card like there is no card...
it is damaged
CKKnot said:
if at partition wizard display it as a bad disk, i afraid that your sdcard is utterly damaged
be sure to own a lifetime warranty sdcard if using swap.(well, lifetime doesn't mean it last forever also.) you can instead use comp-cache as substitute method
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1st question :I have created a swap partition according to one of the tutorials here. But when i do the swapon command it says No such device or adress any solutions ?
have you tried:
swapon /dev/mmcblk0p3
mmcblk0p3
blk0 mean block 0
p3 mean partition 3
Edited ----- My Bad
CKKnot said:
have you tried:
swapon /dev/mmcblock0p3
mmcblock0p3
block0 mean block 0
p3 mean partition 3
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new problem now sd cardi s accessed and formatted by the phone but when i put hte usb cable it says it must be formatted (windwos says this) and if i format it in fat32 its unreadable by the phone anymore...And yes the problem was mispartitioning the sd card wasnt fried
okay first of all, most user wanna configure his sdcard partition in this way.
[FAT32][EXT2][SWAP] - (This is what i configured now.)
[FAT32] is for normal sdcard file system which you can access it from your pc also
[EXT2] is where the partition of sdcard store your app (.apk) and dalvik-cache (Depend on the rom.)
[SWAP] is where the partition is assigned as swap memory.
all of those partition must be primary and in order. [FAT32] can have a drive letter where other's can't have it.
CKKnot said:
okay first of all, most user wanna configure his sdcard partition in this way.
[FAT32][EXT2][SWAP] - (This is what i configured now.)
[FAT32] is for normal sdcard file system which you can access it from your pc also
[EXT2] is where the partition of sdcard store your app (.apk) and dalvik-cache (Depend on the rom.)
[SWAP] is where the partition is assigned as swap memory.
all of those partition must be primary and in order. [FAT32] can have a drive letter where other's can't have it.
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cant i make swap memory by making swap file because it doesnt work with swap partition
can, but it will reduce it's performance.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
~ # fdisk -l dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk dev/block/mmcblk0: 7948 MB, 7948206080 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 966 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 777 6240228+ c Win95 FAT32 (
)
dev/block/mmcblk0p2 778 833 449820 82 Linux swap
dev/block/mmcblk0p3 834 966 1068322+ 83 Linux
~ # swapon /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
swapon /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
swapon: /dev/block/mmcblk0p2: No such device or address
~ # swapon /dev/mmcblk0p2
swapon /dev/mmcblk0p2
swapon: can't stat '/dev/mmcblk0p2': No such file or directory
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here is my output
recreate your partition into
[FAT32] [EXT2] [SWAP]
most rom will search the third partition as their swap partition. i recommend you to use partition wizard to do it
CKKnot said:
recreate your partition into
[FAT32] [EXT2] [SWAP]
most rom will search the third partition as their swap partition. i recommend you to use partition wizard to do it
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i did it i have 3 partitions fat , ext2,swap
You need to mount the partition before using swapon.If you add this line to system/etc/fstab the rom will mount it for you at boot.
Code:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /swap swap rw
Related
hello. i was trying to resize my ext3 partition on my 8gb class 6 sd card to give more room for a linux-swap partition.
when that happened, it formated my ext3 into an unkown partition. i tried deleting and repartitioning, ext2 and ext3, and it just hasnt worked. i was able to format a fat32 though
the previous was done under gparted, but it also didnt work using the way in cyanogens 1.3.1 recovery.
this is what gparted said
An error occurred while applying the operations
See the details for more information.
IMPORTANT
If you want support, you need to provide the saved details!
See http://gparted.sourceforge.net/larry/tips/save_details.htm for more information.
i then saved details and:
GParted 0.4.3
Libparted 1.8.8
Create Primary Partition #1 (ext2, 658.92 MiB) on /dev/sdb 00:01:19 ( ERROR )
create empty partition 00:01:19 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sdb2
start: 14233590
end: 15583049
size: 1349460 (658.92 MiB)
set partition type on /dev/sdb2 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
libparted messages ( INFO )
Error opening /dev/sdb: No such device or address
========================================
Create Primary Partition #2 (linux-swap, 31.38 MiB) on /dev/sdb
========================================
help would be appreciated, leaving for greece for a month without a computer in about 12 hours, and i would like my phone
I would recommend you use Partition Manager because it will recognize your Linux partition and allow you to resize or do whatever you needed to do.
I don't want to post a link to RapidShare where I posted .rar of Parition Manager, If you want it, PM me or hit me up on Gtalk and i'll email your or directly hook you up with the link.
If all else fails you can use your phone to format your SD card and start over from scratch.
h.nocturna said:
If all else fails you can use your phone to format your SD card and start over from scratch.
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as i said, i tried doing that and it didnt even work
DavidChill said:
I would recommend you use Partition Manager because it will recognize your Linux partition and allow you to resize or do whatever you needed to do.
I don't want to post a link to RapidShare where I posted .rar of Parition Manager, If you want it, PM me or hit me up on Gtalk and i'll email your or directly hook you up with the link.
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lol gparted and partition editor are the same thing bro.... jaunty just renamed it
umm you need to reformat your card and then try the partitioning one by one. this usually solves that same problem for me. good luck
this is by far the best update yet. no lag and no load screens. i used partition manager to format my 3 partitions and it is working flawlessly.
I had the same problem, use the ext2 file system. It is compatible with JACHERO and stuff so use that and you shouldnt have any problems. I used an Ubuntu live cd.
milesukaoma2010 said:
lol gparted and partition editor are the same thing bro.... jaunty just renamed it
umm you need to reformat your card and then try the partitioning one by one. this usually solves that same problem for me. good luck
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You are going to need to create a new partition table and start over from scratch.
Diceman4 said:
You are going to need to create a new partition table and start over from scratch.
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what the heck are you talking about...im not the one asking for help dude lol......
ive been away, and hadnt got a chance at a computer.
i have tried formating, partitioning one at a time, ext3 ext2, i wonder if my sd card is just corrupt :/
yeah im gonna install a new rom but forgot the code to format the external partition can someone help me out here
rm -rf /system/sd/*
ok thanxs for the help
i formated the ext
and now im on swap(just flashed about 10 minutes ago)
but what do you put in for the swap place so the sd doesnt get corrupted when mounting to a computer
jf4888 said:
ok thanxs for the help
i formated the ext
and now im on swap(just flashed about 10 minutes ago)
but what do you put in for the swap place so the sd doesnt get corrupted when mounting to a computer
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If you're using swapper, and you place the swapfile.swp in the default location (the fat32 of the sdcard) then when you mount the card, you're gonna have problems, maybe even corrupt your sdcard and have to reformat.
So just play it safe and turn off the phone when transfering files???
But i thought i heard that you enter a new swap place something like
"/system/sd/swapfile.swp" and that enetering something like this is to prevent it from corrupting
because the default is
"/sdcard/swapfile.swp"
so when you mount it, it would corrupt becaus ethe comp would try n mount the swap
and if that happenes thing get mucked up
jf4888 said:
So just play it safe and turn off the phone when transfering files???
But i thought i heard that you enter a new swap place something like
"/system/sd/swapfile.swp" Ive that enetering something like this is to prevent it from corrupting
because the default is
"/sdcard/swapfile.swp"
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yup set it to /system/sd/swapfile.swp because the ext partition isn't mounted
alritewhadeva said:
yup set it to /system/sd/swapfile.swp because the ext partition isn't mounted
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Correct, though I would advise you to use the linux-swap partition cuz its faster
I install a lot of application so I constantly run out of space on NAND. So I tried to install Myn's Warm Donut using the following method so the system stuffs will be on NAND and the data will be on the sdcard. It is slower but I can install lots of applications now.
Requirement:
-You have to have Myn's Warm Donut or other android rom installed already on NAND. This means that both the system and the data is on NAND.
-A USB reader for your micro sdcard
Overview:
The main steps are 1) install adb 2) partition your sdcard into three partitions 3) reinstall the rom.
Steps:
1- Install the Android SDK here http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. This will give you the adb tool which is a remote terminal program. You will have to locate the adb binary to run it.
2a- Connect you vogue to the desktop. Make sure that USB debug is enable on the vogue. It should be by default.
2b- Run the adb:
Code:
adb shell
2c- Repartition the sdcard using parted. You need some experience with parted which is very popular in linux. Remember, this step will destroy the data on the sdcard.
Code:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
At this point you should see the list of all partitions on the sdcard. For most of you, there will be one partition. Remove all the partition using the rm command with the partition number.
Code:
rm 1
Now your print should return empty. So create three partitions using the following commands. Basically, you want three partitions. The first one is your sdcard folder which you always had. The third one is for your data. The second one is just filler because the current installer only install to the third partition.
Code:
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 6500
mkpartfs primary linux-swap 6500 6756
mkpartfs primary ext2 6756 8168
set 1 lba
Note that the size is depended on you. I want around 6.5GB on my 8GB card to be the sdcard partition for musics and videos. So what's left is around 1.5GB for the data partition. I just give the filler 256MB so maybe I can do something with it later. The partition number might be different with other rom. You have to play with it.
After this step you should see something like this when you do print:
Code:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 6500MB 6500MB primary fat32 lba
2 6500MB 6756MB 256MB primary linux-swap(v1)
3 6756MB 8168MB 1412MB primary ext2
Now you can quit parted and exit the console by:
Code:
quit
exit
3a-Turn off your phone and put the sdcard into a USB reader so you can copy the andboot installation files over.
3b-Put the card back, run the installer and choose the data on sdcard option. You should be good to go.
As you usual, you are solely responsible for your phone and your data.
Hope this helps.
I have another solution in the works that will solve the out-of-space on data very easily on ANY build and also have some other nice advantages: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750768
So you put the apps on to ext2 partion and the data stay in NAND? In that case it would be better. The problem for the vogue is that the installer on the Myn's rom only put everything on the data partition on to an ext2 partition. On the vogue other rom is slow IMO. Maybe someone can separate the data and apps in the next build?
Anyway, do you know how can I extend the system partition so it can span to 256MB? Right now it is only 128MB because the data presumably should extend the other 128MB.
kallt_kaffe said:
I have another solution in the works that will solve the out-of-space on data very easily on ANY build and also have some other nice advantages: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750768
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Hi csbert,
I am new to ADB. When I typed adb shell, I got device not found. Maybe I need a driver or something? thanks
update: I think I found the instruction on how to obtain the usb driver, going to try now
When you connect to vogue to your computer, it has to say "USB debugging connect". If it doesn't, maybe you need to enable USB debugging in Settings -> Application Settings -> Development.
Cookiekaikai said:
Hi csbert,
I am new to ADB. When I typed adb shell, I got device not found. Maybe I need a driver or something? thanks
update: I think I found the instruction on how to obtain the usb driver, going to try now
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partition program
i am looking for a good free partition program for windows xp that can partition my sd card from a card reader
i have used paragon partition but it always ask to restart the pc and then partitions the sd from there
i have had it causes my laptop to crash twice now and both time had to have a friend repair my laptop
i am looking for a program that can partition the sd with out restating the computer if that is possible
thank you
nate
Hi,
I don't think you can partition the sdcard for the phone using an xp computer. That's why I wrote this instruction. The partition android uses is from linux. You can try a linux machine but i heard that doesn't work. You can still connect to the phone using adb and format the sdcard as I explained.
Cheers
evilclosetmonkeynate said:
i am looking for a good free partition program for windows xp that can partition my sd card from a card reader
i have used paragon partition but it always ask to restart the pc and then partitions the sd from there
i have had it causes my laptop to crash twice now and both time had to have a friend repair my laptop
i am looking for a program that can partition the sd with out restating the computer if that is possible
thank you
nate
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evilclosetmonkeynate said:
i am looking for a good free partition program for windows xp that can partition my sd card from a card reader
i have used paragon partition but it always ask to restart the pc and then partitions the sd from there
i have had it causes my laptop to crash twice now and both time had to have a friend repair my laptop
i am looking for a program that can partition the sd with out restating the computer if that is possible
thank you
nate
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You could boot from a Live CD of any Linux distro. Or download and burn Gparted Live CD, all free
My nook color is back to 1.1.0 now. I want to say thank you to all of you guys for helping me out. It was such a great experience here and I really appreciate it.
What happened is that Joja15 helped me to create the missing partitions, and then something miraculously happened during charging: it just booted all up to 1.1.0, which I had on emmc before it got stuck. I could never have done this on my own without the help. Thank you so much Joja !
Liz
This is how it was done after you have adb working:see the original thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13003431&postcount=166
(1) Connect Nook to PC
(2) Boot Nook into CWM off of uSD card.
(3) Verify ADB is connecting to nook by issuing the command:
adb devices
(4) If you see a serial number you are connected. Next go into adb shell by typing:
adb shell
(5) Before going any further we will want to back up your partitions 1-3 as they contain important unique information for your nook like the serial number. Make sure you 450mb of free space on your SD card.
(6) Issue the following command to backup your mmcblk0p1 boot partition to your SD card.
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p1-boot.img
(7) Issue the following command to backup your mmcblk0p2 rom partition to your SD card.
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p2-rom.img
(8) Issue the following command to backup your mmcblk0p3 factory partition to your SD card.
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p3-factory.img
(9) Once your first three partitions are backed up in adb shell go into fdisk by typing:
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
(10) Upon issuing the fdisk command you should see the following:
Command (m for help):
(11) Type m to get the help menu:
m
(12) You should see the following:
Command Action
a toggle a bootable flag
b edit bsd disklabel
c toggle the dos compatibility flag
d delete a partition
l list known partition types
n add a new partition
o create a new empty DOS partition table
p print the partition table
q quit without saving changes
s create a new empty Sun disklabel
t change a partition's system id
u change display/entry units
v verify the partition table
w write table to disk and exit
(13) We will use the above commands to recreate our partition table. First lets see what our current one looks like. Issue the print command by typing:
p
(14) You should see the following but probably will not because your partition table is screwed up what is listed below is what you will want to see once you have recreated your partitions:
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32
A)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32
A)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 935 7060567+ 5 Extended
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 57 114 465853+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 115 236 979933+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 237 281 361431 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 282 935 5253223+ c Win95 FAT32
A)
(15) We will need to first delete the partition #4 using the d command. Enter d and it should ask you which partition to delete. You will want to select or enter the mmcblk0p4 one or the #4 partition. I entered "4".
(16) Now that it is deleted we will want to create the #4 partition fresh. Issue the following command to create a partition:
n
When you enter the n command it will ask you questions like the start, the end, and the type of partition. Use the information in the print out above to enter the correct information. After you create a partition use the print command "p" to look at the partition layout and make sure that it matches the above for the new partition you created. If it does not delete the partition and create it again with different settings until it does. I tried this step several times before it was done in the correct way
(17) Use the n command to create partitions 5,6,7, and 8. Same as partition 4, it took me several times to get this done.
After that step I got a very similar layout as in step 14, but not exactly the same.
So I took the SD card out and planned to charge the NC. And that is when my nook color booted all up to rooted 1.1.0.
Hi, I am new here. Please talented people hear me out.
What happened to my NC is that I have it rooted by auto no, and CM7-ed, and it's been amazing. (Thanks to all of you guys!)
But one day, 2 days after RC4 I messed up somehow. Now my nook color won't boot right, it stuck at the n screen forever, if I don't hold the power button to power it off. I tried a lot of things here on this forum. Most of the time I get this error msg: can't mount /cache, can't format /system, install aborted......
So I removed CWR, then try to use the 8 interruptions plus the N+POWER key. It always give me the install failed msg after it started to install. I've tried to power it up after this and nothing changed. I have tried this for more than 10 times, crying now, any advice will be appreciated!
Launch cwr from SD, and use adb:
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 -l
And print the output here.
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ktan said:
So I removed CWR, then try to use the 8 interruptions plus the N+POWER key. It always give me the install failed msg after it started to install. I've tried to power it up after this and nothing changed. I have tried this for more than 10 times, crying now, any advice will be appreciated!
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Do as Sam pointed out... however... the 8 failed reporting install failed is not a real uncommon item.
Even though you get the install failed message... power off by holding power button... holding "n" button... power on... keep holding "n" it should boot to factory clear... do the clear... then it will (probably) boot normally.
After that... there are things we can do to fix the 8 failed boots...
Thanks for the reply.
I will try this after work today then update here.
samuelhalff said:
Launch cwr from SD, and use adb:
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 -l
And print the output here.
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I did this power + "n", and did the factory clear. When it's done the NC automatically reboot, then it stuck at N as always
What is next then?
DizzyDen said:
Do as Sam pointed out... however... the 8 failed reporting install failed is not a real uncommon item.
Even though you get the install failed message... power off by holding power button... holding "n" button... power on... keep holding "n" it should boot to factory clear... do the clear... then it will (probably) boot normally.
After that... there are things we can do to fix the 8 failed boots...
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I get this:
C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
~ # fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 -l
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 -l
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7944 MB, 7944011776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 965 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 * 1 9 72261 c Win95 FAT32 (LB
A)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 10 18 72292+ c Win95 FAT32 (LB
A)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 19 56 305235 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 57 935 7060567+ 5 Extended
~ #
samuelhalff said:
Launch cwr from SD, and use adb:
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0 -l
And print the output here.
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If you have the cwr working from sd, just download the latest cm7 and place it on the sd card. Boot from the sd to cwr and choose install zip from sd card, install the cm7 zip you just downloaded.
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If thats all you have on your emmc, then 4 partitions are missing.
Could someone help him rebuild the partitions using fdisk or parted, based on the stock layout? I don't have time right now.
Rebuilding of system, data, cache and media is needed.
What have you done to mess with partitions? Dual-boot?
See this thread for what you're supposed to print with fdisk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942324
Sam
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I've tried stuff here and there, after got stuck at n screen. Not dual-boot I think. Now I know what I have messed up
Thank you for the reply. I am going to study that thread.
And please, any help from you guys will be great.
samuelhalff said:
If thats all you have on your emmc, then 4 partitions are missing.
Could someone help him rebuild the partitions using fdisk or parted, based on the stock layout? I don't have time right now.
Rebuilding of system, data, cache and media is needed.
What have you done to mess with partitions? Dual-boot?
See this thread for what you're supposed to print with fdisk: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942324
Sam
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I've tried to install from zip file (stock). It just say install aborted. As you said, maybe i should try CM7 instead.
juvetch said:
If you have the cwr working from sd, just download the latest cm7 and place it on the sd card. Boot from the sd to cwr and choose install zip from sd card, install the cm7 zip you just downloaded.
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How can you flash anything..? You don't have the appropriate partion layout..
You need to add the 4 missing partitions..
You should use parted (adb command). But if you have no clue and wish to use a GUI.. read the following, but I wont be held responsible for any damage..
If you choose to try, it's your responsibility all the way.. read the thread entirely before you attempt anything.
If you want repartition using a GUI on Linux, you can use a live cd:
For the following I would use gparted (linux disk utility). You can find a lot of info on Google if your not sure. Easiest is to use an Ubuntu.live CD and launch gparted.
- First with ADB:
- Boot with a bootable CWR. Once booted:
- then: echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file
- The last command will mount your entire internal 8gb partition to your PC
Open Gparted:
- Select the 8GB drive (top right)
- you should see the4 existing partitions, with the extend at the end, on which you'll create the four missing partitions (system, data, cache and media, in that order)
- Unmount all partitions.
- Add the missing partitions starting with system, right after the extended partiton, find stock layout as an example and for partiton size references (from memory around 500 MB, then 900MB, then 350 and then 5GB, but find the exact size!)
- WARNING: every time you create a partition, make sure you choose round to cylinder and not MB, PLUS make sure you always leave a 1MB as preceding space, except for first partition (boot). If you don't follow this last recommendation, you'll end up with partitions writing over one another = corrupting partitions... Always leave a 1MB free space preceding.
- Finish by applying settings (nothing will be written to the disk before you apply). Then unmount the drive and reboot to cwr SD.
After that you can flash any rom to your nook to get it to boot again..
If you want to use command line partitioning, use fidsk/parted. Google it.
Again, if you attempt any of this, keep in mind you're playing around with the internal memory. IF anything goes wrong, you'll be left with sdcard booting only. But you'd really have to make a big mistake to get screwed.
And take time to check each step.. Instead of having to go through the process twice..
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Sam,
Thanks for all these input...
You are right. I am too stupid to see the truth I don't even have the right patition at this moment. I might go ahead start from parted. Need some serious reading before I screw up further more.
See this post in same thread Sam pointed earlier... it has a 7z copy of the partition 4 (mmcblk0p4) that will correct the other partition structures... then the 8 failed should work... it did on the one I was helping in that thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12674635&postcount=18
I found my problem very similar to JoJa15.
When I check my recovery by this:
in adb mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc and list its contents:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc
ls /emmc
I found I have only two files:
ls /emmc
factory.zip lost+found rombackup.zip
~ #
This is different from what JoJa15 has. I did read on, but really hesitant to follow the posts after that before further guidance......I am afraid I will mess up with something again. So please tell me what to do next? I am so happy now, this seems to be going somewhere. Many many thanks!
DizzyDen said:
See this post in same thread Sam pointed earlier... it has a 7z copy of the partition 4 (mmcblk0p4) that will correct the other partition structures... then the 8 failed should work... it did on the one I was helping in that thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12674635&postcount=18
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ktan said:
I found my problem very similar to JoJa15.
When I check my recovery by this:
in adb mount mmcblk0p3 to /emmc and list its contents:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /emmc
ls /emmc
I found I have only two files:
ls /emmc
factory.zip lost+found rombackup.zip
~ #
This is different from what JoJa15 has. I did read on, but really hesitant to follow the posts after that before further guidance......I am afraid I will mess up with something again. So please tell me what to do next? I am so happy now, this seems to be going somewhere. Many many thanks!
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Those are the only 2 files you should have on mmcblk0p3.
If you dd mmcblk0p4 file I provided in that thread... it will fix mmcblk0p5-8 and the 8 failed shoule work.... since the partitions will exist and be properly formatted.
Just be careful of you where you DD to. And make a DD image of 02 (rom) before you try anything..
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samuelhalff said:
Just be careful of you where you DD to. And make a DD image of 02 (rom) before you try anything..
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I'd also make DD image of 03.
Factory.zip is general and rom backup would be done with /rom..
But yeah, your never too careful..
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I tried this
Code:
~ # dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4-logical.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
dd if=/sdcard/mmcblk0p4-logical.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
dd: can't open '/sdcard/mmcblk0p4-logical.img': No such file or directory
~ #
I am definitely not doing this right.......
DizzyDen said:
Those are the only 2 files you should have on mmcblk0p3.
If you dd mmcblk0p4 file I provided in that thread... it will fix mmcblk0p5-8 and the 8 failed shoule work.... since the partitions will exist and be properly formatted.
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Please bear with me coz I am really not familiar with adb.......
Could you please walk me through the steps right after this? Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it.
DizzyDen said:
Those are the only 2 files you should have on mmcblk0p3.
If you dd mmcblk0p4 file I provided in that thread... it will fix mmcblk0p5-8 and the 8 failed shoule work.... since the partitions will exist and be properly formatted.
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Firstly, BlaY0 has a great tutorial on how to do this properly, I suggest you do that to learn something.
Secondly, I cannot confirm that this is 100% safe. BlaY0's method should be 99% safe, I don't know about this as it is all automatic. BlaY0's method is tried and tested, this is not. I only used this method as I had a new SD card and I was in a hurry (exams coming up ) and I didn't have time to remind myself of BlaY0's method, and CWM only allows you to create up to 512mb partition. Also, I had a new computer, and I don't have time to set up ADB all over again.
Anyway, this is a method for people who don't want to use ADB to partition their SD card for A2EXT or DATA2EXT (a.k.a. apps2sd, etc etc), and are using Windows. If you're running linux, you could use something like gParted to partition it, not sure about OS X though. This method will allow a Windows user to create an EXT partition on their SD card alongside the FAT partition.
1) Download and install Minitool Partition Wizard, from here.
2) Open the program and delete all partitions from the SD card (which you will have inserted into the computer using an adapter or something). DO NOT DELETE THE PARTITIONS FROM THE HARD DISK! MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DELETING. Oh, and make sure the SD card is backed up
3) Create a FAT32 primary partition. You decide how big you want it, but I'd advise you leave 1024mb (1gb) for the EXT partition.
4) Create an EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 (you decide) primary partition. Use up the rest of the space on the SD card.
5) Click assign/OK/whatever and wait for it to complete
6) You now have your partitioned SD card ready for an A2SD ROM!
7) You need to assign a drive letter to the FAT32 partition. Not sure about the EXT partition. At first I forgot to do this and my card didn't show up in Windows, though Partition Magic can still see it.
Like I said, do yourself a favour and use BlaY0's method here, but if you're lazy or you don't have time or ADB doesn't work anymore, use this.
Nice one m8. You mentioned that CWM doesn't offer adding partitions bigger than 512 MB. Well, you're right but that's why I made a customized version of fake-flash that can do bigger... to 1 GB. It can even add second ext partition for some exotic types of data2ext. On top of that I added auto block alignment which is described in my guide (the manual one) so no more calculations and manual labour
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BlaY0 said:
Nice one m8. You mentioned that CWM doesn't offer adding partitions bigger than 512 MB. Well, you're right but that's why I made a customized version of fake-flash that can do bigger... to 1 GB. It can even add second ext partition for some exotic types of data2ext. On top of that I added auto block alignment which is described in my guide (the manual one) so no more calculations and manual labour
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Ah, I didn't know about your customized CWM, I think I'll just use that next time
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Nice one m8. You mentioned that CWM doesn't offer adding partitions bigger than 512 MB...
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I remember some version had the ext menu up to 4GB
BlaY0 said:
On top of that I added auto block alignment which is described in my guide (the manual one) so no more calculations and manual labour
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Didn't know that, good to know, for those of us still using data2ext, this is important...
Wish this was up earlier, spent an hour repartitioning my card using parted.Couldn't upgrade to EXT3 and ended up using CWM 3.0.2.8 to do it instead lol
What CWM is using under the hood for partitioning is actually parted.
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Tried it but it didnt work not sure what the problem is...
formatted my SD to FAT 32 and reserved 1G for EXT3 both as primary partition in the Mini Partition Tool
Plugged it in my phone,
Ran ADB shell
# a2sd --enabled, rebooted
on reboot nothing seemed to have changed... went back to ADB shell
tried a2sd --free it says A2Sd is not active ...
a2sd -- enabled again and it says it is enabled but not active
so im guessing it cant read or recognize the EXT3?!
Any clues... i didnt want to move my Dalvik to SD ... should I try EXT4 or even EXT2?
QkSi1ver said:
Tried it but it didnt work not sure what the problem is...
formatted my SD to FAT 32 and reserved 1G for EXT3 both as primary partition in the Mini Partition Tool
Plugged it in my phone,
Ran ADB shell
# a2sd --enabled, rebooted
on reboot nothing seemed to have changed... went back to ADB shell
tried a2sd --free it says A2Sd is not active ...
a2sd -- enabled again and it says it is enabled but not active
so im guessing it cant read or recognize the EXT3?!
Any clues... i didnt want to move my Dalvik to SD ... should I try EXT4 or even EXT2?
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Take me through what you did, step by step. You say you reserved 1G for EXT3, but did you actually format it as another partition?
QkSi1ver said:
Any clues... i didnt want to move my Dalvik to SD ... should I try EXT4 or even EXT2?
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It has been mentioned here like a gazilion times, boot up your device with logcat and see the first few lines...there is your answer!
Google how to wait for the device with logcat
1) Downloaded and installed Minitool Partition Wizard from your link. I got the free home edition
2) backed up my SD card and Open the program and delete my SD card partition ( which is in a card reader)
3) Created a FAT32 primary partition of 69xx MB and left the rest 1024 MB for the other unallocated space
4) Right click on the Unallocated Space to create an EXT3 as primary partition with the default cluster size.
5) At this point, it showed 2 partition on my SD, one with the drive letter for windows FAT32, and the 2nd one Ext 3 with 1GB and Primary. Clicked OK and Apply and wait for it to complete.
6) once complete , put it in phone, plugged usb and ran adb shell
7) ran a2sd --enable, it said reboot phone.. i made a mistake to reboot by adb the first time but then did the whole process again a 2nd time using reboot from the phone....
Tried logcat using this command "adb -d logcat>mylogfile.txt"
couldnt find the file anywhere ... if i dont redirect to the txt , it goes too fast to read and there's soo much debug messages what do i need to look for?
I thought it would save me time to get it done through windows... but its taking me as much time it w0uld probably get me with the manual way...
i'll give it a try tomorrow...
8) rebooted fine, and i was still low on space.. so went back in adb sheel to check a2sd --free but this is where it says not active..
QkSi1ver said:
1) Downloaded and installed Minitool Partition Wizard from your link. I got the free home edition
2) backed up my SD card and Open the program and delete my SD card partition ( which is in a card reader)
3) Created a FAT32 primary partition of 69xx MB and left the rest 1024 MB for the other unallocated space
4) Right click on the Unallocated Space to create an EXT3 as primary partition with the default cluster size.
5) At this point, it showed 2 partition on my SD, one with the drive letter for windows FAT32, and the 2nd one Ext 3 with 1GB and Primary. Clicked OK and Apply and wait for it to complete.
6) once complete , put it in phone, plugged usb and ran adb shell
7) ran a2sd --enable, it said reboot phone.. i made a mistake to reboot by adb the first time but then did the whole process again a 2nd time using reboot from the phone....
Tried logcat using this command "adb -d logcat>mylogfile.txt"
couldnt find the file anywhere ... if i dont redirect to the txt , it goes too fast to read and there's soo much debug messages what do i need to look for?
I thought it would save me time to get it done through windows... but its taking me as much time it w0uld probably get me with the manual way...
i'll give it a try tomorrow...
8) rebooted fine, and i was still low on space.. so went back in adb sheel to check a2sd --free but this is where it says not active..
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Tbh I'm really not sure. One thing I forgot to mention in the guide is that you should assign a drive letter to the FAT32 partition or it won't show up in Windows. I didn't assign one to my EXT4 partition though, and DATA2SD is working great for me. Try deleting all partitions from the SD card and start again. It'll only take 10 minutes, and if it still doesn't work just use the manual way.
Sorry.
alexhtclegend said:
Tbh I'm really not sure. One thing I forgot to mention in the guide is that you should assign a drive letter to the FAT32 partition or it won't show up in Windows. I didn't assign one to my EXT4 partition though, and DATA2SD is working great for me. Try deleting all partitions from the SD card and start again. It'll only take 10 minutes, and if it still doesn't work just use the manual way.
Sorry.
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Yeah i assigned a drive letter to FAT32...
Also the FAT32 , was my first block allocated partition, the 2nd partition was EXT3... i will redo the whole process and recreate EXT4 instead.
"DATA2SD is working great for me" ... you mean "A2SD working great for me" ... right? unless i'm missing something else that i needed to run..
ps: I recalled, after it was not working, i took out the sd and put it back in the reader to open MiniTool, it showed EXT2 instead of EXT3 ( which i was sure i chose )... and what's weird is it was reporting used space like 41MB... so obvisouly, the ROM wrote something on it...
Formatting it again to EXT3, didnt delete the 41 Used space, but it did convert it back to EXT3 ...probably nothing but mentioning as well
QkSi1ver said:
Yeah i assigned a drive letter to FAT32...
Also the FAT32 , was my first block allocated partition, the 2nd partition was EXT3... i will redo the whole process and recreate EXT4 instead.
"DATA2SD is working great for me" ... you mean "A2SD working great for me" ... right? unless i'm missing something else that i needed to run..
ps: I recalled, after it was not working, i took out the sd and put it back in the reader to open MiniTool, it showed EXT2 instead of EXT3 ( which i was sure i chose )... and what's weird is it was reporting used space like 41MB... so obvisouly, the ROM wrote something on it...
Formatting it again to EXT3, didnt delete the 41 Used space, but it did convert it back to EXT3 ...probably nothing but mentioning as well
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I suggest you start over, something seems to have gone wrong.
A2SD is where the apps are stored on the EXT partition.
DC2SD is where the dalvik cache is also stored on the EXT partition.
DATA2SD is where the entire /data partition on the phone is stored on the EXT partition of the memory card.
Partitioning the SD card with a FAT32 partition and EXT partition is done first, then you decide which one is for you. DATA2SD does have one or two issues, such as the risk of corruption - you'd then have to completely reinstall the ROM. A2SD and DC2SD are fine but I still found myself running out of internal memory.
i gave up and used ROM Manager to create my partition ...i couldnt set it to 1G because 512MB is maximum but it was painless to create.
it asked me to create a swap partition... i've read somewhere that swap partition is useless or barely used in newer android os? do you guys have any swap partition if so how big are they?
Also, did you move Dalvik cache to sd? isnt it slower on SD? i mean shouldnt dalvik cache be on RAM whihc i assume is faster than any external sd?
thanks for your insight
QkSi1ver said:
i gave up and used ROM Manager to create my partition ...i couldnt set it to 1G because 512MB is maximum but it was painless to create.
it asked me to create a swap partition... i've read somewhere that swap partition is useless or barely used in newer android os? do you guys have any swap partition if so how big are they?
Also, did you move Dalvik cache to sd? isnt it slower on SD? i mean shouldnt dalvik cache be on RAM whihc i assume is faster than any external sd?
thanks for your insight
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I used the full DATA2SD, which includes Dalvik2SD.
ok so sorry for a double post but im having an issue partitioning.
32 gb card san disk brand new
primary Fat32 10gb
primary Ext2 rest of space
once mini tool is done it sats successful but shows the sd card as Bad disk?!?
is there somthing im doin wrong? is used this guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
all help deeply appriciated
Acer Iconia Tab A110 rooted, Cwm, 4.1.2
Can you actually have a 22gb ext partition? This might be something to look into to see if you can do it.
Edit: this got me interested so I searched myself, yes you can but apparently it depends on the chosen block size and hardware limitations, so u may have an issue with either.
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alexhtclegend said:
Firstly, BlaY0 has a great tutorial on how to do this properly, I suggest you do that to learn something.
Secondly, I cannot confirm that this is 100% safe. BlaY0's method should be 99% safe, I don't know about this as it is all automatic. BlaY0's method is tried and tested, this is not. I only used this method as I had a new SD card and I was in a hurry (exams coming up ) and I didn't have time to remind myself of BlaY0's method, and CWM only allows you to create up to 512mb partition. Also, I had a new computer, and I don't have time to set up ADB all over again.
Anyway, this is a method for people who don't want to use ADB to partition their SD card for A2EXT or DATA2EXT (a.k.a. apps2sd, etc etc), and are using Windows. If you're running linux, you could use something like gParted to partition it, not sure about OS X though. This method will allow a Windows user to create an EXT partition on their SD card alongside the FAT partition.
1) Download and install Minitool Partition Wizard, from here.
2) Open the program and delete all partitions from the SD card (which you will have inserted into the computer using an adapter or something). DO NOT DELETE THE PARTITIONS FROM THE HARD DISK! MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DELETING. Oh, and make sure the SD card is backed up
3) Create a FAT32 primary partition. You decide how big you want it, but I'd advise you leave 1024mb (1gb) for the EXT partition.
4) Create an EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 (you decide) primary partition. Use up the rest of the space on the SD card.
5) Click assign/OK/whatever and wait for it to complete
6) You now have your partitioned SD card ready for an A2SD ROM!
7) You need to assign a drive letter to the FAT32 partition. Not sure about the EXT partition. At first I forgot to do this and my card didn't show up in Windows, though Partition Magic can still see it.
Like I said, do yourself a favour and use BlaY0's method here, but if you're lazy or you don't have time or ADB doesn't work anymore, use this.
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Hahah! Thanks for you detail guide. It is so helpful for me!