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[Q] Using ROM MANAGER to partition sd

i'am on 2.2.1 stock rooted though....now i believe i made the mistake of moving apps to SD BEFORE partitioning so now i have like a TON of apps on my SDcard and like 20mbs of internal storage LEFT but then i partitioned my SDcard -____- lol a FAIL ...so should i delete all of my 171+ apps and THEN Repartition ?

You could just use a partition manipulation app rather than repartitioning. I recently did this using gparted on my linux workstation. Not sure of any free windows apps that do the same. If you are not running linux, you can always use a bootable USB img to make the changes.
parted (gnu.org/software/parted/)
gparted frontend (gparted.sourceforge.net)
Here are some tools to make life easier when dealing with bootable USB images and windows.
linuxliveusb.com
unetbootin.sourceforge.net

hmmm alright ill give it a shot thanks i've got windows though not Linux

If you don't have partition magic or another app installed to change partitions around, just use either linuxliveusb.com or unetbootin.sourceforge.net to create a bootable usb key that will let you resize your partitions. They don't install anything or make any changes to your hard disks.

question though bro if you go into the ROOT of a partitioned SDCARD how does it look? like is there a SPARE folder for the apps? if possible a screenshot?

I'm too new to the forums to post real links, but below is a screenshot of gparted showing my nexus one. I opened gparted and went to view and checking "Device Information"
For my current partition layout, which is just 1 big partition, I see everything that I have saved to the SD card. My apps get installed on /sdcard/.android_secure
yfrog.com/c8nexusonej

mattsalerno said:
I'm too new to the forums to post real links, but below is a screenshot of gparted showing my nexus one. I opened gparted and went to view and checking "Device Information"
For my current partition layout, which is just 1 big partition, I see everything that I have saved to the SD card. My apps get installed on /sdcard/.android_secure
yfrog.com/c8nexusonej
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nice! im going to have to try this did u set it up the MANUEL WAY?

I'm using the standard froyo apps2sd.

alright iam actually having some problems with partitioning..... i was able to to get up to HERE....but now what??
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What distribution are you booting? There should be a menu with gparted listed. You could at least go to a console/terminal/xterm whatever and type in gparted.
Both tools for creating a usb stick should offer a gparted distro.

well when i go into terminal and type in gparted i get this.....UNLESS im doing it wrong...

Which distro are you running? You should install the gpared distro on your usb stick or at least systemrescuecd. Both of those are guaranteed to have gparted. I'm not sure about the others.

mattsalerno said:
Which distro are you running? You should install the gpared distro on your usb stick or at least systemrescuecd. Both of those are guaranteed to have gparted. I'm not sure about the others.
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where can i find those ??

If you go to the links, they will tell you how to do it. It's not a complicated process.
Unetbootin gparted.sourceforge.net/liveusb.php
Download Unetbootin to help you to create this Live USB flash drive. Just run the program on MS windows, then you can follow the GUI to create the live. You will need the GParted live iso file in this method. PS. The boot menu created by Unetbootin is not exactly the same boot menu as the one created in choice 1. Therefore it's recommended to use the choice 1.
linuxliveusb.com/en/how-to.html

Partitioning through Ubuntu
l0uisz said:
where can i find those ??
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If you are trying GParted than this thread must be helpful. Might you got a solution here

thank youuuu!

Is there partitio manager for android?
I have no PC, all around like a forest.
So, i want to partition sdcard right from android phone.
Is there such manager?
ROM manager want to download and install their native soft, but i cant find my model in their list.
help

[MOD] native swap

hey guys im making this thread cus androidboss dint know how to do this and im mkaing it easier for him(might help others too so )
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DEAD SDCRADS PHONES LAPTOPS DESKTOPS AND ANYTHING ELSE
requirements
-windows computer
-phone with swiftdroid or any rom that supports inti.d boot scripts
-recovery 5.0.2.3
1. backup all sdcard stuff to computer.
2. wipe all data from the sdcard. after that use this to remove all partitions from sdcard( if you do not have any other partitions on sdcard skip to the end bellow the last picture)
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm
the pics will look may look different cus im using a older version
mine looks like this
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to remove all the other partitions
when all is done click apply at the top lefthand corner. at the end after it refreshes make sure there is only one partition left . the FAT32 partition.
so now the card has no data put it in the phone and boot into recovery(5.0.2.3). there go to advance>partition sdcard>EXT size 2M(2M if you dont want a ext partition but if you want then the size is up to you )>swap size 256m
power down the phone and put back data into the sdcard. now enjoy swap
well this is my first thread so hope it helps!!

hahaha thank you
every much bs828 !!!
You helped me a lot!!!

Thanks a lot mate.
Edit: will use this on my girls gt540.
These typos was sent from my Nexus S [I9023]

custom rom??

I use this method more than 2 or 3 month, thats nothing new. Mur4ik Swiftdroid roms use this method, automatically find&use SD card's swap partition.
Before that, i made a video for my 2.1 Ultimate rom, how to partition SD card under windows to use swap&ext partition. (I use swapper for swap and joe's autoapp2SD in my ROM) Sometimes it not possible because compatibility problems between win&card readers but newer CWM recoveries able to partition cards.

yeah like i said androidboss did not know how to do this so i made this. others may also find is useful so why not make it public ??

bs828 said:
yeah like i said androidboss did not know how to do this so i made this. others may also find is useful so why not make it public ??
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hahaha!!!
yeah thanks !!!
i tried it today and it works fine!!!

should be useful if we we ever get ICS

hi, tnx for guide... folowing it i found out that me sdcard was formated like super floppy, maybe that was cose of sdcard unmounting.

LoL hope it helped

Just tried it, works like a charm

Im quite a newbie in this, how exactly does swap and ext porticions work and what do they do ?

the memory card you are using is in a fat32 format so by partition it to let say a ext3 file type you can store apps on it(if im not wrong the phone's memory is also ext3) swap works as addition external ram used to run apps

Where can I find recovery 5.0.2.3?
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jasper580 said:
Where can I find recovery 5.0.2.3?
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lavero burgos' mediafire-folder
http://www.mediafire.com/?dc647azbpozp2#vhlcnb75m7yq7
always the first thing for me if i need something ;D

bs828 said:
the memory card you are using is in a fat32 format so by partition it to let say a ext3 file type you can store apps on it(if im not wrong the phone's memory is also ext3) swap works as addition external ram used to run apps
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thats true except the phones memory is yaffs2

I'm running CM9 Android 4.0.3
http://mikegapinski.androidus.pl/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-aosp/
I've done everything like the tutorial says, but I had older clockwork recovery 2.5 I guess something like that, and I've done the same thing in recovery selected advance>partition sdcard> EXT3 and selected 2gb then selected 256MB Swap, but when I run the OS and enter free in terminal it says swap 0.
What could have caused the problem?
Thanks in advance!

vita94 said:
I'm running CM9 Android 4.0.3
http://mikegapinski.androidus.pl/android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-aosp/
I've done everything like the tutorial says, but I had older clockwork recovery 2.5 I guess something like that, and I've done the same thing in recovery selected advance>partition sdcard> EXT3 and selected 2gb then selected 256MB Swap, but when I run the OS and enter free in terminal it says swap 0.
What could have caused the problem?
Thanks in advance!
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look in root explorer (or any root file manager), in folder etc/init.d
if there isnt script called 07swapon, the swap wont active. and afaik, mike's ics doesnt have this script. u must add it manually.

Yes take 1 from any rom

How can I open *.img files so I can get the 07swapon file?
Can you give me the download link for swapon file?

Windows can not format

Hello everyone
I have Micro sd card 32 gig that i was trying to format using my windows pc but for some reason i windows will not let me format my card.it says can not complete format.
can someone please help to format my card ?

were you trying to format the mem card while it is in the phone and the phone is connected to the pc?
goto settings in phone and format the mem card or use CWM Recovery to format.

joeldroid said:
were you trying to format the mem card while it is in the phone and the phone is connected to the pc?
goto settings in phone and format the mem card or use CWM Recovery to format.
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great suggestion. i just tryed with CWM but system will not mount sd card so CWM is not working.
Joeldroid my phone was reporting sd card had some files that were unsupported . phone was not reading the card, so i am trying to use my pc but will get same problem. saying unable to format.
any other hint i really want to save this card.
thanks

Do you have access to a SD Card data reader? It might help to remove your phone from the equation. Also, Linux has far better support for file systems than windows. I have formatted drives that Windows couldn't see, using Linux. Do you have access to a unix box?

reeseman04 said:
Do you have access to a SD Card data reader? It might help to remove your phone from the equation. Also, Linux has far better support for file systems than windows. I have formatted drives that Windows couldn't see, using Linux. Do you have access to a unix box?
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Thanks for you reply.i don't have access to unix box.i was able to recover the picutres with one of the free softwares but it will not format.so gives me indication that card is still good but for some reason just can not format.

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ipaq dude said:
Thanks for you reply.i don't have access to unix box.i was able to recover the picutres with one of the free softwares but it will not format.so gives me indication that card is still good but for some reason just can not format.
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Perhaps you can try this utility?
http://download.cnet.com/CompuApps-SwissKnife-V3/3000-2248_4-10070864.html?tag=mncol;1

reeseman04 said:
Perhaps you can try this utility?
http://download.cnet.com/CompuApps-SwissKnife-V3/3000-2248_4-10070864.html?tag=mncol;1
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this software will not install on windows.. installs falls everytime.

Try with this. It should empty your drive
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[Q] CM10 External SD Card Not Showing

Hi, I updated my phone with the CM10 nightlies and all is working great so far! I'm still getting used to of the new way of mounting the storage partitions, as now the phone uses primarily the internal storage card, which is better for me.
The problem is, that on some apps I'm having trouble using my SD card.
When I navigate to /storage, most apps don't show up anything (neither sdcard0 nor scard1), but navigating to /sdcard does take me to /storage/sdcard0. This happens even if the app has root access.
Is there any way to change this, or create a link(like /sdcard -> /storage/sdcard0 to /extsdcard -> /storage/sdcard1)
This is what I see on Titanium Backup:
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try es file explorer

Try changing the permissions on /storage
I initially had same issue but resolved it by the said method.
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I've tried changing permissions to Read Write and Execute for all three groups to Storage but still got no luck. System doesn't allow me to change permissions to sdcard1 directly.
Apollo and Titanium still can't access the external sd. Any other ideas?

aragorn7 said:
Try changing the permissions on /storage
I initially had same issue but resolved it by the said method.
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This seems to have done it for me. I enabled full read permissions and only owner write, I left execute as is (all checked) and now Titanium can write and read to my external sd, so no more storage woes for me!
Thanks!

gallery still doesn't work, despite using the refered permission setup. Medscape still doesn't work too. Both tell me there isn't a external sd ...

lionheartpl said:
gallery still doesn't work, despite using the refered permission setup. Medscape still doesn't work too. Both tell me there isn't a external sd ...
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It might be that those apps are looking for the external sd in the wrong (old) symlinks. See if the following will help you
aragorn7 said:
If you need the /emmc symbolic link, you can create your own in the terminal:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /
ln -s /storage/sdcard1 /emmc
mount -o remount,ro /
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Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

FINALLY A SOLUTION!
I recalled reading a RC's post that skipping CM7 could cause issues. Actually, he mentions it in the CM10 launch thread, first post.
So I re-installed a stock ROM, installed CM7 wiped data/cache, installed CM10 wiped dalvik, fixed permissions and now it all runs great!
Let's hope it lasts! If it doesn't all try your idea Aragorn.
Thanks a bunch

if you go to the settings > general settings > advanced > access mode and change it to root access mode it will let you go into your external sd card without having to edit in shortcuts hope it works for everyone :victory:

50.5 GB free of 53.6 GB

I have TWRP recovery and went to Format my phone through TWRP.
After formatting it says in Windows Explorer 50.5 GB free of 53.6 GB.
When I click into the phone in Explorer there are not files and nothing shows up. Is this normal for internal Storage for the phone after a clean wipe?

ForcedZucchini said:
I have TWRP recovery and went to Format my phone through TWRP.
After formatting it says in Windows Explorer 50.5 GB free of 53.6 GB.
When I click into the phone in Explorer there are not files and nothing shows up. Is this normal for internal Storage for the phone after a clean wipe?
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EDIT: I misread your question and do not know the answer.

64gb?
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ForcedZucchini said:
I have TWRP recovery and went to Format my phone through TWRP.
After formatting it says in Windows Explorer 50.5 GB free of 53.6 GB.
When I click into the phone in Explorer there are not files and nothing shows up. Is this normal for internal Storage for the phone after a clean wipe?
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Mine is also the same

jimchee said:
64gb?
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Yes this is for the 64GB version.
Here is what file manager is saying, after I have setup the phone.
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The 6GB of 'other' can't be found when browsing the phone.
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OP: Did you format it f2fs or ext4? There's approx a ~5 G difference. F2fs leaves less than ext4.. (well, it's faster too for writes, so .. I think well worth it).

It's ok to show that way if you have data on f2fs [emoji4]
Sent from Funk Tuned 3T

i have the same issue and i have been trying to solve it because i remember i had 53 GB free space out of the box. now i messed up something and i have 17 gb only free data partition. any ideas?

Funk Wizard said:
It's ok to show that way if you have data on f2fs [emoji4]
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Man that Daft Punk logo is epic!

If you're feeling bold you can do some trial and error and allocate your own partition space. But by default you are not going to get all 64gb of the 64gb advertised. Disk space is quite a finicky thing where some storage devices are made better than others. Mine for instance with all my stuff installed with FreedomOS i have 57GB on my phone usable. I don't really do pictures though and hardly have many apps. Its just how technology is. I wouldnt really suggest any manual allocations to specific partitions because you could choke the phone causing either a boot-loop issue or a full bricking of your device. If you need more space you can hop down to best buy and purchase a smartphone external hard drive. Believe it or not phones can actually recognize flash drives and send files to them independently.

i have just formatted my storage in twrp and changed it to EXT4 and to me also its showing 50GB free of 53.6

Seem like some space are reserved for driver image drive which are usually shown up during connecting a PC.

This happened to me when I was changing filesystem (f2fs -> ext4 , and/or ext4 -> f2fs). I would connect my phone to my pc and it would show completely empty storage with around 50gigs free and without any of the usual android system folders. I ignored it and simply went ahead with rom installation from twrp and there were no problems.
Yes, it is normal after you switch /data filesystem