Hi, i'm an HTC Desire owner, with some experience in rooting, flashing etc.
my sis has an Ace, i want to root it and put CM7.2 stable there.
question is simple:
due to low internal storage i know that on Ace there are scripts to utilize sd-ext partition for storing apps, same as on the Desire.
however, on my HTC, there is also a way to resize partitions by applying a custom hboot, to maximize space usage (CM7 needed only 80mb while any Sense Rom used 250mb, so it was a 170mb waste without custom partitions).
so, on galaxy Ace is there also something similar ? or do i just root, install CWM and then go with CM7.2 + sd-ext.
also, do i have to apply the sd-ext script myself or will the Simple2Ext app from Play store do that for me (as on HTC Desire)?
thanks in advance!
That method won't work on Ace...you have to use CM7.2 with SD-EXT partition. You should use s2e
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No custom boot to resize partitions on the ace.
If you have an ext format partition on your sd, and rom cm7, then all you need is s2e from the playstore to move apps to the partition.
thanks guys, everything seems to be pretty straight forward!
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Does a2sd Darktremor work with Enomther's ROM?
I've installed a2sd darktremor via the zip file in recovery.
the sd card has an ext3 partition.
When in terminal emulator, typing /system/bin/a2sd check comes back with "not found"
Thanks
Enomther's ROM contains built-in support for A2SD. Absolutely no need to install anything else, just to look in the thread and in Spare Parts.
You can simply check app2sd related options(including dalvik cache moving) in spare parts. However, since you flashed Darktremor's over, I don't know if it will work well. If not, you need to wipe all, then flash the ROM again.
Thank you for the replies.
I've made a clockworkmod backup before I started tinkering, so everything is backed up.
The only changes i made, was to change my micro sd card from the standard 4gb FAT32 partition to a 8gb one (7gb FAT32, 1gb ext3)
In spare parts i then enabled oldstyle-extfs-apps2sd.
I noticed the free space on the internal storage increased from ~20mb to 60mb.
The a2sd storage 120mb has currently been used. My question is what exactly is in the ext3 partition and how do i move apps there ? (is it possible to individually move them)
Finally a bit OT, but a when doing a titanium backup i'm assuming this will still back up all system/user data?
If you check A2SD option - ALL your apps will move to EXT. Their data and Dalvik cache will remain on the phone.
If you check Cache2SD - Dalvik cache will also move to EXT.
You can't move the apps data to SD, unless you do it manually.
TB will backup everything.
All the rest you can read about in DarkTremor's thread.
Hi Guys,
I've posted in a couple of threads but didn't let loose for fear of hijacking it, so putting my question here for the good fellows to respond to if possible.
Basically put I have a ROM installed (Kang-o-rama SP1) and have a 1GB A2SD partition courtesy of DarkTremor.
What I want to know is what process should I go through to flash a new ROM but retain that Ext partition? I'm not sure if this is even possible? Should the wipe wipe absolutely everything and then after flashing the ROM I should rebuild the EXT partition and then use Titanium Backup (or something similar) to restore my apps to that A2SD partition?
Can somebody please just tell me what the best process is (even if that means wipe everything, and recreate from scratch each time you flash.
I was under the impression you see that I could wipe everything but retain the actual partition (albeit wiped) to restore apps to after a new Flash?
Thanks in advance
Probably your best bet is to use Titanium. When you restore, look for the setting in the app that mentions something to the effect of attempting to integrate your backup into a different ROM (Sorry don't have app in front of me).
You can also use ADB to pull your sd-ext to your computer. Push it back when you have the new ROM set up with ext
adb pull /sd-ext c:\whateveryouwanttocallit
I use Amon Ra's Recovery but I think Clockwork Mod has an option to backup just your sd-ext.
I have a 1gb partition made on my SD card. What's the easiest way to wipe this partition clean?
I want to know becuase when I install new ROMs that require a full wipe, all my apps are still on the ext2 partition and so when I install my ROM, all the apps come along.
Right now I'm trying to do a fresh install of CM7 and to start fresh without all that bloat that I had in my old apps and probably useless apps I don't want anymore. How do I wipe that ext2 partition clean in the easiest way? It
Use FuFu's OR. It has an option to wipe ext partition. You can find it here.
Okay so my Droid is running okay, but I would like to have more memory for apps. So I figured, why not just use the app2sd script from DT after partitioning my card in CWM like I did my Ascend. I tried these steps:
1. In the CWM recovery (2.5.0.1 and 3.1.0.2) there is no option ANYWHERE to partition the SD card like in the 2.x.x.x CWM on my Ascend.
2. I partitioned in ROM Manager and chose 512 Partition with 128 MB Swap. The phone reboots and partitions the SD, and I checked in MiniTool Partition Wizard to make sure, there was a ext3 partition and a linux swap.
3. I move all apps to Internal memory, went in to CM Settings and allowed application moving.
4. Flashed DT's beta 4 script in recovery and it wouldnt boot, had to clear dalvik cache.
5. Get back in and found that the apps had moved no where. I check the sd-ext folder in Root Explorer and it said empty folder. a2sdgui does not work, if I change something, it just changes back.
6. Reflashed, tried S2E (simple2ext) and had the same issue, it isnt recognizing the ext partition.
7. Reflashed and tried various other settings with no luck.
What should I do? I really dislike having 15mb of internal memory free. Any help would be loved
Here is the info:
Was using the latest CM7 build but now I tried it on SteelDroid 9... same issue
Got view but no replies? Need some help here....
delete all previous scripts and try link2sd. i have been using it successfully.
On the stock GB ROM, Link2SD requires a FAT32 partition to move the App and DalvikCache to the SD.
EDIT: Actually requires FAT32 OR EXT2 for stock...
Titanium backup requires an ext2/3/4 partition to use the Data2SD feature.
Is it possible to do both of these on a stock rom? Or use some other method to get the App, DalvikCache and app data to the SD without flashing another ROM?
I will be doing this for 3 of my family's phones and would much prefer to not have to flash ROMS and them have to put in extra effort afterwards.
I promise I've searched so apologies if this has been answered elsewhere, the closest I could find was http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605006 which didn't answer the question...
Thanks in advance!
Tim
I have created two partitions, one FAT32 and one EXT2 using MiniTool Partition Wizard
Link2SD is correctly setup and working.
Titanium Backup has this to say:
The supported mount points for the ext2/3/4 partition are:
/system/sd/ (“classic” sd-ext)
/sd-ext/ (“Cyanogen” sd-ext)
/data/sd/ (“MIUI” sd-ext)
However none of these mount points are present (it appears to mount under /data/sdext2/) so I'm unable to use the Data2SD functionality as yet.
So the question now becomes, can I create multiple mount points for a single EXT2 partition on a Stock ROM (ideally easily!).
Install a custom kernel with init.d support.
Cf-root is the most common since it's based on stock, and preserves baseband.
After that, there's many choices:
-link2sd as you've beeb using
-cronmod or amarullz scripts (int2ext+) which mount sd partition as extention to internal memory (every app on internal gets installed to the partition).
-s2e has the option to also move data to the partition.
Keep in mind that having data on the partition will lower performance and smoothness as compared to having data on internal.
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Install a custom kernel with init.d support.
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Keep in mind that having data on the partition will lower performance and smoothness as compared to having data on internal.
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Thanks for the advice.
I have a class 10 card that I was hoping would help mitigate the problem, am I just being naive?
I was hoping I'd be able to avoid a custom Kernel (haven't researched them enough yet)
I will try and find an S5830 Stock + init.d kernel tomorrow and see how that goes, I'm still planning on Titanium Backup to do the Data2SD.
Does this init.d script mount the partition somewhere that Titanium Backup can get hold of it then?
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Does this init.d script mount the partition somewhere that Titanium Backup can get hold of it then?
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I really can't say about titanium backups' data2sd function since i've never used it before.
The init.d script (i found cronmods' int2ext to be the most convenient) mounts the sd partition as part of /data. When making backups of apps+data titanium backup had 0 problems finding and backing up all apps. The problem might arise if the data2sd function tries to move /data (in which the partition is already mounted) to the partition.
Someone in the forum might know more details. You can always make a nandroid backup and see what happens. Good luk.