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g1 partitioning help

ok so these forums have help me sooo much from rooting my g1 for the first time and upgrading my g1 to the max. But I've comed to a problem on partitioning my g1.
I am currently using cyanogenmod and I use amon ra's recovery 1.5.0 which I have found really easy to use.
So basically I'm trying to get a linux swap of 96mb and I belive a 512mb ext partition but when I do this on amon ra I chect on cosole by first typing su and then free to check my memory and my swap partition says 0? And I'm trying to see what I'm doing wrong?
What I basically do is I:
wipe
Format my sd via computer with swiss knife or bassic format tool
Plug in my card
Wipe again
Wipe ext partion
And then I do the ext/linux/fat32 partition thing
And then I do my flashing.
Am I doing something wrong? Or maybe taking too many steps? Lol
But if anybody could tell me what to do it would be good.
And again I don't mind starting out fresh.

I am going to assume your new...
And I am a bit of a smart a$$ so deal with it. It's also late and I'm hungry, so I'm a triple threat.
1. Welcome to the forums.
2. keep up to date on the programs...RA1.5.0 had a bug in it. It was replaced with RA1.5.1 in less than 8 hours.
Check for daily updates on everything you use.
3. Don't do it by hand...Amon RA 1.5.1 does all this for you. (has since like 1.3.9 I think)
Even walks you through it step be step.
Its under the heading PARTITION SDCARD (Can't miss it on the main screen. It's there on 1.5 too)
Know your Sdcard specs b4 proceeding.
It even upgrades your partitions...don't bother with apps2sd if your not on a class 4 or 6 card.
And yes you do want ext 4 if you have a class 4 or 6 card.
No I won't tell you how to tell the difference. Google will.
4. Not to sound like an a$$...oh wait I already put in that disclaimer...
Seriously are you learning about what your doing or are you following along blindly?
Just following along results in posts like "OMG I just F*ing Bricked my Phone trying that lame a$$ write up. How do I fix my phone!?!?"
Read up on the programs before you use them, and ask questions about how to do something before trying. Please.
Have a nice... ah who am I kidding...see ya!

Ok..
1. Thanks for the welcome
2. You didn't help much but still thanks.
3. I'm not that of a complete dumba$$ and I do try to stay up with the updates and stuff but I go to school full time and I work right after but thanks for the advise...
4. But what I was looking for was how to start out fresh with cyanogen and a partition on my phone because when I try it it doesn't show on console but the size on my sd does decrese.
But again thanks.

Ok..
1. Thanks for the welcome
2. You didn't help much but still thanks.
3. I'm not that of a complete dumba$$ and I do try to stay up with the updates and stuff but I go to school full time and I work right after but thanks for the advise...
4. But what I was looking for was how to start out fresh with cyanogen and a partition on my phone because when I try it it doesn't show on console but the size on my sd does decrese.
But again thanks.

Do you have a userinit.sh setup to activate the swap on boot? Otherwise, you can try entering "swapon" in a terminal window and then "free" to see if you now have swap being utilized. Just having the partition does not enable swapping.

If you want to try to re-partition it one last time, I wrote a very simple excel program that walks you through the partitioning. I boot into recovery, and go to console. From there, just type the text exactly as written. There are 2 variables that you will type in, the swap and the actual size of the card. By typing those in, it will update the spreadsheet with the correct values to input. I have formatted quite a few this way and never had a problem that wasn't due to a bad SD card.
Anyway, this is what it looks like:
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and the download link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/318493809/Partition.xlsx

I guess in my cranky state you missed my point.
There is no reason to do any of the partitioning on another computer, or by hand. Amon Ra's recovery image does that operation with a little interaction from you.
Basically it does what speed.racer's script does, and it's already on your phone.
As for not seeing the partition information...
A fresh partition has nothing on it, so you will get a 0 when looking to see how much data it is storing.
Look again after you have booted up to the home screen.
Does that help?

Well its been like about 2 hours since i did the repartition and im sure that it would of have had taken up mem by now but it says 0 0 0 and

When i do the swap on thin it says to set swap priority?

Cant boot tab, Odin and heimdall cant recover it...

So I am not a noob to flashing or to android, but I am fairly new to this damned Galaxy Tab... A friends daughter had a small issue with her tab so she called verizon who had her do a bunch of things to it now it totally wont boot. it givs the "Samsung" screen, then the verizon splash screen but wont go any further. I can get it into download mode and i can get it into recovery, but Im seeing a lot of errors in recovery. I am attaching a pic of that...
I have spent the last two days searching all over for a way to get this darn thing running, eveywhere I read :If you can get to the download screen or into recovery it is easy to recover." Well Im guessing its not always so damn easy....
I have a TAR file that is the stock VZW files and I tried that via heimdall, no go... tried multiple ways, nothing. i had it at one time so the video wouldnt work, I could hear the bootup sounds, but couldnt see anything on the tab... could someone please help me out with this thing?
device is a Verizon branded SCHI800BKV
Here is my recovery screenshot...
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do a wipe data/factory reset in stock recovery, after it ur device will fully bootup

I wish it was that easy.... here is what I get when i try that..
If you notice the empty line in the middle of the red text, the next line states, "Your storage is not prepared yet, use UI menu for format and reboot menus.
I have let it run at the verizon splash screen overnight just incase it was rebuilding Dalvik, but no go.... and of course all verizon tells me is "As old as this is, you would be better off buying the newer version. Should i ring one up for you?"
It seems to me, like the onboard memory is fragged, and not holding the data when I flash via either Odin or Heimdall...

Internal storage is broken.

crap. thats what I thought.... been reading the threads about using a SD card to run and have NO freaking clue how to do that stuff. good thing this isnt my device.

It has just become simpler! CM10 nightlies can be installed without modifications on an external storage card by creating an empty file activate_data_on_sdcard (the name is important) in the root of the card.

ableeker said:
It has just become simpler! CM10 nightlies can be installed without modifications on an external storage card by creating an empty file activate_data_on_sdcard (the name is important) in the root of the card.
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OK, i just grabbed the latest nightly and the Gapps, but as this tab is NOT rooted, nor does it have ClockworkMod recovery installed, how do i flash it? Just put a file with that name on the SD card along with the zip file for CM10? do i still have to partition the SD card? Damn I feel like a noob...:cyclops:

Well, we don't install CWM on the Tab, we install a kernel that has a recovery that can install unsigned zips from storage. The Overcome kernel is known to work. I believe there's a thread in General with links to the Overcome files.
Partition the card: 1 = /SDCARD, Primary FAT32, most of the capacity of the card (say 25 GB on a 32 GB card, or maybe 13 GB on a 16 GB card), 2 = /DATA, Primary Ext4, 2 or 4 GB, 3 = /CACHE, Primary Ext4, rest of the card.
Download the CM10 nightly and JB gapps and put them on the external card.
Create a file named activate_data_on_sdcard on the card.
Put the Tab into Download mode and flash the Overcome kernel as PDA with Odin. The Tab will not boot normally anymore after you've done this. Power off the Tab.
Boot it into recovery by powering it up while holding down Power on and Volume-up until you see the text Galaxy Tab. It should start the recovery.
Wipe data, cache, and Dalvik cache.
Go to the Install menu and select the option to install from storage. Select the nightly and flash it.
It may start to flash and then reboot into recovery. This should now be the CM10 recovery. Flash the nightly again.
Flash gapps for JB.
If all had gone well the Tab will boot and run from the external card.
Hm, I must have been doing this stuff too long now, because I find this whole process quite logical...

How to get into Nook bootloader? CWM installed

I have CWM recovery installed on the nook but unable to go into the bootloader. It always go into recovery.
What I want to do is partition the data partition. I have a 32gb nook and 1/2 of the space is at the data partition.
Thanks

thecalip said:
I have CWM recovery installed on the nook but unable to go into the bootloader. It always go into recovery.
What I want to do is partition the data partition. I have a 32gb nook and 1/2 of the space is at the data partition.
Thanks
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I really don't understand this request. What do you mean go into the bootloader?
And why do you want to repartition? What is wrong with the data partition that you want to change it? What are you going to change it too? It is already optimal.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
I really don't understand this request. What do you mean go into the bootloader?
And why do you want to repartition? What is wrong with the data partition that you want to change it? What are you going to change it too? It is already optimal.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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Something is clearly wrong with this partition. Base on the screen shot below, I assume the my /data partition is same as the internal partition. My problem is that my nook 32gb and the partitions only added up to 16. What happen to the other 16gb?
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Are you sure? Look at the box it came in. Those numbers are for the 16GB version.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

leapinlar said:
Are you sure? Look at the box it came in. Those numbers are for the 16GB version.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.
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You are right. It is a 16gb version. The box said 32gb, but the part # is a 16gb version.
How do I restore this back to stock? The stock card I used to do the backup is corrupted. And I also made the stupid mistake formatting the data & media partition.

thecalip said:
You are right. It is a 16gb version. The box said 32gb, but the part # is a 16gb version.
How do I restore this back to stock? The stock card I used to do the backup is corrupted. And I also made the stupid mistake formatting the data & media partition.
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Go to my HD/HD+ CWM thread linked in my signature and make a new CWM card. Then flash one of the plain stock ROMs from item 6. That should restore everything including recovery.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

As far as I know its not possible to boot into CWM rocovery or TWRP directly from emmc. I use leapinlar's CWM sd card and that works fine, but I do miss the convenience of updating ROMs directly from internal flash like I did with the Touchpad.

Free4ever2 said:
As far as I know its not possible to boot into CWM rocovery or TWRP directly from emmc. I use leapinlar's CWM sd card and that works fine, but I do miss the convenience of updating ROMs directly from internal flash like I did with the Touchpad.
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You can get there by holding the power and n button during a normal boot. Hold both for about 5 seconds and release the power button before it turns it off, followed by releasing the n key. It will boot into CWM or TWRP.
Sent from my Nook HD+ running CM10.1 on emmc.

[Q] Help! Can't mount sd-ext

Hi, I'm actually new to an Android device, but the HTC vivid I got from AT&T just behaved horrendously (battery dies in less than 2 hours, input method constantly stops working, any of the touches on the screen are frequently recognized as dragging down the status bar, can't pick-up or make phone calls very often, changes the screen brightness by itself like crazy if set auto-brightness, etc) so I decide to make some change.
The ROM I am currently using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420985
The problem that I have now is that in system settings->storage, I can see my ~30GB external SD card. The SD card works fine if you plug it to a PC. But no apps on the phone can access this SD card. I was using a CWM recovery, and now a TWRP recovery, both give me an error message saying something like "unable to mount sd-ext".
These are what I see in system settings.
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I will explain what I did with my phone during the past 3 days to give you an idea of what may go wrong.
First I tried to root the device with some "one-key rooting" software I found online, but it failed. Then I learned that I have to unlock the bootloader of the phone. So I went to htcdev.com and followed the instructions, but my Win8.1 computer could not recognized the phone when the phone was in fastboot mode (although I could see "FASTBOOT USB" on the phone, the computer just said "unrecognized device" or something). So I borrowed my roommate's Macbook Pro, and successfully unlocked the bootloader. Then the "one-key rooting" software worked, and my deviced was rooted. By that time the storage worked without any problem.
Then I tried to install a ROM made by "Team Hydra" on my phone (I can't find the original post now but I noticed a new thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524934, which I suppose is an update of the ROM), but I didn't know about the "S-ON" status of my phone, so apparently I can't boot my phone to system. At this time I had CWM recovery on my phone. So I took out the battery, thought it was the ROM's issue.
I found that I could flash a ROM by copying the ROM zip files into my external SD card, and use CWM recovery. So I tried this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026675 which is an official Cyanogenmod nightly version. Still no luck because I didn't flash boot.img. Then I read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036710 and understood the boot.img issue. I successfully installed the ROM, but found that the phone did not recognize either my internal SD or my external SD, so most of the apps couldn't run, even the camera.
Then I found this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2420985 and noticed in the changelog there was a "Fixed SD Card" update. So I installed this newer version of ROM (also using the external SD). I felt very strange that the recovery could install the ROM with the external SD, but the operating system can't use the SD card (same as the snapshots shown above, except that the sdcard(FAT) was also "Unavailable").
Then I found another post online, and tried the method: I flashed TWRP recovery on my phone, and tapped "mount". Then I plugged the phone to my PC, and format the 8GB partition which seemed to be somehow corrupted. After that the internal SD card worked fine, and it is what I have now. The external SD can't be used by any of the apps, and if I reboot to recovery, and try to mount sd-ext, I can get a message saying "unable to mount sd-ext".
Ok now I got really confused, and the posts and threads I found online are not quite the same as the problem I am having. I wish to get help here. Thank you.
#New Problem Found#
Also I find my bluetooth can't be turned on...

New (year 2014) Nook HD unable to boot from SD

Just bought used like new Nook HD (Hummingbird) from ebay. That come with following info:
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http://picpaste.com/nookhd_model_info-Xh9HTDqM.jpg
Problem is that it can not boot from sd card.
I followed EMCC CM11 instruction and UNOFFICIAL CM12.1 instruction.
Both cover different scenario such as using image burner (Latest Win32DiskImager on Win10) and just set partition to active (using Mini Tool Partition Wizard Free). Using 8GB card should be no issue, but the image burning step actually use a partition that is less than 4GB. Which should rule problem related to large size SD card.
I have also read about newer HD+ having sdcard booting problem. Recommendation is to try a lot of time. Which I did more than 10 times of reinserting sd card and press the on button. No luck there.
So I am here to ask if there is something new to this newer (middle of 2014) Nook HD? Anyone have similar experience with Nook HD? I was under impression that Nook HD have no issue with booting from SD Card. Only HD+ have this problem.
Also under impression that Nook HD is no longger manufactured. So is it possible that this new 2014 batch come with somekind of sd card boot protection by B&N? Since nerwer HD+ also seem to have this.
TIA!

HarisHashim said:
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Problem is that it can not boot from sd card.
I followed EMCC CM11 instruction and UNOFFICIAL CM12.1 instruction.
Both cover different scenario such as using image burner (Latest Win32DiskImager on Win10) and just set partition to active (using Mini Tool Partition Wizard Free).
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Was the SD boot partition type set to 0x0C FAT32 LBA?

digixmax said:
Was the SD boot partition type set to 0x0C FAT32 LBA?
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You are right! By default it is not 0x0C. Indeed there is additional step required that is missing from original instruction (or at least from the PDF that I download)
So I did that additional step as per this image
same url as my last image plus Type0xc-lba-uUurkMtc.jpg
Try booting again more than 10 times. I.e. shutdown the tablet. Insert sdcard and press power button few times. Fail, take out sdcard, insert it back and try again.
Not successful, no boot logo.
All previous step to prepare the Sd Card was done using Windows 10. After this, I boot into Linux and use gparted to check the sdcard partition flag. I see that boot flag is enabled but lba flag is not. I dont really think this is important. But I enable it anyway and apply it to the sdcard partition.
As per this image.
same url as my last image plus nookhd-gparted-flag-keauk5Fh.png
Try again another 10 times. Again not successful.
All this and previous try, I seriously think that something did boot or at least try to boot. Because after attempting (and fail) to boot using the sd card. I will need to long press power button about 10 second after that depress and press again about 2 to 3 second to start the nook HD tablet. I have verified this by pressing less than 10 second many time, which will not boot the tablet.
I have another nook (dead battery at the moment) that have this same behavior when running Android JB. After shutting down, I will need to do long press one time and then press few seconds to boot it again.
Appreciate the tip. I need more suggestion! In few days, will buy another SD card that is different brand with 4 GB size and give that a try too!
TIA

HarisHashim said:
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All this and previous try, I seriously think that something did boot or at least try to boot. Because after attempting (and fail) to boot using the sd card. I will need to long press power button about 10 second after that depress and press again about 2 to 3 second to start the nook HD tablet. I have verified this by pressing less than 10 second many time, which will not boot the tablet.
I have another nook (dead battery at the moment) that have this same behavior when running Android JB. After shutting down, I will need to do long press one time and then press few seconds to boot it again.
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That does sound a bit hopeful -- see the notes (a) & (b) at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2679899.

digixmax said:
That does sound a bit hopeful -- see the notes (a) & (b) at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2679899.
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Thanks for tagging me. I almost forgot about this thread. I succesfully boot and installed using a 4 GB sd. Same brand. And this might be the same sd I used few ywars back to install my first nook. I thought I loss it, turns out I left it in a printer.
So is possible that this is SD Card specific problem. Or perhaps the smaller size (4GB vs 8GB) is the solution.
Thanks again!