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[Q] Info on SD Partition sizes

Before anyone flames me, ive looked everywhere for this information and cannot find what i need in a simple answer.
i formatted my sd card months ago and started to have issues just recently so i decided to reflash and tried out a different rom. Super E
i forgot what i partitioned my card into and would like to find out what the swap size was. is there a quick simple way of doing this. i do not have swap enabled at present and was thinking of doing this now but want to know what i set it as last time.

traumatism said:
Before anyone flames me, ive looked everywhere for this information and cannot find what i need in a simple answer.
i formatted my sd card months ago and started to have issues just recently so i decided to reflash and tried out a different rom. Super E
i forgot what i partitioned my card into and would like to find out what the swap size was. is there a quick simple way of doing this. i do not have swap enabled at present and was thinking of doing this now but want to know what i set it as last time.
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Just google partition programs. I was going to upload a freeware 1 I had but it's a bit over the 8MB limit.
Partition Master is the name. Good luck.

crz6662 said:
Just google partition programs. I was going to upload a freeware 1 I had but it's a bit over the 8MB limit.
Partition Master is the name. Good luck.
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Cheers crz. very much apreciated.

[Q] Internal Storage Missing 4GB

I am missing roughly 3 to 4GB of space on my internal storage. Long story short -- flashed cm11.0_golden.nova.20141127.ODIN_TWRP the first couple of tries it failed mainly due to me not knowing how to enter into recovery mode. After about 4 or 5 tries I figured it out and all was well. Then I notice a large chunk of my internal storage is missing. I enter recovery mode and format all internal storage. I gain a few hundred MB. I cannot see those missing GB of space at all. My best guess is that those first few unsuccessful attempts at flashing the rom are still there in the internal storage taking the space I am missing. Is there any way to repartition the internal storage? I have used all of the methods available to me with TWRP and have had no success in gaining that storage back. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

davesunday said:
I am missing roughly 3 to 4GB of space on my internal storage. Long story short -- flashed cm11.0_golden.nova.20141127.ODIN_TWRP the first couple of tries it failed mainly due to me not knowing how to enter into recovery mode. After about 4 or 5 tries I figured it out and all was well. Then I notice a large chunk of my internal storage is missing. I enter recovery mode and format all internal storage. I gain a few hundred MB. I cannot see those missing GB of space at all. My best guess is that those first few unsuccessful attempts at flashing the rom are still there in the internal storage taking the space I am missing. Is there any way to repartition the internal storage? I have used all of the methods available to me with TWRP and have had no success in gaining that storage back. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Guessing you have S3 mini soo i have same "issue" it's actually the phone itself takes around 3-4 GB i have usable 4.64 gb and i have 8GB model.

So is this just the normal amount of space taken up by the system? And yes mine is an 8GB model also.

Yes guys it's normal if you have 4GB.
4GB for system and 4GB for user

When i look at how much storage total it lists 4.72GB. For available space it shows 4.27GB. Will the 4GB taken up by the system not be shown? I just figured that it would list close to 8GB total with X amount taken by system. Im pretty sure this is how it was before I flashed the phone.

davesunday said:
When i look at how much storage total it lists 4.72GB. For available space it shows 4.27GB. Will the 4GB taken up by the system not be shown? I just figured that it would list close to 8GB total with X amount taken by system. Im pretty sure this is how it was before I flashed the phone.
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Could it be the missing 4GB is the partition of the system? I am using stock ROM also can only access about 4GB for saving files and apps. Maybe the CM11 itself using 4GB for OS process and pre-installed/bloatware apps? Just my guest.
You can try to reach the missing space using 3rd party apps such as XDA File Manager. BUT, I wont dare to do anything to the 'hidden files', as I know it could damage your system. That's why they made it invisible to normal/average user (like me). Unless you know what and which files to be played with.
{PARDON MY ENGLISH}

Naimlaaa said:
Could it be the missing 4GB is the partition of the system? I am using stock ROM also can only access about 4GB for saving files and apps. Maybe the CM11 itself using 4GB for OS process and pre-installed/bloatware apps? Just my guest.
You can try to reach the missing space using 3rd party apps such as XDA File Manager. BUT, I wont dare to do anything to the 'hidden files', as I know it could damage your system. That's why they made it invisible to normal/average user (like me). Unless you know what and which files to be played with.
{PARDON MY ENGLISH}
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But, what's the actual space occupied by the system files? We could try to resize "system partition" to gain some gb on "data partition"?

fabiocaruso said:
But, what's the actual space occupied by the system files? We could try to resize "system partition" to gain some gb on "data partition"?
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I'm also interested in repartitioning it, I successfully made it for a Galaxy S2 and my Note N7000... I used a specific pit file flashed with Odin... is there any pit file for GT-I8190 8 Gb? Thanks in advance!

fabiocaruso said:
But, what's the actual space occupied by the system files? We could try to resize "system partition" to gain some gb on "data partition"?
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Im not sure about CM11, but with Slimrom is about 1.23GB. You can see this using Titanium Backup in the overview.
gt-i8190n using SlimKat(Android-Andi) marinated F_Kernel(Fred8861)
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tomnic said:
I'm also interested in repartitioning it, I successfully made it for a Galaxy S2 and my Note N7000... I used a specific pit file flashed with Odin... is there any pit file for GT-I8190 8 Gb? Thanks in advance!
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Hi there. Can you tell me more about partition setting/tweaking. I think i've screwed some of it while playing with terminal command.
gt-i8190n using SlimKat(Android-Andi) marinated F_Kernel(Fred8861)

[Q] Internal Memory Re Partition

So, my friend needs to repartition his Note N 7000 (INDIA VER). I had flashed the Resurrection Remix earlier on but he wants to be able to use his entire internal memory. I want to know the best way to go about re partitioning the internal memory. Can anyone guide me on this? I haven't done these stuff in a while since i got my 4th phone (Xperia C, same problem of internal memory) but I am still fairly informed with these stuff. So no worries if you have any complicated steps ... although simple is easier
On the xperia C, there was a command on terminal emulator and a zip flash. Simple. Anything similar?
P.s: Sorry for the long post! It just feels good and different to be back on Xda forums

criss_007 said:
So, my friend needs to repartition his Note N 7000 (INDIA VER). I had flashed the Resurrection Remix earlier on but he wants to be able to use his entire internal memory. I want to know the best way to go about re partitioning the internal memory. Can anyone guide me on this? I haven't done these stuff in a while since i got my 4th phone (Xperia C, same problem of internal memory) but I am still fairly informed with these stuff. So no worries if you have any complicated steps ... although simple is easier
On the xperia C, there was a command on terminal emulator and a zip flash. Simple. Anything similar?
P.s: Sorry for the long post! It just feels good and different to be back on Xda forums
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The coincidence is too eerie. I just got an Xperia C3, rooted but mine has the full 8GB space allocated instead of the usual two internal memory partitions. Installed 1.3GB worth of apps and still have 1.42GB available :laugh:
For the Note 1, use this link

AutumQueen92 said:
The coincidence is too eerie. I just got an Xperia C3, rooted but mine has the full 8GB space allocated instead of the usual two internal memory partitions. Installed 1.3GB worth of apps and still have 1.42GB available :laugh:
For the Note 1, use this link
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Thank You for the quick reply! :good:
And the first thing i did with my brand new Xperia C was root it the day i bought it and re partition it lol. My brother and friends were flabbergasted.
And I never really understood the logic of having 2 partitions in internal memory...Weird. Glad it's no longer in practice.
Will report how it goes.

Galaxy S3 Mini GT-18190N 4.1.2 Create Second Partition with SDcard?

so lost!! please help!
hello there
i have the galaxy s3mini GT- 18190N
uk resident
carrier T-Mobile
android version 4.1.2
kernel version 3.0.31-1436784
ive had the phone for some time now and obviously internal space has became a problem so i looked around the net and it seemed that the first thing i must do was to root the phone....
i rooted with the main intention of being able to put my apps into my 32gb extsd card
secondly to perhaps upgrade the OS to say lollipop
thirdly to maybe try out some of these custom roms ive read so much about.
so i did root the phone using kingroot app, this seemed to help with the speed of the phone/reduced lagging and such but not with internal memory.
i then looked around for a solution and the general answer was to install link2sd and app2sd.
i installed both but had no joy due to no 2nd partition on sd card.
this led me to downloading rommanager (which apparently can create a 2nd partition on the etxSD) well this is when i realised my noobness knew no bounds, because for the life of me i cant seem to be able to do it lol
i looked around again and read as much as i could in regards to creating a 2nd partition on the extSD but again have not found a clear (complete and utter noob proof) guide to do this so am now stuck in limbo
ive read so much this last few days about flash/roms/internal sd/internal phone memory/external sd/nands/backups/backdowns/backflips ect. that i feel completely lost.
i understand this is probably a very tedious request to you more educated folk but what i would like to know is:
1 - can i return my phone to stock settings? (what it was like before i rooted) will this delete all the changes ive made and apps ive downloaded? and is this the best idea? to start all over again from scratch? if so how?
or can i download a custom rom that already has these settings? by settings i mean the ability to move my apps to the external SD? if so, how?
im really sorry for being a pain but my brains gonna explode.
please help
thank you

anyone that can help me please

I had your same problem twice. I just forgot to set the new partition "active".. Did you already check if the partition is primary and active?

Stefano Cappelletti said:
I had your same problem twice. I just forgot to set the new partition "active".. Did you already check if the partition is primary and active?
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hey thanks for the reply!
erm.... how would i do that exactly?
ive downloaded rom manager and tried to create a second partition using that, but that doesnt seem to work either?
i am close to just giving up to be honest, got a 32gb sd card and it just sitting there gathering dust while my internal memory is sucked dry of any space.

paddroid said:
hey thanks for the reply!
erm.... how would i do that exactly?
ive downloaded rom manager and tried to create a second partition using that, but that doesnt seem to work either?
i am close to just giving up to be honest, got a 32gb sd card and it just sitting there gathering dust while my internal memory is sucked dry of any space.
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You can create and manage partitions with your pc, you just need an adaptor and than you can use "MiniTool Partition Wizard Free" that is a free partition manager tool! :good: Right click on the partition and then "set active" (both partition are primary, but one fs is EXT4 and the other one is Fat32, set active the ETX4 one) :good:

Partition Mirco SD and Enable Unified/Adoptable storage

Hi All,
I have a 64GB class 10 Micro SD card in my s5 running 6.0.1. Is it possible for me to partition the Micro SD card and then enable Unified/Adoptable storage on one partition?
Thanks

is there anyone who can help me out please?
ive tried to use a few apps to partition the SD card but i cant find a way to get my device to pick up the 2nd partition. I have tried to partition the second partition as ext2,ext3,ext4,fat32 and f2fs, but it wont mount the partition after boot.
Also im now running 7.1.1.
Any advise?

ahmed786 said:
is there anyone who can help me out please?
ive tried to use a few apps to partition the SD card but i cant find a way to get my device to pick up the 2nd partition. I have tried to partition the second partition as ext2,ext3,ext4,fat32 and f2fs, but it wont mount the partition after boot.
Also im now running 7.1.1.
Any advise?
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Pssst... I hate to break this to you, but there isn't yet a way to make a 2nd partition. At least not one that I've found yet.
I've put some hours into experimentation on this subject just to come up with nada, zero and zilch. Nothing.
My friend, this is an unsolvable puzzle. Be well.

Curtex said:
Pssst... I hate to break this to you, but there isn't yet a way to make a 2nd partition. At least not one that I've found yet.
I've put some hours into experimentation on this subject just to come up with nada, zero and zilch. Nothing.
My friend, this is an unsolvable puzzle. Be well.
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Hi Curtex,
Thats a right shame. I've been trying it for the last day or two to no avail either.
The issue i found with adoptable storage was it doesnt stop the "internal" storage getting full and its hard to migrate data to the adopted storage as i cant find a way for the phone or my pc to tell the difference. I tried to move all my apps to the adopted storage but they lagged way to much, even though i have a UHS-I MSD.
Thanks

geez man, what a google search would tell you:http://www.phonearena.com/news/How-...rage-on-Galaxy-S7-and-S7-edge-no-root_id79189
theres even this which works great on my S5:https://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460521