I was looking through my phone and found something a little odd. First, I found multiple paths going to my internal and external storage. For internal I've got "/sdcard", "/mnt/sdcard", and "/storage/sdcard0". For external I've got "/sdcard-ext", "/mnt/sdcard-ext", and "/storage/sdcard1". Is this normal or is there some problem on my phone?
Also, in my /mnt and /storage folders I have several empty folders called usbdisk_1.X (1.1 to 1.7). Are these normal or used by anything?
That's absolutely normal. The "real" storage path should be in the /mnt folder. The other ones are just symbolic links to that directory.
As Android is based on Linux you can see what symbolic links are in following Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link
It's not exactly the same but it's like when you in Windows right click a folder and select "Sent to" --> "Desktop" it's creating a link on the Desktop to that folder. When you open it you are directly in that folder. Difference on Linux is that you don't really notice that you are in a "link" folder.
So if you have a structure like /folder1/folder2 and you create a symbolic link to folder1 within folder2 and you would open they symbolic link in folder2 it would show you as path /folder1/folder2/folder1
Hope this explains it a bit
Thank you for clearing that up. I was thinking it was something like that since the occupied space on my sd card looked right.
It sounds like the symbolic links are the reason for my phone having two sets of "usbdisk_1.X" folders, but what are the folders for?
tbv2005 said:
That's absolutely normal. The "real" storage path should be in the /mnt folder. The other ones are just symbolic links to that directory.
As Android is based on Linux you can see what symbolic links are in following Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link
It's not exactly the same but it's like when you in Windows right click a folder and select "Sent to" --> "Desktop" it's creating a link on the Desktop to that folder. When you open it you are directly in that folder. Difference on Linux is that you don't really notice that you are in a "link" folder.
So if you have a structure like /folder1/folder2 and you create a symbolic link to folder1 within folder2 and you would open they symbolic link in folder2 it would show you as path /folder1/folder2/folder1
Hope this explains it a bit
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This are mount points. I'm assuming they are there if you want to use a lapdock and connect usb drives to it. As you haven't one connected they are empty. Linux is mounting external data just to a folder.
I was incorrect in my last post - the "real" path is /storage (just checked via Root Explorer by opening the properties of /mnt/sdcard-ext - it will show you /storage/sdcard1 as "real" path)
So for example if you remove your external SD Card you will still see the folder /storage/sdcard1 and as well the symbolic links like /mnt/sdcard-ext
But if you open them, they will be empty as you removed your external SD Card, so nothing is mounted to that folder anymore
Thank you very much for the clarification.
tbv2005 said:
This are mount points. I'm assuming they are there if you want to use a lapdock and connect usb drives to it. As you haven't one connected they are empty. Linux is mounting external data just to a folder.
I was incorrect in my last post - the "real" path is /storage (just checked via Root Explorer by opening the properties of /mnt/sdcard-ext - it will show you /storage/sdcard1 as "real" path)
So for example if you remove your external SD Card you will still see the folder /storage/sdcard1 and as well the symbolic links like /mnt/sdcard-ext
But if you open them, they will be empty as you removed your external SD Card, so nothing is mounted to that folder anymore
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I'm currently using a 2GB MicroSD card with an apps2SD partition (Ext2) and a storage partition (FAT32)
I have a 4GB card that I'd like to move everything to. I could surely partition it the same way I did my 2GB card, but then it would be a blank, partitioned card. What's a good way to get all my apps and such moved over, as I'm running windows (which won't read the Ext2 partition)
Would Norton Ghost do it?
no try Ext2IFS_1_11a
can't remember where it is: if it doesnt work DL linux and boot into it from disc (no need to install) and copy onto disc from there...
Use linux.
plug in uSD card, do NOT mount. If it automounts, UNMOUNT it. Check device name "tail dmesg".
If device name is for example, sdb, then copy contents to hard disk;
"dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/sdbackup" -- this will create a file in your home directory called "sdbackup".
pull card, insert new card. If it mounts, unmount it. Again check device path.
"dd if=~/sdbackup of=/dev/sdb"
Now pull card, the data on the new card mirrors the old card. Plug back in. Note: we pull and then reinsert to make sure that the kernel reloads the partition table. There are other ways of forcing this, but this is the easiest and most fool-proof.
You have unpartitioned free space at the end of the card.
Use a combination of "parted" and "resize2fs" to resize/move partitions, or just use gparted to handle these operations graphically.
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I'm currently using a 2GB MicroSD card with an apps2SD partition (Ext2) and a storage partition (FAT32)
I have a 4GB card that I'd like to move everything to. I could surely partition it the same way I did my 2GB card, but then it would be a blank, partitioned card. What's a good way to get all my apps and such moved over, as I'm running windows (which won't read the Ext2 partition)
Would Norton Ghost do it?
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Thanks for your help.
lbcoder said:
Use linux.
plug in uSD card, do NOT mount. If it automounts, UNMOUNT it. Check device name "tail dmesg".
If device name is for example, sdb, then copy contents to hard disk;
"dd if=/dev/sdb of=~/sdbackup" -- this will create a file in your home directory called "sdbackup".
pull card, insert new card. If it mounts, unmount it. Again check device path.
"dd if=~/sdbackup of=/dev/sdb"
Now pull card, the data on the new card mirrors the old card. Plug back in. Note: we pull and then reinsert to make sure that the kernel reloads the partition table. There are other ways of forcing this, but this is the easiest and most fool-proof.
You have unpartitioned free space at the end of the card.
Use a combination of "parted" and "resize2fs" to resize/move partitions, or just use gparted to handle these operations graphically.
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Are these directions explicit/comprehensive? Will I need to partition first? I don't know very much at all about linux, but I've got an ubuntu cd downloading. I've poked at it a little before - I can at least get a terminal and follow your directions, if this is all there is to it.
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I'm trying copying things manually in ubuntu's file.. explorer.. thingy. Then I'll partition the new memory stick with gparted and copy the files there.
This seems more natural to me, since I'm not familiar with command-line operations much anyway. Personally, I don't see why it won't work.
edit again:
I don't have permission to copy the folders "app" "app-private" or "dalvik-cache"
How can I do this?
edit edit again
google found me a "sudo nautilus" command which seems to open a file browser window with more permissions. I still can't actually copy the folders I mentioned before, but I recreated them in my backup location and I can copy the contents. Maybe this will take care of it.
update:
nope, that worked for "app" and some (but not all) of "dalvik-cache" but not "app-private"
How do I gain permission to copy it?
I'm willing to go back to the terminal, but I get an error on the tail command. There's nothing found, or somesuch. Sorry, I meant to copy the message exactly but I forgot before I rebooted the computer I was doing it with.
Can anybody help me out a little more with this?
The error I get right off the bat is "tail: cannot open 'dmesg' for reading: no such file or directory"
The only access to linux I have is an ubuntu live CD
Code:
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.
[email protected]:~$ tail dmesg
tail:cannot open `dmesg' for reading: No such file or directory
[email protected]:~$ _
MontAlbert said:
no try Ext2IFS_1_11a
can't remember where it is: if it doesnt work DL linux and boot into it from disc (no need to install) and copy onto disc from there...
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How do I make use of this? It sounds like it should make Ext2 partitions appear in Windows Explorer just like anything else...
I installed it, but the Ext2 partition still doesn't show when I plug in the SD card. Do I need to do something particular?
I have rebooted.
Can anyone please give me more information on this, please? I've been poking at it different ways and still can't get it to work. Who knows something I don't?
jook11 said:
Can anyone please give me more information on this, please? I've been poking at it different ways and still can't get it to work. Who knows something I don't?
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Code:
dmesg | tail
All the information to do this has been stated in this thread by now.
Ok, so I've been have problems putting any update.zip into the correct folder on my captivate. I don't see an internal_sd folder anywhere!!! I see an external_sd folder, along with a hidden "sd" folder. Am I a moron? Can someone help?
I always get the error when trying to reinstall packages that says something about verification.
Your internal card is the folder that is mounted by Windows when you plug your usb cable and click Mount. Drop your update.zip in that spot.
By default it's the /sdcard.
silvertag said:
Your internal card is the folder that is mounted by Windows when you plug your usb cable and click Mount. Drop your update.zip in that spot.
By default it's the /sdcard.
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So it's not an actual folder you see when you mount? I see all the other folders, DCIM, external_sd, etc... but no internal_sd folder. So it's just the root folder, with all the other folders under that? That's what I originally thought, but I kept getting the verification or no mnt/internal_sd/update.zip error.
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So it's not an actual folder you see when you mount? I see all the other folders, DCIM, external_sd, etc... but no internal_sd folder. So it's just the root folder, with all the other folders under that? That's what I originally thought, but I kept getting the verification or no mnt/internal_sd/update.zip error.
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So from what every thread says, the correct place to put the update.zip when using windows is in the hidden "sd" folder under the main root?
No. When you mount your phone to the pc, assuming you have windows, it will detect it then add a Drive letter under Computer. When you double click the drive letter representing your phone, you are viewing the Internal SDcard. That is where you put an update.zip. You will also see DCIM, Android, download, LOST.DIR, etc.
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No. When you mount your phone to the pc, assuming you have windows, it will detect it then add a Drive letter under Computer. When you double click the drive letter representing your phone, you are viewing the Internal SDcard. That is where you put an update.zip. You will also see DCIM, Android, download, LOST.DIR, etc.
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haha this is what I thought initially.. it's the root of the SD... maybe I just had a bad file or something. I'll give it a shot, tonight.
I imaged an 8G sd with "2g_bt_card_image.img" and the NC boots great....got market working etc. But wanted to have the use of the other 6 gig on the sd card so used easeus to expand the 4th partition to add the unallocated area but I still can't see where it is available. I thought I read that this build does not allow that space to be used. Is that true and if not what directory name would it be located under? thank you
you can get it to mount somehow, I forget.
I Believe that this rom mistakenly set the sd to work off of the first partition instead of the forth, so extending the 4th partition doesnt do anything for your sd space. I tried editing a file in etc/ to allow the rom to correctly read the 4th partition, but after i got it to work it almost instantly broke everything else with force closes.
Here is what i tried, this is from the CM7 BT SD thread, you should try it to see if you get diffrent results than i did. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12031311&postcount=19
Make certain that you use an editor like notepad++ and not notepad that came with windows or the format will be wrong and you will see fcs
thanks, it worked. The SD card now has 6.5G available space available in /sdcard. The steps followed:
1. Used Easeus to drag that 4th partition to encompass all the unallocated space
2. pulled /etc/vold.fstab
3. edited with notes++
4. As advised in:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12031311&postcount=19
actual change was "auto" changed to "4"
pushed it back and rebooted.
use adp to push files over as in >>> adb push C:/Music/Stones /sdcard/mp3s/stones
and it works. EXCELLENT!!!!! Now I will try this as my build until Honeycomb is completed. Thanks to every one that replied.
like le should be \ \ om the windows side for the copy and / / for the android side
Hi All,
I'm using ICS AOKP milestone 5 and it is work great in my tab! *thank you very much for the developer
But i have a little problem, i have external sd card and it is already into my tab. When i'm search my file(in the external sd card) from file manager i cannot found my file. Then i install quickpic (pic viewer / gallery) and i can see my photo from my external sd card, after that i try to look mount point from terminal emulator and i saw my external sd card mounting to /mnt/emmc. I try to create soft link file i.e mymmc to linking /mnt/emmc but it is failed, perhaps that's vfat filesystem(not support linking).
So, my question how i can browse into my external sd? because i cannot change path from /sdcard/ (this path is default file manager path, i believe /sdcard/ is mount point to /mnt/sdcard) to another path, i hope can change path to /mnt/. I already have directory external_sd in /sdcard/ path, and it is possible i change mount point from /mnt/emmc to external_sd?
Thank you before
demhyt said:
Hi All,
I'm using ICS AOKP milestone 5 and it is work great in my tab! *thank you very much for the developer
But i have a little problem, i have external sd card and it is already into my tab. When i'm search my file(in the external sd card) from file manager i cannot found my file. Then i install quickpic (pic viewer / gallery) and i can see my photo from my external sd card, after that i try to look mount point from terminal emulator and i saw my external sd card mounting to /mnt/emmc. I try to create soft link file i.e mymmc to linking /mnt/emmc but it is failed, perhaps that's vfat filesystem(not support linking).
So, my question how i can browse into my external sd? because i cannot change path from /sdcard/ (this path is default file manager path, i believe /sdcard/ is mount point to /mnt/sdcard) to another path, i hope can change path to /mnt/. I already have directory external_sd in /sdcard/ path, and it is possible i change mount point from /mnt/emmc to external_sd?
Thank you before
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Hey, I think you should try editing the /etc/vold.fstab file in your Tab.
It is a file which describes mounting points in your device. You should backup the file and edit the path for external card and reboot
Royandrew said:
Hey, I think you should try editing the /etc/vold.fstab file in your Tab.
It is a file which describes mounting points in your device. You should backup the file and edit the path for external card and reboot
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Hi thanks for your reply, i actually try to change vold.fstab but i can't. When i edit with vi it is readonly, although i change to chmod 755 it is failed. Error message say "Read only filesystem", what should i do?
ah, maybe i must using usb debugging and adb shell for pull and push void.fstab, right?. Sorry because i never using android before this
It is work now, just using Root Explorer and mount R/W. After mount R/W i can edit vold.fstab....tahnk you very much about your help
demhyt said:
It is work now, just using Root Explorer and mount R/W. After mount R/W i can edit vold.fstab....tahnk you very much about your help
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I have a similar problem on my galaxy s in that it recognizes my internal storage as an external sdcard. May you please post what you changed in vold.fstab, or even better post the text file.
yangkx said:
I have a similar problem on my galaxy s in that it recognizes my internal storage as an external sdcard. May you please post what you changed in vold.fstab, or even better post the text file.
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Hi,,you can try from root explorer, go to /etc and choose mount R/W. Find vold.fstab but before edit the file you should backup first. Edit with text editor,i hope you have a little knowledge about linux mount point. And you can check the build.prop if this neccessarily, find the line ro.removablemounts
Another way you can using adb shell
adb pull /etc/vold.fstab
...edit in your pc and save
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot
But please backup your original configuration vold.fstab to another place.
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demhyt said:
Hi,,you can try from root explorer, go to /etc and choose mount R/W. Find vold.fstab but before edit the file you should backup first. Edit with text editor,i hope you have a little knowledge about linux mount point. And you can check the build.prop if this neccessarily, find the line ro.removablemounts
Another way you can using adb shell
adb pull /etc/vold.fstab
...edit in your pc and save
adb push vold.fstab /etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot
But please backup your original configuration vold.fstab to another place.
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hi... Can u explain more specific... About edit fstab..
Im not understand about linux mount point..
I hope u can give me tutor edit fstab or.. U can share ur fstab...
ah,, im tired edit fstab....
not works....
but i try used directory bind.. its works...
here site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Hello everybody.
I'm searching for a way to swap between the internal sd storage and the external one on my Galaxy S3 Mini because the internal storage is not enough big to install games and other big apps. I've seen there is a way for the S3, but I don't know if it's possible for the Mini too...
So, please, if anyone can help me...
EDIT: I've found a way to do that, and it only needs to have a Galaxy S3 Mini i8190 rooted.
Okay let's go.
I took the method from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886091
But it's not exactly the same on the Mini.
The following quote is the instructions taken from the thread with the improvements ( in red ) for the i8190.
NB: I can't answer to questions since I'm not expert at all, I got it working so I give you the solution, that's all I can do.
1. First, I'd recommend making a Nandroid backup of your phone.
2. Next, just to be extra safe, I would backup your internal SD card to your PC. While you are doing that, if you have data on the external SD card, back that up too.
3. Next, I would format your external SD card to fat 32. (You could probably use Ext format too, but I didn’t test that.)If you already have it in that format, and have content on it, this won't affect the content, but back it up just to be safe. It’s probably better to have the Ext SD blank to begin with, you can always copy back its content from your pc.
4. Next copy the contents of the internal SD to the External SD card. This is to avoid confusion about apps and such.
5. Next install script manager free from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...anager&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
It will show up on your phone as S manager ads.
You MUST install BusyBox too!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox
6. Download the mod from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/11extsd2internalsd
( save as ) And put it into the /data directory of your phone
7. You must edit this script for it to work on Mini. Change /mnt/sdcard to /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/extSdCard to /storage/extSdCard
(This vary depending of your phone, so check where is located internal storage, it was /storage/sdcard0 for me, and the external SD, it was /storage/extSdCard for me.)
8. Open the script manager app, and select Browse as Root in the config screen. Tell it to remember this setting.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Script manager browse as root and save.png
9. Using Script Manager, navigate to that file in the /data directory. Press and hold the file name until the menu pops up, and click on properties.
(Unix geeks set them to 777, and everyone else copy the picture below. Click OK.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Permission settings 777.png
10. Click on the scipt now.. Click on the “Is script” button.
11. Now tap on the buttons that say Su, Boot, and Save. The file name will come up in yellow after the save.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Script manager setting after save.png
12. Reboot your phone and you should see the swap working and be able to access both internal and external SD cards. The external card will show up as sdcard, and the internal card will show up as extSDCard. Your apps should now install to the external card, since your phone will think it's the internal card. Is that confusing? It was to me too!
Good luck and please share your experiences specifying which ROM you used, so that others can avoid frustration.
Thank you’s always appreciated.
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Try this it might solve you're solution. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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No, sorry, I've already seen that but it's not a way to swap the internal with the external sd storage..
Jalubyc said:
Hello everybody.
I'm searching for a way to swap between the internal sd storage and the external one on my Galaxy S3 Mini because the internal storage is not enough big to install games and other big apps. I've seen there is a way for the S3, but I don't know if it's possible for the Mini too...
So, please, if anyone can help me...
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for big apps or games you need to put a additional "external" sdcard in your galaxy s3 mini..... for example i have installed the game "Need for Speed - Most Wanted" 1,8GB of the game is on my additinal "external" sdcard and the rest (40mb) are installed on device.....
enox.co said:
for big apps or games you need to put a additional "external" sdcard in your galaxy s3 mini..... for example i have installed the game "Need for Speed - Most Wanted" 1,8GB of the game is on my additinal "external" sdcard and the rest (40mb) are installed on device.....
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I've an external sdcard, I bought one of 32GB, but I can't use it as I wanted to because there is no way to install apps into the sd card. So I'm searching for a way to let know the phone that the external sd is the internal storage and that the internal storage is the external sd card.
I've found a way!
Well what is it then.
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kicker63 said:
Well what is it then.
Sent from my GT-I8190 using xda premium
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Please take a look at my first post. I edited it with the solution.
Hi Jalubyc
I've just tried your solution above and my phone is showing under storage
Device memory Total space 4.54GB
Available 378Mb
SD Card Total Space 29.71GB
Available 27.12GB
So it looks like my first attempt didn't work
Problems I found were firstly at step 6, I couldn't download the mod on phone. I was using chrome and there is no (save as) option. I can only save the link. On PC I saved the page as a text doc and edited the sdcard and extsdcard bits before saving the script. Where is the /data directory? Am I supposed to create a "data" folder in the root of my internal sdcard or copy to the data folder in the android folder? I put it in the android/data/ folder and it didn't work.
Once this is working is it safe to delete the contents of sdcard0 to get my 4.54gb back. I also take it any ROM updates would revert everything back
jazzzy786 said:
Problems I found were firstly at step 6, I couldn't download the mod on phone. I was using chrome and there is no (save as) option. I can only save the link. On PC I saved the page as a text doc and edited the sdcard and extsdcard bits before saving the script. Where is the /data directory? Am I supposed to create a "data" folder in the root of my internal sdcard or copy to the data folder in the android folder? I put it in the android/data/ folder and it didn't work.
Once this is working is it safe to delete the contents of sdcard0 to get my 4.54gb back. I also take it any ROM updates would revert everything back
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Oh no you're totally out of the solution. The /data directory is at root of the phone, so not in a sdcard. Use chrome from your PC to save as and put in into your sdcard before putting it into the /data directory with ES Explorer or another file explorer that's supporting root.
For the ROM updates I don't know because I've never tried.
I still cannot save the script using 'save as' as I don't have the option. I have 'save link as' which saves it as a text document. Edited it as stated.
I've found the data folder but ES explorer wouldn't allow me to copy my script to it and is showing the folder as blank.I got root browser lite from the play store which worked okay in allowing me to copy to the data folder. I used s manager lite to do its stuff and rebooted. No success - .
I'm using Android version 4.1.2/ Build number JZO54K.I8190DXALL3 .
Are you positive about the /storage/ change to the script as I remember when using directory bind it was /mnt/extSdCard/ and /sdcard/.
There is a /mnt/sdcard/ too which contains the same files as other location so possibly script can run unchanged. Getting a bit frustrated now as I have an old HTC Desire with over 300 apps (70+ games) with internal memory of 137Mb out of 148Mb and 10Gb free on sdcard out of 32gb
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Ok working now. Your script changes were correct. Device memory total space 29.71GB with 27.12GB free. Sd card total space 4.64gb with 800Mb free.
Now to get my full 4.64Gb back which folder contents do I delete? I think deleting the contents of extsdcard in my files. Thanks you've changed my phone from a very limited phone to something much better.
It is a bit strange way to solve free space problems.
I have 8GB version with 4.5GB free the box. When I installed all games and apps that I needed there was something about 800MB free.
My solution is simple:
1. install Directory Bind
2. Make link: mount="/sdcard/Android/", source="/storage/extSdCard/Android/" with "Transfer Files" option
3. Wait till the end of process (can take alot of time depends from your data)
4. Enjoy!
After this simple manipulations I got 3.6GB free in internal memory, installed 2 additional games (including Need for Speed Most Wanted with huge data) and it shows 3.4GB now.
You can make as much links as you want, of course. But moving "/sdcard/Android/" to external SD is enough
I tried directory bind and it just copied the contents of my internal sdcard to my external sdcard. It didn't move the contents as it was supposed to. I ended up with a copy of the files on both sdcards. If I tried to delete from my internal sdcard it also deleted the contents of my external sdcard. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what I had done wrong as I'd followed the instructions as far as I could tell. Now my phone is seeing a massive internal sd card and a 4Gb external sd card. I still can't get spiderman total mayhem to work though it throws up an error while downloading the game data
you should not bind root folders via directory bind. And it makes symlinks so it will looks like content does not deleted from internal SD but it shown from external SD already.
flashable zip
Hi!
Do you think that is possible to install the mod via a flashable zip?
Many thanks!
Yes it is possible. Take a look of the post for the galaxy s3, it is explained. But you must edit the script to make it working.
plvigo said:
Hi!
Do you think that is possible to install the mod via a flashable zip?
Many thanks!
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Not possible, we do not have a unlocked kernel, therefore we cannot load unsigned zips.
dolar4ik said:
you should not bind root folders via directory bind. And it makes symlinks so it will looks like content does not deleted from internal SD but it shown from external SD already.
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Sorry I don't understand what you've written. What do you mean do not use to bind root folders? What's a symlink?Are you saying the folders I'm seeing on sdcard0 are dummy folders and the contents have been moved to extsdcard? I've swapped my sdcards over using the script now so no longer using directory bind.
Jalubyc said:
You MUST install BusyBox too!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ricson.busybox
6. Download the mod from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...tsd2internalsd
( save as ) And put it into the /data directory of your phone
7. You must edit this script for it to work on Mini. Change /mnt/sdcard to /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/extSdCard to /storage/extSdCard
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i have two questions:
1: What do i have to do with this data:
#!/system/bin/sh
#extsd2internalsd is a modification that allows to switch internal sd to external sd and viceversa. With this you can use default internal sd only for app storage #and the external sd to store all apps resource and all others stuff. The resut is a very big increase of installable apps on gs3
#All credits to Mattiadj of xda forum for the idea and script and to mike1986 for the cmw zip.
#xda thread url at
#Script Modified for U.S. Galaxy S3s by Zedomax at GalaxyS3Root.com to be compatible when sdcard is not inserted.
busybox mount -o remount,rw /
busybox mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:97 /mnt/sdcard
busybox mount -t exfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:97 /mnt/sdcard
if busybox mount | busybox grep vold/179:97; then
busybox mount -o bind /data/media /mnt/extSdCard
fi
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And 2: how do i edit what is on step 7?
jazzzy786 said:
Sorry I don't understand what you've written. What do you mean do not use to bind root folders? What's a symlink?Are you saying the folders I'm seeing on sdcard0 are dummy folders and the contents have been moved to extsdcard? I've swapped my sdcards over using the script now so no longer using directory bind.
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Symlink
symlink in human words is just a folder redirect.
For example, you have symlink that links folder "/storage/mydata/" to folder "/sdcard/mynewdata/"
When some application, system or user will try to get data from folder "/storage/mydata/", the data data from "/sdcard/mynewdata/" will be shown but folder path will be not changed.
You should not link root folders such as "/sdcard/", "/" ... coz it may prevent problems.