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CM7.2.4a to CM10

Hi,
I would like to know how can I install CM10 on my milestone which is currently on CM 7.2.4a and old open recovery which was available before 2nd boot. Should I switch to flash before going to CM10 or can I directly flash CM10 and also I have a 2gb microsd card will it be enough or do I need to go for new one (if new then which one should I buy?)?
Also the link to nightly builds looks to be blocked in this country so any alternate link will be helpful and appreciated.
Thanks

You need before flashing:
1) Wipe everything (cache,dalvik,data (so backup all your information before wiping data))
2) Create an ext partition on your SDCard. (it is necessary, 512MB or more is recommended) Follow THIS guide, if you don't know how to do it. Section 4.
You don't need to update the OR, but it is recommended.
The link to the nightlies in my signature doesn't work for you? If not, i'll upload the latest build to somewhere.

Erovia said:
You need before flashing:
1) Wipe everything (cache,dalvik,data (so backup all your information before wiping data))
2) Create an ext partition on your SDCard. (it is necessary, 512MB or more is recommended) Follow THIS guide, if you don't know how to do it. Section 4.
You don't need to update the OR, but it is recommended.
The link to the nightlies in my signature doesn't work for you? If not, i'll upload the latest build to somewhere.
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Thanks Erovia for your reply. The link does not work for me can you please upload the latest build and provide me the link. So there is no need to switch back to the stock?

You don't need to go back to stock, just wipe everything.
The link doesn't work for me at the moment, i think the server is down.

Erovia said:
You don't need to go back to stock, just wipe everything.
The link doesn't work for me at the moment, i think the server is down.
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Poor me....:crying: How am I going to keep up with the updates

The site is back online, you should check it now.
I've uploaded the latest nightly for you. HERE is the link.

Erovia said:
The site is back online, you should check it now.
I've uploaded the latest nightly for you. HERE is the link.
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Thank you very much Erovia. Appreciate it. Could you please lemme know if going back to CM7 will as easy in case I want to go back as its very much stable.

If you want to go back, just wipe everything and flash the rom. That's all.

Or restore nandroid backup you made before "flashing" cm10

Thanks guys... I need an advice on micro SD card as I'm about to buy a new one. Does milestone support more than 8 gb should I buy 8 or 16 gb and what's the significance of class which class is preferred?
Sent from my Milestone using xda app-developers app

Up to 32GB are supported, the higher the class the better.
I don't know what's the speed limit given by the Milestone's hardware - but I guess Class 10 is sufficient.
I bought this one: Samsung Essential Class 10 microSDHC 32GB
But it gave my phone hiccups, I had to format it with this tool to make it work without problems: https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/

Erovia said:
If you want to go back, just wipe everything and flash the rom. That's all.
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Thanks. Could you please lemme know how to move from OR (old) to 2nd boot, Is it just replacing the OR folder and update.zip or should I install vulnerable recovery again?

Just delete the old OpenRecovery folder and update.zip and copy the new ones to you sdcard.
Once you flashed the vulnerable recovery, it is there, you don't have to do with it anything.

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deys said:
Hi,
I would like to know how can I install CM10 on my milestone which is currently on CM 7.2.4a and old open recovery which was available before 2nd boot. Should I switch to flash before going to CM10 or can I directly flash CM10 and also I have a 2gb microsd card will it be enough or do I need to go for new one (if new then which one should I buy?)?
Also the link to nightly builds looks to be blocked in this country so any alternate link will be helpful and appreciated.
Thanks
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I have the same question with you

I've answered that in post #2.
Please, read the whole topic (it's not so big) before asking something that someone asked before.

Something wrong with partitioning
My phone is hung on boot. I think there is something wrong in the sd card partitioning. I used minitool to partition from then on when I try to wipe cache/data/dalvik its giving a msg at the end can't mount... Could you please lemme know whats wrong. I have 16gb card should I first partition to ext2 and then use tunefs to convert is it must?

I used this partition layout for CM10:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Note that my card is only 8GB, your fat32 partition should be bigger. I used "parted" from the Recovery console to accomplish this.
Please read these guides on partitioning your sdcard, they explain everything:
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/ (boot into Recovery, console, then start from step 2)
http://www.mrmuh.com/2012/01/update-a-motorola-milestone-from-motorola-firmware-to-cyanogenmod-7/

lbt said:
I used this partition layout for CM10:
Note that my card is only 8GB, your fat32 partition should be bigger. I used "parted" from the Recovery console to accomplish this.
Please read these guides on partitioning your sdcard, they explain everything:
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/ (boot into Recovery, console, then start from step 2)
http://www.mrmuh.com/2012/01/update-a-motorola-milestone-from-motorola-firmware-to-cyanogenmod-7/
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Now I managed to get into the open recovery and installed but now the question is how do I make sure the ext3 partition which I created is ok is there any way to check from within android?
lbt: I see you have linux-swap partition can you tell me why you created it and how does it help?

Erovia said:
Just delete the old OpenRecovery folder and update.zip and copy the new ones to you sdcard.
Once you flashed the vulnerable recovery, it is there, you don't have to do with it anything.
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Erovia: Can you please tell me whats the use of HWA settings? And what all do I need to disable in order to have better performance. I've managed to install the CM10 on my milestone thanks for your support and loving the look and feel of CM10. Is there anything I can do with the battery its running out pretty quickly.

deys said:
lbt: I see you have linux-swap partition can you tell me why you created it and how does it help?
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The Milestone only has 256MB RAM which is full almost all the time (even with Gingerbread), Jellybean requires more RAM to run smooth. Swap is kinda like RAM on your sdcard, since you can't just plug in more RAM into the Milestone. It does not make your phone faster, but provides some "emergency" RAM for when your 256MB are full. It keeps background apps alive when multi tasking, if RAM was full they would be killed.
HWA Settings: You can turn off GPU hardware acceleration for individual apps, this saves RAM but they may look more laggy with animations.

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...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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...

[Q] Now running CM10; questions.

Thanks for verygreens detailed instructions ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032364 ), a sacrificial EEE PC that had Ubuntu thrown on it to copy files to the correct SD partition, three different microSD cards ( Patriot 8GB class 4? No. Kingston 4GB class 4? No. Run to the store and buy a Sandisk 32gb Class 4? Yes!) ... I'm running and enjoying it.
Questions:
1. Is there a way to take a screen shot? Which leads me to question 2 (I wanted a screen cap the highlight what I'm seeing)...
2. At the home screen in portrait mode, the top 15% and bottom 15% of the screen seem unused. In landscape, the screen seems to be all used. Is this common?
3. I've installed "cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip"; of course there's bound to be updates. My concern is by repeating the install procedure, I will wipe the device clean and have to start-over with the "Here's my Gmail account, here's me going to the App Store and re-installing my 15 programs" etc.
I believe I read there's a way to book into CWM instead of directly into CM10; that would allow me to insert any updated zip and "install zip from sd card" -- I just don't want to lose all my settings.

curiousmike said:
Thanks for verygreens detailed instructions ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032364 ), a sacrificial EEE PC that had Ubuntu thrown on it to copy files to the correct SD partition, three different microSD cards ( Patriot 8GB class 4? No. Kingston 4GB class 4? No. Run to the store and buy a Sandisk 32gb Class 4? Yes!) ... I'm running and enjoying it.
Questions:
1. Is there a way to take a screen shot? Which leads me to question 2 (I wanted a screen cap the highlight what I'm seeing)...
2. At the home screen in portrait mode, the top 15% and bottom 15% of the screen seem unused. In landscape, the screen seems to be all used. Is this common?
3. I've installed "cm-10-20121231-UNOFFICIAL-ovation.zip"; of course there's bound to be updates. My concern is by repeating the install procedure, I will wipe the device clean and have to start-over with the "Here's my Gmail account, here's me going to the App Store and re-installing my 15 programs" etc.
I believe I read there's a way to book into CWM instead of directly into CM10; that would allow me to insert any updated zip and "install zip from sd card" -- I just don't want to lose all my settings.
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1. Yes, you can take screenshots. Go to settings/system/power menu and put a check mark in screenshots. The you can hold the power button and the screenshot choice is there.
2. That must be the stock launcher doing that. I use AdwEx and it does not do that. Try a third party launcher.
3. You can do what is called a dirty flash where you flash the update directly over the top of the old one. All apps and settings remain. Just download your new zip with the HD+ to your sdcard media partition and boot to recovery with the power menu. Choose the zip and flash it with no wiping and everything remains.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD

leapinlar said:
1. Yes, you can take screenshots. Go to settings/system/power menu and put a check mark in screenshots. The you can hold the power button and the screenshot choice is there.
2. That must be the stock launcher doing that. I use AdwEx and it does not do that. Try a third party launcher.
3. You can do what is called a dirty flash where you flash the update directly over the top of the old one. All apps and settings remain. Just download your new zip with the HD+ to your sdcard media partition and boot to recovery with the power menu. Choose the zip and flash it with no wiping and everything remains.
Sent from my Nook HD+ Running CM10 on SD
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Leap,
Thanks... I got the screen shot working - this is the stock launcher; on top, from the bottom of the Google-Voice widget to the top of the weather widget is dead space.
And on the bottom, from the bottom row of icons to the menu bar, it's dead space. I bought the Nova Launcher app when it was $0.25 and use that for booting without CM10; maybe I'll ply it on top of CM10.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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!

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?
Sent from my LG-K530 using Tapatalk

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.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The 6GB of 'other' can't be found when browsing the phone.
Sent from my ONEPLUS A3000 using Tapatalk

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]
Sent from Funk Tuned 3T
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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