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[INFO] Partition List Nexus 5

Here is the partition list of all Nexus 5 partitions with parted:
Code:
C:\Users\cargo\tools>adb shell
~ # umount /cache
umount /cache
~ # umount /system
umount /system
~ # umount /data
umount /data
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
print
Model: MMC SEM32G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31.3GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 524kB 67.6MB 67.1MB fat16 modem
2 67.6MB 68.7MB 1049kB sbl1
3 68.7MB 69.2MB 524kB rpm
4 69.2MB 69.7MB 524kB tz
5 69.7MB 70.3MB 524kB sdi
6 70.3MB 70.8MB 524kB aboot
7 70.8MB 72.9MB 2097kB pad
8 72.9MB 73.9MB 1049kB sbl1b
9 73.9MB 74.4MB 524kB tzb
10 74.4MB 75.0MB 524kB rpmb
11 75.0MB 75.5MB 524kB abootb
12 75.5MB 78.6MB 3146kB modemst1
13 78.6MB 81.8MB 3146kB modemst2
14 81.8MB 82.3MB 524kB metadata
15 82.3MB 99.1MB 16.8MB misc
16 99.1MB 116MB 16.8MB ext4 persist
17 116MB 119MB 3146kB imgdata
18 119MB 142MB 23.1MB laf
19 142MB 165MB 23.1MB boot
20 165MB 188MB 23.1MB recovery
21 188MB 191MB 3146kB fsg
22 191MB 192MB 524kB fsc
23 192MB 192MB 524kB ssd
24 192MB 193MB 524kB DDR
25 193MB 1267MB 1074MB ext4 system
26 1267MB 1298MB 31.5MB crypto
27 1298MB 2032MB 734MB ext4 cache
28 2032MB 31.3GB 29.2GB ext4 userdata
29 31.3GB 31.3GB 5632B grow
(parted)
Here is a simple list:
Code:
C:\Users\cargo\tools>adb shell
cat /proc/partitions~ #
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 30535680 mmcblk0
179 1 65536 mmcblk0p1
179 2 1024 mmcblk0p2
179 3 512 mmcblk0p3
179 4 512 mmcblk0p4
179 5 512 mmcblk0p5
179 6 512 mmcblk0p6
179 7 2048 mmcblk0p7
179 8 1024 mmcblk0p8
179 9 512 mmcblk0p9
179 10 512 mmcblk0p10
179 11 512 mmcblk0p11
179 12 3072 mmcblk0p12
179 13 3072 mmcblk0p13
179 14 512 mmcblk0p14
179 15 16384 mmcblk0p15
179 16 16384 mmcblk0p16
179 17 3072 mmcblk0p17
179 18 22528 mmcblk0p18
179 19 22528 mmcblk0p19
179 20 22528 mmcblk0p20
179 21 3072 mmcblk0p21
179 22 512 mmcblk0p22
179 23 512 mmcblk0p23
179 24 512 mmcblk0p24
179 25 1048576 mmcblk0p25
179 26 30720 mmcblk0p26
179 27 716800 mmcblk0p27
179 28 28551146 mmcblk0p28
179 29 5 mmcblk0p29
179 32 4096 mmcblk0rpmb
~ #

Can I somehow reformat /system & /cache partitions to F2FS? (For the speeeeed )

przemo_li said:
Can I somehow reformat /system & /cache partitions to F2FS? (For the speeeeed )
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You won't get much speed out of a hosed phone. No you can't.

jd1639 said:
You won't get much speed out of a hosed phone. No you can't.
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Meaning, kernel must support F2FS otherwise it wont boot? Obvious (for me at least) Just wanted to know if I can find such kernels (already build), and if there are tools to convert existing partitions. (So that changes performed are not too invasive )
Or if there are some mods that already employ F2FS.
(Moto G is my inspiration here, btw)

Any info and specs on the MMC model?

eng.stk said:
Any info and specs on the MMC model?
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Do not know what MMC is, but if it was question for me I will just assume its hw question about storage specs for my phone.
1) I do not have that phone yet
2) It will be internetional version of Nexus 5 (16GB or 32GB).

eng.stk said:
Any info and specs on the MMC model?
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Row 16 of the first output in post 1 identifies the model as as "SEM32G" which if you google, is SanDisk iNand... You can see it referenced in this datasheet:
http://omapworld.com/iNAND_e_MMC_4_41_IF_data_sheet_v1_0[1].pdf

rootSU said:
Row 16 of the first output in post 1 identifies the model as as "SEM32G" which if you google, is SanDisk iNand... You can see it referenced in this datasheet:
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404 error

przemo_li said:
404 error
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Because the url has [1] in it. Try and copy / paste

rootSU said:
Because the url has [1] in it. Try and copy / paste
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Did that before I posted 404
No [1], and still 404

przemo_li said:
Did that before I posted 404
No [1], and still 404
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It works, don't forget [1].pdf in the end.

przemo_li said:
Did that before I posted 404
No [1], and still 404
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OK I fixed the link.

rootSU said:
Row 16 of the first output in post 1 identifies the model as as "SEM32G" which if you google, is SanDisk iNand... You can see it referenced in this datasheet:
http://omapworld.com/iNAND_e_MMC_4_41_IF_data_sheet_v1_0[1].pdf
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Sustained Read:15 MB/s​Sustained Write:9 MB/s​
Biggest bottleneck of this great device
"Why Google?" or "Why LG?"

przemo_li said:
Can I somehow reformat /system & /cache partitions to F2FS? (For the speeeeed )
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Lol, i do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/nexus-5-f2fs-t2668486

dennes544 said:
Lol, i do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/orig-development/nexus-5-f2fs-t2668486
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I know you're trying to be helpful but why revive and answer a thread that's been dead for 3 months?
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Partition Stock
Hi I have a problem a wipe system VOL, I have /sdcard/ /sdcard/0/ /sdcard/0/0/ When I use usb have to goo /sdcard/0/0/ to much problem my question .. How I cant reset all partitions? and leave my fone like new..?? So I have 28 Gb free but I didnt put any file.. I wanna clean all fone and start with OEM partition, Thx ...sorry for english

how do you get parted on your N5? I only get sh: parted: not found lol

Can you please post the table again using bits or sectors as units? That will be very helpful.

jd1639 said:
You won't get much speed out of a hosed phone. No you can't.
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Formatting cache and data DOES provide a speed boost but not with system. System should stay EXT4 because F2FS improves the performance of write operations the most and, typically, system is read only. Stick LineageOS 13 and 14.1 support data and cache as F2FS. Be aware though that switching data to F2FS WILL wipe internal storage so back it up. If you wish to keep your data the backup the data partition in TWRP and then backup the entire internal storage directory to a computer. After you've backed up everything you can go to wipe, advanced wipe and select data and hit repair or change and change it to F2FS. Once that is done you should reboot back into TWRP, open settings and enable "use rm -rf instead of formatting". When in recovery you can copy your entire internal storage back to your phone, ensure you copy it right, the TWRP directory should be in the root of your internal storage, this is important because it contains your precious data backup. After that reboot back into TWRP and you may have to enable rm -rf in settings, make sure that is enabled! These reboots are for good measure, it's best to just do them. After that you can go to restore and restore your data backup. After it is fully restored you may disable rm -rf in settings and format cache as F2FS. Then reboot to system and enjoy!
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[HELP] What happened here? Hardbrick after partitioning?

My device: MotoX (ghost)
Hey guys,
Today i pushed "parted" to my /sbin, chmodded 0755 and removed/recreated my userdata partition removing 5mb of total.. (to try to solve a known encryption bug of CM). Then, i reboot.
Now MY PHONE LOOKS HARD BRICKED!
How it is possible? i just deleted/recreated the userdata partition,
yes parted create on format ext2, but the next step is to convert to ext4 > f2fs..
but my phone does not start!
Black screen
No fastboot
lsusb does not list the usb connection..
Pressing the ON = doesn't boot
Pressing vol down + power = doesn't boot
Inserting charger = doesn't boot
No Lights on.
Battery is ok (i think), i started working w/ 100%.
full log of my actions here:
Code:
$ adb push sdparted/parted /sbin
3067 KB/s (346680 bytes in 0.110s)
~/droid $ adb shell
~ # ls
boot init.qcom.sh sepolicy
cache init.rc sideload
charger init.recovery.qcom.rc supersu
data license sys
default.prop proc system
dev property_contexts tmp
etc recovery twres
file_contexts res ueventd.qcom.rc
fstab.qcom root ueventd.rc
init sbin usb-otg
init.mmi.boot.sh sdcard
init.mmi.touch.sh seapp_contexts
~ # chmod 0755 /sbin/parted
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.8GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 131kB 105MB 105MB ext4 modem
2 105MB 107MB 1536kB sbl1
3 107MB 108MB 1536kB sbl2
4 108MB 109MB 526kB sbl3
5 110MB 111MB 524kB aboot
6 112MB 112MB 145kB rpm
7 112MB 112MB 215kB tz
8 113MB 113MB 524kB utags
9 113MB 114MB 1049kB logs
10 114MB 117MB 3150kB padA
11 117MB 119MB 1536kB sbl2Backup
12 119MB 121MB 2097kB sbl3Backup
13 121MB 123MB 1536kB abootBackup
14 123MB 123MB 512kB rpmBackup
15 123MB 124MB 512kB tzBackup
16 124MB 124MB 524kB utagsBackup
17 124MB 126MB 1671kB padB
18 126MB 129MB 3146kB modemst1
19 129MB 132MB 3146kB modemst2
20 132MB 134MB 2097kB mbl
21 134MB 135MB 655kB hob
22 135MB 135MB 8192B dhob
23 135MB 143MB 8389kB ext4 persist
24 143MB 143MB 8192B ssd
25 143MB 147MB 3146kB ext2 fsg
26 147MB 148MB 1049kB sp
27 148MB 148MB 524kB misc
28 148MB 151MB 3146kB ext3 pds
29 151MB 151MB 131kB cid
30 151MB 156MB 4194kB logo
31 156MB 160MB 4194kB clogo
32 160MB 161MB 1049kB devtree
33 161MB 171MB 10.5MB boot
34 171MB 182MB 10.5MB recovery
35 182MB 190MB 8389kB kpan
36 190MB 1257MB 1067MB cache
37 1257MB 1258MB 1049kB padC
38 1258MB 2869MB 1611MB ext4 system
39 2869MB 2982MB 113MB customize
40 2982MB 15.8GB 12.8GB userdata
(parted) rm 40
rm 40
(parted) mkpartfs primary ext2 2982MB 15695MB
mkpartfs primary ext2 2982MB 15695MB
(parted) name 40 userdata
name 40 userdata
(parted) quit
quit
Information: You may need to update /etc/fstab.
.. and rebooted using twrp reboot/system button.
Wtf is happened?
any ideas how to solve this?
thanks.

Umm, gpt.bin corrupted.. Head towards the unbrick thread..

[Guide] Repartition Nexus5 to increase system partition - Space for Rom & Stock Gapps

[Guide] Repartition Nexus5 to increase system partition - Space for Rom & Stock Gapps
Before I begin...don't do this if you don't know what you're doing. If you know what you're doing still don't do this. This is dangerous, and in general people don't even make good guides for this likely because it's SUCH a stupid thing to do. Samsung phones support PIT re partitioning, but for something like a Nexus, there is no easy guide. You can and likely will brick your phone...at best you will certainly wipe all data.
I wanted to install a nougat rom on my cracked-screen Nexus5, but in flashing it AND stock gapps would error out since there isn't enough room on the /system partition for both. The Nexus5 comes with a 1GB system partition which was fine way back in the day, but isn't really fine anymore. In order to pull space from the large userdata partition, we need to do some linux trickery. I chose to make /system 2GB, which may be overkill, but this phone is going to be a baby monitor/white noise machine for a 5 month old so who cares.
The prerequisite for this process is a TWRP recovery, and that's pretty much it. Ideally, fdisk would be baked in with busybox or the parted utility would be on the phone and you could use the resize function...every time I tried to use busybox's fdisk led to errors or commands wouldn't work, and parted's resize command can't deal with ext4.
The high-level procedure here is, since filesystems must be contiguous and in order so they can be addressed properly, we need to delete every partition inclusively from system to userdata, then recreate them with new storage offsets. To visualize this, here's the storage layout as it started out on my Nexus 5:
Code:
Model: MMC SEM32G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31.3GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 524kB 67.6MB 67.1MB fat16 modem
2 67.6MB 68.7MB 1049kB sbl1
3 68.7MB 69.2MB 524kB rpm
4 69.2MB 69.7MB 524kB tz
5 69.7MB 70.3MB 524kB sdi
6 70.3MB 70.8MB 524kB aboot
7 70.8MB 72.9MB 2097kB pad
8 72.9MB 73.9MB 1049kB sbl1b
9 73.9MB 74.4MB 524kB tzb
10 74.4MB 75.0MB 524kB rpmb
11 75.0MB 75.5MB 524kB abootb
12 75.5MB 78.6MB 3146kB modemst1
13 78.6MB 81.8MB 3146kB modemst2
14 81.8MB 82.3MB 524kB metadata
15 82.3MB 99.1MB 16.8MB misc
16 99.1MB 116MB 16.8MB ext4 persist
17 116MB 119MB 3146kB imgdata
18 119MB 142MB 23.1MB laf
19 142MB 165MB 23.1MB boot
20 165MB 188MB 23.1MB recovery
21 188MB 191MB 3146kB fsg
22 191MB 192MB 524kB fsc
23 192MB 192MB 524kB ssd
24 192MB 193MB 524kB DDR
25 193MB 1267MB 1074MB ext4 system
26 1267MB 1298MB 31.5MB crypto
27 1298MB 2032MB 734MB ext4 cache
28 2032MB 31.3GB 29.2GB ext4 userdata
29 31.3GB 31.3GB 5632B grow
Looking at that, we want to increase system (partition 25), shift crypto (partition 26), shift cache (partition 27), and shrink userdata (partition 28). If you try this on a different phone, you'll have different partitions to move.
I did this from a Debian desktop using adb, but you can use any platform that has adb. You need to download the parted binary linked below, a nexus5 Nougat rom (or any rom I guess), and a gapps package (I chose stock). Here's the commands I used:
Code:
wget http://iwf1.com/iwf-repo/parted.rar
unrar e parted.rar
sudo adb push parted /
sudo adb shell
~ # chmod +x parted
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p
~ # umount /data
~ # umount /sdcard
~ # umount /cache
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 25
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 26
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 27
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 28
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 193MB 2291MB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart extended 2291MB 2322MB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 2322MB 3056MB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 3056MB 30.8GB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 25 system
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 26 crypto
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 27 cache
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 28 userdata
~ # mke2fs -b 4096 -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
~ # mke2fs -b 4096 -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
~ # mke2fs -b 4096 -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p28
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p
~ # mount -a
~ # exit
# Download from here: http://www.androiddevs.net/downloads/
sudo adb push aosp_hammerhead-7.1-nougat-*.zip /data/
# Download from here: http://opengapps.org/
sudo adb push open_gapps-arm-7.1-stock-*.zip /data/
sudo adb reboot recovery
# Install the nougat rom through twrp...this will resize the /system partition back to 1GB!
sudo adb shell
~ # umount /system
~ # resize2fs -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 2000M
~ # mount -a
# Install opengapps in twrp
~ # exit
# Reboot into system through TWRP GUI
There were some logging errors with the SantoshM nougat rom I tried, but they had no impact. I am unmounting /sdcard and that's where it's trying to stash the logs, hence errors.
You can see that the offsets for the new partitions are 1024MB higher than the originals, meaning the partition will be 1GB bigger. Here's my final partition table:
Code:
Model: MMC SEM32G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31.3GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 524kB 67.6MB 67.1MB fat16 modem
2 67.6MB 68.7MB 1049kB sbl1
3 68.7MB 69.2MB 524kB rpm
4 69.2MB 69.7MB 524kB tz
5 69.7MB 70.3MB 524kB sdi
6 70.3MB 70.8MB 524kB aboot
7 70.8MB 72.9MB 2097kB pad
8 72.9MB 73.9MB 1049kB sbl1b
9 73.9MB 74.4MB 524kB tzb
10 74.4MB 75.0MB 524kB rpmb
11 75.0MB 75.5MB 524kB abootb
12 75.5MB 78.6MB 3146kB modemst1
13 78.6MB 81.8MB 3146kB modemst2
14 81.8MB 82.3MB 524kB metadata
15 82.3MB 99.1MB 16.8MB misc
16 99.1MB 116MB 16.8MB ext4 persist
17 116MB 119MB 3146kB imgdata
18 119MB 142MB 23.1MB laf
19 142MB 165MB 23.1MB boot
20 165MB 188MB 23.1MB recovery
21 188MB 191MB 3146kB fsg
22 191MB 192MB 524kB fsc
23 192MB 192MB 524kB ssd
24 192MB 193MB 524kB DDR
25 193MB 2291MB 2098MB ext4 system
26 2291MB 2322MB 31.0MB crypto
27 2322MB 3056MB 734MB ext4 cache
28 3056MB 31.3GB 28.2GB ext4 userdata
29 31.3GB 31.3GB 5632B grow
When we resize /system, we're not quite giving it the whole space...I recommend running "resize2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 2048M" and seeing the error...it's easier to adjust the actual filesystem size than the partition size, so we fudge it a bit here so long as it's safe. If this test is unsuccessful, it will tell you that you're allocating more blocks than you have. If it's successful, it'll tell you to run e2fsck...this is normal, and running the resize2fs command with the -f flag overrides that warning...but it'll also allow you to allocate too many blocks, hence why you run a test first as a sanity check. For this exact procedure, 2000M is the exact maximum size.
All in all, this technique can likely be adapted to other android phones. The key is making sure you resize system by the amount you take from data, and making sure you offset all partitions in between linearly by the correct amount. I'm not sure how updates will work...anything that basically lays down a partition is gonna cause issues since it'll try to resize to the default partition size. Anything just laying down new files should be fine.
Happy hacking!

I was looking for such an option as I wanted to install a bigger gapps package then just pico. But shrinking my userdata partition is not was i had in mind. I also really do not want to loose all my data, as i am leazy
so i was thinking about just resizing /cache to a bare minimum of lets say 128mb or even less. Because as i understand /cache is just used for OTA updates - if i am mistaken here, feel free to update my knowledge.
Has anybody done this? On the Galaxy Nexus this is the way to go afaik and one would not loose things in /data.

It worked, Thank you!
What i essentially did was make a nandroid backup followed by "adb pull /sdcard/" on the computer.
Followed your instructions (just before the flashing section), pushed the sdcard data back and restored the backup.
chowned and chmodded the /sdcard directory:
Code:
chown media_rw:media_rw /sdcard
chmod 755 /sdcard
Resized the /system bit, rebooted and hoped it wouldn't 'bootloop'.
The process was nerve wracking, but now the handset is ready for a future stable ROM (I'm still on stock).

So, we need to do
Code:
resize2fs -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 2000M
every time we flash a new ROM?

alexeius said:
So, we need to do
Code:
resize2fs -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 2000M
every time we flash a new ROM?
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surfrock66 said:
All in all, this technique can likely be adapted to other android phones. The key is making sure you resize system by the amount you take from data, and making sure you offset all partitions in between linearly by the correct amount. I'm not sure how updates will work...anything that basically lays down a partition is gonna cause issues since it'll try to resize to the default partition size. Anything just laying down new files should be fine.
Happy hacking!
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Depends on the ROM you're installing.​

Everyone must pay attention that this guide is for 32gb model........for 16gb commands are different.......pay attention else u brick seriously you phone.....

SoftWord said:
Everyone must pay attention that this guide is for 32gb model........for 16gb commands are different.......pay attention else u brick seriously you phone.....
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Yes, this...my numbers show the methodology, but for the 16GB nexus 5 (or any other phone) you need to start by looking at the starting state of the partition table, then do the math from start to finish. I hope I've provided enough methodology and warnings that someone will either abort or do it right.

poioq said:
I was looking for such an option as I wanted to install a bigger gapps package then just pico. But shrinking my userdata partition is not was i had in mind. I also really do not want to loose all my data, as i am leazy
so i was thinking about just resizing /cache to a bare minimum of lets say 128mb or even less. Because as i understand /cache is just used for OTA updates - if i am mistaken here, feel free to update my knowledge.
Has anybody done this? On the Galaxy Nexus this is the way to go afaik and one would not loose things in /data.
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In general I would say that's a very bad idea...however, if you're very careful and are willing to incur some risk, it could possibly work...on the N5, since the cache partition sits between system and userdata (and more importantly doesn't touch recovery) you could theoretically try it, and if it doesn't work, undo it, all while leaving your userdata partition untouched. If preserving your data is your goal...it's probably a bad idea, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible.

How about taking space from cache to userdata? 1-1,5GB'll be unused anyway and on 16gb variant it'll be nice to have some more memory to have

TL;DR
Success: Repartition of a Nexus 5 16GB
Success: Flash cm-14.1-20161028-UNOFFICIAL-hammerhead.zip
Success: Flash open_gapps-arm-7.1-stock-20161217.zip
FAIL: Getting through the Google/CM set up process (Google Play services crashes)
Success: Flash Aroma Gapps
Gapps selections:
Code:
AndroidPay=0
Books=0
CalculatorGoogle=1
CalendarGoogle=1
CalSync=0
CameraGoogle=1
Chrome=1
ClockGoogle=1
CloudPrint=0
ContactsGoogle=1
DialerFramework=1
DialerGoogle=1
DMAgent=0
Docs=0
Drive=0
Earth=0
ExchangeGoogle=0
FaceDetect=0
FaceUnlock=1
Fitness=1
GCS=1
Gmail=0
GoogleNow=0
GooglePlus=0
GoogleTTS=0
Hangouts=0
Hotword=0
Indic=0
Japanese=0
Keep=1
KeyboardGoogle=1
Korean=0
Maps=1
Messenger=0
Movies=0
Music=1
NewsStand=0
NewsWidget=0
PackageInstallerGoogle=0
Pinyin=0
PixelIcons=1
PixelLauncher=1
Photos=1
PlayGames=0
PrintServiceGoogle=0
ProjectFi=0
Sheets=0
Slides=0
Search=1
Speech=0
StorageManagerGoogle=0
Street=0
TagGoogle=0
Talkback=0
Translate=1
VRService=0
Wallpapers=1
WebViewGoogle=1
YouTube=1
Zhuyin=0
inclorexcl=1
Aim
To convert my Nexus 5 16GB into a Pixel using CM14.1 and Stock Open Gapps (I didn't want to keep flashing random pixel-experience.zip files)
Issue (strikethrough issues are with Stock Gapps)
When using Aroma Gapps:
1. Launcher3 crashes everytime the G search bar is clicked on
2. Google Now is not on the left pane despite my chosen packages
1. I couldn't Sign into my WiFi because no soft keyboard would appear (workaround: I created a password-less Hotspot on another phone)
2. I wasn't able to get past through the Google setup process; Google Play Services would crash every time I attempted to skip Tap & Go taking me back to a SIM card missing screen. On skipping this, I get taken to Tap & Go... and repeat
I've wiped all the caches (of course). If anyone has any ideas, it would be great.
Question to @surfrock66
You have a parted command that says:
Code:
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 3056MB 30.8GB
Should this not be:
Code:
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 3056MB 31.3GB
I may not have understood this fully
Thanks surfrock66 for the original method; my method varies slightly and is as follows:
Code:
Download and unpack parted.rar via the
# With phone in TWRP Recovery
$ sudo adb push parted /
$ sudo adb shell
~ # chmod +x parted
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.8GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 524kB 67.6MB 67.1MB fat16 modem
2 67.6MB 68.7MB 1049kB sbl1
3 68.7MB 69.2MB 524kB rpm
4 69.2MB 69.7MB 524kB tz
5 69.7MB 70.3MB 524kB sdi
6 70.3MB 70.8MB 524kB aboot
7 70.8MB 72.9MB 2097kB pad
8 72.9MB 73.9MB 1049kB sbl1b
9 73.9MB 74.4MB 524kB tzb
10 74.4MB 75.0MB 524kB rpmb
11 75.0MB 75.5MB 524kB abootb
12 75.5MB 78.6MB 3146kB modemst1
13 78.6MB 81.8MB 3146kB modemst2
14 81.8MB 82.3MB 524kB metadata
15 82.3MB 99.1MB 16.8MB misc
16 99.1MB 116MB 16.8MB ext4 persist
17 116MB 119MB 3146kB imgdata
18 119MB 142MB 23.1MB laf
19 142MB 165MB 23.1MB boot
20 165MB 188MB 23.1MB recovery
21 188MB 191MB 3146kB fsg
22 191MB 192MB 524kB fsc
23 192MB 192MB 524kB ssd
24 192MB 193MB 524kB DDR
25 193MB 1267MB 1074MB ext4 system
26 1267MB 1298MB 31.5MB crypto
27 1298MB 2032MB 734MB ext4 cache
28 2032MB 15.8GB 13.7GB ext4 userdata
29 15.8GB 15.8GB 5632B grow
~ # umount /data
~ # umount /sdcard
~ # umount /cache
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 25
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 26
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 27
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 rm 28
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 193MB 2291MB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart extended 2291MB 2322MB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 2322MB 3056MB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 mkpart primary 3056MB 15.8GB
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 25 system
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 26 crypto
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 27 cache
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 name 28 userdata
~ # mke2fs -b 4096 -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
~ # mke2fs -b 4096 -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
~ # mke2fs -b 4096 -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p28
~ # ./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 p
~ # mount -a
~ # exit
Model: MMC SEM16G (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.8GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 524kB 67.6MB 67.1MB fat16 modem
2 67.6MB 68.7MB 1049kB sbl1
3 68.7MB 69.2MB 524kB rpm
4 69.2MB 69.7MB 524kB tz
5 69.7MB 70.3MB 524kB sdi
6 70.3MB 70.8MB 524kB aboot
7 70.8MB 72.9MB 2097kB pad
8 72.9MB 73.9MB 1049kB sbl1b
9 73.9MB 74.4MB 524kB tzb
10 74.4MB 75.0MB 524kB rpmb
11 75.0MB 75.5MB 524kB abootb
12 75.5MB 78.6MB 3146kB modemst1
13 78.6MB 81.8MB 3146kB modemst2
14 81.8MB 82.3MB 524kB metadata
15 82.3MB 99.1MB 16.8MB misc
16 99.1MB 116MB 16.8MB ext4 persist
17 116MB 119MB 3146kB imgdata
18 119MB 142MB 23.1MB laf
19 142MB 165MB 23.1MB boot
20 165MB 188MB 23.1MB recovery
21 188MB 191MB 3146kB fsg
22 191MB 192MB 524kB fsc
23 192MB 192MB 524kB ssd
24 192MB 193MB 524kB DDR
25 193MB 2291MB 2098MB ext4 system
26 2291MB 2322MB 31.0MB crypto
27 2322MB 3056MB 734MB ext4 cache
28 3056MB 15.8GB 12.7GB ext4 userdata
29 15.8GB 15.8GB 5632B grow
# This didn't work for me
$ sudo adb push cm-14.1-20161028-UNOFFICIAL-hammerhead.zip /
$ sudo adb push open_gapps-arm-7.1-stock-20161217.zip /
$ sudo adb reboot recovery
# So I copied over the files once I reboot into recovery
# I had to reboot into recovery again to see my CM14.1 and Gapps files
# Flashed them using TWRP
$ sudo adb shell
~ # unmount /system/
/sbin/sh: unmount: not found
# I have no idea why this happened
~ # resize2fs -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 2000M
resize2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
Resizing the filesystem on /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 to 512000 (4k) blocks.
The filesystem on /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 is now 512000 blocks long.
~ # mount -a
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /firmware failed: Invalid argument
mount: mounting /usb-otg on vfat failed: No such file or directory
# I have no idea why this happened either
~ # exit

@surfrock66 Hi, is the same way for n7 (2013) 32gb?
Thanks
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jordirpz said:
@surfrock66 Hi, is the same way for n7 (2013) 32gb?
Thanks
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No, this is not necessarily true. You will need to use Parted to analyse the partitions and then make the relevant modifications. Again, do not try this unless you are willing to potentially brick your device.

@surfrock66
Faied copy parted to //parted : read-only file system
Whats hapend?
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jordirpz said:
@surfrock66
Faied copy parted to //parted : read-only file system
Whats hapend?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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In TWRP, you have to choose to mount your system as read/write, for me with TWRP 3.x it's an option right when TWRP starts. If you don't do that, you can't write to / and thus can't copy the file over.

surfrock66 said:
In TWRP, you have to choose to mount your system as read/write, for me with TWRP 3.x it's an option right when TWRP starts. If you don't do that, you can't write to / and thus can't copy the file over.
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Ok thank you.
Other question please. Adb Shell steps, works in trwp or i need mount system and reboot system for make it? Thank you
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jordirpz said:
Ok thank you.
Other question please. Adb Shell steps, works in trwp or i need mount system and reboot system for make it? Thank you
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All done while in twrp.

surfrock66 said:
All done while in twrp.
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Ok, thanks for you awesome guide.
For me works, now i have 2gb in system?
Sorry for ETA: can you in near future make a reparted file and guide for N7 2013 wifi please?
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jordirpz said:
Ok, thanks for you awesome guide.
For me works, now i have 2gb in system?
Sorry for ETA: can you in near future make a reparted file and guide for N7 2013 wifi please?
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I don't have that device, but the original post here should have everything you need to re-create the process for another device. You'll have to re-calculate the offsets based on what you find when you run the original partition query.

souheil said:
Depends on the ROM you're installing.​
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Just to double check.
Any ideas of what ROMs would need this?
I'm interested of the cyanogenmod in my particular case.

ricardo.adao said:
Just to double check.
Any ideas of what ROMs would need this?
I'm interested of the cyanogenmod in my particular case.
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CM14.1 fits on the Nexus 5 /system partition WITHOUT repartitioning.
I wanted to try this because I want to flash Stock Gapps (as opposed to Nano), hoping to get a Pixel-like experience as described in my previous post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70145560&postcount=10). However, I had lots of crashes with Stock Gapps.
Instead, I now use CM14.1 with Nano Gapps.
If you want a more Pixel-like experience, that side-loading doesn't provide (no Google Now on the left side of the Homescreen, no Pixel-like animations on clicking the G Search Bar), I have resorted to installing the Pixel Launcher and Wallpaper APKs into /system.
Instructions found: http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/76976/how-to-install-app-as-system-app
Re-flashing a ROM will require you to re-do these steps.

[Guide] [Parted] [Noob-Friendly] Decrease /system Partition to Expand /data Partition [Z00L]

Basic Ideas—QnA​Q: Why would You want to extend Your /data (userdata) partition (Internal Memory Storage)
A: Of course to gives You a lot more space for Files, & Apps to be installed.
Q: What's things You will need to do this?
A: Parted, & mkfs.ext4. Parted to edit Your partition, & mkfs.ext4 to formats a partition to EXT4 file system.
Q: Will it works on my Zenfone 2 Laser?
A: Most likely, Yes. But I'm partitioning on Z00L model, maybe there's some adjustment to be made to work on for Your phone model if different.
Before proceeding any further You may want:​a. Do a full backup of Your phone to the data of Your phone including your personal data, & files!
b. Prepare a computer or such
c. Having a good USB Micro-B cable. If Your don't have any or broken, You can use USB Type C cable, & USB OTG Micro-B
d. Be patient, brave, & good luck!
If You so choose to proceed, remember:​
/*
* Your warranty is now void.
*
* I'm not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
* thermonuclear war, or You getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
* do some research if You have any concerns about features included in this tools
* before doing it! YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if
* You point the finger at us for messing up Your device, we will laugh at You.
*
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Now Let's Get Started​
Spoiler: Good Luck!
I. Download:​- Android SDK Platform Tools HERE Extract it (e.g. C:\adb)
- Parted, & mkfs.ext4 HERE Extract it somewhere, & copy the folder location, we will get back to this later!
- A TWRP backup of 'LineageOS [17.1] [18.1] [Fork]' Z00L compiled by @markkiths with NikGApps Core HERE Extract it somewhere, & copy the TWRP folder location, we will get back to this later! (Note: AOSP Keyboard, WebView. & all Forks Apps is removed. You may want to use adb install command or download the apk to the MicroSD to install Gboard, & WebView to get the virtual keyboard working, & able to login to Your Google account
- Android 6 Marshmallow Fastboot stock ROM in case You Hard Brick Your phone HERE See step III if You encountered this problem
- Latest TWRP Z00L Z00T
II. Things to do, & Commands:​a. Plug Your phone to computer while in TWRP, & MTP Enabled (Mount > Enable MTP). Then open Terminal on a folder that contains the Android SDK Platform Tools:
→ Windows: Command Prompt or Terminal
→ Linux distros: Terminal
→ macOS: Terminal
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b. Push (Copy) Parted, & mkfs.ext4 to /sbin:
> adb devices
> adb push parted /sbin
> adb push mkfs.ext4 /sbin
c. Now You shell into it, & set 777 permission to get the files working:
> adb shell
~ # chmod 777 /sbin/parted
~ # chmod 777 /sbin/mkfs.ext4
Now Disable MTP & untick all partitions in Mount menu. You may want to adb shell again
d. Parted into partition of the phone's MMC:
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
e. List current unmodified partitions:
(parted) print
The output would looks like:
Model: MMC R1J96N (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15.8GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17.4kB 1328kB 1311kB sbl1
2 1328kB 2639kB 1311kB sbl1bak msftdata
3 2639kB 3163kB 524kB rpm
4 3163kB 3687kB 524kB rpmbak msftdata
5 3687kB 4212kB 524kB tz
6 4212kB 4736kB 524kB tzbak msftdata
7 4736kB 5260kB 524kB hyp
8 5260kB 5785kB 524kB hypbak msftdata
9 5785kB 5817kB 32.8kB DDR
10 5817kB 5826kB 8192B ssd
11 5826kB 5842kB 16.4kB sec
12 5842kB 11.1MB 5243kB aboot
13 16.8MB 22.0MB 5243kB abootbak msftdata
14 22.0MB 27.3MB 5243kB splash
15 27.3MB 28.3MB 1049kB devinfo
16 33.6MB 35.1MB 1573kB fsg
17 35.1MB 35.1MB 1024B fsc
18 35.1MB 36.7MB 1573kB modemst1
19 36.7MB 38.3MB 1573kB modemst2
20 38.3MB 48.8MB 10.5MB ext4 factory
21 48.8MB 59.2MB 10.5MB factorybak
22 59.2MB 60.3MB 1049kB asuskey
23 60.3MB 61.3MB 1049kB asuskey2
24 61.3MB 62.4MB 1049kB asuskey3
25 62.4MB 63.4MB 1049kB asuskey4
26 63.4MB 64.5MB 1049kB asuskey5
27 64.5MB 65.5MB 1049kB asusgpt
28 65.5MB 66.6MB 1049kB asusgpt1
29 66.6MB 67.6MB 1049kB asusgpt2
30 67.6MB 68.7MB 1049kB misc
31 68.7MB 69.2MB 524kB keystore
32 69.2MB 69.2MB 32.8kB config
33 69.2MB 103MB 33.6MB ext4 asdf
34 103MB 105MB 2097kB abootdebug
35 105MB 106MB 1049kB persistent
36 117MB 151MB 33.6MB oem
37 151MB 185MB 33.6MB boot
38 185MB 218MB 33.6MB recovery
39 218MB 252MB 33.6MB ext4 persist
40 252MB 268MB 16.8MB asusfw
41 268MB 336MB 67.1MB fat16 modem msftdata
42 336MB 369MB 33.6MB ext4 ADF msftdata
43 369MB 587MB 218MB ext4 APD msftdata
44 587MB 621MB 33.6MB ext4 cache
45 621MB 3842MB 3221MB ext4 system
46 3842MB 15.8GB 11.9GB ext4 userdata
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f. Change the unit to byte:
(parted) unit b
You could list the partitions again by typing print to see in bytes
Model: MMC R1J96N (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15758000128B
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 17408B 1328127B 1310720B sbl1
2 1328128B 2638847B 1310720B sbl1bak msftdata
3 2638848B 3163135B 524288B rpm
4 3163136B 3687423B 524288B rpmbak msftdata
5 3687424B 4211711B 524288B tz
6 4211712B 4735999B 524288B tzbak msftdata
7 4736000B 5260287B 524288B hyp
8 5260288B 5784575B 524288B hypbak msftdata
9 5784576B 5817343B 32768B DDR
10 5817344B 5825535B 8192B ssd
11 5825536B 5841919B 16384B sec
12 5841920B 11084799B 5242880B aboot
13 16777216B 22020095B 5242880B abootbak msftdata
14 22020096B 27262975B 5242880B splash
15 27262976B 28311551B 1048576B devinfo
16 33554432B 35127295B 1572864B fsg
17 35127296B 35128319B 1024B fsc
18 35128320B 36701183B 1572864B modemst1
19 36701184B 38274047B 1572864B modemst2
20 38274048B 48759807B 10485760B ext4 factory
21 48759808B 59245567B 10485760B factorybak
22 59245568B 60294143B 1048576B asuskey
23 60294144B 61342719B 1048576B asuskey2
24 61342720B 62391295B 1048576B asuskey3
25 62391296B 63439871B 1048576B asuskey4
26 63439872B 64488447B 1048576B asuskey5
27 64488448B 65537023B 1048576B asusgpt
28 65537024B 66585599B 1048576B asusgpt1
29 66585600B 67634175B 1048576B asusgpt2
30 67634176B 68682751B 1048576B misc
31 68682752B 69207039B 524288B keystore
32 69207040B 69239807B 32768B config
33 69239808B 102794239B 33554432B ext4 asdf
34 102794240B 104891391B 2097152B abootdebug
35 104891392B 105939967B 1048576B persistent
36 117440512B 150994943B 33554432B oem
37 150994944B 184549375B 33554432B boot
38 184549376B 218103807B 33554432B recovery
39 218103808B 251658239B 33554432B ext4 persist
40 251658240B 268435455B 16777216B asusfw
41 268435456B 335544319B 67108864B fat16 modem msftdata
42 335544320B 369098751B 33554432B ext4 ADF msftdata
43 369098752B 587202559B 218103808B ext4 APD msftdata
44 587202560B 620756991B 33554432B ext4 cache
45 620756992B 3841982463B 3221225472B ext2 system
46 3841982464B 15757983231B 11916000768B ext4 userdata
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From this point onward DO NOT do stupid stuffs, like delete unmentioned partitions! You have been warned!
g. Remove partition of userdata, & system:
(parted) rm 46
(parted) rm 45
h. Create, name, & set flag for the new system partition: You could use this tool to convert from Gigabytes to Bytes for more precise result
(parted) mkpart system ext4 620756992 2365985773 Remember: It now only have 2 MB left on Your /system partition. You may either can't really tinker much with the bootanimation.zip nor the Media sounds on /system/product/media to Your liking
Here's You realized there are 2 values. The 620756992 as Start Address, & 2365985773 as End Address. Here's some explanation to specify each address:
→ By adding 1 byte from previous partition: 620756991+1=620756992 ← You got Your Start Address for system partition!
→ By adding Start Address + Your decided value (In my case I just want 1.69 GB or 1,745,228,781 Bytes): 620756992+1745228781=2365985773 ← You got Your End Address for system partition!
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(parted) name 45 system
(parted) set 45 msftdata on
i. List the Free Space:
(parted) p free
The output would looks like:
Model: MMC R1J96N (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 15758000128B
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
7168B 17407B 10240B Free Space
1 17408B 1328127B 1310720B sbl1
2 1328128B 2638847B 1310720B sbl1bak msftdata
3 2638848B 3163135B 524288B rpm
4 3163136B 3687423B 524288B rpmbak msftdata
5 3687424B 4211711B 524288B tz
6 4211712B 4735999B 524288B tzbak msftdata
7 4736000B 5260287B 524288B hyp
8 5260288B 5784575B 524288B hypbak msftdata
9 5784576B 5817343B 32768B DDR
10 5817344B 5825535B 8192B ssd
11 5825536B 5841919B 16384B sec
12 5841920B 11084799B 5242880B aboot
11084800B 16777215B 5692416B Free Space
13 16777216B 22020095B 5242880B abootbak msftdata
14 22020096B 27262975B 5242880B splash
15 27262976B 28311551B 1048576B devinfo
28311552B 33554431B 5242880B Free Space
16 33554432B 35127295B 1572864B fsg
17 35127296B 35128319B 1024B fsc
18 35128320B 36701183B 1572864B modemst1
19 36701184B 38274047B 1572864B modemst2
20 38274048B 48759807B 10485760B ext4 factory
21 48759808B 59245567B 10485760B factorybak
22 59245568B 60294143B 1048576B asuskey
23 60294144B 61342719B 1048576B asuskey2
24 61342720B 62391295B 1048576B asuskey3
25 62391296B 63439871B 1048576B asuskey4
26 63439872B 64488447B 1048576B asuskey5
27 64488448B 65537023B 1048576B asusgpt
28 65537024B 66585599B 1048576B asusgpt1
29 66585600B 67634175B 1048576B asusgpt2
30 67634176B 68682751B 1048576B misc
31 68682752B 69207039B 524288B keystore
32 69207040B 69239807B 32768B config
33 69239808B 102794239B 33554432B ext4 asdf
34 102794240B 104891391B 2097152B abootdebug
35 104891392B 105939967B 1048576B persistent
105939968B 117440511B 11500544B Free Space
36 117440512B 150994943B 33554432B oem
37 150994944B 184549375B 33554432B boot
38 184549376B 218103807B 33554432B recovery
39 218103808B 251658239B 33554432B ext4 persist
40 251658240B 268435455B 16777216B asusfw
41 268435456B 335544319B 67108864B fat16 modem msftdata
42 335544320B 369098751B 33554432B ext4 ADF msftdata
43 369098752B 587202559B 218103808B ext4 APD msftdata
44 587202560B 620756991B 33554432B ext4 cache
45 620756992B 2365985773B 1016468480B ext4 system msftdata
2365985774B 15757993471B 14120768000B Free Space
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j. Create, name, & set flag for the new userdata partition:
(parted) mkpart userdata ext4 2365985774 15757993471
More or less to specify Start Address, & End Address for userdata partition is same as before. Here's quick sums up:
→ 2365985773 is added 1 byte to the End Address of system partition (2365985773+1)
→ 15757993471 is just the maximum MMC range
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You may get this warning just answer it with y, & i:
Warning: You requested a partition from 2389054446B to 15757992960B (sectors
3197706..30777330).
The closest location we can manage is 2389054446B to 15757982720B (sectors
3197706..30777310).
Is this still acceptable to you?
Yes/No? y
Warning: The resulting partition is not properly aligned for best performance.
Ignore/Cancel? i
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(parted) name 46 userdata
(parted) set 46 msftdata on
k. Now quit parted, & format system partition using EXT2 file system, & userdata partition using EXT4 file system:
(parted) quit
~ # mkfs.ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p45
Why not format system partition with EXT4? I'm just follows phone's default file system!
~ # mkfs.ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p46
Now remount the partitions by typing: mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p45 /system_root, & mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p46 /data
l. Now exit out the adb shell, & push (Copy) a gigs or more file to Your Internal Memory to prevent system partition from messing up: Your phone may restart near the completion of pushing 'system.ext4.win000' file, Calm down it's normal!
~ # exit
> adb push "YourExtractionLocation\TWRP" /sdcard
m. If Your phone rebooted into Fastboot Mode by itself just pulled out the battery, & get back to TWRP by pressing Down Volume Button with Power Button (Note: If You immediately see the screen just go blank, while the phone being turned on, & when plugged into the computer there are many partitions mounted. That means You unfortunately Hard Brick Your phone. See step III below to Unbrick it), & push the TWRP folder once more: Most likely it will be copied successfully without errors!
> adb push "YourExtractionLocation\TWRP" /sdcard
Now You can re-enable MTP in TWRP > Mount, & do adb kill-server then eject Your phone from the computer
n. Now Restore in TWRP menu or flash a new ROM that You may want to modify it with Jancox Tool Unpack Repack ROMs. Done! You now can setup Your phone. To check if You actually expand Your /data partition:
TWRP or Terminal: df -h
Android: Link2SD or DiskInfo
​III. Unbrick Your Phone:​a. Boot into Fastboot Mode (Pressing Volume Up + Power Button), & plug Your phone to the computer
b. Extract the Fastboot ROM zip, & run the flashall_AFT.cmd then wait until it completes (Note: For some reason it still have Bootloader Unlocked. So no need to reunlock it!)
c. When completes, just open Terminal then type fastboot flash recovery twrp-x.x.x_x-x-Z00x.img
d. Then boot into TWRP fastboot boot recovery
e. Now you get Your TWRP back, up & running again!
​IV. Extras:​a. Want custom accent color? Use Accent Colour Creator
b. Want custom Dark Theme Color Bucket other than Pitch Black & Android 12 Dark? Use APK Editor Studio & copy the SystemDark12Overlay.apk from /system/product/overlay/SystemDark12. Edit it on APK Editor Studio then modify the colors.xml & style.xml in /res/values-night folder. Lastly change the package="com.custom.dtcb.name" in AndroidManifest.xml then Save the APK & install it on to Your phone
Spoiler: ⚠️ For Specific¹ Purpose Only
¹ Finding the exact start-end address for extreme storage saving on specific ROM. The free space that'll be available is 20.48 kB.
You may not run this multiple lines of codes without knowing their real function is. If you're running this codes, & your phone got hard bricked that's aren't my problems! That's your typos, miscopied problem!
Code:
adb push mkfs.ext4 /sbin
adb push parted /sbin
adb shell
chmod 777 /sbin/parted
chmod 777 /sbin/mkfs.ext4
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
unit b
p free
rm 46
rm 45
mkpart system ext4 620756992 2352082431
name 45 system
set 45 msftdata on
mkpart userdata ext4 2352082432 15757983231
y
i
name 46 userdata
set 46 msftdata on
quit
mkfs.ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p45
mkfs.ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p46
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p45 /system_root
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p46 /data
exit
If you're facing 1 of this problem while you Restore Backup in TWRP:
extractTarFork() process ended with ERORR; 255 Then the way to fix it to extend /system by repartition your EMMC with value of the subtraction from the Progress Value that shown just right before it's outputs the error message by the Total Backup Size of /system Partition.
extractTarFork() process ended with ERORR; 9 Then you must recreate the backup. It's caused by formatting the /data partition using TWRP's built in EXT4 formatter especially after you reboot & after partitioned the EMMC, or you didn't answer the last mounted on question after the 21ˢᵗ command has been executed.
Credits:​Thanks to Hovatek for being the first to actually demonstrate it on physical device, & providing the necessary files
Thanks to @markkiths for compiles, & providing LineageOS/Fork 18.1
Thanks to NikGApps for providing GApps for Android 11
Run into problem? Write it down below! I'll try my best to help You out.​

Question Error flashing partition : Volume Full

Hi, when trying to install twrp, i get this message:
Code:
Sending 'recovery' (131072 KB) OKAY [ 3.060s]
Writing 'recovery' FAILED (remote: 'Error flashing partition : Volume Full')
fastboot: error: Command failed
with windows 11, i can see that i still have 53Go available but that does not help.
TRying to dig in this issue, here is what i got :
Code:
\platform-tools>adb shell df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 3.3G 3.2G 167M 96% /
tmpfs 2.6G 0.9M 2.6G 1% /dev
tmpfs 2.6G 0 2.6G 0% /mnt
tmpfs 2.6G 0 2.6G 0% /apex
/dev/block/dm-1 1.4G 1.3G 55M 97% /vendor
none 2.6G 0 2.6G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/block/sda29 232M 4.3M 220M 2% /cache
/dev/block/sda14 4.9M 160K 4.8M 4% /dev/logfs
/dev/block/sda30 976M 728M 222M 77% /cust
/dev/block/sda31 109G 51G 58G 47% /data
/data/media 109G 51G 58G 47% /storage/emulated
Well, if i get it right, that could mean, i only have 167 Mo left on the system partition, which is ... not much..
digging further i got
Code:
adb shell df /
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 3555292 3368200 170708 96% /apex/com.android.resolv
which confirms what may be an issue..
But i definitely don't know what to do
I've tried to temporarily boot on twrp using
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
but a black screen occurs, and that was it...
So definitely don't know what to do.
Any help would be appreciate!

The question is, how big is your recovery partition, presuming that you have one?
The image you have is 128 MB. Undoubtedly it's 30 MB of recovery, 98 MB or zeroes and a stupid AVB0 footer.
Use some tool to chop it down to 64 MB or so and try flashing it.
Or if you do Windows, try my imgutil /p /v recovery.img (on a copy of the file).
It's in the sig.

Seems like ur /system is just full. PixelOS or some other heavy Rom installed?
Other than that, when u have the balls u could repartitionate ur Phone as i had todo so on the P20 Pro, as /system was too small with <2.8gb~ for some roms. But wont recommend when u have no idea what todo.

aLcaTr4z said:
Seems like ur /system is just full. PixelOS or some other heavy Rom installed?
Other than that, when u have the balls u could repartitionate ur Phone as i had todo so on the P20 Pro, as /system was too small with <2.8gb~ for some roms. But wont recommend when u have no idea what todo.
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I agree with the "system full" theory. I do not see anything mounted on "/" (only on subfolders of "/") on my phone. https://source.android.com/docs/core/ota/modular-system/dns-resolver

Im not 100% sure, but i think thats correct. Will do a search across the system, to check if i can find my old partion table.
Spoiler: P20 Pro stock partitions
Code:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 524kB 1049kB 524kB vrl msftdata
2 1049kB 1573kB 524kB vrl_backup msftdata
3 1573kB 10.5MB 8913kB ext4 modem_secure msftdata
4 10.5MB 15.7MB 5243kB nvme msftdata
5 15.7MB 16.8MB 1049kB certification msftdata
6 16.8MB 83.9MB 67.1MB oeminfo msftdata
7 83.9MB 117MB 33.6MB ext4 secure_storage msftdata
8 117MB 151MB 33.6MB ext4 modem_om msftdata
9 151MB 168MB 16.8MB modemnvm_factory msftdata
10 168MB 185MB 16.8MB modemnvm_backup msftdata
11 185MB 206MB 21.0MB ext4 modemnvm_img msftdata
12 206MB 222MB 16.8MB modemnvm_system msftdata
13 222MB 226MB 4194kB hisee_encos msftdata
14 226MB 228MB 1049kB veritykey msftdata
15 228MB 229MB 1049kB ddr_para msftdata
16 229MB 257MB 28.3MB reserved2 msftdata
17 257MB 341MB 83.9MB ext4 splash2 msftdata
18 341MB 343MB 2097kB bootfail_info msftdata
19 343MB 345MB 2097kB misc msftdata
20 345MB 362MB 16.8MB dfx msftdata
21 362MB 379MB 16.8MB rrecord msftdata
22 379MB 379MB 262kB fw_lpm3_a msftdata
23 379MB 383MB 3932kB reserved3_a msftdata
24 383MB 384MB 1049kB hdcp_a msftdata
25 384MB 388MB 4194kB hisee_img_a msftdata
26 388MB 392MB 4194kB hhee_a msftdata
27 392MB 401MB 8389kB ext4 hisee_fs_a msftdata
28 401MB 413MB 12.6MB fastboot_a msftdata
29 413MB 417MB 4194kB vector_a msftdata
30 417MB 419MB 2097kB isp_boot_a msftdata
31 419MB 434MB 14.7MB isp_firmware_a msftdata
32 434MB 447MB 12.6MB fw_hifi_a msftdata
33 447MB 455MB 8389kB teeos_a msftdata
34 455MB 472MB 16.8MB sensorhub_a msftdata
35 472MB 497MB 25.2MB erecovery_kernel_a msftdata
36 497MB 531MB 33.6MB erecovery_ramdisk_a msftdata
37 531MB 547MB 16.8MB erecovery_vendor_a msftdata
38 547MB 573MB 25.2MB kernel_a msftdata
39 573MB 585MB 12.6MB eng_system_a msftdata
40 585MB 619MB 33.6MB recovery_ramdisk_a msftdata
41 619MB 635MB 16.8MB recovery_vendor_a msftdata
42 635MB 657MB 22.0MB dts_a msftdata
43 657MB 665MB 7340kB dto_a msftdata
44 665MB 667MB 2097kB trustfirmware_a msftdata
45 667MB 726MB 58.7MB ext4 modem_fw_a msftdata
46 726MB 738MB 12.6MB eng_vendor_a msftdata
47 738MB 740MB 2097kB recovery_vbmeta_a msftdata
48 740MB 742MB 2097kB erecovery_vbmeta_a msftdata
49 742MB 747MB 4194kB vbmeta_a msftdata
50 747MB 763MB 16.8MB modemnvm_update_a msftdata
51 763MB 805MB 41.9MB modemnvm_cust_a msftdata
52 805MB 839MB 33.6MB reserved7 msftdata
53 839MB 872MB 33.6MB ext4 version_a msftdata
54 872MB 1871MB 998MB vendor_a msftdata
55 1871MB 1879MB 8389kB ext4 preload_a msftdata
56 1879MB 2080MB 201MB cust_a msftdata
57 2080MB 2231MB 151MB odm_a msftdata
58 2231MB 2366MB 134MB ext4 cache msftdata
59 2366MB 3683MB 1317MB preas msftdata
60 3683MB 3716MB 33.6MB preavs msftdata
61 3716MB 5453MB 1736MB product_a msftdata
62 5453MB 8061MB 2609MB ext2 system_a msftdata
63 8061MB 8271MB 210MB ext4 patch_a msftdata
64 8271MB 128GB 120GB userdata msftdata
i Think Xi might using /system_x just as around ~3gb too.
Edit²:
Code:
./parted /dev/block/sdd
is a entrypoint to dig deeper.

Well, I don't get it.
There's a bunch of people who have reported problems and gotten "volume full"'.
Most of the times they say that they were flashing the wrong thing.
The weird part is that fastboot doesn't normally have anything to do with "volumes".
It works on partitions.
So, clearly I'm missing something.
In any case imgutil /v /l whatever.img will tell you what the file you're trying to flash is.
(Don't quote the whole ramdisk! Just say if there is one.)
fastboot getvar all will also tell us what it has for a recovery partition.

Renate said:
Well, I don't get it.
There's a bunch of people who have reported problems and gotten "volume full"'.
Most of the times they say that they were flashing the wrong thing.
The weird part is that fastboot doesn't normally have anything to do with "volumes".
It works on partitions.
So, clearly I'm missing something.
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Yes, Renate, that's what I don't understand either. I don't know much about all this, but most of what I read about this error was about a wrong img. Though the first thing I did was to download from this website the latest twrp available but again it failed.
I'll try all what you ppl adviced me to do, and will come back here to talk about the results.
Many thanks

ok, let's try to dig in:
imgutil /v /l gives me this ;
Header1: 1,648 (00000670) Kernel: 17,767,553 (010f1c81) 00001000 Payload: 17,369,640 (01090a28) DTB: 397,913 (00061259) Ramdisk: 27,351,923 (01a15b73) 010f3000 Recovery: 261,873 (0003fef1) 02b09000 Signature: 2,432 (00000980) 02b49000 Padding: 88,825,856 (054b6000) 02b4a000
fastboot getvar all returns many things but there's no recovery partition yet.
here is what I get about this twrp file (using cygwin)
file twrp.img twrp.img: Android bootimg, kernel (0x8000), ramdisk (0x1000000), page size: 4096, cmdline (androidboot.hardware=qcom androidboot.memcg=1 lpm_levels.sleep_disabled=1 video=vfb:640x400,bpp=32,memsize=3072000 msm_rtb.filt)

You make that hard to read:
Code:
Header1: 1,648 (00000670)
Kernel: 17,767,553 (010f1c81) 00001000
Payload: 17,369,640 (01090a28)
DTB: 397,913 (00061259)
Ramdisk: 27,351,923 (01a15b73) 010f3000
Recovery: 261,873 (0003fef1) 02b09000
Signature: 2,432 (00000980) 02b49000
Padding: 88,825,856 (054b6000) 02b4a000
Are you rooted and/or can you do any of the following commands over adb shell:
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/by-name
(We only care about recovery partition(s).)
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/by-name/recovery of=/dev/null
What does it say for numbers?

Ok, for what I understand (not much) here are the answers:
ls -l /dev/block/by-name
Code:
otal 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 abl -> /dev/block/sde35
....
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1972-07-14 02:48 bk51 -> /dev/block/sdf2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1972-07-14 02:48 bk52 -> /dev/block/sdf3
....
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 rawdump -> /dev/block/sda27
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 recovery -> /dev/block/sda28
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 1972-07-14 02:48 sda -> /dev/block/sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 1972-07-14 02:48 sdb -> /dev/block/sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 1972-07-14 02:48 sdc -> /dev/block/sdc
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 1972-07-14 02:48 sdd -> /dev/block/sdd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 1972-07-14 02:48 sde -> /dev/block/sde
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 1972-07-14 02:48 sdf -> /dev/block/sdf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1972-07-14 02:48 secdata -> /dev/block/sde3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 splash -> /dev/block/sda21
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 spunvm -> /dev/block/sde41
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1972-07-14 02:48 ssd -> /dev/block/sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 storsec -> /dev/block/sde11
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 1972-07-14 02:48 switch -> /dev/block/sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 system -> /dev/block/sde54
...
I then tried to launch dd if=/dev/block/by-name/recovery of=/dev/null
But I got only errors:
from cygwin terminal, in platform tools folder I launched everything I could but for no avail...
Code:
$ adb shell dd if=/dev/block/by-name/recovery of=/dev/null
dd: /dev/block/by-name/recovery: Permission denied
**I tried to replace "recovery" with sda28
Code:
/platform-tools
$ adb shell dd if=/dev/block/by-name/sda28 of=/dev/null
dd: /dev/block/by-name/sda28: No such file or directory
dunno what to do...

Cyjam said:
Code:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1972-07-14 02:48 recovery -> /dev/block/sda28
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Ok, so you have a nice recovery partition. We still don't know how big it is.
You can chop down (a copy of) your image to something smaller and try that.
Eventually we'll find something that fits. Whether it works is a different question.
The current source code for fastboot doesn't have any error that has "volume" in it. That's one reason that I'm confused.
I wasn't really expecting dd to work, that's usually only for root.
So do that imgutil /p copy-of and try to flash it.

Some questions...
Really sweet or sweetin?
TWRP (recovery partition) doesn't equal with system, system full was shown in flashing recovery?
Which recovery was tried to flash?
Tried completely clean flash?
Tried to flash stock with miflash?

Hi laptapper, thanks for trying to help. Unfo, I'm a real noob and unsure about any of your questions:
Really sweet or sweetin? what's the difference?
TWRP (recovery partition) doesn't equal with system, system full was shown in flashing recovery?
Which recovery was tried to flash? the last one available, TWRP-3.6.2_12.1-sweet-20220705
Tried completely clean flash? don't know what "clean flash" is, but I guess i didn't try it, meaning, I did not swipe my phone. I'd be happy to flash it without totally reseting it.
Tried to flash stock with miflash? never heard about this.

Cyjam said:
Hi laptapper, thanks for trying to help. Unfo, I'm a real noob and unsure about any of your questions:
Really sweet or sweetin? what's the difference?
TWRP (recovery partition) doesn't equal with system, system full was shown in flashing recovery?
Which recovery was tried to flash? the last one available, TWRP-3.6.2_12.1-sweet-20220705
Tried completely clean flash? don't know what "clean flash" is, but I guess i didn't try it, meaning, I did not swipe my phone. I'd be happy to flash it without totally reseting it.
Tried to flash stock with miflash? never heard about this.
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Sweet or sweetin means I wanna know if it's a Redmi note 10 pro and which variant.
First get orange fox 12.1.3 and try to flash
Complete clean flash means format data with yes (almost necessary)
I suggest to read more in this forum....to get more knowledge

I was trying to use a 120mb twrp then I downloaded a smaller one of 60mb from the official website and it worked