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Need help with partitioning to ext3 and linux-swap

how do you do partition your sdcard to ext3 and linux-swap without adb?
i have a class 4 8gb sdcard

Go to link in my sig.

supremeteam256 said:
Go to link in my sig.
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i dont have ubuntu im running on windows and browser is not letting me open up the link

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479&highlight=Hard+SPL
scroll down to Formatting SD Card... 1st post

AndroidFiend said:
i dont have ubuntu im running on windows and browser is not letting me open up the link
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914
Try this link, if it doesn't work go to the development section and it's on the second page. I run windows to, but I explain how to do everything on ubuntu with out installing anything. It's a live cd so you just boot it, it don't install anything and when you done it goes back to windows. Its easy.

Tarantino5 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534479&highlight=Hard+SPL
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oo thats on the recovery image...didnt know that now i jus have to figure out all the size i want for part. and wut is the best size for linux swap from what ive seen 96mb its good bcuz it matches up to the actual hero memory

AndroidFiend said:
oo thats on the recovery image...didnt know that now i jus have to figure out all the size i want for part. and wut is the best size for linux swap from what ive seen 96mb its good bcuz it matches up to the actual hero memory
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Really you should have the linux-swap extension at 32 meg. Anything more can cause lag.

supremeteam256 said:
Really you should have the linux-swap extension at 32 meg. Anything more can cause lag.
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ok if you say so

apps2sd question

i searched for this and came up with some links, but none to verify my exact question which is, do i need a certain ROM, or recovery image, i have the RA-dream-V1.5.2. to apply apps2sd, i am currently running the latest cyanogen ROM, do i need a sd card reader or can it be done just by using terminal emulator, and i just bought a 4gb class 6 from new egg, and i was wondering what do you guys recommend for my ext2 partition space to be? so if you guys have any info on this it would be great if you threw it my way thank you!

Most rom have it enabled automaticlly when it sees an extX partition. The recovery is not required, but helpful if you don't have a linux system or other software to create the partitions on your computer. No card reader is required unless you want to format it that way. The only terminal commands you would need would be in the recovery console for you. The space is up to you and your needs and does not increase or decrease performance either way.
See the link below and it will help you doing it the manual way and with Amon_RA's recovery.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Apps2SD

thank you, you were a bunch of help, i shall try this when i get home tonight

No problem, let me know how it goes.

it asked me for swap-size and also ext2-size, im not to sure what numbers i need hmm?

If you plan on using a hero rom put in something for swap, if not put zero. The put in the amount of ext you want for apps. (normally between 256-512)
To upgrade the file system from ext2 -> ext3 use the command upgrade_fs in the recovery console.
Look at the link I gave you and scroll down to the Amon_RA section if you need more help.

it said upgrade_fs not found (nvm)
i got ext2 to ext3 thank you for all your help sorry for being a pain dude...

so to make sure i did it right, how much available phone space should i have?

It varies based on the cache you have for the apps, but I have 68mb but I have been running the same rom for a while. It should be around 80mb if you haven't done anything to build the cache, but I have the 1.33.2005 SPL which increases the internal memory size.

I get the same error "upgrade_fs not found" when I want to upgrade to ext 3 from console. From Amon_Ra's recovery I get an error too when I want to upgrade to ext 3. The other SD card I have worked perfectly with exact the same steps. What is wrong? Thanks

if you amon's isnt there an option that says upgrade ext2 to ext3? i guess thats the same?

sakumaxp said:
i guess thats the same?
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As the upgrade_fs script, yes.

evilkorn said:
As the upgrade_fs script, yes.
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yeah thats what i did because it did the not found error, so i was like meh, sounds like the same haha

sakumaxp said:
if you amon's isnt there an option that says upgrade ext2 to ext3? i guess thats the same?
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I get an error when I press "upgrade ext2 to ext3" on my 2 GB card, the 1 GB card is done already.

sorry dude im a noob at this thing myself i guess one of the senior guys gotta answer this for you =\

Very strange, after many attempts suddenly I made the partitions, I don't know why but it worked

well thats good to hear =]

New to A2SD - can't Nand+Ext Backup

I have just recently joined the ranks of those running A2SD. My SD card is partitioned and I have no problems using any of my Apps, which are stored on my 8GB SD Card. Unfortunately, I have never been able to perform a Nand + Ext backup through Recovery. I keep getting the "perform through ADB" error. My battery has plenty of juice, I have 2.7GB free, and I have tried multiple times while plugged into the charger.
I have tried several searches for solutions and come up empty. I am currently running the latest Darchdroid with BFS, A2SD, JIT, etc....
Is there a step I am missing to get this to work? I can always use Titanium Backup to restore my apps but I thought the Ext backup would be easier/faster.

The rom doesn't matter.
What's your recovery version?
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I have just recently joined the ranks of those running A2SD. My SD card is partitioned and I have no problems using any of my Apps, which are stored on my 8GB SD Card. Unfortunately, I have never been able to perform a Nand + Ext backup through Recovery. I keep getting the "perform through ADB" error. My battery has plenty of juice, I have 2.7GB free, and I have tried multiple times while plugged into the charger.
I have tried several searches for solutions and come up empty. I am currently running the latest Darchdroid with BFS, A2SD, JIT, etc....
Is there a step I am missing to get this to work? I can always use Titanium Backup to restore my apps but I thought the Ext backup would be easier/faster.
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tkirton said:
The rom doesn't matter.
What's your recovery version?
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Thanks for the reply. I am using the new Godspeed Recovery with OC (Toast version).

I use that and don't have an issue.
Is your SD card partitioned correctly (FAT32, ext)?
wjason said:
Thanks for the reply. I am using the new Godspeed Recovery with OC (Toast version).
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tkirton said:
I use that and don't have an issue.
Is your SD card partitioned correctly (FAT32, ext)?
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I don't know how to check but I partitioned through recovery:
1. Boot in to RA and do data wipe
2. Format your sdcard with 32mb swap, 512- ext2, and the rest fat32
3. Convert ext2 to ext3
4. Flash the rom and reboot

hi....
are u sure your a2sd is working correctly? try the app in the marketplace called Quick Systems Info. It will show you if your a2sd is working and how much of it is being used.
also.. I have had this issue too...
I think i solved it.. in recovery boot.
i think the 2nd choice is to fix some usb connnection.. cant remember exactly. Try that.
then try to backup again

Dan330 said:
hi....
are u sure your a2sd is working correctly? try the app in the marketplace called Quick Systems Info. It will show you if your a2sd is working and how much of it is being used.
also.. I have had this issue too...
I think i solved it.. in recovery boot.
i think the 2nd choice is to fix some usb connnection.. cant remember exactly. Try that.
then try to backup again
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QS info shows A2SD storage Total 475MB, Free: 360MB
Internal total 160 MB, Free: 101MB
I will check out recovery now, thanks!
In recovery now.....do you mean under the partition menu? Second choice is "repair SD:ext". Will this erase my card?

wjason said:
QS info shows A2SD storage Total 475MB, Free: 360MB
Internal total 160 MB, Free: 101MB
I will check out recovery now, thanks!
In recovery now.....do you mean under the partition menu? Second choice is "repair SD:ext". Will this erase my card?
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well.. it looks like your a2sd is working fine....
yes, I think it is repair sd:ext... it fixed my issue with backup. when I did it... I dont think it erased my data. but i can not garantee that.... too bad you can not do a backup
up to you to try it and see.

Dan330 said:
well.. it looks like your a2sd is working fine....
yes, I think it is repair sd:ext... it fixed my issue with backup. when I did it... I dont think it erased my data. but i can not garantee that.... too bad you can not do a backup
up to you to try it and see.
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Same error - The good news is that I did not lose my data (whew). Hopefully the next time I have to wipe my ext and repartition it will magically fix itself.
Thanks for your time.

wjason said:
Same error - The good news is that I did not lose my data (whew). Hopefully the next time I have to wipe my ext and repartition it will magically fix itself.
Thanks for your time.
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in the partition ... there is a choice to uprade ext2 to ext3...
i remember I also had to do this as well.
again.. I am just spitting ideas..

Dan330 said:
in the partition ... there is a choice to uprade ext2 to ext3...
i remember I also had to do this as well.
again.. I am just spitting ideas..
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Yea, I upgraded ext 2 to ext 3 when I partitioned.
Keep 'em coming - something just might work.

nexsense hd rom help

error!!!!! cant mount sd ext failure line 17 installation aborted...please help...i partion 512mb then 512mb ???
so i partition for nothing so is there a way to clear this partiotion??

try to format your SD card..

fabler said:
try to format your SD card..
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i did a quick format on my sd card and noting still it still has the partition????

are you using PC to format your SD card? if yes then please don't use PC.. Just use your phone to format SD card..

o okay i will try to format through my phone the sd card...will report back soon..thanks!

okay im trying to format from my phone went into the setting to sd card unmount it clicked on format and nothing haoppens??? omg is it damage now?

Format it on your PC but do a normal format not a quick format. Then try to format it from the phone.

xghostyxjokerx said:
okay im trying to format from my phone went into the setting to sd card unmount it clicked on format and nothing haoppens??? omg is it damage now?
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No.. it's not damage.. Its formatted.. now see if you can still see that partition..

fabler said:
No.. it's not damage.. Its formatted.. now see if you can still see that partition..
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okay i think it worked....how can i see if its partition in rrecovery??? and clean the ext partition??

xghostyxjokerx said:
okay i think it worked....how can i see if its partition in rrecovery??? and clean the ext partition??
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can you tell me what are trying to do? I may help.

fabler said:
can you tell me what are trying to do? I may help.
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okay thing is i was trying to use the hd rom from evil but for some reason im getting a error unable to mount sd card and line 17 erroir?? even after partitioning.....so i want to get my sd card and all back to normal and use a different rom now i want to clean my sd card and have no partition...see?? so i think i clean it back to original and now i need to see how i can check to see if its not partition....get me?

xghostyxjokerx said:
okay thing is i was trying to use the hd rom from evil but for some reason im getting a error unable to mount sd card and line 17 erroir?? even after partitioning.....so i want to get my sd card and all back to normal and use a different rom now i want to clean my sd card and have no partition...see?? so i think i clean it back to original and now i need to see how i can check to see if its not partition....get me?
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You can still install HD ROM from evil. How did you partition your SD card?

fabler said:
You can still install HD ROM from evil. How did you partition your SD card?
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through the recovery amon 1.8.0.1 i went to wipe everything then i partition the sd card and then i place the files back to the card then try to flash and get this whole error...

xghostyxjokerx said:
through the recovery amon 1.8.0.1 i went to wipe everything then i partition the sd card and then i place the files back to the card then try to flash and get this whole error...
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I think it might not be partitioned properly... coz I've created 512MB ext3 partition and 32 MB of swap partition on my SD card..and everything worked great..

fabler said:
I think it might not be partitioned properly... coz I've created 512MB ext3 partition and 32 MB of swap partition on my SD card..and everything worked great..
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i dont know thats how i did it and twice.....is there another way?

xghostyxjokerx said:
i dont know thats how i did it and twice.....is there another way?
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Try another sense + froyo ROM from evil.. It don't required partitioning.. check the following URL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730290

fabler said:
Try another sense + froyo ROM from evil.. It don't required partitioning.. check the following URL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730290
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dangit if there is another way to partition properly please someonone help till then i guess i have no choice but to use the other roms.....thanks though.,..

xghostyxjokerx said:
dangit if there is another way to partition properly please someonone help till then i guess i have no choice but to use the other roms.....thanks though.,..
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Yes.. you can partition by installing clockworkmod's ROM manager. But I would suggest you to install the ROM from my given link.. Because HD ROM's from evil have many issues.. NO camera and wifi and some other issue.. it is less stable. But the link I've provided is very stable ROM and it is by Evil.. so.. its your choice finally.

fabler said:
Yes.. you can partition by installing clockworkmod's ROM manager. But I would suggest you to install the ROM from my given link.. Because HD ROM's from evil have many issues.. NO camera and wifi and some other issue.. it is less stable. But the link I've provided is very stable ROM and it is by Evil.. so.. its your choice finally.
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yeh your right...i'll just wait till a more stable version of the hd rom is released.....thanks for your help!

xghostyxjokerx said:
yeh your right...i'll just wait till a more stable version of the hd rom is released.....thanks for your help!
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Till then you can try evil's non-HD ROM.. It's really great.. and it may solve your sync problem..

Low memory with CronMod on CyanogenMod.

I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?

Which script did you use?

CronMod-INT2EXT4+

palito1980 said:
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
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That's really weird. It's not supposed to happen. Though I have had some issues like that, it's because you know some parts of the app stay in the internal memory of the phone, they have to be manually moved to the SD over time. Since it's a really small amount of storage that that part of the app takes, it really shouldn't be a problem. But since you have a lot of them installed, you're gonna have to manually move the apps to the SD.
Use Titanium Backup and batch move the heaviest apps you have to the SD and it'll work normally.

palito1980 said:
CronMod-INT2EXT4+
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are you sure your EXT partition is EXT4? Make sure cuz CWM formats the EXT partition to EXT 3.
Try Cronmod Int2ext+

I am sure

palito1980 said:
I am sure
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Just use the normal INT2EXT+ with the CWM made partition.
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palito1980 said:
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
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I heard that for every use of 500mb of external memory we need 100mb internal memory as it store some files every time we install a app...

SuperAce609 said:
That's really weird. It's not supposed to happen. Though I have had some issues like that, it's because you know some parts of the app stay in the internal memory of the phone, they have to be manually moved to the SD over time. Since it's a really small amount of storage that that part of the app takes, it really shouldn't be a problem. But since you have a lot of them installed, you're gonna have to manually move the apps to the SD.
Use Titanium Backup and batch move the heaviest apps you have to the SD and it'll work normally.
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Do I need to use swap for this to work? if so, can you recommend which size I use?
Thanks in advance

vikashhero said:
Do I need to use swap for this to work? if so, can you recommend which size I use?
Thanks in advance
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Swap and A2SD are two completely different and non related subjects.

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Swap and A2SD are two completely different and non related subjects.
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Sorry, I'm just having no luck getting the fixed IN2EXT4+ to work on an international galaxy ace. the script creates a file in the init.d folder, as opposed to the unfixed version, but it still doesn't mount or recognise the ext partition on the SD card. I've followed your guides very closely, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
after each attempt, i start from scratch (clean ROM install), and yet I keep failing ;/
I partition using CWM recovery 5, so does that create an ext4 partition or 3/lower?
Thanks for your time

vikashhero said:
Sorry, I'm just having no luck getting the fixed IN2EXT4+ to work on an international galaxy ace. the script creates a file in the init.d folder, as opposed to the unfixed version, but it still doesn't mount or recognise the ext partition on the SD card. I've followed your guides very closely, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
after each attempt, i start from scratch (clean ROM install), and yet I keep failing ;/
I partition using CWM recovery 5, so does that create an ext4 partition or 3/lower?
Thanks for your time
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Really. You really haven't noticed it. Look at the script you're flashing and the one on my guide.

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Really. You really haven't noticed it. Look at the script you're flashing and the one on my guide.
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Ive used in2ext+, int2ext4+ and in2extv2+ with identical results. I know I must be annoying you, and I'm really sorry that I am, But I just can't see what I'm doing wrong here?

vikashhero said:
Ive used in2ext+, int2ext4+ and in2extv2+ with identical results. I know I must be annoying you, and I'm really sorry that I am, But I just can't see what I'm doing wrong here?
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What rom/phone are you using? You should have NO problems if you follow everything exactly the way it is.

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What rom/phone are you using? You should have NO problems if you follow everything exactly the way it is.
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Old Droid CM 10.1 with an international Galaxy Ace
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104442

vikashhero said:
Old Droid CM 10.1 with an international Galaxy Ace
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104442
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I don't use JB so I can't help. Check their thread for details.

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I don't use JB so I can't help. Check their thread for details.
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Will do. Sorry to be a bother.