I am the lucky owner of a new RAZR-i and have practically no real complaints (yet). However, I would like to move certain apps (some games use up huge amounts of storage: Asphalt Heat 7) to my sdcard (labeled "external1" on my razr-i).
That does not seem to be possible. In settings it offers to move stuff to the external card, but only movies etc, not apps. when I go to apps and select the game, it also does not offer any option and finally "App2SD" could not move it either.
There must be a way....Any suggestions?
Thanks!
You can't bay all accounts due to the way Motorola work...
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You can't bay all accounts due to the way Motorola work...
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Hey.... I'm on the same situation... That's my only problem with RAZR i
Is there really no way to transfer apps to SD?
Tks.
hacks should work...
I haven't tried anything like this yet (only just got my RAZR i) but I did a similar thing on a LG C660.
The hack I used was to move /data/app onto the SD card and symlink it back. So the phone could find everything under /data/app but the actual .apks were on the SD card (useful because the internal storage was tiny).
I used an app called Simple2Ext to enable this hack but it was probably designed for older devices and may not handle the different paths used on the RAZR i. It also installed startup scripts (that ensured the SD card was mounted early during the boot so the symlinks were valid when they were first accessed) that are most likely not compatible.
If you want to move only some apps, move /data/app/<app>.apk to the SD card and symlink it back into /data/app. You'll need to manually clean up the .apk on the SD card if you remove the app.
With both of these, you can't boot the phone without the SD card or remove the SD card at any time while the phone is running.
An example of the commands you might use (entered into an ADB shell or terminal):
move all apps to SD card
Code:
$ su
# mv /data/app /external1
# ln -s /external1/app /data
move angry birds to SD card
Code:
$ su
# mkdir /external1/app
# mv /data/app/com.rovio.angrybirds-1.apk /external1/app
# ln -s /external1/app/com.rovio.angrybirds-1.apk /data/app
If you don't understand the above... please don't do this. It's dangerous and you could break your phone.
You can use directory bind for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Need to use the alternate DB (check the settings of the apps), but it works great to "move" folder from the sdcard to external.
This is the only workaround we have until a custom rom let us use external as SDcard.
Direcrtory Bind
Le_Poilu said:
You can use directory bind for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
Need to use the alternate DB (check the settings of the apps), but it works great to "move" folder from the sdcard to external.
This is the only workaround we have until a custom rom let us use external as SDcard.
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I'm using DirectoryBind with my Razr i and works almost perfect, I can't make a Data base backup so if I turn off the Phone I lose all the bind directories and I have to do it again, so I'm not turning off the phone never ever. The rest works perfect and very fast.
good luck!
xopendaz said:
I'm using DirectoryBind with my Razr i and works almost perfect, I can't make a Data base backup so if I turn off the Phone I lose all the bind directories and I have to do it again, so I'm not turning off the phone never ever. The rest works perfect and very fast.
good luck!
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If you use the alternate db in the settings it will keep the bind directory after reboot
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xopendaz said:
I'm using DirectoryBind with my Razr i and works almost perfect, I can't make a Data base backup so if I turn off the Phone I lose all the bind directories and I have to do it again, so I'm not turning off the phone never ever. The rest works perfect and very fast.
good luck!
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You could use init.d scripts to do it automatically at boot.
But first you need to enable init.d (check here)
nrseife said:
I am the lucky owner of a new RAZR-i and have practically no real complaints (yet). However, I would like to move certain apps (some games use up huge amounts of storage: Asphalt Heat 7) to my sdcard (labeled "external1" on my razr-i).
That does not seem to be possible. In settings it offers to move stuff to the external card, but only movies etc, not apps. when I go to apps and select the game, it also does not offer any option and finally "App2SD" could not move it either.
There must be a way....Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Not really sure why you need to..... do you have 5Gb of apps????
Reason I ask is I have all my music on sd card, camera can be set to store directly to Sd card and if you've forgpt to do that when you fill phone like I did with a video the other day it asks if you want to transfer all videos and photos to SD card... Problem solved no messing about looking in options
Yes I do have more than 5GB of apps + sd data. and for me the problem is that the application is gonna try to store the data in the Sd card, and our main partition is called sdcard and external1 the sdcard so... all the data of the apps like need for speed, whatsapp, N.O.V.A ... is going to be stored in your internal memory because of that my phone memory was full in 48 hours.
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help me!!
xopendaz said:
Yes I do have more than 5GB of apps + sd data. and for me the problem is that the application is gonna try to store the data in the Sd card, and our main partition is called sdcard and external1 the sdcard so... all the data of the apps like need for speed, whatsapp, N.O.V.A ... is going to be stored in your internal memory because of that my phone memory was full in 48 hours.
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hello I tried using bind directory, but when I link the dorectorios and open a game simply does not recognize the link and I can not play anything that I start to request data, help! How Do I? Does init.d solved? I need an explanation. Also let me know which firmware have
thank you!
Directory Bind
josmel91 said:
hello I tried using bind directory, but when I link the dorectorios and open a game simply does not recognize the link and I can not play anything that I start to request data, help! How Do I? Does init.d solved? I need an explanation. Also let me know which firmware have
thank you!
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-Open Directory Bind
-Go to menu click Add new entry
-Enter in (data) path where you are gonna place the data en your external sd " /external1/ " where you want save it, the directory should be empty if doesn´t exists you will be asked to create it.
-Enter in mount(target) the path (directoy) of the data that you want to move to external1 , for example " /sdcard/Android/data/directory name "
-check Transfer files from target to data.
-click on Add.
Once the process has finished :
-Check your entry on the main menu by clicking on the check box.
-Click over the diskette on the right side to save it.
-Click on menu - Bind checked.
-Click on More - Backup Database. (I´m stil fighting to make the database backup) use to fail.
After this :
-Go to menu - preferences
- Check Bind on boot.
-Handle USB connection.
-Backup config file.
-use alternate db
Note: If you restart the phone and the database backup failed before, you will lose your bind directory, not the data, you will have to do it all over again, in other thread is explained how to backup the data base, because in my case, even with alternate db checked in directory bind settings, the data base backup is still failing.
Good luck!
xopendaz said:
-Open Directory Bind
-Go to menu click Add new entry
-Enter in (data) path where you are gonna place the data en your external sd " /external1/ " where you want save it, the directory should be empty if doesn´t exists you will be asked to create it.
-Enter in mount(target) the path (directoy) of the data that you want to move to external1 , for example " /sdcard/Android/data/directory name "
-check Transfer files from target to data.
-click on Add.
Once the process has finished :
-Check your entry on the main menu by clicking on the check box.
-Click over the diskette on the right side to save it.
-Click on menu - Bind checked.
-Click on More - Backup Database. (I´m stil fighting to make the database backup) use to fail.
After this :
-Go to menu - preferences
- Check Bind on boot.
-Handle USB connection.
-Backup config file.
-use alternate db
Note: If you restart the phone and the database backup failed before, you will lose your bind directory, not the data, you will have to do it all over again, in other thread is explained how to backup the data base, because in my case, even with alternate db checked in directory bind settings, the data base backup is still failing.
Good luck!
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excuse me what is your firmware?
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I did everything I say, and the link is created all very bn!, but when I open the game seems to not link anything, the game asks me sd data again: '(I do not know what to do
stock ics 4.0.4 rooted
are you able to see the sdcard data on your external1 with Astro or other similar file manager? is a original not cracked app?
81.5.32002.XT890.retail.en.Eu
Do you see the files in both sides sdcard and external1?
How do you store the data in the phone? do you copy the data to external1 and then you move it to the sdcard and then you use directory bind? in this way for me it's working
Or you copy the data directly to the sdcard and after taht you use directory bind? in this way for me it' not working
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xopendaz said:
stock ics 4.0.4 rooted
are you able to see the sdcard data on your external1 with Astro or other similar file manager? is a original not cracked app?
81.5.32002.XT890.retail.en.Eu
Do you see the files in both sides sdcard and external1?
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hello
yes! I see them on both sides in external1 and sdcard but when I run a game sd data calls. sd data are always there but the game any game I ask.
How do you store the data in the phone? do you copy the data to external1 and then you move it to the sdcard and then you use directory bind? in this way for me it's working
Or you copy the data directly to the sdcard and after taht you use directory bind? in this way for me it' not working
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xopendaz said:
How do you store the data in the phone? do you copy the data to external1 and then you move it to the sdcard and then you use directory bind? in this way for me it's working
Or you copy the data directly to the sdcard and after taht you use directory bind? in this way for me it' not working
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I did what you told me but I served.
you tell me what version of bind directory you use?
version 0.2.0k
you have root acces right? the root button on directory bind appears green?
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I wish Motorola would let you install to the (real) SD card.
I can't really use Spotify, despite having bought a 64GB memory card. I've now had to limit the number of games I can install too.
I expect music and films purchased on Play will also be limited?
In fact, I'd rather use the 64GB card for apps and the internal storage for photos and video recording!!
I will try, hopefully work!
Related
Many people have it but those who don't, need it badly
Very Big Thanks to Fire rat for sharing his knowledge with us
Here is his thread:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679572
What does it do?
If you have any second partition of SD Card
(ext2, ext3, ext4), it makes a directory SD-EXT in the root of mobile and mounts it at every boot.
NOTE: It is not a script for moving any Data or App from Internal memory to EXT Partition, it just creates that directory.
Its for those who are not using(or even using) any script for moving data to next partition and want to just make a prominent directory of SD-EXT.
For eg, if someone is using Link2SD, then the second partition is mounted as /data/sdext2 and not as /sd-ext
So they can't, well, do a lot of things.
Required:-
*Custom ROM with init.d support
*Busybox(not sure if compulsary, but it would be better to have it)
*Root Explorer
*Patience
*Mind
Method:-
1. Download the file in the attachment. Extract it.
2. Go to Root Explorer.
3. Copy the file (03mountsd) you just downloaded.
4. Go to /system/etc/init.d (There is also a shortcut- /etc in root of phone, both are same, NO PROBLEM)
5. Select Mount as R/W.
6. Make backup of your 03mountsd(some files for mounting SD Card may be different from 03mountsd, so you have to use common sense and choose the script which is used for mounting SD Card) [In special condition, there may be no script for mount the SD Card Partition, if so, skip thus step]
7. Paste the downloaded file in there.
8. Set Permissions. Every block must be ticked
Tick means X here
Read Write Execute
...X........X..........X......
...X........X..........X......
...X........X..........X......
9. Reboot
If correctly and successfully done, you will see SD-EXT directory in root of your phone after reboot
If it is not seen, reboot your phone
If again, check again if you had pasted it properly
If again, Download SManagerAds
Select to browse as root
Browse to /system/etc/init.d
And click on 03mountsd and click on (android skull with crossbones)[Root] icon and (blue gear)[Boot] icon and click save and Reboot.
Download
View attachment SD-EXT.zip
Regards
IamAreebJamal
Hmm good post but corn mode script solves this all .
If i helped you there is a tiny button in lower left side (thanks) click it
debsattam said:
Hmm good post but corn mode script solves this all .
If i helped you there is a tiny button in lower left side (thanks) click it
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Cronmod doesn't work for me and many other users
And also for those who don't want to use scripts for transferring the data
i think this is the same method that i use and lost my IMEI number
marchellei said:
i think this is the same method that i use and lost my IMEI number
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No; I am using it and I have IMEI
iamareebjamal said:
No; I am using it and I have IMEI
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is this better than cronmod?
marchellei said:
is this better than cronmod?
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I told you bro that it does not move any apk or data to sd-ext
This looks like it might solve a problem for me because I'm running both Titanium Backup and Link2SD and wanted to use TB to move app data to my ext2 partition.
Unfortunately I'm still using a stock ROM, so there isn't an init.d available to modify. However, I am using SManagerAds to run a V6 Supercharger script at boot. Does the 03mountsd script need to be in init.d?
Updated
Can anyone explain. ME the 6th step
And where can I find 03mountsd????
Thank you
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I already have this sd- ext on my root. I am not using an scrpts. I just partioned my SD card and using Link2SD to move apps to sd
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Can anyone explain it
rahulnandwani said:
Can anyone explain it
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?????????????????????????
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rahulnandwani said:
?????????????????????????
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Nobody??????
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iamareebjamal said:
Many people have it but those who don't, need it badly
Very Big Thanks to Fire rat for sharing his knowledge with us
Here is his thread:-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679572
What does it do?
If you have any second partition of SD Card
(ext2, ext3, ext4), it makes a directory SD-EXT in the root of mobile and mounts it at every boot.
NOTE: It is not a script for moving any Data or App from Internal memory to EXT Partition, it just creates that directory.
Its for those who are not using(or even using) any script for moving data to next partition and want to just make a prominent directory of SD-EXT.
For eg, if someone is using Link2SD, then the second partition is mounted as /data/sdext2 and not as /sd-ext
So they can't, well, do a lot of things.
Required:-
*Custom ROM with init.d support
*Busybox(not sure if compulsary, but it would be better to have it)
*Root Explorer
*Patience
*Mind
Method:-
1. Download the file in the attachment. Extract it.
2. Go to Root Explorer.
3. Copy the file (03mountsd) you just downloaded.
4. Go to /system/etc/init.d (There is also a shortcut- /etc in root of phone, both are same, NO PROBLEM)
5. Select Mount as R/W.
6. Make backup of your 03mountsd(some files for mounting SD Card may be different from 03mountsd, so you have to use common sense and choose the script which is used for mounting SD Card) [In special condition, there may be no script for mount the SD Card Partition, if so, skip thus step]
7. Paste the downloaded file in there.
8. Set Permissions. Every block must be ticked
Tick means X here
Read Write Execute
...X........X..........X......
...X........X..........X......
...X........X..........X......
9. Reboot
If correctly and successfully done, you will see SD-EXT directory in root of your phone after reboot
If it is not seen, reboot your phone
If again, check again if you had pasted it properly
If again, Download SManagerAds
Select to browse as root
Browse to /system/etc/init.d
And click on 03mountsd and click on (android skull with crossbones)[Root] icon and (blue gear)[Boot] icon and click save and Reboot.
Download
View attachment 1453784
Regards
IamAreebJamal
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Thanks dude it work's a treat on my HDC A9300 MTK6575 I had to download the .apk to get it to take but at last a striaght forward look at my partition :victory: Now if I can get TWRP to automaticly make a back it up all would be perfect. :good:
I will spread the news Thanks again.
rahulnandwani said:
Nobody??????
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Sorry bro, this thread got out from my subscribed thread
And I forgot about it
Well, the script is in SD-EXT. zip file attached below.
Could something like this work for this situation?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2227471
Mind of sharing some knowledge?
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Nobody??????
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Basicly, for what I read in the script, it's for mounting the sd-ext partition with appropriate permissions, now what I don't really get is, why would I need that?
Compatibility issues with certain apps?
El_Dark said:
Basicly, for what I read in the script, it's for mounting the sd-ext partition with appropriate permissions, now what I don't really get is, why would I need that?
Compatibility issues with certain apps?
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I wanted just my sd-ext partition to be present at every boot
At that time, no data2sd or cronmod was working for our mobile
Can u help me !!
i used ungaze script and second partion not mounting as internal memory.
After every reboot the internal memory get back to default state.
as stated in trouble shooting i remove my sd in recovery mode and mounted sd ext by reinserting the sd and it works like charm.
but it cant be done in normal sytem reboot. so anybody please help me in this issue.
Thanks in advance for your helps.
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Hello everybody.
I'm searching for a way to swap between the internal sd storage and the external one on my Galaxy S3 Mini because the internal storage is not enough big to install games and other big apps. I've seen there is a way for the S3, but I don't know if it's possible for the Mini too...
So, please, if anyone can help me...
EDIT: I've found a way to do that, and it only needs to have a Galaxy S3 Mini i8190 rooted.
Okay let's go.
I took the method from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886091
But it's not exactly the same on the Mini.
The following quote is the instructions taken from the thread with the improvements ( in red ) for the i8190.
NB: I can't answer to questions since I'm not expert at all, I got it working so I give you the solution, that's all I can do.
1. First, I'd recommend making a Nandroid backup of your phone.
2. Next, just to be extra safe, I would backup your internal SD card to your PC. While you are doing that, if you have data on the external SD card, back that up too.
3. Next, I would format your external SD card to fat 32. (You could probably use Ext format too, but I didn’t test that.)If you already have it in that format, and have content on it, this won't affect the content, but back it up just to be safe. It’s probably better to have the Ext SD blank to begin with, you can always copy back its content from your pc.
4. Next copy the contents of the internal SD to the External SD card. This is to avoid confusion about apps and such.
5. Next install script manager free from the play store:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...anager&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd
It will show up on your phone as S manager ads.
You MUST install BusyBox too!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox
6. Download the mod from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/11extsd2internalsd
( save as ) And put it into the /data directory of your phone
7. You must edit this script for it to work on Mini. Change /mnt/sdcard to /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/extSdCard to /storage/extSdCard
(This vary depending of your phone, so check where is located internal storage, it was /storage/sdcard0 for me, and the external SD, it was /storage/extSdCard for me.)
8. Open the script manager app, and select Browse as Root in the config screen. Tell it to remember this setting.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Script manager browse as root and save.png
9. Using Script Manager, navigate to that file in the /data directory. Press and hold the file name until the menu pops up, and click on properties.
(Unix geeks set them to 777, and everyone else copy the picture below. Click OK.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Permission settings 777.png
10. Click on the scipt now.. Click on the “Is script” button.
11. Now tap on the buttons that say Su, Boot, and Save. The file name will come up in yellow after the save.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD Card Hack SG3/Script manager setting after save.png
12. Reboot your phone and you should see the swap working and be able to access both internal and external SD cards. The external card will show up as sdcard, and the internal card will show up as extSDCard. Your apps should now install to the external card, since your phone will think it's the internal card. Is that confusing? It was to me too!
Good luck and please share your experiences specifying which ROM you used, so that others can avoid frustration.
Thank you’s always appreciated.
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Try this it might solve you're solution. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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No, sorry, I've already seen that but it's not a way to swap the internal with the external sd storage..
Jalubyc said:
Hello everybody.
I'm searching for a way to swap between the internal sd storage and the external one on my Galaxy S3 Mini because the internal storage is not enough big to install games and other big apps. I've seen there is a way for the S3, but I don't know if it's possible for the Mini too...
So, please, if anyone can help me...
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for big apps or games you need to put a additional "external" sdcard in your galaxy s3 mini..... for example i have installed the game "Need for Speed - Most Wanted" 1,8GB of the game is on my additinal "external" sdcard and the rest (40mb) are installed on device.....
enox.co said:
for big apps or games you need to put a additional "external" sdcard in your galaxy s3 mini..... for example i have installed the game "Need for Speed - Most Wanted" 1,8GB of the game is on my additinal "external" sdcard and the rest (40mb) are installed on device.....
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I've an external sdcard, I bought one of 32GB, but I can't use it as I wanted to because there is no way to install apps into the sd card. So I'm searching for a way to let know the phone that the external sd is the internal storage and that the internal storage is the external sd card.
I've found a way!
Well what is it then.
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kicker63 said:
Well what is it then.
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Please take a look at my first post. I edited it with the solution.
Hi Jalubyc
I've just tried your solution above and my phone is showing under storage
Device memory Total space 4.54GB
Available 378Mb
SD Card Total Space 29.71GB
Available 27.12GB
So it looks like my first attempt didn't work
Problems I found were firstly at step 6, I couldn't download the mod on phone. I was using chrome and there is no (save as) option. I can only save the link. On PC I saved the page as a text doc and edited the sdcard and extsdcard bits before saving the script. Where is the /data directory? Am I supposed to create a "data" folder in the root of my internal sdcard or copy to the data folder in the android folder? I put it in the android/data/ folder and it didn't work.
Once this is working is it safe to delete the contents of sdcard0 to get my 4.54gb back. I also take it any ROM updates would revert everything back
jazzzy786 said:
Problems I found were firstly at step 6, I couldn't download the mod on phone. I was using chrome and there is no (save as) option. I can only save the link. On PC I saved the page as a text doc and edited the sdcard and extsdcard bits before saving the script. Where is the /data directory? Am I supposed to create a "data" folder in the root of my internal sdcard or copy to the data folder in the android folder? I put it in the android/data/ folder and it didn't work.
Once this is working is it safe to delete the contents of sdcard0 to get my 4.54gb back. I also take it any ROM updates would revert everything back
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Oh no you're totally out of the solution. The /data directory is at root of the phone, so not in a sdcard. Use chrome from your PC to save as and put in into your sdcard before putting it into the /data directory with ES Explorer or another file explorer that's supporting root.
For the ROM updates I don't know because I've never tried.
I still cannot save the script using 'save as' as I don't have the option. I have 'save link as' which saves it as a text document. Edited it as stated.
I've found the data folder but ES explorer wouldn't allow me to copy my script to it and is showing the folder as blank.I got root browser lite from the play store which worked okay in allowing me to copy to the data folder. I used s manager lite to do its stuff and rebooted. No success - .
I'm using Android version 4.1.2/ Build number JZO54K.I8190DXALL3 .
Are you positive about the /storage/ change to the script as I remember when using directory bind it was /mnt/extSdCard/ and /sdcard/.
There is a /mnt/sdcard/ too which contains the same files as other location so possibly script can run unchanged. Getting a bit frustrated now as I have an old HTC Desire with over 300 apps (70+ games) with internal memory of 137Mb out of 148Mb and 10Gb free on sdcard out of 32gb
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Ok working now. Your script changes were correct. Device memory total space 29.71GB with 27.12GB free. Sd card total space 4.64gb with 800Mb free.
Now to get my full 4.64Gb back which folder contents do I delete? I think deleting the contents of extsdcard in my files. Thanks you've changed my phone from a very limited phone to something much better.
It is a bit strange way to solve free space problems.
I have 8GB version with 4.5GB free the box. When I installed all games and apps that I needed there was something about 800MB free.
My solution is simple:
1. install Directory Bind
2. Make link: mount="/sdcard/Android/", source="/storage/extSdCard/Android/" with "Transfer Files" option
3. Wait till the end of process (can take alot of time depends from your data)
4. Enjoy!
After this simple manipulations I got 3.6GB free in internal memory, installed 2 additional games (including Need for Speed Most Wanted with huge data) and it shows 3.4GB now.
You can make as much links as you want, of course. But moving "/sdcard/Android/" to external SD is enough
I tried directory bind and it just copied the contents of my internal sdcard to my external sdcard. It didn't move the contents as it was supposed to. I ended up with a copy of the files on both sdcards. If I tried to delete from my internal sdcard it also deleted the contents of my external sdcard. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what I had done wrong as I'd followed the instructions as far as I could tell. Now my phone is seeing a massive internal sd card and a 4Gb external sd card. I still can't get spiderman total mayhem to work though it throws up an error while downloading the game data
you should not bind root folders via directory bind. And it makes symlinks so it will looks like content does not deleted from internal SD but it shown from external SD already.
flashable zip
Hi!
Do you think that is possible to install the mod via a flashable zip?
Many thanks!
Yes it is possible. Take a look of the post for the galaxy s3, it is explained. But you must edit the script to make it working.
plvigo said:
Hi!
Do you think that is possible to install the mod via a flashable zip?
Many thanks!
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Not possible, we do not have a unlocked kernel, therefore we cannot load unsigned zips.
dolar4ik said:
you should not bind root folders via directory bind. And it makes symlinks so it will looks like content does not deleted from internal SD but it shown from external SD already.
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Sorry I don't understand what you've written. What do you mean do not use to bind root folders? What's a symlink?Are you saying the folders I'm seeing on sdcard0 are dummy folders and the contents have been moved to extsdcard? I've swapped my sdcards over using the script now so no longer using directory bind.
Jalubyc said:
You MUST install BusyBox too!! https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ricson.busybox
6. Download the mod from here: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/6305/SD C...tsd2internalsd
( save as ) And put it into the /data directory of your phone
7. You must edit this script for it to work on Mini. Change /mnt/sdcard to /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/extSdCard to /storage/extSdCard
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i have two questions:
1: What do i have to do with this data:
#!/system/bin/sh
#extsd2internalsd is a modification that allows to switch internal sd to external sd and viceversa. With this you can use default internal sd only for app storage #and the external sd to store all apps resource and all others stuff. The resut is a very big increase of installable apps on gs3
#All credits to Mattiadj of xda forum for the idea and script and to mike1986 for the cmw zip.
#xda thread url at
#Script Modified for U.S. Galaxy S3s by Zedomax at GalaxyS3Root.com to be compatible when sdcard is not inserted.
busybox mount -o remount,rw /
busybox mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:97 /mnt/sdcard
busybox mount -t exfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:97 /mnt/sdcard
if busybox mount | busybox grep vold/179:97; then
busybox mount -o bind /data/media /mnt/extSdCard
fi
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And 2: how do i edit what is on step 7?
jazzzy786 said:
Sorry I don't understand what you've written. What do you mean do not use to bind root folders? What's a symlink?Are you saying the folders I'm seeing on sdcard0 are dummy folders and the contents have been moved to extsdcard? I've swapped my sdcards over using the script now so no longer using directory bind.
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Symlink
symlink in human words is just a folder redirect.
For example, you have symlink that links folder "/storage/mydata/" to folder "/sdcard/mynewdata/"
When some application, system or user will try to get data from folder "/storage/mydata/", the data data from "/sdcard/mynewdata/" will be shown but folder path will be not changed.
You should not link root folders such as "/sdcard/", "/" ... coz it may prevent problems.
This has been posted around other forums before but I found it highly useful.
As we all know, saving music off line on Play Music saves it in internal storage. If you want alot of offline music (like me) and are all in with googles music, this sucks getting it on your ext sd card.
Use Root Explorer.
Create a folder on your ext SD named GoogleMusic, MusicCache, whatever.
Long press that folder and select create link.
navigate to /data/data/com.google.android.music/files and paste the link.
Delete the /music folder that is already there.
Rename your link to music.
Now open your Play music app and press menu and select offline music. the amount available at the bottom should be representative of your sd card free space.
You WILL lose any off line music already stored, you will have to download it again.
you may need to clear app data first.
Enjoy guys:good:
when i try to create the link it says "link failed operation not permitted"
in using root explorer.
Obvious response here, did you make sure its mounted rw in root explorer?
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Any idea how to make this work on spotify?
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
deeje00 said:
Any idea how to make this work on spotify?
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
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Find the folder that spotify uses to store it's files and do the same, should work
Swiftb12305 said:
when i try to create the link it says "link failed operation not permitted"
in using root explorer.
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Make sure it is mounted rw, if it doesn't work for you ROM Toolbox can do it too, except it calls it a shortcut.
yea i tried both i guess i cant do it it says in rom toolbox "Please note that many SD cards and some other file systems do not support symbolic links"
Swiftb12305 said:
yea i tried both i guess i cant do it it says in rom toolbox "Please note that many SD cards and some other file systems do not support symbolic links"
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That's weird.
You're doing it wrong. You create the link on your EXT SD card and then paste it in /data/data etc. NOT ON YOUR INTERNAL SD CARD.
work in batakang rom?
jdcu said:
work in batakang rom?
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Sure it should.
Hi,
This is my first android device, so am pretty much a newbie for android.
Have created this mod to mount external SD card partition as internal partition.
I took pointers from a lot of threads on xda forums to get this working, so I feel bound to share it.
Note: Have only tested it with Android 4.1.
(I'm not responsible for any Damage to your phone. Use at your own risk.)
Note: This will likely result in data loss. Backup!
Required :
1. Root Access
2. init.d support click here
3. Root Browser click here
4. SManager click here
5. An sd card (duh!) (with class 10 SD cards preferable)
6. Some way to partition your SD Card (like MiniTool Partition Manager)
Install instructions:
1. Create two ‘fat32’ partitions on SD card(EDIT: PS: both partitions should be Primary). Your first partition will be mounted as normal extSd card, and your second partition will be mounted as internal SD Card for your apps. (I partitioned my 64GB(10^9 bytes) sd card with ~16 GB 1st partition and ~42 GB 2nd partition)
2. Copy and paste “mountSd” to etc/init.d folder. (If you don’t have such a folder, means you lack init.d support. click here and follow instructions to enable it) This script creates another mount point called ‘sdcard2’ and mounts current internal sd card there. It also tries to mount second partition to ‘sdcard0’ location, but seems to fail some times (as fat32 is not natively supported linux partition it seems, but could be wrong), so step 3 is required.
3. Copy ‘mountSdFailSafe.txt’ to your phone’s ‘/data’ folder. Now with ‘SManager’, register this file as script with ‘su’ and ‘boot’ selected. (click and hold script -> in context menu click ‘Open As..’ -> ‘Script/Executable’ -> Is Script = true, select ‘su’ and ‘boot’ buttons)
4. Restart.
This should do it. Once restarted, second partition will be shown as internal memory.
Note:
You will lose all app data and other app related customizations. You may be able to restore it by simply copy pasting ‘Android’ folder from ‘/storage/sdcard2’ to ‘/storage/sdcard0’. This has not been tested by me but should work theoretically (as I started with a blank phone, and so did not need to back up my app data). Or you could use Titanium Backup.
Some Issues that occur due to this mod:
I have been using this mod since the past 2 weeks, and the phone is quite stable with this mod.
The only issue I have faced is that when connected to PC (Windows 8) through USB, ‘My Computer’ keeps crashing unless and until you disconnect the phone. Otherwise it seems to be working fine. To circumvent this issue I have been using Samba to share files between PC and my phone.
Please share how it works out for you guys.
Other Notes:
I tried to get this working with ext4 partition, which has a +ves that it will not require step ‘3’ of install instructions and supports file sizes >4GB, but there are loads of permission issues happening, which I could not solve.
(Thought of setting “set GID” bit and then finding and adding all users to root group but failed. Also tried to set owner group ‘sdcard_rw’ without much success. May be someone who knows linux better may know how to solve this, Could not find much help on the forums as it seems others are facing a similar problem see more)
Thanks to:
For basic idea (PS: do not use the given method exactly as you will end up in a boot loop. For some reason, ‘sdcard1’ mount point has to be mounted by system only and can’t be mounted any other way, it seems.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733
Edit:
Simplified installation if you do not care for easy accessibility to your orig internal memory:
Use this video tutorial by ashwin123:
The only exceptions are that, you need to partition your card,
and you have to use the file 'mountSdFailSafe.txt' instead of the file in the package mentioned by him.
Nice
Waiting for someone to test it n confirm it successfully works
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NisJ said:
Hi,
This is my first android device, so am pretty much a newbie for android.
Have created this mod to mount external SD card partition as internal partition.
I took pointers from a lot of threads on xda forums to get this working, so I feel bound to share it.
Note: Have only tested it with Android 4.1.
(I'm not responsible for any Damage to your phone. Use at your own risk.)
Note: This will likely result in data loss. Backup!
Required :
1. Root Access
2. init.d support click here
3. Root Browser click here
4. SManager click here
5. An sd card (duh!) (with class 10 SD cards preferable)
6. Some way to partition your SD Card (like MiniTool Partition Manager)
Install instructions:
1. Create two ‘fat32’ partitions on SD card. Your first partition will be mounted as normal extSd card, and your second partition will be mounted as internal SD Card for your apps. (I partitioned my 64GB(10^9 bytes) sd card with ~16 GB 1st partition and ~42 GB 2nd partition)
2. Copy and paste “mountSd” to etc/init.d folder. (If you don’t have such a folder, means you lack init.d support. click here and follow instructions to enable it) This script creates another mount point called ‘sdcard2’ and mounts current internal sd card there. It also tries to mount second partition to ‘sdcard0’ location, but seems to fail some times (as fat32 is not natively supported linux partition it seems, but could be wrong), so step 3 is required.
3. Copy ‘mountSdFailSafe.txt’ to your phone’s ‘/data’ folder. Now with ‘SManager’, register this file as script with ‘su’ and ‘boot’ selected. (click and hold script -> in context menu click ‘Open As..’ -> ‘Script/Executable’ -> Is Script = true, select ‘su’ and ‘boot’ buttons)
4. Restart.
This should do it. Once restarted, second partition will be shown as internal memory.
Note:
You will lose all app data and other app related customizations. You may be able to restore it by simply copy pasting ‘Android’ folder from ‘/storage/sdcard2’ to ‘/storage/sdcard0’. This has not been tested by me but should work theoretically (as I started with a blank phone, and so did not need to back up my app data). Or you could use Titanium Backup.
Some Issues that occur due to this mod:
I have been using this mod since the past 2 weeks, and the phone is quite stable with this mod.
The only issue I have faced is that when connected to PC (Windows 8) through USB, ‘My Computer’ keeps crashing unless and until you disconnect the phone. Otherwise it seems to be working fine. To circumvent this issue I have been using Samba to share files between PC and my phone.
Please share how it works out for you guys.
Other Notes:
I tried to get this working with ext4 partition, which has a +ves that it will not require step ‘3’ of install instructions and supports file sizes >4GB, but there are loads of permission issues happening, which I could not solve.
(Thought of setting “set GID” bit and then finding and adding all users to root group but failed. Also tried to set owner group ‘sdcard_rw’ without much success. May be someone who knows linux better may know how to solve this, Could not find much help on the forums as it seems others are facing a similar problem see more)
Thanks to:
For basic idea (PS: do not use the given method exactly as you will end up in a boot loop. For some reason, ‘sdcard1’ mount point has to be mounted by system only and can’t be mounted any other way, it seems.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733
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Am interested to try this but before I do, just wanted to check when you say data is lost, is it due to the lost of the original /data partition? Or just due to the sd card's partition?
What's the outcome when this is done, I mean do we have two data partitions one from the original phone's memory and another with the sdcard? And in the settings menu, will we get to choose to send apps over to sd? Thanks
grim_ripper said:
Am interested to try this but before I do, just wanted to check when you say data is lost, is it due to the lost of the original /data partition? Or just due to the sd card's partition?
What's the outcome when this is done, I mean do we have two data partitions one from the original phone's memory and another with the sdcard? And in the settings menu, will we get to choose to send apps over to sd? Thanks
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Your application data will be lost in a way, as orig internal sd card will be mounted to 'sdcard2' mount point(newly created). All your app data will be installed to your memory card's second partition, which is now the new internal sdcard. To access your orig data, you will have to go to it through a file manager, and apps or media scanner will not be able to access this memory any more.
The scripts provided will not format your internal memory.
Still apk files, dalvik cache etc, will still take up your original internal memory's space.
Partitioning your sd card will probably format it as well unless you take special precaution (ie. through shrink volume).
Hope it makes sense...?
NisJ said:
Your application data will be lost in a way, as orig internal sd card will be mounted to 'sdcard2' mount point(newly created). All your app data will be installed to your memory card's second partition, which is now the new internal sdcard. To access your orig data, you will have to go to it through a file manager, and apps or media scanner will not be able to access this memory any more.
The scripts provided will not format your internal memory.
Still apk files, dalvik cache etc, will still take up your original internal memory's space.
Partitioning your sd card will probably format it as well unless you take special precaution (ie. through shrink volume).
Hope it makes sense...?
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It makes sense, just am confused on how the system will still recognize the original storage when the sd card's storage is supposingly replacing it. Could you post a screen shot of your storage from settings?
grim_ripper said:
It makes sense, just am confused on how the system will still recognize the original storage when the sd card's storage is supposingly replacing it. Could you post a screen shot of your storage from settings?
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Here you go....
PS: third image shows that internal storage is still accessible, just not to apps. Only apk files, and other android files go there go there. sdcard2 in 4th image is newly created mount point for your orig internal storage, but is ignored by most of the apps...
NisJ said:
Here you go....
PS: third image shows that internal storage is still accessible, just not to apps. Only apk files, and other android files go there go there. sdcard2 in 4th image is newly created mount point for your orig internal storage, but is ignored by most of the apps...
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Can u do a tutorial video how to install this script bro?
Cuz the installation steps r bit complicated
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NisJ said:
Here you go....
PS: third image shows that internal storage is still accessible, just not to apps. Only apk files, and other android files go there go there. sdcard2 in 4th image is newly created mount point for your orig internal storage, but is ignored by most of the apps...
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Phone keeps rebooting now, couldn't copy it to /etc/init.d
I think it has something to do with having data running in the background, now I don't know what to do with my phone
EDIT: Ok, manage to recover from the reboot state, had to deny root access to my file explorer. I think the reboot was caused when I set permission to write for /system. Anyway, everytime I keep trying to copy to /etc/init.d, I get a permission denied so am not sure what I should do now.
grim_ripper said:
Phone keeps rebooting now, couldn't copy it to /etc/init.d
I think it has something to do with having data running in the background, now I don't know what to do with my phone
EDIT: Ok, manage to recover from the reboot state, had to deny root access to my file explorer. I think the reboot was caused when I set permission to write for /system. Anyway, everytime I keep trying to copy to /etc/init.d, I get a permission denied so am not sure what I should do now.
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When ever you copy something to init.d it will reboot, or does it go into boot loop?
To check if it worked correctly, see if new mount point storage/sdcard2 was created..
EDIT: If it worked correctly, then you could move to next step.
else you could also skip it, and goto the next step of SManager, but in that case you will lose access to your original internal storage as it wont be mounted to sdcard2.
E!ch0 said:
Can u do a tutorial video how to install this script bro?
Cuz the installation steps r bit complicated
Still here
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Creating a video will take time at least til sat... prob more.
Will see if I can create a simplified install instructions once i reach home.
NisJ said:
When ever you copy something to init.d it will reboot, or does it go into boot loop?
To check if it worked correctly, see if new mount point storage/sdcard2 was created..
EDIT: If it worked correctly, then you could move to next step.
else you could also skip it, and goto the next step of SManager, but in that case you will lose access to your original internal storage as it wont be mounted to sdcard2.
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What happens is that everytime I try to mount /system as writable, it reboots and hence I can't copy either files to their designated location
EDIT: Also, now everytime I reboot, there's a popup that says USB connectivity has stopped, and if I go under settings->storage, settings fc. I'm thinking this has something to do with two partitions on the sd card so I hope it all goes away when this works or I revert back to as it was.
EDIT 2: So I managed to get all the files to the appropriate place using terminal and managed to get the script to run at boot. Alas, the phone doesn't detect my sdcard at all now and still throws the USB connectivity error at boot. Once I removed the sdcard, everything works alright. Also, I figured the solution to the reboot (haven't tested it yet as I wanted to resolve my sdcard first):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317432
EDIT 3: Got the reboot solve, but the sdcard can't be read and I tried plugging it into my other phone, the first partition is only read. I can't get minitool to even find the 2nd partition. I am thinking I need to get a card reader to plug it into my laptop. Anyway, I went through your script and open the log file it used, says that there's an invalid argument for mount. Any idea?
Final Edit: Got it working! I had to re-partition my sdcard and made both partitions primary so maybe you might want to add that in OP as MiniTool by default selected the 2nd partition as logical
grim_ripper said:
What happens is that everytime I try to mount /system as writable, it reboots and hence I can't copy either files to their designated location
EDIT: Also, now everytime I reboot, there's a popup that says USB connectivity has stopped, and if I go under settings->storage, settings fc. I'm thinking this has something to do with two partitions on the sd card so I hope it all goes away when this works or I revert back to as it was.
EDIT 2: So I managed to get all the files to the appropriate place using terminal and managed to get the script to run at boot. Alas, the phone doesn't detect my sdcard at all now and still throws the USB connectivity error at boot. Once I removed the sdcard, everything works alright. Also, I figured the solution to the reboot (haven't tested it yet as I wanted to resolve my sdcard first):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317432
EDIT 3: Got the reboot solve, but the sdcard can't be read and I tried plugging it into my other phone, the first partition is only read. I can't get minitool to even find the 2nd partition. I am thinking I need to get a card reader to plug it into my laptop. Anyway, I went through your script and open the log file it used, says that there's an invalid argument for mount. Any idea?
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Why are you trying to mount /system as rw?
for getting init.d support you just have to download the apk from mentioned thread and install it, and then fallow instruction in app.
you can mount root as rw with the foll command if you want, and that is exactly what is done in he scripts as well if you will check:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
also to check if partition is created on sd card, type the command:
Code:
blkid
and see if
Code:
/dev/block/vold/179:34
is listed
if not post the output and i'll see what i can do.
grim_ripper said:
Final Edit: Got it working! I had to re-partition my sdcard and made both partitions primary so maybe you might want to add that in OP as MiniTool by default selected the 2nd partition as logical
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EDIT: Correct, you need both the partitions to be primary. got out of my mind when posting the tutorial.
NisJ said:
Why are you trying to mount /system as rw?
for getting init.d support you just have to download the apk from mentioned thread and install it, and then fallow instruction in app.
you can mount root as rw with the foll command if you want, and that is exactly what is done in he scripts as well if you will check:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
also to check if partition is created on sd card, type the command:
Code:
blkid
and see if
Code:
/dev/block/vold/179:34
is listed
if not post the output and i'll see what i can do.
EDIT: Correct, you need both the partitions to be primary. got out of my mind when posting the tutorial.
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For whatever reason, my /etc folder is actually a link from /system/etc
Could you post a way to revert back? I think my apps are acting all funny now and just want to revert back to before. Thanks!
grim_ripper said:
Could you post a way to revert back? I think my apps are acting all funny now and just want to revert back to before. Thanks!
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The apps are behaving funny because you have lost their data as I had warned in the original post.
To fix do either of the foll:
1. reinstall app, and start fresh.
or
2. restore from Titanium backup if you had created...
or
3. copy paste 'Android' folder from sdcard2 if it is created to 'sdcard0'
To remove and revert, just delete the files from int.d, and stop scheduling it in SManger.
Note: to un schedule it from smanager, you first have to remove memory card, un schedule and then put in your memory card (this is coz when phone boots up, it is in standard way, with 8gb internal but, after script is executed SManager looses its data too.
How complicated will it be to make this compatible with 4.2.2?
grim_ripper said:
How complicated will it be to make this compatible with 4.2.2?
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Ideally should be possible, unless something has changed majorly, but I haven't tried it, as am waiting for OTA update. If it is not forth coming in 2-3 weeks, may be tempted to flash nordic rom and try.
NisJ said:
Ideally should be possible, unless something has changed majorly, but I haven't tried it, as am waiting for OTA update. If it is not forth coming in 2-3 weeks, may be tempted to flash nordic rom and try.
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I did try but nothing happened, am guessing it has permission issues or something on those lines
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I did try but nothing happened, am guessing it has permission issues or something on those lines
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Could you be more specific? Like system restarts etc...
Else in terminal try out what I Gave in post no 12 and give me what the output is for both the commands in the terminal.
Note: execute them with super user credentials.
Thanks
NisJ said:
Could you be more specific? Like system restarts etc...
Else in terminal try out what I Gave in post no 12 and give me what the output is for both the commands in the terminal.
Note: execute them with super user credentials.
Thanks
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on the 4.2.2 update, it doesnt recognize the second partition even if it is formatted to primary and set to active. there r definitely some updates done in that field and plus i cant get the init.d rights on the phone as the test.log file is absent in the data folder..no matter what i do i just cant get it straight with the present procedure. please try it on 4.2 and there r more frequent updates on the nordiac then the local version. so i decided to flash it rather than waiting for ota update
Hi guys, I updated my P880 to V20B and now have problems with using the external SD properly. I found it being mountend to storage/external_SD and I can read/write there. BUT: I can't set a folder on it as the backup location in Super Backup (as I could before), my LG notes aren't backed up automatically to the external SD location (as it was before), and I expect many similar problems to arise with time.
Formerly, the external SD was mounted to mnt/sdcard/external_sd, if I remember correctly. Now this symbolic link (?) is missing. When I performed the update and then first booted the updated device, I had the external SD removed to make sure my backups were safe. Might that be the reason for the missing link? My questions are:
1. Should I flash the kdz again with the SD card inserted? Or at least perform a factory reset?
2. Or could the link be created afterwards, preferrably without rooting my device? Would that solve the problem, at all?
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Nothing?
How about formatting SD card ? Did you tryed that ? On 20a my card is read as storage/external_SD just fine.
dimi89 said:
How about formatting SD card ? Did you tryed that ? On 20a my card is read as storage/external_SD just fine.
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Hey dimi, thanks for the suggestion! However, I am afraid you didn't read my post very carefully. I wrote that I actually CAN read/write to my external SD. But I cannot set the path in applications like Super Backup (when I navigate to some folder on storage/external_SD, the button "Select this folder" is inactive). And I suspected it is because it is no subpath of mnt/sdcard anymore. Also, some apps like LG notes don't write/backup to the external SD by default any more, and some of them unfortunately are not configurable.
That's the reason why I thought creating a simbolic link for mnt/sdcard/external_sd (as it was before) might solve the problem. However, I am absolutely not sure of this (plus: how to achive it) and would be happy about an expert's opinion.
pegnose said:
Hey dimi, thanks for the suggestion! However, I am afraid you didn't read my post very carefully. I wrote that I actually CAN read/write to my external SD. But I cannot set the path in applications like Super Backup (when I navigate to some folder on storage/external_SD, the button "Select this folder" is inactive). And I suspected it is because it is no subpath of mnt/sdcard anymore. Also, some apps like LG notes don't write/backup to the external SD by default any more, and some of them unfortunately are not configurable.
That's the reason why I thought creating a simbolic link for mnt/sdcard/external_sd (as it was before) might solve the problem. However, I am absolutely not sure of this (plus: how to achive it) and would be happy about an expert's opinion.
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In super backup i couldnt set path since first day i downloaded it and today i tryed again with new version of app and it is the same.SMS backup is working fine so i suppoust it is problem with app (maybe in pro version it will work).
dimi89 said:
In super backup i couldnt set path since first day i downloaded it and today i tryed again with new version of app and it is the same.SMS backup is working fine so i suppoust it is problem with app (maybe in pro version it will work).
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I can set path anywhere on storage/sdcard, but not on storage/external_SD. Also the Notes application doesn't back up to external SD, as it did before. Coincidence? Maybe. I will find out with time using other applications.
Am I right that creating symbolic links without root access is not possible?
pegnose said:
I can set path anywhere on storage/sdcard, but not on storage/external_SD. Also the Notes application doesn't back up to external SD, as it did before. Coincidence? Maybe. I will find out with time using other applications.
Am I right that creating symbolic links without root access is not possible?
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Idk about creating links but it is not coincidence that you and me cant select any folder on external_SD i guess it is app bug or maybe as i sad premium version requirement.
dimi89 said:
Idk about creating links but it is not coincidence that you and me cant select any folder on external_SD i guess it is app bug or maybe as i sad premium version requirement.
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It worked on 4.0.3.
Hi again, I made some progress here!
I managed to create a symbolic link to my external SD (I am on a rooted CM10.1.3 now), but that didn't help. I could use it within the ES file explorer for navigation, but not within Super Backup (didn't see it). So I tried to MOUNT the external SD instead. Here is the command I finally used:
mount -t vfat -o rw,umask=000 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /data/media/0/extSD
No errors, I can access my SD via this mount point with ES file explorer, and I can navigate into this top folder now with Super Backup and select it as backup location. BUT I can't actually back up here, as Super Backup can't write, I guess ("backup failed").
I was hoping that this "umask" parameter would do the trick, but unfortunately not. Interestingly: when I navigate with Super Backup to this new backup location, all the subfolders of my external SD card appear as files, not folders.
I am pretty sure, it is nearly done and only has to do with setting the right permissions.
Does anyone have an idea what I could try now?
EDIT: I just unmounted, applied "chmod 777 /data/media/0/extSD" and remounted again (this time with "rwx" parameter). No changes.
Ok, I am back to 4.0.3 ICS and everything is fine.