I keep getting this error trying to install apps from the play store. My phone is rooted, the SD card is properly partitioned, and I can successfully link apps to it via Link2SD. The problem is that my phone seems to be very picky about what I can and cannot install. Some programs will install with no fuss, while others will give me the "Error: Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card" error. It's extremely irritating.
Please do not suggest unmounting/remounting the SD card. I've tried this. It DOES NOT WORK.
munglay said:
I keep getting this error trying to install apps from the play store. My phone is rooted, the SD card is properly partitioned, and I can successfully link apps to it via Link2SD. The problem is that my phone seems to be very picky about what I can and cannot install. Some programs will install with no fuss, while others will give me the "Error: Couldn't install on USB storage or SD card" error. It's extremely irritating.
Please do not suggest unmounting/remounting the SD card. I've tried this. It DOES NOT WORK.
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Try titanium backup?
MrMike2182 said:
Try titanium backup?
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Didn't work. I can't move existing files to my SD card either.
munglay said:
Didn't work. I can't move existing files to my SD card either.
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Is your phone rooted with a custom recovery and all?
Yes. I rooted it, have TWRP, and have write-protection off (it was messing with my SD partitions).
munglay said:
Yes. I rooted it, have TWRP, and have write-protection off (it was messing with my SD partitions).
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What app are you trying to move? I'll try it myself.
MrMike2182 said:
What app are you trying to move? I'll try it myself.
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At this point, anything. I can link stuff to my second partition, but I can't move anything to the space I set aside on my SD card. Any game, any app, is poison to my SD card.
munglay said:
At this point, anything. I can link stuff to my second partition, but I can't move anything to the space I set aside on my SD card. Any game, any app, is poison to my SD card.
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When you partitioned your sd card did you make it ext2, ext3, or ext4 and set it to primary?
MrMike2182 said:
When you partitioned your sd card did you make it ext2, ext3, or ext4 and set it to primary?
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EXT2, and yes.
munglay said:
EXT2, and yes.
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There's not much I can do since I can't actually see your phone... I know I had mine set to ext4 and primary but be sure you're using a good partitioning tool..
I don't know if FolderMount would do what you want but you can always try.
Do you happen to have the stock kernel on your phone? Because if you do it's write protection enabled and you can't use that from my experience. You need to install a kernel with write protection removed.
I installed a custom Kernel, write protection's gone. Think wiping the whole thing would help? Or installing a Custom ROM?
munglay said:
I installed a custom Kernel, write protection's gone. Think wiping the whole thing would help? Or installing a Custom ROM?
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A custom rom could definitely help! Just make sure you make a backup of your current system and then try another rom but I can't exactly say any rom that's better than another one because I'm using a personal built rom but all the roms are pretty good and each has their own problems so be sure to read about the rom you choose closely!
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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..
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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.
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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..
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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.
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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?
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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?
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You can still install HD ROM from evil. How did you partition your SD card?
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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..
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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..
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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..
Hi. Uh...I stupidly changed my SD card without backing up the EXT4 partition I set up when I flashed Froyo by Laszlo. When I wanted to change my ROM, I wiped everything and forgot that I had the partition set up so I guess CWM still had all of the information from the old SD card I used. How do I get CWM to recognize this new SD card so I can install a new ROM?
calshua said:
Hi. Uh...I stupidly changed my SD card without backing up the EXT4 partition I set up when I flashed Froyo by Laszlo. When I wanted to change my ROM, I wiped everything and forgot that I had the partition set up so I guess CWM still had all of the information from the old SD card I used. How do I get CWM to recognize this new SD card so I can install a new ROM?
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Hey,
I haven't used my G1 since it died (RIP)...but from what I can remember there should be an option in CWM to partition the sdcard. I believe it is under the 'advanced' section. When you do that, it will delete all the contents on your sdcard, so back everything up.
But it also depends on the version of CWM,..Unfortunately I don't know which version has that option..sorry.
Another method is to use a partitioning software on your computer. I've used MiniTool Partition Wizard numerous times and it's very simple.
Let me know how that works out..or if it doesn't. Will try my best to help get you up and running again =)
SH31KH said:
Hey,
I haven't used my G1 since it died (RIP)...but from what I can remember there should be an option in CWM to partition the sdcard. I believe it is under the 'advanced' section. When you do that, it will delete all the contents on your sdcard, so back everything up.
But it also depends on the version of CWM,..Unfortunately I don't know which version has that option..sorry.
Another method is to use a partitioning software on your computer. I've used MiniTool Partition Wizard numerous times and it's very simple.
Let me know how that works out..or if it doesn't. Will try my best to help get you up and running again =)
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I used MiniTool Partition Wizard to repartition the SD card and it worked perfectly. Thank you!
calshua said:
I used MiniTool Partition Wizard to repartition the SD card and it worked perfectly. Thank you!
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I'm glad it worked out for you! Happy Flashing!
Hi,
i flashed my phone with the pre-rooted firmware, managed by avicohh.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2030282
Thanks for the great job! Is there now any way to move application and games to external SD card?
Thanks for your help.
Try the Link2SD app. There are others available, but I've read many reviews for it and it seems to do its job well.
I haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure it's what you were looking for.
sholimar said:
Try the Link2SD app.
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Thanks,
i installed the Link2SD app, but everytime, when i try to move any app or game to ext SD, i get error "install_failed_insufficient_storage".
Any idea? I have 2 partitions on the ext SD card, both primary, size aprox. 15 GB each... One of them is FAT32, the second one is EXT4. I tried formated the second partition with EXT2, EXT3, EXT4, FAT32... always the same error... Thanks for help
Hmm... this is interesting, it looks like many users are reporting this same error. Sorry about that!
I haven't installed it yet, as I added in my edit above, but I'll give it a try later on and see what I find.
Edit: if you want to move Gameloft files, then there's also GL to SD which is reported to work (but then again, so was the one I suggested above ).
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Hmm... this is interesting, it looks like many users are reporting this same error. Sorry about that!
I haven't installed it yet, as I added in my edit above, but I'll give it a try later on and see what I find.
Edit: if you want to move Gameloft files, then there's also GL to SD which is reported to work (but then again, so was the one I suggested above ).
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I tried app2sd also, after installation i got error - "The device does not have a real primary external storage, or the primary external storage is emulated. Moving app to SD function may not be supported by this device." That's all.. i can't move anything...
I'll try the GL to SD later... Thanks for help
App2SD won't work since the only thing it does is inform you that an app can be moved to SD and present you with a shortcut for that action - it's not compatible with Android 4.0 and above since Google disabled the feature. You can only use it in previous versions where the option is accessible from the app's screen anyway.
If you're really anxious, then there's also DirectoryBind and a nifty tutorial here to test.
Oh, and please click the Thanks button if you think I've helped.
You can also try out DirectoryBind.
tys0n said:
You can also try out DirectoryBind.
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I tried the DirectorBind, it works great :good: Thanks for help...
pergess said:
I tried the DirectorBind, it works great :good: Thanks for help...
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How must be external card formated still doesnt work for me even i have rooted S3 mini thx :crying:
liborqqq said:
How must be external card formated still doesnt work for me even i have rooted S3 mini thx :crying:
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I have 32GB card, it was formatted by FAT32, one primary partition. All works fine... :good:
pergess said:
I have 32GB card, it was formatted by FAT32, one primary partition. All works fine... :good:
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Thank you already working too nice job
Just tried out Link2sd with a ext3 partition, but cant get it mounted.
As i understand from the thread Link2sd is not working, but Directory bind does?
So I recently flashed Pac Man for my Vivid. I also flashed the gall-jb. I have a couple of questions.
1. Does it matter which version of gapps I use? Obv you want the most recent one, but will having an older one make you not be able to access your internal storage?
2. If it is the way I flashed my ROM would you suggest flashing it again or first flashing an ICS and then reflashing a JB ROM?
As always feedback is appreciated.
-Eyegee
EyeGee said:
So I recently flashed Pac Man for my Vivid. I also flashed the gall-jb. I have a couple of questions.
1. Does it matter which version of gapps I use? Obv you want the most recent one, but will having an older one make you not be able to access your internal storage?
2. If it is the way I flashed my ROM would you suggest flashing it again or first flashing an ICS and then reflashing a JB ROM?
As always feedback is appreciated.
-Eyegee
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No - you need the 4.1.2 Gapps from October, any other version won't work properly.
More than likely it's your recovery. Are you now or have you previously used CWM recovery? If so, you need to get a new recovery (WCX or TWRP), boot to that recovery, connect to your computer, attempt to mount internal storage to your computer. Your computer should prompt you that your storage is corrupt and needs formatted. Format it. Then flash the ROM
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No - you need the 4.1.2 Gapps from October, any other version won't work properly.
More than likely it's your recovery. Are you now or have you previously used CWM recovery? If so, you need to get a new recovery (WCX or TWRP), boot to that recovery, connect to your computer, attempt to mount internal storage to your computer. Your computer should prompt you that your storage is corrupt and needs formatted. Format it. Then flash the ROM
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This is the gapps I just downloaded, I was going to try it out.
gapps-jb-20121011-signed I think this is the one you are talking about...
So I have had cwm, but needless to say, I hate it since it sucks!! hahaha..I switched and now have WCX.
So I boot into recovery, while in recovery I connect to my PC. From there I essentially follow the prompts (it will prolly tell me my storage is corrupt and needs formatting.
Format my storage and then flash my rom?
When I format my storage will I lose my data on my SD card? This is where my ROM is. Should I remove the SD card?
Sounds like a simple fix if all goes well and Murphy's law doesn't take effect. :laugh:
EyeGee said:
This is the gapps I just downloaded, I was going to try it out.
gapps-jb-20121011-signed I think this is the one you are talking about...
So I have had cwm, but needless to say, I hate it since it sucks!! hahaha..I switched and now have WCX.
So I boot into recovery, while in recovery I connect to my PC. From there I essentially follow the prompts (it will prolly tell me my storage is corrupt and needs formatting.
Format my storage and then flash my rom?
When I format my storage will I lose my data on my SD card? This is where my ROM is. Should I remove the SD card?
Sounds like a simple fix if all goes well and Murphy's law doesn't take effect. :laugh:
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No. If you're having trouble with internal storage, that's what needs formatted. If the ROM is on your external SD, it won't be touched. If the ROM is on internal storage, you still have to format it. Once it's formatted, put the rom back on storage
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No. If you're having trouble with internal storage, that's what needs formatted. If the ROM is on your external SD, it won't be touched. If the ROM is on internal storage, you still have to format it. Once it's formatted, put the rom back on storage
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I'll give you an update shortly.
Your help is appreciated.
External SD Card is FAT, not FAT 32, does that matter at all? I am still able to get to the files using root explorer.
BTW, the format did not work. ugh.
You did use the mount USB storage in wcx no?
If not it will never find your emmc
If that don't work try twrp... same process
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Does your phone boot after the format?
See if android trys anything after the format via windows then boot
rignfool said:
You did use the mount USB storage in wcx no?
If not it will never find your emmc
If that don't work try twrp... same process
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I went to mounts,
then mount /sdcard
Maybe go to USB- MS Toggle? <--- Boom!! that one did it!
Help appreciated!!
EyeGee said:
I went to mounts,
then mount /sdcard
Maybe go to USB- MS Toggle?
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Yes. that's what you need to do. Now the thread is titled no external storage, but the OP states can't access internal storage. Which are you having trouble with? You need to format that one
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Yes. that's what you need to do. Now the thread is titled no external storage, but the OP states can't access internal storage. Which are you having trouble with? You need to format that one
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Initially it was saying there was not an external storage available to take pics and what not. In my not so genius thinking I didn't put two and two together and think that was not possible. I formatted the internal which is what was wrong. I can now access the external as well. Both mount perfectly
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Initially it was saying there was not an external storage available to take pics and what not. In my not so genius thinking I didn't put two and two together and think that was not possible. I formatted the internal which is what was wrong. I can now access the external as well. Both mount perfectly
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Yes. The camera on PAC and other AOSP roms saves to internal storage, but refers to it as external storage because it's not /system storage. Glad it's sorted.
homeslice976 said:
Yes. The camera on PAC and other AOSP roms saves to internal storage, but refers to it as external storage because it's not /system storage. Glad it's sorted.
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Yes. Thanks for your help again. It's appreciated greatly.
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hello,I'm quite new here,but I've tried partitioning SD fro my galaxy Ace in the past,and it did not work kind of well.My question is,what should I really mount when I'm flashin int2ext+?I've tried googling,but all the forums have been giving me different answers,so could anyone please help me figure out the "REAL" things to mount?because I'm quite confused as what to mount.Furthermore,after I flashed int2ext+,my phone became quite laggy,and my apps sometimes are not responding..So,any help/insight on that is greatly appreciated!
Khayrin said:
hello,I'm quite new here,but I've tried partitioning SD fro my galaxy Ace in the past,and it did not work kind of well.My question is,what should I really mount when I'm flashin int2ext+?I've tried googling,but all the forums have been giving me different answers,so could anyone please help me figure out the "REAL" things to mount?because I'm quite confused as what to mount.Furthermore,after I flashed int2ext+,my phone became quite laggy,and my apps sometimes are not responding..So,any help/insight on that is greatly appreciated!
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You should mount /system from CWM before you install CronMod. CronMod mounts the ext partition of your SD Card as the new /data moving all the original /data files in there. Now certain applications like Google Play, Google Setting, etc needs to be in the internal memory to work properly. Otherwise they will give forced closes. With CronMod, you will not be able to move any apps to internal memory as your new internal memory is the ext partition of your SD Card. While using CronMod make sure to install only the necessary apps as installing more and more apps will make your phone more laggier. Also the maximum size of the ext partition should be 1 GB. Hope I Helped
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You should mount /system from CWM before you install CronMod. CronMod mounts the ext partition of your SD Card as the new /data moving all the original /data files in there. Now certain applications like Google Play, Google Setting, etc needs to be in the internal memory to work properly. Otherwise they will give forced closes. With CronMod, you will not be able to move any apps to internal memory as your new internal memory is the ext partition of your SD Card. While using CronMod make sure to install only the necessary apps as installing more and more apps will make your phone more laggier. Also the maximum size of the ext partition should be 1 GB. Hope I Helped
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So just /system huh?I mounted /data too,maybe that's the reason for the lag.Anyway,thanks for the help,I will do that right away! :highfive:
Khayrin said:
So just /system huh?I mounted /data too,maybe that's the reason for the lag.Anyway,thanks for the help,I will do that right away! :highfive:
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Bro, mounting /data or /sd-ext will not cause any problem. That I can guarantee
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Bro, mounting /data or /sd-ext will not cause any problem. That I can guarantee
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Then it's just caused by my phone?not because I mounted something?hm,interesting..legacy phones sure have a hard time eh?
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Then it's just caused by my phone?not because I mounted something?hm,interesting..legacy phones sure have a hard time eh?
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Yes. What rom are you using now? And btw did CronMod work?
Khayrin said:
hello,I'm quite new here,but I've tried partitioning SD fro my galaxy Ace in the past,and it did not work kind of well.My question is,what should I really mount when I'm flashin int2ext+?I've tried googling,but all the forums have been giving me different answers,so could anyone please help me figure out the "REAL" things to mount?because I'm quite confused as what to mount.Furthermore,after I flashed int2ext+,my phone became quite laggy,and my apps sometimes are not responding..So,any help/insight on that is greatly appreciated!
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Here you'll find all the steps in the installation process
Int2ext Script Installation
mahithm said:
Yes. What rom are you using now? And btw did CronMod work?
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Hi sorry for the late reply.I'm using Touchwiz Revolutionized 5.0-V4.0 [FINAL],and it seems to work fine,with cronmod's int2ext+,but the occassional lag still happens,sometimes unbearable..maybe I'll try another ROM later
Khayrin said:
Hi sorry for the late reply.I'm using Touchwiz Revolutionized 5.0-V4.0 [FINAL],and it seems to work fine,with cronmod's int2ext+,but the occassional lag still happens,sometimes unbearable..maybe I'll try another ROM later
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Since the original /data partition is moved into the ext partition of the SD Card and the SD Card R/W speed is less than internal memory R/W speed, yes, it will lag. You can control this to a certain extent by using Class 8 or above SD Card and only installing the necessary apps. Don't forget more apps you install to ext partition, more laggier your phone becomes
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Since the original /data partition is moved into the ext partition of the SD Card and the SD Card R/W speed is less than internal memory R/W speed, yes, it will lag. You can control this to a certain extent by using Class 8 or above SD Card and only installing the necessary apps. Don't forget more apps you install to ext partition, more laggier your phone becomes
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There is a way to avoid lags (but with Class 8 or above) and that is RAM swap...on Play store there are great apps for this. Just type "Ram swap".
skoda9635 said:
There is a way to avoid lags (but with Class 8 or above) and that is RAM swap...on Play store there are great apps for this. Just type "Ram swap".
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The main problem while using swap is that it degrades your SD Card's life. So use it at your own risk. Hope I Helped
mahithm said:
The main problem while using swap is that it degrades your SD Card's life. So use it at your own risk. Hope I Helped
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Thanks good to know...
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Thanks good to know...
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Yes, it's dangerous for your sdcard's life