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[GUIDE] Link2sd setup and installation

I can no longer support this thread. I apologize I will leave it here for people that may find it helpful.
Hey guys I have read several posts were people are having issues with some Roms with sense 3.0,etc.
This guide should help those experiencing the following issues:
1) Have apps on your sd card and icons for those apps on one of your home screens but when you reboot your phone the icons disappear or change to the green standard app icon. icon may or may not still open the app.
2) Mount SD card to a PC while the phone is on. After disconnecting it, the phone shows a message on the screen for preparing SD and afterward, the SD card can be browsed. However, apps that have been moved to SD do not show up in the app tray until the phone is restarted.
Important before doing any of this please note this process can render your SD card useless if you make a mistake. Please follow all steps completely and know that I am not responsible if you mess up your sd card
This process is done from your pc not phone! Things you will need:
1) your Incredible
2) Your micro SD card
3) A micro SD to SD card adapter - this if your dont know=
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Here is what you should try:
1) Download Link2sd from the android market. Don't open it just yet your phone is not ready.
2) From your pc download Minitool partition wizard for your appropriate system. Install the wizard by following the instructions that appear when you download it. At the end it will ask to create a desktop icon check yes so you can find it easy.
3)Turn off your incredible and remove the micro SD card and place it in the adapter. Plug it into your PC.
4) create a new folder on your desktop and name it "sdbackup" or whatever you would like just remember were it is. Copy the entire contents of your micro sd card to the sdbackup folder you just created. This may take a while depending on the amount of files you have.
5) after backing up your sd card. Open the minitool partition wizard. You should see your sd card. Caution do not do anything with your c drive or any other drives listed under disk 1 Mine is under disk 2 labeled D:E1292
6) click on your sd card. In the left pane of the wizard choose format partition. choose FAT32 as your file system and leave cluster size and label blank. click ok.
7) click your sd card. In the left pane again of the wizard choose move/resize partition. On the window that pops up click partition size. uncheck the use extended data protection mode. type in the amount of megabytes or gigabytes you want your sd card regular storage area to be. In this guide im using a 1gb sd card. I typed in 700 to create a 700 mb regular area. Leave all other boxes alone. So if you have say an 8gb card i would type 7000 to give you roughly 7gb main. click ok. you should now see your main sd card and another one below it now with a *as its name.
first
second
third new partition created
8) ok almost there: Now on the new unallocated partition we just created ( one with the star as its name) click on it. At the top of the wizard click create. You will get a message saying the new created partition cannot be used in windows...... just click yes to continue. In the window that pops up pay attention click create as and select primary! click file system and select Ext3! Leave all other boxes etc alone. You will see the partition size that will be created. click ok.
message you will get:
Creating the partition:
9) Ok here we go.... In the top left of the wizard you should see a check mark that says apply..... Click it! You will get a message saying apply pending changes, disable power savers etc... click yes to continue.. do not let screen saver come on after this and do not allow computer to "sleep". Let the wizard do its thing. This can take some time depending on your system, sizes, etc. You get a dialog box to let you know whats going on. When the wizard finishes you will get a message saying apply all pending changes successful. Click ok...
You can exit the wizard now.
The wizard dialog box when you click the check mark..
10) place all your files back on your sd card. Find the folder you created with your sd backup in it. Select all files and copy them back to your sd card. Dont worry about the second partition as windows will only see the first FAT32 one.
Thats the partition link2sd needs now to set up link2sd:
1) place your SD card back in your incredible and reboot.
2) find your link2sd app you downloaded and open it. The program will load. A box will appear that instructs you to select the file system type of your second partition. Select Ext3!
3) Link2sd will do a few things and ask for superuser permissions.. When this box pops up click remember on superuser permissions!
4) Link2sd will tell you the scipt to mount the second partition was flashed (installed),etc.
5) it will then tell you to restart your phone to mount the second partition. Just do a normal reboot!
6) once the phone has rebooted go back and open link2sd again. You should get a whats new box with the changes to link2sd.
7) to check just to make sure it worked click menu/storage info it should look something like this.
Now you can use link2sd!
Enjoy please say thanks if I helped. I will try to answer any questions you have. This may be possible to do while the sd card is in the phone with it attached to computer but I did not chance this so wont be able to help in that area.

Yay!
Sense 3.5 almost here!

This' very useful information eraste!
Thank you

Truckin'Ain't4Sissies said:
This' very useful information eraste!
Thank you
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Your welcome just trying to do my part lol.

Not to be thick, but I believe I have run Partition Magic on other drives (for other than Android use). Can't you repartition the card on the fly (using the PC) without a complete reformat?

May be possible with this wizard. Skip the format step and everything else should go normal. One would start from the move/resise step. After editing what you want I however can't recall if this particular widget will format both when you apply changes. I'll look into it when I get some free time.
I put the backup and format step in just to make sure things go smooth. It should work without that first format tho...

Lost \emmc mount to PC
Eraste -
I found your guide tremendously helpful and was able to set up the ext3 partition without a problem.
Thing is, I cannot mount \emmc to PC, and I used to be able to.
I didn't lose it after doing this; I lost it on a prior ROM (Nils Business Gingersense 2.1/3.0 v3.0) after flashing a new kernel. After that, nothing I did, old nandroids, reflashing, restored it.
Now I'm on McSense 2.4 which is fairly close to stock OTA Gingerbread for the Incredible, and I have Links2SD running fine, and I have SD card mount, but I still don't seem to be able to get emmc to mount.
Any suggestions?
EDIT - Okay, it's 19 days later, I've wiped the system several times, installed two other ROM's ran Jermaine's/Tiny's ext4 mod which moves \data\data to ext4 and just plugged my Incredible back into the PC for the first time on this particular combination of ROM's and mods and, lookit that, mount to emmc has spontaneously returned. I'll never figure this one out. (Except that ext3 is still there, but Link2SD doesn't have anything linked at all right now, because I don't need the space without a 150mb limitation on \data\data on a Sense 1.0 ROM.

Help Me!!
have no idea how to stop memory back and was doing all the procedure like this in the tutorial and it does not work says that the installation script can not be created, could help me?

thumbs up for this!!
thank you (pressed thanks) for this step by step guide!! ive been looking for this for a while!!
what really helped was the screenies of the program on how the whole thing worked!!
tested on my old 2gb microsd= WORKED!! tested it with a newly installed app of course!!
will be trying it on my new 8gb microsdhc
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vico.ddl said:
have no idea how to stop memory back and was doing all the procedure like this in the tutorial and it does not work says that the installation script can not be created, could help me?
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try the "ext2" format option.. as all devices are compatible with it
hope that helps!!

you should decrease the size of the 2nd part because file store in there is so little, the main is half full

now that i have 2nd partition and link2sd, where should i start? i mean where should my app stored before creating link? and there are 3 files to be link, wich to be link?

thankss bro this very usefull ......nice:highfive:

Thanks for the guide, although i have trouble installing. Once I open link2sd (ext3 partition created n all) i select ext3 as secondary partition and i get "script cannot be installed" error, mount:mounting/dev//block/vold/179:2 on data/sdext2 failed: Device or resource busy
Any suggestions please?
Edit:solved by wiping and reformatting ext partition on pc

is there a way to manually do what link2sd does
like via shell

BM first.. will try it later after i buy 16GB SD.. thanks

Big thanks!! wonderful guide!

[Link2SD][SWAP] How to prep your SD card for it for Nameless ROM

What does this do?
make 3 partitions on SDCARD
-FAT32 > Primary Storage
-EXT4 > Secondary Storage Internal memory dummy
-Linux Swap > Extra RAM
Do I need to Backup my SDCARD contents?
Not needed, but if you want you can, it doesn't erase your sdcard data unless you did something wrong.
1/ Boot up your Windows machine
2/ Unmount your sdcard card on phone eject it and Insert your Micro SD card into a card reader and attach it to the computer
3/ Install Mini Partition Wizard Home Edition
4/ Run Partition Wizard Home Edition.
5/ Look for your SD card along the bottom and identify your FAT32 Partition
6/ Right click on it and choose "Move/Resize Partition"
7/ Use the down arrow in the middle field "Partition Size:" to change the value and consequently the value of the "Free Space After: field as well until you have created around 2307 MB of free space. *Warning - Do not create free space before the first primary FAT32 partition!!! If you do discard changes and start over!
8/ Click "OK"
9/ Identify the new unallocated space on the drive map.
10/ Right click on it and choose "Create"
11/ When you get the warning about the partition not being able to be used in Windows click "Yes" to continue
12/ Choose Ext4 for partition type. Primary, Resize to 2000 MB
13/Right click on empty 300 MB left Create Linux swap partition, Primary
14/ Make sure it is all primary not a logical partition
15/ Name it if you want.
16/ Click "OK" to continue
17/ Click the BIG "Apply" button in the top left of the window
18/ Choose "Yes" to continue from the pop up
19/ Let it do it's work.
Congratulations! Step 1 Complete!
Now to step 2:
1/ Eject and place your SD card back into your phone
2/ Install Link2SD from the Android Market
3/ Run it
4/ On first run it will ask you the type of partition your second SD card partition is. Choose Ext4 depending on which you made it.
5/ Follow the directions to reboot your phone
Congratulations! Link2SD is now working on your phone!
1.choose the funnel and choose User
2.choose multi select and select apps to to be moved to sd-ext and choose actions then create link choose all 3 checkbox
At this point I recommend you Menu click and go to Settings and choose "Autolink" to automatically link programs (.APK), dalvik cache files (.DEX) and library files (libs) to your SD Card 2'nd partition when a new program is installed.
Now for some strategy!
You say, "I've got all this external space! Why bother putting any programs on the internal space?"
Well...SPEED MAN! SPEED!
I keep Launchers, Widgets, Background processes like Titanium Backup, etc, on the internal as space allows to allow for speed when booting. The internal memory is faster than your SD card and keeping these programs here helps a lot in speeding up your boot time. This is an option with Link2SD that you DON'T have with Data2SD or Data2Whatever!
You can also keep commonly accessed programs like Tapatalk for example, on this internal fast memory.
You can also mass move by multi selecting, several programs to and from either internal, SD card, or SD card second partition. Ideal for your initial move to your new second partition of your apps pre-installed prior to link2sd.
People wanted instructions for a third swap download 81swap.rar in attachment extract 81swap script and push to /system/etc/init.d/ folder, during boot it would mount sdcard swap.
in cmd.
adb remount
adb push 81swap /system/etc/init.d/
adb shell chmod 777 /system/ect/init.d/81swap
reboot phone
to check if it mounted in terminal emulator type
su
free
see swap if it changed size to 400.

WARNING: From now on your SDCARD should not be Unmounted or ejected when phone is on.
Only eject SDCARD if phone is off.
Otherwise some problems might occur.
AUTHOR: d33ps1x
EDITED BY: me
FAQ:
Why when I created linked apps why does my Internal Memory Storage still low
A: After linking your apps to EXT4, reboot phone to see if Internal Storage increased.
Why my internal memory is still 700+ mb
A: link2sd ext4 partition is like a drawer so instead of 1 drawer you have 2, transfering stuff to your second drawer.
How can I check memory info?
A: In link2sd app hold recent apps button then choose storage info.
How does link2sd work?
It creates a link shortcut like in windows in internal memory and transfer the main apps files in sd-ext.
Can I connect my phone to usb storage mode?
Sure you can sd-ext partition won't be unmounted only your fat32 partition will be so computer will read contents of sdcard.
Stoshke says:
If you connect HTC desire C in USB mode on computer running linux OS, you can mount ext partition on your PC using Device Notifier, but this way you will dismount it from the phone. So be careful if you have automount enabled.

Questions
Hi einstein.frat ,are you running all this on your phone atm?
I ask because I've been waiting for my new sd card to arrive(it has) and have been looking and trialling this Mod over the last few days or so and I've met a few problems and irregularities .
I was going to PM you originally but I thought asking you in the thread might actually prove useful to others as well as myself .
I've read 3 other threads on this subject , the first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1432459 is referred to you in this thread.
The second http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326 is the thread about the app we are using to link to our ext partitions.
Now first question ;
Are the partition sizes you quote , the sizes you used as to me (and reading the other thread) they seem small . I wonder if you have typed KB instead of MB ?
Second question is about the swap file , the thread I referenced is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659231
The Author basically goes through all the same procedures as everyone else but he uses an app instead of your script to manage the swapfile .
Now I agree with your thoughts here(i assume you wrote the script for this reason) that your script is a more elegant way of implementing the swap file at boot up .
But I think your line ;
adb shell chmod 777 /system/ect/init.d/81swap
should actually read;
adb shell chmod 777/system/etc/init.d/81swap
Just 2 very small differences
Anyway I have done it all and got it working on my new sd card so thankyou very much .:good:
Now my last tip? I guess I could call it that , is to do with checking if swap is working . Going back to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659231
The Author points out that if you run 'free' in terminal emulator if you have failed it will look like this (swap is all zeros)
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and if it is successful it will look like this
Hopefully I havn't annoyed you with this post and hopefully it will help others get this Mod going .
All the best ,
Richard

SD card
Guys, what do you think, when doing this, is there any real phone performance difference between Class4 and Class10 SD cards, other then usb transfer speed?

neoyoli said:
Guys, what do you think, when doing this, is there any real phone performance difference between Class4 and Class10 SD cards, other then usb transfer speed?
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I only got mine yesterday (a UHS-1 class 10) to move up from a class 4 , but it's way too soon to say whether there is a noticeable improvement (especially as I've implemented this mod)
.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1947560 This is a good thread to read especially where he finds a good class 4 is better than a poor class 10 . Have a read it's worth the time :good:

fixed kb to mb
Your chmod is wrong that is directory 777/ which doesnt exists right way is 777(space)/ chmod is attrib in windows like making it read only, hidden or write protect. 777 means read, write, executable to the file in all groups. If this it not set it won't run.
2000 = 2gb
300 = 300mb
Swap script is to enable linux swap partition on sdcard, nothing else.

einstein.frat said:
fixed kb to mb
Your chmod is wrong that is directory 777/ which doesnt exists right way is 777(space)/ chmod is attrib in windows like making it read only, hidden or write protect. 777 means read, write, executable to the file in all groups. If this it not set it won't run.
2000 = 2gb
300 = 300mb
Swap script is to enable linux swap partition on sdcard, nothing else.
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Yup I realise what the script is for and my taking the space out of 777 / explains why the script hasn't stuck ( I think?)Just realised I erased the script myself last night as I decided to do a fresh install of your Rom and added a fresh init.d folder when I was doing all the bits with the Aroma installer after ...Doh

Hi einstein., thanks for your mod and development. Could this mod (Link2SD and swap) running on other devices with init.d support (I would like to test it with me)? If so, I would your permission I use your guide as a template for mine get in the S3 mini section, or not? Thanks for your answer and I wish you all the best for the new year, more!
Regards, leather.face

Sure you can, but swap partition on ur s3 might be diff mmblck so script might not work. You can find it if ur sdcard is mmblk03 swap will be 05 smething like that on 3rd place, modify script
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einstein.frat said:
Sure you can, but swap partition on ur s3 might be diff mmblck so script might not work. You can find it if ur sdcard is mmblk03 swap will be 05 smething like that on 3rd place, modify script
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Okay, thanks! I test first Link2SD and it should work then swap. Should questions arise then I write ...
Regards

sorry for my double post but ...
Hi einstein., Link2SD works very good and fine but I have problems with the swap script. My sdcard is mmcblk0 and I have mmcblk1, these are split on again in mmcblk1p1, mmcblk1p2, mmcblk1p3. What is the partition for swap? I've tried several but none worked. The value in the terminal emulator is 0 for swap. At the moment I do not go on, unfortunately ... Or can I see in a file where is the partition for swap in my device? Or do I need to swap a unsecured boot.img with swap support? I have enabled the init.d for stock rom and secured kernel but all scripts in the init.d and Link2SD works very good and fine. Thanks for your help.
Regards

Maybe your kernel doesn't support swap if you tried all 3 partitions.
Desire c kernel config have it enabled by default.

Will add this to index thread soon.

einstein.frat said:
Maybe your kernel doesn't support swap if you tried all 3 partitions.
Desire c kernel config have it enabled by default.
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Hi einstein., thanks for your answer. I'll try again now. So one of these mmcblk1p1, mmcblk1p2, mmcblk1p3 partitions be destined for swap, I understand this correctly? Thanks for your mods and roms. Link2SD works perfectly. Can something happen when I test a another partition in the script specified and this is not be used for swap? Thanks for your help but sorry for my english ...
Regards leather.face
Edit:
@einstein., thanks for your help but my question has been settled. The stock kernel in the S3 mini supports no swap. I tested all the partitions but not working. Link2SD works perfectly. Thanks einstein. and have a nice evening.
Regards

Just in case anyone is thinking of adding this mod to their desire c my opinion is that It's worth it.
Performance when switching between apps is much better. I've tried most of the tweaks I can find, and this single change has made the most difference.
Boot time is significantly longer and I suppose you run the risk of wearing out your SD card sooner but its still worth it.
Thanks for the detailed instructions.
When using the latest version of nameless the swap will setup automatically ( you still need to create the partitions before flashing the Rom)
Sent from my HTC Desire C using Tapatalk 2

einstein, if I delete the symlink of an app, it goes back to the internal storage, right?
and an other thing: after doing the swap, my recent apps button goes straight into 2nd option mode, as if I held it longer, so no recent apps menu comes up. Do you have a tip how to fix it?

Same Issue
neoyoli said:
einstein, if I delete the symlink of an app, it goes back to the internal storage, right?
and an other thing: after doing the swap, my recent apps button goes straight into 2nd option mode, as if I held it longer, so no recent apps menu comes up. Do you have a tip how to fix it?
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I get the same issue with the recent apps button . I've been reading through the original thread for the app but I've had no luck finding an answer.
And yes neoyoli if you delete the symlink the app goes back to internal

Wasn't the recent apps button changed/remapped to long pressing the home button in nameless v7.1.1 ?
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nikhil16242 said:
Wasn't the recent apps button changed/remapped to long pressing the home button in nameless v7.1.1 ?
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Does it work for you ?
Doesn't for me :silly:

LOool, silly us
whoamigriffiths, are you sure if you press the home button longer, the recent apps menu doesn't come up?

[Q] [URGENT]Link2SD or App2SD(APP Migr), SD card

Alright, so I've rooted and flashed CWM but when doing backups in
Nandroid and Titanium both stored in on my internal memory, while I want it on my SD card.
SD card: 32GB, FAT32(one partition), tried to make two FAT32 partitions but the second was not detected by both Windows pc and phone.
Phone sees my internal storage as "sdcard0" while it sees my sd card as "extSDCard"
1)Should I use App2SD(they changed it's name to App MIGR) or Link2SD to move apps to SD?
I've got most things covered for Link2SD but I still don't understand the init.d support; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087497
2)While the Nandroid backup is pretty much organised, Titanium backup has like dozens of files, which am I supposed to choose if I wanted to restore my Titanium backup ?( I did the Backup new user+system apps & newer versions batch only.)(Nandroid didn't even detect my SD card while backing up.)

In cwm choose "backup and restore" / "backup to external sdcard" and your backups will be put in clockworkmod-folder on external sd.
For titanium backup you have to set location for backups to be on your external.
Have a look in titanium settings to change the default path.
I use derectorybind to bind the whole android folder to external.
Works great!
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Both faria and benzrom (including drom) have init.d support. Just follow the guide to setup ext4 partition and Linux swap partition and link2sd should run fine.
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iKlutz said:
Both faria and benzrom (including drom) have init.d support. Just follow the guide to setup ext4 partition and Linux swap partition and link2sd should run fine.
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Init.d support can be done on every rom.
Universal init.d

tys0n said:
In cwm choose "backup and restore" / "backup to external sdcard" and your backups will be put in clockworkmod-folder on external sd.
For titanium backup you have to set location for backups to be on your external.
Have a look in titanium settings to change the default path.
I use derectorybind to bind the whole android folder to external.
Works great!
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Got both external options to work for now.
Did u mean u bind the whole RAM or just the internal storage. Does it warn you when some apps i.e. widgets can't be moved(before it's broken) or doesn't it have that limit like Link2SD ? (Am still hestitating to use it;
-App2SD has this note:"Move apps function may not work on your devcie as manufacture removes the function of moving apps to SD from Android system" don't know whether we have that.
-Link2SD has sort of difficult requirements before install.
-DirectoryBind; Because many issues where posted by members.

Mystique03 said:
Got both external options to work for now.
Did u mean u bind the whole RAM or just the internal storage. Does it warn you when some apps i.e. widgets can't be moved(before it's broken) or doesn't it have that limit like Link2SD ? (Am still hestitating to use it;
-App2SD has this note:"Move apps function may not work on your devcie as manufacture removes the function of moving apps to SD from Android system" don't know whether we have that.
-Link2SD has sort of difficult requirements before install.
-DirectoryBind; Because many issues where posted by members.
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Directorybind has nothing to do with ram. You just symlink appdata from "/sdcard/android" to your external to get more internal space
Never had any problems with it and im using it on three different devices.

tys0n said:
Directorybind has nothing to do with ram. You just symlink appdata from "/sdcard/android" to your external to get more internal space
Never had any problems with it and im using it on three different devices.
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Got confused; I meant system ROM, since I just saw ~260MB left, but I suppose I made a mistake cause the system saves data to my internal storage too, am I right... o.0 ?
What are the differences between DirectoryBind, App MGR and Link2SD anyways?
iKlutz said:
Both faria and benzrom (including drom) have init.d support. Just follow the guide to setup ext4 partition and Linux swap partition and link2sd should run fine.
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How much space for;
FAT32 partition
Ext4 partition
Swap partition
and why on a 32GB SD card, the values.

The fat32 can be any size, this is your normal sd card data that you can use on your pc (music, videos, pics etc).
Ext4 should be however many apps sizes you want. Like if you have a lot of play store downloaded then set this as big as you think you need but save some space for linux swap.
Linux swap should be minimum 300mb (according to the guide), this is like a bit of extra ram incase your system ram gets full. Mine works fine with 800mb.
If you're looking for an example of what you could set, here :
Fat32 : 15gb
Ext4 : 15gb
Linux swap : 1gb
They could work fine is not very complicated unless I'm wrong. Study the guide well and read other people's posts on there too.
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This is assuming you have 32gb sd card.
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Mystique03 said:
Got confused; I meant system ROM, since I just saw ~260MB left, but I suppose I made a mistake cause the system saves data to my internal storage too, am I right... o.0 ?
What are the differences between DirectoryBind, App MGR and Link2SD anyways?
How much space for;
FAT32 partition
Ext4 partition
Swap partition
and why on a 32GB SD card, the values.
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Yes 260mb is left on your system partition.
Installed apps goes to "/data" = internal storage.

Does our phone/kernel support Ext4 ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030282

Mystique03 said:
Does our phone/kernel support Ext4 ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2030282
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sure it does....if u succeed in installing the Link2Sd the first option is to select ext 2,ext 3 or ext 4 to link it.....this might help on the init.d support...pretty easy actually...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933849

Mystique03 said:
1)Should I use App2SD(they changed it's name to App MIGR) or Link2SD to move apps to SD?
I've got most things covered for Link2SD but I still don't understand the init.d support; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2087497)
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I paid for Link2SD Pro but I've had some problems with it. When I contact the developer, Bulant, he sometimes responds but other times I get no reply.
Have you tried using both? What do you think of AppMgr? What about Link2SD?

[Q] moving apps to external SD card

hey guys
plz can anyone help me to move my apps to SD card on my Sony ZR ?
thanks in advance

hesseny said:
hey guys
plz can anyone help me to move my apps to SD card on my Sony ZR ?
thanks in advance
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There is no direct way to move your apps to SD card.
You need to be rooted in order to move apps to SD. Use Folder mount or similar apps to move apps to SD

Hi
Im rooted and I know about FolderMount, but that doesnt move the app. How can I really move apps to external sd?
Thank you

hesseny said:
hey guys
plz can anyone help me to move my apps to SD card on my Sony ZR ?
thanks in advance
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first you should root your phone,i recommend using towelroot.
once you gain root access you should partition your sdcard and add a second primary partiton with ext4 format(set your device's usb mode to mass storage mode and connect it to pc,using minitool partiton wizard is recommended.this way you wont lose data on your sdcard)
i have created a 4gb partiton on my 32gb microsd but you can choose the right partition size according to how much data you want to move(detailed info about the process described in the Link2SD thread)
then you can install Link2SD (free) from the link below,this app can move application file,dalvik-cache and library files.internal data such as downloaded game data can be moved but you need to buy the pro version(it's better to use FolderMount for moving internal data to avoid running out of free space in your microsd's second partiton).
Link2SD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
Xperia Easy Root Toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784900

RaMin! said:
first you should root your phone,i recommend using towelroot.
once you gain root access you should partition your sdcard and add a second primary partiton with ext4 format(set your device's usb mode to mass storage mode and connect it to pc,using minitool partiton wizard is recommended.this way you wont lose data on your sdcard)
i have created a 4gb partiton on my 32gb microsd but you can choose the right partition size according to how much data you want to move(detailed info about the process described in the Link2SD thread)
then you can install Link2SD (free) from the link below,this app can move application file,dalvik-cache and library files.internal data such as downloaded game data can be moved but you need to buy the pro version(it's better to use FolderMount for moving internal data to avoid running out of free space in your microsd's second partiton).
Link2SD: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
Xperia Easy Root Toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2784900
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hello, I appreciate this, but something goes wrong with my xperia zr, I made the partition, then reboot, and start the Link2SD again, then it seems to work because it asked me to select the partition, the menu to select was like ext2, ext3, ext4, fat32, etc, then I choosed ext4.
immediately it asked to reboot, but now I have a constantly loop... do you know how can I fix this? thanks so much.

lilloscar said:
hello, I appreciate this, but something goes wrong with my xperia zr, I made the partition, then reboot, and start the Link2SD again, then it seems to work because it asked me to sel​ect the partition, the menu to select was like ext2, ext3, ext4, fat32, etc, then I choosed ext4.
immediately it asked to reboot, but now I have a constantly loop... do you know how can I fix this? thanks so much.
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Remove the microsd card and turn on your phone.go to settings>about phone tap several times on Build Number until it says You're a developer now.then go back to the settings>developer options and enable USB Debugging .
now in your pc go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...b-definitive-root-remount-reboot-fix-t2317432
Download the windows installer,connect your phone to pc extract the zip file,run the installer and follow the on screen instructions.after finishing the install you can turn off your phone and insert your microsd card and turn off developer options in settings.

RaMin! said:
Remove the microsd card and turn on your phone.go to settings>about phone tap several times on Build Number until it says You're a developer now.then go back to the settings>developer options and enable USB Debugging .
now in your pc go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...b-definitive-root-remount-reboot-fix-t2317432
Download the windows installer,connect your phone to pc extract the zip file,run the installer and follow the on screen instructions.after finishing the install you can turn off your phone and insert your microsd card and turn off developer options in settings.
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I am thank full with your response, phone revived and semi working the link2sd app.
This message sound familiar to you?
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If you have a PayPal account let me know to give you a tekila.
Thanks
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lilloscar said:
I am thank full with your response, phone revived and semi working the link2sd app.
This message sound familiar to you?
If you have a PayPal account let me know to give you a tekila.
Thanks
Sent from my C5502 using Tapatalk
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you're welcome our xperia zr does not support the Move to SD feature so when you tap an application in Link2SD and select Move to SD card you see errors.
so this is how you move apps to the second partition of your sdcard:
In Link2SD tap the application you want to move. then at the bottom of screen there is a Create Link button,tap it.
now you can choose the application items to move.you can check all of the available checkboxes or you can choose the ones you wish to move.
when you're finished click OK and Link2SD will link (or in other words move) the application files to sdcard.
if you want to unlink an application from sdcard,select Remove link in application page and Link2SD moves back the application files to internal storage of the phone.
you can always see the free space on the sdcard's second partition by taping Storage info in main window of Link2SD.
thank you bro but I don't have a PayPal account :highfive: let me know if you have any other questions

I just select all the apps and then choose "create link" when the process finished my Xperia ZR just fly! I get the speed back.
I tried to unlock other features buying the app, but it didn't unlock, I try rebooting but the app stills the same.
Thanks again for your big help ?
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[HOW TO] Solve External SD Card Issues (TWRP Can't See Card, Can't Format Card, Etc)

My turn to give back to the community that has helped me here....
First the legal mumbo jumbo.... Disclaimer: Do This At Your Own Risk - I Am Not Responsible For Your Devices And My Lawyer Is Bigger Than Your Lawyer.
If you're having problems with your extrenal SD card in TWRP or any other app not seeing it (or TWRP seeing it but showing 0 capacity), or seeing it but not being able to do anything with it (this includes having problems copying things to it or formatting it in Windows) then this post is for you. I had these problems with several external SD cards after using them with TWRP.
I searched here to try and find a solution to my problems and found this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/help/mount-sd-card-twrp-t3365103
There were a couple of posts that did help some, but did not help others who ended up having other issues that weren't mentioned.
Below I have listed the problems that were brought up in the above linked thread, as well as several other problems that I personally ran into but couldn't find a solution for. For each problem I have listed the solutions under them. Read through each problem and then try the solution. If the solution doesn't work for you then go to the next step. You can also scroll through the problems to find the specific error or problem you are having and try the solution. Specific errors are in bold text.
!!!! WARNING !!!! ALL OF THESE SOLUTIONS WILL FORMAT YOUR EXTERNAL SD CARD, AND YOU WILL LOSE EVERYTHING ON IT. IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ON THE CAR AND CAN COPY THE CONTENTS DO SO BEFORE USING THESE STEPS.
The "Unable to complete the format" &"Disk is write protected" error/problems, while trying to format a local disk or an external/removable drive (e.g. an SD media card or a USB flash disk or a USB external drive, etc.) means one of the following:
1. The disk is write protected (Read-only) and you haven't permission to change/delete/modify the files on the disk or even to format the drive.
2. The file system type on the disk is in RAW format and it is not recognized by Windows.
3. The file system on the drive (disk) is corrupted – unreadable.
4. The drive has a physical damage.
Step 1. Remove the USB/SD Write Protection using the UNLOCK switch.
– Some USB flash drives and media (memory) cards (SD/SDHC/SDXC) have a hardware Write Protection switch on their surface. So first of all, check if your device has this security switch and if it does, put this switch to UNLOCK (OFF) position to remove the write protection.
(e.g. If your card is a mini SD card, then insert your card into the SD adapter and change the position of the write-protection switch to OFF position).
Step 2. Disable the USB/SD Write protection in Registry.
Remove the write protection using registry.
1. Open Registry editor. To do that:
1. Simultaneously press the “Win” and “R” keys to load the Run dialog box.
2. Type regedit and press Enter to open Registry Editor.
IMPORTANT: Before you continue, first take a backup of your registry. To do that:
From the main menu, go to File & select Export.
Specify a destination location (e.g. your Desktop), give a filename to the exported registry file (e.g. “RegistryUntouched”), select at Export range: All and press Save.
2. Navigate (from the left pane) to this key: *
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
* Note: If you don't have the 'StorageDevicePolicies' folder, then right-click at the 'Control' folder and select New > Key. Name it StorageDevicePolicies
3. At the right pane double click to open the WriteProtect key. *
* Note: If you don't have the 'WriteProtect' key, then right-click on an empty space (at the right pane) and select New > DWORD (32-bit) value. Name it WriteProtect
4. Type 0 at value data box to disable the storage write protection. *
* Note: If you want to enable the write protection in the future, put this value to 1.
5. Close Registry Editor.
6. Restart your computer.
7. Open Windows Explorer, right-click on your USB drive and select Format. If the format still fails, then continue to the next step.
Step 3. Repair corrupted/damaged or RAW file system with the DISKPART tool.
By using the below procedure in DISKPART utility you 'll be able to fix file system problems and to eliminate the "disk write protected" error message when you are trying to format the USB/Memory drive.
1. Before you continue, unplug all other working removable drives (USB disks, Memory cards, etc.) from your computer.
2. Open an elevated command prompt window by going to:
In Windows 7 & Vista:
Start > All Programs > Accessories
Right-click to “Command prompt” item and choose “Run as administrator”.
In Windows 10, 8 & 8.1:
Right-click at the screen's bottom-left corner and from the pop-up menu, choose “Command Prompt (Admin)”.
3. Then launch the DISKPART tool (at the command prompt when you launch it just type diskpart) and give the following commands in order (press Enter after typing each of them) to resolve the write-protected error and to fix the corrupted file-system on your problematic HDD, USB disk or Memory card.
Note: If you receive the following error after executing the "diskpart" command, then probably your disk is damaged and you have to replace the disk.
" DiskPart has encountered an error: The request could not be performed because of
an I/O device error. See the System Event Log for more information."
4. At DISKPART command type:
list disk
5. From the listed disks, find out which disk is the problematic disk. You can easily find out which is the problematic disk in the list from its size in GB (Gigabytes).
6. Then select the problematic disk by typing: *
select disk <DiskNumber>
* Note: Replace the "<DiskNumber>" with the number assigned to the problematic drive.
7. Type the following command to clear (remove) the Read-Only attributes (write protection) on the selected disk:
attributes disk clear readonly
8. Then remove the partition on the selected disk by typing:
clean
9. Then create a partition on the selected disk by typing this command: *
create partition primary
* Note: If after executing the above command you receive the following error message, then try the following methods to resolve it :
" No usable free extent could be found. It may be that there is insufficient free space to create a partition at the specified size and offset. Specify different size and offset values or don't specify either to create the maximum sized partition. It may be that the disk is partitioned using the MBR disk partitioning format and the disk contains either 4 primary partitions, (no more partitions may be created), or 3 primary partitions and one extended partition, (only logical drives may be created)".
Method 1.
1. Type these commands in order:
1. select partition 1
2. active
2. Continue to format the drive (Step 10).
Method 2:
1. Clean all partitions (it takes a long time) on the disk by typing this command: clean all
2. After DISKPART cleaning, create a partition on the disk by typing: create partition primary
3. Continue to format the drive (Step 10).
Method 3:
1. Reboot your computer in Safe Mode.
2. Log in to Windows with an Administrator account.
3. Open Windows Explorer, right-click on your USB drive and select Format.
10. Finally format the disk in FAT32 file system by giving this command.*
format fs=fat32
* Notes:
1. If you want to use the disk in a Windows computer then format it in NTFS file system, by giving this command: format fs=ntfs
2. If you receive the following error after executing the format command: "DiskPart has encountered an error: Access is denied. See the System Event Log for more information.", then:
a. Close command prompt.
b. Restart your computer.
c. Log in on your computer as Administrator.
d. Open Computer Management > Disk Management.
e. At the right pane: Right click on the disk and select Format.
f. When the format is completed you can use the disk normally. (Ignore all other steps listed here).
11. Wait until the format operation is completed (this procedure takes a long time) and then type exit to close the DISKPART tool.
12. Close the command prompt window.
13. Remove your sd card and place it back in your phone, reboot/enter recovery and mount your external storage.
You should now see the full available storage space.
14. If you can see your phone when you plug it into your computer (you have a working system on the phone) just plug the phone into the USB port and copy files you need as normal. If you can not see your phone when you plug it into your computer (no system on the phone) then just put the SD card into a slot on the computer (if you don't have SD card slots used a USB SD card adapter) and copy the files that way and then put the SD card back into your phone.
I hope this helps.

I'm am a bit confused here .... My twrp read my card until I updated it now it dosnt at all . depending on ROM I'm running determine weather it will work in ROM example g900p cosmic is SD card functions great cr droid SD card is extremely slow or dosnt function at all. All of your solutions involve formatting witch is not a option for me at current time. But considering SD worked fine with older version of twrp and only became un usable after a update ....is there no way to downgrade twrp to remedy the issue ? Or maybe a modified version of twrp ? Havnt looked into this much yet at all so I honestly don't know was just wondering if maybe was a simpler route ....any feedback would be great ....

pinheaD420 said:
I'm am a bit confused here .... My twrp read my card until I updated it now it dosnt at all . depending on ROM I'm running determine weather it will work in ROM example g900p cosmic is SD card functions great cr droid SD card is extremely slow or dosnt function at all. All of your solutions involve formatting witch is not a option for me at current time. But considering SD worked fine with older version of twrp and only became un usable after a update ....is there no way to downgrade twrp to remedy the issue ? Or maybe a modified version of twrp ? Havnt looked into this much yet at all so I honestly don't know was just wondering if maybe was a simpler route ....any feedback would be great ....
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Hey @pinheaD420, I saw the same problem you're having when I was looking for a solution to my issues. I can't remember which thread it was in though. If you go to the top of the forums you'll see a search box where you can type in "downgrade TWRP" and you should be able to find it. I do know that if you do something with one version of TWRP, like a NAND backup and such you can't do anything with that with a different version of TWRP. So going back to the version you were using before you had your issue may fix your problem.

pinheaD420 said:
....is there no way to downgrade twrp to remedy the issue ?
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Found the thread to downgrade TWRP:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2484864

Hey, i don't know if you'll reply to such an old post.
I have a SanDisk 32gb SDHC micro sd card.
I have tried everything.
My situation is that i don't think my sd card is currupted or damaged. I can view all files in the card on my pc (Sandisk SD card adapter and USB adapter) as well as my android phone. I can also copy all the files from the card to my pc and android without any problem.
The problem is that I can't:
1) copy to the card
2) delete anything from the card - I delete a file, "deleting" progress bar shows up, file gets "deleted" i.e. it is not visible in the card, eject the card, mount it again, the file which I deleted still shows up and i can still open/copy it.
3) format it via diskmgmt.msc, diskpart (elevated), Sandisk Format tool, MiniTool Partition Wizard 11, Remo Drive Wipe, etc.
4) clear readonly attributes via diskpart (diskpart command "attributes disk" shows - ReadOnly - No)
5) partition SD card or Format SD card via TWRP
I think due to some reason the card has been set to readonly but i cant find it anywhere.
Any type of suggestion is welcome! Thank you!

Try sd card formarter
rajasorpe said:
Hey, i don't know if you'll reply to such an old post.
I have a SanDisk 32gb SDHC micro sd card.
I have tried everything.
My situation is that i don't think my sd card is currupted or damaged. I can view all files in the card on my pc (Sandisk SD card adapter and USB adapter) as well as my android phone. I can also copy all the files from the card to my pc and android without any problem.
The problem is that I can't:
1) copy to the card
2) delete anything from the card - I delete a file, "deleting" progress bar shows up, file gets "deleted" i.e. it is not visible in the card, eject the card, mount it again, the file which I deleted still shows up and i can still open/copy it.
3) format it via diskmgmt.msc, diskpart (elevated), Sandisk Format tool, MiniTool Partition Wizard 11, Remo Drive Wipe, etc.
4) clear readonly attributes via diskpart (diskpart command "attributes disk" shows - ReadOnly - No)
5) partition SD card or Format SD card via TWRP
I think due to some reason the card has been set to readonly but i cant find it anywhere.
Any type of suggestion is welcome! Thank you!
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Try "sd card formartter"

pinheaD420 said:
Shipwreck65 said:
Ur post
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I have the same problem but twrp in my phone can run Micro SD quite simply BUT!!!
When I turn on the system, a message appears from system Ui "SD card is damaged, do you want to repair it click to fix"
I pressed and it appeared to me that the card was fixed then I left the phone 10 hours and i finding the same message "SD card is ..." I went to twrp and found the card working
Is there something wrong with my Android system¿??؟, I want to know who is responsible for operating the external card in the Android system​
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I tried to format the external memory card and also correct bad sectors through CMD and the SD card works on all devices I am sure that my SD card works on humans as well!!!!
I want a way to run the Android system for the card
Can I repair Android without changing the version I am using Android 8
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