Confirm Apps2SD has worked? - Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey all,
Decided to downgrade from Modaco 2.3 to 2.2 as it was a little faster. Thought I would sort out the App2SD side of things too. I copied all of my SD card data off, then followed this guide:
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/293461/how-to-partition-sdcard/
Once done I copied the SD contents back on and then downgraded to the 2.2 ROM. All back up and running but not sure if the apps have moved over as I expected them to do, is there a way to check? Otherwise what do I need to do to move them over to the SD?
Thanks
Russ

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you don't need a2sd on hero.. it was only needed on g1 because of the low memory of 85 mb for apps..

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hi roakes, there is already a thread that covers this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=564932
you should have posted this in Q&A NOT Dev!!

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The following post does not belong to me. I forgot who post it so all credits go to him/her:
To confirm whether A2SD is working properly from a terminal / ADB Shell type:
busybox df -h
You should see something along these lines below:
/dev/block/mccblk0p2 532.9M 67.1M 438.7M 13% /system/sd
The key is that you see one of the entries as /system/sd
This means that the phone is picked up your Ext2 partition.
Next if you see the above you can check that you setup the symlinks properly.
To do this type these cmds:
cd /data/app
pwd
The terminal returns /system/sd/app which means that the apps are now being saved onto the Ext2 Partition since the /system/sd = your Ext2 partition.
If it returns /data/app then the apps are still being installed onto the phone's internal rom.
Hope this helps, let me know if not.
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Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 96.2M 0 96.2M 0% /dev
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.3M 128.7M 1% /cache
That's what I am getting hmmmm doesnt look promising, but the partitions seem ok...
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 7425MB 7425MB primary fat32 lba
2 7425MB 7937MB 512MB primary ext3
3 7937MB 7969MB 32.0MB primary linux-swap(v1)

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roakes said:
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 96.2M 0 96.2M 0% /dev
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.3M 128.7M 1% /cache
That's what I am getting hmmmm doesnt look promising, but the partitions seem ok...
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 7425MB 7425MB primary fat32 lba
2 7425MB 7937MB 512MB primary ext3
3 7937MB 7969MB 32.0MB primary linux-swap(v1)
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Can anyone verify that this looks right?
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\DamianV>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 96.2M 0 96.2M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 170.0M 149.9M 20.1M 88% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 165.8M 22.5M 143.3M 14% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.1M 128.9M 1% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 446.9M 8.0M 415.0M 2% /system/sd
/dev/block//vold/179:1
3.3G 94.5M 3.2G 3% /sdcard
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roakes said:
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 96.2M 0 96.2M 0% /dev
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.3M 128.7M 1% /cache
That's what I am getting hmmmm doesnt look promising, but the partitions seem ok...
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 512B 7425MB 7425MB primary fat32 lba
2 7425MB 7937MB 512MB primary ext3
3 7937MB 7969MB 32.0MB primary linux-swap(v1)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can anyone verify that this looks right?
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 96.2M 0 96.2M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 170.0M 149.9M 20.1M 88% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 165.8M 22.5M 143.3M 14% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.1M 128.9M 1% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 446.9M 8.0M 415.0M 2% /system/sd
/dev/block//vold/179:1
3.3G 94.5M 3.2G 3% /sdcard
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If you type:
cd /data/app
pwd
and it becomes this: /system/sd/app
Then it should be correct.

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hi,
i am not sure what i am doing wrong here, I am using pinky's ROM and I have the default and used ROM manager to partition the SD card to a 512 MB ext3 and the remainder 14 GB as FAT32.
I have set the EXT4 module is enabled and App2SD is set to external.
But I still cant get the apps to install to SD, using the method above to check it. The Ext3 partition is being seen, but the symlinks are correct.
Any ideas?
Heres a dump from my CMD prompt
C:\android\tools>adb shell
sh-3.2# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 207.6M 0 207.6M 0% /dev
tmpfs 207.6M 0 207.6M 0% /mnt/asec
/dev/block/mtdblock3 250.0M 181.6M 68.4M 73% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 147.6M 12.0M 135.6M 8% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 40.0M 1.1M 38.9M 3% /cache
tmpfs 8.0M 0 8.0M 0% /app-cache
/dev/block/mtdblock5 147.6M 12.0M 135.6M 8% /system/mnt/data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 457.4M 70.1M 362.9M 16% /system/sd
/dev/block/vold/179:1
14.6G 158.4M 14.5G 1% /mnt/sdcard
/dev/block/vold/179:1
14.6G 158.4M 14.5G 1% /mnt/secure/asec
sh-3.2# cd /data/app
cd /data/app
sh-3.2# pwd
pwd
/data/app