I was trying to install Lol v 1.2 Rom and got to the point where I needed to partition my sd card. Of course, stupid me, did not make a backup of my sd on my PC. My optimus will boot normally, even send messages, but i have no home screen, no apps, no anything! How would i go about fixing this? Maybe using KDZ?
(Sorry I'm very very new to this) I realize it's my own fault for bringing this trouble on myself but I need some help to restore my device. Thank you!!!
mostly its not poosible without a back up...
Use the search button on phone and type settings in it. Or type the name of the file browser that comes with this lol rom. From file browser you can reach your SD card. From SD card you can install a new home replacement like launcher pro. Also first download the launcher pro from your PC and put in SD card.
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Reflash. From the custom recovery, use the USB-MS toggle thingy. Copy the files to your SD
just got my gtab today, installed clockwork mod and did a backup. Where is the backup stored by default ? i had a 16gb micro sd card in the slot during the backup btw. I just dont wanna overwrite it on accident.
Second question after finishing the clockworkmod install and backup i proceeded to transfer brilliant corners rom 1.2 over to the internal memory and the clockworkmod update.zip and recovery folders are still there is it ok to delete them. Thanks and sorry for the stupid questions !!
alright ignore the first question that was stupid, the backup is stored in the clockworkmod folder on the internal memory. I still wouldnt mind some help on the second question.
Second question after finishing the clockworkmod install and backup i proceeded to transfer brilliant corners rom 1.2 over to the internal memory and the clockworkmod update.zip and recovery folders are still there is it ok to delete them. Thanks and sorry for the stupid questions !!
yamahadude9 said:
alright ignore the first question that was stupid, the backup is stored in the clockworkmod folder on the internal memory. I still wouldnt mind some help on the second question.
Second question after finishing the clockworkmod install and backup i proceeded to transfer brilliant corners rom 1.2 over to the internal memory and the clockworkmod update.zip and recovery folders are still there is it ok to delete them. Thanks and sorry for the stupid questions !!
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Sounds like your doing fine so far. The best place for start as a noob is here http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/. When you go there you are essentially at Code Green, step 5 (repartition). Reparitioning/fix permissions is recommended due to an incompatibility. The repartitioning it does is to the /data partition which contains your clockworkmod folder/backup, update.zip & reocvery folder. So, if you want to save clockworkmod backup, then before you partition would be a good time to transfer it to either your PC or external SD.
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thanks, i got past that ok but have run into a issue. I installed robeets brilliant corners 1.20 and it went fine although i need to load the supplement 1.21 over the top (which i assume is done in the same manor as any rom) BUT my pc will no longer recognize the gtab via usb ?? dont know whats going on here, ive tried restarting both devices. When the gtab is connected to usb it says usb connected usb debugging started ??
ignore that too, its just setup a lot different, you have to manually enable the connection via the usb icon on notification bar. My bad, thanks
Hi developers, I am having an issue with my device's storage. I have a rooted legend running blayo's B.0.8.4 rom and from what I know, this rom has free 80-90 mb of internal storage of application. But it wasn't enough even though I have an external 16GB SD card as not all apps are movable to my SD thus make it a little disappointing. So my question is that are there any solutions on how should expanding my phone's internal storage? Tks!
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Hi developers, I am having an issue with my device's storage. I have a rooted legend running blayo's B.0.8.4 rom and from what I know, this rom has free 80-90 mb of internal storage of application. But it wasn't enough even though I have an external 16GB SD card as not all apps are movable to my SD thus make it a little disappointing. So my question is that are there any solutions on how should expanding my phone's internal storage? Tks!
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You can use A2SD (build in)
-All you have to do is BACKUP your sd-card to your PC (all content will be deleted)
-In ROM manager select partion sd card and the size you use is up to you (512mb is more then enough no?)
-Your phone will reboot in clockworkmod automatically partion your sd card and reboots your phone
-Once its back fully booted download an app called terminal emulator (it's free) open that and type in; a2sd --enable
-Then reboot and its done
And if you see it worked you can transfer your sd content back
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You can use A2SD (build in)
-All you have to do is BACKUP your sd-card to your phone (all content will be deleted)
-In ROM manager select partion sd card and the size you use is up to you (512mb is more then enough no?)
-Your phone will reboot in clockworkmod automatically partion your sd card and reboots your phone
-Once its back fully booted download an app called terminal emulator (it's free) open that and type in; a2sd --enable
-Then reboot and its done
And if you see it worked you can transfer your sd content back
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Thanks for this quick tutorial. I needed this as well. BTW I assume you meant "...to your computer"?
I'm not sure if it works on all ROMs, but you can move an app to SD forcefully by long-pressing it in Titanium Backup, similar to how CM7 allows any Market or sideloaded app to be moved to the external storage.
I've always done this because I've been incredibly lazy to move my SD back and forth, and finally partition it due to some other technological limits that exist in my household.
Hitmax117 said:
You can use A2SD (build in)
-All you have to do is BACKUP your sd-card to your phone (all content will be deleted)
-In ROM manager select partion sd card and the size you use is up to you (512mb is more then enough no?)
-Your phone will reboot in clockworkmod automatically partion your sd card and reboots your phone
-Once its back fully booted download an app called terminal emulator (it's free) open that and type in; a2sd --enable
-Then reboot and its done
And if you see it worked you can transfer your sd content back
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Ok so after doing this, what does it benefit, I can move any apps to my SD card?
Nidzge said:
Thanks for this quick tutorial. I needed this as well. BTW I assume you meant "...to your computer"?
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Yes, to your PC my mistake ;p
bryanqjx said:
Ok so after doing this, what does it benefit, I can move any apps to my SD card?
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Since Froyo (2.2) you can move apps to your sd-card BUT it will only work for apps that support that and it can never completly move the app to your sd card because a little bit of data stays on your internal phone memory
Now if you use the method I explained before (work only on Blayo's latest rom's, for other roms there are other tutorials) It will move ALL the aplications on your phone to the sd-card (even the system apps) so the advantage of that is that there is waayy more space on your phone internal storage and you can install a lot more apps since you are using your sd-card to store the apps
Hope that clarify's a few things for you
Ok TKS! I am gonna try it out!! So basically this is what I type in the terminal emulator right?
a2sd --enable
bryanqjx said:
Ok TKS! I am gonna try it out!! So basically this is what I type in the terminal emulator right?
a2sd --enable
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np
and yes, but first you have to backup content and use rom manager to create partition like I said in the mini tutorial
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np
and yes, but first you have to backup content and use rom manager to create partition like I said in the mini tutorial
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Hey tks man! I did it!!! But I have a couple of problems. When I wanted to restore my backup app via titanium backup, it says that I hv to clear some space for my device. And another thing is that I am glad that most of my apps are installed directly to my SD card but not all. Some apps are unable to. It was stored in the phone instead. But all in all, ur solution was good enough for me. I appreciate it. The problems don't really matter.Thank you very much!!
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bryanqjx said:
Hey tks man! I did it!!! But I have a couple of problems. When I wanted to restore my backup app via titanium backup, it says that I hv to clear some space for my device. And another thing is that I am glad that most of my apps are installed directly to my SD card but not all. Some apps are unable to. It was stored in the phone instead. But all in all, ur solution was good enough for me. I appreciate it. The problems don't really matter.Thank you very much!!
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Problems are there to be fixed no? If you go to settings > sd card & phone storage... What sizes does it gives for internal phone storage Total/Available?
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Yes, to your PC my mistake ;p
Since Froyo (2.2) you can move apps to your sd-card BUT it will only work for apps that support that and it can never completly move the app to your sd card because a little bit of data stays on your internal phone memory
Now if you use the method I explained before (work only on Blayo's latest rom's, for other roms there are other tutorials) It will move ALL the aplications on your phone to the sd-card (even the system apps) so the advantage of that is that there is waayy more space on your phone internal storage and you can install a lot more apps since you are using your sd-card to store the apps
Hope that clarify's a few things for you
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So this method will not work with CyanogenMod? Is tutorial for this ROM more complex?
BTW I want to change my ROM to CyanogenMod (i currently have Gingerbread 2.3.3) , so do I first partition my micro SD card and then flash CM or vice versa?
Nidzge said:
So this method will not work with CyanogenMod? Is tutorial for this ROM more complex?
BTW I want to change my ROM to CyanogenMod (i currently have Gingerbread 2.3.3) , so do I first partition my micro SD card and then flash CM or vice versa?
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No that method will not work
For CM you will need to
- install the rom and boot the rom until its fully loaded
- download rom manager and partion your sd-card (do not forgot to backup sdcard to pc first!!)
- once you have partitioned your sd-card install this script
- then download "A2SDGUI" and make sure that apps on sd is activated
That's it
Hitmax117 said:
No that method will not work
For CM you will need to
- install the rom and boot the rom until its fully loaded
- download rom manager and partion your sd-card (do not forgot to backup sdcard to pc first!!)
- once you have partitioned your sd-card install this script
- then download "A2SDGUI" and make sure that apps on sd is activated
That's it
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Great, thanks.
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Problems are there to be fixed no? If you go to settings > sd card & phone storage... What sizes does it gives for internal phone storage Total/Available?
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It tells me 28.98 mb.
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bryanqjx said:
It tells me 28.98 mb.
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Is that total or total available? plz give me both numbers
It's the available space.
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Is that total or total available? plz give me both numbers
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Ok now I am having a couple of issues. I recently downloaded a couple of apps and I found out that they were not stored on the SD card anymore unless I move them manually. And certain apps that cannot be moved to SD, for eg. Air penguin, they will be stored on the phone instead. It's like everything is back to original.... may I know what's the problem here? Tks for ur help once again.
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Anyone able to help?
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@bryanqjx
i can suggest you redo your rom and apps and try data2ext but follow blay0's strict rule on the restart thingy in his rom thread..
1.1-(to have)
download blay0s custom CWM from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969076
(download the customized CWM)
rename this file to update.zip and place this in the root of your sd card.
1.2-
prepare the Blay0 rom and patch leave it in your pc for now
2-(titanium bk)
use titanium backup and backup all the apps that you want. (backup the green ones which also include call logs and sms and other stuff)
3-(blay0's custom CWM)
boot up to recovery and use the update.zip to load the custom cwm
-do a backup (nandroid backup)... note on the date and time you made this backup.
-than go mounts and storage and mount usb storage...
-copy everything from your phone sd card to your pc...
3.1(repartition)
if 512MB partition is not enough, you can repartition this to 1GB (i tried 2 GB not stable). head to advance menu and partition SD card to. 1024Mb first partition second 0 third 0 and thats it... 1GB ext partition and the rest is your card FAT data. else, just skip step 4 but copy the B rom and patch to your card via usb.
4 (sd card preparation and the B rom in your card)
if you partition, go back to mounts and storage and mount usb partiton and copy all the stuff you backup just now in your pc (your whole sd card) and back to your phone sdcard again... this time copy the B rom also to your card if its not there yet.
5. (wipe and reflash B rom)
now since we have all your backup done we make a clean flash of the B rom.
go do a wipe and also wipe the cache partition and flash the B rom and patch. than reboot
6. (your new B rom)
after phone boot up. re enter your google login and other stuff like date time format... do the setup wizard.
and also let your phone sync with your account. things should look like new..
7. (titanium bk and terminal emulator)
visit market and download titanium bk and terminal emulator (u can skip this if you can use adb shell).
8. (terminal emulator)
now, use your terminal emulator and enter su if its not # (root user).
than type data2ext --enable, reboot the phone.
9. (check your setting)
after the phone reboot, you can go to setting and go see if your internal memory has expanded to your sd card or not... if its still some 100 + MB you are doing it wrong. if its 1GB than you got this rite.
10. (titanium bk)
now after the space have been made for your apps. use titanium bk to restore your data. if its a game with save. use it to restore app and data. if the app does not have any real setting or the data you just dont care. you better just restore the app and ignore the data. restore your apps first, than widgets, launcher will be last if you want to restore it with data.
note: i've been using this setting for a 6 month period without problem but because Blay0 stated that it might one day data lost your phone. so i suggest you reboot to cwm and do backup your rom, mount usb from cwm and update your backup folder in your pc with the cloworkmod folder, your DCIM folder, download, bluetooth... you get the point on what to backup.
nnote on CWM backup.... in the CWM folder in your sdcard... remember this, all CWM backup are name over a time stamp. so delete the ones you dont want.
nnnote try avoid OC to an unstable clock speed... a 1 time or 2 times reboot in a few days will risk your sd partition gone because of data2ext really don't like random reboot and this will make you in a mess. as from my experience... if you reboot your phone and it say sdcard problem... your in deep deep sh*t. as the partition got problem at the fat partition most of the time. if this happen, you need to format your card. use a recovery tool to dig your SD card for pictures and files. format your card.... load CWM to partition it again... put things back and do recovery and restore.
good luck
psyionx said:
@bryanqjx
i can suggest you redo your rom and apps and try data2ext but follow blay0's strict rule on the restart thingy in his rom thread..
1.1-(to have)
download blay0s custom CWM from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969076
(download the customized CWM)
rename this file to update.zip and place this in the root of your sd card.
1.2-
prepare the Blay0 rom and patch leave it in your pc for now
2-(titanium bk)
use titanium backup and backup all the apps that you want. (backup the green ones which also include call logs and sms and other stuff)
3-(blay0's custom CWM)
boot up to recovery and use the update.zip to load the custom cwm
-do a backup (nandroid backup)... note on the date and time you made this backup.
-than go mounts and storage and mount usb storage...
-copy everything from your phone sd card to your pc...
3.1(repartition)
if 512MB partition is not enough, you can repartition this to 1GB (i tried 2 GB not stable). head to advance menu and partition SD card to. 1024Mb first partition second 0 third 0 and thats it... 1GB ext partition and the rest is your card FAT data. else, just skip step 4 but copy the B rom and patch to your card via usb.
4 (sd card preparation and the B rom in your card)
if you partition, go back to mounts and storage and mount usb partiton and copy all the stuff you backup just now in your pc (your whole sd card) and back to your phone sdcard again... this time copy the B rom also to your card if its not there yet.
5. (wipe and reflash B rom)
now since we have all your backup done we make a clean flash of the B rom.
go do a wipe and also wipe the cache partition and flash the B rom and patch. than reboot
6. (your new B rom)
after phone boot up. re enter your google login and other stuff like date time format... do the setup wizard.
and also let your phone sync with your account. things should look like new..
7. (titanium bk and terminal emulator)
visit market and download titanium bk and terminal emulator (u can skip this if you can use adb shell).
8. (terminal emulator)
now, use your terminal emulator and enter su if its not # (root user).
than type data2ext --enable, reboot the phone.
9. (check your setting)
after the phone reboot, you can go to setting and go see if your internal memory has expanded to your sd card or not... if its still some 100 + MB you are doing it wrong. if its 1GB than you got this rite.
10. (titanium bk)
now after the space have been made for your apps. use titanium bk to restore your data. if its a game with save. use it to restore app and data. if the app does not have any real setting or the data you just dont care. you better just restore the app and ignore the data. restore your apps first, than widgets, launcher will be last if you want to restore it with data.
note: i've been using this setting for a 6 month period without problem but because Blay0 stated that it might one day data lost your phone. so i suggest you reboot to cwm and do backup your rom, mount usb from cwm and update your backup folder in your pc with the cloworkmod folder, your DCIM folder, download, bluetooth... you get the point on what to backup.
nnote on CWM backup.... in the CWM folder in your sdcard... remember this, all CWM backup are name over a time stamp. so delete the ones you dont want.
nnnote try avoid OC to an unstable clock speed... a 1 time or 2 times reboot in a few days will risk your sd partition gone because of data2ext really don't like random reboot and this will make you in a mess. as from my experience... if you reboot your phone and it say sdcard problem... your in deep deep sh*t. as the partition got problem at the fat partition most of the time. if this happen, you need to format your card. use a recovery tool to dig your SD card for pictures and files. format your card.... load CWM to partition it again... put things back and do recovery and restore.
good luck
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Hi! Thanks for ur generous reply! I didn't see this reply till today so I am very sry. I am gonna try this out soon but I've got a question. I want to actually overclock the phone as well so basically if I want to overclock with this rom, how do u think I should go about doing this and what should I do to prevent random reboots? Thanks for ur help once again. I really appreciate it!
Ok I have a rooted sga 2.3.6.
First thing I want how do I install or move all app to SD card. Many of them installed on Phone mem refuse to do so. I have heard abt some mod that makes a partition on sd card tht acts as phone mem.(Dont know much)
Second thing, do I really need ClockWork mod? I really dont care about backing up my whole system IF by simply flashing a firmware would fix it if it gets screwed. I backup Contacts and other Imp stuff on regular basis.
first make a backup of your memory card.
now install clockworkmod recovery
in recovery>advanced>partition sdcard> select ext3.
wait untill the process finish.
now reboot your device and download link2sd from market.
now u can move your apps 2 sd..
in cwm recovery we can do so many things not only backup so it is better to install..
sry for my bad english
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Thanx for responding, Your english is good.
Can you give me the link for stable version of cwm for my phone? And how to install it?
Those big rep guys explain things in somewhat tricky way.
animal_he said:
Ok I have a rooted sga 2.3.6.
First thing I want how do I install or move all app to SD card. Many of them installed on Phone mem refuse to do so. I have heard abt some mod that makes a partition on sd card tht acts as phone mem.(Dont know much)
Second thing, do I really need ClockWork mod? I really dont care about backing up my whole system IF by simply flashing a firmware would fix it if it gets screwed. I backup Contacts and other Imp stuff on regular basis.
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1. Yes. AFAIK, the 3 most popular tweaks (a2sd tweaks as they're known) are DT:A2SD, Link2SD and S2E. I personally use Link2SD because you can link (meaning move to ext partition in your SD card) individual apps and their respectful files. If you want, I can send a link to where I described how I managed to run it.
2. No, but it's really, really, very, extremely useful. Backing up and restoring through CWM is 100 times (no, not exaggerating) easier than via flashing through ODIN. If you stuff something up, you can just boot into CWM and restore whence your ROM was working fine before. It's literally a two-tap process.
Apart from backing up, a lot of recent ROMs for SGA require CWM 4 or 5 as a prerequisite, because those ROMs are flashed via an install script that is only compatible with CWM.
here is the link.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=743333&d=1318051346
move this file to sdcard..
now power off your device.
now go to recoverymod( hold home + power button)
recovery > install from sdcard > now select clockworkmod recovery...
wait for process finish..now reboot
note: use volume keys to move up and down, use home button to select..
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Thanx everybody. I have installed it, partitioned my sd card with ext2, and apart from msg "sd card was initialized after boot so reboot", everything is fine.
thanx for ur support guys.
hi there,ive just noticed that my s2 is getting full (internal)but when i check whats on it im baffled by most of the stuff on apart from ROMS and updates,the question is how do i know what to get rid of to free up space,for e.g. what is rosie scrolland plenty of other stuff like that,thanks in advance
The best and clearest way is:
1) Titanium Backup for third part apps
2) save important Data (documents, music, pics) to PC
3) format the sd card!
4) Flash again
a) firmware via Odin (finished if no rom needed)
b) flash a kernel (because root and CWM)
c) Choose rom and copy to sd
d) flash rom
5) restore Titanium Backup data and files from PC
CHEERS ;-)
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cheers ,didnt want to go the format route but it might be best,all my photos music etc etc is on external sd so it must just be crap thats on the internal,thanks for help
tonybhoy said:
cheers ,didnt want to go the format route but it might be best,all my photos music etc etc is on external sd so it must just be crap thats on the internal,thanks for help
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Not that for.
CHEERS
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