Am having problem with swap a2sd darktremor with CM7 nightly #86 and new kernel 35 . I cant active swap partition, anyone know how to make this active???
This my status a2sd check Before Kernel 2.6.35:
HTML:
Darktremor 2.7.5.2-1 Apps2SD Status Report
===================================================================================
Legend: []=Setting is correct
[]=Setting is correct, but not optimal.
[]=Setting is incorrect and needs to be fixed or option is not available.
===================================================================================
Block Device - [] Found
- [] /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
EXT Partition - [] Mounted
Mount Point - [ ] /sd-ext
Partition Type - [] EXT3
Support EXT2? - [] Yes
Support EXT3? - [] Yes
Support EXT4? - [] Yes
Apps - [ ] Regular directory.
[ ] No Apps2SD Flag File found.
[] Programs run from Int. Storage.
To run from SD card, type a2sd reinstall.
Private Apps - [ ] Regular directory.
[ ] No Apps2SD Flag File found.
[] Private Programs run from Int. Storage.
To run from SD card, type a2sd reinstall
Dalvik Cache - [ ] Symbolically Linked.
[ ] Dalvik to SD flag file found.
[] Dalvik runs from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd nocache
To run from /cache partition, type a2sd cachepart
Swap - [ ] Partition not present or no swap support.
[] Swap does not start.
ZipAlign - [] Running at boot.
To deactivate it, type a2sd nozipalign
Dalvik Heap(MB) - [] 24m
Low Memory
Killer Settings - [] 2048,3072,4096,6144,7168,8192
Note: Values are in pages.
1 page = 4KB memory
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This my status a2sd check After New Kernel 2.6.35 last updates:
Darktremor 2.7.5.2-1 Apps2SD Status Report
===================================================================================
Legend: []=Setting is correct
[]=Setting is correct, but not optimal.
[]=Setting is incorrect and needs to be fixed or option is not available.
===================================================================================
Block Device - [] Found
- [] /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
EXT Partition - [] Mounted
Mount Point - [ ] /sd-ext
Partition Type - [] EXT3
Support EXT2? - [] Yes
Support EXT3? - [] Yes
Support EXT4? - [] Yes
Apps - [ ] Linked to SD Card.
[ ] No Apps2SD Flag File not found.
[] Programs run from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd remove
Private Apps - [ ] Linked to SD Card.
[ ] No Apps2SD Flag File not found.
[] Private Programs run from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd remove
Dalvik Cache - [ ] Symbolically Linked.
[ ] Dalvik to SD flag file found.
[] Dalvik runs from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd nocache
To run from /cache partition, type a2sd cachepart
Swap - [ ] Partition present.
[ ] Swap partition: /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
[ ] No Swap flag file not found.
[] Swap starts.
To deactivate swap, type a2sd noswap
[ ] Note: Not all ROMS activate swap.
ZipAlign - [] Running at boot.
To deactivate it, type a2sd nozipalign
Dalvik Heap(MB) - [] 32m
Low Memory
Killer Settings - [] 2048,3072,4096,6144,7168,8192
Note: Values are in pages.
1 page = 4KB memory
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
wait.......!! For screen shoot
Phone: HTC Wildfire
Rom: CyanogenMod 7 Nightly Builds #86
Radio: 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10
Kernel: buzz-kernel-2.6.35 Arco's nFinity
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
Can help me about this ???
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA Premium App
I wondered about that also, I think the kernel needs to support swap or the rom, hope that helps
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
will8578 said:
I wondered about that also, I think the kernel needs to support swap or the rom, hope that helps
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i think yeah, that kernel not support swap or rom.. you use that ROM too?? thx
hmm decide...
Nah, I'm on latest stable rom and new kernel, had the same probs as u tho
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
There's no support for swap in the kernel, that's the reason. Do you really need to use swap? It shouldn't be needed in Gingerbread, as the system should be dealing with low memory situations appropriately. Most kernels for other devices doesn't have support for swap either, unless they have very low amount of memory, like the Tattoo, Dream or the Hero.
Thanks arco, I came from the pulse so I just thought it was the norm, I thought it was a performance boost for any phone, now I understand more, by yhe way hav you seen the 200 line new speed code they,ve found, franco in the lg op forum has put it in his rom, r u likely to try and put it in ur kernel, cheers
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
will8578 said:
Thanks arco, I came from the pulse so I just thought it was the norm, I thought it was a performance boost for any phone, now I understand more, by yhe way hav you seen the 200 line new speed code they,ve found, franco in the lg op forum has put it in his rom, r u likely to try and put it in ur kernel, cheers
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If it's the one that was revealed a while ago, I think they concluded with that it didn't have that much impact on performance in Android, so it wasn't worth adding it. Possibly it could even degrade performance.
Nah, I'm on latest stable rom and new kernel, had the same probs as u tho
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
well ...well... i think nightly #86 and new kernel its a nice stable i ever on my wildfire
arco68 said:
There's no support for swap in the kernel, that's the reason. Do you really need to use swap? It shouldn't be needed in Gingerbread, as the system should be dealing with low memory situations appropriately. Most kernels for other devices doesn't have support for swap either, unless they have very low amount of memory, like the Tattoo, Dream or the Hero.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hi arco thanks to came on my thread , hmmm so whats should i do for this problem? because am newbie on android, if i use swap? how arco? i have SD kingstone 16gb class 10. thanks before
Ah, thanks for the reply
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
You can try the updated 2.6.35 kernel in first post of CM nightly thread. I've added swap support to it.
You can try the updated 2.6.35 kernel in first post of CM nightly thread. I've added swap support to it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wow its realy work well .....Thanks so much arco ur greats man.. smooth, perfect apps without FC. ..all stable ..
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA Premium App
What settings r u using, I inderstand how it works but I don't know what's the best settings, thanks
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
will8578 said:
What settings r u using, I inderstand how it works but I don't know what's the best settings, thanks
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey what kind of setting you mean??
*192,38MB ram free
*171,12MB internal space left over.
*28 app
*jit on
*governors "Performance
*CPU minimum 325mhz, maximum 748mhz
*VM heap size 32m
a problem about battery lil bit drain. but i wanna buy battery 1700mh Yoobao brand,
only FC's fancy widgets if i search skin lock and wheater..
but all widget smooth of loads
wifi nice than 2G/3G soo far working Better.
and before i reflashing #86 and new kernel 35, its bad and realy much FC'c for app. but now all fine and greats, Thanks arco your Team FULLY GREATS
I mean as in 512 ext2 and 32 swap with 30 swappiness, them sort of settings, how do you what r the best settings?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
will8578 said:
I mean as in 512 ext2 and 32 swap with 30 swappiness, them sort of settings, how do you what r the best settings?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
May i know ur sd card class? Ur use command a2sd data a2sd? Or u done command 'a2sd reinstall' in terminal?
What problem now on ur wildfire? Have much app FC's? Or too laggy?
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA Premium App
I hav an 8gb class 10 sd card, I'm currently still on 703 stable, but when I get back home on sun I'm going to flash lastist nightly and kernel, thanks
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
will8578 said:
I hav an 8gb class 10 sd card, I'm currently still on 703 stable, but when I get back home on sun I'm going to flash lastist nightly and kernel, thanks
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ow great..try it..and give me good news ha ha ha
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA Premium App
Related
Hi All,
I have asked this question a few days back and now i got a solution for this so posting the details here.
So here are tips and tricks on how to partition your SDCARD and still get it detected by the Phone.
Ohk so first off all credits
this method is not my own i have got tips from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11687387&postcount=6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=811548 <- check the first post right after the quoted portion. That also suggest that last partition is used by froyo.
Based on this i started on the experiments and this is what i found.
Note : I have 3 partition right now.
500 MB = vfat first partition
1.5 GB = ext2 - kept for linux dualbooting experiments
5.4 GB = vfat second partition.
Based on my experiments this is what i can see.
first and last partition should be vfat.
first partition is available in recovery mode.
last partition is detected by froyo.
So if you want to use multiple partition then you need to make sure of keeping the following things in mind..
Note to MOD : Mod i thought this is related to DEV hence posted in this if this sounds more like a Q&A or other forum material please move the post to correct forum.
And why would I need it or what's the advantage of doing this?
FabricioGS said:
And why would I need it or what's the advantage of doing this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
as of now u wont...
but this brings up possibilities to have multiple OSes on SDCARD (without need of loop mounting)...
something like on mult OS ibooting HDDs...
FabricioGS said:
And why would I need it or what's the advantage of doing this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Right now nothing of use to normal user.
however as dev's are working on custom kernel and DooMLorD working on custom kernel manager and ROM manager scripts.
I thought having mutiple partitions can also help. So did an experiment .
However explicitly for me its basic usage is for Experiments on Linux dual booting on X10i
Nice find!
But we still can't use Link2SD, right?
My_Immortal said:
Nice find!
But we still can't use Link2SD, right?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Didn't tried but we can i suppose after getting our partittions to properly mount.
also why Link2SD when you already have app2sd in froyo.
anantshri said:
Didn't tried but we can i suppose after getting our partittions to properly mount.
also why Link2SD when you already have app2sd in froyo.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Links2SD moves much more data to SD than native Froyo.
And also, I can use the SD as storage without the apps becoming unavailable.
And I can move any app whether it supports it or not!
My_Immortal said:
Links2SD moves much more data to SD than native Froyo.
And also, I can use the SD as storage without the apps becoming unavailable.
And I can move any app whether it supports it or not!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Alright so you added one more task for my testing.
1) check how to automount other partitions
2) check Link2SD working
give me some time and i will check and report back that.
This is good info mate. Good news (hopefully) for those of use that prefer Link2SD.
Just what I'm looking for for Dec my next rom
Thanks
Does it work for ext4 partitions
Sent from my X10project using XDA App
rdannar said:
Just what I'm looking for for Dec my next rom
Thanks
Does it work for ext4 partitions
Sent from my X10project using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Should work... we were also checking if we can have 3 to 4 logical partitions inside an extended partition...
Anantshri told me that the only requirement is that the last partition needs to be vfat
sent from FreeX10_beta4+CM6 settings
DooMLoRD said:
Should work... we were also checking if we can have 3 to 4 logical partitions inside an extended partition...
Anantshri told me that the only requirement is that the last partition needs to be vfat
sent from FreeX10_beta4+CM6 settings
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It should work with ext4 also however not tested yet
also i am a bit skeptical coz read a lot about journaling have bad effect on SD CARD's life.
hey BTW can somebuddy point me to a place where i can purchase good SDCARD say for 16GB or more size. I am currently stuck with 8GB stock card by SE.
and you can guess it gets preety small for testing these stuff.
anantshri said:
Alright so you added one more task for my testing.
1) check how to automount other partitions
2) check Link2SD working
give me some time and i will check and report back that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Link2SD i tried installing however it seems to have some issues detecting my partition.
I have
following layout right now
800MB - vfat - part1
1.6 GB - ext2 - part2
5 GB - vfat - part3
so we might need to look at the source code of the application
anantshri said:
Link2SD i tried installing however it seems to have some issues detecting my partition.
I have
following layout right now
800MB - vfat - part1
1.6 GB - ext2 - part2
5 GB - vfat - part3
so we might need to look at the source code of the application
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, Link2SD detects the second primary partition only,
so maybe we can talk to the developer to implement a workaround
for issues like ours!
My_Immortal said:
Yeah, Link2SD detects the second primary partition only,
so maybe we can talk to the developer to implement a workaround
for issues like ours!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
All 3 of my partitions are made primary i did took care on that part.....
there is still some kinkyness left .
I have PM'ed the dev to seek his guidence on that lets see what we can get as response from him.
anantshri said:
All 3 of my partitions are made primary i did took care on that part.....
there is still some kinkyness left .
I have PM'ed the dev to seek his guidence on that lets see what we can get as response from him.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for all your efforts!
So, if I partition my SD like that to experiment,
will there be a problem with Froyo apps2SD and the vfat partition?
DooMLoRD said:
Should work... we were also checking if we can have 3 to 4 logical partitions inside an extended partition...
Anantshri told me that the only requirement is that the last partition needs to be vfat
sent from FreeX10_beta4+CM6 settings
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
cool will try it with my class 10 sd card
zabihjan said:
cool will try it with my class 10 sd card
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey buddy just my thought out loud....Please don't flame me if that doesn't work for you. its working for me and that's why i posted. I think this a common rule for dev threads however just stating it again here.
My_Immortal said:
Thanks for all your efforts!
So, if I partition my SD like that to experiment,
will there be a problem with Froyo apps2SD and the vfat partition?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
(from wht i gather) froyo+ android versions use /sdcard/.android_secure for native app2sd
there is a A2SD implementation which uses ext2/4 filesystem on sdcard to move apps to
Running BlaY0 0.8.4.
Seems like I got a2sd working, just wondering why no apps (Ti and Drive Watch) can show me the new partition.
Booted to recovery -> Formatted the SD -> Made the ext partiton 1GB -> swap size 0 -> upgraded to ext3 -> Flashed the ROM -> Rebooted -> adb shell a2sd --enable and a final reboot.
When I run a2sd --enable for the 2nd time after reboot I get this.
Code:
a2sd --enable
a2sd is already enabled and active...
So yeah, I don't really know if I succeeded or not since I can't see anything on the phone. Would be quite nice to be able to see how much of the ext partition I used.
Any ideas?
Thanks
a2sd --free
Next time read the ROM FAQ. It's there for a reason, and reading it is much simpler than writing your stupid post.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA Premium App
Doesn't really answer why(if it's even possible) I cant see it on my phone and only via adb shell, so don't think my post is that stupid..
This is not DT app2sd or some other popular script. BlaY0 used/created his own a2sd script.
It's not the ROM fault that the autor of TB or other app, doesn't support such a script. Maybe write to the devs and ask them?
Good luck.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA Premium App
I had a similar problem that my ext partition wasn't recognized in the rom itself (the ext partition wouldn't mount itself on boot)
I fixed it by re-partitioning the sd-card true cwm3 and that fixed the problem (remember it will delete all your sd card data, so backup first)
cyRq said:
This is not DT app2sd or some other popular script. BlaY0 used/created his own a2sd script.
It's not the ROM fault that the autor of TB or other app, doesn't support such a script. Maybe write to the devs and ask them?
Good luck.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay that explains it! Thanks for that.
I want to make ext partition of my memory card.
Since I don't find separate guide for ext partition. They all focus on scripts more than ext partition.
I want to know which partition is good for our optimistic one?
Ext2
Ext3
Ext4
What r the advantage and disadvantage of these different partition
Which script to use?
ungaze data2sd or any other
Which apps to move?
App2sd
Link2sd etc
What data can be moved to SD?
Apps dalvic cache
Anything else
What size of ext partition to be used & what size of swap to be used. Does swap help in any way?
Does ext partition help in boosting your quadrant score?
plsss help
I have a 8gb class4 mmc.
Ungaze only moves apps to ext, doesn't move dalvik cache the ext..
Darktremors a2sd script plus a2sdgui allows you to move apps to ext2 or internal memory, allows you to adjust memory usage, and also moves dalvik to sd-ext
S2E-simple2ext moves apps and dalvik to ext2 but can only be used on cm7 roms
Ungaze script-link2sd
Darktremors script-a2sdgui
UNGAZE + DARKTREMORS - s2e
Google search the differences of ext2-4, I do know some roms might only use ext2 partitioning
When you download apps, it's using memory and space when you use a script to move apps to ext2, it takes part of that application and moves it to the ext partition.. So yes using a2sd scripts will improve quadrant scores, some users use quadrant standard and others use anututu, I've used anututu but I could care a less about scores. Im using cosmicxperia 3.4 which has alot of init.d scripts the push performance. It's a stable rom
Sorry if I couldn't help answer your question on the differences, I'm typing this from my phone
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
What size to partition?
Swap-0
Partition size-512mb
512mbs is all you really need, do you honestly think you will need 1gb of ext2 space when our phones are only limited to a small ram size? The more apps you have, the more memory you'll use...
So stick to 512mb and 0 swap
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Jrhodes85 said:
Ungaze only moves apps to ext, doesn't move dalvik cache the ext..
Darktremors a2sd script plus a2sdgui allows you to move apps to ext2 or internal memory, allows you to adjust memory usage, and also moves dalvik to sd-ext
S2E-simple2ext moves apps and dalvik to ext2 but can only be used on cm7 roms
Ungaze script-link2sd
Darktremors script-a2sdgui
UNGAZE + DARKTREMORS - s2e
Google search the differences of ext2-4, I do know some roms might only use ext2 partitioning
When you download apps, it's using memory and space when you use a script to move apps to ext2, it takes part of that application and moves it to the ext partition.. So yes using a2sd scripts will improve quadrant scores, some users use quadrant standard and others use anututu, I've used anututu but I could care a less about scores. Im using cosmicxperia 3.4 which has alot of init.d scripts the push performance. It's a stable rom
Sorry if I couldn't help answer your question on the differences, I'm typing this from my phone
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thnx bro for sharing this
On cosmicexperia which ext partition and methode u r using
Jrhodes85 said:
What size to partition?
Swap-0
Partition size-512mb
512mbs is all you really need, do you honestly think you will need 1gb of ext2 space when our phones are only limited to a small ram size? The more apps you have, the more memory you'll use...
So stick to 512mb and 0 swap
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why to use swap-0
Basically what's d use of swap
If we use some value of swap, will not be it usefull
Jrhodes85 said:
Ungaze only moves apps to ext, doesn't move dalvik cache the ext..
Darktremors a2sd script plus a2sdgui allows you to move apps to ext2 or internal memory, allows you to adjust memory usage, and also moves dalvik to sd-ext
S2E-simple2ext moves apps and dalvik to ext2 but can only be used on cm7 roms
Ungaze script-link2sd
Darktremors script-a2sdgui
UNGAZE + DARKTREMORS - s2e
Google search the differences of ext2-4, I do know some roms might only use ext2 partitioning
When you download apps, it's using memory and space when you use a script to move apps to ext2, it takes part of that application and moves it to the ext partition.. So yes using a2sd scripts will improve quadrant scores, some users use quadrant standard and others use anututu, I've used anututu but I could care a less about scores. Im using cosmicxperia 3.4 which has alot of init.d scripts the push performance. It's a stable rom
Sorry if I couldn't help answer your question on the differences, I'm typing this from my phone
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What do u mean by
Ungaze+darktremor-s2e
cure25 said:
Why to use swap-0
Basically what's d use of swap
If we use some value of swap, will not be it usefull
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Swap memory can be used as ram memory of the phone,but since our phone has lot of ram,no one recommends it.This is because using swap memory drastically reduces your sd card life span(as there are continuous read/write cycles).
ashishv said:
Swap memory can be used as ram memory of the phone,but since our phone has lot of ram,no one recommends it.This is because using swap memory drastically reduces your sd card life span(as there are continuous read/write cycles).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thnx. U reverted my mind
I use links2SD, which moves the dalvik, lib, and app files to the ext partition on my phone.
If you have a memory card reader for your pc, you can download a free progam called EaseUS partition manager to make and size the ext partitions on your card as EXT2 or EXT3. it's a lot faster than havign to load a custom recovery or go through scripts on your phone to do it.
I think I might of made a mistake, I don't think you need any a2sd scripts if your using simple2ext (s2e), to answer your previous questions I'm using amora recovery 3.06 with cosmicxperia 3.4 full, amora has the access to convert from ext2-ext3 to ext3-ext4 but I always just partition the card which separates a fat32 and ext2 partition with a 0 swap and 512mb ext2 size
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
So use a2sd, it's beneficial for our phones, if you had a freaking sgs2 or galaxy nexus or some other phone with lots of space and memory, I wouldn't use a2sd
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Someone please tell which ext partitions is used with which mod.
Confused
Please help
cure25 said:
Someone place tell which ext partitions is used which mod.
Confused
Please help
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Is there anyone you can rephrase that? I didn't quite understand what you said
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Jrhodes85 said:
Is there anyone you can rephrase that? I didn't quite understand what you said
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I mean which ext partition (ext2, ext3, ext4) should be used with
Ungaze data2sd
Darkremor app2sd
S2e
Link2sd
To be completely honest with you I have always stuck to ext2 with everything you just said and everything was running good, although I have heard someone say they set ext4 journaling with s2e, an option you can do under settings from s2e app but if you want my opinion, stick to darktremors and a2sdgui for all non-cm7 roms and s2e for all cm7 roms but some might disagree
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Jrhodes85 said:
To be completely honest with you I have always stuck to ext2 with everything you just said and everything was running good, although I have heard someone say they set ext4 journaling with s2e, an option you can do under settings from s2e app but if you want my opinion, stick to darktremors and a2sdgui for all non-cm7 roms and s2e for all cm7 roms but some might disagree
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can we use s2e with cosmicexperia rom
Yes, cosmicxperia is based from cm7 source
Sent from my LG-P500 using xda premium
Okie...I flashed the xwks9 rom using odin last night.also installed cwm,cf-root kernel and converted the filesystem to ext4. Phone is faster than before.
Can you please advise what should I do next. I am not able to use swap. It says command not found. Why? 
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
did u partition ur sd card?
nicgoh said:
did u partition ur sd card?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have got two partitions...both are fat32. One is fir data and another for link2sd.
Was checking if swap will work or not before creating swap partition...i think swap command shud run even if there is no partition..plz help.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
What command did you run to enable swap?
adeklipse said:
What command did you run to enable swap?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Cd /system/bin
Busybox swap
It gave me error command not found.
Do i need to enable a2sd for that?
I dont want to..coz m using link2sd for a long time and m happy with it.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
nishantmnit said:
Okie...I flashed the xwks9 rom using odin last night.also installed cwm,cf-root kernel and converted the filesystem to ext4. Phone is faster than before.
Can you please advise what should I do next. I am not able to use swap. It says command not found. Why? 
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi @nishantmnit...
1. Be carefull using "A2SD" @DarkTremor... many users have reported issues involving various roms (bootloops, Partitions refusing to mount etc.). I use Link2sd too & would recommend no other...
Swap partitions act in the same way as a Pc page file... It is used as a kind of virtual ram... In theory it should speed up data access for apps & the OS but in practice all it does is create additional cpu cycles where the system must move data to & from the partition (swap)... This is additional work load & translates basically to the system running slightly slower not faster as would be expected (unless your cpu is 1ghz +), only then would you see possible benefits...
So in short, the "ACE" does not need a swap partition, it will only slow things down... Stick with Link2sd, move user apps to Ext.3 partition, create symbolic links for system apps (if it allows, not all are allowed) & any apps that cannot be moved to sd normally.
FYI : Use CWM 4/5 recovery mode to format & partition your sd card... When asked choose 0m swap partition & your good...hehe
Hope this hellps dude...
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky...
Pe"ACE"...
Thanks a lot reaper
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
I have converted my internal file system to ext4.
Currently I am using fat partition for link2sd. Shud i change it to ext4 or ext3? Advantage?
Is there anyway to avoid re-installation of apps required after converting the partition from fat to ext?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
nishantmnit said:
I have converted my internal file system to ext4.
Currently I am using fat partition for link2sd. Shud i change it to ext4 or ext3? Advantage?
Is there anyway to avoid re-installation of apps required after converting the partition from fat to ext?
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hey @nishantmnit...
Helping is what XDA is all about...
You don't want to move apps to ext.4 as this is internal system memory & would defeat the object of what you are trying to achieve (more free internal memory).
Create mount script for Ext.3 which is your Sd partition... All Dalvik & Lib information will be stored here also as default.
As far as app compatibility after conversion, I do not know...? You could always try to backup apps using "Titanium backup", then restoring them using the same after the file system conversion... sorry I can't help you further with this question... I'll see if any other family member can answer this for you ok...?
!!! EDIT !!!
Check this link for a better insight of Ext.3 / Ext.4 & the benefits & shortfalls to expect... : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ext4#Migrating_from_ext3_to_ext4
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky...
Pe"ACE"...
ReaperXL2 said:
Hey @nishantmnit...
Helping is what XDA is all about...
You don't want to move apps to ext.4 as this is internal system memory & would defeat the object of what you are trying to achieve (more free internal memory).
Create mount script for Ext.3 which is your Sd partition... All Dalvik & Lib information will be stored here also as default.
As far as app compatibility after conversion, I do not know...? You could always try to backup apps using "Titanium backup", then restoring them using the same after the file system conversion... sorry I can't help you further with this question... I'll see if any other family member can answer this for you ok...?
!!! EDIT !!!
Check this link for a better insight of Ext.3 / Ext.4 & the benefits & shortfalls to expect... : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ext4#Migrating_from_ext3_to_ext4
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky...
Pe"ACE"...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
One again thanks reaper...but my question was something different.
I am wondering I shud create an ext4 or ext3 partition to be used by link2sd. Hence apps dalvik and lib will reside on this new partition on sdcard not on internal memory.
Currently am using fat partition with link2sd as ext modules were missing prior to flashing cf root kernel.
I still cannot see ext3 module. however, ext4 module is there. I m not sure ext3 ll work or not.
Please advise.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
nishantmnit said:
One again thanks reaper...but my question was something different.
I am wondering I shud create an ext4 or ext3 partition to be used by link2sd. Hence apps dalvik and lib will reside on this new partition on sdcard not on internal memory.
Currently am using fat partition with link2sd as ext modules were missing prior to flashing cf root kernel.
I still cannot see ext3 module. however, ext4 module is there. I m not sure ext3 ll work or not.
Please advise.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi @nishantmnit...
Sorry for the late reply (Family business, New Years eve & all that. ..hehe).
When you run Link2sd it will ask you where to create mount script... If you choose any Ext. other than Ext.3 then Link2sd will return an error... It will only allow you to create a mount script for Ext.3 (which is sd Ext.).
backup your sd root entirely... Use CWM to partition & prepare sd card, Move backup back onto sd root, reboot phone, run Link2sd, choose create mount script on Ext.3, reboot phone, Move apps etc.... All is good...
I don't think you need to see an Ext.3 module as it is an External location not a system location per se & I think Link2sd does the hard work as it must stay in system memory to work correctly... Also keep launchers & themes in memory as moving them can create lag when the system has to access sd partition to recover data for them...
If I am still mis-understanding what you mean then I am at a loss to answer you... (sorry)...
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky...
Pe"ACE"...
Thanks...all confusions cleared.
Happy new year !!!
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
nishantmnit said:
Thanks...all confusions cleared.
Happy new year !!!
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
-Nisha
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad we got to the bottom of that one...hehe
Happy New Year to you & Your's too...
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky...
Pe"ACE"...
ReaperXL2 said:
Hi @nishantmnit...
1. Be carefull using "A2SD" @DarkTremor... many users have reported issues involving various roms (bootloops, Partitions refusing to mount etc.). I use Link2sd too & would recommend no other...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Aww hell no you did not just say that .
A2sd never fails to work for me
Herpderp DXKPB.
Carefull when using cwm to create your partition....i already use cwm to create partition and install link2sd...but when i move the app to sd and linked to sd a.k.a 2nd partition in only can take 8 apps then your partition is not reconize...you batter use the partition tools to format your partition.......that only my advise....
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
makalolo said:
Carefull when using cwm to create your partition....i already use cwm to create partition and install link2sd...but when i move the app to sd and linked to sd a.k.a 2nd partition in only can take 8 apps then your partition is not reconize...you batter use the partition tools to format your partition.......that only my advise....
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
CWM partitioning = best for DTA2SD
Herpderp DXKPB.
ReaperXL2 said:
Glad we got to the bottom of that one...hehe
Happy New Year to you & Your's too...
Stay Breezy n Be Lucky...
Pe"ACE"...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am very happy...converted the second partition to ext3 last night and good news is now yhe second partition gets mounted at the time of reboot...which means quick reboot in link2sd is no longer required. I had been craving for this for a long time.
Thanks reaper!!!
Sent from my GT-S5830 using Tapatalk
Welcome,
My device is SE X10 Mini PRO [U20i] with MiniCM10-4.0.1 JB ROM
how can i move apps to SD ?
notice : when i browse apps "Move to SD" option is not active.
another question,
My SD = 8 GB , and i have partition it to 3 drives
6 GB for data [Fat32]
1 GB for A2SD [Ext3]
350 MB for Swap
how can i do to make swap for my device ?
Ghorab said:
another question,
My SD = 8 GB , and i have partition it to 3 drives
6 GB for data [Fat32]
1 GB for A2SD [Ext3]
350 MB for Swap
how can i do to make swap for my device ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for info
From my experience i can say that if you have slow sd card it's better not to use a2sd or swap
What class u have ?
Anyway in minicm10 Settings>Performance>Memory Management(or smth like that) and there should be a2sd(ext) settings
Rufus_0077 said:
From my experience i can say that if you have slow sd card it's better not to use a2sd or swap
What class u have ?
Anyway in minicm10 Settings>Performance>Memory Management(or smth like that) and there should be a2sd(ext) settings
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have an SD card class 4 and a new one 10 class.
And a2sd option is not active and below it this message
Available modes currently installed NONE
U can try to :
open terminal emulator>type:'su'>type: 'a2sd install'
BUT DO THE BACKUP IN CWM FIRST !
Rufus_0077 said:
U can try to :
open terminal emulator>type:'su'>type: 'a2sd install'
BUT DO THE BACKUP IN CWM FIRST !
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The option still inactive what can I do!
a2sd with partitions and a2sd from the settings app are two totally different things. If you've done a2sd install with the terminal, you're good to go. a2sd from the settings app (Move app to SD Card) puts it in a special folder in your FAT partition. You've done the a2sd but android doesn't know it so you're fine.
x10man
x10man said:
a2sd with partitions and a2sd from the settings app are two totally different things. If you've done a2sd install with the terminal, you're good to go. a2sd from the settings app (Move app to SD Card) puts it in a special folder in your FAT partition. You've done the a2sd but android doesn't know it so you're fine.
x10man
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I install a2sd from terminal but move to SD option is not active in app settings, please help me to active move apps to SD.
They're two totally different things, the one in app settings will never appear but now you've ran it in terminal, they're all on your SD card.
X10man
Sent from my U20i using xda premium
I understand from that when run "a2sd install" as root in terminal apps will move to SD card
And I must run this command when I install a new app?
Nope, it will do it automatically. Every app you install is moved to /sd-ext by the phone, no user required.
X10man
Sent from my U20i using xda premium
i do "a2sd install" as root in terminal but phone memory still increase and move to SD option not ready
please explain to me what can I do
please explain more about my SD card. i must partition it to make ext part? or a2sd save apps to fat32?
now, i see some apps "with big size" moved to SD but now when i try to install big app there was an error message show to me "not enough space in phone memory" !!!
what kind of data fill my phone storage ?
Ok, the button that says 'Move to SD card' is android a2sd. Ignore this button. The one that you run from the terminal is a script and goes to the ext4 partition you've already made.
As for the low storage, try wiping /cache from CWM. Tends to sort it.
X10man
Sent from my U20i using xda premium
no memory phone is approx full and when i want to install any app this error show to me "Insufficient*memory*space!"
I think its a bug with the a2sd script, I don't know what else to try
X10man
Sent from my U20i using xda premium
dunno what is it, and does it work but u can try this http://forum.samdroid.net/f63/script-a2sd-darktremor-a2sd-gui-spica-cwm-recovery-6153/
Check this link too.
It will help...