i have optimus one running on cm7 beta 6.
i want to change my rom to either megatron or void.
however i have a few questions.Just in case the phone goes in to boot loop ,how to go to recovery again. the switch off+ vol down + menu doesnt work on cm7.and without strting the phone there is no way to go back to recovery. is there any other way to go to recovery.Also can i install roms without without partitioning SD card?? please experts help me out..also if i want to upgrade cm7 ...is it safe to flash the zip considering the boot loop that it goes into..
For recovery, shutdown phone and then keep pressing POWER DOWN KEY + VOL DOWN KEY + HOME KEY.
Yes you can, a2sd if present will be disabled automatically
Yes it is safe; if in boot loop, wipe dalvik cache, cache, data, .android secure, and flash the system debug zip posted on forum and then re-flash CM7
so if a2sd gets disabled...how can i move my apps to sd card then?
akki1791 said:
so if a2sd gets disabled...how can i move my apps to sd card then?
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If you're using a GB based rom ( or froyo....I think ) then the in-built application movement mechanism will kick in.
However, only certain apps can be moved to sd with the above system.
If you want to move all / any apps ( including system ones ) to sd, then you have to partition your sd and install a2sd ( if not already present ). Keep in mind that you also have to use a class4 or above ( 6 recommended ) sd card.
im kinda noob...sorry if my questions are silly...
one...theres nothing written on the sd card ..so how should i know the class of my sd card?
nd is it simple to partition the sd card.
Also whenever i connect my phone to the computer...it reboots...so can i partition the sd card on the phone directly.?
How to get the custom recovery?
matthiastan5 said:
How to get the custom recovery?
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check it in the developers threads...mentioned there..
@akki1791 :
1) Try a sd card benchmarking tool ( sorry, I don't know any as I don't use a2sd ... search market for it ) ( usually the deafult sd card that comes with p500 - 2gb - is of class 2 )
2) Yes you can partition your sd card in recovery mode ( check for option that says ext2 , etc. - using 1.2 recovery )
3) By reboot do you mean your phone reboots, then, first, while in android, goto settings and unmount sd card & format it & then mount it again, hope this solves the reboot problem. ( I think someone did experience a similar type of problem ... but, I forget where the thread is ... you'll have to check it out, sorry )
@matthiastan5 :
check this out : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901247
( Not to be rude, but, in future please check out the developers' threads ( at least ) before asking for help )
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Hi everyone,
First of all i would like to thank the developers over here doing a wonderful job,
Ok so this is what i have at the moment:
clockwork recovery installed
Flashed Neojn's devoid #froyo final ROM
franco's kernel v17
now i've followed the guides over here on partitioning and installing, but seem to be doing wrong some where..
Ok on to the questons:
1)Is this Partitioning and darktremor's A2SD flashing to be done before or after install of ROM, i did it after ROM install
2) In Clockwork... there is only an option to create partition but i don't find any option to select the format like ext 2 or ext 3 or ext 4... why is this..?
3) Ok After flashing Darktremor's A2SD (by selecting install zip from location)... i don't see any app icon related to it, how can i know that its working..
4) I went to application manager and checked my previously installed applications, they all have move to sd card greyed out, is it still on phone memory or on the ext partition..
5) i checked by installing a new apk which normally installs in phone memory.. i checked it in application manager.. it too had "move to SD card greyed out" did this app install in ext or phone memory..?
6) I have not been able to locate ext partition in root explorer.. where should be it located, although my memory card size seems to have been reduced after the partition...?
7) How can i transfer dalvich cache to ext partition, should i type in the commands after installing the emulator...
Sorry but i don't seem to get it..
1. First partition, then rom, then a2sd
2. Clockwork only creates ext4 partition
3. From adb or terminal emulator type su, then 'a2sd check' , and it will show you the status.
4. After installing a2sd, the phone treats the ext partition as internal memory (in other words it is tricked) and by default all apps get installed to this partition.
5. So all apps will show that they have installed in phone memory but they are in ext parition. You can check if this is activated by using a2sd check or if you want to check for yourself, navigate to /system/sd (froyo) or /sd-ext (GB) through root explorer and you will see the apps installed there.
6. And obviously, if you have 2 gb card, inherently it is not 2 gb but 1.7 GB, and then if you create a paritition of 512 MB and then if you check in settings it will show sd card space 1.7 - 0.5 = 1.2 GB.
7. To transfer dalvik to ext partition type via terminal or adb, su, then 'a2sd cachesd'. The phone will reboot.
For more commands in a2sd, type 'a2sd help' (after giving su permissions of course) .
If u dont want typing ,download a2sdgui from market and check if its installed it will show details ,otherwise automatic close ,you can check if apps are installed in internal or ext ,and can also move dalvik to ext through this app.
So give it a try ,if u facing any problems then u can pm me.
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mihir287 said:
1. First partition, then rom, then a2sd
2. Clockwork only creates ext4 partition
3. From adb or terminal emulator type su, then 'a2sd check' , and it will show you the status.
4. After installing a2sd, the phone treats the ext partition as internal memory (in other words it is tricked) and by default all apps get installed to this partition.
5. So all apps will show that they have installed in phone memory but they are in ext parition. You can check if this is activated by using a2sd check or if you want to check for yourself, navigate to /system/sd (froyo) or /sd-ext (GB) through root explorer and you will see the apps installed there.
6. And obviously, if you have 2 gb card, inherently it is not 2 gb but 1.7 GB, and then if you create a paritition of 512 MB and then if you check in settings it will show sd card space 1.7 - 0.5 = 1.2 GB.
7. To transfer dalvik to ext partition type via terminal or adb, su, then 'a2sd cachesd'. The phone will reboot.
For more commands in a2sd, type 'a2sd help' (after giving su permissions of course) .
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Thanked You, for the details provided.. will check out and post my findings
Nimitmak said:
If u dont want typing ,download a2sdgui from market and check if its installed it will show details ,otherwise automatic close ,you can check if apps are installed in internal or ext ,and can also move dalvik to ext through this app.
So give it a try ,if u facing any problems then u can pm me.
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Thanks mate, i'll download it from market and post my findings here...
You're welcome I forgot a2sdgui, because i prefer the commands, get it from market, it will provide a GUI to those commands.
OK mates
I have located the ext partition using root explorer in system/sd, really i am relieved now, thank GOD
I ran A2SDgui, it started, i have the led on for "Apps are on SD button", however its off for "zipalign on boot" and "swap is deactivated" anyone knows what they do?
Whats the low memory tab for ?, by default its set to "strict low memory settings"
Under system info - general info
I have got SD-ext using some space, this shows its working i suppose, and whats the /cache/ i have total of 64mb and 63mb is free, what does that do?
And Suppose if i want say for a widget to be on phone memory, how do i turn off this feature just for that ?
One final question, Where does clock work recovery mod actually live in phone, is it possible that we can delete it and brick our phone, i always thought that flashing a new rom wipes everything on phone including clockwork, but i am wrong i suppose...
Sorry for my never ending questions .. but i am curious
Finally i am free from that dreaded low memory message, thanks to people over here
Don't touch the zipalign, swap and low memory settings unless you know what you are doing.
The recovery resides on a separate mount-point ( separate partition if you will) and flashing a rom does not erase it.
Unfortunately, with DT a2sd you cannot selectively choose which apps should be on internal or on ext partition. For that check out Link2sd on the market. It will allow you choose which apps to put on ext and which on internal. Keep in mind, if you want to use link2sd then it's best to use it on a fresh flash as a2sd and ink2sd don't work together.
The cache partition is another partition which stores cache files and as a temporary download location. Don't worry about it.
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mihir287 said:
Don't touch the zipalign, swap and low memory settings unless you know what you are doing.
The recovery resides on a separate mount-point ( separate partition if you will) and flashing a rom does not erase it.
Unfortunately, with DT a2sd you cannot selectively choose which apps should be on internal or on ext partition. For that check out Link2sd on the market. It will allow you choose which apps to put on ext and which on internal. Keep in mind, if you want to use link2sd then it's best to use it on a fresh flash as a2sd and ink2sd don't work together.
The cache partition is another partition which stores cache files and as a temporary download location. Don't worry about it.
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Thanks a ton bro. I have decided to stay with A2SD for now. will move to link 2 SD when a Rom based on the official gingerbread becomes available. BTW do you have any links that explain link2sd in detail..
CtrlU said:
Thanks a ton bro. I have decided to stay with A2SD for now. will move to link 2 SD when a Rom based on the official gingerbread becomes available. BTW do you have any links that explain link2sd in detail..
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Oh, I don't know; see the market description, or as always, google is your friend!
This thread answered a lot of my doubts about the partitioning. However, i did not understand if the card should be partitioned after or before the install of the ROM? Will there be a problem if it is done after because I am getting a 16GB card tomorrow but I've already flashed a custom ROM using the 2GB stock lg card? Or should i re-do everything again to be safe?
Sparkyte said:
This thread answered a lot of my doubts about the partitioning. However, i did not understand if the card should be partitioned after or before the install of the ROM? Will there be a problem if it is done after because I am getting a 16GB card tomorrow but I've already flashed a custom ROM using the 2GB stock lg card? Or should i re-do everything again to be safe?
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for your first question, it should be partitioned BEFORE you flash the rom and other stuffs
also dont forget to read the pink words in my signiture
and for card changing, its simple:
first make a nandroid backup, choose all stuffs including ext-partition
then partition your new card (better the same size as before idk just feeling better with that)
nandroid full restore.
and reboot then all things will be cool dont have to redo stuffs
but for the worst situations better make a full titanium before changing the card!
good luck and hope i helped
I was changed stock 8 GB card to 16 GB / 10 class Patriot one. My X10 dont see card - in card info i see :
total space: unavaialbe
Available space: unavaialbe
Mount SD Card : : Insert an SD card for mounting
Format SD Card : Format (erase) the SD card
Last 2 options is unavailable.
On stock 2.1 firmware card is working normally - on recovery also. Problem is in CM - since I have X10 i use Wolfbreaks CM, but i tried to flash also Achotjan FreeXperia. On these roms card is not visible.
Stock kernel, BB54 and 67. I tried SDRescan - and it says "Completed" and nothing else.
Please help
Try posting in the right section....got that in first...
PS, what make is your sd card
gregbradley said:
Try posting in the right section....got that in first...
PS, what make is your sd card
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Lol or he could post a it in the actual cm7 thread
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just reflash new SE stock firmware to avoid any headed. and re-do from scratch...
My experience says that you will need to reformat your SD card. Even though stock and xrecovery can see it there is something wrong with it. If you mount it via USB does windows say there is a problem that it wants to repair (if you are using windows)?
I was posting here cose this is question about developing, If I posted in wrong section please move thread to right place.
I do reflash with seus at beginning - in 2.1 is working normally , but after changed system in xrecovery card dissapeard. (2 times - seus + different CM 6). And I also reformat card (fat32). I`m using Windows XP (but have also openSUSE).
Card was empty after format - so windows dont see any problems.
Make of my card is Patriot.
I install app - Multi Mount SD and when i mount card, PC normally see it. Only CM have problem with that.
Format the SD card and erase any other partition -if you have any.
I dont have any partitions, but i will try to delete and create main partition when i came back home (I need linux to do that, in work i have only windows xp). I tried one more time to format card (fat32) and nothing. Strange problem. Card work normally in memory reader, and in mass storage mode in X10.
In terminal on mount i dont see sdcard. I want to try mount it manually but i dont know what`s name of device is memory card. (sda1 , sda2 or...). Did anyone know (or want to check it in mount?) ?
I see card0 it is cardreader from X10 ?
zuli007 said:
I dont have any partitions, but i will try to delete and create main partition when i came back home (I need linux to do that, in work i have only windows xp). I tried one more time to format card (fat32) and nothing. Strange problem. Card work normally in memory reader, and in mass storage mode in X10.
In terminal on mount i dont see sdcard. I want to try mount it manually but i dont know what`s name of device is memory card. (sda1 , sda2 or...). Did anyone know (or want to check it in mount?) ?
I see card0 it is cardreader from X10 ?
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You don't need Linux, there's a free Windows Program (MiniTool Partition Wizard).
But since you haven't partitioned your card in the past, I doubt that this will solve your issue.
Try backing up your data and formatting the SD card.
Then insert it in the phone, see if it works are copy your data back.
Good luck!
Also, you can mount the SD card in xRecovery and see if it works.
I formatted card 2 or 3 times with no results. In recovery card is working normally - i install CM in xrec from this card
zuli007 said:
I was changed stock 8 GB card to 16 GB / 10 class Patriot one. My X10 dont see card - in card info i see :
total space: unavaialbe
Available space: unavaialbe
Mount SD Card : : Insert an SD card for mounting
Format SD Card : Format (erase) the SD card
Last 2 options is unavailable.
On stock 2.1 firmware card is working normally - on recovery also. Problem is in CM - since I have X10 i use Wolfbreaks CM, but i tried to flash also Achotjan FreeXperia. On these roms card is not visible.
Stock kernel, BB54 and 67. I tried SDRescan - and it says "Completed" and nothing else.
Please help
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hey man i also have the same SDCARD and it work properly on Stock 2.1, FreeX10 (2.2) & CM7 (2.3) and this has been asked and answered before...
search before posting and please post in correct section/thread...
I searching with google and nothing found, but i try to search xda one more time. I tried repartitioning and nothing.
Update.
Searched and nothing found. DooMLoRD nothing to do with that - card will work only with these roms?
UPDATE!
For everyone with card problems - format sd with XRECOVERY on X10 not with PC. Card is visible on Ahchotjan.
Thanks for help.
zuli007 said:
I searching with google and nothing found, but i try to search xda one more time. I tried repartitioning and nothing.
Update.
Searched and nothing found. DooMLoRD nothing to do with that - card will work only with these roms?
UPDATE!
For everyone with card problems - format sd with XRECOVERY on X10 not with PC. Card is visible on Ahchotjan.
Thanks for help.
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Achotjan lol , and yeah is that simple , why do not post on my thread i will responce you quickly
cheers
Achotjan
You could also check this thread which apparantly gives a solution to your issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065348
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
Hitmax117 said:
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?
Hitmax117 said:
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.
Hitmax117 said:
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.
I am a complete newbie to rooting. I followed the kingoroot guidelines and rooted my Idea Aurus 3 phone. Root was success. The next step I did was downloading custom recovery and cyanogenmod ROM from here to my memory card
I flashed the custom recovery with flashify. The next step I did was wiping all data from the device by entering in to recovery mode (including cache and everything)
I was hoping I could simply install zip from sd card. But when i click on this option, I cannot find my sd card nor zip file (I checked most folders including emmc, etc, sd-ext and couldn't find SD card. The custom recovery name is Phylz touch 6
Now basically I have a phone without OS and all I can do is accessing custom recovery. I don't have a back up too
I can also see an error log "Cannot mount custom path"
I formatted the memory card to exFAT from FAT 32 hoping that would work, it didn't help as well.
Also tried to connect phone to pc using USB (thinking I can move rom to system memory), but wouldn't detect phone memory
Now, is there any way to get this fixed? Any help would be awesome
Thanks!!!
Mount USB option is how you see phone from computer if I remember correctly I haven't used cwm in awhile I always use twrp
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kumarj said:
I am a complete newbie to rooting. I followed the kingoroot guidelines and rooted my Idea Aurus 3 phone. Root was success. The next step I did was downloading custom recovery and cyanogenmod ROM from here to my memory card
I flashed the custom recovery with flashify. The next step I did was wiping all data from the device by entering in to recovery mode (including cache and everything)
I was hoping I could simply install zip from sd card. But when i click on this option, I cannot find my sd card nor zip file (I checked most folders including emmc, etc, sd-ext and couldn't find SD card. The custom recovery name is Phylz touch 6
Now basically I have a phone without OS and all I can do is accessing custom recovery. I don't have a back up too
I can also see an error log "Cannot mount custom path"
I formatted the memory card to exFAT from FAT 32 hoping that would work, it didn't help as well.
Also tried to connect phone to pc using USB (thinking I can move rom to system memory), but wouldn't detect phone memory
Now, is there any way to get this fixed? Any help would be awesome
Thanks!!!
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download ur rom again.
put it on another sd card and flash the rom from sd.
or there's always a way to flash stock
If u were on philz 6, u cud just hit 'clean
to install a new rom ' and flash ur rom without wiping extra anything.
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Mount USB option is how you see phone from computer if I remember correctly I haven't used cwm in awhile I always use twrp
sent from my nexus 4 I also own a voyager tablet and an I-phone 4s
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Mount USB option is not there in the Mount section
Do you mean external sd card or internal SD card if you have a external sd card pop it out of your phone and use an SD card adapter on a pc and place the ROM and appropriate gapps on it
sent from my nexus 4 I also own a voyager tablet and an I-phone 4s
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Do you mean external sd card or internal SD card if you have a external sd card pop it out of your phone and use an SD card adapter on a pc and place the ROM and appropriate gapps on it
sent from my nexus 4 I also own a voyager tablet and an I-phone 4s
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I mean external sd card. The ROM is in external sd card, but i cannot see it in recovery mode.
Also, I just tried to sideload rom by using sdk tools.
The result i got was:
C:\Program Files (x86)\platform-tools>adb sideload cm-12-20150320-OFICIAL-5020.z
ip
loading: 'cm-12-20150320-OFICIAL-5020.zip'
* failed to write data 'protocol fault (couldn't read status): Connection reset
by peer' *
Remove sd card and reinsert it while in cwm and in twrp you mount partitions do the equivalent for cwm for your SD card and make sure your SD card is not corrupted
sent from my nexus 4 I also own a voyager tablet and an I-phone 4s
Resolved!! Yay!!
Finally, all fixed.
Let me explain what I did:
I was not able to see zip or sd card in recovery mode. So I pushed the zip file to data/media/0 and installed zip by browsing to that path.
I was not able to flash Cynogenmod, because during the process the reboot was in to my old logo, So I assume it was failure. Then I downloaded a stock rom of my phone model and pushed it to the same location and installed it.
Now, is working fine so far.
Thanks everyone!
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Remove sd card and reinsert it while in cwm and in twrp you mount partitions do the equivalent for cwm for your SD card and make sure your SD card is not corrupted
sent from my nexus 4 I also own a voyager tablet and an I-phone 4s
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I have to remove battery to insert card, so I cannot do that while in recovery mode. However I was able to push the zip to system memory with adb (sdk tools). Cynogen mod didnt work for me, so I used a stock one again
I will still search for a new version as this one is JB 4.1
Well glad you got it fixed
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