I haven't received my SGS2 yet, but I saw some reports saying, that the galaxy s II can handle external drives if formatted to FAT32.
However, it doesn't recognize EXT2/3/4 and NTFS.
The question is what modifications are to be done (kernel drivers, etc) for mounting an EXT or NTFS drive? The kernel supposed to be capable to handle EXT, because the system sits on an EXT4 partition.
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Good question, since FAT32 has it's size limits for files (big video file).
ludow said:
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Good question, since FAT32 has it's size limits for files (big video file).
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Exactly, this is one important motive. Another is the capability to manipulate files on an external hard drive.
I know, ntfs is tricky, but ext would do the job as well, just need a linux live CD or a driver for win7.
According to the Modaco forum (http://android.modaco.com/content/s...316579/format-type-for-external-microsd-ntfs/ )
it is possible to format a memory card with Busybox to ext2.
In the i9000 forum, one reportedly tried it with SGS but ran into issues.. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799054)
I don't know if it works on the galaxy s II...
tamas970 said:
Exactly, this is one important motive. Another is the capability to manipulate files on an external hard drive.
I know, ntfs is tricky, but ext would do the job as well, just need a linux live CD or a driver for win7.
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Linux can handle ntfs quite nicel ever since the ntfs-3g driver was released in 2006; I don't know how to get it working in android though, does android have udev rules?
godutch said:
Linux can handle ntfs quite nicel ever since the ntfs-3g driver was released in 2006; I don't know how to get it working in android though, does android have udev rules?
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Indeed Android is a linux variant, however the ntfs support is not built in, the kernel is chopped quite a bit. I would be fine with ext2/3/4, but these have to be hacked as well
BTW, does anyone know if Busybox is working on SGS-2?
Ntfs-3g is a userspace driver it is not included in the kernel, it needs fuse however.
So NTFS won't work without a new (bigger...) kernel?
NTFS would be nicest, as it plays well with both Win and Linux.
Formatting a memory card to ext is easy from any Linux box, however ext was not designed to be used on memory cards (something about cluster sizes and write access frequencies; a buddy of mine strongly advised against it as it would kill my SD card much faster because of significantly higher random writes using ext).
Also, afaik there is no (usable) ext driver for Windows. I installed a ext2 driver a long time ago, and it made my system almost unusable and was unable to read the ext filesystem I wanted it to read.
Likely the easier way is to get ntfs-3g support running, but we'll see.
I would be fine with ext2 and use a liveCD when moving data. compiling ntfs-3g is probably not healthy for the android kernel...
EXT3-4 are not that good for flash, because they involve much more writing (jurnal, etc) than ext2/fat/ntfs. Therefore ext2 seems to be the only reasonable solution for memory cards/SSD-s or ext3/4 for external HDD.
The question is how to make an ext2 formatted external HDD work with SGS-2? (OTG cable and powered usb hub given)
Ciddy said:
Also, afaik there is no (usable) ext driver for Windows. I installed a ext2 driver a long time ago, and it made my system almost unusable and was unable to read the ext filesystem I wanted it to read..
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Check this out: http://www.ext2fsd.com/.
Works flawlessly on my Windows 7 Professional x64.
m0rtiis said:
Check this out: http://www.ext2fsd.com/.
Works flawlessly on my Windows 7 Professional x64.
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Now we only have to convince the Android sitting on SGS-2 to eat the EXT2 media
Which powered usb hub?
Does anyone know about restrictions on which powered USB hubs can be used?
I am planning to buy a powered USB 3.0 hub (backwards compatible), should it work with SGS-2's OTG?
m0rtiis said:
Check this out: http://www.ext2fsd.com/.
Works flawlessly on my Windows 7 Professional x64.
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I don't see, that It's capable to CREATE or format EXT2 partitions, so that linux live CD is still needed.
tamas970 said:
I don't see, that It's capable to CREATE or format EXT2 partitions, so that linux live CD is still needed.
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It isn't, that wasn't what I said. It was really off topic, but it works well if you want to read ext2 on Windows.
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tamas970 said:
I don't see, that It's capable to CREATE or format EXT2 partitions, so that linux live CD is still needed.
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This can also be done using fdisk if you have Busybox with either ADB or a terminal emulator right?
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MaBlo said:
This can also be done using fdisk if you have Busybox with either ADB or a terminal emulator right?
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Indeed, you can use mke2fs on phone directly.
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I tried ext2, created with gparted/ubuntu->the phone (stock ROM, no root, no busybox) does not recognize it. Next step is rooting+busybox...
tamas970 said:
I tried ext2, created with gparted/ubuntu->the phone (stock ROM, no root, no busybox) does not recognize it. Next step is rooting+busybox...
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Did you actually create the file system or did you just create a partition?
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Did you actually create the file system or did you just create a partition?
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I created the file system as well (linux had no problems reading/writing) and there were no other partitions on the card.
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Hi there,
I've tried to follow other "tutorials" (for another Android phones) to format my internal SD Card to ext4, but with no success.
My method was:
- Connect phone to Linux PC
- Enable USB Storage on Phone (the drive appears in Linux)
- dmesg | tail (to see new device and partition name, for example, /dev/sdb1)
- mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
- Unmount partition in Linux
- Stop USB Storage on Phone
- Unplug Cable
And the result is.......... The phone formats the Internal SD again to vfat!!!
Why does this happen? Any ideas?
How can i surpass this? I have Latest stock rom (rooted).
Getting lost here... :\
Cheers,
Phk
1. Download Minitool Partition Wizard
2. Connect phone with USB mass storage
3. Open Minitool Partition en right click on the SD Card and choose format.
4. Choose file system EXT4 and 32KB cluster size
5. When you did all that, you click the "Apply" button in the top left corner.
6. Wait for it to finish and voila!
Hope this helps!
sorry for this question, but why do you want to do that? is it so that you can use the whole 16gb for apps and store media on your external SD only?
punshkin said:
sorry for this question, but why do you want to do that? is it so that you can use the whole 16gb for apps and store media on your external SD only?
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Obviously to use HD-Video on the phone.
Files often exceed 4 Gigabyte, and for that filesystems like ntfs, exfat or ext4 are needed.
Going to give it a try soon, thanks nerotix!
nerotix said:
1. Download Minitool Partition Wizard
2. Connect phone with USB mass storage
3. Open Minitool Partition en right click on the SD Card and choose format.
4. Choose file system EXT4 and 32KB cluster size
5. When you did all that, you click the "Apply" button in the top left corner.
6. Wait for it to finish and voila!
Is there a way of doing this through windows? Also would it be worth doing it to my 16gb external SD. Thanx in advance
Hope this helps!
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You will need to patch some files for that to work. It's not bothered me enough that I want to fix it. If you restart your phone, it will reformat your internal SD-card to vfat, even if it's already ext4-formatted.
I'm also interested in this.
Really, it will change back to the original file system?
Which files would we have to patch to prevent this?
dyallo said:
I'm also interested in this.
Really, it will change back to the original file system?
Which files would we have to patch to prevent this?
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It depends, I believe alot of ROMs are ext4 supported, for those that are ext4 supported you dont have to patch anything I believe.
Guys please post only after testing. This is important to avoid deadlocks.....
Facts:
#1 - Current SGS2 Stock roms have rootfs and datafs formatted in EXT4 so they do support it
#2 - they force sd format to vfat so that is probably what needs patching.
Question is :
A - WHICH system app do we need to patch
B - Does the SD mount correctly as ext4 ?
Cheers and thanks
Phk
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Phk said:
Guys please post only after testing. This is important to avoid deadlocks.....
Facts:
#1 - Current SGS2 Stock roms have rootfs and datafs formatted in EXT4 so they do support it
#2 - they force sd format to vfat so that is probably what needs patching.
Question is :
A - WHICH system app do we need to patch
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That is the million dollar question indeed.
Phk said:
B - Does the SD mount correctly as ext4 ?
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No, it does not.
Tried both a microSD inside and another SD external via USB-OTG.
The OS 'catches' the 'faulty' ext4 cards and prevents mounting, which should work perfectly allright seeing Fact #1.
PS: The minitool mentioned above does not allow cluster sizes of 32 KB, only 1, 2 and 4 (checked this with an 8 GB mSDHC and 16 GB SDHC).
As far as I can remember:
/init.rc:
Code:
exec apply_system_policy /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 vfat
and /init which only seems to support FAT mounted SD-cards.
So you can take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14642927#post14642927
I think it will support NTFS soon when the devs are really interested in
sgstwo said:
As far as I can remember:
/init.rc:
Code:
exec apply_system_policy /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 vfat
and /init which only seems to support FAT mounted SD-cards.
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THANKS.
I'm going to comment the init.rc line and try manual procedure again.
Stay tuned
Phk said:
THANKS.
I'm going to comment the init.rc line and try manual procedure again.
Stay tuned
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Oh great.. Guess what.. /init.rc gets renewed at boot
rootfs is readonly, i've mounted it RW, edited init.rc, commented the vfat line, formatted the SD, and then reboot.
When the device booted, SD was clean and mounted with VFAT again
Suggestions?
MyrddinLXXIIX said:
That is the million dollar question indeed.
No, it does not.
Tried both a microSD inside and another SD external via USB-OTG.
The OS 'catches' the 'faulty' ext4 cards and prevents mounting, which should work perfectly allright seeing Fact #1.
PS: The minitool mentioned above does not allow cluster sizes of 32 KB, only 1, 2 and 4 (checked this with an 8 GB mSDHC and 16 GB SDHC).
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yes it does allow 32KB and even 64KB, either u got an old version of the program or a crappy SD card
Phk said:
Oh great.. Guess what.. /init.rc gets renewed at boot
rootfs is readonly, i've mounted it RW, edited init.rc, commented the vfat line, formatted the SD, and then reboot.
When the device booted, SD was clean and mounted with VFAT again
Suggestions?
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/init and /init.rc are part of zImage (the kernel). You must extract the initramfs, update the file, and write the changes back. You will probably get a yellow triangle (non-Samsung kernel message) if you manage to boot it.
sgstwo said:
/init and /init.rc are part of zImage (the kernel). You must extract the initramfs, update the file, and write the changes back. You will probably get a yellow triangle (non-Samsung kernel message) if you manage to boot it.
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Are you sure about that?
If so, how can i extract initramfs?
Thanks
Phk said:
Are you sure about that?
If so, how can i extract initramfs?
Thanks
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Did you get it working Phk? Keep us updated
Nope!
I PM'd Chainfire asking for help on rebuild initramfs, but he didn't care.
I saw on his CFRoot post that he built a toolchain for recompiling the initramfs, so his stuff would be pretty useful in this case....
.. come on chain, clear us out.. Or include this in your next kernel, whatever.. :\ SUCKS.
Phk said:
Nope!
I PM'd Chainfire asking for help on rebuild initramfs, but he didn't care.
I saw on his CFRoot post that he built a toolchain for recompiling the initramfs, so his stuff would be pretty useful in this case....
.. come on chain, clear us out.. Or include this in your next kernel, whatever.. :\ SUCKS.
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http://bit.ly/jRSCxJ
Was that hard? You know how many projects he's carrying on? Why he'd have to waste his time for such a simple thing that a Google search can do?
Please if you think I've been too rude re-read the forum rules prior to answer this post... if you've ever done it...
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I've read so many different threads about EXT partition but none have the answer I'm looking for.
Are EXT partitions only available for custom roms?
Is it possible to make one on my Ace without installing a custom rom?
I installed Links2SD and It's not really doing much of anything and I still have the same full internal memory issue. I also looked up Rom manager on the market. Can I make a partition with it?
I've been deleting and installing apps all day long and I'm tired of not having enough space. I have an 8GB class 4 micro SD.
Can I get some help please? :/
SuperAce609 said:
I've read so many different threads about EXT partition but none have the answer I'm looking for.
Are EXT partitions only available for custom roms?
Is it possible to make one on my Ace without installing a custom rom?
I installed Links2SD and It's not really doing much of anything and I still have the same full internal memory issue. I also looked up Rom manager on the market. Can I make a partition with it?
I've been deleting and installing apps all day long and I'm tired of not having enough space. I have an 8GB class 4 micro SD.
Can I get some help please? :/
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1.) I am on a stock ROM coupled to a 8GB Class 4 card and i am making use of a ext4 partition. That makes my experience relevant to your interest
2.) Do you know what the ext4 is meant for?
3.) DO NOT USE THE ROM MANAGER. IT WILL BRICK YOUR S5830.
4.) To answer your question, go here http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php, download and burn the iso and boot into Gparted. Use GParted to make an ext 4 partition. BACKUP your entire SD card before doing so as partitioning wipes everything in the card.
Minitool partition, if you are a windows user. The interface is extremely simple.
consegregate said:
Minitool partition, if you are a windows user. The interface is extremely simple.
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Heard of some bad comments using minitools. recommended to use Gparted via its live cd.
I run it fine my friend. Never got errors.
consegregate said:
I run it fine my friend. Never got errors.
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Hey!
Same here. I done it with Minitool in several SD cards, maybe 3-5 times. NO PROBS!
CHEESR!
happily1986 said:
Heard of some bad comments using minitools. recommended to use Gparted via its live cd.
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u have a higher chance of damaging ur pc hard disk when using gparted livecd. just a single wrong click and all ur data will be gone, or even corrupt the hard disk itself. linux livecd is not something to mess around when u dont know what ur doing. minitool partition wizard is working just fine for me, never had any problem with it.
an0nym0us_ said:
u have a higher chance of damaging ur pc hard disk when using gparted livecd. just a single wrong click and all ur data will be gone, or even corrupt the hard disk itself. linux livecd is not something to mess around when u dont know what ur doing. minitool partition wizard is working just fine for me, never had any problem with it.
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beg to differ. Gparted comes in a GUI and one has to be careful on selecting the right disk to work with. Other than that, i don't see how one can accidentally partition the HDD containing Windows.
happily1986 said:
beg to differ. Gparted comes in a GUI and one has to be careful on selecting the right disk to work with. Other than that, i don't see how one can accidentally partition the HDD containing Windows.
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thats my point, be careful. one wrong click and all ur data is gone.
as i said, linux livecd is not something to be mess around, moreover just to partition sdcard. once i manage to corrupt my laptop bios when booting a linux livecd
an0nym0us_ said:
thats my point, be careful. one wrong click and all ur data is gone.
as i said, linux livecd is not something to be mess around, moreover just to partition sdcard. once i manage to corrupt my laptop bios when booting a linux livecd
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I will be mindful of that. thank you.
consegregate said:
Minitool partition, if you are a windows user. The interface is extremely simple.
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Downloaded it and I'm currently taking out everything of my SD card to try it out. Thanks! *clicks button*
I'll post whatever happens.
Okay, can you guys tell me the steps for this thing? I just opened it and I have no idea what to do or what format to make my SD card
EDIT: I made a 1GB partition but it doesn't have a format or anything. It just says (Unallocated). How can I fix this?
Ive got a torrent app (ttorrent) and its a great app. There is a free version but you can unlock it for .99 for unlimited download speeds.
On my Droid Pro I had never downloaded any files that were over 900mb due to only having a 2GB SD card. Since ive gotten the Razr, i upgraded to a 32GB SD.
Earlier today i started to download a 6+ GB file. After a while i just canceled it due to not enough seeding. But now whenever I go to download anything over a 4GB file, I get an error message (screen shot below).
Any ideas on what to do?
I havnt emailed the app creator because I think its something with the phone and not the app itself.
TIA
On Fat 32 sd cards you can only have files not bigger than 4GB.
grubynawro said:
On Fat 32 sd cards you can only have files not bigger than 4GB.
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this is the problem....
it's not a phone or android limit
is a fat32 limit...
you can use ext3 or ext4(if i don't get wrong) for sdcard... but it will loose windows compatibility...
ext3 was compatible with xp and some downloadable drivers... but not sure it is with 7...
grubynawro said:
On Fat 32 sd cards you can only have files not bigger than 4GB.
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Damn I didn't know that.
What other types of cards would allow larger downloads?
CaFFeiNe666 said:
you can use ext3 or ext4(if i don't get wrong) for sdcard... but it will loose windows compatibility...
ext3 was compatible with xp and some downloadable drivers... but not sure it is with 7...
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Try to make ext3 or ext4 partition on your card, what OS do you use on you PC? If Linux, you won't have problems.
grubynawro said:
Try to make ext3 or ext4 partition on your card, what OS do you use on you PC? If Linux, you won't have problems.
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Ill have to look into this.
My primary is Win 7, but i could get an XP machine at work.
So looking into partitioning my SD card, it seems like you can only create small partitions, like 512MB? Is there a way to create a bigger partition, like 10GB?
Just curious. Would the razr support exfat?
it might suppor ntfs; basically it is a linux kernel so it should support all filesystems supported by linux.
jake21 said:
it might suppor ntfs; basically it is a linux kernel so it should support all filesystems supported by linux.
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yes, it could probably...
buy... ntfs driver has NEVER been declared STABLE by those who work on it...
yes, "it works"... but you would never know before something happens....
this combined with the flash memory fact... surely linux ntfs driver (reverse engineered) is optimized for magnetic disks before anything...
i think is much better cutting away 1 or 2 gig from a movie, and split it
hi everyone
sorry if this is a stupid question but is it possible to use the ext4 format on a sdcard on cm7.2?
btw: i have already used the searchengine and found nothing...
sorry for my bad englisch
emyaz said:
hi everyone
sorry if this is a stupid question but is it possible to use the ext4 format on a sdcard on cm7.2?
btw: i have already used the searchengine and found nothing...
sorry for my bad englisch
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Its possible but not advisable to use a journalled file system on sdcards / usb sticks and their like.
pkfox said:
Its possible but not advisable to use a journalled file system on sdcards / usb sticks and their like.
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Hmm.... could he mean creating an ext4 partition and if its compatible with CM7? That was my first interpretation of the question.
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gagdude said:
Hmm.... could he mean creating an ext4 partition and if its compatible with CM7? That was my first interpretation of the question.
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Oh, I didn't see him mention Cm7 ! But my reply still stands
yes its imposimble
No, its possible, you would need to write a script which automounts the ext4 partition at boot as vold won't do that and fixes permissions, as you would get lots of fcs without.
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Yes it is possible. U need to install data2sd (flash from cwm/any custom recovery) or link2sd available in android market.
Search for link2sd and data2sd in google or here in xda.
finance.resat said:
Yes it is possible. U need to install data2sd (flash from cwm/any custom recovery) or link2sd available in android market.
Search for link2sd and data2sd in google or here in xda.
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i think he talks about formatting the whole sdcard with ext4 and mount that partition as sdcard for performance purposes. Correct me if i'm wrong, but thats how i understood that post. I actually tried the same a few months ago, there really seems to be increased perfomance of the sdcard and using fat32 on a linux devices doesn't make too much sense for me anyways.
Matze5800 said:
i think he talks about formatting the whole sdcard with ext4 and mount that partition as sdcard for performance purposes. Correct me if i'm wrong, but thats how i understood that post. I actually tried the same a few months ago, there really seems to be increased perfomance of the sdcard and using fat32 on a linux devices doesn't make too much sense for me anyways.
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yes thats my question...
I always try and use ext4 in my sd cards. Performance seems to be better. The only reason I ever use FAT32 is so that I can view content in Windows.
No sir. U have to use a partitioning tool to format your SD vard. I am a noob. Learned this technique in xda. It's called a "minitool partition wizard home edition". U can create different number of formats all primary though. I used ext4 for a long time. But now I use ext2. The computer only recognises the first primary partition. So the ext2/4 will not be recognised by the pc and with the help of link2sd or data2sd U'll be able to use it as your internal memory if your phone memory is really tiny. It's related to performance but first its related to expanding your internal memory.
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finance.resat said:
No sir. U have to use a partitioning tool to format your SD vard. I am a noob. Learned this technique in xda. It's called a "minitool partition wizard home edition". U can create different number of formats all primary though. I used ext4 for a long time. But now I use ext2. The computer only recognises the first primary partition. So the ext2/4 will not be recognised by the pc and with the help of link2sd or data2sd U'll be able to use it as your internal memory if your phone memory is really tiny. It's related to performance but first its related to expanding your internal memory.
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I know . I am using link2sd but i want to format the whole sd card with ext4 because ext4 is faster than fat32 but if its not possible then i let it...
Sorry for my bad englisch...
REALLY REALLY need this so I can try to get my 64gb micro SDXC card to work on my CM9.... Can't find it anywhere on the Net either... Thanks in advance!!!
Anyone?
Afaik the Siyah-Kernel includes the driver in the newer versions.
You may need to manually mount the partition though, perhaps replacing vold by the Samsung-one is enough, perhaps not.
d4fseeker said:
Afaik the Siyah-Kernel includes the driver in the newer versions.
You may need to manually mount the partition though, perhaps replacing vold by the Samsung-one is enough, perhaps not.
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Yes, I have tried the new Siyah kernel, but I was still unable to use my 64gb SDXC card formatted via exFAT on it... Thus, I wanted to try the vold-exfat.zip file. Thanks!
Use a root explorer (eg the free 'ES Explorer'), make /system mounted read-write and go to /system/bin
Then rename the file 'vold' in 'vold.bak' and copy the attached one over. When done, reboot the phone.
It _SHOULD_ work, afaik replacing the vold is all the CWP-flashable ZIP did.
This one has been extracted from Omega 8.1 which is BLFB firmware.
Note that this file is NOT cwm-flashable, but it needs to be zipped so I can attach it!
d4fseeker said:
Use a root explorer (eg the free 'ES Explorer'), make /system mounted read-write and go to /system/bin
Then rename the file 'vold' in 'vold.bak' and copy the attached one over. When done, reboot the phone.
It _SHOULD_ work, afaik replacing the vold is all the CWP-flashable ZIP did.
This one has been extracted from Omega 8.1 which is BLFB firmware.
Note that this file is NOT cwm-flashable, but it needs to be zipped so I can attach it!
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Thank you much!
I will report back, hopefully with good results!
Doh! Still crashes and the card doesn't appear. Thanks for the file, though!
Likewise, didn't work for me. The damaged sd card symbol disappeared. FC when tried to go into settings storage and wouldn't detect when hooked up by usb to computer. Running CM9 nightly.
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I'm trying to use the resurrection remix rom and have the same issue. How to format card to ext4? Anyone know?
mgf8384 said:
I'm trying to use the resurrection remix rom and have the same issue. How to format card to ext4? Anyone know?
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I've used that vold file and attempted to flash after aokp flash but i'm getting 'installation aborted'.
Just about at the end of my tether with this :crying:
there must be some way to get a non-fat32 file system to work on this. Without that I might as well be back on my nokia n97!
I've used that vold file and attempted to flash after aokp flash but i'm getting 'installation aborted'.
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Please read the damn post! The file is NOT CWM-flashable but needs to be extracted and manually inserted.
According to OP it won't work anyway.
there must be some way to get a non-fat32 file system to work on this.
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NTFS works fine, as do FAT16, FAT32, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4
ExFAT (FAT64) filesystem support is flaky on all linux devices, don't bother with it.
d4fseeker said:
Please read the damn post! The file is NOT CWM-flashable but needs to be extracted and manually inserted.
According to OP it won't work anyway.
NTFS works fine, as do FAT16, FAT32, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4
ExFAT (FAT64) filesystem support is flaky on all linux devices, don't bother with it.
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Ok sorry for misunderstanding.
NTFS would be my preferred fs, but what im using (sgs3 aokp + siyah) will not read ntfs microsd. I will now google how to format it to the EXTs you mentioned.
It's supposed to work, but the automount may fail, in that case you'll have to manually mount the partition or create a script that does it for you.