Hi,
I have a tp2 with the latest froyo android build running. I have a problem though, how do I increase the size of my sd card? It is 30 gigs but it is only showing 100 mb in android so I can't install any apps. This is a big problem for me, any help would be great!
Thanks,
Vromoth
Vromoth said:
Hi,
I have a tp2 with the latest froyo android build running. I have a problem though, how do I increase the size of my sd card? It is 30 gigs but it is only showing 100 mb in android so I can't install any apps. This is a big problem for me, any help would be great!
Thanks,
Vromoth
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What you are looking at is internal memory, the internal memory is contained within data.img (see my sticky thread - intro to android).
You sdcard is being recognized as its full size, go to settings>applications>manage applications and you can move some to your SD.
Furthermore, you can use this to change the size of the internal memory: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824154
If you don't already have, get ASTRO file manager, you can browse your sd at /sdcard/ (it will always be mounted here)
Cool thanks for that, I did try moving stuff to my SD but it said I didn't have enough memory, it could be that there was not enough main memory though for the 20mb app I was trying to transfer. I have at least 17gigs free on my card. But anyway thanks for that, A great help.
So did you expand your data.img and make it bigger?
Yep, it all worked out fine, thanks. And for anyone else who is reading this, if suddenly your sd card is way smaller than it should be just reboot and you'll be sweet.
Vromoth said:
Yep, it all worked out fine, thanks. And for anyone else who is reading this, if suddenly your sd card is way smaller than it should be just reboot and you'll be sweet.
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Yeah, there are some issues with SD card remounting.
Highlandsun has fixed many of them, I forget at the moment whether they were kernel or rootfs fixes. (I think it may have been a combo.) I suspect they'll make it into FRX07.
Entropy512 said:
Yeah, there are some issues with SD card remounting.
Highlandsun has fixed many of them, I forget at the moment whether they were kernel or rootfs fixes. (I think it may have been a combo.) I suspect they'll make it into FRX07.
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Kernel, initrd, and rootfs. The kernel and initrd fixes are already merged into their respective autobuilds. rootfs still not yet.
highlandsun said:
Kernel, initrd, and rootfs. The kernel and initrd fixes are already merged into their respective autobuilds. rootfs still not yet.
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I was going to look at the kernel to see if I can tell why my class 10 card is failing with timeouts on writes - I found a few likely spots in the SDHC and MMC code that may need an update
reckert said:
I was going to look at the kernel to see if I can tell why my class 10 card is failing with timeouts on writes - I found a few likely spots in the SDHC and MMC code that may need an update
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Would love to see what you've found. Class4 is kind of tiresome when you've got a lot of data to write. But you should start a separate thread for that, it's completely unrelated to this thread.
reckert said:
I was going to look at the kernel to see if I can tell why my class 10 card is failing with timeouts on writes - I found a few likely spots in the SDHC and MMC code that may need an update
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as hyc said, a new thread for your finds and changes.
Would also be great if you could sit on irc and discuss this as you work on it.
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Ok after many hours tonight I have managed to put together a couple .zip files that will install a modified vold.fstab on your Nook Color. (I am a total n00b at this)
The EMMC of the Nook Color has a partition for the ROM and a 5 GB partition that's mostly if not completely unused. Presently, there aren't any 3rd-party managers to move apps to that unused partition, so I modified the vold.fstab and am now able to use that partition for apps, files, etc.
NC.SWAP.VOLD.ZIP swaps the way the SD and EMMC directories are mounted. By swapping the mount points, and renaming EMMC to SDCARD, your apps, etc., will install to the internal storage, vs. installing to your SDCARD. Your physical SDcard is automatically mounted as "EMMC."
This also means that the music player still finds files, you can move files to "EMMC," and you can still eject the SDcard ("EMMC"), put it back in and it still shows up automatically. Now your NC won't freak out if you pull the card out without unmounting it - all of the apps are on the actual EMMC. You'd just find the SDcard under /mnt/emmc instead of /mnt/sdcard.
Because this ZIP file maps the change at an OS level, when you boot to recovery, your NC sees SD as the SDcard, so no issues occur. When you boot into your ROM, the mount points are swapped and you'll have access to the renamed "SDCARD" (5 GB) on your NC.
Use CWR 3.0.1.0 to install the .zip and check out the results with File Manager.
Thanks go out to Clark008, luciferii and Cali^Gal from #nookcolor, Loonacy and Raymondull from #Cyanogenmod, and EpicFail1236 from XDA.
Sorry if this is a bit crude, it's my first script ever. I would be happy to get any advice on how to make this better!
EDIT: I have been looking into renaming the emmc mount to say SD-External or better yet making it mount as /mnt/sdcard/sd-ext. it might be possible, ill be looking into it as soon as I can got laid up for a bit.
"Because this ZIP file maps the change at an OS level, when you boot to recovery, your NC sees SD as the SDcard, so no issues occur. When you boot into your ROM, the mount points are swapped and you'll have access to the renamed "SDCARD" (5 GB) on your NC."
/\/\ That clarifies a lot compared to the brief orig post. Will likely be flashing it this weekend.
BTW, if this expands and you need this 2nd post just have a mod give it to you. Thanks again!
BRILLIANT. Will be definitely testing this later today. Can't wait to run SD Tools on this
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it works! interesting how it'll work out as to unmounting, flashing roms. but with emmc being useless this is fantastic.
Thank you for the effort and time place in this mod
Yeah. The whole point of this was to utilize the 5GB internal emmc and not waste it. The next step is to mod the CWM to mount emmc as /sdcard so you can flash your zips from where you download them to (usually /mnt/sdcard/download), which in this case, goes to your emmc. But CWM will mount your external sdcard instead. For the time being, we can just put the zips we need to flash to the external sdcard, ie. /mnt/emmc.
I don't know if anyone noticed it yet, but if you usb mount after the swap, the transfer speed is kind of slow (~1.5mbps). I don't know if this is due to the emmc or that the read ahead cache needs to be tweaked.
We're open to make this even better. Feel free to comment and provide feedback.
This sounds like a step in the right direction, however, what I would like to see would be merging the emmc with the internal storage. What I mean is this; right now, when I go into "Storage", I see an "SD card" (8gb), "Internal Storage" (0.92gb), and "/mnt/emmc" (5gb). Why can't we combine the .93 Internal and the 5gb emmc together to make a 5.92gb Internal storage and eliminate the emmc from teh storage area? I'm sure there is a reason that I'm not aware of, but it seems that this would be the same as just about every other device. I am pretty sure the ROM is running from the emmc partition, so that has to have something to do with it, but I don't see a purpose for 3 storage places. I keep getting errors when I try to download apps and I don't even have very many installed. I have had to move most of them to the SD card to make room and some apps don't like to be installed on the SD card.
Another option would be to swap the emmc with the Internal storage. Then we'd be using the 5gb and the .92 gb would be sitting there doing nothing instead. Again, I'm sure there are reasons for this, I'm just asking to learn.
I agree.. ideally having the emmc mount be part of the system would be ideal.
Calla969 said:
This sounds like a step in the right direction, however, what I would like to see would be merging the emmc with the internal storage. What I mean is this; right now, when I go into "Storage", I see an "SD card" (8gb), "Internal Storage" (0.92gb), and "/mnt/emmc" (5gb). Why can't we combine the .93 Internal and the 5gb emmc together to make a 5.92gb Internal storage and eliminate the emmc from teh storage area? I'm sure there is a reason that I'm not aware of, but it seems that this would be the same as just about every other device. I am pretty sure the ROM is running from the emmc partition, so that has to have something to do with it, but I don't see a purpose for 3 storage places. I keep getting errors when I try to download apps and I don't even have very many installed. I have had to move most of them to the SD card to make room and some apps don't like to be installed on the SD card.
Another option would be to swap the emmc with the Internal storage. Then we'd be using the 5gb and the .92 gb would be sitting there doing nothing instead. Again, I'm sure there are reasons for this, I'm just asking to learn.
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i have no idea TBH but thats far beyond my ability. really it would be nice to symlink emmc to the SD card or the other way around. the issue is that you cant symlink with fat partitions :-/
This is neet. I don't know enough to comment, but it looks valuble for some people.
I just use my stock emmc for music storage and let apps sit on SD w/ videos.
WobbleTheHutt said:
i have no idea TBH but thats far beyond my ability. really it would be nice to symlink emmc to the SD card or the other way around. the issue is that you cant symlink with fat partitions :-/
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No, but you can symlink to them. Why not set vold.fstab to mount the partitions onto other names and make symlinks named /sdcard -> /othername? That way, the symlinks can do their jobs or rearranging the namespace to suit our needs.
The ramfs isn't FAT32, is it?
I'm an old cmdline type, tricks like this are used all the time to fool software with stubborn opinions about filenames.
Dennis
Jiggity Janx said:
If this works as effectively as it sounds like it will it's gonna rock! With the multiple wifi/bluetooth file transfer options I can say bye bye to the need for an sd card!
EDIT: I think this thread is eerily quiet because of the popular advice written up HERE. Specifically #5...
IMO, with a great write up on the best ways to work with this, all of the things it will affect (positive and negative), and the proper words of warning then the individuals that take it upon themselves to modify their devices are the only ones that can be held responsible if it doesn't work out as they had hoped. They also have to understand that when they work outside the boundaries of an accepted "standard" that they are somewhat desolate and will need to come back into the fold before they can/will be helped...
Just my .02...
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This may be slightly off topic, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what that post is complaining/ talking about, I have had no trouble bouncing between HC, CM7 and stock.
All you have to do is flash to stock and then worst case you force the boot failure and the nook resets its self automatically
The last few posts on that message are myself and another person who have had not trouble with that now the OP hasn't responded so i'm not sure what to make up that post.
Is it real and an actual issue?
Or did the poster overreact to something?
Can some one please explain it to me if I am wrong about something in using a EMMC version of HC?
chisleu said:
This is neet. I don't know enough to comment, but it looks valuble for some people.
I just use my stock emmc for music storage and let apps sit on SD w/ videos.
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Seems neet to me also. Always interested in using both emmc and sd space.
@ chisleau - I like the concept of putting all my music on emmc. Do you use an option in CM7 to install or move all your apps to your SD card?
thinking out loud (and not actually doing it) -- but we know that /data is /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 and and the "media" or "emmc" is located at /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 -- can't we just repartition and merge the two?
minotauri said:
thinking out loud (and not actually doing it) -- but we know that /data is /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 and and the "media" or "emmc" is located at /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 -- can't we just repartition and merge the two?
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We can repartition but don't do it for this Reason -#5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12494638&postcount=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12494666&postcount=2
ROMs that follow proper packaging - This emmc swap mod is one of them. So we're fine for those who are still hesitating.
Clark008 said:
ROMs that follow proper packaging - This emmc swap mod is one of them. So we're fine for those who are still hesitating.
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Yep, I was hesitating, but between your post above and the "Thanks" from fattire to the OP, that is all the encouragement I need to take the plunge.
A few questions, tho, if someone can help me to understand this better....
I guess until I saw the OP, I did not realize that all apps in CM7 are installed to the SD card, as when I look at my installed apps in App Mgr, they don't show as being on the SD card. Is this some sort of CM7 voodoo or are my apps really on the internal memory?
Right now, with CM7, I am using the EMMC partition to store my music, under "My Files/Music". Power Amp can see this folder and it will play all my music just fine from within that directory on the internal partition, so if I install this update, what will that do to the 5Gb of internal storage I have now and the music on it?
Also, if I do install this update, what will happen to the apps and their associated data that I already have installed? Is this best done on a fresh build or will everything (apps/data and music) be A-OK after the Swap update is applied?
Just want to know what I am getting into by applying this update, as I have things pretty stable right now. If I could roll with apps on internal and music on SD, I would be more than fine with that, as long as I don't lose any of my apps/data/music in the process. If this is just mere partition re-naming/re-pointing, then I suspect my assets will remain intact?
Thanks to all who collaborated on this project!
why can't the entire internal partitions be imaged?
i use dd all the time to backup my sd card installs in case a test kernel or nightly goes poorly- or to burn a fresh install for multiple people. I just pop in the sd card into my laptop and burn the image back to the sd card.
if this was possible i'd have no issues with running off internal entirely if i could just burn the img. and get everything back as stock, including important device identifiers incase those were erased.
Need undo
This did what it's supposed to do but it seems to be causing a problem with the way I'm booting from sd. Is there a way to undo this?
Bump since I found this useful. +1 for CWM sdcard/emmc swap to enable SDcard-less flashing goodness from ROM Manager.
Hi.
1)
I installed Urukdroid using the Easy Installer in internal memory.
Everytime I restart the device, UD wants to install rootfs on the SDHC card, but it is too slow for using UD.
How can I prevent UD from altering the working system
2)
I read somewhere, ext4 is faster than ext3.
Which file system is installed by UD, when usind Easy Installation?
3)
code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki/Installation
There is an additional Kernel on this page.
What is this one for?
Is it the OC Kernel?
lordofazeroth said:
Hi.
1)
I installed Urukdroid using the Easy Installer in internal memory.
Everytime I restart the device, UD wants to install rootfs on the SDHC card, but it is too slow for using UD.
How can I prevent UD from altering the working system
2)
I read somewhere, ext4 is faster than ext3.
Which file system is installed by UD, when usind Easy Installation?
3)
code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki/Installation
There is an additional Kernel on this page.
What is this one for?
Is it the OC Kernel?
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2)
Every installation of urukdroid install it to an ext4 partition
3)
I think this is the normal kernel of uruk, the oc kernel is somewhere hede on xda
You should try to re-flash the normal kernel to solve 1)
Welcome on XDA!
Thanks for your answer.
Do you mean reflashing with SDHC card inserted?
I did that in one installation attempt, but it took a veeeery long time for the installation to finish.
I took the card out, after that attempt.
lordofazeroth said:
Thanks for your answer.
Do you mean reflashing with SDHC card inserted?
I did that in one installation attempt, but it took a veeeery long time for the installation to finish.
I took the card out, after that attempt.
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Do you want uruk on sd or not? you can decide...
just reinstall urukdroid
No, I don't want it on SD.
I want it in internal.
I got a suggestion in android-hilfe .de to buy a slower but bigger SDHC Card and install Urukdroid on internal.
I did that, but it is annoying when the device restarts.
I would rather leave the SD in the A70 permanently but to remove it everytime it restarts.
16Gb class 4 card
Another question:
Is it wise to use ext4 instead of fat32 for the biggest patition used for storing data and readable by Windows?
Is there any speed improvement?
Furthermore:
I installed firmware 2.1.08 and I want to stay there, as I heard it is the most problem-free version.
Can I use the kernel from here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897877
I don't think so, as it says it is for 2.3.20
lordofazeroth said:
Thanks for your answer.
Do you mean reflashing with SDHC card inserted?
I did that in one installation attempt, but it took a veeeery long time for the installation to finish.
I took the card out, after that attempt.
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Another question:
what happenes, if the SD Card is full?
Is UD creating new Partitions while saving the data on the SD?
That could be an answer to the long waiting time.
lordofazeroth said:
Another question:
Is it wise to use ext4 instead of fat32 for the biggest patition used for storing data and readable by Windows?
Is there any speed improvement?
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The system partition of uruk is always ext4, the normal storage partition is alwys fat32 so you dont gonna have problems with mounting under windows
Furthermore:
I installed firmware 2.1.08 and I want to stay there, as I heard it is the most problem-free version.
Can I use the kernel from here:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897877
I don't think so, as it says it is for 2.3.20
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You wanna use Stock or Urukdroid?
Urukdroid 1.0 is the modified version of 2.1.08
Well, I want to use Urukdroid.
I tried the OC Kernel from the thread posted above, but I got a bootloop.
Reinstallation of the original Kernel is in progress.
lordofazeroth said:
Well, I want to use Urukdroid.
I tried the OC Kernel from the thread posted above, but I got a bootloop.
Reinstallation of the original Kernel is in progress.
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I don't think the OC kernal works with Uruk1.0. If you want to OC you need to run the 0.7. Not sure if it makes a difference but the few times I have reinstalled Uruk to internal memory I remove the SD card during the whole process so nothing gets put on the SD. I don't think it makes a difference but it makes me feel better . My new 16gb class 10 should be here monday so I can install Uruk on it and hopefully it will speed things up.
Guess I have to wait...
(System is running now, never touch a running system)
I reinstalled UD with SDHC Card inserted. Before that I deleted all Data on it.
Installation was way quicker than before.
Although I think the UD Installer created the rootfs and data partition on both internal and external memory.
How do I out, which memory is used?
I'm not able to get the Internal SD card to mount after installing the pre-beta cyanogenmod 7. Is there some setting I'm missing or something that I need to do in particular?
Prior to install I was on the alien build and everything worked fine. Now when I go to the root directory using RootExplorer it says 'the sd card is not currently mounted'.
I've had my atrix for a while and i'm not a complete noob, just not an avid poster. Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: I have checked the storage menu and i do have 1.17GB of free space.
It can be found under /mnt/emmc. Unfortunately, I have to inform you for future reference that this is the wrong forum for such a question. Q and A exists for a reason, but I hope I helped.
Please post in the correct sections. Thread moved.
MyronJ906 said:
It can be found under /mnt/emmc. Unfortunately, I have to inform you for future reference that this is the wrong forum for such a question. Q and A exists for a reason, but I hope I helped.
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Thanks for the help. I found that but how do I get, for example, Rom Manager or other applications to recognize that location?
Mr Clown, My apologies for posting in the wrong section.
nalomo said:
Thanks for the help. I found that but how do I get, for example, Rom Manager or other applications to recognize that location?
Mr Clown, My apologies for posting in the wrong section.
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+1 wondering the same
i would also like to know, as i have only a class 1 microsd card and it creates wakeup lag. if i take it out, there is no wakeup lag but my phone wont recognize the internal storage.
I think it varies by application. Some will let you browse there and set it as a default directory for things, but many will not. I have just gotten used to having duplicates of random stuff for now :S I think it is pretty unfortunate, but it is what it is.
Maybe someone will develop something like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034939
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/20724-nook-color-sdcard-and-emmc-swap/
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/27030-questions-on-5gb-emmc-just-hacked-nc/
That's for the Nook, but I can't see why someone couldn't do that for the Atrix. However, I would imagine it won't be our own CM7 team because their task is to port CM7, and thus they are following the CM standards.
I have this problem too, i dont hae a external SD Card
im used to the internal 16 gb as my memory
now iwth CM7 , the phone is lost, browsr wont download, titanium wont find the sd card, nothing is working
so is an EXTERNAL sd card a pre-requisite for CM7, i never knew this..
and if so, what does CM7 do with the huge internal memory if it saves everything to the external (atleast thats where apps see it)
I am running CM7 Alpha Final on my nook, and before I installed it I repartitioned my internal memory on my nook using the method you can find on here (the command line one). Before I put CM7 on my nook, when I plugged in the USB cable it used to load the SD card, and the nook internal memory as two separate drives on the PC.
Now it only loads the SD Card, it doesn't even see the internal drive as being present. How can I get that to become visible again?
You could try searching this forum.
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Cubanluke88 said:
You could try searching this forum.
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk
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See, I did that already. I found the thread where the CM7 guys were trying to figure it out and apparently did add a fix (that I either don't have in alpha final or I'm doing improperly) and a link to a nook color app that I'm not sure works on my tablet.
Also a bunch of code in that thread I'm not entirely sure I want to try messing with just yet. So...
Any chance of help here?
Dalrint said:
See, I did that already. I found the thread where the CM7 guys were trying to figure it out and apparently did add a fix (that I either don't have in alpha final or I'm doing improperly) and a link to a nook color app that I'm not sure works on my tablet.
Also a bunch of code in that thread I'm not entirely sure I want to try messing with just yet. So...
Any chance of help here?
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I believe you need to edit your build.prop. Change the following lines to look like this:
ro.additionalmounts=/mnt/media
ro.vold.switchablepair=/mnt/sdcard,/mnt/media
Reboot and both partitions should be mounted. Credit to succulent for finding this out.
mounting internal sd
Hi
I am new to all this is so can you please be more specific about how to do this or is there a fix written for it.
Or has the final zip been repaired and updated.
Hope you or someone else can help with this, seems a shame for so much good work to be spoiled by this glitch.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23487384&postcount=138
kingtechmartyn said:
Hi
I am new to all this is so can you please be more specific about how to do this or is there a fix written for it.
Or has the final zip been repaired and updated.
Hope you or someone else can help with this, seems a shame for so much good work to be spoiled by this glitch.
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You need to make these changes manually in a file called build.prop located in /system.
I made this change and I still only see my 8GB card labeled "removable drive" and 1GB labeled "My Nook when connected to my PC with USB storage turned on.
How do I access the remaining free memory in my 16 GB NT?
Yours is working just fine.
Right now, you only have access to the 1GB internal. You need to repartition your internal memory if you want to see the rest.
Cubanluke - you are always a good source for support - can you point me to a good link that explains how to repartition the internal memory?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531120
It seems like a lot but its quite easy to follow if you read it and follow the steps exactly.
Solar.Plexus said:
I believe you need to edit your build.prop. Change the following lines to look like this:
ro.additionalmounts=/mnt/media
ro.vold.switchablepair=/mnt/sdcard,/mnt/media
Reboot and both partitions should be mounted. Credit to succulent for finding this out.
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mine already has those settings but pc won't show internal or external sd tried reflashing and same problem
you're on cm7 internal on a 16gb nook tablet?
Solar.Plexus said:
I believe you need to edit your build.prop. Change the following lines to look like this:
ro.additionalmounts=/mnt/media
ro.vold.switchablepair=/mnt/sdcard,/mnt/media
Reboot and both partitions should be mounted. Credit to succulent for finding this out.
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Does this work for the same problem I am having with CM9 0.04 (I have tried this without success)?
Cubanluke88 said:
you're on cm7 internal on a 16gb nook tablet?
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yes i am
Me too - CM7 on a 16Gb NT
don't know if this has got anything to do with it but when i flash rom and go to wipe data/factory reset it formats /data, /cache, /sd-ext, but E:format_volume: make extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcb1k1p2 don't know if this is error or normal
also if i go to storage settings it shows sd card and show internal storage total space as 11.87gb not showing rest of internal space by which i mean the 1gb or so i should have for my data
Hi,
I've just updated to Lollipop and had been under the impression that I would now be able to move some game files to my 64gb micro sd card.
However, while the app manager seems to have a 'Move to SD' button, all that seems to do is move files within the internal storage of the device, rather than moving them to the actual SD card. When using ES Explorer, rather than the file manager that comes with the tablet, it has two 'SD cards' one of which is actually part of the 12gb of internal storage.
Is there a way now, without rooting, of moving files to the 'real' sd card rather than this fake virtual one? What is it with the whole fake SD card anyway? What a crap and deliberately misleading way to do it.
Cheers.
woffle99 said:
Hi,
I've just updated to Lollipop and had been under the impression that I would now be able to move some game files to my 64gb micro sd card.
However, while the app manager seems to have a 'Move to SD' button, all that seems to do is move files within the internal storage of the device, rather than moving them to the actual SD card. When using ES Explorer, rather than the file manager that comes with the tablet, it has two 'SD cards' one of which is actually part of the 12gb of internal storage.
Is there a way now, without rooting, of moving files to the 'real' sd card rather than this fake virtual one? What is it with the whole fake SD card anyway? What a crap and deliberately misleading way to do it.
Cheers.
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I updated my stock z2 tablet to lollipop yesterday, happy as hell for the return of app2sd, and sadly a few moments after installing the first few apps I noticed precisely this. All of the apps I moved to the sd card do not transfer to the external sd, but to the internal "fake" sd partition (not visible on the file explorer that comes in the device, but es explorer shows it). I mean, this totally defeats the purpose, I still can't use my 32gb card to store app data after all, and everything is where it was on kit kat: inside the limited internal storage (16gb wifi version here). Why on earth do I get the option to transfer to sd if stuff isnt rly being transfered to sd?
I've spent the entire afternoon looking for ppl with similar issues, and even though I found a few, I haven't found a solution or an answer anywhere. Does this happen to only a few ppl? Or is it that most ppl just root/unlock/flash roms and nvr notice this?
Is there anyone around here that can shed some light over this? Goin crazy here :/
There is a new update from Sony which fixes that.
A. 1.28 for 521 or A. 1.30 for 511.
mru55 said:
There is a new update from Sony which fixes that.
A. 1.28 for 521 or A. 1.30 for 511.
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Now, that I didnt know, and it is awesome news. Thx for the info!
mru55 said:
There is a new update from Sony which fixes that.
A. 1.28 for 521 or A. 1.30 for 511.
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Only just seen this, but it does indeed seem to work properly having tested just now after the update. Thanks for the info
mru55 said:
There is a new update from Sony which fixes that.
A. 1.28 for 521 or A. 1.30 for 511.
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Where did you find this A.1.30 build ?
I'm under A.1.28 rooted and still can't move entire app to SD
Slight bump - but I'm also still afflicted by this, despite my 521 being on 1.28. Can anyone confirm if it should be necessary to factory reset before being able to correctly push apps to the SD card? I use my tablet mainly for games and streaming, so I have a pretty much useless 64GB SD card which is 99.9% empty even after "moving" all my apps and games to the "SD card".
I certainly didn't have to factory reset mine before I could move to SD - it just worked after doing the latest update.
OK, thanks! Looks like something's gone wrong for me then as I still can't do this.
According to Solid Explorer, I've got the following symlinks in my device root:
/sdcard (-> /storage/emulated/legacy)
/sdcard1 (-> /storage/sdcard1)
In /storage, I have a symlink called sdcard0 which also links to /storage/emulated/legacy.
/storage/emulated/legacy, of course, just takes me to my "internal memory". So when an app gets "moved to SD" it ends up staying exactly where it was.
Is there any way to fix this? Can I remove the symlinks safely, or recreate them pointing to the correct place?