So i want to try a new rom.. I use link2sd for all my apps.. Any tips for a easy switch.. Do i need to redo everything or is there a easy way?
Thanks
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Another Link2SD user here.
I use Titanium Backup to backup apps before flashing new ROM.
If the new ROM is just an update (example Andy's first Phoenix to latest update), I wiped data, cache, dalvik cache but didn't reformat the sdcard before flashing ROM. If it's a different ROM or you want to change the partition type/size then reformat.
Flash ROM. Reboot.
Then flash gapps, install Link2SD, run it and follow the instruction to recreate mount script. Reboot.
Install Titanium Backup & restore apps.
I don't remember if the apps are automatically linked, but if they aren't, you only need to use multiselect to batch link them in Link2SD
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deetailed said:
Another Link2SD user here.
I use Titanium Backup to backup apps before flashing new ROM.
If the new ROM is just an update (example Andy's first Phoenix to latest update), I wiped data, cache, dalvik cache but didn't reformat the sdcard before flashing ROM. If it's a different ROM or you want to change the partition type/size then reformat.
Flash ROM. Reboot.
Then flash gapps, install Link2SD, run it and follow the instruction to recreate mount script. Reboot.
Install Titanium Backup & restore apps.
I don't remember if the apps are automatically linked, but if they aren't, you only need to use multiselect to batch link them in Link2SD
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Why would I need to format the SD card before flashing a new ROM? You mean format the second partition right? Not the first one.
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MaKTaiL said:
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Why would I need to format the SD card before flashing a new ROM? You mean format the second partition right? Not the first one.
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Yes, the second partition.
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Yes, the second partition.
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Ok, thank you! ^^
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thnks for the info
great job
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i'm actually new to this stuff, i've been trying different roms to find what's more suitable for me and i have one problem.
the guides said that when you install a new rom, you have to wipe data and then flash your sd cards, but doingso erases all my apps and everything else, is there anyway to backup those stuff and easily restore them after i've installed a new rom? thank you so much in advance for your help.
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Use titanium backup to backup your apps and app data before flashing rom's.
but where will the titanium backup store the backup if i'm supposed to wipe my sd?
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First wipe and partition your SD and reboot. Use titanium now to backup all apps. Also now you can copy anything to SD. For example download rom now and flash. As partition already there, no need to partition again.
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if u have recovery installed then just Nand backup along with ext backup.. it will completely take a backup image of ur ROM along with sttings and applications installed..
when restoring just Nand restore ...
thanks guys! i'll try this tomorrow, i have to get some sleep first. thanks again!
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Just rooted a Samsung Gravity Smart. I used the free Titanium Backup to remove bloat. Unfortunately it did not clear enough internal memory on this crappy phone. I was told that I needed to get the Pro Titanium instead because it lets you clear the Dalvik Cache. They said that will open up tons of internal memory.
Is this true and is it safe? Also, is buying the Pro the only way to do it? I am unemployed and need to watch every dollar.
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no. you can clear the dalvik cache from recovery but it will rebuild it self when phone boots, the first boot after clearing the cache is slow so dont worry, you may wanna take a look at some app2sd or custom mdt
Just so I am clear. How do I clear it from recovery? Or do u mean I do it with the paid version of Titanium?
Are you using ClockworkMod recovery?
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Just so I am clear. How do I clear it from recovery? Or do u mean I do it with the paid version of Titanium?
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like already mentioned, you can clear it by titanium our cwm recovery BUT it's gonna get rebuild again.
If your ROM support app2ext than moving the dalvik cache to the ext will clear up huge amount of internal storage.
Also moving dalvik will NOT give you more system space.
Just rooted. There are no roms for the gravity smart as far as I know. I rooted it to clear bloat because the internal memory is so small. I was told that clearing the Dalvik Cache would open up a bunch of internal memory for me. I hate dangling at around 18mb to 20mb.
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no. you can clear the dalvik cache from recovery but it will rebuild it self when phone boots, the first boot after clearing the cache is slow so dont worry, you may wanna take a look at some app2sd or custom mdt
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Thanks so much. Just to clarify, once it rebuilds does all the cleared memory come back or only the memory allotted to the apps not removed. I guess what I am asking is "is it worth buying Titanium Pro to get to clear the Dalvik".
Sorry but I am a noob to rooting and there are no roms for my phone yet.
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as439726 said:
Thanks so much. Just to clarify, once it rebuilds does all the cleared memory come back or only the memory allotted to the apps not removed. I guess what I am asking is "is it worth buying Titanium Pro to get to clear the Dalvik".
Sorry but I am a noob to rooting and there are no roms for my phone yet.
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It is worth the price, You can backup your apps you can remove bloatware and also freeze things that can not be removed so that they can not launch and use resorces. Plus when a rom does become available for your device you can restore all your apps and contacts with this program. So it is worth the price. I hope that this has helped you. Enjoy your device,
Moving dalvik cache
Hello,
I have a question about this tutorial.
Do I need a special partition - that is formatted in ext - on my microsd to move the dalvik cache?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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Hello,
I have a question about this tutorial.
Do I need a special partition - that is formatted in ext - on my microsd to move the dalvik cache?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
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Yes, you need it. The partition will not be seen when you plug in into windows based computer. And you are not allowed to remove SD without completely shut down.
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melvinchng said:
Yes, you need it. The partition will not be seen when you plug in into windows based computer. And you are not allowed to remove SD without completely shut down.
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Thanks. How big should the ext-partition be? And what is better - ext2 or ext3?
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Thanks. How big should the ext-partition be? And what is better - ext2 or ext3?
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Depends on you. If you are a heavy user, use 512mb. I used to use 1.1gb in my wildfire.
Ext3 is faster than 2. Ext2 can't mount when booted up.
Nexus s is using ext 4, it is even faster, but I don't think it will work with you. But you can covert your files from ext3 to 4 to get better speed after that
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Okay, now I have a 512 MB ext3 partition on my microsd. How do I move the dalvik cache with this tutorial now? Can I do it with Windows xp or do I need Linux for that? Or in other words: was this tutorial written for use with Windows?
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Okay, now I have a 512 MB ext3 partition on my microsd. How do I move the dalvik cache with this tutorial now? Can I do it with Windows xp or do I need Linux for that? Or in other words: was this tutorial written for use with Windows?
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I'm using this instead. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715940
Easy set up.
How easy?
Flash the zip, go terminal emulator, type in as follow
Su
A2sd cachesd
It will start to move your cache. But please make a backup of your phone before anything goes wrong. Just restore your backup if it has problem.
Good luck
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melvinchng said:
I'm using this instead. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715940
Easy set up.
How easy?
Flash the zip, go terminal emulator, type in as follow
Su
A2sd cachesd
It will start to move your cache. But please make a backup of your phone before anything goes wrong. Just restore your backup if it has problem.
Good luck
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Thanks for the link. Which Recovery do you use?
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Thanks for the link. Which Recovery do you use?
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I used clockworkmod in my wildfire.
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So MIUI is available and I want to try it.
But I will likely want to revert to my phone as it is now.
Right now, I am running 2.3.4, baseband I9100XXKI1, kernel 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKI4, build XWKI4. It is rooted, has Superuser and ClockWorkMod, no Root Manager. I have no physical SD card.
How do I get MIUI on to my phone?
What, if anything, will that process delete?
What should I backup and how to restore?
ie. If I do a backup in ClockworkMod, is that effectively backing up the whole phone or just the kernel and ROM? ie. Is restoring a ClockworkMod backup enough to restore the phone to its pre-MIUI state?
Install rom manager
Backup your current rom. It backs up everything
Download miui from the miui website. You can also download it directly from rom manager.
Boot into recovery using vol up, home and pwr button and flash the rom. You will have to reinstall rom manager in miui.
Play with miui
Restore your previous rom from rom manager.
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Just make backup and if you don't like miui, then you just restore. And everything will be back as you had before miui. Don't forget to wipe data and cache before flashing miui. Clear Dalviks cache aswell!
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I recall being told on this forum that ROM Manager doesn't work on this handset.
can I clarify...ROM Manager basically just invokes the clockwork mod recovery, right?
So a backup in this way would backup absolutely everything, including the contents of the internal sd card?
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Where should I be placing the MIUI .zip? On /sdcard?
Similar question re: backup - does ClockworkMod backup include the contents of /sdcard? Or is that not included because, technically, that is regarded a physical SD card?
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Where should I be placing the MIUI .zip? On /sdcard?
Similar question re: backup - does ClockworkMod backup include the contents of /sdcard? Or is that not included because, technically, that is regarded a physical SD card?
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Only backup your system, app and setting. Don't backup all your data on sd card
You can copy zip file to sd, go to CWM recovery menu, wipe all then choose flash zip file from sd card
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Only backup your system, app and setting. Don't backup all your data on sd card
You can copy zip file to sd, go to CWM recovery menu, wipe all then choose flash zip file from sd card
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I think what he might be getting at is can he place the zip on the internal storage of the device, and flash it? As it seems he doesn't own a SD card.
Just a heads-up: I tested MIUI on Friday, after making a full Nandroid backup of my VR3.0 with CMW.
When I did a restore of my VR backup afterwards, a lot of apps were force-closing, and even fixing permissions or wiping cache and Dalvik cache did not help.
What did work was a flash of CM7, allowing it to boot once, and then restore VR again (with a full wipe of course). Everything is running fine again now. I suppose this has something to do with the CWM recovery version included in the kernels (my VR had a 4.x version, CM was 5.x).
I have been using Link2sd for a while now and just wanted to know is there a way to get all my apps/games back after flashing a new rom and performing a full data wipe, cache wipe, after factory resetting...etc my phone.
There should be coz all the apps and there data, .dex files and lib files etc, are already there on the second partition. Isn't there anything I can do. I just dont want to reinstall everything again.
thanks
samajid said:
I have been using Link2sd for a while now and just wanted to know is there a way to get all my apps/games back after flashing a new rom and performing a full data wipe, cache wipe, after factory resetting...etc my phone.
There should be coz all the apps and there data, .dex files and lib files etc, are already there on the second partition. Isn't there anything I can do. I just dont want to reinstall everything again.
thanks
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No you can't use link2sd for it, if you wanna backup full your applications you can using titanium backup, you can backup including your account like Facebook, yahoo, etc..
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samajid said:
I have been using Link2sd for a while now and just wanted to know is there a way to get all my apps/games back after flashing a new rom and performing a full data wipe, cache wipe, after factory resetting...etc my phone.
There should be coz all the apps and there data, .dex files and lib files etc, are already there on the second partition. Isn't there anything I can do. I just dont want to reinstall everything again.
thanks
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If the data is still on the second partition, you can try opening link2sd, press menu> more > relink application files. I think, though that cwm will wipe the second partition (or /sd.ext) if you perform a factory reset.
Are you sure the 2nd partition is wiped as well when I do a factory reset??
Coz I see that there is used space in the partition... But when I check /data/sdext2 thru ES File explorer ..its empty!
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samajid said:
Are you sure the 2nd partition is wiped as well when I do a factory reset??
Coz I see that there is used space in the partition... But when I check /data/sdext2 thru ES File explorer ..its empty!
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If you ask how about your 2nd partition after you wipe data, wipe cache partitions, I answer your partition is well but if ask how your file applications after you wipe data I say your file has deleted..
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Smartid said:
If you ask how about your 2nd partition after you wipe data, wipe cache partitions, I answer your partition is well but if ask how your file applications after you wipe data I say your file has deleted..
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M sorry but I didnt understand...
Is it possible to relink my applications now or not?
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Q. I upgraded/changed my ROM and I can not see my linked apps, their files are on the 2nd partition but the system can not see the apps. How can I make them available, do I need to reinstall and relink them again?
No, if you didn't wipe data when updating ROM the only thing you need to do is to run "Recreate mount scripts" from "menu -> more" within Link2SD and do a normal (not quick) reboot.
If you wiped data, after executing "Recreate mount scripts" and rebooting, run "Relink all application files" from "menu -> more" and then reboot. All of your linked apps should be available again after reboot.
If you also wiped dalvik-cache, in addition to the above step run "Link dalvik-cache files".
Found this on the link2sd site... i did as its told here... but when i "relink all application files" it says no files found to relink ... :/ what do i do...
Best way is to backup using titanium backup. About the factory reset for me (rage kernel + CWM 5) it formats the second sd partition.
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Yea I guess il have to buy the pro version...does link2sd move the application automaticlly when we backup or do we hav to link everything later...cz my internal memory dosent hav enough space to backup all the apps at the same time...
hey guys, i want to use a2sd to move apps to sdcard so i have installed linktosd cuz am using stock rom 2.3.3 and when i installed the app the super user gave force close. after that i updated the super user then when opened the linktosd app then it showed the type of partition like ext2,ext3,ext4 etc. i tried every option it says ext partition no directory found. i have tried mounting the sdext in recovery still not working!! plz help!!! am tired of this thing! i want a decent apps2sd on stock rom 2.3.3!!! :|
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How did you partition your SD card? What program did you use, what type of partition is it, and how is it formatted?
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How did you partition your SD card? What program did you use, what type of partition is it, and how is it formatted?
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I have used clockwork mod recovery 5.0.2.7 I guess I have partitioned my sdcard i.e. 512mb ext
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I believe CWM defaults to ext4. If you didn't make any other partitions, then your SD card partition structure should be as follows now:
/mnt/sdcard, FAT, primary
/sdext, ext4, primary
Try using link2sd's menu to recreate mount scripts, & choose ext4. Also, make sure you're still rooted properly, and still have expected su access.
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I believe CWM defaults to ext4. If you didn't make any other partitions, then your SD card partition structure should be as follows now:
/mnt/sdcard, FAT, primary
/sdext, ext4, primary
Try using link2sd's menu to recreate mount scripts, & choose ext4. Also, make sure you're still rooted properly, and still have expected su access.
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Bro I chose ext4 it says no directory found!! I have seen in menu it shows sdcard 1.35gb and ext partition not mounted!!! I have partitioned many times!! I have mounted ext many times in recovery still not working!! Any suggestions!!!
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I recollect facing the same problem.I guess the problem isn't with link2sd its got to to do with the fact that the stock kernel doesn't support ext partition try flashing a custom kernel that supports ext partition.
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I recollect facing the same problem.I guess the problem isn't with link2sd its got to to do with the fact that the stock kernel doesn't support ext partition try flashing a custom kernel that supports ext partition.
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Ah, good catch! I didn't notice that.
If you don't want to flash a new ROM, you can format the 2nd partition as FAT, and link2sd has the option to mount that the same way as others.
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Ah, good catch! I didn't notice that.
If you don't want to flash a new ROM, you can format the 2nd partition as FAT, and link2sd has the option to mount that the same way as others.
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I can't flash kernels now!!! Which one suits stock better!! Or modified stock kernel!!!
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I don't understand. Do you want to keep stock, or flash a custom ROM? If all you want is to use link2sd, you shouldn't need to flash anything.
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I don't understand. Do you want to keep stock, or flash a custom ROM? If all you want is to use link2sd, you shouldn't need to flash anything.
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I didn't want to flash custom kernel!! But am still asking which kernel suits better! Is there is any modified stock kernel!! Will the kernel will affect my camera quality!!!?
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Link2sd application vanishes from launcher menu after wiping dalvik cache from the recovery and even all application which are in sd ext also don't appear please give me solutions
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Backup your sd card on PC.
Do factory reset
Re partition ur sd card in cwm
Start phone & install link2sd before any other application
Use ext4
If ur kernel doesnt support ext 4
Partition ur card on PC using some partitioning software. use ext2 in this case. And try link2 sd now
Pls let me know if this helps
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RoyalEagle said:
Backup your sd card on PC.
Do factory reset
Re partition ur sd card in cwm
Start phone & install link2sd before any other application
Use ext4
If ur kernel doesnt support ext 4
Partition ur card on PC using some partitioning software. use ext2 in this case. And try link2 sd now
Pls let me know if this helps
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I want the solution for flashing new nightlie each time...
Reinstall link2sd -> menu -> More -> Recreate mount scripts
Reboot.