hi guys.Has anyone ever partitioning memory card with ext3 or ext4 format?my rom is GDX v.18 with kernel linux dx v.4 and class my memory is 4.tnx
you mean you're looking for a partitioning tool? you may try this
i used that tool when i partitioned my sdcards(class4) on my X8 and Arc, worked well for me
I have ext3 and class 10 SD, and works good
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thank you for answer .but ext2 for me is very very slow and during boot up my phone is very very very slow.Sometimes my phone Suddenly locked and restated.
ext3 and ext4 also not done .please help me
ext2 is old version of ext3.
I use ext3 with SD 8gb class4 and i don´t have problems.
sorry, what benefits we get from partitioning ?
so basically what's the difference between ext3 and ext4??
Use google
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/05/ext2-ext3-ext4/
rav3n_pl said:
Use google
http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2011/05/ext2-ext3-ext4/
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How did you partition memory card format?
xp7 said:
How did you partition memory card format?
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Use MiniTool partition wizard. It's totally free and is the best
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Ok im still new with Android. I rooted my att aria. this is my rom version below. Ive been reading up a bit on how to use an SD card to install apps to instead of internal memory. I dont want to use it all up i hear that your phone can crash etc.
But not sure if my rom supports Using an external SD instead of internal memory. I have the app: "Rom Manager" which has those options to do with the external.
Just wondering what Roms for the aria support this . Ive seen alot of tutorials and not one of them are the same as the other. so wondering where the best spot for a tutorial would be for the "Aria"
Thanks
Rom Version: Liberated Aria Fr008 (FRF91)
pcrat said:
Ok im still new with Android. I rooted my att aria. this is my rom version below. Ive been reading up a bit on how to use an SD card to install apps to instead of internal memory. I dont want to use it all up i hear that your phone can crash etc.
But not sure if my rom supports Using an external SD instead of internal memory. I have the app: "Rom Manager" which has those options to do with the external.
Just wondering what Roms for the aria support this . Ive seen alot of tutorials and not one of them are the same as the other. so wondering where the best spot for a tutorial would be for the "Aria"
Thanks
Rom Version: Liberated Aria Fr008 (FRF91)
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That ROM has DT A2SD support, so all that you need to do is create an EXT partition on the SD card using ROM Manager and you should be good to do.
Great thanks. I hear talk that ext 2 is better than 3, an others say it the otherway around... so does it REALLY matter?
pcrat said:
Great thanks. I hear talk that ext 2 is better than 3, an others say it the otherway around... so does it REALLY matter?
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I used whatever the default in ROM Manager is.
pcrat said:
Great thanks. I hear talk that ext 2 is better than 3, an others say it the otherway around... so does it REALLY matter?
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ext2 is supposed to be easier on your SD card. ext3 uses journaling, which is said to wear down your sd card faster than normal. Not sure how much faster, or if it even has any affect on todays SD cards.
What the journaling does is it writes to the sd card on the fly so if the phone has an unexpected crash/shutdown, you have a better chance of everything on the ext being saved and less chance of any data loss/corruption. Ext2 doesnt have this protection. When I was running ext2 i never once had any problem with data loss/corruption. Rom Manager now does ext3 by default so I upgraded to ext3. If i could get ext4 support on cm7 I would upgrade to ext4.
Performance wise, there is no difference between ext2 and ext3. Ext4 however supposedly offers a performance increase. Ive not used ext4 on an sd card so I cant speak to that.
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ext2 is supposed to be easier on your SD card. ext3 uses journaling, which is said to wear down your sd card faster than normal. Not sure how much faster, or if it even has any affect on todays SD cards.
What the journaling does is it writes to the sd card on the fly so if the phone has an unexpected crash/shutdown, you have a better chance of everything on the ext being saved and less chance of any data loss/corruption. Ext2 doesnt have this protection. When I was running ext2 i never once had any problem with data loss/corruption. Rom Manager now does ext3 by default so I upgraded to ext3. If i could get ext4 support on cm7 I would upgrade to ext4.
Performance wise, there is no difference between ext2 and ext3. Ext4 however supposedly offers a performance increase. Ive not used ext4 on an sd card so I cant speak to that.
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cm7 has ext4 support in even the stock kernel
or are you talking about s2e?
drowningchild said:
cm7 has ext4 support in even the stock kernel
or are you talking about s2e?
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maybe its s2e then. I know s2e can mount my ext3 as ext4, but if I actually format to ext4 it wont mount. I thought the problem was with cm7, but I guess it must be s2e just doesnt support it.
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maybe its s2e then. I know s2e can mount my ext3 as ext4, but if I actually format to ext4 it wont mount. I thought the problem was with cm7, but I guess it must be s2e just doesnt support it.
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s2e says it has support for ext4 without journaling in the latest update
havent tried but i used DT with ext4 and it worked fine but i didnt like DT, as it caused random issues too much
drowningchild said:
s2e says it has support for ext4 without journaling in the latest update
havent tried but i used DT with ext4 and it worked fine but i didnt like DT, as it caused random issues too much
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I think that's the mount as ext4 option, which mounts the ext3 as ext4 without journaling. I just started using it a couple days ago and I haven't noticed any concernable diffrence though. Maybe ill try formatting to ext4 again and see if s2e takes it now.
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ok well, i tried the rom manager and it dont work. so i did it manually. use a partition editor. First Partition is Fat32 approx 1.6 GIGS second partition is ext2 approx. 250 MB so how do i know if the apps will install or not to the ext2?
Thanks
pcrat said:
ok well, i tried the rom manager and it dont work. so i did it manually. use a partition editor. First Partition is Fat32 approx 1.6 GIGS second partition is ext2 approx. 250 MB so how do i know if the apps will install or not to the ext2?
Thanks
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Open up the Terminal Emulator program. Grant it root access when the Super User prompt comes up.
At the # prompt, enter:
a2sd status
It will then print out the status of the a2sd application.
Ok i got it working.. but now alot of my apps dont work. and also neither does the Android market...
1.5GB Fat32 | 250MB Ext3 | 32MB Linux Swap
Try a2sd repair.it will reinstall everything again.been using dt since november and never had problems with it.
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ok i tried that that didnt work. I even did it before i put the Sdcard back in.
If I misunderstood you Im sorry.but you can't remove your SD card at all when running dta2sd.if you do it will mess up.
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Also if your using the included version of dt you might try the latest stable one 2.7.5.2 there are betas but they've always give me problems.
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ok i see. i did the a2sd while i had my sd in the laptop. its ok i backed up the rom first. just reflash and try again...
I was wondering about that..
Thanks will let ya know....
I download dtapps2sd-2.7.5.2-signed but cant find it.. sorry a bit new to this still.
once i flash it in recovery mod how do ya access the dtapps2sd then?
That was the problem,, all is transfered now.
Thanks a bunch.
If you downloaded with the xda app it will be in tapatalk downloads. If you downloaded through your browser its in the plain download folder.fr008 comes with astro you can use it to move the file to your SD root if you like but you can browse folders while in recovery also
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Ext patrition
Link2SD works only you have EXT patrition on the MicroSD.
If you haven't, first make the EXT patrition. (EXT2)
hurikan23 said:
Link2SD works only you have EXT patrition on the MicroSD.
If you haven't, first make the EXT patrition. (EXT2)
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Thanks a lot man... But I checked and turns out link2sd supports ext2 ext3 ext4 and fat32 .. so can you tell me which one is the best .. the fastest for my device? And maybe how to do it? Thanks in advance!
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Ext 2 is fastest but ext4 most stable. I recommend using ext4
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TheRealBluur said:
Ext 2 is fastest but ext4 most stable. I recommend using ext4
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What about fat 32 partition.
TheRealBluur said:
Ext 2 is fastest but ext4 most stable. I recommend using ext4
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Think you have that the wrong way ,;-) ext2 is ancient.....
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You can still move these 2 apps to sd. To be able to do so, u will first need to remove these apps from ur system/apps folder using root explorer. And then download these apps from playstore. And then these apps could be successfully moved to sd without hving a need of ext2 partition
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Or use systemcleanup to move turn system to data, then you can move to sd
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Just open the Link2SD and click on the app you want to move. First make it a "user app" from the options and then click on the link to sd button.
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Hi
I did partition of SD card on MY Sony Neo L using FAT 32. But the partition is not vissable in the phone. Why? Help me come out from this Plz. By the way when I check in in MiniTools it shows and Letter is .*.. How to change 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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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.
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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.
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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...
Hi,
I use ext2 on my SQ card's second partition, mainly because of recommended compatibility.
I would like to know if anyone is using ext3 or ext4 and feels any difference from ext2.
PetrGasparik said:
Hi,
I use ext2 on my SQ card's second partition, mainly because of recommended compatibility.
I would like to know if anyone is using ext3 or ext4 and feels any difference from ext2.
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For technical difference look at the Unix file system formats. There should be an explanation with difference and pros and cons for each.
For compatibility I am using fat 32 on my second partition and it works good. No issues so far.
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motorazrv3 said:
For technical difference look at the Unix file system formats. There should be an explanation with difference and pros and cons for each.
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Yes, I know
motorazrv3 said:
For compatibility I am using fat 32 on my second partition and it works good. No issues so far.
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Thanks for yourexperience.
I would like to hear from someone using ext2 versus ext3 versus ext4 on Jelly Bean OS.
Fat 32 is more stable....than ex2.
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Fat 32 is more stable....than ex2.
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What do you mean by stable?
Link2sd not working with ext2
Link2sd stopped working after jellybean update for me. It's not able to mount the partition anymore. I have to try with ext3/4
never use ext4 ,it is not secured to be used......sometimes data on it wiped without any reason....best is ext3 stable,n speedy
n stable means data is remaning secured n no fear of losing it randomly
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I use ext2 on my SQ card's second partition, mainly because of recommended compatibility.
I would like to know if anyone is using ext3 or ext4 and feels any difference from ext2.
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I tried all. Ext2, ext3, ext4, ext4 no journaling. Also with cylinder alignment during formatting.
Ext2 is the best choice for a2sd and link2sd.
Ext3 is four time slower! Ext4 about three times. Ext4 no journaling about two time.
Fat32 can not be used with a2sd. And suffer of fragmentation.
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what about this: www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/7208/1. I'm very confused about debate ext2 vs ext4...
1. I've installed JaggyRom v4.1 with sd-ext, ext2 fs, mounts2sd in reverse mounting and I've felt (maybe placebo, don't know) the rom a little smoother, but in Antutu Benchmark - Database IO points: ~200
2. I've installed JaggyRom v4.1 with sd-ext, ext4 fs, no journaling, mounts2sd in reverse mounting and I've felt (maybe placebo, don't know) the rom a little laggy, but in Antutu Benchmark - Database IO points: ~245
So anybody did more researche and have any conclusion?
i install android 4.0.4 bulid num .587
root it
how to can increase rom?
u can't.
hamed_forum said:
i install android 4.0.4 bulid num .587
root it
how to can increase rom?
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you cant...
but try an other rom....
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You can't increase ram or internel storage.
But you can create ext partition and link apps there via link2SD
And you may try to use swap partition if you want.
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Mysteryagr said:
You can't increase ram or internel storage.
But you can create ext partition and link apps there via link2SD
And you may try to use swap partition if you want.
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you think this work is good?
hamed_forum said:
you think this work is good?
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Yes, follow the instructions on http://www.link2sd.info/description
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Of course you can
Just go to this website
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i have 8gig memory whats your recommand?1 gig fat 7gig ext3?
which better
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i have 8gig memory whats your recommand?1 gig fat 7gig ext3?
which better
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ext3 partition, I use 250 MB is enough beside the internal memory
Mysteryagr said:
ext3 partition, I use 250 MB is enough beside the internal memory
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thank you use 250 fat and other ext3 ?
swap 0?
hamed_forum said:
thank you use 250 fat and other ext3 ?
swap 0?
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i use ext-sd partition here put my apps
hamed_forum said:
thank you use 250 fat and other ext3 ?
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Man. it is so easy.
Just create a small ext3 partition to link your apps there.
You need your SD card to be fat primary partition ( except some MBs to be ext3 partition. )
Use mini tool partition wizard or do it from the recovery which will be easier for you.
and swap is not so important , set it to zero if you want.
27gb fat32 1gb for ext2.. Fast as hell and heaven.. I got 270-300++ internal memory.. 200mb ram.. Feel like trying swap but i scared my sd dead.. Hoho
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Mysteryagr said:
Man. it is so easy.
Just create a small ext3 partition to link your apps there.
You need your SD card to be fat primary partition ( except some MBs to be ext3 partition. )
Use mini tool partition wizard or do it from the recovery which will be easier for you.
and swap is not so important , set it to zero if you want.
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is 256 mb enough for ext3?
i have 8gig memory
i install recovery from recovery menu can partion memory
hamed_forum said:
is 256 mb enough for ext3?
i have 8gig memory
i install recovery from recovery menu can partion memory
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Hmmm....you need to make 3 partition for your SD card if you want to use swap.....
First partition is FAT32 (must be primary) this partition is for your main storage....
Second partition is ext2,ext3 or ext 4 (must be primary) this partition is for install apps that link using link2SD or Mount2SD....
Third partition is Linux Swap....this partition is for swap (increase ram/performances)
Now all partition size you will make is depend on how you want it....basically 256mb for linux swap is enough but 512mb is recommended is you have SD sizes 16GB and above....for second partition 1GB is enough for installing apps....if you planing to install plenty of apps then 2GB is recommended only if you SD sizes is 16GB and above....for the first partition is what sizes left after your make all partition needed....
remember Swap will not be available right after you have partition is....you need swap scripts to make is available....
Can i add ext 3 without formatting my sd??? Coz i just created fat32 and ext2 last month.. And theres alot of files.. And my pc is slow like hell when format.. So can i simply add ext3 now????? Reply asap!
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alvster said:
Can i add ext 3 without formatting my sd??? Coz i just created fat32 and ext2 last month.. And theres alot of files.. And my pc is slow like hell when format.. So can i simply add ext3 now????? Reply asap!
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Nope.....you SD need to be formatted if you want to add other partition...beside adding partition means that your main partition (FAT32) sizes will be reduces...
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Of course you can increase ram performance by increasing swap and can increase your internal storage by partitioning your sd card, but might decrease the read or write speed of your system as sd card is not as fast as internal memory of your phone
For detailed information just google around
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to increase phone memory u can use application "LINK2SD" but, before u use it, i recommend u to make additional partition with ext2/4.
to increase ram maybe u can use with virtual ram. It not give big differents but for games it would be better.
i have MANUAL step to increase virtual memory ( such as adding secondary ram)
1. Download swap file ww*w.media*fire.c*om/?7pszmgi85sucuuc. Remove * . The password is "crescendo"
2. Extract it so from 800kb will be 800mb eace
3. Choose 1 from 3 files size for swap that u want ( up to you )
4. Copy file to /sdcard
5. U can type on "Terminal Emulator"
for example im using with 256mb size :
- to turned on swap
su
swapON sdcard/swap256
- to turned off swap
su
swapOFF sdcard/swap256
-) the green number can be changed and adjust it with size u want.
sorry if u dnt undestand. i cnt speak english well. lol
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