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Every time I wipe dalvik cache in recovery I get a notice that says E: unknown volume file. Also when a nand backup my rom it says its skipping backup of sd-ext due to unknown volume. I tried partitioning with CWM with 512mb and the default swap, but still same problem. I tried it through rom manager with the same effect. With the HTC Incredible I just used the alternate recovery and it let me upgrade from ext3 to ext4 after partitioning. I've been told by different forums that I didn't need to and others say I do. If any one could point me in the right direction on creating a ext4 partition I would greatly appreciate it. Also stop the unknown volume errors. 50% of my flashes fail. I thinking maybe because I can't wipe dalvik cache and cache partition without errors. Thank You...
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Sounds like your SD card is bad IMO
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You're gonna go to jail if you keep wiping David's memory.
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I've used 4 different sdcards. Two 16gbt. One class 2 the second class 10. Then two 32gbt, they are class 4. I have unrooted the phone then rooted it again... No go. I think the Ol' lady put a curse on my Thunderbolt.
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In questions and answers, I read about a app called Gpartition. Will this make a sd-ext? ext4 on my sdcard? Getting a E:\unknown volume directory. When wiping dalvik cache and cache partition.
Edit: Used Gpartition on new class 10 - 16GB sdcard. Everything went fine through the process but still won't show the ext partition on thunderbolt. I must have destroyed a Android in a previous life on purpose.
Hey...Let me tell you something.
I got the same before, when unplugged from my computer it worked without issue.
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?
as439726 said:
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,
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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.
wechselstrom said:
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?
wechselstrom said:
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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I have an Optimus V running IHO with s2e installed.
I am trying to use s2e to copy my dalvik cache to my sd-ext partition, but it's not working. I check the box and it says "reboot required", so I reboot, re-open s2e, and it still says "reboot required". I don't think it actually copied it to sd-ext.
How can I get it to copy my dalvik cache (~107MB)?
I havent heard of iho. But s2e is only for cm7 based roms...
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Android is right, you can only use with cm7...try using ungaze or darktremor
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IHO is based of CM 7.1. s2e copied my apps and download cache to my sd-ext just fine, it's the dalvik cache it's having issues with.
I had the same problem yesterday, uninstall s2e than reinstall from market and all of those blocked selections will be available to check....giving your on a cm7 rom...if that doesn't work repartition the sdcard than reinstall the s2e.apk than select which options you want moved to sdext and it should work
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Try wiping dalvik-cache, maybe the new one will be created on the sd-ext.
Ianis G. Vasilev said:
Try wiping dalvik-cache, maybe the new one will be created on the sd-ext.
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I tried that, didn't work
I think the partition is corrupted, try formatting again
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I think the partition is corrupted, try formatting again
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I currently have my apps and download cache on sd-ext. That worked (works) fine.
I just noticed that I have both /cache/dalvik-cache and /data/dalvik-cache. Could this be why I can't move it to sd-ext?
Jrhodes85 said:
I had the same problem yesterday, uninstall s2e than reinstall from market and all of those blocked selections will be available to check....giving your on a cm7 rom...if that doesn't work repartition the sdcard than reinstall the s2e.apk than select which options you want moved to sdext and it should work
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I tried uninstalling and re-installing s2e, didn't work. The weird thing is that my apps and my download cache moved to sd-ext just fine.
im having the same problem. just loaded bobzhome CM7.2.0 on my optimus v. it will move anything but the dalvik cache. whats the problem?
IMPORTANT NOTE!!!!!
i moved applications only to the SD ext partition. after this i wasnt able to load many of my apps, the most important of which was s2e. so i wasnt able to undo the move. fortunately this happened early on after i flashed the new rom. so i just called it a bad job and reflashed the rom.
im giving up on the idea of extending my ext partition. i just reformatted my SD card for basic SD storage. i will just have to live within my means. not being able to move the Dalvik cache should have been enough to ward me off, but after having it mess my apps up too im not going to try again until im really desperate.
Personally I tried ungaze a d s2e and darktremor was my favorite. You get the .zip for recovery and the UI in market, search for darktremor in it. You will have the option to move dalvik cache to sd ext. My ext is formated in ext4 by the way, might be your problem. I write here mainly to tell you that in my own experience moving dalvik to sd-ext on top of my apps to sd-ext made my rom laggy and slow. Apps only worked fine. Darktremor's the best. Try it.
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Mount as Ext4
how r u partitioning the sd card? I use mini tool and have partitioned it fine. make sure you make a fat32 1st, 2nd ext2 & 3rd Linux swap (see attached image - Disc 2 as example). Thats the only way it works. Best of luck Also, once s2e is installed, open s2e > menu > settings > select option 'Mount as Ext4'. I will not recommend moving applications and private apps, just move dalvik cache and download cache.
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I have been going round and round with this issue for a long time.... i used mini tool and other programs like darktremor and NONE worked,
I used mini tool like nth20 has stated only I created a fat32 partition,
I used the integrate SYS davik option in titanium backup!
I am useing a IHO rom that has link2sd and that worked for me...
good luck i have reflashed and tried so many roms and was finally able to get this to work.
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Mangala_Dharma said:
Personally I tried ungaze a d s2e and darktremor was my favorite. You get the .zip for recovery and the UI in market, search for darktremor in it. You will have the option to move dalvik cache to sd ext. My ext is formated in ext4 by the way, might be your problem. I write here mainly to tell you that in my own experience moving dalvik to sd-ext on top of my apps to sd-ext made my rom laggy and slow. Apps only worked fine. Darktremor's the best. Try it.
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I don't really want to move the dalvik-cache, to sd-ext, but when I try to install or update anything from the market, I get "package file invalid". I'm assuming that the error is that my cache is full.
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how r u partitioning the sd card? I use mini tool and have partitioned it fine. make sure you make a fat32 1st, 2nd ext2 & 3rd Linux swap (see attached image - Disc 2 as example). Thats the only way it works. Best of luck Also, once s2e is installed, open s2e > menu > settings > select option 'Mount as Ext4'. I will not recommend moving applications and private apps, just move dalvik cache and download cache.
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Do you need a swap partition for dalvik cache to move correctly? I didn't add one, so that may be the issue. Unfortunately, I have too many apps, and I need them moved to sd-ext, because they don't fit in the internal memory.
slappy18201 said:
I have been going round and round with this issue for a long time.... i used mini tool and other programs like darktremor and NONE worked,
I used mini tool like nth20 has stated only I created a fat32 partition,
I used the integrate SYS davik option in titanium backup!
I am useing a IHO rom that has link2sd and that worked for me...
good luck i have reflashed and tried so many roms and was finally able to get this to work.
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"integrate SYS davik option", eh? That looks interesting, let me try it. That seemed to help. s2e still didn't move the cache, but I can correctly install/update from the market now.
NTICompass said:
I don't really want to move the dalvik-cache, to sd-ext, but when I try to install or update anything from the market, I get "package file invalid". I'm assuming that the error is that my cache is full.
Yup. Either your dalvik cache or download cache or both cannot find enough space in internal memory.
Do you need a swap partition for dalvik cache to move correctly? I didn't add one, so that may be the issue. Unfortunately, I have too many apps, and I need them moved to sd-ext, because they don't fit in the internal memory.
You need the swap partition as apps use it the space while installations. Saves you from the 'package file invalid' error.
Hope this helps.
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I was able to use Titanium Backup's "Intergrate Sys Dalvik into ROM", and that fixed the problem (it moved ~20MB of stuff).
nth20 said:
You need the swap partition as apps use it the space while installations. Saves you from the 'package file invalid' error.
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I can try to add one, and see if that helps, but I think if I can install apps now, then I don't need to actually move the dalvik cache.
NTICompass said:
I was able to use Titanium Backup's "Intergrate Sys Dalvik into ROM", and that fixed the problem (it moved ~20MB of stuff).
I can try to add one, and see if that helps, but I think if I can install apps now, then I don't need to actually move the dalvik cache.
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Just 20MB. That's kinda low. Attached is a screenshot from my device. Check the size of the dalvik cache.
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Hi
I have a huge problem.
Sms/mms app won't run. It crashes after boot and any time I try to start it.
I have made several clean installations of stock ROM with no result. Including wiping everything of course.
But I can't figure out how to format the internal SD. There's files left there no matter what I do.
How do I make a true format so I can start over from scratch?
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Damien74 said:
Hi
I have a huge problem.
Sms/mms app won't run. It crashes after boot and any time I try to start it.
I have made several clean installations of stock ROM with no result. Including wiping everything of course.
But I can't figure out how to format the internal SD. There's files left there no matter what I do.
How do I make a true format so I can start over from scratch?
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Probably files whose path gets rebuilt after a wipe, like DCIM.
In twrp recovery you have in wipe menu options to wipe internal sdcard, or format data completely, including /data/media (= sdcard).
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Probably files whose path gets rebuilt after a wipe, like DCIM.
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Yes but not only, there are some other files still there.
Striatum_bdr said:
In twrp recovery you have in wipe menu options to wipe internal sdcard, or format data completely, including /data/media (= sdcard).
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What is twrp? I rooted the simple way which includes CWM (CF-Root 6.4).
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Key in *2767*3855#
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I did several hard resets, but those do not fix anything really.
It would be helpful if you list what files they are
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It would be helpful if you list what files they are
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No that doesn't matter. I just wanna format the card.
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No that doesn't matter. I just wanna format the card.
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Recovery/mounts and storage/format sd
Twrp is a recovery, there is a thread in Android original development section.
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Recovery/mounts and storage/format sd
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No, I tried that several times. I think that is supposed to format the external memory card BTW.
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Twrp is a recovery, there is a thread in Android original development section.
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Thanks! I read about it. I'm gonna try it later on. Seems fast.
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Twrp is a recovery, there is a thread in Android original development section.
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BTW: that must be some special. You can't format the internal card when using the phone. To many files in it that system uses.
Hey can someone help me I want to know how to erase all data when switching Roms. I've noticed when I factory reset wipe caches, some left over data will carry over from old ROM to new ROM........ Thanks in advance
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iamtha1 said:
Hey can someone help me I want to know how to erase all data when switching Roms. I've noticed when I factory reset wipe caches, some left over data will carry over from old ROM to new ROM........ Thanks in advance
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I also had this question in my mind a couple days ago and found the answer, I wiped all the caches/dalvik/system etc....then formatted the internal storage (sdcard) in cwm which i never did until now...that erased all leftovers...hope this helps
Yeah, when you get into cwm, format /system. That will take care of it for sure. Anything on your SD cards should be irrelevant to the OS unless you're restoring data.
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just to follow up on what jank said, if you do format /data/media, it will erase your whole internal sdcard. i do this every time i install a new rom to give it a fresh start. this does not affect your external sdcard.
Thanks so much guys!
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ok just to be clear(lol) i select format /data and /data/media option(sdcard)
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ok just to be clear(lol) i select format /data and /data/media option(sdcard)
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You only need to do format /data. That will format the whole /data partition including /data/media which is the internal sd card. However, I just want to say you only need to factory reset, wipe system, then dalvik. Wiping the whole /data partition is only causing you more grief. Nothing on the internal sd card can cause ROM issues. I have been flashing ROMs on several devices (phones and tablets) and have never had to wipe my internal sd card.
All that is necessary is to follow the directions given by the ROM developer in the OP.
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Factory Reset - Wipes /data but not /data/media. It also wipes cache.
Wipe Data - Wipes the whole /data partition (Meaning ALL user/app created files)
Wipe data/media - Only formats internal sd card.