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Hi there,
I've tried to follow other "tutorials" (for another Android phones) to format my internal SD Card to ext4, but with no success.
My method was:
- Connect phone to Linux PC
- Enable USB Storage on Phone (the drive appears in Linux)
- dmesg | tail (to see new device and partition name, for example, /dev/sdb1)
- mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdb1
- Unmount partition in Linux
- Stop USB Storage on Phone
- Unplug Cable
And the result is.......... The phone formats the Internal SD again to vfat!!!
Why does this happen? Any ideas?
How can i surpass this? I have Latest stock rom (rooted).
Getting lost here... :\
Cheers,
Phk
1. Download Minitool Partition Wizard
2. Connect phone with USB mass storage
3. Open Minitool Partition en right click on the SD Card and choose format.
4. Choose file system EXT4 and 32KB cluster size
5. When you did all that, you click the "Apply" button in the top left corner.
6. Wait for it to finish and voila!
Hope this helps!
sorry for this question, but why do you want to do that? is it so that you can use the whole 16gb for apps and store media on your external SD only?
punshkin said:
sorry for this question, but why do you want to do that? is it so that you can use the whole 16gb for apps and store media on your external SD only?
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Obviously to use HD-Video on the phone.
Files often exceed 4 Gigabyte, and for that filesystems like ntfs, exfat or ext4 are needed.
Going to give it a try soon, thanks nerotix!
nerotix said:
1. Download Minitool Partition Wizard
2. Connect phone with USB mass storage
3. Open Minitool Partition en right click on the SD Card and choose format.
4. Choose file system EXT4 and 32KB cluster size
5. When you did all that, you click the "Apply" button in the top left corner.
6. Wait for it to finish and voila!
Is there a way of doing this through windows? Also would it be worth doing it to my 16gb external SD. Thanx in advance
Hope this helps!
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You will need to patch some files for that to work. It's not bothered me enough that I want to fix it. If you restart your phone, it will reformat your internal SD-card to vfat, even if it's already ext4-formatted.
I'm also interested in this.
Really, it will change back to the original file system?
Which files would we have to patch to prevent this?
dyallo said:
I'm also interested in this.
Really, it will change back to the original file system?
Which files would we have to patch to prevent this?
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It depends, I believe alot of ROMs are ext4 supported, for those that are ext4 supported you dont have to patch anything I believe.
Guys please post only after testing. This is important to avoid deadlocks.....
Facts:
#1 - Current SGS2 Stock roms have rootfs and datafs formatted in EXT4 so they do support it
#2 - they force sd format to vfat so that is probably what needs patching.
Question is :
A - WHICH system app do we need to patch
B - Does the SD mount correctly as ext4 ?
Cheers and thanks
Phk
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Phk said:
Guys please post only after testing. This is important to avoid deadlocks.....
Facts:
#1 - Current SGS2 Stock roms have rootfs and datafs formatted in EXT4 so they do support it
#2 - they force sd format to vfat so that is probably what needs patching.
Question is :
A - WHICH system app do we need to patch
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That is the million dollar question indeed.
Phk said:
B - Does the SD mount correctly as ext4 ?
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No, it does not.
Tried both a microSD inside and another SD external via USB-OTG.
The OS 'catches' the 'faulty' ext4 cards and prevents mounting, which should work perfectly allright seeing Fact #1.
PS: The minitool mentioned above does not allow cluster sizes of 32 KB, only 1, 2 and 4 (checked this with an 8 GB mSDHC and 16 GB SDHC).
As far as I can remember:
/init.rc:
Code:
exec apply_system_policy /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 vfat
and /init which only seems to support FAT mounted SD-cards.
So you can take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14642927#post14642927
I think it will support NTFS soon when the devs are really interested in
sgstwo said:
As far as I can remember:
/init.rc:
Code:
exec apply_system_policy /dev/block/mmcblk0p11 vfat
and /init which only seems to support FAT mounted SD-cards.
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THANKS.
I'm going to comment the init.rc line and try manual procedure again.
Stay tuned
Phk said:
THANKS.
I'm going to comment the init.rc line and try manual procedure again.
Stay tuned
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Oh great.. Guess what.. /init.rc gets renewed at boot
rootfs is readonly, i've mounted it RW, edited init.rc, commented the vfat line, formatted the SD, and then reboot.
When the device booted, SD was clean and mounted with VFAT again
Suggestions?
MyrddinLXXIIX said:
That is the million dollar question indeed.
No, it does not.
Tried both a microSD inside and another SD external via USB-OTG.
The OS 'catches' the 'faulty' ext4 cards and prevents mounting, which should work perfectly allright seeing Fact #1.
PS: The minitool mentioned above does not allow cluster sizes of 32 KB, only 1, 2 and 4 (checked this with an 8 GB mSDHC and 16 GB SDHC).
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yes it does allow 32KB and even 64KB, either u got an old version of the program or a crappy SD card
Phk said:
Oh great.. Guess what.. /init.rc gets renewed at boot
rootfs is readonly, i've mounted it RW, edited init.rc, commented the vfat line, formatted the SD, and then reboot.
When the device booted, SD was clean and mounted with VFAT again
Suggestions?
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/init and /init.rc are part of zImage (the kernel). You must extract the initramfs, update the file, and write the changes back. You will probably get a yellow triangle (non-Samsung kernel message) if you manage to boot it.
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/init and /init.rc are part of zImage (the kernel). You must extract the initramfs, update the file, and write the changes back. You will probably get a yellow triangle (non-Samsung kernel message) if you manage to boot it.
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Are you sure about that?
If so, how can i extract initramfs?
Thanks
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Are you sure about that?
If so, how can i extract initramfs?
Thanks
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Did you get it working Phk? Keep us updated
Nope!
I PM'd Chainfire asking for help on rebuild initramfs, but he didn't care.
I saw on his CFRoot post that he built a toolchain for recompiling the initramfs, so his stuff would be pretty useful in this case....
.. come on chain, clear us out.. Or include this in your next kernel, whatever.. :\ SUCKS.
Phk said:
Nope!
I PM'd Chainfire asking for help on rebuild initramfs, but he didn't care.
I saw on his CFRoot post that he built a toolchain for recompiling the initramfs, so his stuff would be pretty useful in this case....
.. come on chain, clear us out.. Or include this in your next kernel, whatever.. :\ SUCKS.
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http://bit.ly/jRSCxJ
Was that hard? You know how many projects he's carrying on? Why he'd have to waste his time for such a simple thing that a Google search can do?
Please if you think I've been too rude re-read the forum rules prior to answer this post... if you've ever done it...
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I'm at total idiot for doing this btw, but i'd love some help as to how to get out of this hole!
Due to the file size limitations of FAT32, and me needing to qucikly move some large ISO files, i decided to put them on my flyer. I thought i was formatting the external sd card to ex fat, but only realised when i got home that i actually formatted the internal memory!!! argh!
I comes up as 'your internal memory may be broken, please reformat it' but when i press the option to format nothing happens.
From recovery, i cant mount it, so again cant format it.
I'm guessing this is due to linux/android not being able to recognise these partitions
Any help would be much appreciated! I'm on a 16GB wifi flyer btw.
Thanks in advance
It sounds like you still have hboot and recovery, so you must have formatted the internal storage; have you tried running an RUU for your model? The proper RUU should format your device and restore the stock OS. Is that the US Best Buy 16GB WiFi only Flyer?
Yeah i've got full Hboot and recovery access, and the device works fine, save for the internal storage problem.
I did the format on my PC when i mounted the internal storage for access.
Its a european wifi flyer, and i got the RUU (RUU RUU_Flyer_HTC_WWE_Wifi_2.27.1114.31_Radio_20.3504. 30.089BU_3809.07.04.06_M_release_204727_signed)
Does running the RUU format the internal storage aswell then?
I'm guessing as i've S-OFFed using revolutionary, i'll need to follow this guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346200
Yes, you are are on the right track. If you want to keep the Revolutionary hboot, you could just run the RUU from Windows. It will write the stock system OS, and you'll keep s-off and Revolutionary. You'll just have to push the su files again to get root. You'll also have to flash the cwm recovery again with either the Revolutionary tool or manually.
If you want totally stock with s-on, then follow the instructions in the link you provided.
or.... you could just install busybox and format the partition from the command line using adb or do the same from recovery....you don't need to mount it to format it. If you wait an hour or so until I have my flyer in hand I'll give you the command you want.
Oh that would be fantastic!
Yeah I'm not back at home yet (will be in a few hours), so fixing it without running the ruu again would be the best solution imo!
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globatron said:
or.... you could just install busybox and format the partition from the command line using adb or do the same from recovery....you don't need to mount it to format it. If you wait an hour or so until I have my flyer in hand I'll give you the command you want.
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Oh, it just dawned on me that the OS is all there and working for the OP, and it is just the internal storage that needs to be formatted. Sorry, didn't read close enough. In CWM recovery, under "Mounts and Storage", choose "format /internal_sdcard". That should be all that is needed. Learning here myself, so I'm curious to see the adb way also.
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Oh, it just dawned on me that the OS is all there and working for the OP, and it is just the internal storage that needs to be formatted. Sorry, didn't read close enough. In CWM recovery, under "Mounts and Storage", choose "format /internal_sdcard". That should be all that is needed. Learning here myself, so I'm curious to see the adb way also.
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Yeah I tried that as soon as I realised the problem, but when I went to format the internal memory, it can't complete.
The returned commands seem to imply that it needs to mount it first, before it can be formatted. And it can't be mounted because android can't recognise exFat
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If you have busybox installed and are booted it should be this:
Code:
mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p33
globatron said:
If you have busybox installed and are booted it should be this:
Code:
mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p33
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I must confess, I've never used busybox before.
When I get back to my flyer, is it a simple case of installing busybox,
then using adb, run adb shell and then the above code line?
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Hereisphilly said:
I must confess, I've never used busybox before.
When I get back to my flyer, is it a simple case of installing busybox,
then using adb, run adb shell and then the above code line?
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yes, as root.
Well i'm having some trouble installing Busybox.
I've downloaded it fro mthe market, and i run through the green install window, check the default path which is system/xbin, and then it says it cannot install as there is not enough space on the SD card or the SD card is mounted!
I'm guessing this is becaue it is looking for the internal memory, and it cannot find it
Any suggestions?
push the apk to /system/app with adb.
Right, i ran this code and this is what i got returned
C:\android-tools>adb push stericson.busybox.apk /system/app
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
failed to copy 'stericson.busybox.apk' to '/system/app/stericson.busybox.apk': Read-only file system
seems like it is the same error i got when i tried to install it after downloading and installing the apk fro mthe market
The market download seemed to be a 2 stage process - i could download and install it fine, but once i ran the app from the drawer, it prompted a secondary install, which is where the previosu errors were generated...
ok, download the attached zip file and extract it:
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp
Code:
adb shell
$ su
# chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
# /data/local/tmp/busybox mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p33
globatron said:
ok, download the attached zip file and extract it:
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp
Code:
adb shell
$ su
# chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
# /data/local/tmp/busybox mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p33
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That did it! Thanks so much!
I've just mounted it on my PC again, and the total size is showing an 8.68 GB drvie... i honestly cant remember how big the partiton was last time, but i'm using a 16GB flyer, so i would have thought it would be closer?
Either way, at least its usable again now!
Thanks again
Glad you were able to work this out. 8.68 GB is correct for that partition.
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Hereisphilly said:
That did it! Thanks so much!
I've just mounted it on my PC again, and the total size is showing an 8.68 GB drvie... i honestly cant remember how big the partiton was last time, but i'm using a 16GB flyer, so i would have thought it would be closer?
Either way, at least its usable again now!
Thanks again
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yep, as jscott said that would be right for a 16GB flyer.
Fantastic, thanks so much for helping!
I have this problem with my One X, found this topic in search.
But, when trying to mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p33 , im getting this error:
mkfs.vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p33
mkfs.vfat: can't open '/dev/block/mmcblk0p33': No such file or directory
Pls help?
Hey everyone, i prefer stuff saved on my external sd and im to lazy to keep editing apps to save to /sdcard2 (if they even let you!) instead of the usual /sdcard, so i made a zip to flash in recovery that swaps mount points. internal mounts at /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd and external is at /mnt/sdcard.
enjoy this guys! it took me like a day solid to figure out how to swap it and then learn how to make a flashable zip be nice to me i had never done this before yesterday/part of today
This has been tested on Ineffabilis (gb version) with dsb OC kernel. should work on any GB rezound rom, and unless something changed that i didnt notice it should work on ICS roms. ill edit this as soon as i check, but it will be tomorrow night before i get a chance
flash SwtichMount.zip to switch
flash RestoreMount.zip to restore to original settings
theoretically this should work on some other phones, shoot me a pm with your phone model and any rom for it (or even better the vold.fstab file in
/system/etc) and i can tell you if it should work/edit it to work for you!
Changelog:
v2.1: adds support for some roms
I have done this as well by editing the vold.fstab file and rebooting. The only problem I had was that after making the change I was unable to mount the internal storage as USB drive. The SDcard mounted fine however. So what I have been doing is copying over the original file that I saved on the SDcard if I needed to copy files over to the internal.
Does your method allow for the internal storage to be mounted as a USB drive?
yea it shows up, it seems to take an extra minute or 2.
i had a different way to do it that mounted internal on /mnt/sdcard2 but it had to do with editing ramdisk and was a pain in the a$$
So the internal ram is mounted as sdcard/ext_sd? Is there any way around this? Does the name ext_sd have some significance? I mean you have a mnt/sdcard which is sdcard dir and mnt/sdcard/sd_ext which is sdcard2 dir. Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!
maniac2k said:
Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!
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+1!
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maniac2k said:
So the internal ram is mounted as sdcard/ext_sd? Is there any way around this? Does the name ext_sd have some significance? I mean you have a mnt/sdcard which is sdcard dir and mnt/sdcard/sd_ext which is sdcard2 dir. Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!
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If you go to the root directory of the phone you will see sdcard and sdcard2. sdcard2 is the exact same folder as mnt/sdcard/sd_ext. The folder mnt/sdcard/sd_ext is basically like having a shortcut to that sdcard2.
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By the way pwnwolf117.... I flashed your zip and the changes did not stick. I still had to use my method of copying over an edited vold.fstab file that I created to the /etc folder. I am running BAMF gingerbread ROM.
I understand that and explained that in my original post so I wouldn't get an answer like yours. Please reread my previous post again. My point is, why should internal ram (in this case, ext_sd which isn't external sd) be mounted inside the sdcard folder?
maniac2k said:
.Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!
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I'm working on getting that but I need yo figure out a script that will create /mnt/Sdcard2 on bootup. I know where to put the script but something isn't mounting properly. I'll try to finish it tonight but since I originally posted I've been taking midterm exams or at robotics practice or a competition which im on my way home from now (8pm here) and I left at 5am so I'm exhausted but I'll see what I can throw together. if anybody understands how to add a script to /etc/init.d/ please pm me or reply! and so you all realize this is my first Android phone EVER which I've had for obit a couple months as well as I have no programming experience. so this was a personal project that I released for those who want to try it.
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maniac2k said:
I understand that and explained that in my original post so I wouldn't get an answer like yours. Please reread my previous post again. My point is, why should internal ram (in this case, ext_sd which isn't external sd) be mounted inside the sdcard folder?
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because that was the one place I KNOW it will mount on the system correctly, but also will mount as USB correctly. /mnt/Sdcard/ext_sd is the default mount point for the external so I just swapped the internal and external mount points
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maniac2k said:
.Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!
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I'm working on getting that but I need yo figure out a script that will create /mnt/Sdcard2 on bootup. I know where to put the script but something isn't mounting properly. I'll try to finish it tonight but since I originally posted I've been taking midterm exams or at robotics practice or a competition which im on my way home from now (8pm here) and I left at 5am so I'm exhausted but I'll see what I can throw together. if anybody understands how to add a script to /etc/init.d/ please pm me or reply! and so you all realize this is my first Android phone EVER which I've had for obit a couple months as well as I have no programming experience. so this was a personal project that I released for those who want to try it.
maniac2k said:
I understand that and explained that in my original post so I wouldn't get an answer like yours. Please reread my previous post again. My point is, why should internal ram (in this case, ext_sd which isn't external sd) be mounted inside the sdcard folder?
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because that was the one place I KNOW it will mount on the system correctly, but also will mount as USB correctly. /mnt/Sdcard/ext_sd is the default mount point for the external so I just swapped the internal and external mount points
mrcrusha829 said:
the way pwnwolf117.... I flashed your zip and the changes did not stick. I still had to use my method of copying over an edited vold.fstab file that I created to the /etc folder. I am running BAMF gingerbread ROM.
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hmm im wondering if its a permissions thing, im dling BAMF gb and ill install it and see what i can do as soon as i have a chance!
maniac2k said:
I understand that and explained that in my original post so I wouldn't get an answer like yours. Please reread my previous post again. My point is, why should internal ram (in this case, ext_sd which isn't external sd) be mounted inside the sdcard folder?
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I am not tying to be rude but what does it matter. You can get to SDcard2 from both points... it isn't taking up space on the SDcard.
installed bamf cubed rezound 1.0.1 and got it to work. heres the zip
mrcrusha829 said:
I am not tying to be rude but what does it matter. You can get to SDcard2 from both points... it isn't taking up space on the SDcard.
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Yeah i know it just doesn't make sense to have it this way. No big deal i guess but if someone could fix it, it would be nice. I also wonder if this mod will mess up recovery wipes.
maniac2k said:
Yeah i know it just doesn't make sense to have it this way. No big deal i guess but if someone could fix it, it would be nice. I also wonder if this mod will mess up recovery wipes.
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im in process of making that work, might be a couple days before i get it all working
i have followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531120
And i'm running CM7. I can't access to the internal storage as My Nook like everyone does. I'm a user
Please anyone show me how to make the internal storage mount when plug into the PC ?
I'v read a lot from many threads but mostly for developer so no images at all. I can't follow them step by step and don't know which step i needed to enable mount for the internal storage.
Sorry if this annoy & make people think that i'm lazy
feladenfia said:
i have followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531120
And i'm running CM7. I can't access to the internal storage as My Nook like everyone does. I'm a user
Please anyone show me how to make the internal storage mount when plug into the PC ?
I'v read a lot from many threads but mostly for developer so no images at all. I can't follow them step by step and don't know which step i needed to enable mount for the internal storage.
Sorry if this annoy & make people think that i'm lazy
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What version of CM7?
I cheated...I did a factory reset and took it into B&N and had them repatition. I did get as much storage but also didn't brick my Nook.
Nikkie
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NikkieL said:
I cheated...I did a factory reset and took it into B&N and had them repatition. I did get as much storage but also didn't brick my Nook.
Nikkie
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I don't think he's taking about repartitioning. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like OP just can't get his /mnt/media partition to mount.
I think you have to change the mounts in your build.prop. The changes were posted somewhere in the CM7 thread by @succulent.
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I don't think he's taking about repartitioning. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like OP just can't get his /mnt/media partition to mount.
I think you have to change the mounts in your build.prop. The changes were posted somewhere in the CM7 thread by @succulent.
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This is pretty easy to do with CM9. All you have do is edit the vold.fstab and swap the mount points. I have emmc mounting to /mnt/sdcard and sdcard mounting to /mnt/emmc.
I then use an app called "Directory Bind" (google it) to mount the sdcard to the internal emmc at /mnt/sdcard/_ExternalSD. You could use something like SManager to do the mounting instead of Directory Bind (it sometimes doesn't work at boot).
Unfortunately it doesn't seem as easy with CM7. I couldn't get it to work properly using the same method.
I don't think this is what he wants either. He wants the /mnt/media (X: My NOOK) partition to mount on the PC. I think you're suggesting he manually mount the partition on his NT.
To allow mounting this partition on your PC, this is what you change:
ro.additionalmounts=/mnt/media
and
ro.vold.switchablepair=/mnt/sdcard,/mnt/media
Also, I know this was the solution when CM7 was in its earlier Alpha stages. I thought Celtic fixed this issue in their next build.
Okay, well I posted this thread in the wrong place.. so im wondering if it can be moved to here or not.. but here is my original thread.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738172
Help would be appreciated please..
really? no one can help me make it so my apps start to install to my sd card from now on? Ive tried using adb to change the install directory.. not seem to be working, idk.. please help though :/
Moved to Q and A, and request OP not to bump threads within twenty four hours, and probably best to be humble in your bumps too, you are asking for help from others, so be nice
no one? :/
bewpy said:
really? no one can help me make it so my apps start to install to my sd card from now on? Ive tried using adb to change the install directory.. not seem to be working, idk.. please help though :/
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use move2sd app
Vaibhav Chauhan said:
use move2sd app
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Ive tried it.. it says my external or internal memory is emulatted or something and that my sd card shares the same disk with os? idk what this mean.. i was told to use Link2SD or something instead of move2sd.. and I tried that as well, and couldnt seem to get it to work.. I used Aparted and partitioned my sd card, before hand as well.. maybe im doing something wrong? Anyone know of a tutorial for using aparted/link2sd?
bewpy said:
Ive tried it.. it says my external or internal memory is emulatted or something and that my sd card shares the same disk with os? idk what this mean.. i was told to use Link2SD or something instead of move2sd.. and I tried that as well, and couldnt seem to get it to work.. I used Aparted and partitioned my sd card, before hand as well.. maybe im doing something wrong? Anyone know of a tutorial for using aparted/link2sd?
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Looks like you got an lg phone which has an sd card emulated by your system. Try rom toolbox lite to change install location.
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AshIndigo said:
Looks like you got an lg phone which has an sd card emulated by your system. Try rom toolbox lite to change install location.
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does doing it through rom toolbox work better then doing it through adb? cause I used adb to set install location to external, but that didnt seem to work , unless i did it wrong. but I checked the install location after and it said it was set to external
Okay i set it to external through rom tool box, but when i install an app, my sd card is still empty.
Okay, well I figured out how to get my problem fixed using ROM Toolbox.. I didnt change the default install destination. I made a script that runs on boot that just basically uses my SD card for internal and external both. So now my apps install to my external.
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
mount -t vfat -o umask=0000 /dev/block/vold/179:61 /mnt/sdcard
mount -o bind /data/media /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
chmod 777 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
This works for the LG Optimus L9 LGMS769