Hi.
I was trying to do a ext4 conversion with CWM but without succeed because CMW fails backing up /system
It doesn't hang, it simply says
"backing up files... backup failed! not enough space?"
I have 50 MB free on internal memory (not RAM ).
When doing a full backup, CWM says "Error whyle making a backup image of /system!"
Do You guys have any ideas? Is there a log somewhere?
If can be usefull : I'm using CF-root 3.7 b84 on stock 2.3.6 KT7 , and a "battery mod" made with UOT KITCHEN.
its clear ... you don´t have enough memory in your SD CARD take everything you dont need and try again.
50mb id not enough to backup system partition.. clean sd before doing conversion
I have 50 MB free in internal memory. In the SD I have 8GB free...
the backup goes into SD Card not phone memory. Is your card partioned?
Yes, I have a partition with FAT32 filesystem, 14 GB, and a sd-ext with EXT4 fs, 2 GB.
it may be because of that try doing it with another sd card.
Please post the output of this command in the terminal.
Code:
busybox df -h
unfortunately I was advised to do a "fix permissione" from recovery ... This seems had compromise the fw. I had to reflash it, now I'm enjoying the time with reconfiguring everything -_- , because ... I did not have a backup, of course...
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Download here - app2sd.ext4(modified 3.1.11)
Or if you want both, apps and dalvik-cache on SD - download here - app2sd.dc2sd.ext4
First of all make backup in xRecovery
Install app2sd through xRecovery - install custom zip
ext2 or ext3 or ext4 partition on SDcard needed
After app2sd installed, don´t turn the phone on without SD card with installed apps inserted, until it is really necessary
First boot after installation takes longer, depending on the amount of installed apps
If you make backup with xRecovery after installation -
- your personal data and setting of your apps will be backed up
- installed apps will no longer be backed up, but still remaining in the ext partition on SD card
If some app won´t work correctly, please reinstall the app from Market or from the file browser (rootexplorer) - you can find your apps in /system/sd/app directory
Compatible with JIT?
Yes, it is.
peetr_ said:
Download here - app2sd.ext4
Install through xRecovery - install custom zip
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Could u upload the file on megaupload.com
Thanks,...
Ok... now it´s on megaupload.
Installed it, how can i check it? This is my first app2sd try
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In rootexplorer, /data/app - shows used and remaining space, added together it should be size of your ext partition.
Ok at first i didnt have a ext2 partition.
Now i have formated my sd card and app2sd seems to waork, my problem is after installing the uptade.zip my phone reboots and at first it shows all the apps in menu then they dissapear, i think theyre transfered to sd card. and then i can do nothing just have the standart apps, appbrain doeasnt works, cant start root explorer etc... but all m apps appera in the menu for deinstallation. Hope you can help me
EDIT//
after another restart everything seems to work fine
I am glad to hear that
Works well with my previous ext2 partition.
I already had app2sd working, and it still works this way.
I'm now trying a new sdcard. I formatted an ext4 partition in ubuntu, but the phone enters into an eternal loop. Don't know why, but it seams that it is not recognizing the partition.
Any Ideas?
Regards
Use ext3,for mini is better - stable
I made ext4 partition making first ext3 and then ext4 manually in xrecovery through adb with this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714 and its stable.
But maybe ext3 is faster with our kernel. Dont know, didnt compared.
peetr_ said:
Ok... now it´s on megaupload.
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Thanks brader.....
This sounds awesome but does this mean that I can have apps on ext2 + ext 3 which means double the amount of apps?
NO.On ext3 is better performance.
No, but you can double the amount of partition size
Nice so say I've doubled it, will it increase the amount of apps I can put on my mini? just want to know a bit more about this
peetr_ said:
Download here - app2sd.ext4
Install through xRecovery - install custom zip
ext 2,3 or 4 partition on SDcard needed
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!
now i have a question, i got a 1gb ext2 partition, would it be better when i format it in ext3 or ext4 ? i dont know wich class the microsd card is, its a 8gb....
I have ext4 but few people said ext3 has better performance.
I had no time yet, to try ext3.
I think 1 GB is too much, because there are still some data, that are stored in internal memory and when you run out of internal memory, remaining place in ext partition is unused.
500 MB is enough, this is not high-end phone and too many apps means more slowness and less stability, i think.
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peetr_ said:
I have ext4 but few people said ext3 has better performance.
I had no time yet, to try ext3.
I think 1 GB is too much, because there are still some data, that are stored in internal memory and when you run out of internal memory, remaining place in ext partition is unused.
500 MB is enough, this is not high-end phone and too many apps means more slowness and less stability, i think.
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Can I skip doing ext2 just make ext3 n 4..then intall the zip file using recovery?to make partition ext3 or 4 using same method of make partition ext2?
sent from my E10i
Ok i'm still not sure how i'm supposed to check if A2SD is installed...
im on blayo84 and i partitioned my SD through ROM manager..
Then through Titanium backup , moved all apps to SD ( this is my first time using TiBa) and it seemed to free up about 50MB from my internal storage...
I even went through adb sheel and checked a2sd --free
Code:
# a2sd --free
a2sd --free
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/block/mtdblock5 185.1M 133.2M 52.0M 72% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 457.4M 24.7M 408.3M 6% /mnt/asec/sd
I'm assuming /data is my internal phone and /mnt/asec/sd is the partition on my sd, right?
But when i reboot, some icons are missing while it was "preparing the sd card "... I thought with A2SD, everything should be moved to the EXT and available right away?! Obviously, the missing icons , are apps which are not accessible ...
What am i doing wrong?, In other words, is it normal that the EXT partitition is not loaded right away?
I downloaded Android System to confirm if my EXT is loaded, but i can't see the EXT partion, it shows:
Internal Memory 185.12MB Free: 51.94MB
SDCArd 7040.54 MB Free:2959.09MB (my FAT 32 of my SD)
RAM: Max 292 Free: 100MB
Thanks
Maybe it only looks for Darktremors A2SD? There is another program for controlling A2SD that will only work (and show anything) with DT A2SD?
Do not install apps which are not compatible with Blayo's A2SD
(RomManager and such tools like TiBM too are bad for different rom than CM, always prefer Clockworkmod solution )
Just do a a2sd --enable, reboot, then : a2sd --dc2sd
and reinstall your apps
(i assume that you have formatted an ext3 partition )
stevenstrike said:
Do not install apps which are not compatible with Blayo's A2SD
(RomManager and such tools like TiBM too are bad for different rom than CM, always prefer Clockworkmod solution )
Just do a a2sd --enable, reboot, then : a2sd --dc2sd
and reinstall your apps
(i assume that you have formatted an ext3 partition )
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I've used ROm manager to create the Partition because i was too lazy to go through the manual method of creating the partitiion... so i have no idea of which EXT version it created... any way to check, other than taking out the sd and loading gparted ?
I know i need to extract them with unyaffs.exe
But i can't find where my camera photos stored ..
Please navigate me to the path ...
Motorola Atrix 2.3.4 device.
Thanks.
Nowhere, they're on the SD card (/DCIM/)
So they are gone ?
I stored them at the internal sd, not in the external sd.
Internal SD... ah, sorry: the Atrix has built-in memory... I wasn't aware of that. That depends on how it is accessed... I still wouldn't expect it to show up in Nandroid backups, but if your lucky it doesn't get formatted and you can still retrieve it. The question is, what device is this internal storage and what filesystem does it use.
Can you still mount the storage on the PC? You should be able to retrieve most of your images even if the drive was formatted using a standard photo recovery tool
I just full wiped everything .. all the storage places too and intsalled new ROM.
OK, i can do that , which revocery tool should i use ?
It's been a while ... I think I used this one:
http://www.z-a-recovery.com/digital-image-recovery.htm
The free version is enough for image recovery.
Thanks
Just recover some of my images ...
But i can't get the full library from the nandroid backup? what information do you need?
I know i can just restore the nandroid backup ... but it will do trouble ... diffrent kernel from my preset rom..
Any ideas?
?
Sorry for the late response, But I just stumbled upon the thread. I had the G2x. The internal memory is just like another SD card. Just that it's not removable. What's backed up in a Nandroid is things like the /data, /cache /boot /system and android.secure partitions. The internal memory is /emmc. It doesnt get formatted in a wipe (unless you say so) and it doesnt get backed up in the Nandroid. Otherwise, your Nandroid backups would be EXTREMELY large.
hi yal
my internal memory have about 40mb left and is startting to get low ..
so is there a way to increase it ? i use tita backup to move apps but there still traces of bytes left ...i have about 60apps / games and themes ...so any help?
Look for "Link2Sd" in the market that's the easiest way I think.
Greetings !
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link2sd needs partition sd card yes? how do i partition it by the way?
Flash cm7 and use s2e ..after that ull be trying to find apps to fill the memory but u will never be able to fill it cause even if u have 130apps (like i had) it uses ONLY 50 MB ..reamaning goes to sd ext..u can partition ur sd card using CWM5/CWM4...
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Link2SD:
What is needed:
- Root Permission
- The second partition on the SD Card, and both MUST PRIMARY
The first partition is the default storage of data on the SDcard. The second partition (which will be created) is a partition for storage applications for Link2sd.
download "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" on the PC, then plug the sdcard in the PC (u can directly use the phone, or card reader). by using this program, agan no need to format, partition, or delete data in the beginning, to create a new partition.
Install and open minitool, select the drive which will be partitioned sdcard, select resize the unallocated area. for PRIMARY, NOT logical. Free partition size is up. klo above 2GB FAT32 file system should pake. FAT32 support is generally on all phones. APPLY, and then turn on the phone.
(for more secure data back up anyway in the SD Card)
- Install Link2sd, have mounted, select FAT32, restart again and Tada!! Applications can be moved to SD, ga who need to use complicated script
Good luck. and must have successfully ...
Good Tutorial !
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is there a difference between s2e and apps2sd? i used link2sd before on my old w8 (forgot how to partition now ) but it's quite unstable since apps constantly force crahses
oh oh ! can i partition using cwm ? like this
http://acetips.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/how-to-partition-your-sd-card/
i don't dare to use yet since i fear it will screw my phone
Do NOT use ClockWorkMod !!!
You can flash ClockWorkMod Recovery ,from where you can partition your Sd Card.
For cwm recovery there is no root needed,just flash it from stock recovery.
I hope that helped
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oh ok then so i reboot to cwm then partition?
Yes, under the "advanced" tab
Select the Size of your 2nd Partition and 0mb for cache (not needed)
Remember that all your data from SD Card will be deleted !
Then reboot your Phone and start link2SD. When you´re asked about 2nd partition format, choose ext2 (I hope, I didn´t use this for ages!) If you get an error, it was the wrong format
Link2SD will ask you for a reboot and after that you can start to move your apps.
One Question, the build-in option to move apps is not enough ? I am not using so many apps, so I really don´t know.
Greetings!
Hey guys,
Today I did a repartition of my phone with the 1GB system 3 GB appstorage pit file.
I also used a PDA file with a apolo 4.x kernel(for neatrom 4.1)
Well... the flash failed...
I however could start the phone. I booted up and presente me with: type in password to access encrypted storage.
I then booted into the recovery and tried to flash a new ROM.
but emmc / the internal SD card could not be mounted.
I then formated the internal SD in windows and was able to access the card again.
But I still could not install a rom because /data could not be mounted. I formated the /data partition after "repair" under TWRP for the data partition didnt work.
I now could access all partitions and install th ROM.
I now have 1009 MB space in /system and 3GB in /data and I can also use the ROM
but why did I get an Error MSG in odin? Is everything OK with my mobile phone or should I try to repartition it again until I get a "sucessfull" MSG?
Thanks