Hello Everyone!
I partitioned my SD card back when I had my Nexus One. Now, I'm interested in reversing that process. I just recently rooted, unlocked, and flashed my phone. Unfortunately, CWM doesn't offer an option to partition my SD card. How does one do that these days? I just want my SD card to be unpartitioned.
Thanks
Chump
You should be able to format the sd card form the phone itself, like going to menu, settings, storage, dismount sd card then format sd card, I think this removes partitions, also destroying all data in the card.
thechump said:
Hello Everyone!
I partitioned my SD card back when I had my Nexus One. Now, I'm interested in reversing that process. I just recently rooted, unlocked, and flashed my phone. Unfortunately, CWM doesn't offer an option to partition my SD card. How does one do that these days? I just want my SD card to be unpartitioned.
Thanks
Chump
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Backup sdcard contents to computer. On computer delete all partitions, then you will have one big unallocated space. Create a new partition using all available space. Copy backed up data back onto sdcard. Put back in phone.
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I use minitool partition wizard.
Remember to format as primary, fat32 and then apply,
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-P...200.html?spi=b98f0ce7c1bc4c1c1a0ee1c60561e5fc
redgrass83 said:
I use minitool partition wizard.
Remember to format as primary, fat32 and then apply,
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-P...200.html?spi=b98f0ce7c1bc4c1c1a0ee1c60561e5fc
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+1 as the standard windows partition tool does not delete the 2nd partition. You will lose everything on the 2nd partition as even with mini tool you can't access it, only delete it and format it.
Oh, exactly.. make sure to back up any important data.
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the best way to unpartition
the best way to unpartition which i found on google
check the attached file please
krishnav891 said:
the best way to unpartition which i found on google
check the attached file please
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Really necessary to revive a thread thats been dead for 2 yrs? No.
Um
palmbeach05 said:
Really necessary to revive a thread thats been dead for 2 yrs? No.
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To be honest, yeah. It's cool that he revived it. I am sitting here with a soft bricked Samsung Infuse and can't find a lick of information that is even slightly useful to me. I'm welcome to all new information and answers that could potentially help me. Why waste your time complaining that someone revived a thread? Got nothing better to do with your life, I see... Stop being a jerkoff to people who didn't do a single thing to you. Seriously...
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To be honest, yeah. It's cool that he revived it. I am sitting here with a soft bricked Samsung Infuse and can't find a lick of information that is even slightly useful to me. I'm welcome to all new information and answers that could potentially help me. Why waste your time complaining that someone revived a thread? Got nothing better to do with your life, I see... Stop being a jerkoff to people who didn't do a single thing to you. Seriously...
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Why are you trying to make an argument about a bricked device, unpartitioning an sd card (removable storage), and a thread that I haven't even looked at or read or anything since May (its now Nov)? and fyi, a quick search of your problem gave me this http://www.androidnectar.com/fix-bricked-samsung-infuse-how-to/ you're welcome. Please refrain from posting antagonizing posts like that as it deters from any use and can be reported to moderators.
redgrass83 said:
I use minitool partition wizard.
Remember to format as primary, fat32 and then apply,
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-P...200.html?spi=b98f0ce7c1bc4c1c1a0ee1c60561e5fc
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I agree, using minitool partition wizard to format to fat32 and convert to primary partition.
Mini tool partition the whole drive as fat32
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I just upgraded to Bell's 2.2.2 OTA and now I need to root but I am not sure how... Gingerbreak requires a formatted SD card and i only have one and its in the atrix and has tons of stuff on it!
Any root method where I dont have to erase the SD?
Why not just back up all your files to your pc? That way you won't lose any data. I always back my files up anyway just in case.
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Just unmount the internal storage and the SD card before running Gingerbreak.
qbking77 said:
Why not just back up all your files to your pc? That way you won't lose any data. I always back my files up anyway just in case.
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I wish I read that before doing it, i cleared my sd card to my internal storage thinking that ONLY the sd card would be formatted ... boy was i wrong
Wond3r said:
I wish I read that before doing it, i cleared my sd card to my internal storage thinking that ONLY the sd card would be formatted ... boy was i wrong
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He responded 1 minute after you posted...
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He responded 1 minute after you posted...
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I know, when I tried to refresh the page I guess I wasnt connected to the internet and it reloaded the old page - so I thought no one had replied
Sorry to bring this painful memory up, but Gingerbreak needed a formatted SD card?! I've used it in the past with my SD card (both internal and external) filled with all sorts of stuff, and it still work (albeit it was a bit slower and took a few tries). And rule of thumb for anything relating to upgrading or the internal/external SD slots: BACK UP. It's so vital to do this, cause in the case that something happens, poof. =[ But good luck with the rooting!
~jojojohnson7410~
jojojohnson7410 said:
Sorry to bring this painful memory up, but Gingerbreak needed a formatted SD card?! I've used it in the past with my SD card (both internal and external) filled with all sorts of stuff, and it still work (albeit it was a bit slower and took a few tries). And rule of thumb for anything relating to upgrading or the internal/external SD slots: BACK UP. It's so vital to do this, cause in the case that something happens, poof. =[ But good luck with the rooting!
~jojojohnson7410~
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Well I read in the Gingerbreak thread that you needed a formatted SD card
I ran some data recovery software and got recovered many things that were erased!
Thanks everyone
Hey there,
for the second time now Android (KG6; has happened once on KG1 before) came up with the message "SD Card corrupted... please format".
Totally out of the blue. Nothing special has happened. I didn't take out the battery or something...
So I take out the SD, put in in my card reader and Windows has no problems with it. No error message and I can use the card as regular, reading out all data that's supposed to be there.
Last time I backed up the content, formatted the SD, put the content back on and placed it back in the phone. Everything worked fine again. But considering that this process took like an hour or so (20GB of data to move) I really don't want to do this every second week.
Does someone have an idea what this could be caused by? It is an annoying thing and I really don't want to run into it when theres no pc and card reader close by.
Any constructive thoughts appreciated!
btw, I've got this SD-Booster running on Android, which changes the cache-size for SD data. Can this cause the alleged corruption?
Now when it is working just keep using it. I don't think the problem will come back again
Best of Luck.
ithehappy said:
Now when it is working just keep using it. I don't think the problem will come back again
Best of Luck.
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This is already the second time it happened, so there's a raised chance that it will happen again...
and i was asking for constructive thoughts, ithehappy!
cartonneexpress said:
btw, I've got this SD-Booster running on Android, which changes the cache-size for SD data. Can this cause the alleged corruption?
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No, that's not possible, because this app doesn't work with your files directly.
Regards,
Akusari
I have the same problem. Ubuntu and Windows has no problem with the SD card. I can even read the sd card when I put the phone into nandroid recovery mode, but after loading Android it says it is damaged.
Can anybody help with this?
Just format the sd card in fat at default allocation size and you will be good to go...
It happen due to partition coorupt in sd card... So formatting will erase the causes of partition.
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koolshubh said:
Just format the sd card in fat at default allocation size and you will be good to go...
It happen due to partition coorupt in sd card... So formatting will erase the causes of partition.
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Thanks.
Vista could not format. Managed to do it on XP. Working okay now. Luckily I always keep a backup, but still a nuisance copying over 15gb of data.
Thanks again.
I skimmed through the general thread and FAQ and couldn't find anything on this, so I figured I'd post this!
I didn't have a smaller SD card and figured nothing bad could happen, so just used my 32GB SD card and it boinked out. Thought it was done for...until today! Here's how I got it to work.
1. Make sure you have your SD card in your phone.
2. Boot into your recovery (I used TWRP and haven't tested this on Amon Ra.)
3. Mount your USB storage and go to "My Computer" to view your storage drives.
4. Your SD card should pop up as a Removable Disk that has no info. Simply format the drive, reboot into your ROM, and bam! Fully working SD card
If anyone can test this in Amon Ra and let me know if it worked, be much appreciated, thanks!
easiest way is this:
do your s-off. boot into amon ra. goto the options and format the SD card right then and there.
you're supposed to always format the card right after S-oFF, or else the slot tends to not work right or something. this is pretty much why they said to try to use an extra backup card instead of using your own personal one, so ya don't have to lose everythin
Whoops, just realized I posted this to development lol. Sorry to any mod, if you could please move it.
jayochs said:
easiest way is this:
do your s-off. boot into amon ra. goto the options and format the SD card right then and there.
you're supposed to always format the card right after S-oFF, or else the slot tends to not work right or something. this is pretty much why they said to try to use an extra backup card instead of using your own personal one, so ya don't have to lose everythin
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I couldn't even get S-Off to work, lol. I tried for about 30 minutes and ended up with a "dead" SD card. My recovery didn't even see my SD card, I just mounted my USB storage for S&Gs to see what would happen.
Something I find that really helps as well is to make sure you don't flash the Gingerbread hboot when using the S-OFF program. I didn't think it would, but it did manage to give me SD card issues until I flashed a proper ICS hboot.
I'm only mentioning this because after I S-OFFed and got the SD card issues, formatting it did nothing at all to fix the problem. Only after I got the right hboot did everything finally start working again.
SirSigma said:
Something I find that really helps as well is to make sure you don't flash the Gingerbread hboot when using the S-OFF program. I didn't think it would, but it did manage to give me SD card issues until I flashed a proper ICS hboot.
I'm only mentioning this because after I S-OFFed and got the SD card issues, formatting it did nothing at all to fix the problem. Only after I got the right hboot did everything finally start working again.
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I didn't even get that far lol. S-Off didn't work and my SD card was a dud afterwards. my computer would see the drive, but wouldn't do anything with it. My phone just said "blank SD card" and couldn't format.
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I didn't even get that far lol. S-Off didn't work and my SD card was a dud afterwards. my computer would see the drive, but wouldn't do anything with it. My phone just said "blank SD card" and couldn't format.
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Same here.
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Doddzilla said:
Same here.
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It was strange. I just figured that it would have erased the contents of my card and that was it. thought I had lost it entirely lol. Glad I didn't just throw it away.
Chyrux said:
It was strange. I just figured that it would have erased the contents of my card and that was it. thought I had lost it entirely lol. Glad I didn't just throw it away.
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What did u do to fix it?
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Doddzilla said:
What did u do to fix it?
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The method I posted. Just went into recovery, mounted USB storage and formatted my card from Windows. The only downside is that formatting can ruin an SD card...but it's not much to worry about if the card isn't working, anyway =p
Chyrux said:
The method I posted. Just went into recovery, mounted USB storage and formatted my card from Windows. The only downside is that formatting can ruin an SD card...but it's not much to worry about if the card isn't working, anyway =p
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formatting can ruin an SD Card? please elaborate. i format SD cards all the time.
I've had a few where the format went "bad" due to some reason and rendered the SD card completely useless. Same has happened to a few people I know and have read of the issue before. I didn't mean that to say "Formatting your SD card enough will ruin it" lol.
*EDIT* I wish I knew about that insurance you talk about in your sig when I bought my phone
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Same here.
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same here.....
I just unmounted mine in Android and formatted it with Windoze. Then I formatted it again in Android. I've corrupted SD Cards all kinds of ways. It's real easy to do if you get stupid with the overclocking/undervolting. I've formatted the 32 gig I first got for my BlackBerry 9630 a few dozen times. It's still as reliable as any other SD Card I have. Better than some, in fact. The only real good way to format a solid state memory device is to write zeros to it. If not, NAND (which your SD Card is) device write cycles can take twice as long.
guys i tried all the format methods listed above still no luck, windows states its a raw format with 0 mb available
madjokeer said:
guys i tried all the format methods listed above still no luck, windows states its a raw format with 0 mb available
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I had to download a program that was made just for formatting SD cards. Once I used that it formatted the card fine but windows and my phone would not.
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Thanks Chyrux. Your method worked for me . was about to throw away the card but you saved it.
Thanks 1m+ times
Well How many times should I thank you
Thanks Thanks this was the only working method thx very much
I have the LG L70 running KitKat and. So I got 750mb free storage space, and while I can move an app to the SD card after install, incl. the main app of gangstar vegas, but when I run it and it tries to download the 3gb data package, it obviously says not enough space on the device internal storage. Which is true, but I have the SD card inside, how do I get the phone to download the data there? im rooted aswell if that helps is there an app that can make the phone think my external memory is my internal memory? thanks in advance
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I have the LG L70 running KitKat and. So I got 750mb free storage space, and while I can move an app to the SD card after install, incl. the main app of gangstar vegas, but when I run it and it tries to download the 3gb data package, it obviously says not enough space on the device internal storage. Which is true, but I have the SD card inside, how do I get the phone to download the data there? im rooted aswell if that helps is there an app that can make the phone think my external memory is my internal memory? thanks in advance
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Link2sd plus will do that for you. It has an option of placing the application and/or its data on the sd. It's a paid app, but only $2 - well worth it imo.
thanks ill check it out and get back to you
its not working for me are sure it will allow me to download the additional 3gbs to the EXTERNAL sd card? instead of the internal storage wich has only 700mb's? thanks for your suggestion though this is really stomping me
TheRealAlware said:
its not working for me are sure it will allow me to download the additional 3gbs to the EXTERNAL sd card? instead of the internal storage wich has only 700mb's? thanks for your suggestion though this is really stomping me
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OK, I should have been clearer. This is more complex than what I first described. In order to use Link2SD plus optimally, you will need to perform a few steps. You can find the reasoning behind them in the Link2SD FAQ (although a bit outdated). Here are the steps you should perform:
1. Backup your SD. This is a means of precaution only.
2. Reformat your SD drive to add a second ext3/ext4 partition (no need to wipe the data or anything like that). Its size should be about 10% of the total SD size. You can do it with MiniTool Partition Wizard. Make sure that the new partition is primary and not logical.
3. Reinstall Link2SD plus in order for it to recognize the new SD layout. May need to reboot here.
4. From Link2SD plus, choose your game. Tick all Link options, especially the link data option.
This will fool the game to think that its data is located on the internal storage, but it's really on the SD. In this case, the 3GB data should now be downloaded to SD.
Digdis said:
OK, I should have been clearer. This is more complex than what I first described. In order to use Link2SD plus optimally, you will need to perform a few steps. You can find the reasoning behind them in the [Link2SD FAQ[/URL] (although a bit outdated). Here are the steps you should perform:
1. Backup your SD. This is a means of precaution only.
2. Reformat your SD drive to add a second ext3/ext4 partition (no need to wipe the data or anything like that). Its size should be about 10% of the total SD size. You can do it with. Make sure that the new partition is primary and not logical.
3. Reinstall Link2SD plus in order for it to recognize the new SD layout. May need to reboot here.
4. From Link2SD plus, choose your game. Tick all Link options, especially the link data option.
This will fool the game to think that its data is located on the internal storage, but it's really on the SD. In this case, the 3GB data should now be downloaded to SD.
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ok how do i back up my sd that may be a stupid question but im new to android and that software lets me partition my sd card? is this the only method? is there not an app i can download? i know that sounds lazy but wow thats alot of steps but either way i really appreciate your help bud
TheRealAlware said:
ok how do i back up my sd that may be a stupid question but im new to android and that software lets me partition my sd card? is this the only method? is there not an app i can download? i know that sounds lazy but wow thats alot of steps but either way i really appreciate your help bud
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Have you tried xposed framework, here's a couple modules that may help- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2884004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789267
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TheRealAlware said:
ok how do i back up my sd that may be a stupid question but im new to android and that software lets me partition my sd card? is this the only method? is there not an app i can download? i know that sounds lazy but wow thats alot of steps but either way i really appreciate your help bud
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PiggyFlooper said:
Have you tried xposed framework, here's a couple modules that may help- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2884004
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789267
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@TheRealAlware - why don't you try PiggyFlooper's modules. I didn't know any of them, and it seems that the first one may suit your needs.
If they don't help you, I can give you a step by step guide on how to use Link2SD plus. Do you have an SD reader? If so, some of the steps can be easier.
Digdis said:
@TheRealAlware - why don't you try PiggyFlooper's modules. I didn't know any of them, and it seems that the first one may suit your needs.
If they don't help you, I can give you a step by step guide on how to use Link2SD plus. Do you have an SD reader? If so, some of the steps can be easier.
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no i dont have an sd reader unfortunately but ill try piggys suggestions and get back to you two i didnt think android would be so complicated when i switched from ios i thought i was done with jailbreaks and os tweaking lol
TheRealAlware said:
no i dont have an sd reader unfortunately but ill try piggys suggestions and get back to you two i didnt think android would be so complicated when i switched from ios i thought i was done with jailbreaks and os tweaking lol
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LOL yeah. Although I'm a big android fan, this specific issue (the whole dealing with external SD that is) is a weak spot which android keeps failing to address throughout its releases. I know where it's coming from (basef on linux) but it's still something that should have gotten a proper creative solution by now.
I have L7 II and I used FolderMount on obb of games like FIFA 14 and it worked fine,you should try it
Digdis said:
LOL yeah. Although I'm a big android fan, this specific issue (the whole dealing with external SD that is) is a weak spot which android keeps failing to address throughout its releases. I know where it's coming from (basef on linux) but it's still something that should have gotten a proper creative solution by now.
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im gonna try this out tomorrow ive been busy at work thanks for yalls help ill tell you how it goes and im sorry for my dely
TheRealAlware said:
im gonna try this out tomorrow ive been busy at work thanks for yalls help ill tell you how it goes and im sorry for my dely
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No problem mate. It's best for you to try all the methods posted here by other people before trying Link2SD plus. If they work, it'll save you much hassle. I've tried to think of a guide for you, and it figured to me that the only way for it to work is if you either get an SD card reader or alternatively another device that allows you to mount the SD in a USB MSC (mass storage class) mode, as AFAIK LG stock devices only allow MTP mode, something that won't allow you to format a partition using your PC.
Digdis said:
No problem mate. It's best for you to try all the methods posted here by other people before trying Link2SD plus. If they work, it'll save you much hassle. I've tried to think of a guide for you, and it figured to me that the only way for it to work is if you either get an SD card reader or alternatively another device that allows you to mount the SD in a USB MSC (mass storage class) mode, as AFAIK LG stock devices only allow MTP mode, something that won't allow you to format a partition using your PC.
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i dont think that's for me piggies module i mean it's not saying anything about downloading the additional app data onto the sd card its just gonna let me move the obbs to the sd card i've been thinking maybe its best if instead of looking for a way to download the additional data to the sd card perhaps i should just look into how to make my phone think the sd card is the internal and the internal is the external that would solve all my problems and way to do that? and again sorry for my tardiness work has kept me busy lol
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i dont think that's for me piggies module i mean it's not saying anything about downloading the additional app data onto the sd card its just gonna let me move the obbs to the sd card i've been thinking maybe its best if instead of looking for a way to download the additional data to the sd card perhaps i should just look into how to make my phone think the sd card is the internal and the internal is the external that would solve all my problems and way to do that? and again sorry for my tardiness work has kept me busy lol
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What you said is exactly what link2sd plus does. Alas, a part of the sd should be formatted to ext3 for this purpose.
Do you happen to have CWM installed?
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Digdis said:
What you said is exactly what link2sd plus does. Alas, a part of the sd should be formatted to ext3 for this purpose.
Do you happen to have CWM installed?
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im guessing cmw is clockwork mod? no i dont and what is it? i'm really pretty new to android and all it's tweaks and come to think of it yeah we did talk about this it musta slipped my mind the partitioning i mean lol
TheRealAlware said:
im guessing cmw is clockwork mod? no i dont and what is it? i'm really pretty new to android and all it's tweaks and come to think of it yeah we did talk about this it musta slipped my mind the partitioning i mean lol
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Yes, CWM is Clockwork Mod - Android's recovery program. Reason I asked is that it has a built-in ability to partition your SD, something that'll ease things up.
And don't feel bad about not partitioning theSD - this shouldn't be done in the vast majority of the cases, only in when you wanna use apps like Link2SD or others that need to push Android to the limit...
ok ill look into that today and get back at you also is it possible to sideload an app directly on to your external sd? could that work and let me side step alot of trouble thanks
TheRealAlware said:
ok ill look into that today and get back at you also is it possible to sideload an app directly on to your external sd? could that work and let me side step alot of trouble thanks
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I guess it's possible, but I don't know how to do it...
Regarding Link2SD plus guide, you'll need one of the following two:
1. CWM on your device
2. A card reader, or another phone that allows you to mount the SD as MSC (like Disk On Key - in windows it'll show as an additional drive)
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I guess it's possible, but I don't know how to do it...
Regarding Link2SD plus guide, you'll need one of the following two:
1. CWM on your device
2. A card reader, or another phone that allows you to mount the SD as MSC (like Disk On Key - in windows it'll show as an additional drive)
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yeah i dont have a card reader and i dont know anybody that has one neither i wish i would did more research before i made the leap from ios to android i thought android was more accessible open and easier to deal with i assumed that since you had an sd card slot having a ton of internal space wasn't critical like it is on ios because you could buy memory i had no clue how wrong i was and since i got this phone and ive noticed something odd gl to sd seems to be doing what i want but only for on app assassins creed black flags companion app runs fine when i use gl to sd the additional data downloaded on my external sd and when i try to run the app without gl to sd it tries to download the additional files on my internal sd are you familiar with that app and how to get it to work with other apps like gangstar vegas? thanks man for your and everybody eles help
Hi! I've got an i717 16GB, and according to my settings, I only have 2GB of space on the total system. I plug it in, and it says I have 10GB available and 5.8GB used. What's going on? I have CWM 5.5
MoronDroid said:
Hi! I've got an i717 16GB, and according to my settings, I only have 2GB of space on the total system. I plug it in, and it says I have 10GB available and 5.8GB used. What's going on? I have CWM 5.5
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Please refer to my previous post which is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786175
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2750629
We still did not find the solution(re-partition tool/flashable zip/script) at all.
Still waiting for any expert's tip - android re-partition skill.
I really do want to solve this problem to keep using my current note until I upgrade to new phone.
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Please refer to my previous post which is below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786175
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2750629
We still did not find the solution(re-partition tool/flashable zip/script) at all.
Still waiting for any expert's tip - android re-partition skill.
I really do want to solve this problem to keep using my current note until I upgrade to new phone.
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hey sorry to be late with this somewhat solution.
I just got this phone 1 week ago myself with same lame problem.
I followed this.... HERE!
There are plenty "how tos" and ways to do the expansion situations.
Hope that helps.
madefree said:
hey sorry to be late with this somewhat solution.
I just got this phone 1 week ago myself with same lame problem.
I followed this.... HERE!
There are plenty "how tos" and ways to do the expansion situations.
Hope that helps.
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The link is broken. Could you please post new one.
BTW, how did you change and share the detail command,source,steps of instruction?
Let us know ASAP!
pointdooly said:
The link is broken. Could you please post new one.
BTW, how did you change and share the detail command,source,steps of instruction?
Let us know ASAP!
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OPPS sorry about that dead link.....
This link is working today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsHiXDgSy4
I put the whole URL this time to copy and paste.
I use the FREE EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 Home Edition to partition the sd card. I find it easier to and faster to back up the contents of sd card to computer than partition. and than transfer bkup to sd card on the 1st Primary Fat32 partition.
Takes to long to transfer 4 to 6 GB back from bkup to card from pc to phone IMO.
OR
Here is a step by step .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllIEBzuPHo I prefer the 4000MB partition for the NU storage.
Be sure to set or make BOTH the partitions "Primary" partitions or they will not work with Link2sd.
I tried Mini tool and Aparted but they might work for others, they didn't work for me.
Link2sd card is the most reliable and easy to do the linking from old tiny internal storage to the NEW enlarged external storage that I have found.
And if that app does not do it for anyone try foldermount https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATWTghTploY
OR
HERE at xda .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39178981 Give a BIG thanks and support to madmack
And get that apk from madmack at bottom first post.
And if you do NOT have ROOT than try. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKoMG378LI
Hope those suggestions help.
madefree said:
OPPS sorry about that dead link.....
This link is working today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHsHiXDgSy4
I put the whole URL this time to copy and paste.
I use the FREE EASEUS Partition Master 9.1.0 Home Edition to partition the sd card. I find it easier to and faster to back up the contents of sd card to computer than partition. and than transfer bkup to sd card on the 1st Primary Fat32 partition.
Takes to long to transfer 4 to 6 GB back from bkup to card from pc to phone IMO.
OR
Here is a step by step .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nllIEBzuPHo I prefer the 4000MB partition for the NU storage.
Be sure to set or make BOTH the partitions "Primary" partitions or they will not work with Link2sd.
I tried Mini tool and Aparted but they might work for others, they didn't work for me.
Link2sd card is the most reliable and easy to do the linking from old tiny internal storage to the NEW enlarged external storage that I have found.
And if that app does not do it for anyone try foldermount https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATWTghTploY
OR
HERE at xda .... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39178981 Give a BIG thanks and support to madmack
And get that apk from madmack at bottom first post.
And if you do NOT have ROOT than try. . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgKoMG378LI
Hope those suggestions help.
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So, basically your solution is based on using additional SD card not changing/modifying the phones' EMMC memory.
I think I had tried Link2SD/Folder mount earlier and not all apps supports with this method.
It is still helpful but I think we(other users) still like to change the EMMC side.
But I still want to tried your suggested method to try. Thank you!!!
pointdooly said:
So, basically your solution is based on using additional SD card not changing/modifying the phones' EMMC memory.
I think I had tried Link2SD/Folder mount earlier and not all apps supports with this method.
It is still helpful but I think we(other users) still like to change the EMMC side.
But I still want to tried your suggested method to try. Thank you!!!
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U R welcome!:good:
madefree said:
U R welcome!:good:
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BTW, how do you use? (Partition Size and link to External SD? or Internal 2nd Partition?)
Just wondering... If you have spare time to share. Please share how you did and how you are using it with which combination sizes. Thank you!
pointdooly said:
BTW, how do you use? (Partition Size and link to External SD? or Internal 2nd Partition?)
Just wondering... If you have spare time to share. Please share how you did and how you are using it with which combination sizes. Thank you!
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Answers just above In Post # 5 just above step by step via Video (just pause vid to copy or do a screen print and save to file. Easy!)
Or you can find HERE....
Enjoy!