If so, how?
I'm looking to make either a second partiton sd-ext4 on my internal memory as opposed to the external SDcard.
So how do you do it?
demoncamber said:
If so, how?
I'm looking to make either a second partiton sd-ext4 on my internal memory as opposed to the external SDcard.
So how do you do it?
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Yes, but it is very dangerous to do and may lead to your device bricked forever.
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I was actually able to create a partition successfully, but when I went into tarp to flash a rom, all of the directories labels were corrupted symbols. But the ROM actually did install correctly. Has anyone successfully done this?
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Hi all, I've accidentally partitioned the sd-card through recovery and I don't need any ext partition (from romracers recovery there wasn't any undo option). I've tried formatting it through windows or gparted. Windows recognise only the fat partition so that one is the only one it formats; gparted sees both but if I try to remove the ext and format everything as fat32, the phone reject the sdcard not mounting it and giving an error. Any solution please? I'd like to have the original storage space! Thank you all!
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
ravilov said:
Delete all partitions with gparted, then partition/format in the phone.
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Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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alberto88a said:
Thanks! What do you mean with "format in the phone"? Through recovery or from settings?
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Either one should work.
If one doesn't, try the other.
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Either one should work.
If one doesn't, try the other.
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I'll try and let you know, thanks again
Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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dedraks said:
Format again in recovery. Then choose 0 as ext position size. It will be deleted.
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I can't because the minimum size tor ext partition id 128MB I'm on cwm touch
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I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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I think my microsd is half-broken but I managed how to use it until it leaves me forever. I surely have bad sectors because a llf encountered errors. I used a HP format tool to do a quick format and of course the phone told me the sd was damaged so i formatted and got the entire space...hope not to lose future data...any suggestion for pictures instant upload?
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I had to do it once...easiest solution i found was put the micro sd card in a nokia s40 phone (i used nokia x2) and chose format memory card
i would sugest you to go with gparted if you have access to linux system but i did not so had to do it this way
Hey guys.
Hoping y'all can help me out a bit. Don't ask me how I did it, but I've managed to format my internal SD into two partitions, see following images.
The first is the first partition and the second is the second one. I can erase the second partition, but can't seem to merge them.
Anyone know how I can fix this? Either merge or repartition the internal SD card?
Thanks for looking!
Cheers
Caiden
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b00fa said:
Hey guys.
Hoping y'all can help me out a bit. Don't ask me how I did it, but I've managed to format my internal SD into two partitions, see following images.
The first is the first partition and the second is the second one. I can erase the second partition, but can't seem to merge them.
Anyone know how I can fix this? Either merge or repartition the internal SD card?
Thanks for looking!
Cheers
Caiden
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I've got the same. 1 almost 2gb and the other 11,5gb.
The 11,5gb is the internal sdcard the other 2gb is all other stuff like /system /data etc.
AFAIK this is normal.
Ummm....you didn't partition that, Samsung did.
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Realized right after I posted this that I'm a retard. Haha
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My l9 running cm10.1 has some sort of weird storage issue.
First of all, it has three storage folders: "emulated" "sdcard0" and "sdcard1". I understand that sdcard0 is the internal memory, and sdcard1 is the sd card (shouldnt it be sdcard and external_sd?). however, what is "emulated"? it has a "0" folder and "legacy" folder inside that have the EXACT contents of the actual internal phone memory card.
Second of all, when i reboot my phone, under the storage settings of the actual phone settings, it says that my sdcard has 1.8 gb (however, like this, when i plug the phone into my computer it shows up as it should, with SD card with 1.8 gb and internal storage at 14.8 gb). then when i mount and unmount the sd card, it comes up normally on my phone but on my computer it shows both internal storage and SD card at 14.8 gb (which clearly isnt right). Also, both have the exact same files and folders inside when i open them on my computer *or on my phone*
if anyone can help thanks so much
can anyone help? id appreciate it lots
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My l9 running cm10.1 has some sort of weird storage issue.
First of all, it has three storage folders: "emulated" "sdcard0" and "sdcard1". I understand that sdcard0 is the internal memory, and sdcard1 is the sd card (shouldnt it be sdcard and external_sd?). however, what is "emulated"? it has a "0" folder and "legacy" folder inside that have the EXACT contents of the actual internal phone memory card.
Second of all, when i reboot my phone, under the storage settings of the actual phone settings, it says that my sdcard has 1.8 gb (however, like this, when i plug the phone into my computer it shows up as it should, with SD card with 1.8 gb and internal storage at 14.8 gb). then when i mount and unmount the sd card, it comes up normally on my phone but on my computer it shows both internal storage and SD card at 14.8 gb (which clearly isnt right). Also, both have the exact same files and folders inside when i open them on my computer.
if anyone can help thanks so much
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You use a ported version, right? If yes, which one is it? Sounds like a mounting issue.
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You use a ported version, right? If yes, which one is it? Sounds like a mounting issue.
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Thank you for responding. I'm using cm 10.1-20130506-UNOFFICIAL-p760, how do i fix this mounting issue?
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Thank you for responding. I'm using cm 10.1-20130506-UNOFFICIAL-p760, how do i fix this mounting issue?
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You have a swap script in use. The script is inside /system/etc/init.d You can remove it, unless you have a game that you backed up from stock. From reading your post, i can tell you probably don't need it.
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You have a swap script in use. The script is inside /system/etc/init.d You can remove it, unless you have a game that you backed up from stock. From reading your post, i can tell you probably don't need it.
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So I found the folder that you're talking about. Do i delete every file i see? And will that solve my issues with the emulated storage and whatnot? Thanks!
Look for something like this
15extsd2internalsd
Just remove that file
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kuma82 said:
Look for something like this
15extsd2internalsd
Just remove that file
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Thanks for the help, but I did that and the "emulated" folder still is there. I don't know what to do anymore. Also, my computer still shows both storages as having 14.8 gb
Did you reboot? That emulated stuff is going to stay. Its apart of the 4.2.2 android changes to the system.
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Weird enough suddenly I found all my external SDCard files have all permissions like:
---rwxr-x
Why !?? This happens to every file I copy onto it.
I needed them like:
rwxrwxr-x
so far, the only rough and long way I found is through Aromafilemanager and PhilzTouch recovery.
Yet I have to change the permissions one file at a time.
Can anybody help?
Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Thank you, I'll surely restart from the beginning and report back
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Yep. Also ensure you haven't got any scripts running at startup. Sd permissions are set on boot and cannot be changed afterwards
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Which script could do that?
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Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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boomboomer said:
Sounds like a problem unique to you, I've never heard of it.
Flash the official stock rom, format your sd card in your pc using the industry formatting tool and test.
If the problem disappears then it was probably some combination of your individual setup.
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@boomboomer
which filesystem do i have to use in formatting extsdcard 8gb via pc? exFAT / FAT32 / EXT4 / NTFS ?
moreover, in this post and following on dev rom thread, it seems it's a normal behaviour... am i missing sth?
https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4
Fat32 is the normal filesytem.
If it's common to your rom then your chef is the best one to approach, he may have set a script or mod.
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Any mods that mount folders or swap storage.
Otherwise, something built into the rom.
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I read through about 7 pages of sd card issues on the s3 and thought i cant read anymore, so i thought i would just ask. I've just bought an s3 and i got my 64gb sd card from my old phone to my new one. Problem is i have data from other games in the SD and titanium back up files in the externel sd card. Seems the S3 has its own built in SD card and only reads from that. I copied my TB files from externel to the internel. Now the games still require Extra files although they are in the externel SD. So how in the world do i get it to read my Externel sd instead of my internel? I thought of copying the files but i have 16 gb internel, 64 externel so its not gonna work considering i have 39 gb left in my 64 gb one,
So I accidently did a TWRP backup to internal storage. According to setting then storage I have 5gb of misc being used. But for the life of my I can't the backup to delete it. internal sd card then twrp only has a 7kb size file. I even went to twrp and cleared internal storage. under storage I still have 5gb plus of files using up my space. any suggestions?
anyone?
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anyone?
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If you haven't renamed anything, it should simply be on the root of your internal sd card. Try searching for 'twrp' while you are on your internal with ES.
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kude87 said:
If you haven't renamed anything, it should simply be on the root of your internal sd card. Try searching for 'twrp' while you are on your internal with ES.
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I have used root explorer and there is nothing on the internal card that is visible. the os still thinks I have 5gb of misc files there. but I find only a couple megs.
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I have used root explorer and there is nothing on the internal card that is visible. the os still thinks I have 5gb of misc files there. but I find only a couple megs.
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Are you on 4.1.2 or 4.3? And if you're on 4.3, did you wipe internal memory when upgrading?
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Are you on 4.1.2 or 4.3? And if you're on 4.3, did you wipe internal memory when upgrading?
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Yes I am using 4.3. I did wipe internal card but the 5gb of misc is still present.
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Yes I am using 4.3. I did wipe internal card but the 5gb of misc is still present.
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Hmm, seems odd that a reformat of the internal sd card wouldn't take care of that. Personally I'd probably back up to external card and format internal again, possibly with a different recovery if twrp is still causing issues for you.
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if I click on the 5gb misc section only some folders with kb of info I just recleared internal storagr again. and it is still the same.
Pretty sure you're OK after looking at that. Miscellaneous files include all system and app data once uncompressed. Mine is also in the mid 5.5 gb range.
Edit: if anyone else wants to weigh in that would be helpful to get another person's sd card size for misc.
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