This is obviously the most frustrating thing that we all want to do on the L9 (I have the P769 v20h T-Mobile ROOTED). This should work on all L9's. After tons of research I finally figured out a working method through multiple threads. There's methods with DirectoryBind and BusyBox scripts to mount but those were honestly confusing to me and I didn't understand how to operate those.
First off your phone MUST BE ROOTED. If your phone is not rooted here is a thread that will explain to you how to root, the software is chinese but I promise you it works.
Required Items:
Rooted L9
SD Card
Steps:
1.) I repeat you MUST be rooted
2.) Backup your SD cards files on your computer because you will be formatting the SD card.
3.) We must partition the SD Card into two parts. You can do this by downloading any SD card partitioner app but I used AParted.
3a.) Before you can do anything in the "Aparted" app you have to unmount your SD card. You can do this by going to your system settings. Then go to "Storage" then down at the bottom you will see "Unmount SD Card". Click that.
3b.) Now go into AParted. Click on the "TOOLS" tab at the top. You should only have one partition called "Part 1". Checkmark Part 1 and choose delete down at the bottom.
3c.) You now have a completely formatted SD card.
4.) Create TWO FAT32 partitions by going to the "TOOLS" tab at the top. The first partition is considered your SD card so this is where you would store personal pictures and music, etc from your computer. The second partition is where all the apps and apps data will be moved to. So make sure you appropriately size your partitions. Since I keep a fair sum of music I have a 8GB SD card and made the first partition 1.5GB and used the remaining space for Partition 2.
4a.) To make the partition click checkmark part 1 then click create. Under File System choose "Fat32". Make sure to only use whatever space you will need to store music, etc... Do this by changing the "Size" 1000 is equal to a gigabyte. So if you have a 4GB SD card then you can make this first partition 1500 or 2000 (1.5GB or 2GB) but you have to leave space. Now Click ok.
4b.) Now to make partition 2. Checkmark "Part 2" and click create. Under the file system choose "fat32" again. This time dont change the size, just use the remaining space that it shows and click ok.
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5.)Now download the app called "Link2SD"
6.) Once you open the app it will scan a list of all your apps.
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7.) BE CAREFUL with which apps you choose to move, I would say limit yourself to only moving the apps you've downloaded such as ESPN, Netflix, Games, etc...
8.) Choose the program you want to move to your SD card, I chose Cut the Rope.
9.) Click the "Create Link" button
10.) Make sure all three options are check-marked (Link Application Files, Link Dalvik-cache Files, Link Library Files)
11.) It will finish and you can proceed to link any apps you desire to the SD card, you can go into your system apps and see how much free space is available so you know it worked. You can see on mine I have much more than 339MB used.
If this helped please give thanks
nice works flawless
LGPwn works just as quickly and it's in English. Simple stuff
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sleepingturtle said:
LGPwn works just as quickly and it's in English. Simple stuff
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I respect your opinion, but the reason I did not mention LGPwn was because on the newest firmware update on the T-Mobile version of the P769 which is v20h (released September 13 I think) the LGPwn method no longer works and the Chinese software was the only root method that worked with v20h.
This looks pretty legit hopefully this works. Ive been trying everything to free up some space on this phone.
Weird. LGPwn worked on v20h for me. There are a few different models of P769s out there.
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I'm having some troubles here im doing doing what you are saying and nothing seems to work. Can you please tell me what to do more specifically because i feel like you are missing some parts.
So i have my phone rooted with LGpwn and ofcourse i tried it and it didn't work says like "Failure..."
So how do i go about to root with the chinese software do i have to unroot my L9 and how do i do that?
sleepingturtle said:
Weird. LGPwn worked on v20h for me. There are a few different models of P769s out there. .
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Strange... Well good thing it works on some models then, thanks for letting me know.
Rom28ito said:
I'm having some troubles here im doing doing what you are saying and nothing seems to work. Can you please tell me what to do more specifically because i feel like you are missing some parts.
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Where is the problem occurring? The main part I'm missing in here is how to delete the partition. You have to unmount the SD card before you can perform any deletion of the partition.
Mazrx said:
So i have my phone rooted with LGpwn and ofcourse i tried it and it didn't work says like "Failure..."
So how do i go about to root with the chinese software do i have to unroot my L9 and how do i do that?
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I feel like the same issue for you is the mounting. I'll edit my main post and add those steps. You have to go to settings>storage>SD card> Unmount SD Card. Then you goto the Aparted app and goto the tools tab to delete everything on your SD card. Then you create the two partitions with the free space
aaron2z said:
Strange... Well good thing it works on some models then, thanks for letting me know.
Where is the problem occurring? The main part I'm missing in here is how to delete the partition. You have to unmount the SD card before you can perform any deletion of the partition.
I feel like the same issue for you is the mounting. I'll edit my main post and add those steps. You have to go to settings>storage>SD card> Unmount SD Card. Then you goto the Aparted app and goto the tools tab to delete everything on your SD card. Then you create the two partitions with the free space
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I got it now. I did what you said and it worked now, THANK GOD now i can play the games that i wanted without worrying about space. :victory:
Rom28ito said:
I got it now. I did what you said and it worked now, THANK GOD now i can play the games that i wanted without worrying about space. :victory:
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Of course. I'm glad too help. Be careful with games like CSR Racing which is like 200MB where they download extra files because it looks like those extra files don't link to the SD card. I'm working on figuring it out though.
sleepingturtle said:
LGPwn works just as quickly and it's in English. Simple stuff
Sent from my Android powered coffee coaster.
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I didn't see the option to put apps to my sd in Lgpwn.
uncleswoop said:
I didn't see the option to put apps to my sd in Lgpwn.
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LGPwn only roots. It doesn't do anything regarding putting apps on sd card. Follow the instructions in the OP and you should be fine.
sleepingturtle said:
LGPwn only roots. It doesn't do anything regarding putting apps on sd card. Follow the instructions in the OP and you should be fine.
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Yeah, just wanted you to clarify that all it does is root. It isn't an alternative for this process of getting apps on your sd.
Dumb question... Since I'm dearly new in this. Will getting that extra space on phone improve its performance?
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Question
Why would you use 2 fat 32 partitions as opposed to making an ext3 or ext4 and linking like you would do on a lower end phone?
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Cesarvzla said:
Dumb question... Since I'm dearly new in this. Will getting that extra space on phone improve its performance?
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Not likely. Depending on the class of your sd card it could even slightly negatively impact your apps that are loaded on the sd card. It's worth any nominal change in speed to be able to get the apps to the SD card as otherwise this phone is definitely handcuffed by a small internal storage limit.
I actually tried ext4 and after I partitioned the phone wouldn't even read my SD.
Also I tried to use link2SD with a second fat32 but link2sd said it didn't support my phone. Is it cause I rooted with lgpwn?
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How to back up SD card files on computer? Any program or software to do the back up? Thanks.
aaron2z said:
This is obviously the most frustrating thing that we all want to do on the L9 (I have the P769 v20h T-Mobile ROOTED). This should work on all L9's. After tons of research I finally figured out a working method through multiple threads. There's methods with DirectoryBind and BusyBox scripts to mount but those were honestly confusing to me and I didn't understand how to operate those.
First off your phone MUST BE ROOTED. If your phone is not rooted here is a thread that will explain to you how to root, the software is chinese but I promise you it works.
Required Items:
Rooted L9
SD Card
Steps:
1.) I repeat you MUST be rooted
2.) Backup your SD cards files on your computer because you will be formatting the SD card.
3.) We must partition the SD Card into two parts. You can do this by downloading any SD card partitioner app but I used AParted.
3a.) Before you can do anything in the "Aparted" app you have to unmount your SD card. You can do this by going to your system settings. Then go to "Storage" then down at the bottom you will see "Unmount SD Card". Click that.
3b.) Now go into AParted. Click on the "TOOLS" tab at the top. You should only have one partition called "Part 1". Checkmark Part 1 and choose delete down at the bottom.
3c.) You now have a completely formatted SD card.
4.) Create TWO FAT32 partitions by going to the "TOOLS" tab at the top. The first partition is considered your SD card so this is where you would store personal pictures and music, etc from your computer. The second partition is where all the apps and apps data will be moved to. So make sure you appropriately size your partitions. Since I keep a fair sum of music I have a 8GB SD card and made the first partition 1.5GB and used the remaining space for Partition 2.
4a.) To make the partition click checkmark part 1 then click create. Under File System choose "Fat32". Make sure to only use whatever space you will need to store music, etc... Do this by changing the "Size" 1000 is equal to a gigabyte. So if you have a 4GB SD card then you can make this first partition 1500 or 2000 (1.5GB or 2GB) but you have to leave space. Now Click ok.
4b.) Now to make partition 2. Checkmark "Part 2" and click create. Under the file system choose "fat32" again. This time dont change the size, just use the remaining space that it shows and click ok.
View attachment 2306952
5.)Now download the app called "Link2SD"
6.) Once you open the app it will scan a list of all your apps.
View attachment 2306959
7.) BE CAREFUL with which apps you choose to move, I would say limit yourself to only moving the apps you've downloaded such as ESPN, Netflix, Games, etc...
8.) Choose the program you want to move to your SD card, I chose Cut the Rope.
9.) Click the "Create Link" button
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10.) Make sure all three options are check-marked (Link Application Files, Link Dalvik-cache Files, Link Library Files)
11.) It will finish and you can proceed to link any apps you desire to the SD card, you can go into your system apps and see how much free space is available so you know it worked. You can see on mine I have much more than 339MB used.
View attachment 2306966
If this helped please give thanks
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Excelent!
Related
Hi there, I have a 32gb class10 sdcard, dont want to use the internal 10gb memory as the default place to save app data, since I have 20gb of gamedata on the sdcard\android\data and sdcard\gameloft\games, so how can I mount my 32gb sdcard to be the root\sdcard, and the internal memory to be the root\sdcard-ext just like it was when I have the CM7 rom.
No I dont want to go back to CM7, I want to do this on my original rom android 2.3.6 brasilian bell atrix.
I found a CWM recovey swaper to droid x, so it is possible, can you guys help me, some script or anything.
I already tryed to just rename with rootexplorer but didnt work.
I already tryed lots and lots of markets apps that said it would do, but didnt.
Can someone please point me a way...
Thanks a lot
Pistolaobr said:
Hi there, I have a 32gb class10 sdcard, dont want to use the internal 10gb memory as the default place to save app data, since I have 20gb of gamedata on the sdcard\android\data and sdcard\gameloft\games, so how can I mount my 32gb sdcard to be the root\sdcard, and the internal memory to be the root\sdcard-ext just like it was when I have the CM7 rom.
No I dont want to go back to CM7, I want to do this on my original rom android 2.3.6 brasilian bell atrix.
I found a CWM recovey swaper to droid x, so it is possible, can you guys help me, some script or anything.
I already tryed to just rename with rootexplorer but didnt work.
I already tryed lots and lots of markets apps that said it would do, but didnt.
Can someone please point me a way...
Thanks a lot
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I'd like to know this aswell... But in my case, I haven't done any research.
Will post if I find something.
Happy holidays,
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Rayan said:
I'd like to know this aswell... But in my case, I haven't done any research.
Will post if I find something.
Happy holidays,
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k scrub-a-dub-dubs googling would have answered this question already and so would the XDA forum search, but since its the holidays i'll help you both out.
1) get Root explorer, and you're going to need root access. I'll wait.
2) Using root explorer traverse to /etc/vold.fstab. MAKE A BACKUP of this file!
3) find the two lines for sdcard and sdcard-ext/emmc (depending if you're on CM7) Lines should look like this:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard BLA BLABLA BLAB etc etc etc
AND
dev mount sdcard-ext /mnt/sdcard-ext blaglalgalglaglaglalglagldslfgfl
4) ok simply swap the 2nd word of each line with each other. So the first line
would say
dev_mount sdcard-ext /mnt/sdcard BLA BLABLA BLAB etc etc etc
and the second line would be
dev mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard-ext blaglalgalglaglaglalglagldslfgfl
5) save the file and reboot
NOTES: blur based roms do SDCARD + SDCARD-EXT. CM7 does SDCARD + EMMC, but the same guide applies
goodluck and happy holidays
roflestomp said:
k scrub-a-dub-dubs googling would have answered this question already and so would the XDA forum search, but since its the holidays i'll help you both out.
1) get Root explorer, and you're going to need root access. I'll wait.
2) Using root explorer traverse to /etc/vold.fstab. MAKE A BACKUP of this file!
3) find the two lines for sdcard and sdcard-ext/emmc (depending if you're on CM7) Lines should look like this:
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard BLA BLABLA BLAB etc etc etc
AND
dev mount sdcard-ext /mnt/sdcard-ext blaglalgalglaglaglalglagldslfgfl
4) ok simply swap the 2nd word of each line with each other. So the first line
would say
dev_mount sdcard-ext /mnt/sdcard BLA BLABLA BLAB etc etc etc
and the second line would be
dev mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard-ext blaglalgalglaglaglalglagldslfgfl
5) save the file and reboot
NOTES: blur based roms do SDCARD + SDCARD-EXT. CM7 does SDCARD + EMMC, but the same guide applies
goodluck and happy holidays
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Thanks but that didn't work :-(
I changed mine from:
# external sd card
dev_mount sdcard_ext /mnt/sdcard-ext:none:lun1 auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc2 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
# internal eMMC
dev_mount sdcard
/mnt/sdcard 18 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc0
To:
# external sd card
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard-ext:none:lun1 auto /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc2 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.2/mmc_host/mmc1
# internal eMMC
dev_mount sdcard_ext /mnt/sdcard 18 /devices/platform/tegra-sdhci.3/mmc_host/mmc0
But even after a reboot both mount points remain unchanged.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks
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roflestomp said:
4) ok simply swap the 2nd word of each line with each other.
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Its the 2nd word dude, so change to
# external sd card
dev_mount sdcard_ext /mnt/sdcard
# internal eMMC
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard-ext
Pistolaobr said:
Its the 2nd word dude, so change to
# external sd card
dev_mount sdcard_ext /mnt/sdcard
# internal eMMC
dev_mount sdcard /mnt/sdcard-ext
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Du'h my bad!
It works flawlessly!
Thanks and happy holidays!
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It's not flawless. When mounted by usb to the computer, the phone crashes and restarts :/
Well, even though it works it is indeed not flawless.
In my case it works just fine when I mount the Atrix as mass storage, but the problem I've been having is sudden reboots and worst of all, yesterday it reverted back to its original settings all by itself after one of the many reboots.
Too bad since I'm running out of space!
I'll try it again today.
Cheers
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roflestomp said:
Well then you can't read straight. Works fine for me n others
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I could, after several restarts XD But the problem still persist if I reconnect the usb. So it's an annoyance. Are you on an atrix also?
nikdimas said:
I could, after several restarts XD But the problem still persist if I reconnect the usb. So it's an annoyance. Are you on an atrix also?
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I have tried this hack and mount both partitions as mass storage without any reboot problem.
The thing is that it seems like it confuses the OS and reboots at random times which eventually causes both mount partitions to fail or even to revert the hack to it's original settings.
I noticed that while the hack is applied, under Webtop the partition labels are mixed up, in other words, what used to be the internal SDCARD after the hack it acts as SDCARD-EXT but under webtop the label remains MB580 which supposedly is internal SDCARD and SD/MMC Drive belongs to what supposedly is now an internal SDCARD.
I hope I made my point on that paragraph!
@roflestomp, by any chance have you partitioned your external sdcard with Webtop2SD? I have and I'm thinking that could be the problem. I will experiment getting rid of the 4GB ext partition I created there and see what happens.
Cheers and happy new year to all!
Rayan
Rayan said:
I have tried this hack and mount both partitions as mass storage without any reboot problem.
The thing is that it seems like it confuses the OS and reboots at random times which eventually causes both mount partitions to fail or even to revert the hack to it's original settings.
I noticed that while the hack is applied, under Webtop the partition labels are mixed up, in other words, what used to be the internal SDCARD after the hack it acts as SDCARD-EXT but under webtop the label remains MB580 which supposedly is internal SDCARD and SD/MMC Drive belongs to what supposedly is now an internal SDCARD.
I hope I made my point on that paragraph!
@roflestomp, by any chance have you partitioned your external sdcard with Webtop2SD? I have and I'm thinking that could be the problem. I will experiment getting rid of the 4GB ext partition I created there and see what happens.
Cheers and happy new year to all!
Rayan
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In red, I think the os is confused (is this what you're trying to say?) and the phone autoreboots but the it doesn't clear my settings to the defaults.
I totally don't understand your paragraph xD Are you saying that some part of the webtop is in the original sd scard (on the atrix system)? If it is, i'm fcked
In blue, did you mount it both as sdcard or sdcard-ext? And when you connect the atrix to usb and computer does it reboot by itself?
Thanks
Sorry for the confusion!
This time I'll try to illustrate with screen caps
But first I'll answer your questions:
1. Yes, what I tried to say was that I think that the OS eventually goes nuts and reboots without any apparent reason and once I noticed that the hack reverted to its original settings, all by itself (at least in my case).
2. Check my screen caps to understand what I meant to say. But don't worry, so far Webtop and even Webtop2sd seem to be working just fine with the hack.
3. Yes, I managed to mount both memory partitions onto my PC with the hack applied without any reboot problems.
Okay, here's the screenies:
First, this is how it looks WITHOUT the hack applied.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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Android Settings/Storage - Notice the size of each so you can later tell them apart.
Astro File Manager External MicroSD. For easier identification, I created a folder labeled 123-My External MicroSD
Astro File Manager Internal Memory. For easier identification, I created a folder labeled 123-My Internal SD
This is under Webtop, notice the labels and folder names
Next this is how it looks WITH the hack applied.
Android Settings/Storage - The hack seems to be applied correctly! - Notice how volume sizes have been swapped.
Astro File Manager - Notice how the EXTERNAL memory now shows the folder Iabeled INTERNAL, which is correct.
Astro File Manager - Notice how the INTERNAL memory now shows the folder Iabeled EXTERNAL, which is correct.
Now here's where it turns interesting, notice the labels on both internal an external memory and see that the folders now match to their original un-hacked version! It was supposed to be inverted just like Astro File Manager.
I think theres something else we need to tweak or hack for this to work.
I will start over from scratch with both memory partitions formated and clean OS and post my findings.
Have a great 2012!
Rayan
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Rayan said:
Well, even though it works it is indeed not flawless.
In my case it works just fine when I mount the Atrix as mass storage, but the problem I've been having is sudden reboots and worst of all, yesterday it reverted back to its original settings all by itself after one of the many reboots.
Too bad since I'm running out of space!
I'll try it again today.
Cheers
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Hey man... And did you feel improvement in performance?
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dragoncius;[URL="tel:20813279" said:
20813279[/URL]]Hey man... And did you feel improvement in performance?
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Not really...
It's hard to tell on normal things like booting up, saving files, using the video camera and such, but the only place i notice a bit of performance decrease is while launching huge games, but that's because I have a Class 4 32GB microsd!
But I'm not doing this to improve performance, but for lack of space on my internal storage.
Cheers!
Rayan
P.S. Can you guys see the screen caps in my previous post? On my PC I can't see them, but on my Webtop I can!
Rayan said:
Sorry for the confusion!
This time I'll try to illustrate with screen caps
But first I'll answer your questions:
1. Yes, what I tried to say was that I think that the OS eventually goes nuts and reboots without any apparent reason and once I noticed that the hack reverted to its original settings, all by itself (at least in my case).
2. Check my screen caps to understand what I meant to say. But don't worry, so far Webtop and even Webtop2sd seem to be working just fine with the hack.
3. Yes, I managed to mount both memory partitions onto my PC with the hack applied without any reboot problems.
Okay, here's the screenies:
First, this is how it looks WITHOUT the hack applied.
Android Settings/Storage - Notice the size of each so you can later tell them apart.
Astro File Manager External MicroSD. For easier identification, I created a folder labeled 123-My External MicroSD
Astro File Manager Internal Memory. For easier identification, I created a folder labeled 123-My Internal SD
This is under Webtop, notice the labels and folder names
Next this is how it looks WITH the hack applied.
Android Settings/Storage - The hack seems to be applied correctly! - Notice how volume sizes have been swapped.
Astro File Manager - Notice how the EXTERNAL memory now shows the folder Iabeled INTERNAL, which is correct.
Astro File Manager - Notice how the INTERNAL memory now shows the folder Iabeled EXTERNAL, which is correct.
Now here's where it turns interesting, notice the labels on both internal an external memory and see that the folders now match to their original un-hacked version! It was supposed to be inverted just like Astro File Manager.
I think theres something else we need to tweak or hack for this to work.
I will start over from scratch with both memory partitions formated and clean OS and post my findings.
Have a great 2012!
Rayan
Sent from my Atrix 4G using Tapatalk
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Rayan said:
Not really...
It's hard to tell on normal things like booting up, saving files, using the video camera and such, but the only place i notice a bit of performance decrease is while launching huge games, but that's because I have a Class 4 32GB microsd!
But I'm not doing this to improve performance, but for lack of space on my internal storage.
Cheers!
Rayan
P.S. Can you guys see the screen caps in my previous post? On my PC I can't see them, but on my Webtop I can!
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Yes I can see your screencaps.
@first post of yours above:
I did it like that and on my pc it's both proper (unlike what u have there at the end) but not before encounterring countless reboots xD The chances of not encounterring reboots is like 10% LOL.
I had to use mount in recovery mode (drains battery) to transfer files.
I thought you're going to show me the part where you had both cards as your internal sd... (or did I misunderstood you again?).
1. I also have no restart with atrix + gingermod 2.3.6 bell rom.
2. The only bug that i have it is that now, windows can only read the internal memory at 1st, i have to plug, unplug, than plug it again to read both internal memory and sdcard, it seems that when the atrix try to unplug the cardmemory to give acess to windows explorer, it doesnt work and the cardmemory stays unpluged, only the second time, with the cardmemory alredy unplugged, widows explorer recognizes my sdcard.
I'm on alien build #4 with working webtop .. that should be the problem ;/
Deos anyone know how to fix the problem with sdcard. After doing the scrit editing, the sdcard is not detected by windows anymore, only internal memory.
Rom 2.3.6
Pistolaobr said:
Deos anyone know how to fix the problem with sdcard. After doing the scrit editing, the sdcard is not detected by windows anymore, only internal memory.
Rom 2.3.6
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You know? I've seen this problem even without this hack and with several ROMs I've tried, and I use the same plug-unplug-plug-unplug-plug fix with random results.
By the way, I've found that using the mass media notification to switch on and off and on again instead of plugging fixes this more often than not.
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Check out this thread, it may help. I haven't tried it but I will be as sood as I have some time.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310309
[MOD][AD2SDX][ALPHA02] New Data To SD-EXT Mod - AMARULLZ DATA TO SD-EXT [OCT-20]
[Guide with pics 4 newbies]
Hello heros (and a 3or4 heroines I've seen around here )
This is a tutorial on how to partition your SD card and start linking apps to SD card (I have included screen shots fore each step to avoid confusion and also to make it easier for beginners )
INTRODUCTION
Wat is linking to SD??
------> as the name says linking apps to SD is moving applications and their belonging resources to a special partition in SD card and creating a link to them for easy access.
Y link to SD???
------> I will tell it in short...
Apps perform better when they are on internal memory rather than on SD card because there is an easier access to their resources.. but not all phones have enough internal memory to move all apps to internal memory ... so keeping apps on SD and creating a link to them ensures better and faster performance of all apps even in devices with low internal memory ..eg galaxy y
Software's needed
1.mini partition tool (for PC ie windows)
2.link2sd (for mobile ie android)
PROCEDURE
pleez following the procedure carefully and exactly to avoid any inconvenience
1. First you have to download Mini Tool Partition Wizard Manager. You can download it in the link above... download it and install it on PC.
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2. Insert your SD card to a card reader and open it on your computer.(not via USB cable)
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3. Back up all your files to the computer because partitioning will wipe your data.
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4. Open Mini Tool in your computer. Locate your SD card (be careful in choosing and make sure not to choose the drive of your computer)
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5. Right click and choose Delete.
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6. Right click on it again and choose Create New. Create “FAT32″ partition (This is where all your media files will go. Be sure to make it bigger than the 2nd part)
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7. Select “Create as: PRIMARY”
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8. Next, create an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition (I suggest ext2 cause it works on all roms and kernels). This is where your apps will go. I suggest a value of 512Mb would be big enough but its ur choice...
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9. Select “Create As: PRIMARY” (make sure that it is both set to primary because it will not work if it is not set to primary)
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10. Click the “Apply” button on the top left corner and wait for it to finish the process. Done.
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11. Put back your SD card to your phone and switch it on.
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12. Download and install Link2sd from Google Play Store link given above.
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13. Open Link2sd. You will be prompted to choose between ext2, ext3, ext4 and FAT32. Select one..
(Give preference in this order ext4>ext3>ext2>fat32/16
Not all may be compatible with ur kernel so try each one in the order of preference and use the highest ranking one that works... ext4 is compatible with my kernel so I use that...)
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14. It will say mount script created. Reboot your phone now.
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15. Open link2sd and if the message doesn’t show up, you succeded.
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16. Go to Link2sd>Settings>check the autolink (to automatically move apps upon installation)
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17. If you already have some apps, select “move to phone” then after moving select “Create Link” (be sure to check the three files: app, dalvic-cache and library files)
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18. To check your memory, select “Storage Info”. This will show you the current state of your internal memory, FAT32, and ext2 partition.
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19. Now you’re done and ready to install vast amount of applications as you wish!
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1 request guys ... u see above this at least 4-5 hours out if my life that I spent to make this thread ... so I don't ask u not to share it... but pleez don't just copy paste this in different threads, forums, blogs etc... if u want to share pleez share a link to this thread ...
Thank u
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Great...... That worked
You are great dear.....
It worked perfectly.....
Had some issues during partitioning but they were specific to the PC operating system.
Thank you so much and yes....... I did hit the Thanks button
sanny5 said:
[Guide with pics 4 noobs]
Hello heros (and a 3or4 heroines I've seen around here )
This is a tutorial on how to partition your SD card and start linking apps to SD card (I have included screen shots fore each step to avoid confusion and also to make it easier for beginners )
INTRODUCTION
Wat is linking to SD??
------> as the name says linking apps to SD is moving applications and their belonging resources to a special partition in SD card and creating a link to them for easy access.
Y link to SD???
------> I will tell it in short...
Apps perform better when they are on internal memory rather than on SD card because there is an easier access to their resources.. but not all phones have enough internal memory to move all apps to internal memory ... so keeping apps on SD and creating a link to them ensures better and faster performance of all apps even in devices with low internal memory ..eg galaxy y,galaxy mini,galaxy ace,HTC wildfire,galaxy fit, galaxy Geo etc etc
Software's needed
1.mini partition tool (for PC ie windows)
2.link2sd (for mobile ie android)
PROCEDURE
pleez following the procedure carefully and exactly to avoid any inconvenience
1. First you have to download Mini Tool Partition Wizard Manager. You can download it in the link above... download it and install it on PC.
2. Insert your SD card to a card reader and open it on your computer.(not via USB cable)
3. Back up all your files to the computer because partitioning will wipe your data.
4. Open Mini Tool in your computer. Locate your SD card (be careful in choosing and make sure not to choose the drive of your computer)
5. Right click and choose Delete.
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6. Right click on it again and choose Create New. Create “FAT32″ partition (This is where all your media files will go. Be sure to make it bigger than the 2nd part)
7. Select “Create as: PRIMARY”
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8. Next, create an ext2/ext3/ext4 partition (I suggest ext2 cause it works on all roms and kernels). This is where your apps will go. I suggest a value of 512Mb would be big enough but its ur choice...
9. Select “Create As: PRIMARY” (make sure that it is both set to primary because it will not work if it is not set to primary)
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10. Click the “Apply” button on the top left corner and wait for it to finish the process. Done.
11. Put back your SD card to your phone and switch it on.
12. Download and install Link2sd from Google Play Store link given above.View attachment 1719324
13. Open Link2sd. You will be prompted to choose between ext2, ext3, ext4 and FAT32. Select ext2.
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14. It will say mount script created. Reboot your phone now.
15. Open link2sd and if the message doesn’t show up, you succeded.
16. Go to Link2sd>Settings>check the autolink (to automatically move apps upon installation)
17. If you already have some apps, select “move to phone” then after moving select “Create Link” (be sure to check the three files: app, dalvic-cache and library files)
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18. To check your memory, select “Storage Info”. This will show you the current state of your internal memory, FAT32, and ext2 partition.
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19. Now you’re done and ready to install vast amount of applications as you wish!
1 request guys ... u see above this at least 4-5 hours out if my life that I spent to make this thread ... so I don't ask u not to share it... but pleez don't just copy paste this in different threads or in ur freaking blogs... if u want to share pleez share a link to this thread ... thank u .
And don't forget to hit thanks (only if this helped of course )
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I used this a few months ago to speed up my friend's Samsung Next Turbo.
You don't need to delete your FAT32 partition, you can just shrink it. Then use the empty space for the ext partition.
thx man its works with galaxy ace i :good:
thx aloooot :victory:
Well im happy i was of help
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It´s not working to me...i made step by step...all clear but when i reboot the message show up again in Link2SD...What to do now???How to relocate that ext2 partition i made???
bugsy05 said:
It´s not working to me...i made step by step...all clear but when i reboot the message show up again in Link2SD...What to do now???How to relocate that ext2 partition i made???
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In link to SD have to ext 2 itself.... if that doesn't work. Then ur kernel doesn't support that... so try different types ... one of them will work
Fat32 surely works but I prefer ext 4
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Now, thats what I call genius. Awsome. Works great on mine S2 with 2 fat32 partitions. :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
sanny5 said:
In link to SD have to ext 2 itself.... if that doesn't work. Then ur kernel doesn't support that... so try different types ... one of them will work
Fat32 surely works but I prefer ext 4
.................I Walk In Shadows...!..................
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I made it work allready but watching another tutorial...sorry to say but yours its not so complete.I haved to set active that partition and for those who have CM7 almost all the time its working only with ext4.
bugsy05 said:
I made it work allready but watching another tutorial...sorry to say but yours its not so complete.I haved to set active that partition and for those who have CM7 almost all the time its working only with ext4.
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Its using link to SD....
U need not set active etc it may specific to ur device or Tom..
Regarding extension type..
I will update the guide....
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the 2nd partion is saying not mounted and is greyed out in linktosd followed all steps to the letter dont listen to this advise its ****
Easiest way of getting this to run quickly ,WITHOUT much hassle
1 root your phone
install magldr
install clock work mod recovery
reboot phone into bootloader hold down power button
use volume control to go down menu
select ad recovery
then in clockwork mod go down to advanced
go down to partion sd
select the size if 32gb sd select 4096 etc
then select swap size 0 or 256
then wait then select reboot
then go to app store download
link2sd
run it and it will self configure itself if not select ext2 from the menu
takes about 2 mins if you got maglgr already installed on your device
Really helpful, I was able to install more apps! :highfive:
nice tips. but i use amarullz for my class 10 sdcard...
I'm using s'perience rom on SGA; i have tried ext2/3/4 partitions. but after setting link2sd my phone memory remains the same... help
I use stock ROM with Ketut's B84 kernel. Link2SD mount script doesn't work in this kernel. So I just created my own script to mount the SD card. By default, Ketut's kernel mounts the second partition of external memory into /system/sd.
My questions are:
1. Is it safe to keep /system/sd mounted, and binding /data/sdext2 to /system/sd? I use "mount -o bind /system/sd /data/sdext2".
2. Or, is it safer to unmount /system/sd before mounting the second partition into /data/sdext2?
mandayugana said:
I use stock ROM with Ketut's B84 kernel. Link2SD mount script doesn't work in this kernel. So I just created my own script to mount the SD card. By default, Ketut's kernel mounts the second partition of external memory into /system/sd.
My questions are:
1. Is it safe to keep /system/sd mounted, and binding /data/sdext2 to /system/sd? I use "mount -o bind /system/sd /data/sdext2".
2. Or, is it safer to unmount /system/sd before mounting the second partition into /data/sdext2?
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i don't see y its not safe...
u can mount them both together...
even in default script they r both mounted...
i don't exactly know about ur script so... even u should look into that ...
sanny5 said:
Its using link to SD....
U need not set active etc it may specific to ur device or Tom..
Regarding extension type..
I will update the guide....
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.................I Walk In Shadows...!..................
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will this fix boot loop for samsung galaxy gti9000
sanny5 said:
i don't see y its not safe...
u can mount them both together...
even in default script they r both mounted...
i don't exactly know about ur script so... even u should look into that ...
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I have no idea if it is safe or not mounting /system/sd and /data/sdext2 together. Well, if it is safe, I can keep myself calm.
Btw, my init.d script is only one line:
Code:
mount -o bind /system/sd /data/sdext2
worked well
Really easy, worked very well on my wife Galaxy Ace, thanks for the info.
Hello all. I am new to the forums and to Android, so bear with me.
I have been searching around for the past few days for a way to solve the issue that I am having and have not been able to find anything that works for me. So here it is:
I have an LG Optimus L5 II (LG-E450B) running stock Android 4.1.2 (non-rooted) Kernel Version 3.4.0. My carrier is Virgin Mobile (Canada). I recently realized that the stock 2GB of internal memory is not nearly enough for me, so I went out and bought a 16GB Sandisk microSD card. I put music on it, set photos to autosave on it, etc. which all worked great. However, I have been unable to get some apps to move over correctly.
I realize that some apps can't really get moved (at least without rooting, etc). The app I am specifically trying to work with is iBird pro. It's App Info appears as such:
Total: 641 MB
App: 12.68 MB
USB storage app: 628 MB
Data: 4.00 KB
SD Card: 0.00B
The "Move to SD Card" option is available, but when I do it all that it does is drop the App to 3.51MB and up the USB storage app to 637MB. All of which stays on the internal memory. Obviously it is only moving 9MB or so of App to the virtual SD internal memory (which I believe is what shows up in my files manager as /storage/sdcard0, so it doesn't actually move it to the SD card (though a few other apps have sucessfully been moved).
I have tried using App2SD, but it says that the program is not supported by my device (and the iBird Pro shows up as "Phone Only" anyway).
I have tried the ADB hack trick set-install-location 2 and reinstalled the app and still nothing, it just saved on the internal memory.
Finally, when I open the app, it also downloads another ~600MB of database data (bird songs, pictures, etc), which also saves on the internal memory. Or at least tries to but the memory gets full and it stops the download.
Anyone have any ideas for me? I know a lot of people ask this question, but none of the other solutions I came across seemed to help me. I would really appreciate it! I would prefer not to root my phone, by the way. Unless of course someone can make me an incredibly convincing argument.
Cheers!
This is how android's built-in app2sd works.
I don't think you can do anything w/o root.
I suggest rooting, make a second partition to your SD card (2-4 GB) and use link2sd.
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There are oh so many reasons to root your phone and few not but that choice is yours
Sounds like only some of the data/libraries are able to me to SD on this app of yours so if you don't want to root it than you'll have to leave it on internal.
And FYI, many apps don't play well or are slowed considerably on SD, so be careful what you move and if you don't Yardley use an app its best to just not even download it, but again choice is yours
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if you can't do root so sit back and relax.
Ok, so I decided to root. Which was actually freakishly easy. So how do I move stuff now? I have tried a number of apps, all of which only bring up "App Options" and we have determined that the "Move to SD" option there doesn't work correctly. I just want to figure out how to get the app and all of the data that it will download later to install on the SD, I never thought it would be quite this complicated.
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Ok, so I decided to root. Which was actually freakishly easy. So how do I move stuff now? I have tried a number of apps, all of which only bring up "App Options" and we have determined that the "Move to SD" option there doesn't work correctly. I just want to figure out how to get the app and all of the data that it will download later to install on the SD, I never thought it would be quite this complicated.
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Use Link2SD.
Make a second partition (2-4 GB) and move (link) that app to the second partition.
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Tried Link2Sd? I would rather use that.
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Ok, so I partitioned my 16GB card into two FAT32 partitions (10 GB and 4 GB) and a Swap Partition of ~850MB (roughly following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126363). However, when I opened Link2SD and tried to select FAT32/FAT16 as the file system of the SD card's second partition it came up with the Mount Script Error "Mount script cannot be created. mount: I/O error". I had tried formatting with Ext4 and Ext2 file systems as well earlier, but when I selected either it said ext2 or ext4 (whichever I was trying to use) was not supported by my device (which I am assuming means my kernel does not support either).
Edit: Ok, so I changed it. I deleted the Swap partition (couldn't get the swap stuff to work anyway, it's not required right?). There is now 1 10GB partition and 1 5GB partition. Link2SD created the mount link just fine this time. Testing it out. "Install Location" gives a Warning "App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card." Does this mean that I can't automatically link files to the SD card?
Benjiboy180 said:
Ok, so I partitioned my 16GB card into two FAT32 partitions (10 GB and 4 GB) and a Swap Partition of ~850MB (roughly following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126363). However, when I opened Link2SD and tried to select FAT32/FAT16 as the file system of the SD card's second partition it came up with the Mount Script Error "Mount script cannot be created. mount: I/O error". I had tried formatting with Ext4 and Ext2 file systems as well earlier, but when I selected either it said ext2 or ext4 (whichever I was trying to use) was not supported by my device (which I am assuming means my kernel does not support either).
Edit: Ok, so I changed it. I deleted the Swap partition (couldn't get the swap stuff to work anyway, it's not required right?). There is now 1 10GB partition and 1 5GB partition. Link2SD created the mount link just fine this time. Testing it out. "Install Location" gives a Warning "App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card." Does this mean that I can't automatically link files to the SD card?
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Swap IS NOT needed.
Second partition should be ext 2/3/4.
Test to see if auto-link works.
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Vagelis1608 said:
Swap IS NOT needed.
Second partition should be ext 2/3/4.
Test to see if auto-link works.
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Good to know swap isn't needed. However, Link2SD did keep saying that Ext2 or Ext4 wasn't supported. I can try it again though.
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Good to know swap isn't needed. However, Link2SD did keep saying that Ext2 or Ext4 wasn't supported. I can try it again though.
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Use Ext3. If it doesn't work use FAT. It can get buggy (not very often).
Also I think that if you can link apps 1 by 1, then you can (probably) use auto-link as well.
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Vagelis1608 said:
Use Ext3. If it doesn't work use FAT. It can get buggy (not very often).
Also I think that if you can link apps 1 by 1, then you can (probably) use auto-link as well.
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Ok, so Ext3 didn't work. So I stuck with the second partition being FAT32 as well. The mount worked fine.
When I try to create the link I get the following error: "Failure. create_link.com.whatbird.pro[1]: can't create /data/sdext2/data/com. whatbird.pro/lib/libfileutils.so: I/O error"
I was able to move the bulk of the apps Obb files to the SD using FolderMount. However, I am unsure how to move the 650MB Misc. data files to the SD.
Benjiboy180 said:
Ok, so Ext3 didn't work. So I stuck with the second partition being FAT32 as well. The mount worked fine.
When I try to create the link I get the following error: "Failure. create_link.com.whatbird.pro[1]: can't create /data/sdext2/data/com. whatbird.pro/lib/libfileutils.so: I/O error"
I was able to move the bulk of the apps Obb files to the SD using FolderMount. However, I am unsure how to move the 650MB Misc. data files to the SD.
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Flash CWM recovery, in 'mounts and storage' press 'format SD-Ext'. This fixes the I/O error (I think).
If the misc files are libs then ALL of them can be moved/linked.
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Vagelis1608 said:
Flash CWM recovery, in 'mounts and storage' press 'format SD-Ext'. This fixes the I/O error (I think).
If the misc files are libs then ALL of them can be moved/linked.
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ROM Manager does not list the LG- E450B as a device supported by CWM Recovery so it won't to an install of CWM Recovery,
Benjiboy180 said:
ROM Manager does not list the LG- E450B as a device supported by CWM Recovery so it won't to an install of CWM Recovery,
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Look for a custom build here on XDA.
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I was on JB but I didn't like how the internal/external storage was, everything went to the internal so I would run out of space quickly. So I wanted to get back on Sense where the storage issue was not a problem. I followed this guide [Guide] How to Downgrade, Factory Restore, and fully update the Rezound, I'm now rooted on stock 4.03.605.2 710RD.
REV3NT3CH, helped me out a lot but still having some questions.
1. What is the most stable Sense rom out with the best mods? Haven't been on Sense in a while so I've forgotten what is out there.
2. How can I tell if my storage issues are fixed? What should my storage look like on Sense, what folders should I be seeing.
Thanks for the help...
-mac
xXezmacXx said:
I was on JB but I didn't like how the internal/external storage was, everything went to the internal so I would run out of space quickly. So I wanted to get back on Sense where the storage issue was not a problem. I followed this guide [Guide] How to Downgrade, Factory Restore, and fully update the Rezound, I'm now rooted on stock 4.03.605.2 710RD.
REV3NT3CH, helped me out a lot but still having some questions.
1. What is the most stable Sense rom out with the best mods? Haven't been on Sense in a while so I've forgotten what is out there.
2. How can I tell if my storage issues are fixed? What should my storage look like on Sense, what folders should I be seeing.
Thanks for the help...
-mac
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when you go to take a picture does it say internal storade or sd card not found...if not you are golden....also as for best sense rom there is a couple...depends on if you want a desensed sense rom or a full on sense rom...desensed is much faster but still uses the stock sense dependencies and is in no way shape or form aosp
REV3NT3CH said:
when you go to take a picture does it say internal storade or sd card not found...if not you are golden....also as for best sense rom there is a couple...depends on if you want a desensed sense rom or a full on sense rom...desensed is much faster but still uses the stock sense dependencies and is in no way shape or form aosp
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i took a picture and there was no error. i went into settings > storage and there wher 2 options, phone storage & storage card.
anyways, i attached some screenshots of my internal and external, can you let me know what these mean? mnt, sdcard. sdcard 2, ext_sd? since im back on sense now, say if i download game will it now go to my 64gb sd card instead of internal like it did on jellybean? when i was on jb everything went to internal. anyways, i wiped internal and external like you said in amon ra, hopefully this fixes everything.
im guessing sdcard = my rezounds 10gb internal. sdcard 2 = my 64gb external sdcard. what is mnt and ext_sd? if ext_sd is my external sdcard why do i have two paths to it?
and i just installed a game i bought a while back, wanted to see where it installed: im confused on the numbers of internal, phone storage, etc. it says the game 40mb was put on sdcard but i dont see it. i dont want large apps and games left on my phones storage, id like to use my 64gb sdcard, reason i bought it.
do i need to partition my external sdcard or something? i dont see my ext sdcard anywhere below.
xXezmacXx said:
i took a picture and there was no error. i went into settings > storage and there wher 2 options, phone storage & storage card.
anyways, i attached some screenshots of my internal and external, can you let me know what these mean? mnt, sdcard. sdcard 2, ext_sd? since im back on sense now, say if i download game will it now go to my 64gb sd card instead of internal like it did on jellybean? when i was on jb everything went to internal. anyways, i wiped internal and external like you said in amon ra, hopefully this fixes everything.
im guessing sdcard = my rezounds 10gb internal. sdcard 2 = my 64gb external sdcard. what is mnt and ext_sd? if ext_sd is my external sdcard why do i have two paths to it?
and i just installed a game i bought a while back, wanted to see where it installed: im confused on the numbers of internal, phone storage, etc. it says the game 40mb was put on sdcard but i dont see it. i dont want large apps and games left on my phones storage, id like to use my 64gb sdcard, reason i bought it.
do i need to partition my external sdcard or something? i dont see my ext sdcard anywhere below.
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with all apps they usually store in internal under system/data....if you want that pushed to external you have to get an app that does that like apps2sd....this is default for any android....also its showing the ext_sd while in sdcard because it mounts to it for lets say that apps2sd and some apps even require and make the directory if needed for easier transfering...if you notice in main root directory it only shows sdcard1 and sdcard 2 just like it should
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with all apps they usually store in internal under system/data....if you want that pushed to external you have to get an app that does that like apps2sd....this is default for any android....also its showing the ext_sd while in sdcard because it mounts to it for lets say that apps2sd and some apps even require and make the directory if needed for easier transfering...if you notice in main root directory it only shows sdcard1 and sdcard 2 just like it should
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should i partition my sdcard? like it is telling me to do.is app2sd the best for this?
xXezmacXx said:
should i partition my sdcard? like it is telling me to do.is app2sd the best for this?
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You have a separate 1.7 GB partition that downloaded apps go to, that doesn't count against the 12GB or so of Internal SD. I wouldn't worry about moving apps to the SD card unless you're filling that 1.7 GB up. If you do fill it up, go through your apps in Settings and use the built in move to SD on any app that it's not grayed out on. Don't move any apps with active widgets or that start on boot.
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You have a separate 1.7 GB partition that downloaded apps go to, that doesn't count against the 12GB or so of Internal SD. I wouldn't worry about moving apps to the SD card unless you're filling that 1.7 GB up. If you do fill it up, go through your apps in Settings and use the built in move to SD on any app that it's not grayed out on. Don't move any apps with active widgets or that start on boot.
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I'll use that up quickly. I just installed this 40gb game for my son, it says the apk is 40mb and that's it located in /mnt/asec/. What is mnt, is that apk stored on my internal? And how can I get it on my ext sdcard if so? I bought some games that are 300mb+, some even a 1gb. I want to use ny 64gb ext sdcard, whole reason I bought it, want to keep internal free. I have like 12 games and 20+apps that will surely take up all my internal when I re d/l them. By the way I did go into settings and hit the move to sdcard box.
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xXezmacXx said:
I'll use that up quickly. I just installed this 40gb game for my son, it says the apk is 40mb and that's it located in /mnt/asec/. What is mnt? And how can I get in on my ext sdcard? I.bought some games that are 300mb+, some even a 1gb. I want to use ny 64gb ext sdcard, whole reason I bought it, want to keep internal free. I have like 12 games and 20+apps that will surely take up all my internal when I re d/l them.
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You can try the Move to SD option, it's up to the developer of the app to configure what can/can't move to SD using that option though. In the case of the app you listed, the .apk part is in the DRM protected app folder and that'll never move off the internal storage using the built in method. If you find that option isn't cutting it, you need to switch to using an apps2SD method where you can move everything.
/mnt is just the mount point for all filesystems regardless of what hardware they are on.
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/mnt.html
mjones73 said:
You can try the Move to SD option, it's up to the developer of the app to configure what can/can't move to SD using that option though. In the case of the app you listed, the .apk part is in the DRM protected app folder and that'll never move off the internal storage using the built in method. If you find that option isn't cutting it, you need to switch to using an apps2SD method where you can move everything.
/mnt is just the mount point for all filesystems regardless of what hardware they are on.
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/mnt.html
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I did try the rezounds move to sd option. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. I went into settings - device - apps. I believe the game is already moved b/c it has the "move to phone" button available.
When I click "move to phone" it changes to the ss below, now a "move to phone storage" button is available.
What do these storage terms mean, ex; USB storage app? What's the diff between move to phone and move to phone storage? Im guessing I need to try an apps2sd application, but which one? Could you recommend some, don't mind paying. Also, won't I need to partition my ext sdcard for apps2sd to work, just asking cause all these apps I see talk about partitioning your ext sdcard.
Btw, thanks for all the help I'm starting to understand this a lot better, much appreciated.
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Apps in the Rezound exist in either the data partition (Phone storage) or the internal Storage (Storage)... apps cannot be moved to the SD card normally with the embedded Settings->Apps tool.
This is usually enough though, it is rare that you would run out space but if you were going to use something that moves the apps to the actual SD card, I would suggest Link2SD... it requires partitioning the SD card and making the secondary partition an Ext3/4 partition, it moves the data to the Ext3/4 partition of the SD Card and creates symbolic links back to the original places, even allowing Widgets and startup apps to be reside on the SD card. It does involve a little finesse if you have to factory default or install a new ROM though. I used to use it all the time on my old HTC Aria, which had about 256M for app storage and it worked brilliantly.
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Apps in the Rezound exist in either the data partition (Phone storage) or the internal Storage (Storage)... apps cannot be moved to the SD card normally with the embedded Settings->Apps tool.
This is usually enough though, it is rare that you would run out space but if you were going to use something that moves the apps to the actual SD card, I would suggest Link2SD... it requires partitioning the SD card and making the secondary partition an Ext3/4 partition, it moves the data to the Ext3/4 partition of the SD Card and creates symbolic links back to the original places, even allowing Widgets and startup apps to be reside on the SD card. It does involve a little finesse if you have to factory default or install a new ROM though. I used to use it all the time on my old HTC Aria, which had about 256M for app storage and it worked brilliantly.
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That's the one thing I wasn't sure of, is it using the Internal or External SD when doing the move to SD option, if it's Internal, forget what I said and just use Link2SD, should be a guide online how to use it.
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That's the one thing I wasn't sure of, is it using the Internal or External SD when doing the move to SD option, if it's Internal, forget what I said and just use Link2SD, should be a guide online how to use it.
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Start here: http://www.link2sd.info and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
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Start here: http://www.link2sd.info and here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
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I read through the "What you need for linking applications:" from that xda thread. I;m going to follow it to the T, hopefully it'll work for my Rezound. Thanks for the info.
mjones73 said:
That's the one thing I wasn't sure of, is it using the Internal or External SD when doing the move to SD option, if it's Internal, forget what I said and just use Link2SD, should be a guide online how to use it.
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I'm trying to use that Mini Partition application but I have no idea what I'm doing, these directions aren't really detailed. I'm been trying to figure this out for hours now. I'm going nuts!
xXezmacXx said:
I'm trying to use that Mini Partition application but I have no idea what I'm doing, these directions aren't really detailed. I'm been trying to figure this out for hours now. I'm going nuts!
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I always use Partition Magic or EaseUS Partition Manager, but why don't you just partition it in TWRP? It is under Advanced... Set the Swap size to 0 and the EXT size to whatever you want, I always used 2GB (2048) on my Aria but you could use whatever you feel is appropriate, and your choice of partition types and swipe to partition. Then reboot and setup Link2SD. Remember you will lose everything on your SD card, so make sure to back it up to a PC or something.
EDIT: I have not done this on the Rezound, so I am assuming it will work fine, but I don't know anyone who has done it on this device since the embedded space is usually more than sufficient.
acejavelin said:
I always use Partition Magic or EaseUS Partition Manager, but why don't you just partition it in TWRP? It is under Advanced... Set the Swap size to 0 and the EXT size to whatever you want, I always used 2GB (2048) on my Aria but you could use whatever you feel is appropriate, and your choice of partition types and swipe to partition. Then reboot and setup Link2SD. Remember you will lose everything on your SD card, so make sure to back it up to a PC or something.
EDIT: I have not done this on the Rezound, so I am assuming it will work fine, but I don't know anyone who has done it on this device since the embedded space is usually more than sufficient.
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Ok ill use twrp just gotta flash it. For the ext do I select ext 2 3 or 4? Also, is the ext where the apps will be moved to? I have a 64gb card can I make the ext 15-20gb or higher?
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xXezmacXx said:
Ok ill use twrp just gotta flash it. For the ext do I select ext 2 3 or 4? Also, is the ext where the apps will be moved to? I have a 64gb card can I make the ext 15-20gb or higher?
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Use Ext3 or 4, in this situation you won't notice any difference in performance between the two, at one time 3 was considered to be more stable and I use it most of the time but I don't know if it makes any difference anymore. You will not run into the size limitations in those partition types, I believe its in the upper terabyte range . To make it easy and have nice round numbers I always do it in increments of 512 though, so 16384 would probably be appropriate and give you 16 gigabytes of space.
I gotta ask though, what do you need so much application space for? are you running thousands and thousands of apps? The reason I ask is most apps automatically move their data to the SD card if they are very large, like most games and the advantages you see by using a tool like this can be minimal if you're using lots of very large games.
EDIT: one thing to keep in mind that might be confusing the first few times you use this application, the objective is to link the applications, not move. It seems counter intuitive but if you move them you're defeating the purpose and not gaining much, you need to use the link options.
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acejavelin said:
Use Ext3 or 4, in this situation you won't notice any difference in performance between the two, at one time 3 was considered to be more stable and I use it most of the time but I don't know if it makes any difference anymore. You will not run into the size limitations in those partition types, I believe its in the upper terabyte range . To make it easy and have nice round numbers I always do it in increments of 512 though, so 16384 would probably be appropriate and give you 16 gigabytes of space.
I gotta ask though, what do you need so much application space for? are you running thousands and thousands of apps? The reason I ask is most apps automatically move their data to the SD card if they are very large, like most games and the advantages you see by using a tool like this can be minimal if you're using lots of very large games.
EDIT: one thing to keep in mind that might be confusing the first few times you use this application, the objective is to link the applications, not move. It seems counter intuitive but if you move them you're defeating the purpose and not gaining much, you need to use the link options.
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When I get home tonight I will follow your directions on partitioning with twrp. You've been more than helpful, thank you.
To your ?. I use the phone and so does my son. I must of purchased 30+ games this month alone, and apps, well too many to count. I also use it to to store my 5000+ mp3s and movies for my son.
Edit: for example I just downloaded rayman fiesta run and the files it downloaded arent on my external. And when I JB all games were slow, lagged a lot. Now I'm back on sense everything is smooth.
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xXezmacXx said:
When I get home tonight I will follow your directions on partitioning with twrp. You've been more than helpful, thank you.
To your ?. I use the phone and so does my son. I must of purchased 30+ games this month alone, and apps, well too many to count. I also use it to to store my 5000+ mp3s and movies for my son.
Edit: for example I just downloaded rayman fiesta run and the files it downloaded arent on my external. And when I JB all games were slow, lagged a lot. Now I'm back on sense everything is smooth.
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just curious...on JB roms....did you force gpu rendering in dev options.....it will cause that....i run avabel on jellybean....which need i remind you is a very power and graphic hungry game....and runs fine
xXezmacXx said:
When I get home tonight I will follow your directions on partitioning with twrp. You've been more than helpful, thank you.
To your ?. I use the phone and so does my son. I must of purchased 30+ games this month alone, and apps, well too many to count. I also use it to to store my 5000+ mp3s and movies for my son.
Edit: for example I just downloaded rayman fiesta run and the files it downloaded arent on my external. And when I JB all games were slow, lagged a lot. Now I'm back on sense everything is smooth.
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5000 MP3's?!?! I used to go that, just uploaded them all (plus around 10,000 more) to Play Music and use the cloud now since I have WiFi 95% of the time when I play music.
Games will not use your EXTERNAL storage, but most of them install the core of app in the phones app storage area (the 2GB portion) and their data on the internal storage (the ~11GB area). Most of the ones I have do that, for example, Mechs Warfare takes about 80MB of storage in the app data partition, but uses about 450MB of internal storage.
If you have a lot of games that do this, Link2SD, Move2SD, and other similar tools may not help much, all they will do is move the application data to the external storage, but the app controls it's own data being installed on the "sdcard", which is the internal storage. In most of those applications there is no way to tell it to use the external card and there is no way to move the data without swapping mount points between the internal and external storage.
Hello everyone I have a Hisense Sero 7 Pro 8gb with a 32gb sd card. Model number M470BSA android version 4.2.1 Build number P756.6.02.20.00 kernel 3.1.10. Today I decided to root the tablet using the following method. http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2297246 and since is my first Android device that I rooted I followed this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yf0HZhrGMDU and everything worked perfectly (I suppouse)
The reason I decided to root my tablet was because I have 700mb left on my internal storage and when trying to install a 2.4gb game from the play store It said that I didnt had enough space even though i have 32gb left on my sd card. I downloaded Titanium backup to move some apps from the internal storage to the SD card but the option is not there, the only option available under move is MOVE-¨ INTGRATE UPDATES OF SYSTEM APPS INTO ROM¨ and theres no move to sd card option.
Is there an easy way to solve this? I am a noob to this so I would apreciate your help.
Thank you.
Try Link2SD. Just be sure to read the directions or find some guide on-line.
Planterz said:
Try Link2SD. Just be sure to read the directions or find some guide on-line.
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Thanks for answering!
When trying to move the app it says my device is not supported.
When trying to get a link it says I need s partition on my SD card I currently don't have a computer is there any way i could do the partition with the tablet?
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When trying to get a link it says I need s partition on my SD card I currently don't have a computer is there any way i could do the partition with the tablet?
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Aparted (and other apps) can partition your SD card from your phone.
BTW, Link2SD can not only move apps to SD, but newly downloaded apps can install there by default. Try that with your big game, and you might not have to mess around with moving everything else.
Planterz said:
Aparted (and other apps) can partition your SD card from your phone.
BTW, Link2SD can not only move apps to SD, but newly downloaded apps can install there by default. Try that with your big game, and you might not have to mess around with moving everything else.
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I made the 2 partitions and link2sd is not recognizing them and the install in SD card is not working either.