Well, quite depressed, and ofc, overreaded almost whole forum and done many of theyr stuff, I CANT, and I REPEAT, CANT, manage to make internal memory of the ACE 5830i to get bigger, tried to follow many of posts, such as cronmod and some script post, but nothing....
Also, Ive triend with many rooms and kernels, but also, noting
Anyone here, could give me and All In One answer the solution please? Thanks for your time
@mironkraft, Judging from your previous experience with wide variety of Custom Roms you must be quite frustrated and consequently so many different script's leftover must be remained inside your Android OS ( i,e: "/system/etc/init.d" folder; /system/bin etc ,etc,,)
So , before I start the long journey and make your internal storage bigger, I need you to revert back to clean stock firmware . Read this instruction from the line starts with "- We need wipe flash-able zip package....." to get the hang of the wipe flash able procedure .
After reverting back to your start point, please pick one custom Rom ,which supports init.d ( you may consult me on what kind of scripts need to be removed from your Zip Rom's content and being compressed again for flashing process).
Now you need to pick your Universal CronMod INT2EXT or + version from this topic and put them inside your root of SD card.
First a bit of explanation on how these scripts function : 100 MB internal storage space is needed for every 500 MB SD-ext partition you are going to create upon my instruction ( for 1 to 2 GB card >> 512 MB ext partition is needed for 4 GB and more preferably class 6 or 4 you should not max out 1024 MB ext 2/4 partition, because after accumulating so many apps , you will experience lagging ).
INT2EXT+ ( my recommendation) makes your Ext partition your Phone's Internal Memory by mounting the ext partition to /data and shows the size under internal (i,e: lets say you have an internal of 290 MB and your Ext partition is 512 MB. So after flashing INT2EXT+, the 512 MB of Ext part is shown in the phone as the internal memory). Therefore "/data/data" will remain on the internal but the size of the internal won't be shown.
Another crucial instruction you need to follow accordingly is "Dalvik-Cache Wipe Tool " which is available inside script's topic. When need arises to wipe /dalvik-cache , you need to flash it through your recovery,because /data/davik-cache was transferred to ext partition to increase your space and CWM or any recovery wont see that .
For the last couple of days we were discussing all of the possible ways to flash this script here mate. Read them carefully and I will walk you through the process , if you have any questions .
Hope I did help you
Ok, Understand, THANKS!
Well, Flashed part by part, thats more than done.
Downloadad CronMod-INT2EXT+_signed
About the ROM, I wanted to use this one : http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=718482 (BLUED DROID KITKAT EDITIO) , wich sadly, is in spanish, but it has int.d support, anywais, If you could recpomend me a rom would be enought. (forgot to say that this is the ZIP of the rom, from mediafire to download : http://www.mediafire.com/download/5iwkhp6sdn9ys86/BlueDroid_KitKat_Edition.zip)
About partitioning, I always did 1024 or lower, because ive got 4 bg class 4, so maybe this is why it doesnt work before, this time ill do lower than 1024
I am going to try up once by myselft, and Ill tell you how goes, thanks for your time, patience and work
(tried and still doesnt work )
mironkraft said:
Ok, Understand, THANKS!
Well, Flashed part by part, thats more than done.
Downloadad CronMod-INT2EXT+_signed
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So far is good. You did revert back to your fresh FW ( wipe data through e3 was required , if you used non flash able ( CSC/PDA/MODEM) , Also give me more details such as your stock Android version, Your stock kernel , your CSC/PDA/MODEM info and are you sure your are on "i" variant s5830 known as cooperVe ?
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About the ROM, I wanted to use this one : http://www.htcmania.com/showthread.php?t=718482 (BLUED DROID KITKAT EDITIO) , wich sadly, is in spanish, but it has int.d support, anywais, If you could recpomend me a rom would be enought. (forgot to say that this is the ZIP of the rom, from mediafire to download : http://www.mediafire.com/download/5iwkhp6sdn9ys86/BlueDroid_KitKat_Edition.zip)
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OK now ! don't expect me to translate all of the given pages into English ! My language reference is not even English , only using it because of board policy and regulation.
Let me clarify some base ground rules >> Many Roms outside our Developer section come with pirated materials inside ( i,e: Warez copyrighted apps ) or they might have so many bugs inside their body , nobody bother with them ( Rom in question for instance has an outdated kernel >> stable one found here ) it comes with link2sd app , so this app and it's dependencies which is resided inside init.d folder need to be removed for instance ,, this is what i gathered from a brief Google translation part of the Rom's future ,,Definitely might be more into it though. As for recommendation, this is against the Rule , I can not distinguish between them , you can study this topic for well-known Roms available .
mironkraft said:
About partitioning, I always did 1024 or lower, because ive got 4 bg class 4, so maybe this is why it doesnt work before, this time ill do lower than 1024
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Remember this is a legacy device with less than 2o0 MB internal storage accessible. We might be able to mount the external partition and expand our internal storage , but this space will be filled with 100+ app's data quickly. Thus, you might experience not enough space errors , despite the fact your device in settings> Storage shows free space. So don't go over board with your device, after implanting your script successfully . Another issue I need to address is, class 10 SD cards are faster in editing videos and stuff like this, but Class 4 and 6 are more than enough for reading and writing in 4 KB block space performance benchmark, since your device works this way ,, look into this chart 4KB ( Read/Write ) result from Tomshardware.
500 MB ~ 750 MB is suitable for ext2/4 partition to be effective in my opinion.
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(tried and still doesnt work )
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Give me something to work with you , more through explanation in regards of all well-written instructions links , provided.
Ok, I start about the ROM
Stock ROM, Flashed last one:
CSC_S5830i_PHELL2.tar
MODEM_S5830i_XXLK1.tar
PDA_S5830i_XXLL2.tar
From the package S5830i_XXLL2_PHELL2_XXLK1_wipe_by_SplitFUS2, wich wipes.
Also have saved 2 more,
one with pit and bootloader:
- cooperve_0623.pit + S5830IXXLA4_S5830IOXXLA2_ATO_Repacked
- S5830i_XXLH3_OXXLH1_XXLH3_wipe_by_SplitFUS2
I have just used the bootloader one twice, and the second one just got it saved in case of needed.
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I understand clearly, I will saerch a new ROM on that section, for example, the CM 9.1 ICS, or CM 7.2 REINCARNATION
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Ok, for the memory, in this case the phone isnt going to be used for powerfull stuff, FB, WhatsApp, etc. normal use, so, I guess with the 500mb partition would be enought.
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Reaching here, I guess is the most important to explain now, how I did the install, and how I went over without a satisfactional result.
First, I flashed Stock, second, rooted and CWM,
I partitioned SD CARD 512MB, 0 SWAP and then REBOOTED
I placed in the SD CARD the following ZIPS:
- BLUEDROID KIT KAT EDITION
- CronMod-INT2EXT+_signed.zip
Foramted /data /sd-ext /system
Mount /system
Flashed custom rom (BLUEDROID, NO REBOOTED)
Mounted again /system
Flashed CronMod-INT2EXT+_signed.zip
Rebooted and checked if internal memory was mounted, wich not.
All this steps I did and figured out from posts like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2082465 and the post where it says who to install that ROM (BLUEDROID)
Hope I could managed to make you know or understand what I did, coz english isnt my mother language too, and also, thanks for your time and patience
@mironkraft, I am going to explain the whole concept in plain English and make it really easy for you through PM. Check your inbox later on for some private tutoring ^:^
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I have a HTC Legend running on NewSense RC4. I have App2SD installed. I've changed the default install location to SD Card via " pm shell setInstallLocation 2". Though I've done all this, I have only around 2-3 MB space always. I're removed the data and cache for many apps. Yet, this is the situation. And I only have 52 APPS.
Please tell me another method to increase the amount of space. Please don't sugesst me to flash to another ROM.
I also read somewhere about partitions on SD card or something. Can you please enlighten me on this?
Note: I read to fast and COMPLETELY skipped the part where you said "Don't tell me to flash another rom" I am soooooo sorry!
The only other option I can give you is to flash Cyanogenmod7 and use data2ext if you want app space, but that is probably out of the question for you!
On the partitioning note:
Partitioning quite simply means splitting your microSD card into 2 or more PARTS (hintART-itioning). Often times, partitioning is used to create a separate space for apps2SD or data2ext. The simplest way to partition is to download rom manager (you must have root and be able to boot into recovery) and choose the option "partition sd card" choose 0 swap , then choose 512mb partitioning space! WARNING: this will delete EVERYTHING on your memory card, so either turn back, or backip tour mem. Card! After it is partitioned, you can proceed to add apps to the new partition of your SD card. Note this will, like I said, split your memory card space! Ex:
If you hav a 1 GB (1024 MB) Memory card, after partitioning, your memory for files will decrease to 512 mb, while 512 mb is reserved for your apps!
Just a word of advice from a fellow XDA-er!
I am not aware whether or not the HTC legend runs Cyanogenmod7 or not, but it would be well worth the flash to use it. Unless you are in love with the Sense UI (because CM7 uses 2.3.3 Gingerbread) then come on over to the Cyan side . Data2ext takes your ENTIRE data section of your phone (that part that holds the meat and bones of an app, PLUS the huge apk file) and puts it in that partition you created. Data2ext is simply a flashable script that puts that partition in action. After flashing the script via recovery, just go to your terminal emulator app on your phone and on the first line, type "su" (without quotes) and then type "data2ext --enable" (exactly as typed without quotes) and vuala, your REAL data section on your phone is literally virtually UNTOUCHED! Which makes your phone a lot faster. There is also a script that let's you choose the size of your partition (no more than 2 GB is strongly recommended) but I haven't used that script just yet, but will soon! Data2ext is WAY bettr than apps to SD! I know that I did way more than just answer your question, but I wanted to answer, plus give a better alternative should you choose to use it
Hope I answered ur question,
Ognimnella
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ognimnella said:
Note: I read to fast and COMPLETELY skipped the part where you said "Don't tell me to flash another rom" I am soooooo sorry!
The only other option I can give you is to flash Cyanogenmod7 and use data2ext if you want app space, but that is probably out of the question for you!
On the partitioning note:
Partitioning quite simply means splitting your microSD card into 2 or more PARTS (hintART-itioning). Often times, partitioning is used to create a separate space for apps2SD or data2ext. The simplest way to partition is to download rom manager (you must have root and be able to boot into recovery) and choose the option "partition sd card" choose 0 swap , then choose 512mb partitioning space! WARNING: this will delete EVERYTHING on your memory card, so either turn back, or backip tour mem. Card! After it is partitioned, you can proceed to add apps to the new partition of your SD card. Note this will, like I said, split your memory card space! Ex:
If you hav a 1 GB (1024 MB) Memory card, after partitioning, your memory for files will decrease to 512 mb, while 512 mb is reserved for your apps!
Just a word of advice from a fellow XDA-er!
I am not aware whether or not the HTC legend runs Cyanogenmod7 or not, but it would be well worth the flash to use it. Unless you are in love with the Sense UI (because CM7 uses 2.3.3 Gingerbread) then come on over to the Cyan side . Data2ext takes your ENTIRE data section of your phone (that part that holds the meat and bones of an app, PLUS the huge apk file) and puts it in that partition you created. Data2ext is simply a flashable script that puts that partition in action. After flashing the script via recovery, just go to your terminal emulator app on your phone and on the first line, type "su" (without quotes) and then type "data2ext --enable" (exactly as typed without quotes) and vuala, your REAL data section on your phone is literally virtually UNTOUCHED! Which makes your phone a lot faster. There is also a script that let's you choose the size of your partition (no more than 2 GB is strongly recommended) but I haven't used that script just yet, but will soon! Data2ext is WAY bettr than apps to SD! I know that I did way more than just answer your question, but I wanted to answer, plus give a better alternative should you choose to use it
Hope I answered ur question,
Ognimnella
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App
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Yes, I read about the partitioning method. I've a few questions.
1. Will this method work on ANY ROM ?
2. Will I reclaim ALL my internal memory?
3. Is this is a sure shot method to install AS MANY apps as we need (the only condition being you that much SD card partition space) ?
4. Can you please link me to a detailed tutorial?
abhishek_turbo911 said:
Yes, I read about the partitioning method. I've a few questions.
1. Will this method work on ANY ROM ?
2. Will I reclaim ALL my internal memory?
3. Is this is a sure shot method to install AS MANY apps as we need (the only condition being you that much SD card partition space) ?
4. Can you please link me to a detailed tutorial?
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1. Method will only work on rom that support it.
2. You will get a lot of internal memory back but data will remain internal unless you move app's data to sd-ext also.
3. Method trick the phone into thinking the sd-ext is part of your internal memory so you'll be able to install a good amount of apps.
4. Search Dark Tremor's a2sd or S2E in the market.
abhishek_turbo911 said:
Yes, I read about the partitioning method. I've a few questions.
1. Will this method work on ANY ROM ?
2. Will I reclaim ALL my internal memory?
3. Is this is a sure shot method to install AS MANY apps as we need (the only condition being you that much SD card partition space) ?
4. Can you please link me to a detailed tutorial?
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1. No to my knowledge it only works on CM7 (and you said flashing a new rom is out of the question)
2. Yes, plus more
3. Yes, so far, I hav somewhere around 85 apps installed (and that's with 512 mb only, with 150-200mb still left
4. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=902395
P.S. - If you want to have the freedom of installing up to 2GB partition space for apps, use data2ext-v4. If you want the already preset 512mb, then use data2ext-v7 (it is thoroughly explained in the post)
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So, first of all, a big hello to the community! Spent the last 2 hours digging around the forum, as I'm a new user and I'm amazed with this big things Galaxy has to add! I came from a Symbyan platform, and the only thing I done was Flash my Nokia 5800 with a C6 FW by PHNT.
Few days ago, I moved to this awsome Android world, where I see alot fo stuff new to my eyes, and that I wish some replys from you guys.
You all gonna say this questions are answered elsewhere, but I digged the forum, and I find the most various kind of answers for the same questions, which I'm now pretty much confused.
The thing is, I want to apply this CM7.1(or , dunno which is better), from what I see, it improves greatly our Galaxy Ace, but on the other hand, I saw a post that says taht this is simple as Root(Which I've done already), and apply a CWM or something, and apply the CM7.1 same way as Rooting.
The fulcral questions is which is the safest(and noobier-frindly) way to apply that CM 7.1?
Also if someone can aid me, what CWM does exactly? Its a backup app like TitaniumBackup?
I think you did not read This my friend.
And CWM is a custom recovery which has a lot more features than stock recovery.
CWM5 can be found Here
The tutorial is at the first link I gave you. But if you didn't understand,
I'll tell you step-by-step
1. Download the rom and CWM and put it in your phone.
2. Enter recovery and choose install zip from SD then choose CWM.
3. Reboot and enter recovery again.
4. Your now in CWM Recovery, before flashing any rom, doa wipe data.
5. Choose install zip fom SD card and choose CM7.1/2
reboot then voila
Hited Thanks for you!
Really helpfull thread! How did I missed it lol!
So the thing taht really caught my attention was the option to don't waste internal memory, which is exactly the only reason I wanted to Cyan Mod.
If it's not a hassle to you, can you pinpoint me the EXACT file to run from CWM? I really don't wanna mess up my phone(though I will only apply it after I buy my 16GB SDcard soon).
Here's where I stand:
1-> I rooted my device with some root I found over youtube, worked fine, then google play said me to update the superuser app, so I did. I guess it's updated, no problems there.
2-> Now I need CWM(I got a file named "recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6-galaxyace-fix.zip", should I use that one or try to find the v4 one?
3-> Then I need to run on Home Button+Power to install that mod, but here comes 4 questions:
"You need to extend the internal app storage to the sd card. The FIRST thing you need to do is go back to Clockworkmod recovery mode and partition your sdcard so that it has a ext4 extension. Then update from ketut.kumajaya's post with cf-rootdtapps2sd???.zip(forgot the full name). That defaults all downloaded apps to run from the sd card."
3.1-> Does CWM have the partition option already? And does it formats the SDcard?
3.2-> Can u direct me the EXACT file so I don't mess this up?
3.3-> This doesn't wipes any data from the phone right?
3.3.3-> And what about the apps alraedy installed and using the internal memory even though they are "in SD card, as phone shows", i need to reinstall them right?
Ty again for any hassle done! And I will thank you agani, just for wasting the time here with me
2. Ok flash that. Some roms are compatible with that but not on v4
3. No. Don't use CFRoot. It's for stock roms only.
3.1 Yes, you can partitition SD card on CWM.
And yes, it wipes everything in your SD
and after you have partitioned it, download Link2sd from the market, choose ext4 then link every app (except system apps of course)
I guess that answers all, just didn't get what u meant by that, do i use taht version 5 or the v4 of CWM? And what is a stock rom? I never changed nothing on my phone except the Rooting.
NunoPitbull said:
I guess that answers all, just didn't get what u meant by that, do i use taht version 5 or the v4 of CWM? And what is a stock rom? I never changed nothing on my phone except the Rooting.
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stock roms are roms made by samsung. Your currently in a stock rom but you are going to CM7 so don't use it anymore. Use v5
Wait, can't I have that Mod to save all in SDcard and save internt memory? I just want that thing, I dont have Cyan mod if I can do that without it
Can u pinpoint me to the correct file please?
NunoPitbull said:
Wait, can't I have that Mod to save all in SDcard and save internt memory? I just want that thing, I dont have Cyan mod if I can do that without it
Can u pinpoint me to the correct file please?
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After you partition your sd card thorough cwm recovery, do a factory reset and then install cm7.2. Then you can use either s2e or link2sd or a2sd to free up your internal memory.
If you are asking for exact cm7.2 file, there are many of them. Try cm7.2 by vo1 first. Thread will be in development section created by Lovetz.
It seems your not really getting what I mean
First I wanted the CM7 mod, BUT after reading that thread you showed me, I saw its possible to free up internal memory WITHOUT the need of installing CM7, and installing that other file right?
I just wanted to know which is the right file so I don't mess up. I just want to have the option to save all to SDcard, and not to use Internal memory. That was the reason I wanted CM7. Understand now?
use minitool partition wizard to repartition your sdcard. create two partition, both as primary, first partition as fat32 and second partition as ext2/ext3/ext4
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
then flash this from clockworkmod recovery. before flashing do mount system and data manually
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715940
then install this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elgubbo.a2sdGUI&hl=en
NunoPitbull said:
It seems your not really getting what I mean
First I wanted the CM7 mod, BUT after reading that thread you showed me, I saw its possible to free up internal memory WITHOUT the need of installing CM7, and installing that other file right?
I just wanted to know which is the right file so I don't mess up. I just want to have the option to save all to SDcard, and not to use Internal memory. That was the reason I wanted CM7. Understand now?
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I FULLY understand what you want And I am telling you that you do not need those files to transfer apps to sd. ust partition your SD via CWM, doanload Link2sd choose ext4 then link all of them
an0nym0us_ said:
use minitool partition wizard to repartition your sdcard. create two partition, both as primary, first partition as fat32 and second partition as ext2/ext3/ext4
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
then flash this from clockworkmod recovery. before flashing do mount system and data manually
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715940
then install this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.elgubbo.a2sdGUI&hl=en
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Doo:DAce said:
I FULLY understand what you want And I am telling you that you do not need those files to transfer apps to sd. ust partition your SD via CWM, doanload Link2sd choose ext4 then link all of them
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See what I mean? One guy tells me totally different apps to download + a PC program and to flash another app then you say, and you say with only 1 app + the Link2SD I can do it That's why I get confused ;p I guess both apps are good, which one the safest and best?
Doo:DAce said:
I FULLY understand what you want And I am telling you that you do not need those files to transfer apps to sd. ust partition your SD via CWM, doanload Link2sd choose ext4 then link all of them
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So it's only that? No need for that "update from ketut.kumajaya's post with cf-rootdtapps2sd???.zip(forgot the full name)" zip?
Also which CWM I use, v4 or the one I have?("recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6-galaxyace-fix")
Lol they are many ways to partition your SD card ...cwm recovery eliminates the need of a PC but Mini tool partition wizard is recommended ( though I trust cwm recovery blindly )
Dragonoid said:
Lol they are many ways to partition your SD card ...cwm recovery eliminates the need of a PC but Mini tool partition wizard is recommended ( though I trust cwm recovery blindly )
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Can you tell me how is it partitioned?
First partition will be for photos etc, the 2nd will be for apps?
Can you pinpoint me the .apk file for CWM you use?
Also, what should I expect when doing the partition trought CMW? Its just an option saying to do the partition? I read taht is needed to mount/unmount things,I have NO IDEA on how to achieve that.
If u got access to pc, better do it on pc with minitool after making backup of your whole sdcard. Yes cwm can do it but who know when disaster strike u'll lose all your sdcard data. Better to be safe than sorry mate.
NunoPitbull said:
Can you tell me how is it partitioned?
First partition will be for photos etc, the 2nd will be for apps?
Can you pinpoint me the .apk file for CWM you use?
Also, what should I expect when doing the partition trought CMW? Its just an option saying to do the partition? I read taht is needed to mount/unmount things,I have NO IDEA on how to achieve that.
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Well cwm 5 can be found by Googling ( cwm 5 for Samsung galaxy ace)
2. It's not how you think ..once you partition your SD card the partition is inaccessible to you ..example if on a 2 gb card if u create a partition of 512mb when u go to settings the phone will read your SD card as 1.5 gb
3. Cwm guides are readily available on you tube
4. As the other guys have said b4 u need to use apps like link2sd to be able to use the partition ..entirely for apps alone ...s2e is the best but works ONLY on cm7
5. During the partition process your SD card will be formatted !!!
Backup your Data first! !!!!
6. Anything else???
P.S. I can't provide links as I m on my phone and even on a PC I would have advised u to Google
So, in your example, on a 2GB card, the phone will read only 1,5GB, so what will be that 1,5GB for? And the 512MB what will they be for?
Thanks for the reply
NunoPitbull said:
So, in your example, on a 2GB card, the phone will read only 1,5GB, so what will be that 1,5GB for? And the 512MB what will they be for?
Thanks for the reply
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1.5 gb will be for your media -photos videos files etc that 512 MB is accessible only through s2e,link2sd and other such apps( u see I know only these 2 ) this 512 MB can be used to store your apps ---I.e. move the dalvik cache to the SD card which in turn results in a lot of free internal space....
Once upon a time I had 120 apps on my phone and 50 MB was still remaining.
P.S. please don't ask what dalvik cache is ...Google it instead ..ull get better info
Dragonoid said:
1.5 gb will be for your media -photos videos files etc that 512 MB is accessible only through s2e,link2sd and other such apps( u see I know only these 2 ) this 512 MB can be used to store your apps ---I.e. move the dalvik cache to the SD card which in turn results in a lot of free internal space....
Once upon a time I had 120 apps on my phone and 50 MB was still remaining.
P.S. please don't ask what dalvik cache is ...Google it instead ..ull get better info
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So u still loose internal space even after this patchs?
Well, for those who is already using a large /data, please ignore this.
For those who need an easy access to install a lot of apps with limited /data confused: 320M available on phone??? 10 games could fill that space!!)
Please read the following, and try on your own risk.
----Let me tell a story first----
My girl nees a lot of apps on her Ray, and is always complaining about the limited space on /data, and asked if I can make her phone a large /data like my Desire. Well, I have searched a lot without any appliable methods, or I was just fooling around?
Indeed, links2sd is appliable, but that is annoying if you need lots of apps, some of which can be hardly moved to sd.
Could there be an easy access? After that I started to try those scripts that I tried for my Desire. I have tried custom MTD partition method, but there is no Recovery that supports MTD, and SONY itself could not be easily make customed MTD.
So I tried 10+ scripts to mount /data on EXT(one by one!), from a normal apps2sd script, apps2sdx, etc., all prove invalid or some just make her Ray brick.
Every time Ray refused to boot, I have to restore /system, then tried another script.
Finally, I found this, mounts2sd script.
Sorry I forget whose this script it belongs to. I just borrowed it and it worked well on Ray, at least on her Ray, now she gets about 60 non-system apps...
----End of my story----
Main steps include:
1. partition SD-CARD. an EXT partition is needed. I gave her a 1G ext4, possibly large enough for about 100 apps.
(ps. your SD-card is better to be a fast one, like Class6+; I gave her a Class 10 Kingston...)
2. install your rom, and a bootable 3rd-party boot other than the original one. I tried this on official ICS rom with a moded boot with touch recovery, sorry I forget which it was, but the boot must be int.d supportive. (PS: the BOOT I used for the Official ICS ROM is in post #4.)
3. **an Nandroid Backup is strongly recommended before flasing this zip.**
4. flash this zip View attachment mounts2sd-signed.zip without any wipe. Then restart and see if it works.
*5. if this didn't work or caused any problem on boot, please restore at least /system. Perhaps this script isnot appliable for your Ray or just your boot.
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Pleas try this on your own risk, and report back so that other users know whether it could work.
Sorry for my poor English. Hope what I've written intelligible.
I'll update this this thread on post #2
reserve this for updates. Forgive me...
which rom and kernal you tested?
because my ray cannot see ext-partition on sdcard after try
The BOOT I used.
Nekkab25 said:
which rom and kernal you tested?
because my ray cannot see ext-partition on sdcard after try
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Sorry for the delay.
I tried the early-leaked official ICS 4.1.A.0.562.
Please find the boot.img I used in attachment.
View attachment boot.rar
sorry but i can't understand how did you do it
paul20 said:
sorry but i can't understand how did you do it
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Well, after you got your Ray BL-unlocked (and maybe rooted), you can flash any BOOT.img in fastboot, then flash official ICS rom(in zip format, you can search it yourself), with that BOOT (the one in Post #4) or any other BOOT that support int.d, you can try flashing the package in #1 in recovery without any wipe, then reboot your Ray and see...
I messed around with this in the past and even tried changing the partition sizes on the Ray - all with less than ideal outcomes and I eventually gave up.
All I do now (on ICS) is go into apps, select one and hit 'Move to SD Card' - large apps are automatically installed on SD Card if they won't fit on internal memory. Currently have 231MB of apps on phone and 332MB on the SD card - and all the SD card is usable, I've not 'lost' space to the non-windows writable partition that isn't being used at that time.
Don't think there's any "Right" way of doing it, but I just found this easier than messing around with partitioning.
hartej said:
I messed around with this in the past and even tried changing the partition sizes on the Ray - all with less than ideal outcomes and I eventually gave up.
All I do now (on ICS) is go into apps, select one and hit 'Move to SD Card' - large apps are automatically installed on SD Card if they won't fit on internal memory. Currently have 231MB of apps on phone and 332MB on the SD card - and all the SD card is usable, I've not 'lost' space to the non-windows writable partition that isn't being used at that time.
Don't think there's any "Right" way of doing it, but I just found this easier than messing around with partitioning.
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That's why I said this to be a method for lazier persons like me and my girl.
She doesn't mind the EXT partition "eating up" 1G of her SD card leaving it "unfunctionable", and the card I gave her Ray is fast enough to run the apps and large enough for her.
Seems this method is more complex than link2sd.
Link2sd can run on rooted stock rom (locked bootloader) with ext support.
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Bugeca said:
Seems this method is more complex than link2sd.
Link2sd can run on rooted stock rom (locked bootloader) with ext support.
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Well, Link2sd is an app... Mounts2sd is a script, to a large extent.
I'm Not going to debate about their advantages or disadvantages.
Just share my experience with you...
you using wrong way i think friends
i think using another way is fastly..
u can use which rom u want but you have to delete what you dont want from ROM Memory..
You can use Root Explorer for this job.
For exp. I use Rayonium Rom already have about 150 mb free.. But i delete gmaps gtalk and some unusefull addons for me and i save about 250 mb.
Then there are some applicatioons which i won't delete anytime for example my special launcher, dolphin brow. some newspapers , mp3 players , markets, video players .. photo applications and etc what you want..
You will move from internal memory/ data/ app / to
Rom memory system / app /
Then it mean those applications will be in ur Custom Rom so if you wipe factory reset you wont lose your applications..
If you wanna use this way and still cant understand how to do i can explain it much better.. Hope u thx
You move only application which you can't move SD card...
emosis said:
i think using another way is fastly..
u can use which rom u want but you have to delete what you dont want from ROM Memory..
You can use Root Explorer for this job.
For exp. I use Rayonium Rom already have about 150 mb free.. But i delete gmaps gtalk and some unusefull addons for me and i save about 250 mb.
Then there are some applicatioons which i won't delete anytime for example my special launcher, dolphin brow. some newspapers , mp3 players , markets, video players .. photo applications and etc what you want..
You will move from internal memory/ data/ app / to
Rom memory system / app /
Then it mean those applications will be in ur Custom Rom so if you wipe factory reset you wont lose your applications..
If you wanna use this way and still cant understand how to do i can explain it much better.. Hope u thx
You move only application which you can't move SD card...
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I quite understand your method. Rooted ROM has lots of freedom in apps, but I just put forward my alternative method to make it easier for those lazy guys like me and my girl who don't want the trouble of moving apps to anywhere and just keep it default. By the way, some apps can't be simply moved to ROM, eg. Titanium Backup, it causes FC if you move it to rom, also hope you could understand.
Of course, this method needs extra space on the SD card, along with its requirement of the SD-card's R/W speed...
Anyway, thanks for discussion...
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UPDATE 21ST FEBRUARY 2014
Preload special editions with preload area reduced from 500mb to about 45mb, the resulting regained space is then allocated to the internal sd partition. Custom roms only! All data partition sizes have been catered for!
Beware #1 - Preload moddified version are NOT suitable for Samsung Stock Roms!
Beware #2 - Pre-Load moddified versions are for custom roms that do not use pre-load area! Please post on the respective thread for your rom and ask the author the question prior to using these versions if you are unsure! (I can tell you that SlimRoms & Cyanfox do not use preload, at present at least)
Beware #3 - If you want to go back to stock rom, you just need to flash my standard edition pit files, easy!
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Increase your data application partition and set your device free!
Are you bored of having to move apps to SD?
Bored of facing a stock issue of not even being able to move apps to your internal SD?
This thread will help you, currently only for i9100 16gb Model only.[/COLOR]
GUIDE - The usual rules apply, You will:
IMPORTANT: Please backup all your photos, videos and other important stuff on your PC, in the cloud or somewhere else where it is safe, as all your stuff on your internal SD card will be deleted!
1) Run compatible version of Odin, put your phone in to download mode (vol down/home/power button) and connect to PC via USB
2) Tick re-partition box
3) Click PIT button and select the pit file of your desired app partition size.
4a) Click PDA and select your stock official samsung jellybean rom - Edit- please remember if you use a rom that is not native to your region, it would be wise to flash the appropriate radio modem afterwards to ensure you get the signal strength you'd expect
4b) OR Flash your persnonal choice of kernel in *.tar format and pit file, reboot to CWM ( power button/vol up/home button) and install new rom or restore nandroid and boot as normal and skip to number 9 in this guide
5) Flash and wait for reboot
6) Let the phone reboot and wait until the android chap finishes his spinny wire ball belly animation and then remove the battery and do a factory reset using the usual power/vol up/ home trick.
7) Let it boot so you can check that you are happy with the result. ( I didn't, but you might want to)
8) Now flash your chosen rooted kernel and either stick with stock rom or enter CWM and flash your own custom rom.
9) When your phone boots, you may get a notification to format usb storage, say yes if prompted! If it that fails, connect you phone to your PC and format the the internal sd card manually.
10) Remember that Android likes automatically deciding where apps go, so sometime it tries to put stuff to SD itself (app requests it), it is worthwhile checking your installed apps to makes sure they went to internal app partition, you can tell this by either:
a) Look in Titanium back up, go to the move/integrate section and see if any apps show as moveable from SD to internal, if so run the batch process to put them on your nice new app partition, otherwise you may have issues running those apps.
b) If you don't have Titanium (why not?) then check the harder way by looking at app manager and swipe to the right to look at SD app, sort by size and then individually move ones back to internal storage.
11) That easy! Here is a shot of my resulting app manager
Files attached to post including original pit in case you want it back to stock values!
Enjoy!
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This awesome!:laugh:
hey @metalgearhathaway
Thankx for this awesome thread. Will try the guide right now..
Oh also, maybe you should put reboot into download mode as first step
@metalgearhathaway Could you also add pit file that sets whole internal memory for app data, so we could use our fast SD cards as primary memory, please ?
*EDIT*
Followed guide and flashed. Everything went awesome! i flashed 16GB_6GB
Thank you very much.
But when i look in task manager, the app storage sure is 6GB(5.9GB) but my internal storage decreased to 8GB(7.91GB)
IS it possible to have 6GB for apps and still have the 16GB (11.5GB) internal?
Akalsemann said:
*EDIT*
Followed guide and flashed. Everything went awesome! i flashed 16GB_6GB
Thank you very much.
But when i look in task manager, the app storage sure is 6GB(5.9GB) but my internal storage decreased to 8GB(7.91GB)
IS it possible to have 6GB for apps and still have the 16GB (11.5GB) internal?
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Sadly, our phone has 16gb total internal memory, pit files (partition information table) is how it splits this memory, sadly again our phone uses a app partition and then a pretend internal sd partition. This thread is for increasing the app partition to allow more apps to be easily installed without the need to move them about, as you increase the app partition this then naturally decreases the internal sd partition accordingly, hope that makes sense.
cortex69 said:
@metalgearhathaway Could you also add pit file that sets whole internal memory for app data, so we could use our fast SD cards as primary memory, please ?
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I have asked the guy who made these to see if that can be done, I'll let you know if that gets sorted!
Main post update to cover apps that have auto installed themselves to SD partition or card, please read point 9 in main post, cheers!
all great, in guide,
i will use the 4gb split for me, but you must say that user should backup all his roms (sec rom also, as samny rom will kill his system) and internal sdcard before any usage.
to his PC.
or you will get posts like, why my files are gone? i blame you for that, you told me its safe, and now i lost my girl naked picks
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Awesome !!!!
Thank a lot for this mod!
metalgearhathaway said:
I have asked the guy who made these to see if that can be done, I'll let you know if that gets sorted!
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It can be done, of course
There has been a thread already, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353551, but that tut only. It has attached files, but to flash onto cm10.1 at max.
One more question, would partitioning stay after installing a different rom ? I mean, we need sammy JB, then some aosp with Android 4.3.1
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cortex69 said:
It can be done, of course
There has been a thread already, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353551, but that tut only. It has attached files, but to flash onto cm10.1 at max.
One more question, would partitioning stay after installing a different rom ? I mean, we need sammy JB, then some aosp with Android 4.3.1
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Yes the partition remains the same, it will do until the phone is next given a pit file to change.
I have just let a phone upgrade phone 4.0.4 with the partition in place to 4.1.2 and everything remains!
cortex69 said:
@metalgearhathaway Could you also add pit file that sets whole internal memory for app data, so we could use our fast SD cards as primary memory, please ?
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Testing new pit for dedicating all internal memory to app storage, will upload once I am happy!
metalgearhathaway said:
Testing new pit for dedicating all internal memory to app storage, will upload once I am happy!
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Great. Anyhow, could you find out if phones picks SD card as primary memory with this pit ?
Do I need to flash stock rom or can I flash only the pit with odin give that I must wipe my phone of course..because if it was possible I prefer to do directly on the aosp rom sabermod..but if it is necessary I flash the stock one and then, repartition done, put the aosp plus dorimanx kernel..
subscribed ....i'll use 4gb split too....when i'll find some free time:good:
Thanks mate
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Subscribed.but i am still afraid to do it.may be i will loose my phone.loool
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amirsat2012 said:
Subscribed.but i am still afraid to do it.may be i will loose my phone.loool
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nah....you can't brick it ..If you follow guide to the letter :good:....
but @metalgearhathaway bricked it not so long ago....with smth else ..........
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amirsat2012 said:
Subscribed.but i am still afraid to do it.may be i will loose my phone.loool
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no PROBLEM here, did backup all, then did what GUIDE say.
and now happy with 4GB data partition.
but when i have booted to SAMMY rom all CLEAN, but internal SDCARD was broken. via MTP i see that disk is exist but size is broken.
so i have flashed my kernel via ODIN, went to recovery, and when recovery loaded, WINDOWS asked me if i like to FORMAT my internal sd.
and it's was 9.50GB size, so i say YES. and all good now. clean partition and i am loading my stuff back.
P.S for OP!
no problem to restore nand backup via recovery
O! and user should flash his best radio firmware as SAMMY comes with other, maybe not good for USER.
Code:
~ # df -h
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 402.3M 48.0K 402.2M 0% /dev
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 94.4M 176.0K 92.3M 0% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
9.5G 6.2G 3.3G 65% /mnt/.secondrom
/dev/block/loop0 96.8M 1.5M 88.3M 2% /secondrom_cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
9.5G 6.2G 3.3G 65% /emmc-tmp
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 14.9G 8.4G 6.5G 56% /sdcard
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
9.5G 6.2G 3.3G 65% /sdcard/.android_secure
/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
9.5G 6.2G 3.3G 65% /emmc
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10
3.9G 1.5G 2.3G 40% /data
Hey all, let me just start by saying that I have searched, read, tried so much already, with so much information (specially from here) to apply a swap partition to increase ram on my phone.
Ill start from the beggining..
Phone rooted, I tried ram expander app, was a bit dissapointed because of the constant internet connection needed and the fact that after some time, my notification for ram expander (saying total memory:2048 for example) would dissapear and eventually my game crash. Maybe the swap file stopped working for some reason. Doesnt matter..
Now I am trying to set a swap partition on the phone and as far as I have been able to, this has been the only method that I have already noticed some difference.
So i started with this link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1934360
And up to this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1422061
And this last one is where I am currently at..
I have, once again, rooted phone,busybox installed, root explorer installed, terminal emulator installed.^
I have partitioned my micro sd card, that is class 10 HC1 45mb/s (Kingston) with a normal primary partition, fat32 (just like on the links, leaving space basically for 2048mb for swap partition) I created a second Linux swap partition with the leftover space (2048mb).
I havent understand fully if 2gb swap partition is too much or if I can just have 1gb (which is shame cause ram expander could go for 4gb, if it wasnt strangely working on my phone...)
Im currently stuck on step 2 of the second link..
I have the install-recovery.sh file, which everytime I try to add the code, it saves but when reopening it shows as if I didnt add no lines..
Now the rest parts I dont know what to do, besides not showing the lines added I dont know what is rebooting to recovery, I dont know what is flashing a file (in this case, init.d-autorunner-stock.zip, which I already copied to my sd) and the rest.
Basically I wanted to know if 2048mb swap partition is possible and how to get there.
I never added a custom ROM, its factory settings about ROM, but my phone does support swap. I will provide an image about this.
http://postimg.org/image/sydbst8yv/
Supposedly I only have 185mb at my disposal from swap partition? Im sure im wrong, maybe...
Please, I hope this post is acceptable and obeys the norms of this forum, like I said before I have been reading and trying so much for some days, maybe already 2 weeks now. I made this post as a last resort.
My sincere thanks ahead for everyone, maybe this can help other people aswell.
same problem
I have same problem
stuck on step 2
Reboot into Recovery and flash the init.d-autorunner-stock.zip.
idk wht is this and wht to do ??
plz help me