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Has anyone got this working? I used to have Link2SD in 2.1 but now the ext partition is the only partition recognized by GB and not my main partition. I can access my main partition from USB connect, but not from within the phone. Anyone has the same issue?
You can natively move apps to the SD on GB in Options>Applications>Manage applications. Choose an app that supports it and the option to move to sd will be there. No partition needed.
Thx, i will just fix up my SD card into a single partition again then
Does this also mean that I don't need the app Apps2SD anymore?
With App2SD you can quickly indicate which apps can be moved to SD. So I still have it there. Furthermore, App2SD also quickly clean your cache.
Link2SD gave the option of moving ANY app to the ext2 partition. The native gingerbread app2sd doesn't support moving all apps to the SD card.
Any way of making link2sd work on GB 2.3.3?
can anyone confirm what's the current sdcard partition layout. also which partition is detected in phone.
i think i have an idea which might help up getting this to work.
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can anyone confirm what's the current sdcard partition layout. also which partition is detected in phone.
i think i have an idea which might help up getting this to work.
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@Anant: My SD is setup as per the guidelines described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10711328&postcount=1
I have a 8GB card and I have allocated 7.05 GB of FAT32 memory to the Data partition, and have allocated 0.5GB to the secondary partition. This partition was also setup as FAT32 since i had issues with EXT2.
*Edit: After the 2.3.3 update, the X10 now detects only the 2nd partition (480MB) instead of the data partition (7GB) - but when I plug into a PC, the data partition gets mounted correctly.
Hope that helped.
That is not good, it means that you cannot transfer data or programs between your PC and the 7GB partition... is there a way to fix this?
When you plug into pc, your data-partition mounts correctly, so you can copy your data to your pc as a backup.
I recommend using a adapter to connect the sd-card to your pc, formatting both partitions, and then put it back. I did it that way, be it that I removed my second partition and went back to one partition only, 8 Gb, and all works fine now.
I don't intend to use Link2SD anymore, because in 2.3.3 the system can apply data2sd itself, I learned, with or without Apps2SD.
Good luck, greetz,
kwarkje
From my observation, the 2.3.3 android system moves the appdata to the sdcard only in certain large apps (apps >7mb in size?) which is good if you have are dealing with huge apks like AngryBirds, but not too handy if you have a huge number of small apps all ~3MB in size.
BTW the native app2sd isn't compatible with all apps.
Use "Move2SD Enabler" from Market to allow moving any app to SD.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.leinardi.setinstalllocation&hl=en
This didnt work with my 32GB SD card... it is now a single 32GB FAT32 partition. What type of format should I use? FAT? EXT2?
kwarkje said:
When you plug into pc, your data-partition mounts correctly, so you can copy your data to your pc as a backup.
I recommend using a adapter to connect the sd-card to your pc, formatting both partitions, and then put it back. I did it that way, be it that I removed my second partition and went back to one partition only, 8 Gb, and all works fine now.
I don't intend to use Link2SD anymore, because in 2.3.3 the system can apply data2sd itself, I learned, with or without Apps2SD.
Good luck, greetz,
kwarkje
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@doomed151:
Thats what I was looking for! Good find!
This app has its own hitch though: the move2sd enabler needs lots of caution...some apps aren't supported, and moving them to the SD causes them to crash. There is no way of knowing which apps can be moved and which ones can't. I happened to move GT Racing HD to the SD and it stopped working. Had to reinstall!
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can anyone confirm what's the current sdcard partition layout. also which partition is detected in phone.
i think i have an idea which might help up getting this to work.
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@Anatshri Any luck on this? I would prefer to use link2sd instead of the native move2sd in GB.
I tried a 16gb & a 4gb sd card but couldn't get it to work. I've also tried ext2, ext3 & ext4 as the 2nd partition but I don't think the stock kernel supports any of them. The sd becomes unreadable after a reboot but if I connect directly to the pc I can see both partitions.
If I make both fat32 partitions only the 2nd partition gets mounted. Do you think this is kernel related as well or can we modify the mounting scripts to correct this?
I am suffering from bad health conditions right now so can't work much however all I can see right now is if this is the case you can do two things
1) create a script that mounts partition 1 at /data/sd-ext coz link2 sd needs mounted partition at this location. I suppose init.d script could help us. However
2) the problem would be that recovery will detect only partiton one
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I am suffering from bad health conditions right now so can't work much however all I can see right now is if this is the case you can do two things
1) create a script that mounts partition 1 at /data/sd-ext coz link2 sd needs mounted partition at this location. I suppose init.d script could help us. However
2) the problem would be that recovery will detect only partiton one
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I'm sorry to hear about your health, hopefully it's nothing serious and you get well soon. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give this a try when I get a chance.
Any solution on this?
I move from 2.2 to 2.3.4 and link2sd don't work anymore cannot mount the 2nd fat32 partition.
App2SD sucks because doesnt allow some apps to get moved.
Thanks
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I'm sorry to hear about your health, hopefully it's nothing serious and you get well soon. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give this a try when I get a chance.
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Thanks for the wishes.
I have extended weekend this time will try to give my old card a twist and see if i can get link2sd work again on my handset.
bbsrailfan said:
Link2SD gave the option of moving ANY app to the ext2 partition. The native gingerbread app2sd doesn't support moving all apps to the SD card.
Any way of making link2sd work on GB 2.3.3?
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I agree with you and hope that we will have this possibility, I really miss link2sd, the best app ever to move apps to sd.
Hola, as you can see from my post total I'm totally new to this forum. I recently received a 8gb Nook Tablet (NT) from my kids for my birthday.
I really enjoy the book reading experience but find the app experience less than perfect. I've been an iOS user for a while and have come to expect cheap, free apps to testdrive before purchasing. I understand the way to do this on my NT is to hack the device to allow unfettered access to Android Marketplace / Google Play.
I understand there are a couple of ways to do this.
1) Hack (root?) the internal memory of the NT and load a new ... (ROM? Image? OS?) I think this is what Albertwertz and his root SD card is doing.
2) Use an SD card and boot from the SD card. This does not touch the Nook OS and does not void warranty.
Since I am not really sure what I'm doing, not voiding the warranty seems like a pretty good idea.
One of the Nook dudes at B&N told me about NtoA cards and that sounded like just what I was looking for. However, after doing some research on (mostly) this site, I've learned that the N2A guys are just reselling the work that's being done on this site. I don't think the price is unreasonable, but I'd rather get things working on my own and then donate to the team that did the work.
So, I've been reading all afternoon and think I have an understanding of what needs to be done.
Can it really be this simple?
1- Buy SD card (micro SDHC 4gb)
will class 10 provide any upside? Or is class 4 ok
2- Download Team-B-CM7SD-Alpha-final.img.zip from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481826
3- Download win32diskimager-binary.zip from the same post. (hoping there's an installer in the zip)
4- Image the SD card with win32diskimager. (from Vista 32)
5- Power off my NT, insert SD and I should be good to go.
Is it really that simple? I'm not sure what it will look like when I boot into CM7 but I'm assuming I will see something that will allow me to log into my google account and get my app on.
If I'm missing a step, please let me know. Thanks for all the help!
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Your steps look good to me. There is an installer in the. zip.
You should be okay with a class 4 SD card, that's always what I use. There was a thread somewhere on XDA giving benchmarks for different SD cards and it showed that in some cases, class 4 cards actually performed better.
Don't be worried if you see black screen for an extended time the first time you boot, this is normal.
Yep, it's that easy. Be warned though, if you power on after making the sd card and it boots into stock, power it off and plug it into the wall/PC and see if it boots into cm7, some work without the power, some don't.
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If and when a custom recovery comes out for the 8gb nook tablet, I'd definitely consider installing internally. It technically voids the warranty but this things pretty easy to return to stock.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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If and when a custom recovery comes out for the 8gb nook tablet, I'd definitely consider installing internally. It technically voids the warranty but this things pretty easy to return to stock.
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I figured I'd take that on after becoming more familiar with the platform and Android OS.
Glad I found this forum to help me through it when I'm ready!
Some reading material
You seem like you're willing to put in the effort to really learn this stuff, so definitely take a look at that link and just read, read, read and read some more when doing this stuff. That guide is a nice place to get familiar with what some of the terms are/what you'd be doing.
As for getting more space on the sdcard, I know others have managed it (I boot internally, so have no experience here). There might be a guide for it, I'll have a look. Hopefully someone can help you out if not.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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I don't know about a windows program, but what you can do is make a USB version of ubuntu (linux) which will run ubuntu on your windows machine while the usb stick is in. Just go to ubuntu's download page to learn how to do this.
Then once you have ubuntu you can download gparted and fix the partitions on your sd card with that.
Or there might be a windows program. But having a ubuntu usb stick can come in handy. I have my computer dual booted and i seem to be using ubuntu more and more.
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I am kinda surprised at how inexpensive the MicroSD cards are. Does anyone know of a tool I can use to expand the storage partition on the SD Card (after imaging the card with the Team-B image)? I've seen a few people talking about it but everyone does it with Linux. Is there a freeware tool for us Vista or Win7 users?
Also, when I boot from the SD card, do I have access to the internal storage on NT? Or do I need to plan on all my storage going to the card?
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I recommend either MiniTool Partition Wizard or EASEUS Partition Master for Windows, both are freeware. Both are able to extend the 4th partition (user data partition) to consume the remaining unallocated space of your card.
Unfortunately, the NT's actual internal storage is not accessible when running the ROM from SD. The "internal storage" on the SD ROM is represented by the 3rd partition that the Team-B image creates (this partition is formatted as Ext4).
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I don't know about a windows program, but what you can do is make a USB version of ubuntu (linux) which will run ubuntu on your windows machine while the usb stick is in. Just go to ubuntu's download page to learn how to do this.
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Funny you should mention that, I was going to do some searching tonite to see if there was a portable version of Ubunto (or similar).
thanks!
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Unfortunately, the NT's actual internal storage is not accessible when running the ROM from SD. The "internal storage" on the SD ROM is represented by the 3rd partition that the Team-B image creates (this partition is formatted as Ext4).
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Well, then I definitely need to get a bigger SD card. I guess the internal storage will still be used for books bought through B&N. At least until I try and install a ROM internally.
thanks!
LoboJim said:
Funny you should mention that, I was going to do some searching tonite to see if there was a portable version of Ubunto (or similar).
thanks!
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@LoboJim take a look at LiLi for portable Linux installations (http://www.linuxliveusb.com). It's a very easy tool for creating bootable linux thumb drives -- pretty much as simple as plugging in a thumb drive and selecting a distro.
Regarding the internal partition, have you gone in to BN to have it repartitoned? I decided to "let" BN do since I'm still under warrenty. That opened up 8gb for personal use.
I found that EASUS worked for me to re-partition the sdcard.
Nikkie
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Hi, in the Nook Development forums, I found this post from Albert Wentz: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439630
But unless I'm confused, I believe there are many other posts with other roll-your-own instructions? Such as: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
All I want to do is build the SD card for my kid's nooks (versus paying $20 to N2A) so I can boot to it to run Android just like the N2A card. Does anyone know which post N2A may have followed to build their version? Or is Al's post the most modern build? Or the 2nd URL I list?
I'm quite technical so know I can do this, I just need to know which is the latest and greatest, or if there are many diff build customizations, which, let's say, is the most popular ? I mainly care that it has Google Play and Amazon App stores, and that I can sideload ebooks, mp3's,videos. If it comes with other apps, fine, but I'm fine with downloading,installing any I wish afterwards.
And.....some posts mention you don't have to modify your nook at all, just boot to the SD card, but others say it modifies the Nook (roots it), so that if you ever had to return it you'd have to restore it (hence best to back it up beforehand). Which is correct???
Al's method works fine. Anything you mentioned that you wish to try will work. I ran boot to SD android rom for several months before I took the plunge and rooted my 8gb Nook to a full android tablet.
It in no way modifies the internal workings of your Nook. The Nook allows booting to the card by design. Just use a Sandisk card of 8gb or more for best results and all you need is a class 4 speed rating. Believe it or not, a class 10 doesn't work as well.
YMMV
Good luck and have fun with it!
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Al's method works fine. Anything you mentioned that you wish to try will work. I ran boot to SD android rom for several months before I took the plunge and rooted my 8gb Nook to a full android tablet.
It in no way modifies the internal workings of your Nook. The Nook allows booting to the card by design. Just use a Sandisk card of 8gb or more for best results and all you need is a class 4 speed rating. Believe it or not, a class 10 doesn't work as well.
YMMV
Good luck and have fun with it!
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OK thanks, so if I understand you, rooting is a separate method, as in my 2nd URL referenced. (and in reading that, the SD card is only used to flash (or pull) the image from, to put onto your Nook.) I don't know about backup, but I don't think I want to mess with the stock OS for now. Maybe if B&N abandons it. I guess I don't see it as a big deal that my kids will need to reboot each time to toggle between nook OS and Android.
I read that about the Class4 vs 10. I think I even read posts about class 10's not only running slow, but acting really buggy? Is that right?... One of our SD cards is a 16GB class 4 and a 8GB class 6. Anyone heard if class 6's have any issues?
Extremely easy process to build a card similar to N2A to run a very stable CM10 from:
http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
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asawi said:
Extremely easy process to build a card similar to N2A to run a very stable CM10 from:
iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
Ooops!
I just realized both URLs I posted (even 1st one from Albert) mention rooting.(altering tablet) My mistake. Ok, so where's the mainstream single post on XDA forums that describes the most popular non-root (boot to SD) process? I'd rather follow a post off XDA website. And if I have issues, maybe fallback to that URL you gave me, although his English is not so great, so afraid I might get lost in his partitioning instructions. I also don't have a Linux box at home (re: his mention of EXT4) although I have been trained on/worked with Linux some. Although running Jellybean since it's the latest & greatest sounds nice....although I've read enough articles from mainstream tech sites that state it's a bit too buggy? I'm sure ICS is plenty good enough and all apps support it.
Whats the difference between CWM (clockwork mod) and CM (cyanogen)? Wikipedia just says "The CyanogenMod source code repository also contains the ClockworkMod Recovery"
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The step by step you'll find somewhere here on XDA actually is the work of the guy I posted to. So my link is the source. That "Iamafanof" blogger is the person "Succulent" you'll see referred to here at XDA. Entirely up to you of course, but I don't see why you wouldn't at least check it out.
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You do not need a Linux system and I don't know what gave you the idea you would. The process is extremely simple: Download a rather large file, burn it to an sd-card, expand one partition (optional but recommended).
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The step by step you'll find somewhere here on XDA actually is the work of the guy I posted to. So my link is the source. That "Iamafanof" blogger is the person "Succulent" you'll see referred to here at XDA. Entirely up to you of course, but I don't see why you wouldn't at least check it out.
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You do not need a Linux system and I don't know what gave you the idea you would. The process is extremely simple: Download a rather large file, burn it to an sd-card, expand one partition (optional but recommended).
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I thought that because as far as I'm aware, the EXT4 that he mentions (for P3 Data1) is a linux type partition. (unless some Windows partitioning tool can create it I'm not aware of) I'm willing to try his steps. So I guess you'd recreate the "P3 FAT32 SDCARD" partition the same size as it was before then? And the P4 (EXT4) you'd resize, as you mention, to take advantage of all the rest of the space on your 8 or 16GB card. But what free tool under Windows can create EXT4 ?
baytee said:
And the P4 (EXT4) you'd resize, as you mention, to take advantage of all the rest of the space on your 8 or 16GB card. But what free tool under Windows can create EXT4 ?
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You do not have to create any EXT4 partition. Nor any other other kind of partition. All you have to do is expand the FAT32 partition. MiniTool is free and will do that for you.
http://download.cnet.com/MiniTool-Partition-Wizard-Home-Edition/3000-2094_4-10962200.html
Edit: And, FWIW, I went and checked. Mini Tool can also create EXT4 partitions, should you want to.
I got that image onto the SDcard, it now has 4 partitions:
BOOT 249MB (FAT32)
350MB (EXT3) 91% used
600MB (EXT3) 3% used
SDCARD 713MB (FAT32)
13GB Unallocated
So I would right click partition "SDCARD", extend it to the 13GB.
But, in his post he mentions one partition (P3,DATA1, which MiniTool doesn't show any partition labeled as such, but I assume he's just talking about the 3rd partition (the 600MB Ext3 partition) being used to store just apps & app data. (I assume since it's EXT3 which is compat w/linux i.e. Android) If so, what do you think..is 600MB enough for downloading/installing lots of apps? Or is it wiser to extend it to maybe 2 or 4 or even GB? For example I have the Humble Bundle games for Android Tablet. The installs (APK) are huge...anywhere from 30-200MB themselves..... I assume their post-install size takes up a different amount of space (more) than the APK itself, just as with Windows EXE installers? And if I recall correctly I believe once installed, you can del the APK... Anyhow, I'm emailing the company to see what install reqs for disk space are, since all they list the APK size.
Only you know how large data partition you need but it sure looks like you need it larger than 600.
So, to add some sort of instructions:
Delete partitions 3 and 4 (the 600 and 713 MB ones)
Apply changes (top left)
Create a new partition 3. Make it EXT4, Primary and the size you want
Apply changes
Create a new partition 4, FAT32, primary to pick up whatever is left unallocated
Apply changes
Don't forget to "apply changes"
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But, in his post he mentions one partition (P3,DATA1, which MiniTool doesn't show any partition labeled as such, but I assume he's just talking about the 3rd partition (the 600MB Ext3 partition) being used to store just apps & app data. (I assume since it's EXT3 which is compat w/linux i.e. Android) If so, what do you think..is 600MB enough for downloading/installing lots of apps? Or is it wiser to extend it to maybe 2 or 4 or even GB? For example I have the Humble Bundle games for Android Tablet. The installs (APK) are huge...anywhere from 30-200MB themselves..... I assume their post-install size takes up a different amount of space (more) than the APK itself, just as with Windows EXE installers? And if I recall correctly I believe once installed, you can del the APK... Anyhow, I'm emailing the company to see what install reqs for disk space are, since all they list the APK size.
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Although all apps downloaded from Google Play will reside on /data partition, many apps keep their data separately in the internal user-media partition or on the external SDcard (the 4th /sdcard partition in your case). For example, I have a video game app which takes ~30MB for itself in /data but ~350MB for data storage on the SDcard. The Titanium Backup app works the same way. So you'll have to anticipate not just the app's storage size requirement but also its targeted partition for data storage.
Does this also work for CM 12?
Can these instructions be used with CM12 Lolipop?
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Can these instructions be used with CM12 Lolipop?
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Yes, if you can find a CM12 ROM image that was specifically compiled to run on SD.
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Yes, if you can find a CM12 ROM image that was specifically compiled to run on SD.
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Where can I find that ROM image? I haven't had much luck finding such a ROM, I haven't seen that specified.
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Where can I find that ROM image? I haven't had much luck finding such a ROM, I haven't seen that specified.
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I am not aware of any CM12 SD-based ROM build for the Nook Tablet, but you can find CM11 SD-based builds for the NT at https://iamafanof.wordpress.com/category/nook-tablet-2/.
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.
Benjiboy180 said:
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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Hi guys, so I've got this tablet for free with my new contract and I want to root it to play a bit with it . Do you guys have any idea how to do it ? I haven't managed to find any tutorials on the web .
Vonino Onyx QS root request
+1 on this issue.
I too have a Vonino Onyx QS tablet running on Android 4.4.2. The device is decent enough, but storage management is awful! Despite being advertised as an 8 GB tablet in terms of storage, the Onyx QS runs aground at about 900 MB of installed apps (including related data and cache) and starts yelling that there is "Insufficient storage available". This renders the tablet virtually unusable after installing just a few essential apps. Emails stop working, apps will no longer update and data-intensive apps such as Google Earth will simply refuse to run. The 32 GB external SD card I've added makes no difference. It's almost like the OS has no clue what to do with it.
I suck at Android. However, after a lot of digging for pieces of information I've come to undersand that these devices use separate partitions for the apps and other files. Some folks have also hinted towards the fact that the puny 0.9 GB app partition can be resized on a rooted device by means of a partition management app. Or apps could at least be moved to the SD card right before their installation (making use of an app such as Link2SD and, again, a rooted device).
This bring us full circle back to the OP's request: could someone please create and explain a rooting method for this tablet?
Just so you know, these are fresh screenshots of this fresh factory reset configuration. Thought it would fix the problem, but it didn't.
SilentGTX said:
Hi guys, so I've got this tablet for free with my new contract and I want to root it to play a bit with it . Do you guys have any idea how to do it ? I haven't managed to find any tutorials on the web .
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Muravey said:
+1 on this issue.
I too have a Vonino Onyx QS tablet running on Android 4.4.2. The device is decent enough, but storage management is awful! Despite being advertised as an 8 GB tablet in terms of storage, the Onyx QS runs aground at about 900 MB of installed apps (including related data and cache) and starts yelling that there is "Insufficient storage available". This renders the tablet virtually unusable after installing just a few essential apps. Emails stop working, apps will no longer update and data-intensive apps such as Google Earth will simply refuse to run. The 32 GB external SD card I've added makes no difference. It's almost like the OS has no clue what to do with it.
I suck at Android. However, after a lot of digging for pieces of information I've come to undersand that these devices use separate partitions for the apps and other files. Some folks have also hinted towards the fact that the puny 0.9 GB app partition can be resized on a rooted device by means of a partition management app. Or apps could at least be moved to the SD card right before their installation (making use of an app such as Link2SD and, again, a rooted device).
This bring us full circle back to the OP's request: could someone please create and explain a rooting method for this tablet?
Just so you know, these are fresh screenshots of this fresh factory reset configuration. Thought it would fix the problem, but it didn't.
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try with Kingo ROOT. You do it at you'r own risk.
Successful rooting of Vonino Onyx QS tablet
Paget96 said:
try with Kingo ROOT. You do it at you'r own risk.
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Hi, Paget96! Thank you so much for the solution!
I'm writing this to let you, the OP and everybody else know that Kingo Root did it! I have succesfully rooted the tablet and the process itself was quick and merely a matter of installing the software on my PC, connecting the tablet via USB and clicking my way through.
Afterwards I installed Link2SD Plus to manage the transfer of apps from internal storage to the external SD card (32 GB in my case). The app is dirt cheap and truly what you need, because the free version does not allow you to move app data, only the app itself and its libraries. As I've come to know, data and cache build-up is what ends up killing storage space.
Before installing Link2SD however, one must prepare the SD card by means of a partitioning program. Highly recommend you do this via card reader on an actual PC. Use MiniTool Partition Wizard, it seems to be very popular these days. Delete whatever's already on the card and make two PRIMARY partitions: the first one will be FAT32 and will store the media you consume (like music, photos, videos etc.), while the second partition has to be ext4 (ext2 did not work for me on this tablet) and will hold the apps and their data. You can go ahead and name them "Media" and "Apps" respectively to avoid confusion. Remember: both must be primary partitions, the first one is FAT32 for media, the second is ext4 for apps. I made my app partition 10 GB big. Overkill, you say? Hey, I'm done with insufficient storage space errors, ok? :silly:
While you're at it, you might want to add a third partition for swap space to add more RAM to your device. There are tutorials for it on the web.
Once you're done formatting the card, reinstall it in the tablet, open up Link2SD and choose ext4 at the script mounting prompt. From there on, moving apps from internal to SD card space should be intuitive.
Prior to all this fiddling I suggest you perform a factory reset on your device so you can start clean. Can't tell you anythihg about custom ROMs or stuff like that because I didn't have a need for them. This thing works fine apart from that silly storage limitation.
Phew! I can finally enjoy using my tablet... :fingers-crossed:
Muravey said:
Hi, Paget96! Thank you so much for the solution!
I'm writing this to let you, the OP and everybody else know that Kingo Root did it! I have succesfully rooted the tablet and the process itself was quick and merely a matter of installing the software on my PC, connecting the tablet via USB and clicking my way through.
Afterwards I installed Link2SD Plus to manage the transfer of apps from internal storage to the external SD card (32 GB in my case). The app is dirt cheap and truly what you need, because the free version does not allow you to move app data, only the app itself and its libraries. As I've come to know, data and cache build-up is what ends up killing storage space.
Before installing Link2SD however, one must prepare the SD card by means of a partitioning program. Highly recommend you do this via card reader on an actual PC. Use MiniTool Partition Wizard, it seems to be very popular these days. Delete whatever's already on the card and make two PRIMARY partitions: the first one will be FAT32 and will store the media you consume (like music, photos, videos etc.), while the second partition has to be ext4 (ext2 did not work for me on this tablet) and will hold the apps and their data. You can go ahead and name them "Media" and "Apps" respectively to avoid confusion. Remember: both must be primary partitions, the first one is FAT32 for media, the second is ext4 for apps. I made my app partition 10 GB big. Overkill, you say? Hey, I'm done with insufficient storage space errors, ok? :silly:
While you're at it, you might want to add a third partition for swap space to add more RAM to your device. There are tutorials for it on the web.
Once you're done formatting the card, reinstall it in the tablet, open up Link2SD and choose ext4 at the script mounting prompt. From there on, moving apps from internal to SD card space should be intuitive.
Prior to all this fiddling I suggest you perform a factory reset on your device so you can start clean. Can't tell you anythihg about custom ROMs or stuff like that because I didn't have a need for them. This thing works fine apart from that silly storage limitation.
Phew! I can finally enjoy using my tablet... :fingers-crossed:
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10gb is too big, you will broke your sd.
Better use 512mb.
Paget96 said:
10gb is too big, you will broke your sd.
Better use 512mb.
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Could you expand on that one, please? Why am I at risk of ruining the SD card?
Muravey said:
Could you expand on that one, please? Why am I at risk of ruining the SD card?
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Brcause sd work without stop, that is not good.
SD prob
Hi, i have the same tablet ... and i managed to root it ... but i cant manage to increse the storage . l've done the exact stepts ... installed micropartition deleted my sd card (2gb micro sd samasung) i did the first partition fat32 primary with a size of 800 gb and when i try to make the second one ext4 the program says that windows cant see the second partion on a removable device but i continuued anyways ,,, and created the second one with ext2 and then with ext4 as primary ... my windows and my tablet cant see the second partion ... need a little help ... thx
I heave installed the drivers, and nothing happens. Its not connecting to my pc. I changed the pc too. I heave the error: Unfortunately, Mobile data has stopped. I tryed to repair this with recovery -- Wipe data, factory reset. Not working.