Hello, I recently saw a guide on how to move app data to the SD card using Titanium Backup and it says that the partitions I make on my SD card have to be between 1GB and 2GB. I would just like to know why it can't be more (for example a 26 GB partition) and if I can create multiple partitions (ext2, ext3, etc.) to store more data on the SD card.
VCameos said:
Hello, I recently saw a guide on how to move app data to the SD card using Titanium Backup and it says that the partitions I make on my SD card have to be between 1GB and 2GB. I would just like to know why it can't be more (for example a 26 GB partition) and if I can create multiple partitions (ext2, ext3, etc.) to store more data on the SD card.
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I haven't used Titanium in years, but you should be able to make it however big you want. I use link2SD to do this same thing and I have a 4gb partition. I used aparted app to make the partition. Hopefully this helps some.
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RealWelder said:
I haven't used Titanium in years, but you should be able to make it however big you want. I use link2SD to do this same thing and I have a 4gb partition. I used aparted app to make the partition. Hopefully this helps some.
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Thank you very much, I was able to make a 15GB partition and use the app Apps2SD to link things :good:
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Hey guys! I found some videos on YouTube and learned something about partitioning of the sdcard.And I believe that we need to choose some ext. partition of 128,256 or 512mb and do some swapping things.Will that actually increase the internal space on our phone? Can someone show me a thread regarding this or give me a detailed explanation??? Thanks!
Some ROMs have this feature implemented. (Void, megatron, etc) Nothing new...
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So will it increase internal storage space???
It doesn't increase it. The apps will install on sd card and you will have more free space on internal storage.
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Is it the same as Apps2sd?
Yes. App2sd needs that ext partition. Otherwise the phone simply uses the entire memory card with FAT filesystem.
masteryx said:
Yes. App2sd needs that ext partition. Otherwise the phone simply uses the entire memory card with FAT filesystem.
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Do you mean the original 2GB SD has ext partition? I think there is only one partition although I can use apps-to-sd in my P500. What is the real benefit by using more than one partition?
Yeah I would like to know that too!
rikux said:
Do you mean the original 2GB SD has ext partition? I think there is only one partition although I can use apps-to-sd in my P500. What is the real benefit by using more than one partition?
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No, rikux, the original card only has FAT partition.
EXT type partition should be created only if you plan to use app2sd with a custom ROM.
In case things are not clear, App2SD is a feature that moves installed applications onto the memory card. There are two ways of using it:
1. Simple install of the app from the market. Now you got yourself a nice little batch mover from internal memory to the card. It can not move apps installed as services and widgets. You could move the apps yourself, but you can only do it one by one - so there's where Apps2SD comes in handy because it lets you do it all at once. All clear so far, OK?
2. A more sophisticated use of this feature, actually called "a2sd" and used in the custom ROMs. What it does is tricking the phone into believing it has more internal memory available. But all this extra space must come from somewhere, right? Thus, this space it's taken from the memory card under the appearance of an EXT partition. Why EXT, I don't know - probably in order not to confuse the phone with two FAT partitions. Now, when you install an application, the app goes to the internal memory but physically it's hosted on the SD card... get it? No more "moving to SD card" necessary, because now if you choose to MOVE an app from the "internal memory" to the "SD card", what you're actually doing is moving it from the EXT partition to the FAT partition. Moreover, now even service apps and widgets go to the SD card, and everything happens automatically.
rikux, you're falling in the first case above.
AsherChua, what you've seen on Youtube fits in the second case above.
I really hope you understand now the differences, and the utility.
Masteryx thanks very much for the good explanation.
As I am not going to use any custom ROM, the Froyo 2.2 inbuild capability to install2SD one by one is enough for me. So it seems like I don't need any more partitions.
The question still remains, are these "App2SD" and "a2SD" somehow more efficient than the standart Froyo apps2sd, which cannot install all apps to sd and if it can then only a part of app is in sd. I assume methode 1. and 2. can install all apps to sd.
Still one question as my 2GB original SD is quite full allready. Is it OK to copy all from the original SD to a bigger SD with PC card reader? Can the new SD be formatted in PC and is FAT32 OK?
Method 1 can install on the card only the apps that Froyo allows, not all of them. Method 2 installs all of them on the card.
About the new card: yes, it will work just fine. Just make sure you copy everything, including the hidden files and folders.
I suggest formatting the new card in the phone. Let it "decide" what kind of FAT system should be used. I know that FAT32 is a bit more reliable, but the phone manual clearly states that the card should use FAT16 (aka FAT) file system. I'm pretty sure both will work exactly the same, so do as you please.
Thanks masteryx for the brilliant answer! One question though,I'm using megatron and it has apps2sd 'preinstalled' in that rom. So can I say that I have case 2 enabled too?
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Thanks masteryx for the brilliant answer! One question though,I'm using megatron and it has apps2sd 'preinstalled' in that rom. So can I say that I have case 2 enabled too?
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Yes, you do.
Right thanks!
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I have just bought a new Micro SD card class 10 and created 2 partitions as the guide says(one fat32 and one ext4).
When i open Apps2SD the first page says that apps are on SD and when I click it, loads and says the same thing!
I want my apps on the Internal storage but I cannot move them!
Also swap is deactivated and I cannot activate it!
Any suggestions?
Isn't better to have my apps installed on internal storage?
It's always better to have them in the sdcard so you save internal memory space .
I wouldn't recommend using swap though
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If I move them to phone storage, they will move to the ext4 partition right?
I have assigned almost 1GB to the ext4 partition for this reason!
But can you imagine why I can't move them with Apps2SD?
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If I move them to phone storage, they will move to the ext4 partition right?
I have assigned almost 1GB to the ext4 partition for this reason!
But can you imagine why I can't move them with Apps2SD?
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When they said "Apps are on SD!" they meant "Apps are on SD-ext4!"
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kakouto said:
If I move them to phone storage, they will move to the ext4 partition right?
I have assigned almost 1GB to the ext4 partition for this reason!
But can you imagine why I can't move them with Apps2SD?
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Are you using "Apps 2 SD" from Market?
I don't think this app can move the apps for a ext4 partition (because it's not saying it)
Wich rom are you using? For CyanogenMod you can look for S2E in market, but for stock or another custom roms I don't know wich app should work :/
ps: I'm also looking for a app/script to do that.
How can i install my Google play Apps in my ExtSdcard instead of the phone?
And How can I pass my installed apps to the ExtSdcard?
Any answers...
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you can use link2sd app from market, remember you need an extra partition in your sd card
Is there any other way to move apps to ExSDcard?
Hoe can I partition a 64 GB ExtSdcard for proper apps installation and how can I mount both partitions
TITANIUM Backup Pro has an option of Moving apps to SD ( I have done it BUT I dont know WHERE it PUTS THEM because I DONT find them in the ExtSdcard)
NDUTU said:
Is there any other way to move apps to ExSDcard?
Hoe can I partition a 64 GB ExtSdcard for proper apps installation and how can I mount both partitions
TITANIUM Backup Pro has an option of Moving apps to SD ( I have done it BUT I dont know WHERE it PUTS THEM because I DONT find them in the ExtSdcard)
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Look at the big thread about the sd card. Its a known issue with the s3 that apps cannot be saved in the ext.sd at the moment.
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Go to this thread, its has a mod that allows moving data to external SD Card you will need root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741463
Hello!
As I can partition the microsd with CWM Recovery, if I get in paragraph advance, to partition the sd.
I want to increase the memory for the app using the microsd.
I have the V6 version of CWM Recovery v1.25 with KernelPanic
Thank you!
For Swap Use 0mb nd For SD-EXT Use 512mb (I Guess This Is More Than Enough For A Normal User)
After That Install S2E or Link2SD App From Play Store!
Move Ur Apps To SD-EXT Using One Of This App!
COPY ALL OF UR SD CARD DATA BEFORE MAKING A PARTITION! OR YUH WILL LOSE ALL YOUR DATA ON UR SD CARD!
DeeJayAhmed said:
For Swap Use 0mb nd For SD-EXT Use 512mb (I Guess This Is More Than Enough For A Normal User)
After That Install S2E or Link2SD App From Play Store!
Move Ur Apps To SD-EXT Using One Of This App!
COPY ALL OF UR SD CARD DATA BEFORE MAKING A PARTITION! OR YUH WILL LOSE ALL YOUR DATA ON UR SD CARD!
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Thanks, but do not let me partition the CWM Recovery V6. There goes that option and earlier, if there was in the ADVANCE menu -> Partition SD.
Now those options do not work out. Since then I can make the partitions?
Install Link2sd and check already u have sd-ext partition
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riyasopr said:
Install Link2sd and check already u have sd-ext partition
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I have no sd-ext partition because I could not make it from the CWM Recovery version 6. Since I do not get the option to partition the sd.
What I know is because at the CWM Recovery, it leaves the option to partition your sd and other Recovery as version 5, if it comes.
Download a software named "MiniTool Partition & do it via computer. You can add ext2/3/4 partiton with it.
saqib nazm said:
Download a software named "MiniTool Partition & do it via computer. You can add ext2/3/4 partiton with it.
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I downloaded the program and I partitioned the sd with ext4 and fat32
But I think the program did not recognize me Link2sd While ext4 partition because I see that now in the applications menu, the phone recognizes the ext4 as internal memory.
Since in the applications menu, I keep saying that the phone only has 350MB capacity.
What did u want then?u said u want to increase the partition for using apps.there should b 2 partition now.one is ptimary fat/fat32( below 4gb fat,over 4gb fat32) for external memory & other is primary ext partition for internal storage
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I downloaded the program and I partitioned the sd with ext4 and fat32
But I think the program did not recognize me Link2sd While ext4 partition because I see that now in the applications menu, the phone recognizes the ext4 as internal memory.
Since in the applications menu, I keep saying that the phone only has 350MB capacity.
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Are you sure that in you SD card, the 1st partition is FAT32 and is set to primary & 2nd partition is EXT4 and also set to primary?
In applications menu, if the internal memory is recognized as EXT4, you may have formatted the 1st partition of your SD card as EXT4.
Try this tutorial : http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
In the tutorial, the 2nd partition is formatted as EXT2, try EXT4.
How do I set up the phone to make maximum use of the SD card? For some reason now I can't make good nandroid backups to the SD card, I end up with empty folders with bad dates (1970?). So I am carrying a nandroid on the internal memory for now, and that chews up 4+ gb.I would want as much as possible to go on the card, camera, music, etc.
Foldermount app
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aldread said:
How do I set up the phone to make maximum use of the SD card? For some reason now I can't make good nandroid backups to the SD card, I end up with empty folders with bad dates (1970?). So I am carrying a nandroid on the internal memory for now, and that chews up 4+ gb.I would want as much as possible to go on the card, camera, music, etc.
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recovery doesn't play well with sd cards formatted in the exFAT file format. if you reformat your sd card to fat32 then recovery will work no problems and your phone won't know the difference.
two words of caution; backup your sd card before formatting since formatting erases all your data, there is a file size limitation in fat32 that you cannot have a file with a size over 4gb. you can have folders that have more than 4gb in them, but it will have problems if you have a movie file over 4gb in size.
i have a 64gb sd card that was originally formatted in exFAT and recovery wouldn't write to it. backed up the card, reformatted to fat32, copied everything back and now recovery backs up to the card just fine.
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Foldermount app
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Thanks! Was trying to remember the name of that app. I have a 32gig card coming in on Wednesday and can't wait to try it out.
Caching GMusic alone is worth it.
jackburnt said:
Thanks! Was trying to remember the name of that app. I have a 32gig card coming in on Wednesday and can't wait to try it out.
Caching GMusic alone is worth it.
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I went and got the premium version via in app purchase so I can just choose the main folder to mount and not every sub folder.
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BzBz said:
recovery doesn't play well with sd cards formatted in the exFAT file format. if you reformat your sd card to fat32 then recovery will work no problems and your phone won't know the difference.
two words of caution; backup your sd card before formatting since formatting erases all your data, there is a file size limitation in fat32 that you cannot have a file with a size over 4gb. you can have folders that have more than 4gb in them, but it will have problems if you have a movie file over 4gb in size.
i have a 64gb sd card that was originally formatted in exFAT and recovery wouldn't write to it. backed up the card, reformatted to fat32, copied everything back and now recovery backs up to the card just fine.
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Be careful formatting 64gb cards to fat32. After a while they have data corruption issues. My SD card started failing had to go back to exfat. Twrp has excellent ex fat support
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