I've been searching and reading various answers on the subject on different phones, but I wanted to know what worked best for Aria owners.
I've done the following:
1. using Cyanogen 7.1.0 factory reset the phone.
2. formatted the SD card to have a fat partition, ext partition and swap partition.
3. installed s2e and moved the checked the apps, private apps and dalvik cache to sd.
4. checked the 'Internal' on the storage location in the application settings.
5. Installed apps everything worked fine for a couple of days.
I've rebooted the phone today and all the apps I've installed on the SD card are gone, they don't appear in the drawer. Also all of their icons are switched to generic android icons.
I've read on different forums it's got to do with the launched running before the SD card is mounted on boot. some recommend moving back the apps to the SD, but I can't do that since I've got no access to S2E, and I have to use the SD card anyway since phone memory is so small. Also many of the threads were old so I've thought something may have been changed on new Android versions.
Is there any way to solve this? I don't have access to the market so I can't install anything from it.
I'd suggest moving only application and dalvik cache (not private apps) to see if it makes a difference.
Is your partition formatted as ext3 or ext4? Are you using the "mount as ext4" option in S2E?
partition formatted as ext3 and I've used mount as ext4.
is it preferable to format it to ext4?
how can private apps can cause a problem here?
I've now wiped the phone, re installed Cyanogen and Google apps.
CaptainMaki said:
how can private apps can cause a problem here?
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I don't think it's the cause, but I'm just trying to eliminate anything that is different from the way I've set it up on my phone since I don't have that problem.
Personally I use an ext3 partition without the "mount as ext4" setting enabled. Perhaps that setting is causing your problems.
did you install the rom, apps and the s2e, or you install the rom, s2e and then started installing apps?
are you using the default adwlauncher or did you switched to a different launcher?
When I do a clean install I install apps before and after enabling S2E. It doesn't make a difference.
I've used several different launchers (including ADW EX) but not the built-in one.
do you enable in settings - Cyanogenmod settings - applications the following:
allow application moving - checked
install location - I select internal instead of automatic.
"Allow application moving" unchecked. That setting only makes it possible to move any application to the FAT32 partition, which you shouldn't be using at all.
Are you manually moving applications to SD card in application settings or something?
Maybe that's were the problem is. and you have the setting of install location on "Automatic" or on "Internal" ?
Please read this post where I explain the proper way to set up S2E when using it to move applications: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21667779&postcount=5
When you are selecting "move to SD" from the applications settings, you are moving the application to the FAT32 partition, which is NOT what you want. On its own, this wouldn't cause any applications to stop working though. However, since you enabled the "Allow application moving" setting, that forces the phone to allow you to move any app to the FAT32 partition, even if that app does not support it. When you move apps to the FAT32 partition that don't support it, those apps will stop working.
thx for the explanation.
If I'm setting up the s2e before installing any app, I can skip step no 4 as I understand it.
is there a real difference in performance/compatibility to the file system on the ext partition? I see threads here that mention that ext4 work without any problem.
should I format the card to ext2/ext3 or ext4 ?
CaptainMaki said:
thx for the explanation.
If I'm setting up the s2e before installing any app, I can skip step no 4 as I understand it.
is there a real difference in performance/compatibility to the file system on the ext partition? I see threads here that mention that ext4 work without any problem.
should I format the card to ext2/ext3 or ext4 ?
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ext4 should work fine. I only suggested moving to ext3 because you were having problems, but it sounds like that was unrelated.
Ok. I've formatted the card with gparted, wiped the phone, but no matter what I did S2E didn't show the Ext partition. I've finally used rom manager to partition the card and it worked fine.
I've checked the setting as you've recommended, and so far it seems fine. I'll have to wait and see if it doesn't shows up again after several more reboots.
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I've rebooted the phone today and all the apps I've installed on the SD card are gone, they don't appear in the drawer. Also all of their icons are switched to generic android icons.
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same with me after installing battery script that wipe the Dalvik Cache
i thought that was the problem
i did reinstall everything and still waiting to see
read the entire thread, my problem was completely solved.
I am having this issue also - I goofed and checked the 'mount as ext4' for an ext3 partition. Now I can't see any apps, including the S2E app to uncheck it or the Play store app to download another copy so I can fix it.
Any suggestions how to correct? I can't even boot into recovery mode to reflash at the moment...
Using CM7.2.0RC1 on an HTC Incredible.
What about reflashing recovery through fastboot?
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Any suggestions how to correct? I can't even boot into recovery mode to reflash at the moment...
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Boot to recovery with SD card removed, and/or reformat the ext partition of the SD card from a computer.
Fast Boot option may be the culprit
I see folks here are deep into ext3/ext4 partitions and such (or at least you were a few months ago), and I hope it all works out great for you.
Just in case, here is a simple little fix that really helped me, without resorting to all the partitioning and reinstallation going on here.
Also, for what it's worth, I used ROM Manager Pro to auto-format the special "ext" partition on my sdcard when it was pristine, and since then have used Titanium Backup Pro to move apps to SD AFTER installing via Google Play Store or very occasionally side-installing .apk files.
CUT TO THE SOLUTION BELOW -- SEARCH FOR ////
Some (not all) of my apps moved to SD (all by Titanium Backup Pro) have begun to disappear and (sometimes) reappear without warning after I began to add and delete large Virtual Machines created in QEMU from my 16GB SanDisc class 10 microSD card on my HTC Droid Incredible running rooted stock Verizon Android Froyo 2.2.3. I know this thread is far from my phone's "home base", but from what I can tell this problem with disappearing apps located on an sdcard is NOT determined by hardware or even Android version.
I also happen to use LauncherPro by Federico Carnales instead of the built-in HTC Sense launcher. I noted elsewhere on XDA that a user had suggested that because at least some (maybe all) launchers start before the SD Card that this may be a problem, especially if changes are made to the sdcard that the launcher did not perform, or was not active during their performance by other apps such as Titanium Backup. That fits my situation, because I unmounted the SD, physically removed it to a PC, and added/deleted large VM files to save (lots) of time. No problems of this sort before I did this, so there must be some connection.
I noted that other users have tried reformatting SD, substituting different brands of SD, using newer/older SD etc. None of these reliably helped. So I skipped these options.
//// The (simple!) solution I tried that SEEMS to work (only time will tell!) is buried in the main Android Settings (accessed from the Menu button while in Home screen). Under "Applications" there is a setting "Fast Boot" that I checked long ago and forgot about (it seemed like a good thing to do at the time). The text warns "Turn off to use some Market apps" (that shows the age of my 2-yr old used phone and Android OS -- ohmygosh!-- because it refers to Market rather than Google Play Store!) Anyway, I unchecked the option and rebooted the phone.
Yes, it took a bit longer to boot (maybe a whole minute!), but after waiting about another minute ALL my home screen apps had normal icons and loaded properly. Titanium Backup Pro batch scenarios confirmed there were no apps in a forced uninstalled state (i.e. I had not done the deed, the system somehow had done it or at least rendered the apps "invisible" to Titanium, which decided they needed reinstallation).
The only odd behaviour was that auto brightness was turned off after I unchecked Fast Boot and rebooted. Going into Android Settings > Display and rechecking "auto brightness" took care of that. No other oddities or strange behaviours thus far (but it has only been about an hour).
I will report back here on this thread only (Samsung Fascinate > Fascinate Q&A > What just happend? apps on sdcard) if anything else requires reporting. Silence implies success!
link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873670
(I am copying this post to other relevant threads, but will not post anything further elsewhere -- only there. This is a bit arbitrary (although this thread appears to be the most recent active one on this topic), but I hope this approach pleases the XDA sysops/admins) :angel:
I cant still solve this :'(
in my s2e :Application,Private apps are checked! Im using ext3..
Install location is also on internal.. pls help :'((
My camera doesn't work anymore. Only a text box pops up which says "Camera" has been shut off (roughly translated form German).
Then I installed the google camera App from the PlayStore which at least opens and shows the live view through the camera on the display. So it's not (completely) a hardware problem. But there's an error message above the release button which says "insert SD Card" (again roughly translated). The SD Card Error message also appears of I want to start the Gallery App (it's the standard app where the pictures/Photos are stored).
Possible Complication:
I might have done some deep damage to the system beforehand, for which the not running camera is just a symptom:
A couple of days ago I installed CM11 (M9) and did more than the usual FullWipe. I went into CWM 6.0.5.0 and formatted anything I could find without knowing what I did, like /System, /sdcard0, etc (I know, it's stupid). I might even got some error messages (don't remember exactly). However, I could install M9 afterwards but the problems with the camera and gallery since then.
Then I repeated everything, formatted even more, like, sdcard0 in different formats as vfat (didn't work), then ext2/ext4...almost all of those. I tried different external SD cards, too, formatted them in ext4, later in Fat32. It seemed in one install that SDcard0 and SDcard1 got mixes up by the installer.
Then I also played a bit with the root rights. All those combination didn'T repair the cam. So here I am asking for your help.
Edit: godlessfather from the CyanogenMod-IRC solved it for me - I formatted my internal sd-card in ext4 which caused the issues. Now that I formatted it on vfat and made a clean install, it's all good. kudos to him!
Hi
I'm a newbie and installing a custom ROM first time. I have the same issue. Can you tell me the steps to format internal-sd card in vfat?
Thanks
SGE2010 said:
My camera doesn't work anymore. Only a text box pops up which says "Camera" has been shut off (roughly translated form German).
Then I installed the google camera App from the PlayStore which at least opens and shows the live view through the camera on the display. So it's not (completely) a hardware problem. But there's an error message above the release button which says "insert SD Card" (again roughly translated). The SD Card Error message also appears of I want to start the Gallery App (it's the standard app where the pictures/Photos are stored).
Possible Complication:
I might have done some deep damage to the system beforehand, for which the not running camera is just a symptom:
A couple of days ago I installed CM11 (M9) and did more than the usual FullWipe. I went into CWM 6.0.5.0 and formatted anything I could find without knowing what I did, like /System, /sdcard0, etc (I know, it's stupid). I might even got some error messages (don't remember exactly). However, I could install M9 afterwards but the problems with the camera and gallery since then.
Then I repeated everything, formatted even more, like, sdcard0 in different formats as vfat (didn't work), then ext2/ext4...almost all of those. I tried different external SD cards, too, formatted them in ext4, later in Fat32. It seemed in one install that SDcard0 and SDcard1 got mixes up by the installer.
Then I also played a bit with the root rights. All those combination didn'T repair the cam. So here I am asking for your help.
Edit: godlessfather from the CyanogenMod-IRC solved it for me - I formatted my internal sd-card in ext4 which caused the issues. Now that I formatted it on vfat and made a clean install, it's all good. kudos to him!
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Hello everyone,
This is my very first time rooting my LG Optimus F6 phone by following GameTheory's tutorials, and unfortunately for me I ran into a problem when moving apps to my SD ext4 partition using Link2SD. Let me be more detailed as to what I did that got me into this mess... Once rooted and with Link2SD installed, I proceeded to creating the 2 usual partitions, FAT32 and ext4. My first mistake was that I created the partitions backwards (without realizing it), the one I wanted the biggest ended up being the smallest. After moving some apps to the SD I figured it would be a good idea to update them, so I did. After updating all the apps, I realized the partition sizes were wrong. Here's where I messed everything up... I decided to unlink all apps I linked (moved) to the SD so that I could reformat the SD to the proper partition sizes, but problem was that after the update it wouldn't let me break the link for some. Knowing this, I still went ahead and reformatted the SD card. This is when I realized some of those apps where part of the system and I needed to re-install them since I kept getting errors from various apps, mainly Google apps. My problem from that point on has been that Google Play Services got deleted from the system and I can't seem to get it to install, I keep getting an "insufficient storage available" error message when I try to download it. There's still 770MB of internal memory available (not SD partition). Can anyone help me get this resolved, please?
Thanks in advance and sorry for the long explanation.
P.S. The rules for new users here prevent me from leaving the link to the tutorials. Look up Android Creations by GameTheory
Hi Everybody, I am newly registered in xda, using a Samsung Galaxy K Zoom (SM-C115, baseband version C115ZSU1AOH1, kernel version 3.4.39-1837070, build number KOT49H.C115ZSU1AOH1)
I have rooted and have been using Link2SD on this phone for about one year without any problem (many thanks to all those who have so kindly contributed the necessary information in this respect), moving almost all possible apps to the ext2 partition on SD (created by Mini Partition on a PC), except Titanium Backup and Link2SD. The only problem was that Lind2SD could not automatically re-link updated apps (although settings made), requiring me to check and re-link them manually from time to time.
The other day I woke to find, upon turning on the phone, that Link2SD could not read ext2 anymore. Even when I tried to recreate mount scripts times and again, it showed an error message "Mount script cannot be created. mount: Invalid argument." Uninstalling and reinstalling Link2SD did not help.
I browsed through similar threads in xda only to find other people having problems right at the beginning of installing Link2SD, not encountering problems after having used the app for some time.
While missing user apps can be reinstalled on this phone, Google Play Store (partially on ext2) cannot be restored by Titanium Backup, nor will it work even I downloaded it from other sources like apk4fun.com and installed it. Also now I cannot log on to my Google account.
I know probably a hard phone reset and re-partitioning the SD, reinstalling Link2SD might solve the problem, unless a physical error appears in ext2, which I believe is not very likely for an original two year old Samsung SD. However, I hope to find a faster and less cumbersome solution, if at all possible.
Please help!
Ext filesystem is your problem.
You said one year, the exact time that the devices are comming with this toxic trash filesystem and 'suddenly' deaths at end of warranty (one year)
Ext is a toxic trash, need to be forbidded, by a law inquiriment. You are experienced on link2sd usage, why don't you try NTFS?
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Hello,
Sorry for the long post, just writing it because I want to present as much information I have.
Apologies for my English as well.
I have Sony Xperia M2 (D2303), and i have had Link2sd for quite some time.
A while back I created a partition in Minitool and mounted it as ext4 in Link2sd. Sometimes it crashed, but usually waiting or restarting would help, because all it needed was to link lib, obb and dex files. However couple days ago i set up Sleep as Android, and before i woke up a family member took the phone for a while (Facebook, Candycrush - which heat up the phone a lot). So when i woke up and tried to shut down the alarm i couldn't, Sleep app kept crashing.
After that I rebooted the phone, only to find out i have 10 installed apps showing, apps showing crash messages, even if i didn't have them in the background. On top of all there is an alarm icon below the clock which i can't turn off because Sleep app is not showing in app drawer.
After 2 days I figured i might flash SuperSu again from twrp, because it wouldn't update binaries.
Tried turning Link2sd into a system app to mount ext4, it only shows some grey screen for a second, nothing changes.
In settings there is Sdcard present with similar space i had before(1 GB more space- probably just app data wiped)
In Link2sd there is Sdcard, as well as the second partition which is showing as unmounted
In DiskInfo app i see partition by its name and allocated size(mmcblk1p2)
I see Sdcard in computer when plugging in usb.
However, I don't see it in Minitool, Disk Management or when running cmd - "diskpart" - "list disk" commands
SDHC card is Kingston 32 GB class 10. Total commander app allows exploring Sdcard, dont get it why it doesn't show up in Minitool. Not only is partition missing but Sd card as well.
If anyone has an idea where i messed up, please post it. I would appreciate it.
Thank you.
Androed 4.3/5 ....
Link2sd won't work anymore, on androed 4.3+, i tested 4.4, but i believe still 4.2 up.
The solution is first, to not use ext4, use (unfortunately) ext2.
Second, for link2sd work again, fast and furious, you need forget the name 'dalvik-cache', and odex all apps linked to sdext2.
But link2sd does not links odexes, yes, you will link manually one by one.
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