This is a adoptable storage guide for samsung stock rom with a modified plugin from Root Essentials.
1. Format data in TWRP
2. Wipe everyhting in TWRP (including external sdcard)
3. Boot to BL with Vol down + home button and power button
4. Flash Samsung Firmware over Odin (uncheck reboot)
5. Reboot to bootloader from bootoader, otherwise twrp will not flash (vol down + home button and power button)
6. Press reset on odin and uncheck reboot again
7. Select twrp md5 on ap flash and flash it
8. Force restart on bootlaoder with Vol down + home button and power button (check step 9 before you do 8)
9. Right after the dispaly goes black instantly press Vol up + home button and power button to get into TWRP
10. Flash magisk and after this flash asplugin
11. reboot
12. After you set everyhting up you should see the question of adoptable storage on the left upper side of display
13. You do not need to install Root Essentials
Should work for any other samsung smartphone but I don't know.
Have fun
vampy2k5 said:
This is a adoptable storage guide for samsung stock rom with a modified plugin from Root Essentials.
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Followed the guide to a T, everything seems to work and I've got Oreo, etc.
When I select to format as Internal storage it still doesn't appear as space within the Samsung Storage manager and it appears as an SD card, this doesn't seem to be right to me. Some apps seem to then install onto Storage and some seem to only install onto internal, any ideas?
vampy2k5 said:
This is a adoptable storage guide for samsung stock rom with a modified plugin from Root Essentials.
1. Format data in TWRP
2. Wipe everyhting in TWRP (including external sdcard)
3. Boot to BL with Vol down + home button and power button
4. Flash Samsung Firmware over Odin (uncheck reboot)
5. Reboot to bootloader from bootoader, otherwise twrp will not flash (vol down + home button and power button)
6. Press reset on odin and uncheck reboot again
7. Select twrp md5 on ap flash and flash it
8. Force restart on bootlaoder with Vol down + home button and power button (check step 9 before you do 8)
9. Right after the dispaly goes black instantly press Vol up + home button and power button to get into TWRP
10. Flash magisk and after this flash asplugin
11. reboot
12. After you set everyhting up you should see the question of adoptable storage on the left upper side of display
13. You do not need to install Root Essentials
Should work for any other samsung smartphone but I don't know.
Have fun
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You don't need to install root essentials anyway if you use the original patch that this plugin was taken from.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3507387/amp/
ashyx said:
You don't need to install root essentials anyway if you use the original patch that this plugin was taken from.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum....patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3507387/amp/
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You also don't need to install Magisk if you install Encryption Disable Patch.
After this procedure I am now trying to use ADB to format sd card half for external half for internal storage.
However, now after typing "sm list-disks" all I get is "Killed", instead of the disk name. What's up with that?
It was working before this whole process, just that the "sm partition" command did not actually format anything.
I tried this also with "su" enabled through Magisk, it did not help, still getting "Killed"
Shajirr said:
After this procedure I am now trying to use ADB to format sd card half for external half for internal storage.
However, now after typing "sm list-disks" all I get is "Killed", instead of the disk name. What's up with that?
It was working before this whole process, just that the "sm partition" command did not actually format anything.
I tried this also with "su" enabled through Magisk, it did not help, still getting "Killed"
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If you can,
1. Format sd card
2. Download root essentials
3. Format it half and half from there
Hope that helped.:good:
This works well.... but: Different apps are crashing now. I tried everything... delete cach, re-install apps, wike cache in TWRP, re-flash the entire phone (then root, then adoptable storage). Now I have a new sd card in.... a sandisk extrem pro which is opptimized for apps (iops), so this card is an a2 card (4000 iops read, 2000 iops write) which schould be fast enough.... but apps are still crashing.
Any idea? 16 GB is to low to run every app on the phone, I need the adoptable storage.
No one an idea? Am I the only one with this problem?
i dont understand what is this for. adoptable storage? so it mean, you can move android apps data to external sd card? correct me if im wrong, but i can also do that on stock rom, just go to developer option and scroll to the bottom part of dev option, and you will see option to move apps to exteranal sd.
but, again, correct me if im wrong for the function of adoptable storage itself
leo31 said:
i dont understand what is this for. adoptable storage? so it mean, you can move android apps data to external sd card? correct me if im wrong, but i can also do that on stock rom, just go to developer option and scroll to the bottom part of dev option, and you will see option to move apps to exteranal sd.
but, again, correct me if im wrong for the function of adoptable storage itself
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Maybe if you clicked the link in the 3rd post?
This adoptable storage workaround is not working anymore.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...galaxy-a3-a5-a7-2017-adoptable-t3557999/page7
It seems that Samsung has changed something in the system so the free space is not correct. Most of the sd card is empty but the systems says the storage is nearly full.
Related
I hope you've started reading this article after reading my main article if no then read it first and then come here.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2460679
Method 3:
In this method we're using stock recovery to root our device.
Prerequisites:
1) SU Package
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2eh1pcju9s7zot/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
2) SU BIN
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y4ser23fhay2nv4/su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed (1).zip
Sources and thanks:
1) Thanks to XDA i've taken a lot of resources from XDA.
2) Thanks to me( kidding)
3) Thanks to developer of mobile uncle tools.
4) Thanks to micromax for a beautiful device.
5) Taken help from google.
How to Root:
1. Copy both the files to the root of your SD card. Now what is Root , root layer is the top most layer. That is just open the SD card and place it there itself do not place it inside a folder or sub folder.
2. Now again restart the phone to recovery mode by pressing Power Key + Volume UP + Volume Down Key.
3. You will see an Android icon with warning/error on the screen, press the power button.
4. You will see the recovery mode menus in the screen. Now this is tricky, to select any option from the screen you have to press two touch buttons simultaneously on your phone’s bottom, left one which is for the menu and right one which is for going to the previous screen. You have to keep pressing it for 5-6 seconds.
5. From the recovery screen select “wipe data/factory reset” and then “wipe cache partition”
6. Once it’s done, select “apply update from sd card” option and choose the file “Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip” from the SD card.
7. Repeat the above step and choose the file “su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip”.
Once you flash both the files select the option “reboot system now” from the recovery screen.
Verification:
Now you'll most probably see an app super user which almost confirms you've successfully rooted
but still if you have doubt download some app like root checker(free in playstore) to confirm whether you've successfully rooted or not.
Now how to install CWM recovery?
1) Place the CWM image in the root of your sd card. Now what is Root , root layer is the top most layer. That is just open the SD card and place it there itself do not place it inside a folder or sub folder only then mobile uncle tool can recognize it.
2) Install mobile uncle tools.
3) Open Mobile uncle tools and select the option Recovery update.
Now you'll see the file you placed in your sd card ,now click it and then click ok. Now it will ask "boot into recovery mode" click yes and now you are in CWM recovery!
Note: If you have connected to internet while doing this you may get loads of other options after clicking recovery update don't worry just click the one you placed in sd card. verify the name twice.
Other methods to root:
First method:
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44650526#post44650526
Second method:
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45971702#post45971702
How to unroot and replace stock recovery:
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2460615
Do this taking your device to customer care.
Please hit THANKS if i helped.
Disclaimer:
I'm not responsible for any damage caused to your phone proceed ahead with caution.
tried with this method as well mate. ITs not working on my phone ... i wiped my data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and after doing so i tried installing that su and super files which you mentioned to be kept on root i put it on the sd card but over there it doesnt shows up .. am i missing some procedure? and yeah while moving those 2 file windows asked me to replace the folders and i did after that i copied those files on sd card . care to explain as i am a noob sorry to disturb you in this way .
zeeshannoorani said:
tried with this method as well mate. ITs not working on my phone ... i wiped my data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and after doing so i tried installing that su and super files which you mentioned to be kept on root i put it on the sd card but over there it doesnt shows up .. am i missing some procedure? and yeah while moving those 2 file windows asked me to replace the folders and i did after that i copied those files on sd card . care to explain as i am a noob sorry to disturb you in this way .
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While moving the files windows shouldn't ask and if it asks then there is some problem here. Before doing this procedure were you already rooted?
Have you placed it in the root? If so then try pasting it in the internal sd and the external sd( one of them should definitely be recognized).
i want to know how use link2sd n what the function.bcoz i have problem to download mo
re app n game..after i download this app can i download more app n game..
can u give me some guide ...n xplain 1 by 1. thank both of u...
Ok then
1. Root your device by checking out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552792
2. Download ClockWorkMod Recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552792 and place it in the main directory of your SD
3. Boot your device into recovery mode by pressing Vol UP, Home and POWER buttons.
4. Select Install Update from SD card and select ClockWorkRec5830i.zip
5. Once CWM has loaded, scroll down to Advanced (scroll using volume up/down).
6. In advanced mode, scroll down to partition SD card.
7. Select Your extention size, I suggest 256M
8. Select a swap size, I suggest 0M.
9. Once your SD is partitioned, Select reboot system now.
10. Once your system has rebooted, open Link2SD.
11. Link2SD will request you create and SD partition, just select ext-3.
12. Enjoy your extra internal storage!!
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6. In advanced mode, scroll down to partition SD card.
7. Select Your extention size, I suggest 256M
8. Select a swap size, I suggest 0M.
9. Once your SD is partitioned, Select reboot system now.
10. Once your system has rebooted, open Link2SD.
11. Link2SD will request you create and SD partition, just select ext-3.
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is it going to format memory card before partition...
if not how to roll back to pre partition state, incase none of that space is used and no backup....
is their an option like unmounting....
I am sorry for making this thread but this is specific to my needs only. I have gone through many threads but none resolve my purpose.
I will start my issue:
10days earlier I have rooted my MMX A116 CHD and installed following ROM Colossus S5 without any problem and I was happily using until played to increase the internal phone memory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mic...-rom-colossus-s5-theme-rom-v5-0-1006-t2999766
Yday I have played with my CHD phone and tried following process:
metroholic.com/repartition-the-internal-storage-myphone-rio/
Steps:
1. Once you installed the m|p Rio Repartition app, open it. You need to grant superuser for it to work.
2. Select and tap the button “2.5gb internal / 21mb phone (sagad)“. This will now start to repartition the internal storage.
3. The app will ask you to reboot to recovery – just press OK and proceed. If not, tap on the Boot to Recovery… button and then continue.
4. Your phone will reboot again to CWM Recovery console. Again, use your volume rocker to navigate to the option you want and the power button to select it.
5. Go down to “wipe data/factory reset” then press the power button to select it.
6. Then select “Yes – Wipe all user data“. Then wait for it to complete.
7. Then go down and select “wipe cache partition“, and select “Yes – Wipe Cache“… then wait again.
8. After that, navigate down and select “advanced“.
9. Select “wipe dalvik cache” and select “Yes – Wipe Dalvik Cache“.
10. Restore(But not possible and returned unsuccessul errors in restore.)
After this I have rebooted my phone and tried to go to again in CWM recovery but not available anymore. As all my apps are in SD card and every backups are also in that only.
After phone is ON, I have observed that the Phone storage is changed to 2.5GB now but at the cost of removal/hiding of External/Internal SD cards.
I can see few system built apps are there like Phonebook, Messaging etc. but Chrome, Gmail short cuts are seen but when I tap on them, it returns errors like App isn't installed. Gmail is just starting and asking for Google Play services and it is also on SD card.
I tried to install apps but not installing and returning error: Application cannot be installed in the default installation location.
Just one software - Titanium Backup utility is there but I don't know how will be useful it? It has also my all backup.
I can't see any files or folder or drives in file manager. Even I connect to pc and not able to see any drive but just able to names of drives. When I try to open it, it returns the error messages.
Pl advise how to fix my this situation. I am stuck up since last evening and not able to use my phone as SMART Phone now.
Its easy... Use spflash tool .. Flash stockrom but check bot mbr1 and mbr2.. That should solve it XD
Okay. Here's the thing. Let me try to break the story down:
I tried to flash the MIUI ROM. So basically, I followed the instructions to the best of my ability, but when it was time to flash the ROM itself, I got a Status 7, and installation aborted. When I rebooted, the screen was stuck on the Mi logo (which was peculiar since the installation aborted). It was taking a long time, so I assumed that, yep, bootloop.
So what I did was I flashed stock ROM using odin. Just the stock rom (ie, you have to repartition before flashing the miui rom). But one think I noticed before I flashed the ROM, was after I repartition through ODIN, the USB storage was 0.00b/0.00b. Several bootloops after, I finally got my phone working, but this time I can't access my USB storage. When I go to the task manager, it says 0.00b/0.00b. When I plug it in my PC, the only drive I see is the SD card (when there should be two, right?). PLUS, when I boot the phone and go to the media files (example, music app, gallery app etc.) it says I have no SD card inserted. When I do.
On screen, the notification says the USB storage is something, like unsupported and when I tap it, it says I have to format my USB storage. When I do tap format, it says that it's still checking the USB storage, and the notification comes up again. If it's imporatant, I also tried formatting the USB storage via CWM, but it says cannot mount /emmc. I ALSO can't find my phone on my PC now. The GT-I900 doesn't come up in my drives when I plg it in
I've tried flashing the stock PIT file, but to no avail. Please help. I just want a faster phone (hopefully via MIUI) or
Oh, and please bear with me. I'm a complete noob.
After re-partitioning, you need to wipe the partitions (/system /data (sdcard0). Make Backups and don't forget to flash a Rom/Kernel after wiping /system, because else your recovery will be lost.
I'll try to help you since I did installing MIUI v6 ROM by @blackra1n which also require resizing system partition.
pochic1996 said:
I tried to flash the MIUI ROM. So basically, I followed the instructions to the best of my ability, but when it was time to flash the ROM itself, I got a Status 7, and installation aborted.
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Status 7 could be possible you were using older custom recovery when installing the ROM.
pochic1996 said:
So what I did was I flashed stock ROM using odin. Just the stock rom (ie, you have to repartition before flashing the miui rom).
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So, you were repartition using PIT file then install MIUI— failed, then now go back to STOCK ROM (stock firmware?), right?
Did you do repartitioning again to stock PIT version before do flashing the stock ROM?
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On screen, the notification says the USB storage is something, like unsupported and when I tap it, it says I have to format my USB storage. When I do tap format, it says that it's still checking the USB storage, and the notification comes up again. If it's imporatant, I also tried formatting the USB storage via CWM, but it says cannot mount /emmc. I ALSO can't find my phone on my PC now. The GT-I900 doesn't come up in my drives when I plg it in
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Please don't do something careless with /emmc as it might risking your EFS which may loosing your phone info such as IMEI, WIFI, and other radio related data. Please try to repeat the procedure back to flashing stock ROM:
1) Turn on your phone and boot to download mode (home+volume down+power). Connect your phone to PC through USB cable. Run Odin on your PC.
2) Press PIT button and select the stock PIT. Make sure the "repartition" checkbox is ticked on Odin.
3) Press PDA or AP and select your suitable recovery tar file. CWM or Philz recovery should be fine but avoid using the very older ones. Make sure the "reboot" checkbox is UNCHECKED because we don't want the phone reboot to system when flashing is done.
4) Press start button on Odin. Wait for awhile, then if Odin said it's all done, disconnect USB cable and reboot your phone to recovery mode (home+volume up+power). Optional but recommended, keep pressing until first Samsung logo appear, then release power button. Release two remaining buttons if recovery screen appear.
5) Assuming you're using CWM, go to "mount and storage" then choose "format /sdcard0" or "format /internal-sdcard". If prompted for file system format, choose "FAT32" if possible. If not in the list, just select "default".
6) Optional, to make sure the internal storage can be recognized by PC (Windows), still in CWM go to "mount and storage" then select "mount mass storage". Connect your phone to PC and see if Windows recognize your sdcard. If so, open properties dialog for this sdcard and check if it is formatted as FAT or FAT32. If not, right click on sdcard and choose "format". Quick format should be fine, leave all settings to its default.
7) Now, before installing the stock ROM, make sure to format phone's partitions. From CWM, select "mount and storage" then choose "format /data", "format /cache", and "format /system". Next, you may install the stock ROM or else.
It adviced to remove your external sdcard prior perform the steps above to avoid confusion and prevent your external sdcard reformatted accidentally. Also, I hope you were making backups for /efs partition.
Have a try, and good luck as you may need it! [emoji1]
Note:
As a reference, you may consider to read this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...ivatives/mod-increase-partition-size-t3011162
Well, i was trying to have more space with deleting things with sd maid, well, i accidentaly deleted some things in "data" carpet, then, my phone didn't open configs an some otherthing, which i make a normal reset(no factory reset) then it got stuck ininitializing android, and i decided to make a factory reset,BUT, the device dont detect internal storage
Now its on a softlock
Should i restore the ROM by SD?
Diego14x said:
Well, i was trying to have more space with deleting things with sd maid, well, i accidentaly deleted some things in "data" carpet, then, my phone didn't open configs an some otherthing, which i make a normal reset(no factory reset) then it got stuck ininitializing android, and i decided to make a factory reset,BUT, the device dont detect internal storage
Now its on a softlock
Should i restore the ROM by SD?
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Copy ur another custom rom into sd card and flash it via recovery
nothing serious...install twrp recovery.... and install mi 8 custom rom.. then...after installing no need to boot up... just press vol up + power key... you will see so many options..simply select 'download mode'.... now simply flash stock rom via qfil.
Good solution, thanks
Mr. Vicky said:
nothing serious...install twrp recovery.... and install mi 8 custom rom.. then...after installing no need to boot up... just press vol up + power key... you will see so many options..simply select 'download mode'.... now simply flash stock rom via qfil.
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Recover data information