Hello,
I'm trying to get A2SD working in my HTC Hero. I'm using MoDaCo Custom ROM 2.9. What I did was partition my SD card using a card reader and Ubuntu Linux (I used an application called GParted). I used the following partition table:
Patition 1: FAT32 (730MB)
Partition 2: Ext4 (512MB)
Partition 3: Linux Swap (32MB)
Then, I went to recovery mode and reinstalled MoDaCo. The installation went fine, and I have the impression A2SD is trying to use my Ext4 partition. However, the applications Google Maps and Google Sky Map (which I've just installed) crash almost every time, showing the following message:
"The application Google Maps has stopped unexpectedly."
I suspect the problem is either the Ext4 format (which I believe is new) or my SD card, which is a SanDisk 8GB microSD (class 2).
Do you guys think I should buy a better card? Or format it again? Is it OK to format the card in Ubuntu? Or is something else wrong?
Thanks a lot,
Tiago
I'm trying to reinstall the apps that are crashing, and that seems to be working. However, I couldn't figure out how to reinstall Google Maps. I uninstalled it, but I didn't find it in Android Market. Is there an easy way to install Google Maps?
I think what's causing the problem is turning the phone on without the SD card. The apps that were installed to the card disappear from the list, but if I restart the phone with the card in, the crashes start.
Does that make sense?
Check to see if you have swapper installed this is not needed in 2.9 and could be the cause of the crashing. For that matter nor is the Swap partition. Google Maps can be got here:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-google-android-apps-maps-jw.aspx
and yes starting the phone without the SD Card in will cause any apps on the EXT4 partition to dissappear.
If you reformat the card you will have to re install the apps anyway.
Thanks for the answer! I don't have Swapper installed. I was going to install it, but I'll follow your advice.
I ended up formatting the card again and reinstalling MoDaCo. So far, I haven't taken the card out and everything's working fine. I'm pretty sure what caused the crashes was the fact that I started the phone without the SD card. The apps in the card disappeard, but when I restarted the phone with the card in, the apps that reappeared were not functional (they crashed every time). Is this a known issue or were the apps supposed to resume working?
I guess the final advice is to keep the card in at all times...
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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.
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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 ?
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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 :'((
Hi I was wondering if some one here could help me. I am running BE CleanRom ICS on HBoot 1.58 running the latest stock kernal. The phone shows no issues from from clean install. However when I try to restore my apps (approx 400) from my titanium backup set, the phone will be stable until i try to reset it. If I try to reset the phone once my apps are restored...the phone will bootup fine and then mount the SD card. I have a 64 GB micro SD card. It takes a while for the apps to load in the backround since I have majority of the apps installed to the card. However after a few minutes as the phone tries to load all the apps from the card, it will always crash.
I have logically considered that something was obviously wrong with the backups of my apps. So I tried to download all my apps fresh via Google play store again. I then moved them all again manually to the sd card. However I still get the same problem if I reset the phone. If I reset, the phone will try to load the apps from the microsd card after booting up and then after a while crash!
Is there any way to find out what is causing the phone to crash? I have tried different microsd cards as well. I have tried my older 32gb microsd card but get the same problems. Also I should note that when I was running older gingerbread version of cleanrom, after a reboot I would always get an error saying the HTC sense has crashed and needed to reload. But all that required was an 'ok' and the phone would relaod HTC sense and not crash into reboot.
I am hypothesizing that HTC sense 3.6 is crashing on reboot every time as it tries to load apps from the SD card. But I do not know how to confirm this. I have tried other roms including stock ics rom and meanrom 2.6 and have had the SAME issues with all these ICS roms. Is there any way to confirm that it is indeed HTC sense 3.6 that is causing the phone to crash while trying to load apps from the microsd card? And if so, is there any way to prevent or solve this problem?
At this point, I can NEVER reset my phone. If I do, I have to do a complete factory reset and then restore from my titanium backup to get my phone to previous state. This works fine until something FUBARS and my phone resets for whatever reason. Sometime it lasts for weeks without resetting....sometimes it happens numerous time a day. But everytime it resets I have to do a factory date wipe and then restore from my titanium backup and its a total pain in arse....
I would appreciate if anyone here could comment or offer any suggestions...
400 apps!!!!!!!!!!
That seems like an awful lot. Maybe having so many is causing the issue. I suggest maybe only loading the minimum you NEED as a test to see if it that's the issue.
Well maybe I should have been more specific. I have actually about 250 APPS, but when you count system backup and setting etc in Titanium backup it makes the total amount of backup items over 400.
But still I never had sense crashing on gingerbread? Why does Sense 3.6 crash on ICS and why can't I load that many apps from the SD card without it constantly crashing while trying to load? Is there a way to delay sense from loading until the SD card is mounted and all the apps are loaded into the app drawer? It makes no sense to not be able to install as many apps as you want....
I agree with you about installing add many as you can stuff in there. I was suggesting limiting them temporarily as a test.
Also, I wouldn't restore system apps saved from different ROMs as that can cause instability. Especially if you restore the settings from a GB system app to an ICS ROM.
Imagika FTW... with Tapatalk 2
Hi thanks for your response. Yeah I did not restore any systems files from my old GB rom. I did a fresh install of all my apps and settings once I moved to ICS. I use my titanium backup files to restore to the same rom I made the backups from...
Also, I was messing around with autostarts to see if I could disable Sense from booting up, but that didnt work either. Basically it seems like if you have too many apps loaded to the sd card then the OS seems to fubar while trying to reload and causes reset boot. Its quite unnerving...
I'm going to mess around with some of the roms with sense removed to see if that solves the problem. Will report back to this thread to post back my results....
I think it is the 64GB card. My Amaze is doing the same thing and I found this thread via the search tool. I'm getting ready to try a format and start fresh. It started when I got the card, and pulling the card out for a few days I don't get the reboots.
So being a different phone, different ROM, and different apps, the only things in common are the same SDXC and reboots. If I find a better solution, I'll update you.
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I would appreciate if anyone here could comment or offer any suggestions...
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Not sure what your problem is but you might want to consider installing Link2SD, which allows you to move most of your apps to a second partition on the SD card. This also has the advantage of not installing the apps on a fresh install until you create the mount script for the parition containing the apps, and also allows you to keep your apps across fresh installations without having to restore them. Just relink them to the partition on the SD card and they will all be "restored" in less than a minute.
There's a little work involved in backing up your SD card, creating new paritions, and restoring the SD card contents to the first partition, but 4EXT recovery can handle the partitioning and it's pretty easy to save and restore the SD card contents from a PC.
ramjet73
St Veronus said:
I think it is the 64GB card. My Amaze is doing the same thing and I found this thread via the search tool. I'm getting ready to try a format and start fresh. It started when I got the card, and pulling the card out for a few days I don't get the reboots.
So being a different phone, different ROM, and different apps, the only things in common are the same SDXC and reboots. If I find a better solution, I'll update you.
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Hi thanks for you response. I actually already tried reverting to my old 32 GB card when I started having these problems and kept getting the same reset issues, so I'm not sure if this is a sd card issue or a issue with ICS or Sense on my device. I did not have the reset problem while using GB rom running the 32 SD card.
I don't get the reboots either if I pull out the card but then I dont have access to most of my apps! Trying to mount and remount the card doesn't seem to help either and causes the device to reset...
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Not sure what your problem is but you might want to consider installing Link2SD, which allows you to move most of your apps to a second partition on the SD card. This also has the advantage of not installing the apps on a fresh install until you create the mount script for the parition containing the apps, and also allows you to keep your apps across fresh installations without having to restore them. Just relink them to the partition on the SD card and they will all be "restored" in less than a minute.
There's a little work involved in backing up your SD card, creating new paritions, and restoring the SD card contents to the first partition, but 4EXT recovery can handle the partitioning and it's pretty easy to save and restore the SD card contents from a PC.
ramjet73
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Thanks ramjet for the suggestion! I will definitely try out Link2SD to see if that resolves the problem! You posts are like the bible around here and I appreciate you offering your help! :good: THANKS!
ramjet73 said:
Not sure what your problem is but you might want to consider installing Link2SD, which allows you to move most of your apps to a second partition on the SD card. This also has the advantage of not installing the apps on a fresh install until you create the mount script for the parition containing the apps, and also allows you to keep your apps across fresh installations without having to restore them. Just relink them to the partition on the SD card and they will all be "restored" in less than a minute.
There's a little work involved in backing up your SD card, creating new paritions, and restoring the SD card contents to the first partition, but 4EXT recovery can handle the partitioning and it's pretty easy to save and restore the SD card contents from a PC.
ramjet73
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Hi ramjet, I was wondering if you could help with setting up Link2SD? I was able to setup a fat32 partition on my 64GB card but when try to start link2SD i keep getting the "Mount script cannot be created" error when I try to select the fat32 partition? I went through the link2sd tutorial but couldn't get it to recognize the fat32 partiion. The link2sd faq states you have to be s-off for HTC devices and I am already s-off running hboot 1.58. I created the partitions using 4ext from scratch removing all partitions and creating new ones.. Do you have any suggestions? thanks...
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Hi ramjet, I was wondering if you could help with setting up Link2SD? I was able to setup a fat32 partition on my 64GB card but when try to start link2SD i keep getting the "Mount script cannot be created" error when I try to select the fat32 partition? I went through the link2sd tutorial but couldn't get it to recognize the fat32 partiion. The link2sd faq states you have to be s-off for HTC devices and I am already s-off running hboot 1.58. I created the partitions using 4ext from scratch removing all partitions and creating new ones.. Do you have any suggestions? thanks...
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Link2SD will automatically use the second partition on the SD card as the one it mounts to store the app files and data. I've got mine setup as a 1GB ext4 partition, but a fat32 formatted partition should work as well.
When you choose "recreate mount script" from the "more" options of the primary menu, it will ask for the format of the second SD partition and you need to select "FAT32/FAT16". That should create a mount script in the /system/etc/init.d directory that will get run on the next boot, assuming your ROM runs init.d scripts correctly. Which ROM are you currently using?
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Hi I'm running BE Cleanrom ICS. I created the partitions using this 4ext guide. The following is my partition info on the 64 GB sd card:
partition // fs // capacity // free
system // ext4 // 787 MB // 141 MB
data // ext3 // 1175 MB // 588 MB
cache // ext4 // 107 MB // 96 MB
sd-ext // ext4 // 4031 MB // 3898 MB
sdcard // fat32 // 56780 MB // 39056 MB
If I select "ext4" on startup of link2sd when it asks me to select the file system of you sd card's second partition, then the mount script is successfully created. Does this mean it is selecting the "sd-ext" partition as the second partition? if so then maybe I've been confused the whole time?? The only thing is that I wish it was possible to create larger partitions than just 4GB....
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Hi I'm running BE Cleanrom ICS. I created the partitions using this 4ext guide. The following is my partition info on the 64 GB sd card:
partition // fs // capacity // free
system // ext4 // 787 MB // 141 MB
data // ext3 // 1175 MB // 588 MB
cache // ext4 // 107 MB // 96 MB
sd-ext // ext4 // 4031 MB // 3898 MB
sdcard // fat32 // 56780 MB // 39056 MB
If I select "ext4" on startup of link2sd when it asks me to select the file system of you sd card;s second partition, then the mount script is successfully created. Does this mean it is selecting the "sd-ext" partition as the second partition? if so then maybe I've been confused the whole time?? The only thing is that I wish it was possible to create larger partitions than just 4GB....
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That guide has you format the second SD card parition as ext4 so you should be good to go.
Start Link2SD and go to menu/storage info. The "SD Card 2nd Part." will confirm that your app parition is mounted correctly and give you the usage stats. Mine is allocated as 1GB with 182 apps linked to that partition and I still have 7% free, so I think 4GB should be more than enough.
I think it is always mounted as sd-ext regardless of which format you used. If you go to /data/sdext2 with ES File Explorer or similar app you can see all the .apk files that have been linked as well as the data and dalvik-cache directories.
Don't forget to recreate your mount script (you should be prompted after installing Link2SD) and relink your apps when you do a fresh install of a ROM to get all the applications you have installed linked to the current ROM. You also should backup the "SDext" partition whenever you use 4EXT to create a nandroid backup since that partition will contain all your linked apps and data.
ramjet73
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That guide has you format the second SD card parition as ext4 so you should be good to go.
Start Link2SD and go to menu/storage info. The "SD Card 2nd Part." will confirm that your app parition is mounted correctly and give you the usage stats. Mine is allocated as 1GB with 182 apps linked to that partition and I still have 7% free, so I think 4GB should be more than enough.
I think it is always mounted as sd-ext regardless of which format you used. If you go to /data/sdext2 with ES File Explorer or similar app you can see all the .apk files that have been linked as well as the data and dalvik-cache directories.
Don't forget to recreate your mount script (you should be prompted after installing Link2SD) and relink your apps when you do a fresh install of a ROM to get all the applications you have installed linked to the current ROM. You also should backup the "SDext" partition whenever you use 4EXT to create a nandroid backup since that partition will contain all your linked apps and data.
ramjet73
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Ramjet you are the man!:highfive:
Finally moved all my apps to the partition using link2Sd and no forced crashes after reset! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!
Everything is good to go now and I don't have to worry about reinstalling or restoring my device if it crashes! I have questions though about backups? When backing up user apps via Titanium...I am assuming it is only backing up the symbolic links correct? Even though the apps have been moved to the 2nd partition on the card, I still see the apps listed as on the phone in settings. Should you still use Titanium to backup user apps or is that a waste of time because it will only backup the symbolic links? I still will use it to backup my system settings and user apps. The reason I ask is because I use Titanium to make remote backups of all my settings and apps. Is there anyway to continue to do this using link2sd?
Thanks again for all you help!
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Everything is good to go now and I don't have to worry about reinstalling or restoring my device if it crashes! I have questions though about backups? When backing up user apps via Titanium...I am assuming it is only backing up the symbolic links correct? Even though the apps have been moved to the 2nd partition on the card, I still see the apps listed as on the phone in settings. Should you still use Titanium to backup user apps or is that a waste of time because it will only backup the symbolic links? I still will use it to backup my system settings and user apps. The reason I ask is because I use Titanium to make remote backups of all my settings and apps. Is there anyway to continue to do this using link2sd?
Thanks again for all you help!
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Titanium Backup (TB) will backup and restore apps fine with Link2SD installed, and the apps and data in the TB directory on the SD card are the actual objects, not the symbolic links. I consider the apps maintained by Link2SD in the second partition of the SD card as my primary backup for user apps, but do periodically delete all TB backups and make a full TB backup of all apps and data (system and user) just so I have a complete backup. Of course, I still have my nandroid backups as well, but if I accidentally uninstall something from Link2SD it's easier to restore with TB.
I've read that restoring all user apps from TB at once doesn't work because the Link2SD autolink isn't activated by a TB restore and the internal storage will overflow, but that's not a concern for me since I keep all my user apps in the Link2SD partition and never have to restore them all from TB. I think this may have been changed in a recent version of TB and/or Link2SD because when I just uninstalled an app and restored it with TB it was autolinked by Link2SD.
Just keep in mind that some formatting options, such as "format all partitions except SD card" in 4EXT, will format the sd-ext partitions so it's always a good idea to include them in your nandroid backups just to make sure you have a recent copy of the Link2SD apps.
BTW, one of the main advantages of Link2SD is that since it uses a separate partition on the SD card, the apps it links are still available when the first (usually fat32) SD card partition is mounted as USB storage. That's why the app manager thinks they are still on internal storage instead of the SD card.
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Hi friends,
I managed to unlocked the boot loader and rooted. I installed Link2sd with Ext2 formatted second partition. I link all my application from internal memory to sd card. Everything is working fine, but after 15 minutes my sd card removed unexpectedly. Then I reboot phone and create the mount script partition again. After some time the SD card removed again. All my apps including updated play store, keyboard, face book, Titanium Backup etc all get removed. Earlier I use the same SD card in Moto Defy XT 535 for last two years and no problem acquired. Now I reset my phone to factory and re installed all apps again, It working without any problem. Any one know which format is suitable and working without any problem?
EXT4 Partition..
neokragu said:
Hi friends,
I managed to unlocked the boot loader and rooted. I installed Link2sd with Ext2 formatted second partition. I link all my application from internal memory to sd card. Everything is working fine, but after 15 minutes my sd card removed unexpectedly. Then I reboot phone and create the mount script partition again. After some time the SD card removed again. All my apps including updated play store, keyboard, face book, Titanium Backup etc all get removed. Earlier I use the same SD card in Moto Defy XT 535 for last two years and no problem acquired. Now I reset my phone to factory and re installed all apps again, It working without any problem. Any one know which format is suitable and working without any problem?
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Try to partition your secondary memory to EXT4 format...
i think ,you wont get "sd card removed unexpectedly" error anymore using EXT4 format...
Try and hit Thanks..:good:
A few days ago I successfully installed the newest Cyanogenmod 11 for HTC Chacha.
When I installed it for the first time, I also installed the Link2SD app. After a while, I started getting the "Insufficient storage available" message, so I decided to do a hard reset and reinstall the mod.
Now I have it installed for the second time. At the beginning [this time I skipped Link2SD] everything was alright. Now I keep getting the message again.
Things I have done:
1. After installing Cyanogenmod, I partitioned the SD card and used the CronMod INT2EXT script. Right now my phone says that I have 203 MB of free storage.
2. I have tried the LuckyPatcher fix. It didn't work.
3. I have also tried the adb shell command. I have tried setting it both to 1 and to 2, none of which worked.
4. My app-asec folder is completely empty. The app-lib only contains the folders with the apps I have managed to install. The logs are not the problem either.
5. This happens whenever I try to install ANY app, no matter the size.
6. I have tried clearing the cache of both Play Store and Play Services. It didn't work.
7. What's weird is that at first, simply rebooting my phone worked and I was able to install 2 or 3 apps before getting the message. Right now I can't install anything.
Does anyone have any idea what else I can try?
Note: Somewhere in the process, after rebooting my phone, I found that the Google Services were gone. I had to flash it and reinstall it using CWM. I still don't know why they disappeared, right now they seem to be working fine, except now I can't get anything from the Play Store.
Thanks in advance for any solutions, I really appreciate it!
Check out this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735775&page=71
Grab the newest build of CWM and there's a guide there on how to use CronMod with it. I've modded some Wildfires for customers and definitely find CronMod to be the best all around solution for more space, if the SD card is up to it. Also, make sure you are partitioning the SD card the right way. I found that making the partition in Windows with a tool like MiniTool Partition just doesn't seem to work right. If you can use GParted in Linux (you can even do it from a LiveCD) then that seems to do a better job of it. Also make note of what type it is (ext2 / ext3 / ext4) with the appropriate CronMod script.
es0tericcha0s said:
Check out this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735775&page=71
Grab the newest build of CWM and there's a guide there on how to use CronMod with it. I've modded some Wildfires for customers and definitely find CronMod to be the best all around solution for more space, if the SD card is up to it. Also, make sure you are partitioning the SD card the right way. I found that making the partition in Windows with a tool like MiniTool Partition just doesn't seem to work right. If you can use GParted in Linux (you can even do it from a LiveCD) then that seems to do a better job of it. Also make note of what type it is (ext2 / ext3 / ext4) with the appropriate CronMod script.
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How do I check the type (ext2/ext3/ext4)? And will choosing the right setting in Link2SD do the trick?
You know, I've checked the page of CM11 for ChaCha and the dev said that it's a bug that needs to be fixed - the perks of running a new software on an old device, so there's probably not much I can do.
Well, the tool you used to partition the SD card should tell you. Alternatively, your custom recovery should have an option to partition for you (this is better than Windows as well) and then it'll set it up as ext 2 at first and allow you to change it to ext 3 or 4.
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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