Has anyone got this working? I used to have Link2SD in 2.1 but now the ext partition is the only partition recognized by GB and not my main partition. I can access my main partition from USB connect, but not from within the phone. Anyone has the same issue?
You can natively move apps to the SD on GB in Options>Applications>Manage applications. Choose an app that supports it and the option to move to sd will be there. No partition needed.
Thx, i will just fix up my SD card into a single partition again then
Does this also mean that I don't need the app Apps2SD anymore?
With App2SD you can quickly indicate which apps can be moved to SD. So I still have it there. Furthermore, App2SD also quickly clean your cache.
Link2SD gave the option of moving ANY app to the ext2 partition. The native gingerbread app2sd doesn't support moving all apps to the SD card.
Any way of making link2sd work on GB 2.3.3?
can anyone confirm what's the current sdcard partition layout. also which partition is detected in phone.
i think i have an idea which might help up getting this to work.
anantshri said:
can anyone confirm what's the current sdcard partition layout. also which partition is detected in phone.
i think i have an idea which might help up getting this to work.
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@Anant: My SD is setup as per the guidelines described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10711328&postcount=1
I have a 8GB card and I have allocated 7.05 GB of FAT32 memory to the Data partition, and have allocated 0.5GB to the secondary partition. This partition was also setup as FAT32 since i had issues with EXT2.
*Edit: After the 2.3.3 update, the X10 now detects only the 2nd partition (480MB) instead of the data partition (7GB) - but when I plug into a PC, the data partition gets mounted correctly.
Hope that helped.
That is not good, it means that you cannot transfer data or programs between your PC and the 7GB partition... is there a way to fix this?
When you plug into pc, your data-partition mounts correctly, so you can copy your data to your pc as a backup.
I recommend using a adapter to connect the sd-card to your pc, formatting both partitions, and then put it back. I did it that way, be it that I removed my second partition and went back to one partition only, 8 Gb, and all works fine now.
I don't intend to use Link2SD anymore, because in 2.3.3 the system can apply data2sd itself, I learned, with or without Apps2SD.
Good luck, greetz,
kwarkje
From my observation, the 2.3.3 android system moves the appdata to the sdcard only in certain large apps (apps >7mb in size?) which is good if you have are dealing with huge apks like AngryBirds, but not too handy if you have a huge number of small apps all ~3MB in size.
BTW the native app2sd isn't compatible with all apps.
Use "Move2SD Enabler" from Market to allow moving any app to SD.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.leinardi.setinstalllocation&hl=en
This didnt work with my 32GB SD card... it is now a single 32GB FAT32 partition. What type of format should I use? FAT? EXT2?
kwarkje said:
When you plug into pc, your data-partition mounts correctly, so you can copy your data to your pc as a backup.
I recommend using a adapter to connect the sd-card to your pc, formatting both partitions, and then put it back. I did it that way, be it that I removed my second partition and went back to one partition only, 8 Gb, and all works fine now.
I don't intend to use Link2SD anymore, because in 2.3.3 the system can apply data2sd itself, I learned, with or without Apps2SD.
Good luck, greetz,
kwarkje
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@doomed151:
Thats what I was looking for! Good find!
This app has its own hitch though: the move2sd enabler needs lots of caution...some apps aren't supported, and moving them to the SD causes them to crash. There is no way of knowing which apps can be moved and which ones can't. I happened to move GT Racing HD to the SD and it stopped working. Had to reinstall!
anantshri said:
can anyone confirm what's the current sdcard partition layout. also which partition is detected in phone.
i think i have an idea which might help up getting this to work.
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@Anatshri Any luck on this? I would prefer to use link2sd instead of the native move2sd in GB.
I tried a 16gb & a 4gb sd card but couldn't get it to work. I've also tried ext2, ext3 & ext4 as the 2nd partition but I don't think the stock kernel supports any of them. The sd becomes unreadable after a reboot but if I connect directly to the pc I can see both partitions.
If I make both fat32 partitions only the 2nd partition gets mounted. Do you think this is kernel related as well or can we modify the mounting scripts to correct this?
I am suffering from bad health conditions right now so can't work much however all I can see right now is if this is the case you can do two things
1) create a script that mounts partition 1 at /data/sd-ext coz link2 sd needs mounted partition at this location. I suppose init.d script could help us. However
2) the problem would be that recovery will detect only partiton one
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anantshri said:
I am suffering from bad health conditions right now so can't work much however all I can see right now is if this is the case you can do two things
1) create a script that mounts partition 1 at /data/sd-ext coz link2 sd needs mounted partition at this location. I suppose init.d script could help us. However
2) the problem would be that recovery will detect only partiton one
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I'm sorry to hear about your health, hopefully it's nothing serious and you get well soon. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give this a try when I get a chance.
Any solution on this?
I move from 2.2 to 2.3.4 and link2sd don't work anymore cannot mount the 2nd fat32 partition.
App2SD sucks because doesnt allow some apps to get moved.
Thanks
Lockon Stratos said:
I'm sorry to hear about your health, hopefully it's nothing serious and you get well soon. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll give this a try when I get a chance.
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Thanks for the wishes.
I have extended weekend this time will try to give my old card a twist and see if i can get link2sd work again on my handset.
bbsrailfan said:
Link2SD gave the option of moving ANY app to the ext2 partition. The native gingerbread app2sd doesn't support moving all apps to the SD card.
Any way of making link2sd work on GB 2.3.3?
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I agree with you and hope that we will have this possibility, I really miss link2sd, the best app ever to move apps to sd.
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Hi,
I'm getting low on space message on my hero running VillainRom 6.1. Tried rebooting, still there. I've only tried to install one or 2 apps with the message there, so not sure if thats actually been affected.
settings-->sdcard & phone storage-->internal storage shows 14.83mb
quick system info shows:
sd card storage free 2.14gb
a2sd storage 249mb free (total 457mb)
system cache 129mb free
memory 37.35mb free
there doesn't seem to be any more processes running than usual - only around 3-4.
I do have quite a lot of apps, over 100, probably closer to 200, I havent counted.
btw thanks to everyone on this site, I'm new to flashing roms but having fun learning, and my phones definitely got a new lease of life.
use the apps2sd checker to make sure its working. If it is id say increase your partition from 512 to more
Just because the app is installed on the sd card (assuming its working properly) doesn't mean the davilk cache for the app has moved. unless you move this as well (which isn't really recommended) each time you install an app system memory will still go down a little.
Lennyuk said:
Just because the app is installed on the sd card (assuming its working properly) doesn't mean the davilk cache for the app has moved. unless you move this as well (which isn't really recommended) each time you install an app system memory will still go down a little.
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http://4943922026776299669-a-180274...lcSrZUn2-7KkHiRo-ew0R2SEebAQ==&attredirects=0
u need this which is an update. copy this file into the root of the memory card and through the recovery image install it from "zip file from sdcard"
after that restart the phone and check your memory is should be 120mb
Indy_Hero said:
use the apps2sd checker to make sure its working. If it is id say increase your partition from 512 to more
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thanks for the suggestion
a2sd check script says its working fine, also checked via adb shell.
This is what I then did to the partition size:
I copied SD card contents (both partitions) into ubuntu.
then I put SD back into phone and repartitioned using 1gb for ext2
then I copied back SD card contents from ubuntu.
I assumed this would work, but when I booted I was getting FC all the time. Bart backup sorted it out but I am still left wondering why this method of increasing partition size didnt work??
In any case quick system info shows a2sd has more space, but still got low space message.
qasi said:
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u need this which is an update. copy this file into the root of the memory card and through the recovery image install it from "zip file from sdcard"
after that restart the phone and check your memory is should be 120mb
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seems to have solved the problem!! thanks alot mate.
would you by any chance out of interest know why copying ext2 contents from sdcard as outlined above didnt work? - may have some future relevance if changing/upgrading roms.
Thanks again
neuro_99 said:
thanks for the suggestion
a2sd check script says its working fine, also checked via adb shell.
This is what I then did to the partition size:
I copied SD card contents (both partitions) into ubuntu.
then I put SD back into phone and repartitioned using 1gb for ext2
then I copied back SD card contents from ubuntu.
I assumed this would work, but when I booted I was getting FC all the time. Bart backup sorted it out but I am still left wondering why this method of increasing partition size didnt work??
In any case quick system info shows a2sd has more space, but still got low space message.
seems to have solved the problem!! thanks alot mate.
would you by any chance out of interest know why copying ext2 contents from sdcard as outlined above didnt work? - may have some future relevance if changing/upgrading roms.
Thanks again
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this is because the ramon recovery image had been linked with ext2 with a 512mb partition and u selected 1gb. im not quite sure about that.
chnagin rom is quite simple beucase you have to is
1.backup using nandroid
2.make sure you wipe everything. (also battery and rotating settings)
3. Re partition your sdcard to hold 1 ext2 partition and last partition should be the rest in fat32
4. Flash the rom you want through "zip file from sd card"
5. Reboot.
im a newb so i dont have much knowledge but patching up problems that i had, so that i can help others.
it can be pain especailly rooting!!!
So thats how you would flash a rom, but what if you wanted to keep your a2sd apps? So you dont have to install them all over again in the new rom when you wiped everything.
I think I read somewhere that it should be possible to leave the contents of ext2 as it is, and that should carry forward to the next rom, but I havent been able to test it myself yet.
Sorted it out the hard way - repartitioned with FAT and lost all my apps. Installed them quickly enough with Applanet App Market.
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Hello XDA. A few months ago I partitioned my 2GB SD-card to use with a custom made 2.1 ROM I used to have and I have not changed this partitioning ever since, I've been using it with MiniCM and it works alright.
My question is: Could I or could I not partition it back to FAT so I don't have any ext without problems? Or do I need to reinstall MiniCM if I installed it with an ext partition?
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One thing you need to check is if you have chosen 'internal memory' as the place to download applications that you may have downloaded/installed after installing CM1.In that case,choose the 'move to phone' option so that you don't have any apps stored on your ext partition.As long as you have stored apps either in the phone or external which is the FAT partition,there will be no problem at all in getting rid of the partition.Personally,I have never liked any of these ext partitions because I think they slow down the apps stored on them!
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Please clearly state which ROM are you going to flash, and the current partition details, partition(s) and size, filesystem ;-)
what is the ext2/ext3 partitions being used for ? are they only for setup new roms or for use while running the device?
i havent noticed any change with or without ext3 partition beside the low space left on the 2gb memory card...
eladmagen said:
what is the ext2/ext3 partitions being used for ? are they only for setup new roms or for use while running the device?
i havent noticed any change with or without ext3 partition beside the low space left on the 2gb memory card...
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ext partitions are required to install apps2sd or link2sd so that you can store downloaded applications there instead of clogging your phone memory.These are not required if your OS is Froyo and higher since there is a native apps2sd which helps you move applications to the main FAT portion off the sd card.
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My progress so far posted here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490116:
ps3taker said:
If you want app data to be moved to external sd Link2Sd works but with a few extra steps only. Here is how I manage this on mine.
Installed Link2SD on tablet.
Formatted external card (in my case a 32GB microsd in an SD adapter) on my laptop using EASEUS to have to PRIMARY partitions 1st in FAT32 and second in EXT3 formats.
At first Link2SD does not recognise any ext partition present and if I try to recreate mounting script on it telling it EXT3 format it says something like could not do, directory does not exist or similar.
Then after a reboot Link2sd warning pops up saying the sd card was not mounted at boot and therefore the system did not load apps on it. You have an option to recreate a mounting script (which I did not need to do as did it already previously) and the quick reboot option (which is different from the regular reboot in the way that it only restarts the android interface not the whole hardware) - so I do this reboot and after everything starts you can see the extra partition and use it.
So currently quick reboot is needed after every total shutdown of the tablet - thankfully I almost never shut down the tablet completely unless run out of battery completely or some other rare reason or testing like this one.
Also note that quick reboot sometimes gives a close/wait warning just after it is done - I always chose wait and everything seemed ok after that.
Make sure you give Link2sd superuser permission. I decided to leave out Lib out of the app data I link because I noticed that if I move data back to internal storage link2SD shows that libs are unlinked already/ I know there is an option in link2sd to relink libs at boot but I was not able to confirm if it works and they tend to take little space internally anyway.
Regarding extra partition size I tried less than 1GB and ca 14Gb. With bigger than 1GB partition it seems to recognise its size in link2sd but once you move more than 1gb data to it does not reflect the increase above 1gb but still seems to make the apps I moved before and after that work still.
I wonder if multi mount widget could help when combined with link2SD somehow. My guess best solution would be to make android mount external card early in its boot.
Hope it helps
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I have not tried EXT2/4 and FAT/32 formats for the second partition - maybe someone could report on that and regarding >1GB data on it. I tried having 3 partitions at the same time FAT32, EXT2 and EXT3 but link2SD did not see any extra partition then.
When experimenting before changing partitions I unlinked apps first in order to not lose the apps and having to reinstall them.
ps3taker said:
I have not tried EXT2/4 and FAT/32 formats for the second partition - maybe someone could report on that and regarding >1GB data on it. I tried having 3 partitions at the same time FAT32, EXT2 and EXT3 but link2SD did not see any extra partition then.
When experimenting before changing partitions I unlinked apps first in order to not lose the apps and having to reinstall them.
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does it work? i mean can we move installed applications to external sd card?
Linksd will link your apps to the SD card, but will occupy some of internal memory space a few kb's ..
kadji9 said:
Linksd will link your apps to the SD card, but will occupy some of internal memory space a few kb's ..
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what about cache for games? for example GTA3 needs approximately gigabyte of memory cache.
metroll said:
what about cache for games? for example GTA3 needs approximately gigabyte of memory cache.
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I think they will go to SD card with link2sd installed,
kadji9 said:
I think they will go to SD card with link2sd installed,
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oh no. they are not.
i read more forum and info and understood how to do this. you need to use apllication like LINK2SD, it also make games think that they are use usb memory. but in reality they are using SD memory. this program named GSCRIPT.
Sorry for my english.
guys guys, i think we need to work on one thread. We seem to be having two threads that are covering the same problem. two thread one problems aint gonna work.
Would it not be better to gather all information that is relevant to the problem and work together to achieve our aims.
I for one would love this to be sorted but having tried the link2sd and mounting a script within the mnt/sd I believe we need to re group and work this.
D.
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Linksd will link your apps to the SD card, but will occupy some of internal memory space a few kb's ..
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Do you have the evidence to this, if so could you enlighten me on the steps to achieve this please.
D.
I use link2sd in my Htc, because it have only 100mb of internal storage.
With a microsd 16gb and link2sd i'm able to install every app i want, a currently i have 80 installed in my Htc With only 100mb of internal memory
kadji9 said:
I use link2sd in my Htc, because it have only 100mb of internal storage.
With a microsd 16gb and link2sd i'm able to install every app i want, a currently i have 80 installed in my Htc With only 100mb of internal memory
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I understand what you are saying but the htc and sony are two different beasts. The htc can use the external sd as storage but at present the sony can only use the sd for transfering data and it will not allow game data to be transfered.
THis is not the solution. Do you actually have a sony? If so you will know this being the case.
i installed Link2sd on Sony Tablet S, and it works very good. all programs now on external SD card. also i installed GScript and now all cache for games located on external SD. Also i made that OEM music player and Gallery open all files from SD card without any problem.
and else when i connect Sony Tablet with computer i can also see and use SD cards memory that inserted in tablet.
Are you saying that game data from lets say gameloft goto external sd card?
I have just re tried to install gta and I can confirm the data still goes to internal storage. What gscript did you use?
metroll said:
i installed Link2sd on Sony Tablet S, and it works very good. all programs now on external SD card. also i installed GScript and now all cache for games located on external SD. Also i made that OEM music player and Gallery open all files from SD card without any problem.
and else when i connect Sony Tablet with computer i can also see and use SD cards memory that inserted in tablet.
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Can you please post a tutorial?
diddy64 said:
Are you saying that game data from lets say gameloft goto external sd card?
I have just re tried to install gta and I can confirm the data still goes to internal storage. What gscript did you use?
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yes i said that. program name Gscript. there you must add new script and wrote there a way which should make a game think that it still works in internal memory but really it use sd cards memory. script make link to sd card folder.
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kadji9 said:
Can you please post a tutorial?
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i will try to write it later. but it difficult for me to write it on english. i wil try later.
Ok thanks just put it by steps it easier
Step 1: Install this.... etc... bla bla bla
Step 2: bla bla bla..
metroll said:
yes i said that. program name Gscript. there you must add new script and wrote there a way which should make a game think that it still works in internal memory but really it use sd cards memory. script make link to sd card folder.
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i will try to write it later. but it difficult for me to write it on english. i wil try later.
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Write in russian - I will translate. Thank you
ps3taker said:
Write in russian - I will translate. Thank you
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on russian a have already wrote on russian forum. you really can translate it?
here it is:
link about how to install games on SD card (i used your instruction about Link2SD, THANX):
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=287902&view=findpost&p=11479078
and link for instruction how to move cache of games to sd card, how to make sd card visible on PC while connecting by usb cable, and how to make all media from sd card visible on OEM player, gallery and etc.:
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=287902&view=findpost&p=11482258
I was busy with something else and only noticed your post now - will summarize your second post in english soon - maybe tomorrow evening.
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What happened with this project guys?
Thank's good work!"
Hi,
I looked on forum for some summary what is general use of SD-ext partition.
So far I found some explanations and some solutions for CM ROMs.
So, if I uderstand correctly, I can use sd-ext
- either as seamless extension of internal partitions (/data, /system, /cache), for more storage
- and/or for installing apps on SD card, that work when SD card is connected to PC ass mass storage
Is it right?
I am on AOKP ROM, I tried to use it for moving apps with Link2SD and Android Assistent, but they tried to move apps to sdcard.
So, what is correct use of sd-ext and how to make it with AOKP? Mainly I want to extend internal storage (384MB)
I think you need to have a ext3 partition in the SD...
try this method...
MrTapa said:
Ok so I am gonna make an easy guide. But befor i start i will say the requirements
Requirements
1.Rooted
2.Busybox installed(v19.4 reccomended)
4.Card reader
So here we are.
1.Download MiniTool Partition
2.Remove the sd-card from phone and put it in a card reader and plug in pc.
4.Select only important files like Pictures, Music , Titanium and clockworkmod backups and all that important stuff for you
5.Copy them to a folder in computer.
6.Install MiniToolPartition and open it.
7.You will see your hard drives and your sd card.
8. Right click on sd card and click delete. Then again right click and Create.
9.Select "File System:" FAT when you have 2GB or smaller card.
Select "File System:" FAT32 when you have 4GB or greater card.
10.Dont select the whole volume. Select for example if you have 4GB card select 3GB if you want your sd-ext to be 1GB
11.When you are done.Again right click on the sd card and create ext2 or ext3 partition.Then select the full volume allwoed.
12.Make sure that this volume is enough for all apps on your phone.
13.Whn you are done click on the apply button on the top left corner. Wait for it to finish. When you are done. Copy teh prevously backed up data to the card.
14.Put it on the phone and on the market download Link2SD
15.Run the app and it will ask for root.Then select your tipe of partition. tehn reboot.
16.After reboot go to the app and you can mult iselect your apps with the options menu. Then in actions.Click Create link. Then ok.
17.You are done. Now you have a cleaner sd and initial storage
FAQ:
Q:What is sd-ext partition.
A: Its a tipe of partiton than linux supports so Android can use it as an initial memory.
Q:Why i dont see more space when i go to Apps in phones settings
A:The phone cant display sd-ext partiton. you can view it via Link2SD.(Otions>Storage info)
Alternetive version of discribing:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338708
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750888
thanks!
I used MiniTool Partition Wizard but Neo couldn't find it.
Luckily I found this http://www.butonic.de/2012/03/14/partitioning-the-sd-card-for-app2ext-with-adb-shell/ and was able to fdisk my sdcard from putty connected to sshdroid. Now SD is correctly formatted and Link2SD created mount script.
I can't tell if it works or no. From what I expect, there should be more MB when I look at Settings -> Storage, because Link2SD extends my internal storage... but there is still the same ~420MB.
Can it be that Link2SD silently moves new apps to /sd-ext, but internal storage is still the same?
DarshanaXN said:
I think you need to have a ext3 partition in the SD...
try this method...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750888
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PetrGasparik said:
thanks!
I can't tell if it works or no. From what I expect, there should be more MB when I look at Settings -> Storage, because Link2SD extends my internal storage... but there is still the same ~420MB.
Can it be that Link2SD silently moves new apps to /sd-ext, but internal storage is still the same?
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I think you missed this line in my post.
Q:Why i dont see more space when i go to Apps
in phones settings
A:The phone cant display sd-ext partiton. you
can view it via Link2SD.(Otions>Storage info)
although phone settings doesn't display about sd-ext you may see that amount of free storage increases as you create links with link2sd. I've attached two screenshots showing one before linking asphalt and anti terror shooter to sd-ext and after linking.
I had the same problem with minitool. then I used CWM to partition the sd.
u need to format ur SD to ext2 and you need link2sd app
indycar said:
u need to format ur SD to ext2 and you need link2sd app
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It depends on the kernel which file format it supports.
The FAQs from link2sd says that fat 32 is supported by every Android / kernel for SD ext partition.
This is my still unused SD ext fat 32 partition.
So if you are not sure fat 32 should always do the work. By the way mini partition tool works great.
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use ext 2
ext3 and 4 didnt work on my neo
Hi,
I used Link2SD for some time. I had some troubles with ROM - random reboots, YT not working etc
I stopped using Link2SD, because I tried to eliminate everything "unnatural".
At the end, I changed ROM from AOKP to Paranoid and it solved all these troubles (there are some new ones )
Now, then I installed Link2SD and try to create mount script, Link2SD fails with "Mounting script cannot be created"
what do you suggest? reformat card partition? I would like to re-link apps that are there.
DarshanaXN said:
I think you missed this line in my post.
Q:Why i dont see more space when i go to Apps
in phones settings
A:The phone cant display sd-ext partiton. you
can view it via Link2SD.(Otions>Storage info)
although phone settings doesn't display about sd-ext you may see that amount of free storage increases as you create links with link2sd. I've attached two screenshots showing one before linking asphalt and anti terror shooter to sd-ext and after linking.
I had the same problem with minitool. then I used CWM to partition the sd.
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Yeah, you're right. It is still a little of mystery for me, but hey, I learn to use it
Anyway, Minitool IS great, but when I formatted a card with it, phone couldn't read it. So I had to use ssh to phone.
Hello all. I am new to the forums and to Android, so bear with me.
I have been searching around for the past few days for a way to solve the issue that I am having and have not been able to find anything that works for me. So here it is:
I have an LG Optimus L5 II (LG-E450B) running stock Android 4.1.2 (non-rooted) Kernel Version 3.4.0. My carrier is Virgin Mobile (Canada). I recently realized that the stock 2GB of internal memory is not nearly enough for me, so I went out and bought a 16GB Sandisk microSD card. I put music on it, set photos to autosave on it, etc. which all worked great. However, I have been unable to get some apps to move over correctly.
I realize that some apps can't really get moved (at least without rooting, etc). The app I am specifically trying to work with is iBird pro. It's App Info appears as such:
Total: 641 MB
App: 12.68 MB
USB storage app: 628 MB
Data: 4.00 KB
SD Card: 0.00B
The "Move to SD Card" option is available, but when I do it all that it does is drop the App to 3.51MB and up the USB storage app to 637MB. All of which stays on the internal memory. Obviously it is only moving 9MB or so of App to the virtual SD internal memory (which I believe is what shows up in my files manager as /storage/sdcard0, so it doesn't actually move it to the SD card (though a few other apps have sucessfully been moved).
I have tried using App2SD, but it says that the program is not supported by my device (and the iBird Pro shows up as "Phone Only" anyway).
I have tried the ADB hack trick set-install-location 2 and reinstalled the app and still nothing, it just saved on the internal memory.
Finally, when I open the app, it also downloads another ~600MB of database data (bird songs, pictures, etc), which also saves on the internal memory. Or at least tries to but the memory gets full and it stops the download.
Anyone have any ideas for me? I know a lot of people ask this question, but none of the other solutions I came across seemed to help me. I would really appreciate it! I would prefer not to root my phone, by the way. Unless of course someone can make me an incredibly convincing argument.
Cheers!
This is how android's built-in app2sd works.
I don't think you can do anything w/o root.
I suggest rooting, make a second partition to your SD card (2-4 GB) and use link2sd.
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There are oh so many reasons to root your phone and few not but that choice is yours
Sounds like only some of the data/libraries are able to me to SD on this app of yours so if you don't want to root it than you'll have to leave it on internal.
And FYI, many apps don't play well or are slowed considerably on SD, so be careful what you move and if you don't Yardley use an app its best to just not even download it, but again choice is yours
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if you can't do root so sit back and relax.
Ok, so I decided to root. Which was actually freakishly easy. So how do I move stuff now? I have tried a number of apps, all of which only bring up "App Options" and we have determined that the "Move to SD" option there doesn't work correctly. I just want to figure out how to get the app and all of the data that it will download later to install on the SD, I never thought it would be quite this complicated.
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Ok, so I decided to root. Which was actually freakishly easy. So how do I move stuff now? I have tried a number of apps, all of which only bring up "App Options" and we have determined that the "Move to SD" option there doesn't work correctly. I just want to figure out how to get the app and all of the data that it will download later to install on the SD, I never thought it would be quite this complicated.
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Use Link2SD.
Make a second partition (2-4 GB) and move (link) that app to the second partition.
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Tried Link2Sd? I would rather use that.
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Ok, so I partitioned my 16GB card into two FAT32 partitions (10 GB and 4 GB) and a Swap Partition of ~850MB (roughly following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126363). However, when I opened Link2SD and tried to select FAT32/FAT16 as the file system of the SD card's second partition it came up with the Mount Script Error "Mount script cannot be created. mount: I/O error". I had tried formatting with Ext4 and Ext2 file systems as well earlier, but when I selected either it said ext2 or ext4 (whichever I was trying to use) was not supported by my device (which I am assuming means my kernel does not support either).
Edit: Ok, so I changed it. I deleted the Swap partition (couldn't get the swap stuff to work anyway, it's not required right?). There is now 1 10GB partition and 1 5GB partition. Link2SD created the mount link just fine this time. Testing it out. "Install Location" gives a Warning "App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card." Does this mean that I can't automatically link files to the SD card?
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Ok, so I partitioned my 16GB card into two FAT32 partitions (10 GB and 4 GB) and a Swap Partition of ~850MB (roughly following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126363). However, when I opened Link2SD and tried to select FAT32/FAT16 as the file system of the SD card's second partition it came up with the Mount Script Error "Mount script cannot be created. mount: I/O error". I had tried formatting with Ext4 and Ext2 file systems as well earlier, but when I selected either it said ext2 or ext4 (whichever I was trying to use) was not supported by my device (which I am assuming means my kernel does not support either).
Edit: Ok, so I changed it. I deleted the Swap partition (couldn't get the swap stuff to work anyway, it's not required right?). There is now 1 10GB partition and 1 5GB partition. Link2SD created the mount link just fine this time. Testing it out. "Install Location" gives a Warning "App2SD is not supported by your device. Because your device has a primary external storage which is emulated from the internal storage. You can link the app in order to move its files to your SD card." Does this mean that I can't automatically link files to the SD card?
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Swap IS NOT needed.
Second partition should be ext 2/3/4.
Test to see if auto-link works.
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Vagelis1608 said:
Swap IS NOT needed.
Second partition should be ext 2/3/4.
Test to see if auto-link works.
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Good to know swap isn't needed. However, Link2SD did keep saying that Ext2 or Ext4 wasn't supported. I can try it again though.
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Good to know swap isn't needed. However, Link2SD did keep saying that Ext2 or Ext4 wasn't supported. I can try it again though.
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Use Ext3. If it doesn't work use FAT. It can get buggy (not very often).
Also I think that if you can link apps 1 by 1, then you can (probably) use auto-link as well.
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Vagelis1608 said:
Use Ext3. If it doesn't work use FAT. It can get buggy (not very often).
Also I think that if you can link apps 1 by 1, then you can (probably) use auto-link as well.
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Ok, so Ext3 didn't work. So I stuck with the second partition being FAT32 as well. The mount worked fine.
When I try to create the link I get the following error: "Failure. create_link.com.whatbird.pro[1]: can't create /data/sdext2/data/com. whatbird.pro/lib/libfileutils.so: I/O error"
I was able to move the bulk of the apps Obb files to the SD using FolderMount. However, I am unsure how to move the 650MB Misc. data files to the SD.
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Ok, so Ext3 didn't work. So I stuck with the second partition being FAT32 as well. The mount worked fine.
When I try to create the link I get the following error: "Failure. create_link.com.whatbird.pro[1]: can't create /data/sdext2/data/com. whatbird.pro/lib/libfileutils.so: I/O error"
I was able to move the bulk of the apps Obb files to the SD using FolderMount. However, I am unsure how to move the 650MB Misc. data files to the SD.
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Flash CWM recovery, in 'mounts and storage' press 'format SD-Ext'. This fixes the I/O error (I think).
If the misc files are libs then ALL of them can be moved/linked.
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Vagelis1608 said:
Flash CWM recovery, in 'mounts and storage' press 'format SD-Ext'. This fixes the I/O error (I think).
If the misc files are libs then ALL of them can be moved/linked.
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ROM Manager does not list the LG- E450B as a device supported by CWM Recovery so it won't to an install of CWM Recovery,
Benjiboy180 said:
ROM Manager does not list the LG- E450B as a device supported by CWM Recovery so it won't to an install of CWM Recovery,
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Look for a custom build here on XDA.
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