As the title states, I have a second partition on my flash drive and I want to know if there's any way to make remix os see it.
The reason I want the second partition is, I have an idea to use Link2SD to overcome the ~4GB data limit on flash drives. (Yes I know there are guides for extending the data img, that doesn't work on flash drives, only for NTFS hard drive partitions for those of us who dual boot)
No need to use this bullcrap idea. Just add "INSTALL=1" after pressing TAB while you are on the resident mode selection.
immadeofpixels27 said:
As the title states, I have a second partition on my flash drive and I want to know if there's any way to make remix os see it.
The reason I want the second partition is, I have an idea to use Link2SD to overcome the ~4GB data limit on flash drives. (Yes I know there are guides for extending the data img, that doesn't work on flash drives, only for NTFS hard drive partitions for those of us who dual boot)
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TheBasterd said:
No need to use this bullcrap idea. Just add "INSTALL=1" after pressing TAB while you are on the resident mode selection.
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Edit....see post below. I should of edited this one rather than post a new one but wasn't thinking at the time.
TheBasterd said:
No need to use this bullcrap idea. Just add "INSTALL=1" after pressing TAB while you are on the resident mode selection.
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1) watch your manners
2) doesn't work properly to format the flash drive from the flash drive. I tried it.
immadeofpixels27 said:
As the title states, I have a second partition on my flash drive and I want to know if there's any way to make remix os see it.
The reason I want the second partition is, I have an idea to use Link2SD to overcome the ~4GB data limit on flash drives. (Yes I know there are guides for extending the data img, that doesn't work on flash drives, only for NTFS hard drive partitions for those of us who dual boot)
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Found this....
http://fatminmin.com/blog/install-remix-os-to-disk.html
I am running Remix OS and I have multiple partitions on my usb sd card. 20GB partition for Linux using Linux Deploy app, 2GB Linux Swap Partition, and the rest to Remix OS(32GB sdcard).
adfurgerson said:
Found this....
http://fatminmin.com/blog/install-remix-os-to-disk.html
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What's all that about qemu/kvm and usb pass-through?
rsktkr1 said:
I am running Remix OS and I have multiple partitions on my usb sd card. 20GB partition for Linux using Linux Deploy app, 2GB Linux Swap Partition, and the rest to Remix OS(32GB sdcard).
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Cool, but what I'm wanting to do is mount an ext4 partition on the flash drive to /mnt/ext2fs within Remix OS (or something like that, it's where link2sd mounts the 2nd sdcard partition normally)
immadeofpixels27 said:
What's all that about qemu/kvm and usb pass-through?
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I don't have a clue.
adfurgerson said:
I don't have a clue.
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Think he might be using a Linux distro?
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Think he might be using a Linux distro?
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It is some kind emulator or virtual machine from what I found here.
http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page
Not sure why it was needed or how it works.
I have been following this forum plus a Remix subreddit and Jide's Google group trying to get a feel for what is going on, but must admit I know very little about PC's and nothing about Linux.
adfurgerson said:
It is some kind emulator or virtual machine from what I found here.
http://wiki.qemu.org/Main_Page
Not sure why it was needed or how it works.
I have been following this forum plus a Remix subreddit and Jide's Google group trying to get a feel for what is going on, but must admit I know very little about PC's and nothing about Linux.
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All I know is that this os has a lot of maturing to do
immadeofpixels27 said:
1) watch your manners
2) doesn't work properly to format the flash drive from the flash drive. I tried it.
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1) watch your manners
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Go get yourself some icecream dude, you need it.
2) doesn't work properly to format the flash drive from the flash drive. I tried it.
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Well, then you are a noob. You dont even know how to install it properly. I have installed a remix os on a flash drive 32 gb using ext4 partition and it works without any problem.
TheBasterd said:
1) watch your manners
Go get yourself some icecream dude, you need it.
2) doesn't work properly to format the flash drive from the flash drive. I tried it.
Well, then you are a noob. You dont even know how to install it properly. I have installed a remix os on a flash drive 32 gb using ext4 partition and it works without any problem.
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See this is what I'm talking about with the manners. You're not winning any friends, admirers, or respect by being this rude.
I've tried multiple times to use install=1 to format my flash drive. It always fails, and then remix won't boot until I reformat the drive back to fat32 and reinstall.
immadeofpixels27 said:
See this is what I'm talking about with the manners. You're not winning any friends, admirers, or respect by being this rude.
I've tried multiple times to use install=1 to format my flash drive. It always fails, and then remix won't boot until I reformat the drive back to fat32 and reinstall.
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GAAAAAAH! Fine.
Well, first an apology is in order I guess. Done.
Now, moving on.
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/how-to-install-remix-os-to-hdd-using-t3300120
Check this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3304667
How to Mount or Show Windows Hard Disk Partition in Remix OS
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TheBasterd said:
GAAAAAAH! Fine.
Well, first an apology is in order I guess. Done.
Now, moving on.
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/how-to-install-remix-os-to-hdd-using-t3300120
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Check this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3304667
How to Mount or Show Windows Hard Disk Partition in Remix OS
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Thank you both
Related
I haven't received my SGS2 yet, but I saw some reports saying, that the galaxy s II can handle external drives if formatted to FAT32.
However, it doesn't recognize EXT2/3/4 and NTFS.
The question is what modifications are to be done (kernel drivers, etc) for mounting an EXT or NTFS drive? The kernel supposed to be capable to handle EXT, because the system sits on an EXT4 partition.
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Good question, since FAT32 has it's size limits for files (big video file).
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Good question, since FAT32 has it's size limits for files (big video file).
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Exactly, this is one important motive. Another is the capability to manipulate files on an external hard drive.
I know, ntfs is tricky, but ext would do the job as well, just need a linux live CD or a driver for win7.
According to the Modaco forum (http://android.modaco.com/content/s...316579/format-type-for-external-microsd-ntfs/ )
it is possible to format a memory card with Busybox to ext2.
In the i9000 forum, one reportedly tried it with SGS but ran into issues.. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799054)
I don't know if it works on the galaxy s II...
tamas970 said:
Exactly, this is one important motive. Another is the capability to manipulate files on an external hard drive.
I know, ntfs is tricky, but ext would do the job as well, just need a linux live CD or a driver for win7.
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Linux can handle ntfs quite nicel ever since the ntfs-3g driver was released in 2006; I don't know how to get it working in android though, does android have udev rules?
godutch said:
Linux can handle ntfs quite nicel ever since the ntfs-3g driver was released in 2006; I don't know how to get it working in android though, does android have udev rules?
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Indeed Android is a linux variant, however the ntfs support is not built in, the kernel is chopped quite a bit. I would be fine with ext2/3/4, but these have to be hacked as well
BTW, does anyone know if Busybox is working on SGS-2?
Ntfs-3g is a userspace driver it is not included in the kernel, it needs fuse however.
So NTFS won't work without a new (bigger...) kernel?
NTFS would be nicest, as it plays well with both Win and Linux.
Formatting a memory card to ext is easy from any Linux box, however ext was not designed to be used on memory cards (something about cluster sizes and write access frequencies; a buddy of mine strongly advised against it as it would kill my SD card much faster because of significantly higher random writes using ext).
Also, afaik there is no (usable) ext driver for Windows. I installed a ext2 driver a long time ago, and it made my system almost unusable and was unable to read the ext filesystem I wanted it to read.
Likely the easier way is to get ntfs-3g support running, but we'll see.
I would be fine with ext2 and use a liveCD when moving data. compiling ntfs-3g is probably not healthy for the android kernel...
EXT3-4 are not that good for flash, because they involve much more writing (jurnal, etc) than ext2/fat/ntfs. Therefore ext2 seems to be the only reasonable solution for memory cards/SSD-s or ext3/4 for external HDD.
The question is how to make an ext2 formatted external HDD work with SGS-2? (OTG cable and powered usb hub given)
Ciddy said:
Also, afaik there is no (usable) ext driver for Windows. I installed a ext2 driver a long time ago, and it made my system almost unusable and was unable to read the ext filesystem I wanted it to read..
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Check this out: http://www.ext2fsd.com/.
Works flawlessly on my Windows 7 Professional x64.
m0rtiis said:
Check this out: http://www.ext2fsd.com/.
Works flawlessly on my Windows 7 Professional x64.
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Now we only have to convince the Android sitting on SGS-2 to eat the EXT2 media
Which powered usb hub?
Does anyone know about restrictions on which powered USB hubs can be used?
I am planning to buy a powered USB 3.0 hub (backwards compatible), should it work with SGS-2's OTG?
m0rtiis said:
Check this out: http://www.ext2fsd.com/.
Works flawlessly on my Windows 7 Professional x64.
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I don't see, that It's capable to CREATE or format EXT2 partitions, so that linux live CD is still needed.
tamas970 said:
I don't see, that It's capable to CREATE or format EXT2 partitions, so that linux live CD is still needed.
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It isn't, that wasn't what I said. It was really off topic, but it works well if you want to read ext2 on Windows.
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tamas970 said:
I don't see, that It's capable to CREATE or format EXT2 partitions, so that linux live CD is still needed.
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This can also be done using fdisk if you have Busybox with either ADB or a terminal emulator right?
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MaBlo said:
This can also be done using fdisk if you have Busybox with either ADB or a terminal emulator right?
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Indeed, you can use mke2fs on phone directly.
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I tried ext2, created with gparted/ubuntu->the phone (stock ROM, no root, no busybox) does not recognize it. Next step is rooting+busybox...
tamas970 said:
I tried ext2, created with gparted/ubuntu->the phone (stock ROM, no root, no busybox) does not recognize it. Next step is rooting+busybox...
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Did you actually create the file system or did you just create a partition?
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Did you actually create the file system or did you just create a partition?
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I created the file system as well (linux had no problems reading/writing) and there were no other partitions on the card.
I've read so many different threads about EXT partition but none have the answer I'm looking for.
Are EXT partitions only available for custom roms?
Is it possible to make one on my Ace without installing a custom rom?
I installed Links2SD and It's not really doing much of anything and I still have the same full internal memory issue. I also looked up Rom manager on the market. Can I make a partition with it?
I've been deleting and installing apps all day long and I'm tired of not having enough space. I have an 8GB class 4 micro SD.
Can I get some help please? :/
SuperAce609 said:
I've read so many different threads about EXT partition but none have the answer I'm looking for.
Are EXT partitions only available for custom roms?
Is it possible to make one on my Ace without installing a custom rom?
I installed Links2SD and It's not really doing much of anything and I still have the same full internal memory issue. I also looked up Rom manager on the market. Can I make a partition with it?
I've been deleting and installing apps all day long and I'm tired of not having enough space. I have an 8GB class 4 micro SD.
Can I get some help please? :/
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1.) I am on a stock ROM coupled to a 8GB Class 4 card and i am making use of a ext4 partition. That makes my experience relevant to your interest
2.) Do you know what the ext4 is meant for?
3.) DO NOT USE THE ROM MANAGER. IT WILL BRICK YOUR S5830.
4.) To answer your question, go here http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php, download and burn the iso and boot into Gparted. Use GParted to make an ext 4 partition. BACKUP your entire SD card before doing so as partitioning wipes everything in the card.
Minitool partition, if you are a windows user. The interface is extremely simple.
consegregate said:
Minitool partition, if you are a windows user. The interface is extremely simple.
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Heard of some bad comments using minitools. recommended to use Gparted via its live cd.
I run it fine my friend. Never got errors.
consegregate said:
I run it fine my friend. Never got errors.
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Hey!
Same here. I done it with Minitool in several SD cards, maybe 3-5 times. NO PROBS!
CHEESR!
happily1986 said:
Heard of some bad comments using minitools. recommended to use Gparted via its live cd.
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u have a higher chance of damaging ur pc hard disk when using gparted livecd. just a single wrong click and all ur data will be gone, or even corrupt the hard disk itself. linux livecd is not something to mess around when u dont know what ur doing. minitool partition wizard is working just fine for me, never had any problem with it.
an0nym0us_ said:
u have a higher chance of damaging ur pc hard disk when using gparted livecd. just a single wrong click and all ur data will be gone, or even corrupt the hard disk itself. linux livecd is not something to mess around when u dont know what ur doing. minitool partition wizard is working just fine for me, never had any problem with it.
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beg to differ. Gparted comes in a GUI and one has to be careful on selecting the right disk to work with. Other than that, i don't see how one can accidentally partition the HDD containing Windows.
happily1986 said:
beg to differ. Gparted comes in a GUI and one has to be careful on selecting the right disk to work with. Other than that, i don't see how one can accidentally partition the HDD containing Windows.
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thats my point, be careful. one wrong click and all ur data is gone.
as i said, linux livecd is not something to be mess around, moreover just to partition sdcard. once i manage to corrupt my laptop bios when booting a linux livecd
an0nym0us_ said:
thats my point, be careful. one wrong click and all ur data is gone.
as i said, linux livecd is not something to be mess around, moreover just to partition sdcard. once i manage to corrupt my laptop bios when booting a linux livecd
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I will be mindful of that. thank you.
consegregate said:
Minitool partition, if you are a windows user. The interface is extremely simple.
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Downloaded it and I'm currently taking out everything of my SD card to try it out. Thanks! *clicks button*
I'll post whatever happens.
Okay, can you guys tell me the steps for this thing? I just opened it and I have no idea what to do or what format to make my SD card
EDIT: I made a 1GB partition but it doesn't have a format or anything. It just says (Unallocated). How can I fix this?
Ive got a torrent app (ttorrent) and its a great app. There is a free version but you can unlock it for .99 for unlimited download speeds.
On my Droid Pro I had never downloaded any files that were over 900mb due to only having a 2GB SD card. Since ive gotten the Razr, i upgraded to a 32GB SD.
Earlier today i started to download a 6+ GB file. After a while i just canceled it due to not enough seeding. But now whenever I go to download anything over a 4GB file, I get an error message (screen shot below).
Any ideas on what to do?
I havnt emailed the app creator because I think its something with the phone and not the app itself.
TIA
On Fat 32 sd cards you can only have files not bigger than 4GB.
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On Fat 32 sd cards you can only have files not bigger than 4GB.
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this is the problem....
it's not a phone or android limit
is a fat32 limit...
you can use ext3 or ext4(if i don't get wrong) for sdcard... but it will loose windows compatibility...
ext3 was compatible with xp and some downloadable drivers... but not sure it is with 7...
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On Fat 32 sd cards you can only have files not bigger than 4GB.
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Damn I didn't know that.
What other types of cards would allow larger downloads?
CaFFeiNe666 said:
you can use ext3 or ext4(if i don't get wrong) for sdcard... but it will loose windows compatibility...
ext3 was compatible with xp and some downloadable drivers... but not sure it is with 7...
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Try to make ext3 or ext4 partition on your card, what OS do you use on you PC? If Linux, you won't have problems.
grubynawro said:
Try to make ext3 or ext4 partition on your card, what OS do you use on you PC? If Linux, you won't have problems.
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Ill have to look into this.
My primary is Win 7, but i could get an XP machine at work.
So looking into partitioning my SD card, it seems like you can only create small partitions, like 512MB? Is there a way to create a bigger partition, like 10GB?
Just curious. Would the razr support exfat?
it might suppor ntfs; basically it is a linux kernel so it should support all filesystems supported by linux.
jake21 said:
it might suppor ntfs; basically it is a linux kernel so it should support all filesystems supported by linux.
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yes, it could probably...
buy... ntfs driver has NEVER been declared STABLE by those who work on it...
yes, "it works"... but you would never know before something happens....
this combined with the flash memory fact... surely linux ntfs driver (reverse engineered) is optimized for magnetic disks before anything...
i think is much better cutting away 1 or 2 gig from a movie, and split it
I have a galaxy s4 on Verizon, and was unlucky enough to update to the new ME7 build. I want to root and I know the only method out requires an SD card formatted to exfat. Please let me know if this is even possible and if so how to do it (to format the SD card to exfat). Thanks
ClassySandwiches said:
I have a galaxy s4 on Verizon, and was unlucky enough to update to the new ME7 build. I want to root and I know the only method out requires an SD card formatted to exfat. Please let me know if this is even possible and if so how to do it (to format the SD card to exfat). Thanks
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Try using Disk Utility in System settings. Make sure the microsd is in an adapter and not in your phone. From there you should be able to select format drive. You should get an window asking you what format. I haven't done exFAT in particular but I have had to use that tool for formatting before.
Dolphlungegrin said:
Try using Disk Utility in System settings. Make sure the microsd is in an adapter and not in your phone. From there you should be able to select format drive. You should get an window asking you what format. I haven't done exFAT in particular but I have had to use that tool for formatting before.
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Found what you were talking about. It tells me the disc is not writeable so therefore cannot change the format. Thanks a ton though, I've spent hours searching for an answer either way. Don't suppose there's a way to make it a read and write disk is there?
ClassySandwiches said:
Found what you were talking about. It tells me the disc is not writeable so therefore cannot change the format. Thanks a ton though, I've spent hours searching for an answer either way. Don't suppose there's a way to make it a read and write disk is there?
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Huh weird. Are there any toggles on the Msd or the adapter? Sometimes those are installed to prevent them from being re-written.
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Huh weird. Are there any toggles on the Msd or the adapter? Sometimes those are installed to prevent them from being re-written.
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What's the msd? The adapter was just one of the ones that looks like a normal SD card that the mini is plugged into. Could it be that the lock switch is in the wrong position? Didn't really check on that when I tried.
ClassySandwiches said:
What's the msd? The adapter was just one of the ones that looks like a normal SD card that the mini is plugged into. Could it be that the lock switch is in the wrong position? Didn't really check on that when I tried.
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Sorry microsd. I abbreviated to msd. yup that lock switch controls the read/write ability so change the position and try to reformat.
Dolphlungegrin said:
Sorry microsd. I abbreviated to msd. yup that lock switch controls the read/write ability so change the position and try to reformat.
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Haha my bad, there's only the lock switch on the adapter though
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Haha my bad, there's only the lock switch on the adapter though
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No worries haha. Right well those are on regular SD cards, but they kept them on the Microsd adapters too. I'm pretty sure you should try toggling it it get the drive to be reformatted.
Dolphlungegrin said:
Sorry microsd. I abbreviated to msd. yup that lock switch controls the read/write ability so change the position and try to reformat.
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Nice that seemed to do it, its in exfat now. Thanks a ton, couldn't believe no one else had the same question.
ClassySandwiches said:
Nice that seemed to do it, its in exfat now. Thanks a ton, couldn't believe no one else had the same question.
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No worries at all, glad I could be of help. Good luck with root.
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No worries at all, glad I could be of help. Good luck with root.
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if i could bug you for one more question, is there a big difference in rooting from mac to pc? doesnt seem like there is, but i was just wondering if any of the things you have to download are OS specific. Thanks
ClassySandwiches said:
if i could bug you for one more question, is there a big difference in rooting from mac to pc? doesnt seem like there is, but i was just wondering if any of the things you have to download are OS specific. Thanks
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Well you'll need to extract zip files. I can't remember if Mac can do that or not. I use a MBP but I installed Windows 7 in bootcamp and I use that for all my phone hacking. You might need to install 7zip or something of the sort in order to extract the files from the root exploit i think. Just a heads up. after you've unpacked the files. only download those onto the msd card. Don't include the zip file or you'll get a read error in terminal on your device.
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Well you'll need to extract zip files. I can't remember if Mac can do that or not. I use a MBP but I installed Windows 7 in bootcamp and I use that for all my phone hacking. You might need to install 7zip or something of the sort in order to extract the files from the root exploit i think. Just a heads up. after you've unpacked the files. only download those onto the msd card. Don't include the zip file or you'll get a read error in terminal on your device.
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Oh yea, Mac can do all that. Did a lot of that kind of stuff installing mods and stuff in minecraft. Thanks again
Gidday
I was real tired today when I got home and found a package containing a Samsung 256 Gig SD Card had arrived so I promptly put it in the phone and formatted it and then I must have done something wrong as the phone wouldn't read it...I was able to remove the card and find that Windows would read it no problems...
I know that this phone accepts 256 Gig cards so that isn't a problem so what else could it be??? Anyone have any tips to allow me to get back the use of the card?? What format should the card be formatted as and can it be formatted in Windows and then placed in the phone??
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Spacs gives SD Card support : up to 256 Go.
What SD tech is yours?
Didi you tried to format it via the computer and re insert it in the phone ?
Kéno40 said:
Spacs gives SD Card support : up to 256 Go.
What SD tech is yours?
Didi you tried to format it via the computer and re insert it in the phone ?
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I have formatted the card Ex-Fat on the computer and when I insert it into the phone it doesn't find it...I go to settings and when I click on storage the settings app crashes...
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brokey said:
I have formatted the card Ex-Fat on the computer and when I insert it into the phone it doesn't find it...I go to settings and when I click on storage the settings app crashes...
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Not all roms/kernels support ex-fat. What rom are you using?
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Not all roms/kernels support ex-fat. What rom are you using?
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Pixel Experience
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col
Gidday
Just an update, I have been trying everything to get the card working in the phone but nothing so far...I am able to see it in Windows and I can format it and reformat it to different file systems...ex-fat being the format of choice for Android phones...
One interesting thing I have noticed is that there is a 16mb partition on the card that I can't get rid of...this I think may be the problem...does anyone have any idea as to how to get rid of this partition and merge it with the rest of the card? I have tried using MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition but feel it might be something to do with Linux...am I close?
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brokey said:
Gidday
Just an update, I have been trying everything to get the card working in the phone but nothing so far...I am able to see it in Windows and I can format it and reformat it to different file systems...ex-fat being the format of choice for Android phones...
One interesting thing I have noticed is that there is a 16mb partition on the card that I can't get rid of...this I think may be the problem...does anyone have any idea as to how to get rid of this partition and merge it with the rest of the card? I have tried using MiniTool Partition Wizard Professional Edition but feel it might be something to do with Linux...am I close?
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col
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Did you partition the sdcard in twrp? If so it would be an ext3 or ext4 file system which windows normally doesnt read. Although a decent partition tool should be able to see and delete the partitions. I also double checked and your rom should support exfat.
Have you tried copying multiple large files to sdcard? Could be a format issue. I normally format my sdcards on my pc although I use linux (windows only for special uses). Could try creating a live boot copy of linux on a cd or usb drive and see if that helps. Just use Ubuntu which is one of the easiest. Gparted is the tool you will use. It will already be included with the OS.
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Did you partition the sdcard in twrp? If so it would be an ext3 or ext4 file system which windows normally doesnt read. Although a decent partition tool should be able to see and delete the partitions. I also double checked and your rom should support exfat.
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No, I initially formatted the card in the phone as per normal...for some reason I then took it out and musta done something to it for it to be unreadable in the phone....
Have you tried copying multiple large files to sdcard? Could be a format issue. I normally format my sdcards on my pc although I use linux (windows only for special uses). Could try creating a live boot copy of linux on a cd or usb drive and see if that helps. Just use Ubuntu which is one of the easiest. Gparted is the tool you will use. It will already be included with the OS.
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I downloaded Gparted for Windows and was able to boot into it and read the SDCard but couldn't do anything with it except format the area that were partitioned...
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brokey said:
No, I initially formatted the card in the phone as per normal...for some reason I then took it out and musta done something to it for it to be unreadable in the phone....
I downloaded Gparted for Windows and was able to boot into it and read the SDCard but couldn't do anything with it except format the area that were partitioned...
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Did the card ever work? Where did the card come from? Could it be a fake? They take this small card partition it and run a compression tool to make it appear larger than it actually is. Which is part of why I mentioned coping a few large files (2-3 gig vids). Video cant be compressed much more than it already is so the card would look almost full with only a few gigs being used.
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Did the card ever work? Where did the card come from? Could it be a fake?
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Yeah, it worked...and it was bought from Amazon...don't think it's a fake...
They take this small card partition it and run a compression tool to make it appear larger than it actually is. Which is part of why I mentioned coping a few large files (2-3 gig vids). Video cant be compressed much more than it already is so the card would look almost full with only a few gigs being used.
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I did transfer a small file (5mb mp3) to the first small partition (15mb) and my phone recognised it so if only I could get rid of that partition or merge it somehow with the remaining partition I think it would clear up this problem...
I transferred a file to the other partition but it wasn't recognised by the phone...
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brokey said:
Yeah, it worked...and it was bought from Amazon...don't think it's a fake...
I did transfer a small file (5mb mp3) to the first small partition (15mb) and my phone recognised it so if only I could get rid of that partition or merge it somehow with the remaining partition I think it would clear up this problem...
I transferred a file to the other partition but it wasn't recognised by the phone...
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Have you tried using custom recover and doing a repartition? Read the question carefully. I have not repartitioned in recovery in a long time. I believe there are 3 options as you go through the process. If the first is like a cache partition set to zero. If second is an ext partition also set to zero. The third should be external storage I believe it will automatically set to max size but if not then set to max. Again it has been years so things might have changed but willing to bet they have not.
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Have you tried using custom recover and doing a repartition? Read the question carefully. I have not repartitioned in recovery in a long time. I believe there are 3 options as you go through the process. If the first is like a cache partition set to zero. If second is an ext partition also set to zero. The third should be external storage I believe it will automatically set to max size but if not then set to max. Again it has been years so things might have changed but willing to bet they have not.
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Just to let you know, I have been able to solve the problem in WIndows, using a more up to date version of Minitool Partition wizard...I was able to format both partitions and then resize and the merge them...Windows wouldnt recognise it but when I put it into the phone it was there so am happy again...
Thanks for your help and suggestions...
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brokey said:
Just to let you know, I have been able to solve the problem in WIndows, using a more up to date version of Minitool Partition wizard...I was able to format both partitions and then resize and the merge them...Windows wouldnt recognise it but when I put it into the phone it was there so am happy again...
Thanks for your help and suggestions...
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Awesome! Now I have one more suggestion. Edit the title to state solved.
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Awesome! Now I have one more suggestion. Edit the title to state solved.
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How do I edit the title?
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brokey said:
How do I edit the title?
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Open in a browser and edit. Then there is and advanced edit option.
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Open in a browser and edit. Then there is and advanced edit option.
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I know how to edit a post and add a title but I thought you meant the title of the thread...I don't know how to do that and I supposed it was up to an admin...
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