Help me: A2SD & Upgrade Amon RA recovery - Hero, G2 Touch Android Development

Hi all, i just brought a A-DATA Micro SDHC 16GB Class6. After i flash in Modaco 3.1 rom i wanted to enable apps2sd. But its say a2sd permission denied & a2sd success.
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Thou it say a2sd success, but my apps still install on my hero.
Can someone help me out? what should i do to make it able to install on my micro sdhc.
And now i currently with Amon Ra recovery 1.3.2, how to upgrade to 1.5.2? Any simplfied way?

e.japonica said:
Hi all, i just brought a A-DATA Micro SDHC 16GB Class6. After i flash in Modaco 3.1 rom i wanted to enable apps2sd. But its say a2sd permission denied & a2sd success.
Thou it say a2sd success, but my apps still install on my hero.
Can someone help me out? what should i do to make it able to install on my micro sdhc.
And now i currently with Amon Ra recovery 1.3.2, how to upgrade to 1.5.2? Any simplfied way?
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You need to have your SD card partitioned properly. Also A2SD is automatic so you dont need to do anything.

i partition ext2 & upgraded to ext4 already. it shown success. i dont know which method i done wrong...

e.japonica said:
i partition ext2 & upgraded to ext4 already. it shown success. i dont know which method i done wrong...
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idk how you did it, hopefully with the recovery image menu. then you did it right.
what you did wrong was executing a2sd manually. all you need to do is partition your card and flash mcr3.1, that's why it says "automatic" in the description.
instructions for upgrading the recovery image are in the first post of the recovery image thread.

i do it auto & the apps doesnt install on the sd card that y i do it manually >.<"

i just do a wipe & re flash everything but when i install apps it still use my phone internal memory.

Some people say that small chunk of app is still installed in phone.
But I think only small chunk is installed in sd card but large portion is left with phone memory.

mine all in internal memory -.-"

e.japonica said:
mine all in internal memory -.-"
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can you tell us what makes you come to this conclusion?
please post the output of
Code:
adb shell ls -l /data/app
and
Code:
adb shell mount
while the phone is turned on normally.

edit: remove of image as is wrong command

As for my recovery upgrade i was just able to flash to recovery 1.5.2 already. due to ext4 issue after i follow the code: tune2fs -E test_fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
when i free will re-flash modaco 3.1 to try the a2sd again. hope i able to do it this time...
Would like to know after flashing rom, was it normal that my hero keep on reboot non-stop? should i remove the battery? or should i wait?(so far i always remove the battery as the reboot will never end after more then 30mins-1hour)

e.japonica said:
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you didn't get the first command right, please try again just to make sure. the output of "adb mount" tells us that you have an ext4 partition on your card, which is mounted to /system/sd. the first command (if entered correctly) will most probably show you that /data/app (where apps are installed) is a symbolic link to /system/sd (a.k.a. your ext4 partition). if you had searched for the problem this would not have been necessary... and you could have found the explanation why the internal memory is still decreasing.

Hope this is the correct command:
As i just do a re-flash mdc 3.1 on recovery v1.5.2.
now i still unable to install app in my sdcard as my internal memory is keep on reducing while i install apps.

e.japonica said:
Hope this is the correct command:
As i just do a re-flash mdc 3.1 on recovery v1.5.2.
now i still unable to install app in my sdcard as my internal memory is keep on reducing while i install apps.
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somehow i get the feeling that you are trying to **** with me, so i am going to stop responding here

kendong2 said:
somehow i get the feeling that you are trying to **** with me, so i am going to stop responding here
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Hi kendong2, i dont mean to **** around but as my internal memory is keep reducing as i installing apps.
i go setting sd card & phone memory. after i flash the mdc 3.1 the phone memory is show as 151mb. but after i install some apps it now shown 137mb. so i use the widget of internal memory it show 28mb of 165mb was used. was it my phone status & the internal memory widget error? im confuse now...
so sorry if i pissed you, as im not expert on all this. i was just simply follow the method on website. i just do a step by step as i dont know the step stand for what use... & im not well educated too, so sometime some part i dont understand. but i willing to read & learn so i post my question to ask so in future i will understand it... as much as im able to...

pm sent, no hard feelings

and how to solve this problem?
kendong2, sent me in pm too please

Related

How do i Install apps2sd after rooting with unrevoked

Hi, I have searched for the answer but cant find it
I rooted with unrevoked yesterday and installed the clockworkmod recovery as well.
i downloaded r1-a2sd-desire-dalvik-fresh-signed.zip
and put it on the root of my sd card
i then entered the recovery wiped data and cache which wiped and tried to wipe dalvik though nothing appeared to happen.
i then tried to flash the above mentioned zip of apps2sd
it starts flashing but then comes to a message saying...
can't symlink system xbin failure at line 5 symlink busybox
so what am i doing wrong?
any help would be much appreciated.
i have a nandroid backup.
I tried for ages to get a2sd on my stock rooted desire. I used several guides all of which failed somewhere.
In the end I gave up and installed PAYS 2.1 ROM with Sense & A2SD. Works fine and looks pretty much like stock.
Use Recovery mode (Push from Windows) to format SD Card with 0MB Swap, 512MB Ext and the rest FAT32. Upgrade the ext2 to ext3 then use ROm Manager from Market to install the new ROM.
Yes, this was what i had been thinking i would have to do. do i need to flash a new radio for pays?
Been trying to do this also.
How do I upgrade to ext3?
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stewart30 said:
Been trying to do this also.
How do I upgrade to ext3?
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I think your best very is to use rom manager or I believe you can do out using the amon ra recovery.
So can any one help me install apps 2 sd?
kinkade said:
I think your best very is to use rom manager or I believe you can do out using the amon ra recovery.
So can any one help me install apps 2 sd?
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Ok so the update is I can now flash the zip but my phone then hangs whilst rebooting and I have to restore from nandroid
I have a problem also.....
I used rom manager to partition my sd card and can install apps on the sd card but when i reboot...the apps installed on the sd card have disappeared.
Anyone help?
Cheers.
Disappear you mean shortcut only or the whole app?
Do you have an ext3 partition?
jpopgt said:
I have a problem also.....
I used rom manager to partition my sd card and can install apps on the sd card but when i reboot...the apps installed on the sd card have disappeared.
Anyone help?
Cheers.
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Are you talking about "installed apps" or sd card content?
Partitioning sd card deletes everything on sd card
djoni1980 said:
Are you talking about "installed apps" or sd card content?
Partitioning sd card deletes everything on sd card
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I backed up my sd card to pc then used rom manager to partition card then copied my files back to card, then i go into settings and set for apps to be installed to external.
Next i go into market and download an app and it installs itself on the sd card and i make a shortcut on the phone.....everything works fine.
But after a reboot, the shortcut had disappeared and the app is not listed in my "all Apps" but still shows that it is installed if i go into market.
I have this problem with all roms.....i don't know what i'm doing wrong.
The way I understand A2SD and Froyo's app2sd, when you install A2SD/+ enabled rom and partition your sd card, you don't have to set up anything.
It "tricks" rom to use ext partition as part of internal memory, and stores everything it can in ext partition (A2SD storage).
It always worked for me, and you can check this by installing quick system info app from market.
It will show if your ext partition (A2SD storage) is being filled with data - check out this pic that I found with google:
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this is an example of worrking A2SD, if it doesn't work, or you haven't partitioned you card, A2SD storage will be unavailable.
Once you choose setting for the apps to be installed to external, you manually switch to Froyo app2sd, which is inferior way to store your apps on sd card. That's why it didn't work for you.
Thanks for the info
I will try again....my phone says A2SD storage -information not available
Cheers.
djoni1980 said:
The way I understand A2SD and Froyo's app2sd, when you install A2SD/+ enabled rom and partition your sd card, you don't have to set up anything.
It "tricks" rom to use ext partition as part of internal memory, and stores everything it can in ext partition (A2SD storage).
It always worked for me, and you can check this by installing quick system info app from market.
It will show if your ext partition (A2SD storage) is being filled with data - check out this pic that I found with google:
this is an example of worrking A2SD, if it doesn't work, or you haven't partitioned you card, A2SD storage will be unavailable.
Once you choose setting for the apps to be installed to external, you manually switch to Froyo app2sd, which is inferior way to store your apps on sd card. That's why it didn't work for you.
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Hi, djoni1980 what is the name of the software you use? I m running on a stock rooted rom, but cant get all that information
regards
JoseF
jpopgt said:
Thanks for the info
I will try again....my phone says A2SD storage -information not available
Cheers.
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I had the same problem, but got rid of it, after installing A2SD enabled rom(NeoPhyTe ROM).
Try it
JoseF said:
Hi, djoni1980 what is the name of the software you use? I m running on a stock rooted rom, but cant get all that information
regards
JoseF
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it's a quick system info app, you can find it on market.
I took this picture from google search just as an example, but actual app on my phone has exactly the same look (adamg's official froyo sense rom with A2SD enabled)

partition SD card in Rom Manager

I'm not sure if this is the right place for it, so if not, plz move it
I want to partition my SD card via Rom Manager; however, after I press "Partition SD Card" and choose the size I want, it asks me if I'm sure that I want to reboot and continue. I press OK but nothing happens.
I guess there's something that I'm supposed to do that I'm not doing, any help?
thanks
b1gdrag0n said:
I'm not sure if this is the right place for it, so if not, plz move it
I want to partition my SD card via Rom Manager; however, after I press "Partition SD Card" and choose the size I want, it asks me if I'm sure that I want to reboot and continue. I press OK but nothing happens.
I guess there's something that I'm supposed to do that I'm not doing, any help?
thanks
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are you rooted
yes, of course.
If you don't seem to see what causes the problem,
can someone plz explain an other way to partition the SD card?
thanks!
ahh dragon, i'm after a fix for this too. I think its because ROM Manager creates a Ext2 partition and Froyo needs Ext3 but don't quote me on that. I have a post open too asking for alternative things for this.
If you have a spare CD lying around I'd suggest Gparted. its an awesome Live CD bootable program that will do it easily.
I burned the iso to a CD, but I don't get how to start it :S
is your card formatted as fat32? i think this is required.
b1gdrag0n said:
I burned the iso to a CD, but I don't get how to start it :S
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are you talking about gparted? its bootable, so reboot your pc and boot from the disk rather than the hdd
musiccontrolsus said:
ahh dragon, i'm after a fix for this too. I think its because ROM Manager creates a Ext2 partition and Froyo needs Ext3 but don't quote me on that. I have a post open too asking for alternative things for this.
If you have a spare CD lying around I'd suggest Gparted. its an awesome Live CD bootable program that will do it easily.
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use the unrevoked flash tool to flash the amon-ra recovery image, you can partition your sd card from recovery then
AndroHero said:
use the unrevoked flash tool to flash the amon-ra recovery image, you can partition your sd card from recovery then
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ClockworkMod also has the partitioning capability.. I'm trying to flash Amon ra at the moment but unrevoked is failing to push the image =/
also.. once its actually done. what options from the recovery console do i need to use?
AndroHero said:
use the unrevoked flash tool to flash the amon-ra recovery image, you can partition your sd card from recovery then
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ClockworkMod also has the partitioning capability.. I'm trying to flash Amon ra at the moment but unrevoked is failing to push the image =/
also.. once its actually done. what options from the recovery console do i need to use?
this is how amon ra looks:
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I partitioned sd card from usb (pushed files from windows) recovery, before I flashed Amon Ra, but it should be as usual:
swap 0, ext 2 512 mb, rest fat 32, ext 2 to ext 3

[Q] help, unable to create sd partition

i'm currently running leedroid 3.0.8.2 a2sd+, rooted using the unrevoked method and i purchased a new sd card.
last time i partitioned i used rom manager successfully but if i simply swap cards with the fat 32 data transfered the phone won't boot past the splash screen.
i've tried to use gparted but my pc refuses to boot from the iso file no matter what format i use (cd, usb drive).
should i be trying to simply copy both partitions to the new sd card and if so how?
apologies if this has come up before but i was unable to find a suitable answer to my specific problem.
When you made your gparted CD, did you just copy the .iso to CD, or actually burn it?
Mistake I made was to dl gparted to desktop, insert disk and drag and drop gparted straight in. Wouldn't work until I used Nero (or other burn software) to burn to disk.
Also, try MiniPartitionWizard. You can dl home edition for free and works very well. Simple too.
The simplest way I find to partition sd card is via recovery. Tutorial here:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/01/12/...tition-on-sd-card-with-clockworkmod-recovery/
I burnt the ISO as a data disc using Nero, no joy.
I'll try that mini partition tool next. Thanks all
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betty.k said:
I burnt the ISO as a data disc using Nero, no joy.
I'll try that mini partition tool next. Thanks all
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Minitool is a bag of crap. If you want to break your sd card and spend hours trying to figure out why it doesnt work when everything looks ok, then go for minitool.
Many will say "it worked fine for me" and thats true, it has worked for many, but it has also failed for many.
I highly recommend staying with gparted.
If you dont get along with burning CD's, it may take a little longer but using a vmware player (virtual machine) removes the need for a physical CD (just boots the .iso). I have a link to my guides in my signature. I have a step by step guide to do this.
+ 1 for gparted
Hi, I'm relatively new to this myself but am currently running LeeDrOiD 3.0.8.2
I bought a new SD card and partitioned it with gparted but I could not copy the ext3 data across. The phone would not boot.
I replaced the original SD card and used titanium backup for all my apps and data and reinstalled LeeDrOiD clearing the data, cache and dalvik in recovery first.
Of course you need gparted to run first. I use the USB boot with Jo problem.
Hope this helps.
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ymmit said:
Hi, I'm relatively new to this myself but am currently running LeeDrOiD 3.0.8.2
I bought a new SD card and partitioned it with gparted but I could not copy the ext3 data across. The phone would not boot.
I replaced the original SD card and used titanium backup for all my apps and data and reinstalled LeeDrOiD clearing the data, cache and dalvik in recovery first.
Of course you need gparted to run first. I use the USB boot with Jo problem.
Hope this helps.
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Easier way... Copy all onto your new SD... Nandroid before so up to date one is also put on your SD
Then restore nandroid... This will also restore your SD ext
+1 for gparted
BigMrB said:
Easier way... Copy all onto your new SD... Nandroid before so up to date one is also put on your SD
Then restore nandroid... This will also restore your SD ext
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Cheers BigMrB, I'll give that a try. I'd hit the thanks button but can't find it. I'm still in the noob bracket.
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WTF?! I could see every button before but I swear the Thanks button was not.
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I was logged into the app not the browser site ..... I feel foolish.

Insufficient storage..

Hey peeps.
I've run into a problem recently. I don't have enough storlage space left for installing apps from the market.
I'm using an ICS Rom by sandvold.com. I have partioned 2 gigabytes of my 32 gigs SD card to be used for a2sd and so far only 500 mb is in use. Both my dalvik cache and app data are on the sd card.
During the installation of a2sd in my Rom I chose to use the stock version.
Does anyone know a possible solution to my problem?
Ty in advance!
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Open Terminal Emulator on your phone and type
Code:
su
a2sd install
I have done that already. How would I else be able to have my dalvik cache and app data on my sd card..?
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Screenshot of my titanium backup start screen.
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Start Terminal Emulator and post the output of these commands here:
Code:
su
ls -l /data
I do not get what you want me to say with your last post.
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If you want to know where all your free space has gone, try Diskusage app, and check your data partition...
Probably the cache of some of your apps has grown too much...
I had the same problem before I changed to Data++ hboot, and to COS ICS ROM (with dalvik2sd option)
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I've just realized you can't install apps from the market...
Try clearing caches and/or data from your browsers. Or even games... When you have enough free space for installing, try Diskusage then...
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I managed to clear up a little space by clearing my browser cache to install an app that easily clears my cache. I wanted to link my Titanium backup screenshot and the response to writing the command written above. Finally booted up my pc and here they are:
Titanium Backup information
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Terminal Emulator
I'm gonna try that disk app in a few hours..
Help is here!
I had the same problem.I have a desire stock 2.2.2 rooted and the space is very limited.This is what i done:
I partition my sd card ext2/ext3 (ext4 doesn't work)
Installed link 2 sd (when you first launch you will be prompted what partition you have ext2/ext3/ext4)
Restart the phone and you are done.
After linking the apps( i mean i linked in first restart 40+) the phone will boot slowly but after that it will be faster.
Hope helps you
I thank you much for the reply, but this is already what I've done and I'm out of space again, with my SD partitioned. I partitioned 2 GB of storage on my SD and it isn't using it all as you see on the titanium backup screenshot. I have no clue on how to fix it..
DaveFX said:
If you want to know where all your free space has gone, try Diskusage app, and check your data partition...
Probably the cache of some of your apps has grown too much...
I had the same problem before I changed to Data++ hboot, and to COS ICS ROM (with dalvik2sd option)
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I checked with the Diskusage app and found that approximately 600 MB was allocated for cache and data. Why isn't all of my 2 GB of sd-ext added to this "list"? Any suggestions would be apreciated.
Your output clearly shows A2SD is not working. Which means, Apps and Dalvik-Cache are not moved to SD-EXT.
So please run
Code:
a2sd install
After successfull reboot (script will you asking to do so after answering the question which data should be moved), please the output of this command again
Code:
ls -l /data
I ran the "a2sd install" command, moved dalvik and moved data by writing "y" to the questions.. After that I performed a reboot.
I then ran the command you wrote: ls -l /data.
I could be worth mentioning that during the installation of my ICS rom I choose to use the stock a2sd. I used to have a GB rom on my Desire some time ago. Back then I was using some other script called Darktremor and that worked. I have the opportunity to try another a2sd script during the installation of my rom. Any suggestions?
Ok this is what i suggest:
Remove the sim and memory card
If you have an card reader (backup your fat 32 partition and format it ;after that format ex2/ext3 partition)
Restore backup on the fat32 partition
Now do the phone a factory reset
Wait till it boots
Restart it
Put back the sd card and sim in the phone
Go to market and install link 2 sd and do the method i write in last post.
If this dosn't work flash data++ hboot from alpharev site
A2SD is still not working. How and with witch program did you partition your SD card?
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
Ok now i know what you are talking about:whatever you install it gives you inssuficient memory.I had the same prob after installing some app from market.I just installed it and it worked good then.
I used the recoverymode (Revolutionary) to partition my SD card, but it was an entirely new SD card at the time I installed it in my phone for about 1 month ago. I hadn't formatted it before I started using it.
I'm gonna try your method mansamihai, and get it done today hopefully. Not being able to install/update apps is driving me crazy.
mansamihai said:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition.
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Hammerbak said:
I used the recoverymode (Revolutionary) to partition my SD card, but it was an entirely new SD card at the time I installed it in my phone for about 1 month ago. I hadn't formatted it before I started using it.
I'm gonna try your method mansamihai, and get it done today hopefully. Not being able to install/update apps is driving me crazy.
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do not use MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition for creating your ext partition.
while it may work for some, in lots of cases it can cause more problems.
backup your sd card to computer first, then try partitioning from scratch again.
gparted is recommended above anything else, or use 4ext recovery.
I used the partition function in the revolutionary recovery mode to partition my SD. I've made it to the point where I should choose which file system my SD cards partition is in the Link2SD app and I have no clue which one to choose? Any chance for a bit of help here?
I tried the to do it all over again, sadly without any change in results..
It is still not working..
Any suggestions on what to do now?
Thanks in advance!

[Q] CM10.1 A2SD Problem!

Hey , I just installed CM10.1 and I read the method to activate the a2sd script , I did exactly as i was suppose to , after installing the ROM i just went into terminal , and typed
SU
a2sd install
y
n
y
as i was suppose to , and when i saw the storage , it said 12 mb used , and the rest free , (i have a 2gb ext partition) just 120+ mb i dont remember the exact figure , and so i assumed that it might not show the exact space but it was implying that a2sd was working because the whole OS could not be 12 mb.
so i used super backup to restore all my text messages , call logs , calender etc and then i restored 41 of my old apps , and in the process (31) it started saying that it is out of space , i tried the same script with not luck.
I tried App2sd (from store) and moved some of the apps to make some space.
It took super backup 3 hours , yes 3 hours to restore the text messages , and i dont want to go through all that again (if possible)
Any help would be really appreciated.
NOTE: The ROM i used before was supernova , it had a built in a2sd , so it showed 2 gb when i went into the storage , but it was too slow.
Waiting for a reply , Thanks.
Danish78 said:
Hey , I just installed CM10.1 and I read the method to activate the a2sd script , I did exactly as i was suppose to , after installing the ROM i just went into terminal , and typed
SU
a2sd install
y
n
y
as i was suppose to , and when i saw the storage , it said 12 mb used , and the rest free , (i have a 2gb ext partition) just 120+ mb i dont remember the exact figure , and so i assumed that it might not show the exact space but it was implying that a2sd was working because the whole OS could not be 12 mb.
so i used super backup to restore all my text messages , call logs , calender etc and then i restored 41 of my old apps , and in the process (31) it started saying that it is out of space , i tried the same script with not luck.
I tried App2sd (from store) and moved some of the apps to make some space.
It took super backup 3 hours , yes 3 hours to restore the text messages , and i dont want to go through all that again (if possible)
Any help would be really appreciated.
NOTE: The ROM i used before was supernova , it had a built in a2sd , so it showed 2 gb when i went into the storage , but it was too slow.
Waiting for a reply , Thanks.
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How did you partition your sd-card?
abaaaabbbb63 said:
How did you partition your sd-card?
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Thanks for the reply , well i used a partitioning software (the name slips my mind, the one in the noob guide ) , and partitioned it from my computer,
but the reason I could not doubt the partition is because it was working fine in my previous ROM.
Thanks...
Danish78 said:
Thanks for the reply , well i used a partitioning software (the name slips my mind, the one in the noob guide ) , and partitioned it from my computer,
but the reason I could not doubt the partition is because it was working fine in my previous ROM.
Thanks...
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And can you tell me about what m2sd is?
I used it for bigger ROMs but they weren't stable , and what about the "Partition SD Card" in HBOOT.
Could these be the problem?
Danish78 said:
And can you tell me about what m2sd is?
I used it for bigger ROMs but they weren't stable , and what about the "Partition SD Card" in HBOOT.
Could these be the problem?
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You probably used Minitool Partition Wizard, which makes faulty partitions. Check the partitioning guide in my signature to correctly partition your sd-card.
m2sd is a script to move apps, data, cache, dalvik cache to sd-ext.
The "Partition SD Card" option is found in "Recovery", not hboot. The hboot is this screen:
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
You probably used Minitool Partition Wizard, which makes faulty partitions. Check the partitioning guide in my signature to correctly partition your sd-card.
m2sd is a script to move apps, data, cache, dalvik cache to sd-ext.
The "Partition SD Card" option is found in "Recovery", not hboot. The hboot is this screen:
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I actually used the Gparted method , but I dont know why the script is not working.
I used the "Noob Proof HTC Desire guide" and it showed the gparted method , the same as yours.
How do i check if my phone is "S-Off'd".Because I got this phone with CM7 Running in it...
Danish78 said:
I actually used the Gparted method , but I dont know why the script is not working.
I used the "Noob Proof HTC Desire guide" and it showed the gparted method , the same as yours.
How do i check if my phone is "S-Off'd".Because I got this phone with CM7 Running in it...
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Go into the bootloader and it will say either s-off or s-on. Look at the picture that andoo posted. It says s off at the top.
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Go into the bootloader and it will say either s-off or s-on. Look at the picture that andoo posted. It says s off at the top.
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app
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Yup its s-offd thanks a bunch for the reply.
i guess i will try the s-off method to partition again , because this just wont work...
I'm having the same problem, having installed CM10.1 and previously having a Supernova ROM installed.
However, that used Data2SD instead of A2SD, and I wonder if this is the problem?
When I try try to activate A2SD by using the command "a2sd install", and rebooting, the phone never recognises the Ext4 partition on my SD card. I wonder if the phone is still expecting to use the Data2SD method (where you used to see the LED turn pink then blue whislt it mounted the SD card partition whilst booting - it no longer does this).
I saw a thread [PRJ] [DATA2SD] Flashable zips for converting any Rom to Data2SD, For N1 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864174 - and wondered if this method can be used to get this working. But it talks about installing A2SDKiller specific to your ROM. Where would I find this?
Alternatively, if my phone is looking for Data2SD, is there anyway to stop it doing this, if it is this that is interfering with A2SD working properly?

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