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It seems many people are having issues partitioning their SD card for use with Apps2SD+ ROMS using the additional EXT4 partition.
Here is a guide to the method that worked for me. I am not responsible for any loss of data on your phone or PC as a result of following this guide. Read the steps clearly and understand them BEFORE you do anything. Failure to understand the steps involved could see you wiping data from your PC's hard drive with no warning messages to tell you what you are about to do. You have been warned!
Firstly, I couldn't get Partition Wizard for Windows to work. If anyone else has been successful with it please let me know and I will update this post.
Before you start, BACK UP all your data from the SD card. It will all be erased from your SD card during this process.
Although this works on a phone which has already been flashed with an APPS2SD+ compatible ROM. I strongly suggest starting with a freshly flashed ROM with no apps installed before doing this to ensure ALL additionally downloaded and installed apps are installed on to the partition, leaving the maximum possible storage space remaining on your phone.
Here are the steps....
1. Download a copy of GPARTED-LIVE from here. Use your favourite CD burning software to burn the image to CD. The image is bootable so make sure you do not leave the CD as open session when you burn it. This is the software we will use to partition the SD card later on.
2. Start with a freshly formatted SD card with a single FAT32 partition. This can be created using whatever tool you prefer. Use the default cluster size setting. I use the Disk Management tool in Windows under Administrative Tools in Control Panel. You can perform this step by inserting the SD into your PC or mounting it on your PC via the phone.
3. Once formatted with a single partition, insert the SD Card into the phone, disconnect the phone from the PC if it is connected. You may find depending on your rom that the card is recognised as damaged. Don't worry.
4. Format the SD card again using your phone. This is done via SETTINGS - SD & PHONE STORAGE. The SD Card should now mount as normal and your phone should report "Preparing SD Card".
DO NOT COPY ANY FILES OVER TO THE SD CARD YET. Android will have copied over its standard files after formatting so do not delete these, but don't add anything else yet.
5. Once the SD card is formatted and prepared, unmount the SD card and remove it from the phone and insert it back into the PC. You may also connect it to the PC via the phone. If you are using the phone to connect it to the PC at this stage I highly recommend booting into MAGLDR and selecting the Mass Storage Mode option to connect it to the computer. This ensures Android will not try and access it while we are partitioning it.
6. With the SD card now recognised by the PC, reboot your PC from the GPARTED-LIVE CD you burned in step 1. This may take a while to load depending on your PC. Follow the on screen prompts until GPARTED loads correctly.
7. With GPARTED now loaded, select your SD card using the selection in the top right hand side of the GPARTED window. Ensure you have selected the correct storage device by ensuring the capacity is reported correctly. BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO MES WITH YOUR COMPUTERS HAR DRIVE!! If you are not sure at this stage, please do not proceed as you risk wiping data from your PC. GPARTED will not warn you if you are about to damage system files as you might expect it to.
8. Once selected, you should see a single FAT32 partition displayed with a chart which span the top of the window. Click on "Resize/Move" and drag the slider from the RIGHT across to the LEFT to create an area of unallocated space the size you wish to use for your apps. 1GB should be enough in most cases. It is very important to make sure that the FAT32 partition appears IN FRONT of the unallocated space. Once satisfied, click OK.
9. Right click in the unallocated space you created in the chart and click "Create". A new dialog box should appear. Modify the settings so that the partition is set to "ext4". Leave the cluster size set to "default". Click OK.
10. Back in the main GPARTED screen, you should now see two partitions in the chart, the first being your original FAT32 partition and then to the right is your new EXT4 partition. Click "APPLY" and the changes will be made to the SD card. THIS IS IMPORTANT as no changes are made to your SD card until you click apply. If you miss this step, you will have to start over from step 6 again.
11. Once changes are reported as completed, shut down your PC and remove the SD card. Insert it into your phone and boot the phone. If you connected your SD to the PC via MAGLDR, press the power/hang up key to return to the main menu and choose to boot from NAND.
DONE!!!!!!!
Once the phone is booted (may take a little longer than usual) go back to SETTINGS - SD & PHONE STORAGE and you should see your phone's available storage reported as around 20-40MB less than the total storage capacity. This will vary between different ROMS. Don't expect it to read any higher than it did before you did this if you haven't installed any apps yet.
Check to see that your SD storage is reported as the correct size corresponding with the new size of your FAT32 partition.
Now go ahead and install your apps. You will notice that the phone storage capacity does decrease as you install apps, but the next time you reboot, it should jump back up again. That's what happens on my phone anyway.
Once you are satisfied that all is well, you can connect your SD to the PC again and copy across your data to the FAT32 partition.
Another thing to note is that you don't need to format the EXT4 partition when changing ROMS. As it only stores the applications, when booting for the first time with a new APPS2SD+ supported ROM, it will automatically show up with all your apps and widgets installed. Preferences and widgets will need to be reset however.
I hope this guide helps. Thanks again to all the amazing developers here at XDA who make all this possible, as well as the wonderful community of volunteers and members who keep this show running.
reserved for possible updates and additional methods.
First, thank you for ur tutorial.
But there's a point that make me confused:
"Click on "Resize/Move" and drag the slider from the LEFT across to the right to create an area of unallocated space the size you wish to use for your apps."
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"Back in the main GPARTED screen, you should now see two partitions in the chart, the first being your original FAT32 partition and then to the right is your new EXT4 partition"
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It'll be easier if you post a screenshot or just a simple pic drawed by MsPaint to see the partition after format.
Thank you anyway.
yes, some screenshots would be very nice. and maybe this thread should be stickie, very useful! thank you for the guide, i will use this as soon as i have a rom with this support.
You have a little misstyped error in step 11..
You insert the card back into phone, not PC
Great guide, gparted is also part of Ubuntu which is what i used!
Cheers
Thanks for the corrections guys. I have amended the original post.
As for screenshots. It's difficult when I am using a separate boot disk. Most things should be pretty self explanatory once you are actually looking at what I'm describing
Thanks for the guide!
However, if I try to create a new partition, the only choices I have is to make it primary or extended. No logical partition as it is greyed out. Does App2SD+ work with a primary ext4?
great guide! wished this was available before i partitioned mine. did a lot of googling before i found an easier alternative.
for those using Clockwork Recovery you can use the Partition SD within Recovery itself. No need to fiddle around with booting gpart and risk wiping your system hdd. the only thing is recovery will create it as ext3 which i don't think matters much because ext4 is backward compatible.
sorry don't mean to rain on your parade because i also use gpart when i'm around a pc. just thought that some ppl might prefer the alternative.
S-Bazz said:
Thanks for the guide!
However, if I try to create a new partition, the only choices I have is to make it primary or extended. No logical partition as it is greyed out. Does App2SD+ work with a primary ext4?
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That's my error. it should be fine with the default setting.
how can i do all that if i don't have a working CD-ROM?
stoped using it ages ago
Thanks for this.
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how can i do all that if i don't have a working CD-ROM?
stoped using it ages ago
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+1 i have a netbook without cd-rom and windows 7...which program i can use to do that?
how to do it on Ubuntu 10.10?
Im guessing that we can use Partition Magic or Paragon.
I will try with paragon partition manager and let you know. It shouldnt be that hard.
I know a screenshot is hard to capture when u're not in Windows, but I offer a picture drawed by MsPaint or Office Word. Just 2 rectangle with the size and the filesystem.
Thank you.
Voffchik said:
how can i do all that if i don't have a working CD-ROM?
stoped using it ages ago
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+1 i have a netbook without cd-rom and windows 7...which program i can use to do that?
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if you're using clockwork recovery boot into recovery -> advance option -> partition sd and follow the steps.
Thanks, I am looking for this kind of instructions from the last 2 days.
I've been using haret since the HD, but I've never owned a native Android phone, and such a fundamental step as partitioning was played lightly over, so thanks for a step for the people like me who do google everything but still couldn't do it correctly. Boot CDs are the only way to do it, it seems.
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+1 i have a netbook without cd-rom and windows 7...which program i can use to do that?
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You can use some virtual driver, power iso or daemon tools to mount iso file without cd-rom.
I was using my 4gb sd card for apps to sd for my previously-rooted android phone, and had about a 500mb of it partitioned to ext3. I have since unrooted my android phone and put it back to stock, but in doing so, I lost the recovery console that would allow me to unpartition my sd card. Is there a safe program that will recognize the ext3 partition and remove it?
Gparted. You can use a live cd or a VM.
Hi there. I downloaded a free program call minitool partition wizard. Do a google search for it (I can't post links)
It has worked well for me with my SD card partitioning.
Make sure you back up the contents of your SD card before removing the ext 3 partition as it will delete all the contents on it.
could you please elaborate a little as i am a noob. like whats gparted? whats a vm? whats the process of doing what i asked? thanks for the help.
I don't know if Windows recognises it at all but worth a try really. Gparted is a live cd tool that allows you make partitons on a storage device. I think that VM refers to a Virtual Machine, using something like VMWare or VirtualBox.
guys please help. i used these softwares but none of these is showing my ext3 partition in the program window. just a 3.22gb of one partition on phone. the 512mb of ext3 partion is still missing and i dont know where to find it.
Well, since you really don't need the ext3 partition anymore, you could format the whole SD card from windows (do a back-up of the content on the hdd before, though). Then in Windows (I'm guessing you're using windows ), with the phone connected in mass storage mode, right click on My Computer / Manage / click on Disk Management and you should see in the list of the drives your SD card (pay attention to the size). Right click on the 512 MB partition - Delete volume... After that you should create a new partiotion, format it as FAT32... Or you could delete all the partitions of the card and create a new volume.
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Well, since you really don't need the ext3 partition anymore, you could format the whole SD card from windows (do a back-up of the content on the hdd before, though). Then in Windows (I'm guessing you're using windows ), with the phone connected in mass storage mode, right click on My Computer / Manage / click on Disk Management and you should see in the list of the drives your SD card (pay attention to the size). Right click on the 512 MB partition - Delete volume... After that you should create a new partiotion, format it as FAT32... Or you could delete all the partitions of the card and create a new volume.
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i did that. in disk management i only see a 3.22gb partition. (i have a 4gb card, so i 512mb is still missing). i cannot find the 512mb ext3 partition anywhere. please can someone help me to find a software or any other method which will be able to detect the ext3 partition as well ?
The partition may be corrupted. You can still try to use Gparted live cd - google for gparted-live-0.7.1-5.zip . It can also be installed on USB flash, check their site for instructions. Restart your PC and boot from the CD or USB flash then check your sd card. If it still doesn't recognize the 512 partition, you might be out of luck.
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The partition may be corrupted. You can still try to use Gparted live cd - google for gparted-live-0.7.1-5.zip . It can also be installed on USB flash, check their site for instructions. Restart your PC and boot from the CD or USB flash then check your sd card. If it still doesn't recognize the 512 partition, you might be out of luck.
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how could the partition be corrupted because i was using the ext3 partition to install apps when i had root. it was only recently that i have to sell out my htc desire and i unrooted my htc desire. unroot procedure was done successfully but the card is only showing 3.22gb, i-e, 512mb is missing. this may become an issue if the buyer does not want to pay for a 4gb card with only 3.22gb of storage. it should be around 3.5-3.6gb
A partition may become corrupted if you remove the battery from the phone while the system is still running (i.e. writing data on the partition), it is not unheard of. Do try the gparted solution mentioned before, though.
Icysoul said:
A partition may become corrupted if you remove the battery from the phone while the system is still running (i.e. writing data on the partition), it is not unheard of. Do try the gparted solution mentioned before, though.
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yes buddy i have tried the gparted solution you suggested before. even that is showing only 3.22gb of my sdcard and no mention of the 512mb ext3 partition. i dont know whether i am doing something wrong or what.... ???
Anyway, is there anyway i could recover that corrupt partition? Like can i ROOT my htc desire again and then try to format the ext3 partition from the recovery? i read somewhere there is a way to do that in recovery by giving some commands. and once i have recovered the ext3 partition space then i can UNROOT my htc desire again. DO YOU THINK IF I DO THIS ITS GONNA BE OF ANY USE? Please help me.
This might work since it worked for me. 4GB mysteriously disappeared from my 16GB card and neither Windows or gparted picked it up. The only way I was able to get it back was putting it in my phone and the Android picked it up. I did have to format my whole SD card but nontheless, I got all my space back. Hope this helps and if you have tried this then I can only guess that your SD card is buggered.
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This might work since it worked for me. 4GB mysteriously disappeared from my 16GB card and neither Windows or gparted picked it up. The only way I was able to get it back was putting it in my phone and the Android picked it up. I did have to format my whole SD card but nontheless, I got all my space back. Hope this helps and if you have tried this then I can only guess that your SD card is buggered.
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um actually, my sdcard IS in the phone this whole time as i dont have any card reader. i am connecting my phone with my pc in hard drive mode.
from within the phone, i have tried to format the sd card many times but the space does not go beyond 3.22gb..
Something seems to have messed the partition up. Have a look around on the web
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ok tell me if i root my cellphone again, will it help?
because there is a way to delete the ext3 partition from the recovery.
finally recovered my ext3 partition.
this is what i did.
1) rooted my phone.
2) enter into clockworkmod recovery
3) mount sd-ext (i guess it wasnt mounted that's why no app was recognizing it)
4) now windows was able to recognize the ext3 partition.
5) problem solved.
jamy_hallian said:
finally recovered my ext3 partition.
this is what i did.
1) rooted my phone.
2) enter into clockworkmod recovery
3) mount sd-ext (i guess it wasnt mounted that's why no app was recognizing it)
4) now windows was able to recognize the ext3 partition.
5) problem solved.
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Oh man, I had EXACTLY the same problem and was driving me nuts. I searched high and low everywhere and couldn't find the answer. Thank you!
shaboobla said:
Hi there. I downloaded a free program call minitool partition wizard. Do a google search for it (I can't post links)
It has worked well for me with my SD card partitioning.
Make sure you back up the contents of your SD card before removing the ext 3 partition as it will delete all the contents on it.
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this worked.. thanks a lot
i had the same issue as the OP
Use a card reader and MiniTool Partition Wizard.
Delete all partitions on the SD card and create a new one that fills the entire SD
Hi everybody,
I have a huge problem (for me anyway) and I can't find a solutions (i've searched for 2 hours now!). I hope somebody can help me.
I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S rooted. Basicly I wanted to transfer a big file on my SD Card. Without thinking i converted my Fat32 SD Card to NTFS with the command prompt in Windows XP. After converting I could still see all my files etc on my laptop.
When I disconnected the phone from my laptop, the phone couldn't recognize my SD card anymore and offers me to format it! So I figured I'd change it back, but I'm not able to connect the phone to my laptop trough USB, it just doesn't offer me the option.
When I insert the SD Card trough a MicroSD adaptor in my laptop, Windows won't recognize the disk either, and offers me to format it to a 512 byte disk - the SD Card is 16 GB.
I'm really freaking out now since there is alot of important documents and photos on the SD Card. Is there any way to force connect the SD Card trough the phone with the USB Cable? Since the files were available before disconnecting, i'm sure they're still there.
I tried 2 partition recovery programs (testdisk and File Scavenger) but they either recognize the Card as empty 512 or 1024 byte.
Is there any way I can format the SD Card back to Fat32 trough USB, or just even recover the files on it?
I hope my stupidity can be solved painless
Thanks in advance...
Didn't you make a back up of your files when you converted it to ntfs? Doesn't Windows normally format the card when you change its file system?
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I have a feeling the SD card might've gotten partitioned... ie. you have two partitions on there now instead of just one. Open a command line with the with SD card connected to the computer, do this:
diskpart
list disk
select disk #(get the disk # from "list disk")
clean
That should get you back to a single-partition sd card.
Does windows give you any clues in the disk management section?
Right click > My computer > Manage > Disk Management
Download minitool partition wizard and then plug in your sd card and open the program. Then delete every single partition you see (ON THE SD AND NOT YOUR HARD DRIVES) and then click create a new partition and then format it to FAT32 and you are good to go !
Had the same problem with a flash drive
right click on drive > properties > readyboost > uncheck the box. Try to format the drive again.
Oh boy... The convert Fat32 to NTFS cannot be undone.
The tool was included with Windows XP for those Upgrading from Windows 98, who would still be runing FAT32 on their hard drives. It allowed them to upgrade to NTFS without loosing any data...
Unfortunately, the only way to get the card back is to Reformat it. I'd recommend the Command Prompt, and the Command would look like this...
Code:
Format /FS:FAT32 /X (drive letter):
The /FS switch tells Format.exe to format the specified drive in a specific file system. In this case, we're forcing it to setup a FAT32 partition on the disk.
The /X switch tells it to dismount the drive before formatting. This makes sure that nothing else is currently using the drive, so that nothing else can mess with the drive while Format is working with it.
After the drive is formatted, go download some decent data recovery software (I've always had good luck with iolo Search and Recover, but your mileage may vary) and have it scan the drive to recover your media.
Also... DO NOT MODIFY THE DRIVE IN ANY OTHER WAY! IF YOU WRITE ANYTHING TO THE DRIVE, COPY FILES TO IT, CREATE FILES ON IT, SAVE THINGS TO IT, YOU WILL LOOSE ANY DATA YOU PREVIOUSLY HAD ON THE DRIVE! Naturally, formatting the drive has a chance of doing this anyway, however, the automatically detected sector size should match the original sector size, so the chances of loosing everything are slim to nil. All hell breaks loose when you start adding and removing things from the drive...
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One of the most common gripes we hear from HTC Explorer owners is that it doesn’t take too long before you fill up the phone’s internal memory.As this mobile has a 512MB ROM, only around 110MB can be used for apps or games. Obviously manually moving your apps to the SD card is one answer to this problem, but this can be a pain to manage and sometimes part of the app will remain in internal memory.
To get round this problem, I’ve written the following guide. In layman terms, Link2SD uses a secondary partition on your SD card and uses it as another segment of internal memory. Link2SD moves and links apk files, dalvik-cache (.dex) files and lib files onto this partition, which the OS mounts on boot. The great thing is that these linked apps remain available when your phone is connected in mass storage mode as Android only unmounts the first partition. Also, you don’t need to worry about linking something you weren’t meant to as Link2SD doesn’t allow you to link system applications as an alternate you can freeze or remove the system apps to free up some memory using root uninstaller software.
Link2SD allows you to pick which apps to move to the SD card, you can auto-link new installs and the whole thing is wrapped in a user-friendly UI. I’ve been using Link2SD for a while now and it’s a godsend, especially for the Explorer where we tend to download a lot of games. If you’re constantly managing your internal memory I highly recommend you give Link2SD a try, see the full guide below.
Guide to using Link2SD on your Explorer
This guide may seem lengthy, but trust us when I say it is straightforward. All steps have been documented which makes it look daunting. Read each section carefully and follow the steps outlined to install Link2SD.
1. PREPARATION
Please make sure you have completed all of the following before starting the tutorial.
On your PC:
Download and install MiniTool Partition Wizard onto your PC or laptop.
On your Explorer:
This app needs root privilege.To root your mobile follow this guide.
Install Link2SD from Android Market onto Explorer. It is a free download.
CREATING SECONDARY PARTITION ON YOUR SD CARD:
You now need to create a secondary partition on your microSD memory card that will enable you to use Link2SD.
Note: We will use MiniTool Partition Wizard to create a secondary partition on your microSD card. This partition can be ext2, ext3, ext4 or FAT32. We will use FAT32 as it is supported on all phones and should lead to less troubleshooting later (and the stock kernel of explorer only supports the fat32 partition,if you have any custom kernel with ext2,3,4 support i suggest using ext4 ). You can use any partition manager of your choosing, but the steps below guide you through MiniTool Partition Wizard.
There is no need to wipe your memory card when going through this process, just ensure you have at least 0.5GB to 1.0GB of free space to make it worthwhile. You also do not need to use a microSD card adapter as the process below creates the partition whilst the phone is connected to your PC.
a) Connect your handset to the PC via USB and then launch MiniTool. You should see the details pop up under ‘Disk 2′.
b) Click on the memory card under Disk 2 in Mini Tool and then in the left pane, press ‘Move/Re-size Partition’. On the blue bar under ‘Size and Location’, move the right arrow towards the left to create the size of the secondary partition desired. In the example below I created a secondary partition with 1018.63MB of space. This value can also be typed in manually in ‘Unallocate Space After’.
c) Once this is done you should see that your memory card is now split into two partitions under Disk 2 of Mini Tool. Right click this new partition and then press ‘Create’.
You'll see a pop-up ,just press ‘Yes’ to continue.
d) You should then see this ‘Create New Partition’ window. Under ‘Create As’ click Primary and then under ‘File System’ click FAT32. Leave the cluster size as default and you can assign whichever drive letter you want. Once finished press OK.
e) This should bring you back to the main Mini Tool screen. Now hit the ‘Apply’ button on the top-left of the screen, denoted by a tick symbol.
This will bring up another pop-up window and will take several minutes to both re-size and create the secondary partition.
2. LINK2SD
This application makes it easy for users with root privileges on their phone to move applications to the SD card.
a) Open the Link2SD app on your phone. You should be greeted with the following menu, check the FAT32 option and click OK.
You will then see the Superuser Request, click ‘Allow’.
Once you see the following message, restart your phone. The app should now be ready to use.
b) To make sure everything is installed correctly. Click the Menu button and go to ‘Storage Info’. This will show you the internal memory and your two partitions on the memory card. In my case, you can see that the second partition is 1GB(as i've used it for some apps its filled but u must see 1GB free i.e 100% free in your case).
c) Now you need to move the apps of your choice to the memory card. Click the Menu button and press ‘Multi-select’.
Choose which apps you want to move by clicking the tick box next to the app. System apps are greyed out and cannot be selected. Link2SD can only move apps that are already on the internal memory. If you have apps already on your SD card, you will need to move them back to the internal memory before you can link them with Link2SD.
If you want to move all of your apps, pressing the multiselect will bring up another menu allowing you to do this by selecting select all.
d) Once you have chosen which apps you want to move, you then need to hit the menu button and press ‘Actions’, which will bring up the following menu. Press ‘Create Link’.
Leave all three check boxes ticked and press OK. Link2SD will now do its work and move/link the selected apps to your memory card.
Once finished, you should see that the apps you have moved have ‘Linked -> SD Card’ in orange font in the Link2SD app list. Reboot your phone.
e) Congratulations your phone is now using Link2SD! You should now go to Settings by pressing the menu button and configure how you would like Link2SD to work. The main decision here is whether you want to Auto Link newly installed apps to the memory card. Given that you’ve gone through the hassle of installing Link2SD we suggest you enable Auto Link and make worrying about your internal memory a thing of the past.
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Question
Is this ok even if my explorer is not rooted?
I have known MiniTool Partition Wizard manages sd card of phone well, but i never know how it can increase internal memory of explore. Big thanks!!!
Hey everyone,
I know that there are quite a few users like myself who are running into a very annoying issue, it's called the "INSUFFICIENT STORAGE SPACE" error on our OPPO devices. So I looked into a very easy fix.
This error happens when the original APP partition in our internal memory is filled (2.90 GB size on my phone, out of the 32 GB), thus it doesn't allow for any additional app downloads or installations.
This procedure doesn't require scripting or too much tampering with the internal system of the phone, instead, it just (1) requires root permission, a (2) SD card, $2.50 (I think) in your play store account, and (3) a computer.
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Here are the instructions:
** As always, don't just be a leech, show some support by giving THANKS **
1) Make sure you have root access, and a software program called "Minitool" installed on your computer. I did this on Windows 7. (Download here)
2) your SD card should be in the format of "Fat32" or "Exfat" originally. If not, make sure that your PC (Windows) can detect the drive (SD card) on your computer.
3) On your phone, download an app called Link2SD and also get the paid version (this is required because it gives your phone the ability to insert a script onto your internal memory that allows it to "link" to the SD external memory.)
4) Plug in your external SD card into your computer, how I did this was through a adapter.
5) Now boot up Minitool on your PC, and you should see your external sd card drive and also your other hard drives are connected to your PC.
6) "Remove" or "Delete" the partition that is currently on your SD card. MAKE SURE TO BACKUP THE FILES ON YOUR SD CARD first before you remove the partition.
7) Now create a partition and set your desired size, followed by the format of Fat32 and make sure it is a "Primary" partition not "Logic/Logical".
(This partition will be your external memory)
8) Next, create another partition with the rest of the memory left over in the SD card, and have that format as Ext4. Make sure it is a "primary" as well.
(This partition will be your linked APP memory, aka your Second Partition)
9) Click on "apply" when everything looks right, the button is located on the top left of the program. Let it run its course.
10) There you go! Once you exit the program, eject the SD card and plug it back into your phone, you will have your phone detect a smaller sized Fat32 external SD card, because the other partition (possibly hidden) is the Ext4.
11) Go into the Link2SD app which should be running the paid "Plus" version now. And follow the instructions, it should do everything for you.
12) Once rebooted, you will be able to download more apps now! In the beginning it may be a tiny bit glitchy because the script might still not be picked up by Link2SD. May sure you have given root permission to the app.
13) CONGRATS! You are now done! If you ever find yourself downloading large apps that require storage space again, LINK that app'a information and data (through Link2SD) to the SD card by hitting "Create Link", then checkmark all the app files associated with the large app.
* * NOTES * *
- If your Link2SD doesn't pick up a difference in your SD card, click on the left menu and select "Recreate Mount Scripts". See what it says, and if there are any errors on your SD card.
- Your SD card should be of at least class 6 and above. I used a class 10 SD card and there were absolutely no speed issues (lag) with the apps.
- This method will work on MANY other Android phones, as long as it can read your SD card and as long as the script is properly installed.
Again, HIT THANKS if this helped you in any way!
I just clear all cache with app cache cleaner
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I can vouch for the Link2SD solution, on phones with a removable sdcard.
My Find 5 only has the internal sdcard - so this is of no use.
It will be highly appreciated if you post of (safe) removable system application with details. It's a request. Thanks in advance. ?
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unified storage for find 7/7a (codename 7u) from @coldbird
hey guys that partition problem has been solved you can now unify your storage and remove the silly 3GB app partition you will need to use a unified capable custom rom in order to use it but they are so much better than colorOS anyway,also the developer @coldbird is working with oppo to get it implemented onto colorOS......please follow the link and have a good read of the first page,ignore the title it is for 7QHD also...ENJOI
http://www.oppoforums.com/threads/tutorial-unified-storage-layout-for-oppo-find-7a.17952/
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I'd like to add, if you are using superSU I had to flash over superuser to make link2sd works correctly on a 1.2.7i stock rom.
JiraffeLeung said:
Hey everyone,
I know that there are quite a few users like myself who are running into a very annoying issue, it's called the "INSUFFICIENT STORAGE SPACE" error on our OPPO devices. So I looked into a very easy fix.
This error happens when the original APP partition in our internal memory is filled (2.90 GB size on my phone, out of the 32 GB), thus it doesn't allow for any additional app downloads or installations.
This procedure doesn't require scripting or too much tampering with the internal system of the phone, instead, it just (1) requires root permission, a (2) SD card, $2.50 (I think) in your play store account, and (3) a computer.
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Here are the instructions:
** As always, don't just be a leech, show some support by giving THANKS **
1) Make sure you have root access, and a software program called "Minitool" installed on your computer. I did this on Windows 7. (Download here)
2) your SD card should be in the format of "Fat32" or "Exfat" originally. If not, make sure that your PC (Windows) can detect the drive (SD card) on your computer.
3) On your phone, download an app called Link2SD and also get the paid version (this is required because it gives your phone the ability to insert a script onto your internal memory that allows it to "link" to the SD external memory.)
4) Plug in your external SD card into your computer, how I did this was through a adapter.
5) Now boot up Minitool on your PC, and you should see your external sd card drive and also your other hard drives are connected to your PC.
6) "Remove" or "Delete" the partition that is currently on your SD card. MAKE SURE TO BACKUP THE FILES ON YOUR SD CARD first before you remove the partition.
7) Now create a partition and set your desired size, followed by the format of Fat32 and make sure it is a "Primary" partition not "Logic/Logical".
(This partition will be your external memory)
8) Next, create another partition with the rest of the memory left over in the SD card, and have that format as Ext4. Make sure it is a "primary" as well.
(This partition will be your linked APP memory, aka your Second Partition)
9) Click on "apply" when everything looks right, the button is located on the top left of the program. Let it run its course.
10) There you go! Once you exit the program, eject the SD card and plug it back into your phone, you will have your phone detect a smaller sized Fat32 external SD card, because the other partition (possibly hidden) is the Ext4.
11) Go into the Link2SD app which should be running the paid "Plus" version now. And follow the instructions, it should do everything for you.
12) Once rebooted, you will be able to download more apps now! In the beginning it may be a tiny bit glitchy because the script might still not be picked up by Link2SD. May sure you have given root permission to the app.
13) CONGRATS! You are now done! If you ever find yourself downloading large apps that require storage space again, LINK that app'a information and data (through Link2SD) to the SD card by hitting "Create Link", then checkmark all the app files associated with the large app.
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- If your Link2SD doesn't pick up a difference in your SD card, click on the left menu and select "Recreate Mount Scripts". See what it says, and if there are any errors on your SD card.
- Your SD card should be of at least class 6 and above. I used a class 10 SD card and there were absolutely no speed issues (lag) with the apps.
- This method will work on MANY other Android phones, as long as it can read your SD card and as long as the script is properly installed.
Again, HIT THANKS if this helped you in any way!
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Hey does this works on color os 2.1.5 ?
ron8899 said:
Hey does this works on color os 2.1.5 ?
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With COS 2.1.5, you can use LVM to get around the 3GB partition issue.