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[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

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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.

4EXT Recovery partitioning

Hi guys i just want to make 1gb ext4 partiotion on my sd card with no swap....using 4ext recovery i boot into recovery i select partition sd card and next what should i do ? there are two options save my fat32 partiotion ir remove all partiotions ...i backed all sd data in my PC so I think the first one? iam not sure about the process please help me i dont want anything to go wrong

jumptoin said:
Hi guys i just want to make 1gb ext4 partiotion on my sd card with no swap....using 4ext recovery i boot into recovery i select partition sd card and next what should i do ? there are two options save my fat32 partiotion ir remove all partiotions ...i backed all sd data in my PC so I think the first one? iam not sure about the process please help me i dont want anything to go wrong
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Just 1gb? (I usually prefer 2gb for a lil more space than the phone would have given me)
Anywho yes.
1) Start from scratch by removing all partitions.
2) Choose 1024 for sd-ext
2) Skip for Swap and sd-ext2
3) choose ext4 as the filesystem
When done you can toggle usb storage from the main recovery menu again and copy back your SD card content onto the FAT32 side (it'll probably be the only mount that shows up on your computer anyways unless you're using linux).
Since you're using EliteMod (from the other thread) you can also choose to convert the existing filesystems from ext3 to ext4 by first checking to see which ones need to be converted by taping 'info' on the first screen and see which are ext3.
Then go into tools, and convert backup/etc -> ext4 , and select specifically the ones that need converting (in your case may be data and cache).
After conversion goto tools -> fix user permissions (not 'needed' but generally a good idea after converting a file system).
It would probably be a good idea to goto wipe|format and clear cache+dalvik before booting back into the rom (it'll see the sd-ext partition and start moving stuff automatically).
If it's all working and such, be sure to go back into recovery and make a backup.
PS: The paid version of 4EXT will let you configure the recovery further from the app, such as telling it not to backup dalvik-cache or cache when backing up (instead they will be formatted upon restore), as well as some other options like hide non-FAT32 partitions from the PC when mounting USB storage in recovery.
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I followed your steps ... i wiped cache and dalvik and i flashed dataswap 64 mb and now i turned on phone and there is statement ANDROID IS UPRGADING ..starting applications ..and its loading and loading whats wrong ?

Wiping dalvik cache clears some application related data which is created when the app is installed. Doing this can sometimes resolve some issues.
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jumptoin said:
I followed your steps ... i wiped cache and dalvik and i flashed dataswap 64 mb and now i turned on phone and there is statement ANDROID IS UPRGADING ..starting applications ..and its loading and loading whats wrong ?
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Nothing is wrong, normal behavior after wiping the dalvik cache, it'll go thru and optimize all your applications and won't show that dialog again until either you wipe the dalvik cache again or a new application is installed without the automatic optimization. You should have seen a # or # incrementing as it was doing it (i.e.: in my case # of 155 applications).

[Q] Q. What happened to my storage? SOLVED

I seem to have run into a problem yesterday when flashing a leaked 4.1.2 rom. (on my girlfriend's Xperia S)
I have installed it on a stock .255 as instructed and the installation was completed successfully. I didn't do a full wipe as I wanted to keep all of my previous data. Now the ROM runs absolutely fine on the phone but all data seems to be gone (???).
When I checked the storage on the phone I found that 24gb of data are still being occupied. I installed a file manager and found that all of my previous data along with application data is still present on my phone memory.
After fiddling a bit with the settings and a few ROM flashes later I have managed to put the phone in bootloop and I ended up having to wipe data on the phone with flashtool and I did a clean install of .255 firmware and then flashed the TuRdZzROM.
To my surprise even after going through all of the above the data is still present on my phone's memory. It seems like it is some sort of partition or something that is not being touched by the system. The files can be read and opened through any file manager.
Is there anyone here who understands where the problem lies and how I could fix it?
I attach a couple of screenshots from the filemanager on the phone below.
and here is a full filetree:
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The internal memory is highly partitioned. Boot, system, data, cache, TA, and a few other ones, and mainly SD card. That's where your data goes. Unless you format that one, the factory rest won't touch it.
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Felimenta97 said:
The internal memory is highly partitioned. Boot, system, data, cache, TA, and a few other ones, and mainly SD card. That's where your data goes. Unless you format that one, the factory rest won't touch it.
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Alright so I have all of this data on the sd card partition... There is a folder called Android in there where all the apps that I have previously had installed (before flashing) have their data stored. Is there any way to "revive" that? (all installed apps have been deleted when flashing )
Also I had some contacts stored in my phone but I can't find them now, would they also be found somewhere on the sd card?

shem2409 said:
Alright so I have all of this data on the sd card partition... There is a folder called Android in there where all the apps that I have previously had installed (before flashing) have their data stored. Is there any way to "revive" that? (all installed apps have been deleted when flashing )
Also I had some contacts stored in my phone but I can't find them now, would they also be found somewhere on the sd card?
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That data stored data isn't the app settings, neither all of that. Mostly cache related files...
About the contact, they aren't stored on the SD card, but on the data partition, under Contacts data. They can be on a vSync file, IF you had a backup made with the Contacts app. If not, they are lost.

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That data stored data isn't the app settings, neither all of that. Mostly cache related files...
About the contact, they aren't stored on the SD card, but on the data partition, under Contacts data. They can be on a vSync file, IF you had a backup made with the Contacts app. If not, they are lost.
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Thanks a lot for your help mate
It really confused me how I had most of my storage filled after doing a clean install.

Wanting to clean wipe my phone from CM 10.1.3

I have just recently installed CM 10.1.3 along with a new bootloader, modem, and kernel. After trying to set my phone back up I noticed that my internal storage was a complete wreck. I've read all about the 4.2 file storage and I would like to clean it up some. Also somehow, my old files were transferred when I flashed 10.1.3, so this is another reason for wanting to go clean. I have seen threads stating to move everything to the external SD, and then wipe the internal, but I'm not really too sure on how to do this. Should I be installing the fresh 10.1.3 from my ext SD? I'd appreciate some help! Thanks.

Can someone please help? I've searched around and have found answers, just unclear ones. I am sitting inside of CWM currently looking at the "Mounts and Storage Menu". I see the following options:
format /cache
format /system
format /data
format /storage/sdcard1
format /data and /data/media (/sdcard)
Which one/ones of these should I choose to wipe the internal memory? Is sdcard1 my externalSD, because if so, that is where my backups and CM10.1.3 is stored, so I need to leave it. Any clues?

/format/data
- but... pull your sd card first. Re-insert when you're done cleaning. Once upon a time, a long time ago, I had slippery fingers and poof went my extSD... :crying:

Ozark_8125 said:
/format/data
- but... pull your sd card first. Re-insert when you're done cleaning. Once upon a time, a long time ago, I had slippery fingers and poof went my extSD... :crying:
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Thanks! I actually just read this suggestion on another sub-forum. I'm rebooting my phone into CWM now to give it a shot. Wish me luck! :silly:

Okay everything is great now! Here's how my memory looks now:
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Tons of room and no more mess of 0/0/0! What I did was keep my nandroid backup and CM 10.1.3 on my extSD, remove the extSD, boot into CWM, formatted the sd card, cleared everything, did NOT reboot yet, inserted extSD, installed CM from extSD, then rebooted. I hope this helps anyone that is struck with confusion. :good:

Bootloop cause by Kernal. How to fix?

My phone:
T-Mobile S4, Dandroid Google Play Edition 4.4.1 ROM, TWRP 2.6.3, stock kernel (before things messed up)
My problem/situation and what I tried to fix (without success):
Flashed KTweaker kernel, which resulted in a bootloop (phone stuck at boot animation). After I flashed the Kernel I later read on the thread that I need the international version for my ROM.
I can't ADB sideload the correct kernel zip because my PC won't recognize the phone when I install the Samsung drivers, but ODIN 3.07 does recognize my phone when connected in download mode (see pics below). I tried for hours to install the Samsung drivers on 3 different PCs with the same result: ADB won't recognize, but Odin does recognize phone. Is this related to the kernel? Can anyone direct me to instructions for ADB sideloading for the S4?
My question (need your advice on):
Can I use ODIN to fix my problem? Will flashing the TAR file from CD Auto Root install the stock kernel? I don't mind going back to stock recovery since I re-install TWRP and my Nandroid backup afterwards. I don't want to try it out of fear it'll further F my phone. I've given up on trying to install Samsung drivers to use ADB. What are your thoughts?
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Can you still boot into TWRP Recovery?
If so, just put the correct recovery for your version on the external SD card and flash it in recovery.
If you don't have an external SD card, get one. Anywher.e Any Micro SD card will work. The kernel file is only going to be like 8MB so literally any Micro SD card ever made will fit the file.

Skipjacks said:
Can you still boot into TWRP Recovery?
If so, just put the correct recovery for your version on the external SD card and flash it in recovery.
If you don't have an external SD card, get one. Anywher.e Any Micro SD card will work. The kernel file is only going to be like 8MB so literally any Micro SD card ever made will fit the file.
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shortly after I made my original post I got the idea (while cooking dinner) to use a micro SD card. I was able to install the correct kernel zip file from the micro sd card using TWRP. That fixed my problem. I'm kicking myself for not thinking of this earlier. It would have saved me about 4 hours, but I got to learn a lot about ADB in the process LOL. Thanks for confirming my idea. :good: