What partition does clockword mod make?
Because im thinking of partitioning with it.
As far as I know it only reformats your partitions. To create others you'll have to use fastboot / other hboot with S-OFF.
CWM does not offer partitioning. At least not 2.5.0.7.
But for making partitions a partition manager is always recommended - Gparted, Easeus, Mini Partition toll etc.
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Hi all
ive been using A2SD and A2SD+ for a while now.
But the only way Ive ever been able to avoid a boot loop with any custom rom is is i use adb and parted to partition the SD card as per:
http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-manually-partition-your-sd-card-for-android-apps2sd/
If I use any other method (including via my custom recovery image - Amon RA) my desire just gets caught in a boot loop.
I get the impression that others dont have this limitation.
Any ideas?
I used Amon_RA 1.7.0.1 R5 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721792 to partition my SD card and convert the Ext2 to Ext3. Works like a charm with LeeDroid 1.4c.
Did you convert to Ext3?
Hi Stooby,
Thanks for the reply.
Yes, thats the same Recovery image I have installed, and Ive tried all sorts of things:
- leave as ext2
- convert ext2 to ext3
- convert ext3 to ext4
- repair ext partition
Also tried partitioning via clockworkmod / Rom Manager, same results
Regardless of whatever rom I use, the only way I seem to be able to get out of boot loop is partitioning via adb
Mods - I just realised I posted this in development - feel free to move it to a better home if you see fit.
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Regardless of whatever rom I use, the only way I seem to be able to get out of boot loop is partitioning via adb
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That's weird - I've never had any problems creating Ext2/3/4 partitions using that recovery.
FWIW, I was using Amon_RA's recovery roms back when I had my old Dream, and never had your problem with those either!
Hopefully, someone with more knowledge will be along soon to make a constructive suggestion or 2.
hi
i would like to know when you partition sdcard in clockwork recovery what ext it is?
regards
its 512mb ext3
in order to partiton u have to go into advanced and take it from there (as far as i can remember)
i think thats doing it thru rom manager your thinking about
in clockwork recovery you can select up to 2gig and a swap but i dont know what ext it uses
i know how to do it but dont know what ext it is
regards
seems to be ext2
Hi,
I searched various forums but cant find an answer to this.
Does cwm 3.0.0.5 backup and produce an sd-ext.img?
I recently got a replacement sd card, so I did a nandroid backup after I flashed cwm 3.0.0.5.
I copied this to my laptop, and g parted my new sd to have 2 partitions fat 32 first and the last 2 gb as ext3, as per the requirement for modaco no sense kitchen rom (a2sd+ version).
New sd in desire, I copied the whole clockworkmod folder onto the new fat32 partition.
Wiped everything I could using recovery (clockworkmod folder still remains present).
Tried to restore but got a message at the end that "sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext. Restore complete."
When I boot the desire gets past initial alpharev s-off replacement image I have (I have s-off), then presents a blank screen. This does eventually boot. However all apps are not installed. I assume that the original dalvik cache was not transferred and was reconstructed by the restore with what it had.
Is this a known problem with 3.0.0.5?
Is there another version I can flash which doesnt have this problem?
Just to provide all possible info require (I think). My desire is PVT4.
Thanks in advance.
I used CWM 2.5.0.7 from the alpharev release.
In my backup folder, I have sd-ext.img present.
I created this sd-ext with CWM itself. (I did a backup of the sd and formatted it)
So no doubt that CWM 3.0.0.5 did the same.
First, check if you actually have the sd-ext.img file.
Second, you might want to try to update to CWM 3, since the alpharev release is 2.5.1.8.
Well CWM will create the sd-ext.img backup if it detects that the partition is there. If out doesn't detect it then it will skip it like it did. There is nothing wrong with cwm at all and out works. You could upgrade your recovery to 3.2.0.1 but it won't make a difference really. Only way around it is to use titanium backup as it will restore straight to sd-ext
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Well CWM will create the sd-ext.img backup if it detects that the partition is there. If out doesn't detect it then it will skip it like it did. There is nothing wrong with cwm at all and out works. You could upgrade your recovery to 3.2.0.1 but it won't make a difference really. Only way around it is to use titanium backup as it will restore straight to sd-ext
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Hi,
I used gparted to firstly create a fat 32 partition then secondly a ext3 partition (for apps) on a new sd card. I cant see a sd-ext.img file in the nandroid backup file produced by cwm 3.0.0.5 so I assume that it cannot detect the ext3 partition.
Do you have any idea as to why this is? Can I have done anything to help cwm "see" the partition.
I'll update to 3.2.0.1 to try if the same problem occurs in that release.
I take your point that I could use titanium backup to achieve the same. I dont really want to do this as as I find it a pain to re-install the large number of apps I like to carry about on my desire. The problem is that I know what runs well on a ext-3 partition and what only runs on int or system space. I only allow apps into system or int if I really them to be there so this means thatyou have to manually install each one of them to the relevant space. Also I use ext3 for dalvik cache (seems to improve performance).
I cant see a reason why 3.0.0.5 didnt see the ext3 partition and ideally I would like a nandroid recovery solution that could auto detect all partitions if present (as I guess many others would).
I'll update this thread when I have run through the update to 3.2.0.1 and done some more testing.
I think CWM doesn't backup ext-partition if there's no data
try the old CWM.. the one comes while you root with unrevoked3 .. coz I have old CWM and it does backup sd-ext.
I have had a look on the forums and I cannot find how to do what I want, sorry if it is a noobish question.
I've a GSM HTC desire on orange (UK), running cyanogenMod 6.1.1. The recovery is clockworkmod 2.5.0.7 and the bootloader is HBOOT-0.93.0001 (alpharev)
I am trying to install RCMix S v2.0 Evolutionary Sense. It seems it requires s-off to do this easily and I also need to have my SD card (16Gig) partitioned with 1Gig of ext3. The current size of the ext3 partition is 0.75Gig (I know it's a silly size I chose originally). Once this is done I should be able to load the correct bootloader for the Rom and then flash the Rom itself.
I have just flashed my phone using alpharev 1.8 to load a bootloader that gives me s-off.
I wanted to resize my ext3 partition to 1Gig, I tried using minitool partition wizard (which I used the first time) but it won't let me resize the ext partition even after making room by shrinking the fat32 partition.
I am wondering if there is a way to do this without formatting the SD card. My worry is if my phone won't boot if I format the card to resize the partition because as I understand it some system data is on the SD card. Am I worrying about nothing?
Backup your sd card then use rom manager to create your ext partition size. No matter what when resizing you have to format.
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GParted will also do it.
Might as well convert to Ext4 while you are at it.
I also couldnt find a way to resize the ext3 partition in windows.
So i made a full nandroid backup (incl SD-EXT) in recovery, deleted old ext3 partition and created a bigger new one. Then just restored the SD-EXT backup from recovery.
Worked well and no data lost
Edit: Is there an advantage from ext3 to ext4? I´m using Insertcoin A2SD V49
I think I will do a nandroid back up and just reformat the card how I did the first time.
777ace My desire is PVT-1 S-off. Also you've got the rom I am trying to install. So I think I'll flash the 0.93/CM7 Hboot that you have.
What are the advantages to using Ext4 rather than Ext3. I assume Ext4 is what you use? Did you need to flash a new radio or did you just do it by choice?
Ext4 is just the evolution of Ext3, and is supposedly more reliable and performs better. I upgraded to 4, because I read alot of people recommending this for many of the new ROMs coming out...a bit of research and the move made sense.
You should already have 0.93 HBoot, if you want to use RCMix (or most of the more recent ROMs). After that, pushing the CM7.img thru something like Android Flasher is easy as.
I flashed the radio back when I was on LeeDroid 2.3f and have kept it since. If you want to upgrade, you can also push the radio.img with Android Flasher.
This http://gavinroy.com/initial-ext3-vs-ext4-results should put things into perspective.
like the title says, I want an EXT4 partition from my system, wich is needed to install mods.
im currently running cyanogenmod 7.2 rc1 rooted, clockworkmod installed.
to install the script, I need an EXT4 system partition. I know how to do this on my SD card, but how to do this on your system?
thanks
You find the tutorial in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397120
But you need a card reader, you can't format to ext4 with usb cable.
LegoGabi: he's talking about the internal memory.
IIRC the CM7 install script did the formatting for you.
Starting from RFS partitions, either:
-Install a ROM with CWM that includes the reformatting utilities in its zip along with the required commands in the script.
-Use an appropriate ext4 CWM recovery and use the format functions in there.
-You could also make your own script, there's a few out there for other devices that could be adapted...
Oh, i thought he wants to make app2sd work.
I think cyanogen are already EXT4, so you don't need to convert it anymore
Cyanogenmods for Gio are in EXT4.
It formats internal partitions during installation.
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