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Partioning SD Card

Sorry, done a search and looked through all posts but can't seem to find a guide to partition sd card for use with apps2sd.
My phone is rooted and have rom manager installed where it looks I can perform the partition. Can someone point me to a noobs guide to partition or give us a hand. I have read about all different extensions to make the partition to but have no idea what they all are. Any help appreciated.

Swap - 0
Ext3 - as little or as much as you wish (usually 512-1024mb)
FAT31 - the rest

obviously this will wipe the sd card, what about all backups etc. Do i just copy to pc then copy them back when partition is complete?

Yes, but remember you will have less space on for data since a part of it will be taken up by Ext3 partition.

no problem, cheers for that

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memphisuklf said:
Sorry, done a search and looked through all posts but can't seem to find a guide to partition sd card for use with apps2sd.
My phone is rooted and have rom manager installed where it looks I can perform the partition. Can someone point me to a noobs guide to partition or give us a hand. I have read about all different extensions to make the partition to but have no idea what they all are. Any help appreciated.
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I've been trying to make this subject a sticky for a while.
I posted some tutorials in the Q&A Thread: See my post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=713643 (bottom of the page)....
Good luck!

does rom manager create the partition as ext 3 as default?

ok, seems I now have a problem. Did partition through manager 512mb/0 swap seemed to work fine but now phone won't boot, stuck at htc white screen. Any ideas?
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Ok booted after 4th time of pulling battery. Doesn't look like it partitioned though. on windows I only have H: with 3.18gb

I used the Android Recovery Menu from Paul's old rooting tutorial which let me partion the memory card easily.

gave up for now, will have a look later on but don't want to mess with it that much as i`m using my stock sd card

I think you already have A2SD installed. I used Rom Manager to do the partition too and it was straightforward. No problems with rebooting though. If you reinstall your apps now, and if you check with a system info apps, you will find that you now have loads of internal memory.

ah, ok got 115mb free after installs(Used to have 10mb). So the defrost rom i`m using will automatically use apps 2sd when a partition is found?
Thought I had to set this up with spare parts?
How come I cant see the partition through windows?

Windows doesn't recognise linux partitions. Check with Quick System Info if A2SD is working correctly.

haha, feel stupid now. Working fine when checked with quick system info. Cheers for all the help guys, much appreciated

memphisuklf said:
ok, seems I now have a problem. Did partition through manager 512mb/0 swap seemed to work fine but now phone won't boot, stuck at htc white screen. Any ideas?
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Ok booted after 4th time of pulling battery. Doesn't look like it partitioned though. on windows I only have H: with 3.18gb
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If u have 4Gb card and in windows you see only 3.2Gb partition, then i think you have ext partition there ok. Windows wont see your ext.
Rom Manager will make ext3 partition in the end of your sd card.
With 512Mb ext + 0Mb swap you will get fat32 partition + ext3 in your SD card.
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On a similar topic, if I install a 2.2 ROM with Google APS2SD and legacy APS2SD, do I only need to create a partition for the legacy version of APPS2SD? If I just wanted to use the Google version can I just leave the card as it is?

yep, no formatting is needed for google app2sd

Here's my experience to Partition the SD card.
1) I rooted my Desire with "UnrEVOked"
2) Flashed the phone with a ROM
3) Then I went to "Market" and download "ROM manager", which has an option to "Partition SD card".
4) Reboot

dexter9898 said:
Here's my experience to Partition the SD card.
1) I rooted my Desire with "UnrEVOked"
2) Flashed the phone with a ROM
3) Then I went to "Market" and download "ROM manager", which has an option to "Partition SD card".
4) Reboot
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There is a related thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731531
I developed the most common methods of partition your SD Card, and answered some questions and asked some additional ones.
I would very much welcome it, if anyone wants to participate in assembling the infos about SD cards....

Not the best guide but does work, you may need to adjust the figures depending on what size card you got.

[Q] Few questions about flashing custom ROM.

Hi all,
Successfully rooted my Desire today using Unrevoked method.
Since I quite like the Sense UI, I've decided on flashing the "[FroYo Sense] LeeDrOiD V2.3b (17/12 l Official l OC&UV l FAST l STABLE l WWE)" ROM.
My phone software details are as mentioned in the signature.
a. Can I flash Leedroid without upgrading radio, etc?
b. How exactly do I format my SD card in ext3 partition? [Can't find a tutorial/thread to do the same.] --
Also, regarding using gparted in linux, do I directly, say use card reader/connect the phone and format? Since I have a 16GB SD card, I intend to have a 1 GB ext3 partition.
What exactly does "Flash Rom (you may need to toggle signature verifacation)" mean? :-o
and
"# Flash Radio (unless you already have it)"??
I am following the steps/instructions from this link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768703
Thanks in advance.

Radio is fine (don't flash any radio until you really know what you are doing), to toggle signature verification go, in recovery, to 'install zip form sd' there is the option to toggle verification.
How to partition your sd cared with gparted is mentioned enough, do some more searching. There are also some videos on youtube on how to do it. If you have the ability to use a cared reader use it.

TheGhost1233 said:
Radio is fine (don't flash any radio until you really know what you are doing), to toggle signature verification go, in recovery, to 'install zip form sd' there is the option to toggle verification.
How to partition your sd cared with gparted is mentioned enough, do some more searching. There are also some videos on youtube on how to do it. If you have the ability to use a cared reader use it.
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Thanks!
So, with the radio version I have, I can still flash LeeDroid ROM, right?

cthdesire said:
Thanks!
So, with the radio version I have, I can still flash LeeDroid ROM, right?
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yes
10char

Although, it is said that flashing the radios recommended by the dev would be better for battery life, but I guess it is quite open to interpretation.
You could also try using Rom Manager (by ClockworkMod) to partition your SD card through your phone. That's what I did. Less hassle (probably?) than using gparted or installing additional software on your PC.

ROM Manager (from the market) is your friend.....
Will allow you to partition an EXT3 (up to 512mb - Im still trying to figure out how to create a 1GB partition) and then will allow you to flash LeeDroid ROM.
ROM Manager is very simple to use. Just copy the ROM (zip) to a folder on your SD card, use ROM Manager to create your EXT3, do a NANDROID backup (!!!), and then flash the ROM.
Best bet is to backup your apps and data first (use Titanium ?).
LeeDroid ROM is great

wilbur-force said:
ROM Manager (from the market) is your friend.....
Will allow you to partition an EXT3 (up to 512mb - Im still trying to figure out how to create a 1GB partition) and then will allow you to flash LeeDroid ROM.
ROM Manager is very simple to use. Just copy the ROM (zip) to a folder on your SD card, use ROM Manager to create your EXT3, do a NANDROID backup (!!!), and then flash the ROM.
Best bet is to backup your apps and data first (use Titanium ?).
LeeDroid ROM is great
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To easily create your partition up to 1024 MB, you can use an Ubuntu live cd of GParted by either burning it to a cd or boot it from a usb stick: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download.
Or, you use it from within Ubuntu (vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE&feature=related)
1) Connect your phone to your computer (or use an SD Card adapter...., in this case skip to 4)
2) Pull down the notification bar and mount the phone
3) Start Gparted
4) Gparted will search available drives. (Your phone should show up as a USB drive, and will be something like /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1, etc..)
Warning: double-check you've not selected a hdd by mistake!
5) In the upper right corner, select the correct USB device for your phone. (i.e. check to make sure it is correct size for your SD card)
6) Right click on each partition and select 'unmount'
7) Right click on each partition and select 'delete'
If you know what you are doing, you can re-size the partitions and add a new 2nd partition formatted as ext2/3/4
8) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
9) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = fat32
Free Space Following = 512 (or whatever you want)
10) Click add
11) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
12) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = ext2/3/4 (recommend ext4)
Free Space Following = 0 (or ~32 if you want swap)
Click add
13) Click edit, then 'Apply All Operations' to write changes to disk
14) Quit GParted
15) Unmount your SD Card
16) Reboot your phone
You could also use Amon-Ra custom recovery to do this by flashing it with unrEVOked.

MasDroid said:
To easily create your partition up to 1024 MB, you can use an Ubuntu live cd of GParted by either burning it to a cd or boot it from a usb stick: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download.
Or, you use it from within Ubuntu (vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE&feature=related)
1) Connect your phone to your computer (or use an SD Card adapter...., in this case skip to 4)
2) Pull down the notification bar and mount the phone
3) Start Gparted
4) Gparted will search available drives. (Your phone should show up as a USB drive, and will be something like /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1, etc..)
Warning: double-check you've not selected a hdd by mistake!
5) In the upper right corner, select the correct USB device for your phone. (i.e. check to make sure it is correct size for your SD card)
6) Right click on each partition and select 'unmount'
7) Right click on each partition and select 'delete'
If you know what you are doing, you can re-size the partitions and add a new 2nd partition formatted as ext2/3/4
8) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
9) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = fat32
Free Space Following = 512 (or whatever you want)
10) Click add
11) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
12) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = ext2/3/4 (recommend ext4)
Free Space Following = 0 (or ~32 if you want swap)
Click add
13) Click edit, then 'Apply All Operations' to write changes to disk
14) Quit GParted
15) Unmount your SD Card
16) Reboot your phone
You could also use Amon-Ra custom recovery to do this by flashing it with unrEVOked.
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cheers
its the Linux bit that scares me I work in IT but have never touched a LINUX OS so im a bit daunted

Hi, if you have win7 use arcronis disc director home, its the easyest way, i did so, and i'm a non it
I have now 1.5gb of ext3, and it works very fine.
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malaivica said:
Hi, if you have win7 use arcronis disc director home, its the easyest way, i did so, and i'm a non it
I have now 1.5gb of ext3, and it works very fine.
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does the demo version allow this ? otherwise it seems to be £35

wilbur-force said:
does the demo version allow this ? otherwise it seems to be £35
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It is very easy to follow the instructions posted above, I even linked a YouTube video for you and gave you a link on how to create the live cd. You should be fine, give it a go
You won't believe how easy it is... its just because you are unfamiliar with the OS platform.
If you are really struggling, then try this method but be careful as you will be connecting via USB to the PC and executing an automated script (batch file). While the batch file i running, do not disconnect the USB cable while in recovery mode:
1. Turn on your phone while holding the volume down button.
2. You will see HBOOT on the screen.
3. Use the volume buttons to move up and down and power button to select the RECOVERY option.
4. You will now see a red triangle on the screen, at this point plug your phone into your PC via your microUSB cable.
5. Wait for 10-15 seconds and then double click on recovery-windows.bat inside the pushfiles_windows.zip folder you unzipped as part of the root process. pushfiles_windows.zip
6. Using the optical trackpad select Partition sdcard > Partition SD
7. Select SWAP=0, EXT2=1024 and allow the rest to be FAT32.
8. Select the SD:ext2 to ext3 option in this menu.
9. Go back to the Recovery Console main menu and select Reboot system now. While rebooting, unplug the Desire from the USB port.
Windows Pushfiles attached below for you.

Thank you all! And MasDroid, thanks for the detailed instructions. I do have Ubuntu on my desktop. Tried formatting on a spare SD card using GParted and seems to be just the perfect thing. I'll do some more reading before flashing the phone. I do have some more doubts. Wanna make sure that I know what am doing.

@ wilbur-force
Dont know, a friend of mine gave my arcronis, think it was the full version. G-parted did not find my cardreader. And the 512mb whit rom manager was not enough space for me. Sorry for my bad english...
Its my 3rd language
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Are the following steps in order and correct (to flash LeeDroid ROM)?
a. Create Nandroid and Titanium backup of the phone.
b. Copy the contents of SD card to a folder onto the PC.
c. Format the SD card with FAT32 and ext3 partition (A2SD+)
d. Copy the LeeDrOiD_V2.3b_A2SD ZIP folder to the SD card (root)
e. Insert the SD card to the phone and boot into recovery
Doubt here: Do I need to 'Wipe Data / Factory Reset' again??
f. Install zip from SD Card.
g. Choose zip from SD Card.
h. Reboot System Now.
Are these steps correct?
Also, after flashing how do I restore the Nandroid/Titanium backup? Do I have to copy the contents (step b) back to the phone and boot into recover and "restore" using Clockwork MOD??
Thanks!

Yes correct order.
Wipe again? In your list I can't find the first factory reset, but yes you should wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache (under advanced) at that point.
After flashing you can restore your apps with titanium, restoring the nandroid (in recovery) will revert your phone back to the state it was of the nandroid so leedroid will be gone. Personally i don't use titanium so can't tell you how to do that, but i sync my apps with appbrain and reinstall them again after flashing.
I do know that is you want to use titanium the backup needs to be copied back to the sd card.

TheGhost1233 said:
Yes correct order.
Wipe again? In your list I can't find the first factory reset, but yes you should wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache (under advanced) at that point.
After flashing you can restore your apps with titanium, restoring the nandroid (in recovery) will revert your phone back to the state it was of the nandroid so leedroid will be gone. Personally i don't use titanium so can't tell you how to do that, but i sync my apps with appbrain and reinstall them again after flashing.
I do know that is you want to use titanium the backup needs to be copied back to the sd card.
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Do I have to do a factory reset from recovery at first?
Also after formatting the SD card with the FAT32 and ext3 partitions, do I copy back the previous contents of the SD card back to the phone along with the LeeDroid ROM?

Not before the nandroid if you meant that, wipe before flashing leedroid. So once you're in recovery to flash the rom, first wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache and then flash leedroid in the same session (without rebooting).
Best is to copy back the contend of the sd card, however if you want to start with a clean cart you can also just copy back the clockworkmod folder and the titanium folder.

TheGhost1233 said:
Not before the nandroid if you meant that, wipe before flashing leedroid. So once you're in recovery to flash the rom, first wipe data/factory reset, cache and dalvik cache and then flash leedroid in the same session (without rebooting).
Best is to copy back the contend of the sd card, however if you want to start with a clean cart you can also just copy back the clockworkmod folder and the titanium folder.
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Thanks again mate.
So here's another of my doubt -- say, I copy the LeeDroid ROM to the SD and boot into recovery to flash the ROM and do a factory reset, would this not delete the ROM also from the SD card? My first ROM flashing and hence these doubts :-o
Thanks for your patience.
Can I just copy back the Titanium backup folder after booting into LeeDroid ROM? :-o

Sd card won't be affected by a factory reset nor by flashing.
You can copy the titanium folder whenever you want.

TheGhost1233 said:
Sd card won't be affected by a factory reset nor by flashing.
You can copy the titanium folder whenever you want.
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Thanks again! Can't hit the "Thanks" more than 5 times!
Shall get down to flashing the ROM..
Shall drop by here for any further doubts. You've been a great help!
Cheers!

[Q] Big Problem/ lost system

hey guys i want to make with a freind a new rom on his desire and he has root the desire and then we go to recovery, wipe all data and try to install the new rom but then the error comes:
can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(file exists)
can't mound sdext:
E: Failure at line 6:
copy_dir Package:sdext Sdext:
Installaion aborted.
we forget to make a backup from the hole system and now he can't do anything with his phone because there is no data an it! **** please help!
i've seen the backup img. from the backup we make after that ****,
now we hope that someone can give us his backup data:
.android_secure.img
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.img
we need that to restore his system.
or are there any other methodes to run his system, we don't know why the sdext not worked....
we need help very fast, please help!!!!
thanks a lot

I have these backed up on my SD card & PC too. But I'm afraid it has some private stuff also backed up.
I reccomend you installing a stock rom again and root it (installing a stock rom unroots your phone).
Like in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918939 Be sure you use the latest ROM and read the full thread!
Also why don't you try another rom, see if it works? ANd make sure you wipe all data (factory/cache dalvik)

how we should install that when we can go only into recovery mod, we can go to sd card but the link you give to us, there is only a rom with is a exe.
can you give us a deteiled introduction? we aren't so good in these things :S pleaase help.
edit2: we can't start the phone so we can't chose htc sync...

http://theunlockr.com/2010/06/07/how-to-unroot-the-htc-desire/
The tutorial and ROM you should use:
http://www.mediafire.com/?bbb7m2b4t5jejhm
If you can't start the phone, then search the forum here for solution...

the problem is, we dont have android on the phone now, no datas nothing, we can pnly good to recovery mod...
we need to install a backup or something from recovery that we have a system on our phone....
so we should need help! ((((((((
edit:
an idea nagypapi :
maybe you can backup you data now, then wipe all your data and flash a completly new rom, then you can make a backup from the completly new rom and than you can give us the backup files bacause these data are without you personal information, thats the one chance ,,,please.....

Download leedroid noA2sd, boot in to recovery, mount the sd, copy the rom to the sd, unmount and flash the rom. You can use a other rom than leedroid if you want but for now just use it.
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A possible solution here in post no.7:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6433-solved-messed-up-partitions-on-internal-storage/
Also I can do the thing you suggested to create the files , but since now I am not at home upload would take forever...
Also try first installing the NOA2SD LeeDroid rom.
+ What Rom You want to install? Does it need an ext 2/3/4 partition, maybe that's the cause, also make sure your SD is formatted to FAT32.

Yes I think its the fat, I try it home later.
The main problem was that we can't mount the SD could. Not mounted in the recovery ... I say it already at the top...
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Yeah, you must make an ext partition on the FAT32 SD card, and it should work.

Can I make that with ubuntu?
Ok then I have two partitions on the sdcart (4gb).
On which partition should I have all my folders?
On which partition should I have my zip data (rom) ?
;D you make me hope
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Your error is related to a missing ext partition, since the phone doesn't boot i assume you tried to install a sense HD rom. What it said a the top is mounting the ext partition failed, I'm talking about mounting the normal fat partition as mass storing to copy the rom onto the sd card. If that also does not work, take out the sd card put it in a card reader and copy the rom on to it, the put sd back and flash leedroid. This will give you a booting device.
If you want to make and use a ext partition make sure you first have the fat and then the ext3, all files should be on the fat partition and there is no need to do anything else to the ext partition.

DHDLover said:
Can I make that with ubuntu?
Ok then I have two partitions on the sdcart (4gb).
On which partition should I have all my folders?
On which partition should I have my zip data (rom) ?
;D you make me hope
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I suggest using GParted for that or anything that works in Ubuntu.
If you have another Android device (i bet you have ) you can dowload ROM manager form the Market and use that to create partitions / format card (it is easier).
"Partitioning your SD Card ready for A2SD+
* Backup all data on you SD card (this will be wiped)
* The card should be formatted with your standard FAT32 partition 1st followed by an EXT2/3/4 partition
* Linux users use GParted or a similar software.
* For everyone else I would recommend using Rom Manager
* Once you have downloaded ROM manager from the market, open the app and click partition SD Card, Select your EXT size (512MB or 1024MB recommended) and set 0mb for swap
* Restore your data to your SD and the job is done."
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GUYS
big thank you to you XD
it works now

DHDLover said:
GUYS
big thank you to you XD
it works now
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Our pleasure to make it work

[Q] HTC Desire bricked?

Hey guys,
I decided to root my HTC desire today but I got a problem. I used this tutorial: http://theunlockr.com/2010/09/20/how-to-root-the-htc-desire-unrevoked-method/
Then I tried to load up this ROM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988570
It said the installation was successful but I am unable to boot up the device now (stuck on the screen where it says 'HTC' in green).
Any help would be appreciated.

First of all try shutting it down and turn it on by holding down vol-down and pressing power while keeping vol-down pressed. This will make your phone enter fastboot. In this menu you use the volume keys and power to chose recovery.
From here you just flash another rom like leedroid(just for now).
And no it's in no way bricked. The reason the rom isn't booting is probably, because you need to make an ext-partition on your sd-card. you can do this from rommanager once you get it to boot again

Yes, I can see the clockwork mod menu.

Dont worry mate, it's not bricked, once you get the hang of it you will be changing ROM's daily =P.... just install another ROM and pay attention to the partitions each ROM require

Did you reformat SD card to have FAT32 + 1GB+ ext3/ext4 partition?
And no its not bricked.. you cannot brick anything just by flashing ROM's its not that easy.
You either flashed CM7 version (you need custom HBOOT and S-OFF for that) or you didnt partitioned SD card.
Just wipe everything and try again.

Look at my reply again edited it, as i didn't read all the way through at first.
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You either flashed CM7 version (you need custom HBOOT and S-OFF for that)
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Not correct the hboot is not required, and the only difference is a larger data-partition, which allows for more user installed apps You are right about the ext-partition though, as this is very likely the problem in this case.

k3lcior said:
Did you reformat SD card to have FAT32 + 1GB+ ext3/ext4 partition?
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No, I didn't. How should I do this?
mortenmhp said:
Look at my reply again edited it, as i didn't read all the way through at first.
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Thanks.

Sumii said:
No, I didn't. How should I do this?
Thanks.
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Backup your data from SD Card. (it will be wiped)
Enter Recovery.
Go Advanced/Partition SD Card.
Choose 1024MB Ext partition size, and 0 for swap. (you dont need that)
Now wipe everything, from the phone (data/factory reset and cache wipe)
Go mounts & storage and mount USB.
Now you can restore your files from PC to SD Card and Flash ROM.
Enjoy.
And if you want RcMixS 2.0, download this: http://rom.robocik.mobi/Desire/RCMixS/v2.0/RCMixS_v2.0_A2SD+_BravoHboot.zip
Do not download CM7 Version. ;-)

k3lcior said:
Backup your data from SD Card. (it will be wiped)
Enter Recovery.
Go Advanced/Partition SD Card.
Choose 1024MB Ext partition size, and 0 for swap. (you dont need that)
Now wipe everything, from the phone (data/factory reset and cache wipe)
Go mounts & storage and mount USB.
Now you can restore your files from PC to SD Card and Flash ROM.
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I don't see the partition SD card option. The only options in the advanced menu are:
- Reboot Recovery
- Wipe Dalvik Cache
- Wipe Battery Stats
- Report Error
- Key Test
- Restart adbd
- Process dump

Damn you must have some old version, then partition your card just anywhere (im doing it on Ubuntu using gParted)
Just make sure to make 2 partitions:
Primary FAT32 - all available space (-1024MB)
Primary EXT3/4 - 1024MB
Remember Ext partition has to be second partition after FAT32.

k3lcior said:
Damn you must have some old version, then partition your card just anywhere (im doing it on Ubuntu using gParted)
Just make sure to make 2 partitions:
Primary FAT32 - all available space (-1024MB)
Primary EXT3/4 - 1024MB
Remember Ext partition has to be second partition after FAT32.
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Okay thanks a lot. Now I only need to find a way to partition an SD card on a mac.

Download rom manager to make your cwm recovery do it. (cwm does have the tools for it, they are just no present in the interface)
It only allows for 512mb ext though, but usually it's enough.

RCMixS 2.0 requires 1GB+.

[Q] CWM recovery dooesnt see Restore files after formatting to Fat32 with GParted.

Before installing a Custom ROM on my rooted Desire I am trying to sort out the SDCard as required but am running into problems.
The guides I've read say to change the size of the Fat32 partition on my card to allow an Ext partition. The trouble is in GParted my card just comes up as 'unallocated'.
If I do format it to Fat32 and add an Ext partition (both Primary) once I put my recovery files (and or update.zip for custom ROM) on the card and enter CWM Recovery it doesnt see the files. It just says 'no files found'.
At one point my phone said it couldn't mount SD Card. This even occured when booting phone as usual as no memory card was showing up.
Has anyone else had this problem?

Well I've spent about three hours on this again today still to no avail.
I tried formatting the card in recovery then brought it up in gparted. The card was still showing up as 'unallocated' and when I created the Fat32/Ext partitions the card once again failed to be read by recovery. Although Windows has no problem seeing it.
Eventually my phone and gparted couldnt see or mount the card at all. After running my phone and formatting the card it eventually saw it.
I thought the problem may be because I connected my card to gparted through the phone so tried a card reader but the card reader didn't appear to work. I don't know if the difference I explained is important.
Is it feasible to install a decent custom rom with A2SD with the partition created through recovery? (which gparted also didnt see) as I am having an absolute headache with gparted. Every work around I try just creates a new problem.

Try this: Use Gparted to partition whole card to 1 FAT32 primary partition and then partition it via 4ext recovery into two partitions as required.

Thanks, I'll try it once the kids give me some peace.
Its actually the Supernova 2.4.0.0 ROM I'm trying to install but if I do partition the SD Card with Ext4 Recovery when I do the required Full Wipe won't it go back to how it was? and then I'd have to setup the phone and install the app again to re-partition it? Would I be able to do this before I install the custom ROM?

Steveh8204 said:
Thanks, I'll try it once the kids give me some peace.
Its actually the Supernova 2.4.0.0 ROM I'm trying to install but if I do partition the SD Card with Ext4 Recovery when I do the required Full Wipe won't it go back to how it was? and then I'd have to setup the phone and install the app again to re-partition it? Would I be able to do this before I install the custom ROM?
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A full wipe doesnt repartition the card. It only formats some partitions. Partition first, then do a wipe and finally install the rom. Installation instructions for the rom are given on supernova.droidzone.in

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A full wipe doesnt repartition the card. It only formats some partitions. Partition first, then do a wipe and finally install the rom. Installation instructions for the rom are given on supernova.droidzone.in
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By 'Full Wipe' do you mean the wipe data/factory reset from ClockworkMod Recovery?

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By 'Full Wipe' do you mean the wipe data/factory reset from ClockworkMod Recovery?
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You were the one who mentioned a full wipe! I thought that was what you meant.

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You were the one who mentioned a full wipe! I thought that was what you meant.
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The installation instructions mention a full wipe but reading further it does mention a factory reset so its ok. Will let you know how I get on once the kids are in bed.

Right after some messing about I've had some success. I booted back into Android once I'd used GParted and after a while it saw my SD Card ok.
My Windows PC only saw 12.9GB (of a 16GB card), my phone saw the full 14.9gb in Android and GParted saw both partitions.
As I'd just done a factory reset and my PC saw my Phone I transferred the ROM File to my memory card and installed.
As I had downloaded the Extreme edition I followed the Classic install instructions as instructed and rebooted (after booting to android after install).
The LEd flashed green a couple of times as mentioned but then stopped and is now stuck on the htc screen.
Am I right the file I installed (Supernova_2.4.0.0_signed) is the classic version? Should I have downloaded a sepaerate file for the A2SD installer? The instructions don't seem to suggest this.
And most importantly how do I get my phone to work? lol, please help!
Update: Before I installed the ROM it was showing up correctly in GParted and in Windows it was only showing the Fat32 section which I assumed to be correct. After removing the battery I am back to starting up as normal (with the new Custom ROM) but the SD Card will not show up in GParted and will only allow me to use in Windows if I format first which I havent done. Therefore I can only conclude the file system has got lost somewhere which is why the A2SD installer crashed.
I've very happy with the improved ROM but I still don't have extra stoarge space which was the whole point in upgrading.
Any idea where I can go from here?

The file is right. However I cant suggest anything until you follow the proper reporting format and pull logs from your phone as per post #3 of supernova thread. The report should be filed in the Supernova thread or on the Supernova Forum at droid-force.com

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The file is right. However I cant suggest anything until you follow the proper reporting format and pull logs from your phone as per post #3 of supernova thread. The report should be filed in the Supernova thread or on the Supernova Forum at droid-force.com
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OK fair enough will do, where do I post it though? just in the Help and troubleshooting thread I take it?

Steveh8204 said:
OK fair enough will do, where do I post it though? just in the Help and troubleshooting thread I take it?
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To be honest I'm starting to think the problem lies with CWM Recovery.
Is it easy to downgrade as I am on 4.0.1.4?

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To be honest I'm starting to think the problem lies with CWM Recovery.
Is it easy to downgrade as I am on 4.0.1.4?
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Take my advice and move over to 4ext recovery.. It's the best atm.. you'll love it.
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I saw your post at droid-force.com and have responded to it there/