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Cyanogen App2sd script - huge problems!

Hello xDA,
I'm trying to install/flash the legacy a2s script from Cyanogen to my Cyanogen 7 RC1.0 but without success. I've seen that there are no new files copied into the /sd-ext/ directory so I can't enable data2sd and cache2sd.
The error I get is the following after doing it in the Recovery.
"/sd-ext/userinit.d/11data2sdext-binds: not found
"/sd-ext/userinit.d/10cache2sdext-binds: not found"
Anyone got a solution for me? I would be really grateful for that!
I've got a FAT32+ Ext3 + Linux Swap partition. /sd-ext/ is mounted when I'm doing this.
Thank you!

try to download and install S2E (simple2ext) from market, it's special programm for CM7. works only with ext3

I don't like any app2sd method, I thing the best way to get more space for your apps is get S-OFF and flash CM7 hboot.

[Q] A2SD+ and low internal memory

I haven't found really good explanation on forum and most of post on this seems not to be answered so I'm posting to see if I can get this sorted.
I used Leedroid, InsertCoin, and now on GingerVillian now. All of them had same setting of 500MB ext partition. Problem is I always seems to get low internal memory no matter what ROM I use. Currently I have 394MB free SD-EXT and 16MB Internal.
I moved adobe flash to SD card which seems to free up space and Dalvik Cache is on SD-Ext.
So question is why even though I have lot of EXT space left is it not being used and is there way to make it use it more instead of internal memory?

jinius said:
I haven't found really good explanation on forum and most of post on this seems not to be answered so I'm posting to see if I can get this sorted.
I used Leedroid, InsertCoin, and now on GingerVillian now. All of them had same setting of 500MB ext partition. Problem is I always seems to get low internal memory no matter what ROM I use. Currently I have 394MB free SD-EXT and 16MB Internal.
I moved adobe flash to SD card which seems to free up space and Dalvik Cache is on SD-Ext.
So question is why even though I have lot of EXT space left is it not being used and is there way to make it use it more instead of internal memory?
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App2SD is flawed because of this, say you have an app 20mb, 15mb would be put on to the SD card and the rest go's to internal, so you will still use up space and in the end will have to start uninstalling.
Best way is to use a Rom with data2SD witch give's you 2gb internal memory.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

I have the same problem... I hate it , i have 1 gb for sd-ext3 and i cant enjoy it !
Any ideas ?

wska said:
I have the same problem... I hate it , i have 1 gb for sd-ext3 and i cant enjoy it !
Any ideas ?
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Data2SD RoM problems solved

One could also flash a new hboot which increases the size of the /data-partition. However you need s-off for this and it's imho riskier than flashing a rom with data2sd. Whereas i work with a2sd + cm7 hboot and i am very happy it.

Desire with Cool Sensation v7
Hi,
I have this problem too. but it is not our choice to choose the data2sd instead of app2sd because it depend on what the ROM support.
Previously I use App2sd+ from ModaCo ROM. I have 200+ apps and it take the internal memory nearly full but sd-ext space just half.
I tried the Data2sd for Desire is only SuperNova with HTC Sense and it work in 1Gb sd-ext. BUT it uses Sense 2.1.
I just try Sense 3 from Cool Sensation v7 ROM. I love it and dont want to revert back to previous Sense It have 3D home screen, cool weather animation, SMS secure lock. However this ROM still use app2sd. I cannot post to the thread, I dont have enought post count.
I try some other way to apply Data2sd into this ROM but I got boot loop.
After few days I use this ROM, my internal memory almost full (15mb free) for only 57 apps even the app2sd symlink-ed /data/app, /data/app-private, /data/dalvik-cache and /system/app into sd-ext!
Expert please help me and give me some idea.
Do I need to symlink /data/data into sd-ext manually?
Is it possible to remove app2sd in the ROM and install Data2sd? How?
Data2sd require busybox, init.d and ext4 kernel support. I think this ROM have all this thing.
HTC Desire
Hboot S-Off with Revolutionary
4ExtRecovery
Cool Sensation v7 ROM
8Gb Class 2 sd card with Fat32 + 1Gb ext4
And have some basic in Linux shell

I can 100% get my head around this either, although i did install some apps and i could really tell if it was on Internal or EXT4.
From my understanding, as far as the phone os, it thinks apps are on Internal and will decrease the size counter, but apps are on EXT4 if you use a file manager etc.. but even if all goes to EXT4, we still get that annoying LowDisk message was it get to 15megs...
I still was convinced, but i accidently decided i wanted to format my FAT32 partition, mainly to get rid of all the junk that on there since STOCK Rom. I used the Phone own Format SD Card option.
Well that was fun (NOT!!) it instead formatted the EXT4 and not the FAT32, when i rebooted all the loaded apps that were on EXT4 were now gone.
Phone still works, but one side effect of this is now i have like 270megs free....lol, granted no wallpaper, lockscreens etc,
anyway seeing as i screwed up and that im already S-OFF, im going to just go with CM7r2 HBoot.

Similar issue - I think?
Hi all, my first post here
So I have been working my way through all the error messages and guides and finally have InsertCoin set up. All is looking good except after Titanium Backup restored all my apps my internal memory is as full as before I rooted the phone, so I think I can safely say that the 2gb I partitioned off on my SD is not getting ay use at all? Is there a way I can check?
For the record I am running with AmonRa, and I used Revolutionary to get s-Off. The guide I followed to set up A2SD did not have me using any Terminal commands, so I am guessing that is an area for me to explore in solving this, here is the guide I used (near the end)
/myhtcdesire.com/modding/how-to-install-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-desire
I used that method as i am on a borrowed mac and it just seemed easier. I
I am hoping there is an easy fix that someone can suggest.

hoads1234 said:
Hi all, my first post here
So I have been working my way through all the error messages and guides and finally have InsertCoin set up. All is looking good except after Titanium Backup restored all my apps my internal memory is as full as before I rooted the phone, so I think I can safely say that the 2gb I partitioned off on my SD is not getting ay use at all? Is there a way I can check?
For the record I am running with AmonRa, and I used Revolutionary to get s-Off. The guide I followed to set up A2SD did not have me using any Terminal commands, so I am guessing that is an area for me to explore in solving this, here is the guide I used (near the end)
/myhtcdesire.com/modding/how-to-install-a-custom-rom-on-your-htc-desire
I used that method as i am on a borrowed mac and it just seemed easier. I
I am hoping there is an easy fix that someone can suggest.
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To check if a2sd is working, open terminal emulator and type
Code:
su
ls -l /data
Output should say (for a2sd):
Code:
app -> /sd-ext/app
app-private -> /sd-ext/app-private
Additionally for a2sd+:
Code:
dalvik-cache -> /sd-ext/dalvik-cache
If it does not show this, a2sd is not working. So make sure you partitioned sd card correctly (fat32 + ext; both primary).

CallMeLaNN said:
Hi,
I have this problem too. but it is not our choice to choose the data2sd instead of app2sd because it depend on what the ROM support.
Previously I use App2sd+ from ModaCo ROM. I have 200+ apps and it take the internal memory nearly full but sd-ext space just half.
I tried the Data2sd for Desire is only SuperNova with HTC Sense and it work in 1Gb sd-ext. BUT it uses Sense 2.1.
I just try Sense 3 from Cool Sensation v7 ROM. I love it and dont want to revert back to previous Sense It have 3D home screen, cool weather animation, SMS secure lock. However this ROM still use app2sd. I cannot post to the thread, I dont have enought post count.
I try some other way to apply Data2sd into this ROM but I got boot loop.
After few days I use this ROM, my internal memory almost full (15mb free) for only 57 apps even the app2sd symlink-ed /data/app, /data/app-private, /data/dalvik-cache and /system/app into sd-ext!
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I used Cool Sensation v7 but didn't have this problem until I flashed the newer v9 (just noticed v10 has been posted today though). My internal memory was very low but I then flashed the Dalvik to sdext.zip from the Cool Sensation thread and then had 180MB internal free. Try that and see if it works. If it doesn't, have you aligned your SD ext using the .zip on the same thread? if not this could be why your having problems, though it didn't work for me.

Thanks for the ideas, I was a bit out of my depth with the Mac SU functions, so although i didn't get the desired feedback you suggested, but it could have been me. So anyway I found a Ubuntu machine and plugged in the SD card in an adapter and can see that there is a successful partition, and that the EXT partition seems to have some files and folders in it.
I have also just noticed that the SD cards partitions also appear in the Titanium Backup overview screen.
So i guess my problem is that the memory is just full! Maybe my expectations of extra memory after rooting were unrealistic. ?
For the Record, just to make sure my situation is normal, in Titanium I see
System ROM - 262MB (129MB free)
Internal - 158MB (15MB free) - is this just a section of system ROM above?
SD CARD - 13.8GB (11GB free)
SD Card (a2sd) - 1.9GB (1.5GB free)

@xybadog this is my update,
@hoads1234 just want to share with you,
I use Cool Sensation v7, the internal memory full can be solved by flashing the additional zip for stock hboot but I flash non stock hboot. Why?
After some studying, now I know why expert keep asking for my hboot. Hboot define the data partition. On the phone memory, it divided into system, cache and data partition. the hboot define the partition size. For stock hboot, you will only have 147Mb for HTC Desire. Whatever the custom ROM symlink'ed some data partition, we stuck on 147Mb. If you flash like CM7r2 hboot, you will get more room (300+Mb) on data but just enough for system. "Internal memory" is referring to data partition.
Now I still have 130Mb free internal memory after installing 90 apps without wiping any cache for about 2 weeks.
I dont have Ubuntu even I know how to use it. No time to install or make virtual machine. To partition your sdcard easily without linux, use 4ExtRecovery. It is CWM based recovery plus support for Ext4 and some features like partitioning, check for aligned sd-ext and mount as disk drive.

To check for your current internal partition. boot into recovery, and use ADB to run command "df -h". The /system /data and /cache is the thing you need to look for.

You could use the cyanogenmod rom, then install s2e app from market. That app is designed purely for use with cyanogenmod. I use this combo, I have a huge amount of apps installed and still 50mb of internal space free. No need for changing your hboot or using data2sd rom. Very simple fix
Sent from my CM7.1 Desire using XDA Premium App

okay thanks, I am still happy having a go with InsertCoin, so I will have a look at the hboot.
I think i read somewhere that i could do it just like adding a new ROM and copying a zip file across, so time for some more forum reading to work my way through this next step.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1110921

okay here is my update, since in have revolutionary hboot, i tried to change to alpharev, so i could use their modified partition tables (found no reference of being able to do this in Revolutionary) - the folks on alpharev irc said not to, but didn't say why.
I did try and use the unrevoked tool to flash AmonRa across again, but this had a waiting for reboot error and may have failed. I have also reflashed my ROM again after a full wipe a couple of times. Not finding any improvements in memory, so will keep fiddling.

okay next question!
I tried the terminal emulator commands (once i worked out this was an app, and not the Mac terminal..) and got the following responses
app -> /system/sd/app
app-private ->
dalvik-cache ->
so am i guessing correctly that none of the apps i download are being sent to the SD partition.
Any advice to get app-private directed to my sd card?

hoads1234 said:
okay next question!
I tried the terminal emulator commands (once i worked out this was an app, and not the Mac terminal..) and got the following responses
app -> /system/sd/app
app-private ->
dalvik-cache ->
so am i guessing correctly that none of the apps i download are being sent to the SD partition.
Any advice to get app-private directed to my sd card?
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I suggest you use ADB instead of terminal emulator because easy to type in PC.
Install Android SDK make ADB shell to work and connected to your device. The shell is just the same what you need to do in terminal emulator.
To move app private and dalvik cache simply make symlink like this:
Code:
busybox cp -a /data/dalvik-cache /system/sd/
rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache
ln -s /system/sd/dalvik-cache /data/dalvik-cache
The first will move all contents, the second will remove the existing original dalvik-cache folder. and the third one will make symlink to point from original location to the sd partition.

Cyanogenmod 7 low space?

Hey I recently changed from an insertcoin a2sd rom where I had over 100mb worth of system space after moving most apps to SD. I've now moved the Cyanogenmod 7 which lets you move all apps to SD but I only have 55mb of space?
Is there any way to increase this space?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

You did already flash a2sd script, didn't you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10675412&postcount=2
If yes, go s-off and flash cm7 hboot:
http://alpharev.nl
Nice guide how to this;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 (STEP FOUR)
No warranty for any damage.

MatDroid, thanks. This also helps me.
I didn't realise you needed to flash a2sd in addition to the CyanogenMod 7 or CM7, which I am using. I switched from Leedroid, and it looks great.
I am getting low disk space warnings.
So, can I flash the Google or CyanogenMod A2SD they are talking about here AFTER I've been using the new Rom for a couple of days?
Second question, will this automatically manage my apps from internal to external storage for me?
Thanks!

Why not use something like Rom Manager to partition your sd card and s2e?

After flashing darktremor's A2SD script, I recommend to download a2sdGUI from market. With this program you are able to move apps and dalvik-cache to EXT partition. After a successfull reboot all apps you installed and the dalvik-cache are moved to EXT and all new apps will be automatically moved there.
To make sure everything worked (after the named reboot), you should download a terminal emulator from Market and enter these commands:
Code:
su
ls -l /data
Post the output here.

Great information!
Can I flash Darktremor's script after I've been using the CyanogenMod? Or do I need to reflash the ROM and start over from the beginning?
Where's a good place to go for Darktremor's script?
Thanks

Should work even you used the rom for a while. But make a nandroid backup, just in case. Check cyanogenmod-thread here on xda.

here is the link for the script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719151
yh you have to start from the beginning. wipe everything, than flash the rom and flash the script straight after
Cyanogenmod like to use thisapp2sd [Script/APK] S2E (simple2ext): app2sd for CyanogenMod7

As far as I know, after flashing the script (which I can highly recommend) the OP can follow my guide without wiping anything. Nevertheless, backups (Titanium Backup + Nandroid) should be created before doing anything!!

Thanks MatDroid, this helped a lot.

htc desire extend memory

Hi i need to extend internal memory with ext3 partition in microsd card.i use official android 2.3.3 from htc and i do not want to install other custom rom.the phone is rooted and i use to recovery option to backup the phone.the superuser is instaled.i have create 1gb ext3 partition in microsd card(8gb sandisk msdhc).i read and try some methods to do this ,but did not accomplish anything.what is the easiest and secure way;;;;

tekots said:
Hi i need to extend internal memory with ext3 partition in microsd card.i use official android 2.3.3 from htc and i do not want to install other custom rom.the phone is rooted and i use to recovery option to backup the phone.the superuser is instaled.i have create 1gb ext3 partition in microsd card(8gb sandisk msdhc).i read and try some methods to do this ,but did not accomplish anything.what is the easiest and secure way;;;;
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Perhaps installing a A2SD script, or alike. Not sure if it will work with stock roms tho. Maybe INT2EXT or alike might, but someone will answer the correct way of doing it
This should be under Q&A's by the way.

MidnightDevil said:
Perhaps installing a A2SD script, or alike. Not sure if it will work with stock roms tho. Maybe INT2EXT or alike might, but someone will answer the correct way of doing it
This should be under Q&A's by the way.
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It will not work, rom doesn't have init.d support.
Here is the boot.img I made while I was trying the same thing. Flash it via fastboot and then, without reboot, go to recovery and flash a2sd script via recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719151
Then reboot, reboot will last a little longer. After it boots download some terminal application from Play Store, run terminal and type:
su - to gain superuser rights
a2sd install - to install script and move all user apps to sd-ext
Phone will reboot after installation (maybe up to 3 times).
After the phone boots go to terminal again and type:
su
a2sd cachesd - to move dalvik cache to sd-ext
Phone will reboot.
For the rest of the commands to be used go to the original thread and read.

If you are s-off install link2sd from Google play.
First read how to use.
Cheers
Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk 2

[Q] Desire Internal memory

Hi Guys
Found this link:
http://www.andreagrandi.it/2011/08/...emory-to-2gb-using-cyanogenmod-7-and-data2sd/
The only thing is the links are old, just wondering if there is a noobs guide somewhere to do a similar job increasing the internal memory of my Desire.
Thanks
Martin

all you need is to partition your sd card properly, use 4ext recovery or gparted, plenty of guides you can search for. also s-off and install the rom on a suitable hboot to use internal space more efficiently.
the partition is your extra internal memory, just need to use it. virtually all custom roms will have an a2sd script built in for more space for apps, check each rom's thread. some may require terminal commands to activate it, or you can search for various a2sd scripts which effectively do the same thing. some scripts won't appear to actually 'increase' your internal memory. but the partition is still being used for apps, which is all you really need.
in other words, you don't really need a guide to increase the internal memory. the main reason for rooting in the first place is more space for apps. pretty much any custom rom has this facility already.

Hi Guys<br />
<br />
Found this link:<br />
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http://www.andreagrandi.it/2011/08/...emory-to-2gb-using-cyanogenmod-7-and-data2sd/<br />
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The only thing is the links are old, just wondering if there is a noobs guide somewhere to do a similar job increasing the internal memory of my Desire.<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />
Martin
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Or you could try the partitioning guide in my sig.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Or you could try the partitioning guide in my sig.
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I followed your guide, thanks, seemed to work fine. The only problem is it has removed my Playstore, any ideas?

Download another play store apk and install it.

Hi, Iam trying to make more space on my desire...i create ext4 partition and try to make it work with mount2sd and link2sd but what ever I do cant move apps. I am rooted stock room. Is there any way to make it work on stock rom?

crni6 said:
Hi, Iam trying to make more space on my desire...i create ext4 partition and try to make it work with mount2sd and link2sd but what ever I do cant move apps. I am rooted stock room. Is there any way to make it work on stock rom?
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Apps move themselves. In mounts2sd, move app and dalvik.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Apps move themselves. In mounts2sd, move app and dalvik.
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I try mount2sd and try ext4 ext3 partition but app cant recognise ext partition. I try everything. Link2sd recognise ext3 partition but doesnt work well...link apps but dont move all data or any thing. I do same thing on my girlfriend alcatel ot 990 and works like charm(its new functional phone couse before that phone have like 80mb int. mem.)
Please any halp...tutorial or something,I read all posts but I cant finde solution. Maybe Mount2sd cant work on desire stock rom or something?

Are you s-off? If not, you cannot use a2sd.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Are you s-off? If not, you cannot use a2sd.
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Yes ...s-off,rooted with stock gingerbread rom...I just root my phone and whant to make more storage. Install busy box...and do all that is writen.
Would I try to delete some files...maybe something block mount2sd...but I do factory reset and try,and nothing.

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Are you s-off? If not, you cannot use a2sd.
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A2SD will work fine on s-on, just need correctly partitioned sd card, and kernel / Rom which supports init.d script afaik
@OP, how did you create the ext4 partition, follow abaaaabbbb's guide in his sig
Check you have no other a2sd script in system/etc/init.d
Then reboot after you've created new scripts. Check you are using partitions using another app like diskusage

eddiehk6 said:
A2SD will work fine on s-on, just need correctly partitioned sd card, and kernel / Rom which supports init.d script afaik
@OP, how did you create the ext4 partition, follow abaaaabbbb's guide in his sig
Check you have no other a2sd script in system/etc/init.d
Then reboot after you've created new scripts. Check you are using partitions using another app like diskusage
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Im S-off,like I sad stock rom...I partition sd like "abaaaabbbb's" sad in tutorial with gparted just now I see didnt create " swap " maybe this is my missing link. How to chack. "Check you have no other a2sd script in system/etc/init.d" ..what would i find( some file or momething to delete)?
I use
HTML:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd.pro&hl=en
and link2sd...maybe that create another script?
Sorry if I boring you with stupide questions but I do not know much about rooting...

crni6 said:
Im S-off,like I sad stock rom...I partition sd like "abaaaabbbb's" sad in tutorial with gparted just now I see didnt create " swap " maybe this is my missing link. How to chack. "Check you have no other a2sd script in system/etc/init.d" ..what would i find( some file or momething to delete)?
I use
HTML:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd.pro&hl=en
and link2sd...maybe that create another script?
Sorry if I boring you with stupide questions but I do not know much about rooting...
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i'm merely saying that it shouldnt matter it you're s-on or s-off, A2SD should work regardless.
you don't need swap partition, ignore it.
I realise now, that if you merely s-off and rooted stock the rom, A2SD may not work because it won't support init.d scripts, i think but not sure.
you can check if it supports A2SD by using a root file explorer, search the market for something like ES file explorer. enable root access and browse to see if there is a folder called system/etc/init.d
if you don't have this folder, you will need a custom rom to use A2SD. you can stick with pre-rooted stock rom with init.d support here. or you can pick a different rom altogether, some have A2SD built in, so you won't have to flash anything else, check each OP.
if you stick with the pre-rooted stock rom i linked, instead of flashing the A2SD script in the OP, you can then use mount2sd OR link2sd, not both. what they do is create a new script in init.d folder to move the apps automatically to partition.
do not use an additional app like the one you posted to move apps to sd. that will move apps to the FAT32 partition of the sd card, not the ext4 partition. you shouldn't have to manually move anything, keep them on 'internal', flashing the scripts automatically tricks them to sd-ext. like i said, use diskusage once everything else is setup to browse your partitions. you won't see your internal memory increasing (so it won't be 147MB + ext4 partition), but the ext4 partition will still be in use.
you'll have to full wipe, so backup everything first before trying any of this.
EDIT: sorry just found this. it adds init.d support to your existing stock rooted rom, should work for any device apparently. can hopefully get A2SD working without having to switch rom.
try:
- nandroid backup (essential)
- flash the init.d mod
- reboot
- install mount2sd OR link2sd, you pick
- reboot
- install diskusage to see if it worked...

Ok,I see I can do this with instaling rom like in first link...but are you shore this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912504
is for any phone or rom...If I understand it right its just for Nexus 7 ????

crni6 said:
Ok,I see I can do this with instaling rom like in first link...but are you shore this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912504
is for any phone or rom...If I understand it right its just for Nexus 7 ????
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like i said, should work for any device. i just read the last few posts to find out. i've not tried it myself, which is why i strongly recommend nandroid backup just in case.
if it doesn't work, just use the other link i posted to stock rooted rom, already with init.d support.