When i use the rom manager to do current ROM backup, the process is running but i saw "No SD-ext found, skipping backup of SD-ext" ??
can anyone help me out this ?
Also, i dont have enough internal memory to install apps.
Do You have ext partition on Your SD card? If not it is normal.
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Hi!
I'm using DeFrost 1.8 and I think that my confusion will be same on any other FroYo ROM.
I know that DeFrost has Apps2SD buildin and cause it's a FroYo ROM, already have the FroYo-style Apps2SD.
I must confess that i don't care where my apps are installed. I just supose that are stored on SD card using old-Apps2SD method.
Now, I've installed App2SD from Market and show some apps that are on internal memory and some on SD card, but there are lot more apps that I have installed on my phone that don't show up on this app.
Now, I'm very confused with this.
When I install a new app from Market, in what location is installed ? Internal, SD card using App2SD-old or App2SD-FroYo ?
How can I select the default location for new installations ?
I have SpareParts from LeoFroyo and App2sd location is on 'Default'. This means internal memory or old-style App2SD or what ?
If my ROM has buildin old-style App2SD, I can suppose that 'default' means this method. Or not ?
Is your SD card setup for old-A2SD with an EXT3 partition? If not, then they'll either go on the internal memory or the SD card using FroYo-A2SD (although not all apps are installed to the SD card as the creator may not have updated them yet)
Another question:
I actually haven't any Ext3 partition and may applications already installed, some on internal memory and some with the froyo-a2sd on the sd card.
I would like to create an Ext3 partition. I was thinking about the following steps:
- backup the fat32 content of the sd
- create a 1Gb ext3 partition
- restore the content of the Fat32 partition to SD
The problem is:
I will probably lose all the applications installed on the internal memory
Is it right? How can I solve this? Do I have to move everything to the new partition?
Which directories do I have to copy on Ext3?
Is sufficient to backup everything with Titanium and the restore once the Ext3 has been created?
Another problem is:
I started the system with an Ext3 partition and I couldn't access any application I installed before. Is there a way to recover those applications?
Once I erased the Ext3 partition (without installing anything on it) the phone started a boot loop.
What if I create the Ext3 before installing the new rom?
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Daemon
EddyOS said:
Is your SD card setup for old-A2SD with an EXT3 partition? If not, then they'll either go on the internal memory or the SD card using FroYo-A2SD (although not all apps are installed to the SD card as the creator may not have updated them yet)
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Yes, my SD card have an ext3 partition. So, the apps that don't appear at the App2SD applicaction, it's supposed that are on the ext3 partition ?
Then, why I have some apps in internal memory and other on FroYo-app2sd and the rest on ext3 part ?
I can't understand this.
Hey guys. I have done numerous nandroid backups in the past with problem but now I seem to be having issues doing backups.
Im running clockwork 2.5.0.1. I got to a backup and it sits there for a time and then spits out:
"No /sdcard/.android_secure found. Skipping backup of applications on external storage.
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Backup Complete!"
Any ideas wtf is going on?
I think it all refers to Apps on your SD card. If you don't have any installed there, there obviously won't be anything to backup, & i believe the sd card has to have an ext partition, so as long as you don't have apps on your card, looks normal to me.
If i'm wrong, someone feel free to correct me.
I concur. If you don't have apps2sd going you won't have any ext partition on your SD card to worry about.
Hi,
I met with a small issue regarding apps not storing correctly in ext3 partition.
I flashed with DeFrost 6.0d yesterday night and used Titanium Backup to only backup apps.
After which, I used TB again to 'Move user apps to SDcard'. Which I think breaks it, and move to SD card as I took a look at my sdcard storage, it left with 0byte. Before that I still have around few hundred mb.
My question is, right now, how do I move those apps back to the ext3? My internal memory after flashed is 144mb, but after using TB to restore apps, it shot down to 30+mb.
As a result, I am now unable to also update the apps through Market. All it says was installed unsuccessfully. I tried to move one apps back to internal memory, and update and it was successful.
How do I also know whether apps is installed using A2SD+ or Froyo appstoSD?
Thanks!
If you have a nandroid backup, you can restore from it. However it looks llike ur sd card might have got corrupted (either ext3 partition or fat32 or both). If it does not work, format and re-partition the sd card, wipe and reflash the rom and install the apps again.
If you have the latest nandroid, just format and re-partition (after backing up) the sd and restore it.
Edit: if the froyo a2sd is being used, then the apps will be in the .android_secure folder in the root of ur sd card (fat32) (in an encrypted format)
Thanks for the reply.
I found out that if I move the apps back to Phone, I will be able to update the apps and also, my internal memory will not decrease (only by .xxmb).
Does that mean that while pushing back to phone, a2sd+ actually is working on the background and the apps is actually stored in ext3 instead of phone memory?
My .android_secure folder is emptied btw.
while wiping data,it says app2sd not found skipping format sd card
pls help
thanq in advance
MuditArora said:
while wiping data,it says app2sd not found skipping format sd card
pls help
thanq in advance
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It means that you don't have a partition in your sd card, so the recovery doesn't need to format this partition. It will not give you problems if you don't use roms that need an ext partition on the sd card.
If you need some other information, feel free to ask me..
Regards
Not really sure what the problem is here, but if you had an SD-EXT partition (for DarkTremor's A2SD) data wipe wipes the SD-EXT partition.
Hi guys,
i've got a problem with my desire (gsm, bravo).
I was using cyanogenmod 7.2.0.1 for a while and everything was ok. Today i did a nandroid backup and installed a MIUI V rom to test it.
I didn't like it and wanted to return to CM. So i restored nandroid backup... everything went well... BUT:
Now my internal memory is gone! I just see ~130MB Phone-memory and my 16GB SD-Card. The internal 2GB is nowhere to be found...
The 16GB-SDcard is mounted under /sdcard and the folder /sd-ext (Which i think was the 2GB internal memory before) is 0byte and empty.
Things i tried which did not fix:
- Restore factory default
- Wipe everything possible from inside clockworkmod
- Format /sd-ext from clockworkmod (completes fine, but does nothing)
- Restore other odler nandroid backup (cm7.1, cm7.0 - i even tried the stock HTC rom nandroid)
EDIT (in hope this doesn't push this thread up again)
FIXED:
Ok, after a night of sleep i realized that i was just stupid. I mistook that the desire HAD internal 2GB flash while it only has the small 512MB ROM partition + sdcard So all is working as expected and I was confusing it with another phone ... sorry to disturb you and thankd for your answer, eddiehk6.
Thanks
did the internal memory definitely say 2GB before you switched roms? it's a bit strange because a nandroid restore should restore everything exactly as it was before.
what A2SD script were you using on cm rom? CM doesn't move apps to sd-ext automatically. also confirm that the ext partition was created with gparted or 4ext recovery (not minitool or clockworkmod recovery)
also do your apps still work? if so then everything probably is still working.
even so, a lot of the time, you won't see your internal memory as "internal + sd-ext". depending on the script, keeping apps on internal should move trick them to sd-ext. use another app like 'diskusage' to browse your partitions.
your internal memory is also 130MB i imagine also because you are also on stock hboot? if you don't know what that means then s-off and change hboot to cm7r2 maximise space a bit, further reading here.