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Hey, I've been following this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084
I'm on Step 5 which is partitioning your SD card. My question is, do you need to do that? I am planning to get either an MIUI rom or a Cyanogen rom on my phone, so is it really nessesary?
Thanks in advance
I thing you need\nessesary\. Look recomends or something like.Sorry for my English.
Just read the requirements of the rom.... if it says you do then yes?! lol
Yeah it depends on the rom.. Just check the requirements for the one you want to use
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I still dont get it :/ How much do I have to partition If I want this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957291
And for future purposes, where does it say?
Thanks :S
do not use gparted. its unnecessarily complicated. I recommend you to flash clockworkmod, or better RMD recovery (you can easily adjust the partition sizes in future) and use that. Give it 1GB EXT, 0MB Swap, the rest Fat32. If you have a smaller sdcard, 512MB EXT (thats the bare minimum for future rom usage), 0MB Swap, rest Fat32. Thats it.
Okay, I'm going to use ROM manager as it is the easiest! I'll set the ext to 512 and no partition.
Also, Do I need to wipe my SD card to do this?
And would that be fine to download MIUI XJ?
Thanks a lot for all your help, I really appreciate it
Everything will be wiped on ur sd card, so backup! For MIUI it will be enough. In the future learn how to use ADB shell - thats the real deal.
Good luck
Don't forget to hit the thanx button
wings400 said:
do not use gparted. its unnecessarily complicated.
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Huh? Gparted is simple!
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timmaaa said:
Huh? Gparted is simple!
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I just wanted to say that for future partition changes and so, it is quicker and easier to use the recovery
I agree gparted is very easy to use. Look in the dev area for a step by step on how to use it. Using VM Player you don't even need to boot onto it.
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I haven't partitioned my sd card yet. I just wanted to get some info on this first. I am currently running CM7 and I'm aware that you don't need to partition to run this rom. I was thinking about trying MikG v3.00 or Decks and wanted to know if there were any threads on partitioning the Evo or any tips you guys could give me? Any suggestions? Once you partition your sd card do you tend to leave the set up as is regardless of using different roms? Does partitioning erase everything on your memory card?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
DoubleA319 said:
I haven't partitioned my sd card yet. I just wanted to get some info on this first. I am currently running CM7 and I'm aware that you don't need to partition to run this rom. I was thinking about trying MikG v3.00 or Decks and wanted to know if there were any threads on partitioning the Evo or any tips you guys could give me? Any suggestions? Once you partition your sd card do you tend to leave the set up as is regardless of using different roms? Does partitioning erase everything on your memory card?
Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Search is your best friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158993
After you partition you do (well I do) tend to leave things how they are. After you partition to do a nandroid you have to backup sdext now and when you wipe you have to wipe sdext to go to a new rom. Also partitioning will 100% erase it so have to backup to your pc
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Thanks for the reply that thread was very helpful. Answered a lot of questions.
Just 1 question though. If I partition my card, then decide I want to change to the swap or ext again. Will that delete the contents of my sd card ?
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DoubleA319 said:
Thanks for the reply that thread was very helpful. Answered a lot of questions.
Just 1 question though. If I partition my card, then decide I want to change to the swap or ext again. Will that delete the contents of my sd card ?
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Yes it will
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Is there any benefit at all to using a swap position?
xdanito said:
Is there any benefit at all to using a swap position?
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I actually i have no idea like I've partitioned my card 5 times and some times I put 0 swap and other times I put 32 don't know y tho
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Just partitioned mine recently, the ROM I'm using is running smoother now but it was fast to begin with
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Ok so i just partitioned my sd card using TWRP. Then I mounted my sd card and put the zip for MikG v3.0 on the root. I did a full wipe. Then proceeded to install the rom. But now it just says 'Unable to open zip file' It looks like its trying to load. I'm not sure what to do. Should I try another rom?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Ok so i just partitioned my sd card using TWRP. Then I mounted my sd card and put the zip for MikG v3.0 on the root. I did a full wipe. Then proceeded to install the rom. But now it just says 'Unable to open zip file' It looks like its trying to load. I'm not sure what to do. Should I try another rom?
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Might be a bad download also get off of TWRP it leads to ALOT of problems I would suggest amon ra
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evo4gnoob said:
Might be a bad download also get off of TWRP it leads to ALOT of problems I would suggest amon ra
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Ok thanks. i just installed amon ra and partitioned and put MikG on my memory card. im about to install it. I was just curious about the 'toggle signature verification' option. What is it for?
Oops right post lol, sent me to a different post in the thread and lost me now back to the answer
Signature verification is for flashing signed and unsigned zips no need to enable it unless you need to flash a HTC signed zip with it off you can flash any zip in recovery signed or not
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Wrong post
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i looked at the link and it didn't answer my question. if flashing a custom kernel do i need a swap partition?
uhcougars said:
i looked at the link and it didn't answer my question. if flashing a custom kernel do i need a swap partition?
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Only if you want to use SWAP, think of swap as extra RAM, so if ur short on RAM swap might help, but swap is slower than RAM, and your need a Kernel with SWAP support.
I currently am using Swap
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Amon RA SD card partition feature is very nice, if not I use ADB to manually create the partition.
usb mass storage issue
guys it seems that due to me flashing this rom, my usb mass storage has issues any help?
Could go recovery, go to other, then toggle USB mass storage
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I have a file that you have to flash on top of simmon cm9 for cdma and it works and gives you up to 1.80g of storage on your phone. I hope it can help !!!!!!!
I dont take any credit, im just passing information and help!!!!!
post wrong file , this is the rite on sorry for the confusing but its works
truth me it work , just put the rite file now .
Dont flash the first file i upload becuz it wouldnt work , flash the second file...
It works and if would give u alot of space to add alot of apps and ur phone is still running good. Here a pic of my storage and u see that it works.... Ask any question if u like
Here's a pic to prove my case....
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Thank You it work's great.
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Your welcome , pass it along to the MarvelC Cmda Xda Community
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Data
Does this erase any data off of your SD or internal memory?
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Does this erase any data off of your SD or internal memory?
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likely it depends on if you have already partitioned your sd. And edwin, any way we could get the link to the original post?
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likely it depends on if you have already partitioned your sd. And edwin, any way we could get the link to the original post?
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No i have not partitioned my sd yet. so to use this file i would need to partition?
HTC_Vince said:
No i have not partitioned my sd yet. so to use this file i would need to partition?
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am trying it now myself, will edit with answers.
Edit: Yes, i believe you need a second partition. This is just a simpler a2sd optimized for cm9. Thanks edwin.
Hold on let me see if I can find it again?
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From my experience using it, it don't ease anything on ur SD card . And the original link where I find is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310309
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If u haven't try it, it move everything and lets u install many apps and the done does slow down at all from what I see in my phone. The developer has update the mod since Oct so its still alpha but it really does work! Whoever can talk to Simmons, ask him if he can combine this to the rom or improve it if he like thank you
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It creates ext 3 partition. From what I saw after I flashed it.
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I think ppl who have no idea what something does shouldnt be allowed to repost it. This is the a2sd darktremmor script i havent looked at it but it esentialy it says to your phone that your ext partitition on sd card is part of the internal memory. If the script incloudes automaticly creating of ext3 partition that means 2 things-you wont need to partition your card yourself, you will lose all your sd card data as partititioning requiers formating sd. And kido this is not skype or IRC or whatever its forum, organize your toughts and put them in 1 post. It is nice that you are trying to do something good but in this case i think you are better of doing nothing as you might cost someone his sd card data.
Edit: Ok from what i gather it will not create ext3 partitition. However if you have ext4 it will reformat it to ext3. I might be wrong im no exper and i just took a quick look at the script.
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echo " ERROR : No second Partition on microSD found: the ROM will most likely not work or only use app2sd";
fi;
I appreciate ur opinion but I know the developer and I know what this mod does but I understand what u are saying but if I know something works , I'm going to share it and it safe. It doesnt erase anything on ur SD card because I use it many of times.
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I had ext4 prior to flashing this and I haven't had any problem's. I have a lot of space now
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That's whats up, but there's people that always have negative comments about people that are just trying to help and pass on information. I'm not a newbie to the Android world and I use alot of mods in different phone.
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Works like a charm on marvelc with Simon's cm9. Finally the space we deserve.
Point me in the right direction please
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26516892
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Thanks man
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Thanks man
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I also made one but I'll stay native to xda. My version is debloated, deodexed and tweaked if you are interested.
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Please!!!!
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Please!!!!
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My home forum..
http://android.aokforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=48#p48
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Hey thanks for the help is sd partitioning needed before flashing any rom? Also does doing that delete any saved content on the external sd card.. im somewhat sure it doesnt but just wanna be safe ino i could back up my file on a pc but i dont have one at the moment >_<
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juan91 said:
Hey thanks for the help is sd partitioning needed before flashing any rom? Also does doing that delete any saved content on the external sd card.. im somewhat sure it doesnt but just wanna be safe ino i could back up my file on a pc but i dont have one at the moment >_<
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You need to partition the SD Card if the Rom is A2SD enabled, and you want to use it. Yes it should be done before you flash the Rom. You should also find out what type of partition. Does the the Rom call for an ext.3 , or ext4 partition. If you are going to partition your SD Card you need to make a backup on the PC first. Partitioning the SD Card will wipe the card clean.
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prboy1969 said:
You need to partition the SD Card if the Rom is A2SD enabled, and you want to use it. Yes it should be done before you flash the Rom. You should also find out what type of partition. Does the the Rom call for an ext.3 , or ext4 partition. If you are going to partition your SD Card you need to make a backup on the PC first. Partitioning the SD Card will wipe the card clean.
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yea im thinking of flashing the sensuASOP and it says to partition to 2 then 3 then 4.
also im gonna use a friends pc to back up my current files but can i restore them back into the sd card once im done with the partition/flashing and my phone is up and running?
***You need to partition the SD Card if the Rom is A2SD enabled, and you want to use it.***
will the rom still work if i just flash it without doing the partition?
juan91 said:
yea im thinking of flashing the sensuASOP and it says to partition to 2 then 3 then 4.
also im gonna use a friends pc to back up my current files but can i restore them back into the sd card once im done with the partition/flashing and my phone is up and running?
***You need to partition the SD Card if the Rom is A2SD enabled, and you want to use it.***
will the rom still work if i just flash it without doing the partition?
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Yup, "backing up" and "restoring" is just fancy talk for copy and paste
And yes, the rom will still work if you do not partition your sdcard, but a2sd will not work
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Yup, "backing up" and "restoring" is just fancy talk for copy and paste
And yes, the rom will still work if you do not partition your sdcard, but a2sd will not work
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okay awesome thanks so much for the help...ALL OF YOU .
without a2sd working all apps in download will be on the internal mem then?
CNexus said:
Yup, "backing up" and "restoring" is just fancy talk for copy and paste
And yes, the rom will still work if you do not partition your sdcard, but a2sd will not work
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Not all Roms will work. If the Rom is built so that a2sd is enabled automatically, it will not work correctly. Things will be missing. You can have FC issues. In some cases I've had them not even Boot. So it is better to have the SD Card partitioned before you Flash if the ROM calls for it.
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prboy1969 said:
Not all Roms will work. If the Rom is built so that a2sd is enabled automatically, it will not work correctly. Things will be missing. You can have FC issues. In some cases I've had them not even Boot. So it is better to have the SD Card partitioned before you Flash if the ROM calls for it.
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Alright sounds good ill give it a shot later on today then thanks again really appreciate the help
all the partitioning gets done thru recovery.
so where within recovery is partition actually done?
Hey guys, noob here. I am going to be flashing my phone today too.
Death by soaps mod seems to be what I am looking for, but I just want to make sure I am doing everything right.
I have turned s-off with revolutionary and backed up everything with both clockworkmod and smelkusmod and saved everything on my computer.
I am not 100% sure how to continue with partitioning and flashing though. Do you have a recommended guide partitioning and flashing with your mod? I have found some general guides, but they are for other mods and I dont want to screw anything up.
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Hey guys, noob here. I am going to be flashing my phone today too.
Death by soaps mod seems to be what I am looking for, but I just want to make sure I am doing everything right.
I have turned s-off with revolutionary and backed up everything with both clockworkmod and smelkusmod and saved everything on my computer.
I am not 100% sure how to continue with partitioning and flashing though. Do you have a recommended guide partitioning and flashing with your mod? I have found some general guides, but they are for other mods and I dont want to screw anything up.
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Ok. Simple.
1. Move everything on your sd card to your comp.
2. Use smelkusmod as its the best.
3. Go to partition card or something to that extent.
4. Set your desired size, 1 or 2 gigs is good enough, depending on how many apps you have/use.
5. Set swap to 0
6. Wait for it to partition.
7. Upgrade ext from 2 to 3 to 4.
8. Put all your stuff back on the sd card.
Flashing
1. Use format all/superwipe option in wipe menu of smelkus to wipe.
2. Go to flash zip or something like that.
3. Select the file and confirm.
4. Wait for it to do its thing then reboot.
Done!
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where can i get that?
nevermind i found it
Ok thanks, looks like I am up and running. I will report back if smell burning plastic or anything unusual :fingers-crossed:
If I want to mess around with any other mods is there anything special I should do first? Or just repeat the same steps (partition, superwiper, flash)?
Thanks again.
bsoa said:
Ok thanks, looks like I am up and running. I will report back if smell burning plastic or anything unusual :fingers-crossed:
If I want to mess around with any other mods is there anything special I should do first? Or just repeat the same steps (partition, superwiper, flash)?
Thanks again.
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Nope no need to partition again. That's done. Also you dont need to wipe for mods unless the OP states it.
For Roms, however,(what you just flashed) always do a full wipe/ superwipe and if going between versions of sense and aosp, always wipe the sd ext.
For kernels always wipe cache and dalvik cache before flashing.
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As an extra precaution, I always wipe Cache / Dalvik. Before flashing a Mod.
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So in sensuASOP it says to partition the sd card THEN flash the rom if i have the zip files saved on the sd card wouldnt i lose the zip file hence i cant flash the rom? Or do i flash rom first then partition the sd card?
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Need help installing TEAM-D-I-R-T-RemICS-UX-Port-ICS-4-0-4. I used the recovery recommended in this roms thread and did the installation instructions which were basic download the rom using wifi, wipe everything except sd card, and last flash and enjoy! Problem is i complete flashing it and say everything went well so i power off and boot my evo up white HTC Evo 4G screen comes up and i wait until it loads the cool boot problem is there's no boot its just loads the white evo screen over and over tried doing it again and again wiping and flashing but no luck so i need step by step instructions because at this moment i am totally confused hope you guys can help thanks.
Whats your wiping method? Format system, wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik?
You didn't partition your SD card
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You didn't partition your SD card
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Yes, indeed i have never partitioned my sd card but i am afraid that i will f**k something up but are you saying if i do it will work??
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Whats your wiping method? Format system, wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik?
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Yes, i wiped everything except any sd card stuff like the rom thread said.
Jounier11 said:
Yes, i wiped everything except any sd card stuff like the rom thread said.
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You need to partition or else it will boot loop
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You need to partition or else it will boot loop
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Got a link for step by step instructions as to how i have never done this in the 1year that i have had my evo rooted and will i lose anything like music, photos, etc. from doing this.
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Got a link for step by step instructions as to how i have never done this in the 1year that i have had my evo rooted and will i lose anything like music, photos, etc. from doing this.
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Yes, unless you backup everything before hand. Its easy enough. Just move everything from your SD card to you computer, partition, and move it back.
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Yes, unless you backup everything before hand. Its easy enough. Just move everything from your SD card to you computer, partition, and move it back.
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Ok, finished partitioning the SD Card right now i am in recovery in USB-MS mode and putting all the stuff i backed up from the SD Card back on so after that i just reboot and it should start right up without doing any boot loops right?
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Ok, finished partitioning the SD Card right now i am in recovery in USB-MS mode and putting all the stuff i backed up from the SD Card back on so after that i just reboot and it should start right up without doing any boot loops right?
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If all is well and properly formatted, yes. right up.
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If all is well and properly formatted, yes. right up.
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Thank you very much i got the samsung galaxy III based rom working thank you for helping me
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Jounier11 said:
Thank you very much i got the samsung galaxy III based rom working thank you for helping me
P.S. I Gave you some reputation thanks
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Glad to be of service
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