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Insertcoin[Sense2.1+3.0GB]

I tried using this ROM and even partitoned my SD card for stock HBoot. I had the following configuration : A2SD+ STOCK HBOOT - stock hboot - the one with 250 mB for /system
- 1 gB ext4 partition
When i tried "a2sd check" or "a2sd install" or any a2sd command, it says a2sd not found. M currently using MIUI and everything works perfectly ....
Just that i wanted to try out some sense roms. Also tried flashing DarkTremor's A2SD script but then it stuck on splash screen.
Can anyone plz let me know how can i basically achieve A2SD on this ROM and run the above commands either through Terminal Emulator or through shell. A pointer to a step by step giude would be awesome[Noob alert]
TIA

maybe the rom you are trying does not support ext4? have you checked that?
btw hboot does have nothing to do with your sd card

Yes it supports ext 4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016940
So can any1 plz give a me solution on this?

You don't need to do any A2SD+ commands or anything as a prerequisite for Insertcoin. All you have to do is make sure you download the right ROM for your HBOOT, partition 1GB EXT4. Full wipe and flash the rom. The rom itself will take care of moving stuff to the EXT during installation.
Hope this helps in any way.

[Q] A2SD+ with Runnymede V5 installed

I have installed the Runnymede rom of Sebastiaan yesterday. I chose for the A2SD+ script at the installation. But the script will not run right. My telephone tells me i have left 10MB of my internal memory.
I have installed this rom as following:
- installed 4EXT recovery
- Made a EXT4 partition of 1.5GB for my SD-EXT (the rest 6.5GB is for SD)
- Did make a full wipe
- Installed the rom
- Installed the SNQ kernel
- Started up the rom
Some extra phone information:
hboot 6.93.1002 (s-off)
cm7 hboot
Kingston 8GB class10 (1.5GB SD-EXT / 6.5GB SD)
I made no changes after i started the rom. Does anyone recognize what i am doing wrong?
If you need more information, please ask me!
Regards,
Niels

Open a terminal emulator on your phone and run
Code:
su
ls -l /data
Post the output here.

Here is the output:

Important ouput is this one:
Code:
app -> [B]sd-ext[/B]/app
app-private -> [B]sd-ext/[/b]app-private
So based on this output A2SD is working. What's missing is, that the dalvik cache is not moved to EXT partition of SD card. Check rom's thread if there is a script for this.

There is a script for that, i think that works. But the problem is solved with another solution. I choose at the installation of the new runnymede for A2SDX instead of A2SD+ so now i have lots of memory space.
Thanks for your help!

[Q] My SD partition is not picked up by A2SD+

Hey,
Recently I've partitioned an 8GB SD-card through RA Recovery v2.0.1 to have a 1024MB EXT4 partition without swap (later I tried EXT2, EXT3 and an aligned EXT4 as well).
After installing a ROM said to be compatible with A2SD, the latest Supernova 2.4.0.1, it did not show the additional storage room that should be available from the SD partition.
Also when using a terminal emulator app, after granting it Superuser permission, I could not get any evidence on my phone being able to see the SD partition. "a2sd" and "app2sd" commands are not recognized and the "busybox df -h" and some other command did not return any evidence on an SD partition being present.
Other ROMs I've tried installing were the latest Cool3D RunnyMede and the Runnymede&Bliss.Mix ROMs. Both froze at their boot screens (due to not being able to access SD partition?).
Some (additional) information on my HTC Desire:
- GSM
- Stock HBOOT
- Stock radio
- RA Recovery v2.0.1
So yeah, I was wondering if you guys could help me on getting my SD partition to function Thanks in advance!

I've got the _exact_ same problem. I hope someone at XDA can help, because I'm eager to try Chrome Beta on my Desire with ICS.
Sent from my G100W using XDA

Try redo it with gparted or flash 4ext recovery if s-off
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Thanks for the reply!
But sadly I won't be able to confirm whether that would've fixed my problem. I switched to MildWild's CM 3.8 ROM and that alone had my SD partition working for me.
Although it initially didn't appear to have the extra storage room (it displayed around 120MB in the Applications and Storage menus), I soon noticed that after installing a new app, that amount would first drop but then rise back to ~120MB again.
Typing the "busybox df -h" command in the Terminal Emulator confirmed that there was indeed a 1GB partition present from something called "sd-ext"...which would be the partition I made!
But could it be that I have to install A2SD+ separately for certain ROMs and is included in others?

Some like CM need this setup - mostly run AOSP roms myself but boot loops point to issue with the SD-ext partition. As was said earlier Gparted is the way to go to partition, and will align perfectly as well - if it were me I'd nandroid including sd-ext if separate in AmonRa (I use 4EXT Touch Recovery myself), copy sd contents to PC as back up, and re-do partitioning in Gparted.

Installing CM7 with m2sd

I'm trying to install m2sd on cm7. I do a full wipe, install the Rom, gapps, and m2sd script. After starting up I enable m2sd for apps and reboot. Then I start installing software, but they take up space on internal memory. After moving them to sd they don't go to ext partition but to the fat one.
What could be the issue?

how did you partition you sd card? should be done with gparted (step 5 here) or 4ext recovery only (not minitool or clockworkmod recovery).
depending on the options chosen for m2sd, some stuff will still take space on internal, for instance app data is best left on internal for performance. use an app like 'diskusage' to browse all your partitions.
make sure you're also s-off and on cm7r2 hboot to maximise space (have a look for further guides if this doesnt make sense).

Try also enabling dalvik cache to sd.

Or the data + r-mount combination (which is I'm using now with no problem at all).

eddiehk6 said:
how did you partition you sd card? should be done with gparted (step 5 here) or 4ext recovery only (not minitool or clockworkmod recovery).
depending on the options chosen for m2sd, some stuff will still take space on internal, for instance app data is best left on internal for performance. use an app like 'diskusage' to browse all your partitions.
make sure you're also s-off and on cm7r2 hboot to maximise space (have a look for further guides if this doesnt make sense).
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I just did it all again, to make sure I used gParted, so I'm sure I have 10gig Fat32, 4gig EXT4 and 256meg Swap. Then I did a full wipe of the phone, installed cm7, gapps, and when the system booted I installed and configured m2sd APK and rebooted. Still, in the gui section you can see "File System Type: N/A". It looks like it didn't recognise the FS but I have tried setting that to auto and EXT4
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Does anyone know what a2sd script has been used in THIS rom?

gaseki said:
I just did it all again, to make sure I used gParted, so I'm sure I have 10gig Fat32, 4gig EXT4 and 256meg Swap. Then I did a full wipe of the phone, installed cm7, gapps, and when the system booted I installed and configured m2sd APK and rebooted. Still, in the gui section you can see "File System Type: N/A". It looks like it didn't recognise the FS but I have tried setting that to auto and EXT4
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follow the guide again...
4gb ext4 partition is too much, you won't even need that much for apps! absolute maximum that i've read you should use is 2gb, personally i recommend 1.5gb.
you also don't need swap.
both partitions also need to be primary as per the guide.
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Does anyone know what a2sd script has been used in THIS rom?
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that rom uses terminal emulator to enable A2SD. follow the guides/instructions in that thread.

[Q] a2sd not working properly

when i install custom rom and start a2sd script from terminal emulator its work but when i reboot my phone all installed apps gone and ext partition not showing.
pls help..

Could u post more info?
Rom, hboot, recovery?

More importantly how did you partition your sdcard?
Should be done only with 4EXT recovery or gparted, not clockworkmod or minitool

slim vj rom & bravo alphaspl sense hboot 180-40-217 hboot
SaySayonara said:
Could u post more info?
Rom, hboot, recovery?
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i use slim vj rom & bravo alphaspl sense hboot 180mb system 40mb cache & 217mb data & 4ext recovery

i created ext4 partition with 4ext recovery
eddiehk6 said:
More importantly how did you partition your sdcard?
Should
i created a 512mb ext4 partition via 4ext recovery
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ranjodhricky said:
eddiehk6 said:
More importantly how did you partition your sdcard?
Should
i created a 512mb ext4 partition via 4ext recovery
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hmm strange you created it using the right recovery.
The ext partition won't show up in your internal memory (i.e. it won't read 217MB + 512MB) but the sd-ext should store your apps and dalvik if you activated with A2SD with Y N Y
However, 512MB is very small, if you have enough apps it will fill up quite quickly. I'd recommend:
- backup sd card
- repartition with maximum 2GB ext4 partition, no swap (1.5GB is enough normally)
- full wipe and reinstall ROM, activate A2SD
- restore apps
Check your partition is filling up with an app like 'DiskUsage'
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Try mount2sd and then verify it is enabled by checking overview in titanium backup.
Tapatalked from tablet.

Mounts2SD doesn't work with 4.2.2. I tried it.. or maybe I didn't do it right.
It only worked on GB for me..
but instead of the
a2sd install y>n>y
I did
a2sd xdata
Works like a charm

i use only 10 to 15 apps
actully bro i used only some apps that used only 350mb space some time ext partition show in app manager but after rebooting its gone.
now i use Link2sd app & its working properly
Sorry for bad english & thanks bro.