[Q]FIXED: Dark Tremor a2sd Script.. I need Help - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

OK XDA I rarely post, But today I just need a little help. So I'm running Synergy RC1 and I can't seem to get DTA2SD beta5 script running for the life of me. I've only got about 49.95mb of internal storage left. I have a 8gb partitioned with 1gb of EXT3, A 32mb swap and the rest is Fat 32. I have flashed A2SD Via Recovery and Synergy updater. I have to to be missing something. I've tried running reinstall commands from ADB and terminal, No go. The Script keep telling me it found the EXT partition but its not mounted, never gets any further than telling my it found a EXT partition but its not mounted. It never finish's. Can Someone please P.M me or reply back here. I'd like to get this working.
EDIT:I have switched to 7-13 Nightly synergy From Goo-inside. All is right as rain. No problems. MYN should update his post, RC1 A2SD is not working. What a Long Night.

Did you flash the DT A2SD from DT's thread or did you use the Synergy Updater?? Because that's what you have to use, since the script is modified for Synergy

I flashed the one from synergy updater.
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If you've already partitioned your SD card with an ext3 partition, you shouldn't need the DT a2sd script because the Syngery RC1 rom comes with the CM a2sd script built in. With that in mind, as soon as you install apps, they will be stored in the ext3 partition. I currently have 341 MB of available internal storage space and I am currently using the Synergy RC 1 rom with the built in a2sd script.

Maybe I'm going to have to start from scratch, I partitioned post install and the built in a2sd didn't pick up on my ext 3. Was hoping not to have to start from scratch.which is why I tried installing the beta 5 from synergy updater. I will start with a clean fresh install tonight after a nand backup.
On the other hand anyone posting here tried the synergy kingdom rom? Does it run as smooth as synergy rc1?
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ugh had this problem with the kingdom/synergy rom couldn't take it and went back to kingdom revolution rom of virus's cuz at least it worked there and left my phone running great

Still no luck.
To no avail, I just can't seem to get this working. I've re-flashed my recovery, repartitioned to removed all partitions, run error check on SD card in windows. I've followed the "How-to" to a "T" even though I've been doing this since the days of my hero. Figured it couldn't hurt to follow a guide. I'm at my wits end. I just don't understand why this isn't working. I'm going to format, re-partition 128 swap, 1024 EXT3, wipe everything, fresh clean bare bones install and try using the A2SD from synergy updater. But I think I'm going to flash it before I boot for first time. If anyone can shed some light in my direction I would be really greatful

Wire P. Snyder said:
To no avail, I just can't seem to get this working. I've re-flashed my recovery, repartitioned to removed all partitions, run error check on SD card in windows. I've followed the "How-to" to a "T" even though I've been doing this since the days of my hero. Figured it couldn't hurt to follow a guide. I'm at my wits end. I just don't understand why this isn't working. I'm going to format, re-partition 128 swap, 1024 EXT3, wipe everything, fresh clean bare bones install and try using the A2SD from synergy updater. But I think I'm going to flash it before I boot for first time. If anyone can shed some light in my direction I would be really greatful
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Still nothing. Hmm. Well I'm stumped and out of idea's. Someone with a little more dev experience please shoot me a P.M. I know if I'm having problems getting this to work. There are plenty more out there in the same boat.

TBH, this is why I left Synergy ROM. I could see that my apps were on the SD Card, so that part worked, but running any a2sd commands, like a2sd reswap and I'd get A2SD: Not Found, so I couldn't start swap, even though A2SD Check showed DT was installed and A2SD Reinstall worked to move my apps.

Wire P. Snyder said:
To no avail, I just can't seem to get this working. I've re-flashed my recovery, repartitioned to removed all partitions, run error check on SD card in windows. I've followed the "How-to" to a "T" even though I've been doing this since the days of my hero. Figured it couldn't hurt to follow a guide. I'm at my wits end. I just don't understand why this isn't working. I'm going to format, re-partition 128 swap, 1024 EXT3, wipe everything, fresh clean bare bones install and try using the A2SD from synergy updater. But I think I'm going to flash it before I boot for first time. If anyone can shed some light in my direction I would be really greatful
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Try this: zero for the SWAP size, 1024 or 2048 for the ext3 and the rest for FAT. Afterwards, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it except the SD card and then flash the rom. This *should* work for you.
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dougjamal said:
Try this: zero for the SWAP size, 1024 or 2048 for the ext3 and the rest for FAT. Afterwards, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING in it except the SD card and then flash the rom. This *should* work for you.
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I tired that Several times Last night, I tired almost everything I could think of but no worries, I flashed The latest nightly 260+mb free, This thing is running snappy as hell too! Nightly missing the task manager from quick settings and I cant login in to HTC Hub but those are the only two problems I have run in to so far.

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[Q] Extra space for apps on Cyanogen 6.1 RC1

I am very confused by the current situation with having additional space for apps on Cyanogen 6.1 RC1
I was previously running 6.0.2 and used the DarkTremors A2SD with a 512Mb partition and all worked well without issue.
When I attempted to upgrade to 6.1 RC1 my Desire hung at the operator screen and wouldn't move any further.
After doing some reading I was led to believe that this was due to EXT3 partitons not being supported on 6.1 and that the 'prefered' method of gaining additional space was to use CustomMDT.
I followed the instructions on
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...nd-installing-cyanogenmod6-gapps-cmtd-dta2sd/
Where I
blew away the 512Mb partition (now all FAT32),
Copied the mtdpartmap.txt (for firerats)
flashed the MTD recovery,
wiped cache, system and boot
Rebooted
Flashed 6.1 RC1
Flashed google apps
Flashed the MTD boot
Rebooted
When I restart however I only have 90mb of internal phone storage available.
I even tried using Daedelus82's but that made no difference.
I must be going wrong somewhere....
Can anyone help????
DarkTremors app2sd script posted in the nightly CM thread worked just fine for me. Only thing you have to do manually is putting dalvik cache to SD afterwards and you get full 144MB free space.
thed0g said:
DarkTremors app2sd script posted in the nightly CM thread worked just fine for me. Only thing you have to do manually is putting dalvik cache to SD afterwards and you get full 144MB free space.
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Can you tell me how you do this please?
You need an ext3 partition like before and flash this DT script after ROM install :
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12542/dtapps2sd-2.7.5-rc1-cm6-bravo-signed.zip
then when booted, in Terminal emulator type:
su
a2sd cachesd (move dalvik to sd card)
Phone will reboot after and there should be more space available after (144mb on Desire stock mtd partitions). Works perfectly for me.
really strange. It worked no problem at all when I wiped and reinstalled everything.
Wonder why it wouldn't allow me to upgrade.....
Thanks the help! Back up and running

app2sd on Cyanogen 7 (2.3.4)

As I need more space on my internal memory I'm messing around with app2sd and came across a couple of questions:
which a2sd script is preferred on cm7 2.3.4: darktremor or firerat?
which method is preferred: move apps or move dalvik cache?
I formatted my sd card with two primary partitions so far: 1st one is fat and second one (512 MB) is ext3 for a2sd. rather use ext3 or ext4?
Thanks for any help.
Best regards,
SoulStyle
I didn't install any A2SD scripts and I can move anything to the SD card.
(cm 7.0.3)
1) I have been using Darktremor, and it works well.
2) Depends on your SD Card. If it is fast enough, you can move the dalvik as well. Personally, I move apps only.
3) Although EXT4 is supposed to be faster, on the Wildfire, the gains are probably negligible, if any,.
Thanks for the input
My first try with DTa2sd beta 04 went terribly wrong. After install some apps have simply gone missing and a a2sd remove didn't bring them back. The following a2sd reinstall gave my phone the final punch and left it unbootable and I had to pull the battery and do a complete reinstall. So I learned the hard way that nandroid and titanium backups do serve a purpose
Any idea what could have gone wrong?
Btw, is the a2sd option in cyanogen 7.1 settings compatible with DTa2sd?
SoulStyle said:
The following a2sd reinstall gave my phone the final punch and left it unbootable and I had to pull the battery and do a complete reinstall.
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Same thing with me as well.
I tried partitioning with rom manager and recovery. Tried different ext sizes (128 , 256, 1024) with 0 MB swap. Partitioning is OK. But after running the DTApps2sd script from recovery, the phone gets stuck on the splash screen. Don't know what's wrong. Still not solved.
Use an older version. (Atleast Beta 3, or the last stable version). Beta 4 causes issues.

[Q] dta2sd

I flashed synergy rsl1
I have a 16 gig card partitioned per directions in thread.
I installed dta2sd and after reboot all my apps were GONE.
Where did they go?
If they are on the ext3 partition how do I look and see?
How do I get them back?
Go to terminal and type
su
a2sd reinstall
It should reset itself.
After that wipe cache & dalvik
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i think that when you partition your sd card it erases everything. did you make a backup of the sd?
ak074 said:
i think that when you partition your sd card it erases everything. did you make a backup of the sd?
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I made the partition prior to installing dta2sd.
It was only after dta2sd that all my apps are missing which i think they transfered but not being reconized.
bcarter2000 said:
Go to terminal and type
su
a2sd reinstall
It should reset itself.
After that wipe cache & dalvik
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Isnt there a FAQ or walk through somewhere to get people running Synergy RLS1 + Ext3 on their SD? If not, there needs to be one. Wiping and Flashing the ROM is easy but I can see where people get confused creating the partition then installing a2sd, etc. A good Synergy + Ext3 setup in step by step walk through would prevent a lot of these threads.
This one is pretty good when it comes to the basics of formatting/partitioning before a Synergy install.
[GUIDE][07/07/11]How to Partition your SD Card
Another
TalkAndroid Guide: Partitioning your Evo’s SD Card to Take Advantage of GingerSense ROMs
Alpine- said:
Isnt there a FAQ or walk through somewhere to get people running Synergy RLS1 + Ext3 on their SD? If not, there needs to be one. Wiping and Flashing the ROM is easy but I can see where people get confused creating the partition then installing a2sd, etc. (more accurately, just the order in which it should be done). A new user may not even know what "terminal" refers to. A good Synergy + Ext3 step by step walk through would prevent a lot of these threads. It's been discussed a ton in the Synergy thread but its so huge and bloated its hard to get anything useful out of it.
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Totally agreed!!!
Its way to confusing.
I think my partition may be messed up... Is there a way to start over from scratch? I can't even see the partition is there. I was going to remove the partition thru a windows program partition manager but it doesn't show up. Just shows up as a 14.8 card. In windows explorer it shows up as 11 gig card I know its not going to add the partition to it but... still it should have showed up in the partition manager.
Back to a2sd
I tried reinstall and repair and it won't work. I also think somehow i d/l and older version.
I tried some other commmands and i got an error that it couldn't find the correct directory or some verbage i can't remember.
a2sd repair ..... got me EXT partition not mounted
a2sd reinstall..... got me ext sd not mounted
Any suggestions on what i should do?
Windows isn't going to help you in seeing the EXT partition (since Windows doesn't natively support any Linux partitions). You'll need a Linux machine or you can try to adb into your recovery.
If you do ADB into recovery, first thing you should look for is a program called parted in /sbin. If it's there, you can use that to remove and install a new EXT partition (sorry, I don't remember the exact commands off hand).
Darktremor may not be mounting it as it may not actually see the correct block device. It really depends on the version you are using.
To find the version, type a2sd help
pholt1 said:
Totally agreed!!!
Its way to confusing.
I think my partition may be messed up... Is there a way to start over from scratch? I can't even see the partition is there. I was going to remove the partition thru a windows program partition manager but it doesn't show up. Just shows up as a 14.8 card. In windows explorer it shows up as 11 gig card I know its not going to add the partition to it but... still it should have showed up in the partition manager.
Back to a2sd
I tried reinstall and repair and it won't work. I also think somehow i d/l and older version.
I tried some other commmands and i got an error that it couldn't find the correct directory or some verbage i can't remember.
a2sd repair ..... got me EXT partition not mounted
a2sd reinstall..... got me ext sd not mounted
Any suggestions on what i should do?
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This might help...
[MOD] DarkTremor (DT) a2sd on Synergy and Kingdom ROMs:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126626
The Synergy rom has the CM a2sd script built-in so if you create an ext3 partition PRIOR TO flashing the Synergy rom, your 3rd party apps will automatically be stored on the ext3 partition upon installation. There is a specific version of DTA2SD for Synergy that can be found in the Synergy Updater app that comes preinstalled when you flash Synergy. The 'primary' reason for its use is to move the dalvik from the SD card back to internal storage and eliminate lag that may be bothersome to some people. I hope this clears up any lingering confusion. As for what happened to the apps, I can only 'assume' that the OP flashed a version of DTA2SD not specific to Synergy.
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dougjamal said:
The Synergy rom has the CM a2sd script built-in so if you create an ext3 partition PRIOR TO flashing the Synergy rom, your 3rd party apps will automatically be stored on the ext3 partition upon installation. There is a specific version of DTA2SD for Synergy that can be found in the Synergy Updater app that comes preinstalled when you flash Synergy. The 'primary' reason for its use is to move the dalvik from the SD card back to internal storage and eliminate lag that may be bothersome to some people. I hope this clears up any lingering confusion. As for what happened to the apps, I can only 'assume' that the OP flashed a version of DTA2SD not specific to Synergy.
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Is that Synergy-specific version of DTA2SD *only* available through the Synergy Updater? I ask because I have not set-up the Synergy Updater yet (requires server addresses, etc.).
Thanks!
OK, so I figured out how to get the Synergy version through the updater.
Flashed it successfully.
Seems as though just flashing it, I lost about 130MB of internal storage. Does that sound right? I went from close to 300MB, down to about 170MB. Is the Dalvik cache that big?

When to partition?

I have the HTC Evo 4G. I am currently rooted and I am running the latest FreshEvo rom.
As of recent I have been getting the low-space error on my phone. I really do not have much installed and I use Apps2SD.
I am considering swapping to a new ROM today or tomorrow.
My question is: When do I need to partition the SDcard?
With Gingerbread or Sense 3.0?
I am hoping I was supposed to have to do it before upgrading to Fresh's ROM because I find it hard to believe I am actually low on space.
Thanks for the input guys!
I have never used Fresh Roms, so as far as that goes, I don't know, but you partition your SD card when you want to use a script like DTA2SD that will install all of your downloaded apps to the SD card.
It is recommended that the SD card be at least a class 4, but I have used a class 2, and most apps run fine.
It doesn't really matter when you partition the card, if the rom you are using has a built in a2sd, it should automatically detect the partition, and transfer all apps to the sdcard upon first, maybe second boot. If the rom uses DTA2SD, you can go to the terminal emulator and type "a2sd reinstall", or maybe "a2sd install" I can't remember which at the moment. That will reset everything, and move all downloaded apps to the sd.
When you partition your card I recommend you wipe dalvik, though it is not necessary.
Cool! Thank you very much.
I've been partitioned on every ROM since I first discovered DT A2SD months and months ago....
It's really the only way to go.
I'm going to be partitioning my SD tonight as well. I've been getting the low space notification too, as the new Flash program is something like 17 MB of space, and I'm not giving up my Sense that easily. Hopefully all goes smoothly.
Just remember that you will lose ALL information on the SDCard when you partition, so back it up first!
Also, remember to upgrade to ext3 after the initial partitioning.
Bringing this back up.
I did the partition correctly. I tried a new ROM and I really dislike it.
I want to use another ROM but it does not have the Apps2SD (Baked-in) how would I go about using Fresh's ROM but get the Apps2SD thing to work on the entire ROM?

[Q] A2sd never works...

Hello folks
My issue is this:
GSM Desire
Class 10 SD
4ext Recovery (used to partition sd)
I'm trying to install various JB roms. The a2sd never works. When I download the gui it says it can't start because either no scripts, no partition, etc.
I've tried a lot of Roms including ones where a2sd is meant to be built in. I've also installed from Terminal and it seems to optimise all the apps on reboot but internal memory is still the standard and apps still in Internal (it's meant to go up to my ext4 partition right? it's about 1.5G)
I've worked my way through these (can't post the link but its the Alchemister custom rom blogspot for the Desire.)
each one the same problem.
Checkext and diskspace both see the partition. Strangely, L2SD seems to crash each of the Roms if I install it.
So far the only Rom to work correctly is a Supernova Gingerbread one. It gave me the 1.5G. So, the partition appears to be good.
Both are primary too.
I would like a JB one as the supernova rom is very laggy.
Running a Miui at the moment and also really liked the Touchwiz one on the list as well.
I only started doing this two days ago as my contract was up so I'm very new to this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Let's make sure your partition works. Download the rom in my sig. It's a very stable rom, that has a script integrated that moves data/app and dalvik cache to sd-ext. Flash it, then install a few apps. If the internal storage gets filled up quickly, then it probably is a partition fault, and you'll have to repartition.
If it does work, then you did something wrong when you installed the other roms.
Are you sure you did a full wipe before installing all those roms?
a2sd problem solved
Thankyou Andoo,
I've got it working now. It was two things that were confusing me. They were mentioned in the partitioning guide that you attached.
1. I was not aware that you were not meant to see the full size of your Ext4 partition as internal storage. For anyone else with this problem, you can see how your Ext partition is being used if you download Freespace app from the market. I had assumed that you could see the ext as internal space as that is what a few of the earlier Roms i looked at said that that would happen. (it does for the Supernova Rom)
2. When I was downloading and installing apps such as FB or Maps, they were still taking a big chunk out of my internal memory so I assumed that it wasn't working. However, when I chose to put the data as well as cache to the Ext, it hardly took anything out of my internal storage at all. I have a class 10 card and so far everything seems fairly brisk and responsive. I Chose Y/Y/Y when installing a2sd from Terminal instead of the recommended Y/N/Y.
If things start to get slow, I might try the Mount2SD script in the attachment -I think this allows you to chose individual large apps to go to Ext instead of all of them.
Thanks again for your help. I now have a useful and quick phone again.
PS the MildWild 9.5 Rom you suggested - I hadinstalled this before and had real problems with the WiFi disconnecting every couple of seconds and the same thing happened again when I installed from your link. I'm using the Touchwiz at the moment and all seems well.
abaaaabbbb63 said:
Let's make sure your partition works. Download the rom in my sig. It's a very stable rom, that has a script integrated that moves data/app and dalvik cache to sd-ext. Flash it, then install a few apps. If the internal storage gets filled up quickly, then it probably is a partition fault, and you'll have to repartition.
If it does work, then you did something wrong when you installed the other roms.
Are you sure you did a full wipe before installing all those roms?
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