So i have a case. When i try to format/ reset factory settings via recovery i get this strange error that my sd-ext can't be formatted because of the /dev/block/mmcblk0 file existing. I don't know what to do. I have a stock sd card 2gb. Windows says that its 1.86GB. Any help?
Backup sdcard contents first.
Then don't format it from recovery. Just boot up the OS and format the memory card. But doing so deleted the extra partition also. It creates entire fat partition. Again you will have to repartition your sdcard to create ext again.
And if you still face errors, then there is a chance of sdcard being corrupted.
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I've formatted it many times. Even downloaded mini tool partition wizard home edition(gpardted thingy windows version). Its still 1,86GB there's no partitions. Only a FAT32 card.
For a 2GB card you can only use around 1.8x GB . So I think it is correct. I just thought you had issue in formatting ext partition.
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hang on... it doesn't allow you to format sd-ext because it doesn't exist.. EXT is a linux format, if your entire SD-Card is FAT-32 there's no EXT to format....
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hang on... it doesn't allow you to format sd-ext because it doesn't exist.. EXT is a linux format, if your entire SD-Card is FAT-32 there's no EXT to format....
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It says that some file DOES exist.
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quemmy said:
It says that some file DOES exist.
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If you haven't made an EXT partition on your SD-Card then you will not be able to format SD-EXT because there is nothing to format... it's simple logic ... you can't delete something that doesn't exist
It said it does exist. Well, meh. I bought a new card. 8gb kingston ^^ 1gb ex3 partition
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Hi all,
I am using MIUI 12.11.RC1 and partitioned my 16gb SD card using Partition Wizard 5. I made an EXT3 partition of 751mb and it created and formatted this successfully. However, when I use the card in the phone, it doesn't detect the SD card. If I delete the EXT3 partition and resize the FAT32 up to full size, then the card is detected. Anyone have any clues?
Are you using Windows?
If then, ext partition wouldnt be detected by Win.
Make two partitions. One as ext3, and the other as FAT32. Format both, and try again
Format your SD card in windows, full format.
After that, use Rom manager to partition your card with whichever size you want and you should be fine!
Thanks for the replies. In response to the two I have seen, Windows sees both partitions just fine. It's the phone that can't detect the SD card. Also, I would happily use Rom Manager to create the partition and have tried to do so but it seems to want to use an option in recovery that doesn't exist. In my case the phone boots to a point where there is a large triangle with an exclamation mark in it and stays that way until I press the power button. The partition is not created.
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The triangle in recovery means that signature verification is still turned on. If you want to partition any other way make sure u have the fat32 partition first and the ext second. Should not be a problem then.
I did have the fat32 first and the ext3 second. The fat32 was set as primary and the ext3 as logical. The phone would just not recognise the SD card.
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To theghost1233. Thanks mate, your reply regarding the signature verification helped me no end. I toggled it off and created the partition again using Rom Manager and it worked a treat. Thanks for your help
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I have a small question , it is possible to change layout of partitions on SD card using only phone, without pc ? For example recover, or terminal, scripts, whatever and keep fat32 with my ROM ( no access to pc for now)???
I made mistike when create partitions on SD card
Bad layout -> fat32 ext4 341mb ext4 1024mb
...the correct one should be look like this
Good layout -> fat32 ext4 1024mb ext4 341mb
So basically how to delete this two ext part. Without delete fat32 or change them over using only mobile.
Thanks for any advice
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The mobile will format the card wen partitioning go use a pc preferably linux
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Any hope to get this without formating ?
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Hey I have a question. So I'm going from a captivated to a HTC Inspire. And I don't want to root. But I do have some photos and files that are saved on titanium backup in my vault free app. Is there a way to get those off of there and on my new phone without having to
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Any hope to get this without formating ?
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I have heard, gparted can do this. But i really don't know how and highly recommend not to do it!
If i were you, i would do it so:
1.) Start my pc with an ubuntu live cd
2.) Copy sd card's content on an external storage
3.) Boot phone into recovery, format and partition sd card (or directly in ubuntu with gparted gui)
4.) Start pc with ubuntu live cd again and copy back the sd card's content in their corresponding partitions
@Jesse:
Do not post in a thread which has nothing to do with your problem!!
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But you can easily copy the content of the FAT32 partition on you PC, format all the SD creating the new partition layout, than move back the files you copied to your pc on your "new" formatted SD!
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But you can easily copy the content of the FAT32 partition on you PC, format all the SD creating the new partition layout, than move back the files you copied to your pc on your "new" formatted SD!
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Windows does not recognize linux file system, like ext. Furthermore, it hides some files. So if you do this operation with windows, he cannot backup the apps on ext partition and maybe some files on the fat 32 partition won't be copied with. Imho, using linux is much safer.
While trying to install a Data2ext-version of MIUI, I partitioned and formatted my SD-card (1,1GB ext4). Now, while trying to reboot and such, it says that the sd-ext isn't found. When I do a nandroid restore, the old rom works but isn't able to access the SD card, so that I only can be on the internal memory of the phone. Any help?
How did you.partition it? You're going to have to check the partition with gparted
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How did you.partition it? You're going to have to check the partition with gparted
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I partitioned it with Minitool Partition Wizard. How do I check it if neither the computer not the smartphone doesn't even see it?
If the computer or phone doesn't see it, then you don't have one.
Reformat your sd and try again
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I partitioned it with Minitool Partition Wizard. How do I check it if neither the computer not the smartphone doesn't even see it?
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Bah. Was afraid of that. You need a card reader or mount in recovery then use gparted. Nothing else. Especially not minitool. It's crap.
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Can't you use clockwork or Rom manager to install sd-ext. Or use Gparted lol
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What actually takes up internal memory as I've only got 3mb of apps on my internal memory according to Install Manager but still only got 3mb free.
I've tried cleaning all the cache but this only frees about 3mb.
Do updates for apps on your sdcard take up internal memory?
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Steveh8204 said:
What actually takes up internal memory as I've only got 3mb of apps on my internal memory according to Install Manager but still only got 3mb free.
I've tried cleaning all the cache but this only frees about 3mb.
Do updates for apps on your sdcard take up internal memory?
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before you flash a new ROM always do a full wipe from mounts & storage
>boot
>system
>data
>cache
>sd-ext
this should free up the memory for you
I didn't do that before I upgraded to the stock Gingerbread Rom, has that caused the problem? If so where do I go from here?
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I didn't do that before I upgraded to the stock Gingerbread Rom, has that caused the problem? If so where do I go from here?
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Wipe everything and reflash
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Wipe everything and reflash
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I think he is completely stock desire
@op
If you are not using a custom rom and are not rooted, you only have option is to factory reset phone to default settings. Make sure you back up everything you can first.
Or just Root your phone learn how to install custom Roms with data2ext/data2sd/xd2sdx for more internal storage.
I am rooted and are looking into partitioning but was just wondering how come I have little internal memory when I moved 90% of Apps to my SD card. This was why I had to root.
Seems quite a poor fail on the part of Android. Unless it is because I didn't wipe all that Data before I flashed the custom rom.
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I am rooted and are looking into partitioning but was just wondering how come I have little internal memory when I moved 90% of Apps to my SD card. This was why I had to root.
Seems quite a poor fail on the part of Android. Unless it is because I didn't wipe all that Data before I flashed the custom rom.
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Whats happening mate, even tho you have moved apps to sd card not all the file really goes there. Say you download a 20MB app and move it to sd card. 15MB would go there and the other 5MB would stay at real internal filling it up. Plus dalvik cache app data ect.
Partitioning with Gparted and having an ext4 with a RoM that uses data2ext puts your ext4 has internal giving you more space.
Staying with app2sd+ only gives you a little bit more space.
Check my upload and you'll see my internal storage is just under 1gb free.
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Whats happening mate, even tho you have moved apps to sd card not all the file really goes there. Say you download a 20MB app and move it to sd card. 15MB would go there and the other 5MB would stay at real internal filling it up. Plus dalvik cache app data ect.
Partitioning with Gparted and having an ext4 with a RoM that uses data2ext puts your ext4 has internal giving you more space.
Staying with app2sd+ only gives you a little bit more space.
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Thanks, well explained as soon as I can get near my pc I will sort out my partition.
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Had to partition with clockwork mod in the end, don't know if this affects which rom I can use.
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Had to partition with clockwork mod in the end, don't know if this affects which rom I can use.
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If you partitionend your SD card correctly (for your rom), it does not matter how (so with witch recovery/program) you did it.
I have a partition but no idea of what type or how to check which type.
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I have a partition but no idea of what type or how to check which type.
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You can check it with GParted:
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/
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I have a partition but no idea of what type or how to check which type.
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You should use Gparted for partitioning card. say you have 16GB card first partition sould be fat32=13gb second ext4=2GB 2048MB both set to primary.
To use Gparted you burn it to CD and just boot from the disk, be careful not to format windows drive
I could not get gparted to work on my PC. From VMPlayer or Boot disc. It went so far and then just hung, about 5 times.
If I'm using CWM v4.0.1.4 what partition type am I likely to have as that was what I had to use to partition it through the advanced settings.
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I could not get gparted to work on my PC. From VMPlayer or Boot disc. It went so far and then just hung, about 5 times.
If I'm using CWM v4.0.1.4 what partition type am I likely to have as that was what I had to use to partition it through the advanced settings.
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CWM makes it ext3.
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I’ve managed to get GParted to work on a different PC but when I connected my Phone and mounted the USB Card the volume came up as ‘Unallocated’.
I created a Fat32 partition and an Ext3 partition (both primary) and then connected my PC through windows to transfer the Update.zip file to my SDCard.
Then when I went to ‘update zip from sdcard’ in recovery the file didn’t show up.
When I restarted my phone after wiping data (as requested in rom installation guide) the card wasn’t recognized and asked to be reformatted so I did.
Now the card isn’t recognized by gparted. I’ve had a mare with this today (two kids driving me mad contributed to that too though in fair, lol!)
I've got my Fat32 and Ext3 partitions now and have put my recovery files on my SDCard through Windows but cannot get recovery to see my files at all.
Install Zip from SDCard doesnt see my Custom Rom, Restore doesnt see any files and won't even create a backup even though this is a Fat32 partition.
Has anyone else had this. Quite frustrating now.
Unmounted SD card in windows before trying to flash / restore something?
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Unmounted SD card in windows before trying to flash / restore something?
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So you think the problem might be because I didn't unmount the sd card in windows after I'd put the recovery files back on?
I did unmount in cwm recovery via the back key.
Is this likely to be the reason and worth going through all the hassle again for?
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Hi folks
I have rooted and installed cm7 quite a while back, whenever I restart my phone one among all apps shows as I have been removed (only icon remains on home screen ) but it comes back after a restart but some other behaves the same at that time
Any ideas??
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Are those apps installed on your sdcard using either the default app2sd or some form of data2sd?
I've noticed this problem when the sdcard has issues...
Yes those apps are on sdcard
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Copy your entire sdcard to your comp using an SD card reader, format it and copy the data back.
Do a titanium or a nandroid backup (it will back up the apps stored on SD too)
See if that works.
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OK will try that, thanks
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a quick question, i have ext partition (data2sd) will i have to repartition the sd card after it? or titanium will do it itself???
on a side note any other easy way to partition other then mini partition tool.
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Copy your entire sdcard to your comp using an SD card reader, format it and copy the data back.
Do a titanium or a nandroid backup (it will back up the apps stored on SD too)
See if that works.
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predator_b4u said:
a quick question, i have ext partition (data2sd) will i have to repartition the sd card after it? or titanium will do it itself???
on a side note any other easy way to partition other then mini partition tool.
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I personally use Linux so I don't know about Windows partition tools but I think mini partition tool is the way to go for Windows.
Depends on whether you just format the fat32 partition or the entire drive. I would suggest doing a nandroid backup first. Copy all the data from the fat32 partition to your computer. Format and remake the partitions. Then copy the data back and restore using the nandroid backup.