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Is apps2[ext]sd only for G1 users?
I am running virtuous rom and i'd love to move my apps to my 16gb sd.
Any thoughts on this?
garz said:
Is apps2[ext]sd only for G1 users?
I am running virtuous rom and i'd love to move my apps to my 16gb sd.
Any thoughts on this?
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Apps2sd and Apps2ext are two diffrent things. Froyo has apps2sd built into it, under applications/manage you can change the stroage location on apps that allow it, also there are some rooted apps2sd apps that allow you to move apps to the sd card, but all of these methods store the apps on the FAT format of the sd card. The old style apps2ext is only avalible on Enoms rom, it stores the apps on the ext. partition, so the ext. partition is mounted by the system and the phone see's it as internal storage. I was running Enoms rom before I flashed Gingerbread, and it worked great, just partition your sd card with a ext. file partition.
I'd love to see the real A2SD (not the Fat32 version) incorporated into the cooked Gingerbread builds.
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blackknightavalon said:
I'd love to see the real A2SD (not the Fat32 version) incorporated into the cooked Gingerbread builds.
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Sweet! Somebody brought this topic back up. I've tried every style of a2ext, edited some, and nothing seems to work except Enom's rom. I love his rom and it's my main one but I hate not having the desire to switch due to the lack of a2ext for this phone. With other phones you just flash a package (like Darktremor) type a couple commands in terminal and you're done.
There's this stubborn concept about this phone - we have ~2GB of memory, why would we ever need a2ext? Well because those 2 gigs are not a full 2 and, well, because we can. If that's not what android and xda are about then why do they even exist? I'm not advanced enough to create the package but I have some skill, I'd jump right in with the right help... any takers?
Hi,
Yesterday, I installed new CM7 rom on my htc desire. everything works fine, but widgets installed or moved sd card could not be used because they are not appearing on widgets.
is it bug?
thanks...
No, is what is supposed to happen. If you need the space use A2SD (the one with the ext partition).
ok,
Thank you...
Sory,
one question, is it possible to make A2SD (Partition) with Rom Manager?
Yes, but keep in mind that the sd card will be wiped during the process so copy important stuff to your pc.
ok, thank you again...
Hi,
I partitioned sd-card as
11... gb fat32
4... gb ext3
32 mb linux swap
but my phone does not see the ext3, should I reflash the rom or did something wrong?
Keep your ext partition under 2gb then try again. Also make sure you read up on A2SD because a lot of people think it doesn't work when it does work.
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I am just flash with SuperNOVA and i would like to move some apps to my internal memory to reduce lag.
The main one is the GO Launcher EX.
I really want to move it into my internal memory. If i have a terminal emulator, what should I type in to do so?
Using this ROM
http://supernova.droidzone.in/?page_id=24
Thanks
When using A2SD, you can't. If you are using DATA2SD apps are always on internal memory.
Terepin said:
When using A2SD, you can't. If you are using DATA2SD apps are always on internal memory.
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No.
data2sd is like a2sd, but instead of moving all the apps, it moves the entire data partition to SD so everything is on SD (although it shows as internal).
@ OP, cant be done.
rootSU said:
No.
data2sd is like a2sd, but instead of moving all the apps, it moves the entire data partition to SD so everything is on SD (although it shows as internal).
@ OP, cant be done.
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Thanks a lot. I catch what you mean.
However, is it possible to temporarily change the installation location to Internal and restore to sd-ext after rebooting? I am just wonder that would happen
No because SD-EXT IS internal. "internal" means /data/app/ which is actually now /sd-ext/data/app (or however it is structured).
With data2sd:
Internal = /sd-ext/data/app
External = /sdcard/.android_secure (as it always has = )
Thanks. Now, I would like to know the whether there is a need to GPART my SD card for superNOVA?
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A
rootSU said:
No.
data2sd is like a2sd, but instead of moving all the apps, it moves the entire data partition to SD so everything is on SD (although it shows as internal).
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Wait, DATA2SD moves both apps and data to SD card?
Yep, whole partition
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Oh, but there is a solution if you need the app in nand though..create a folder in /system/data, then make a symlink in/data/app to it..
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .
rootSU said:
Yep, whole partition
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Now I know why DATA2SD has so ****ty performance.
Terepin said:
Now I know why DATA2SD has so ****ty performance.
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It depends on the card to an extent but Ive never had good performance.
Is there any way 2 put cm7 in karbonn a1,...
After all it is a zte product, & hard ware also same 2 zts blade.....
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Terepin said:
Now I know why DATA2SD has so ****ty performance.
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Oh really? Maybe you have a crappy card, and tried it on a crappy ROM. And don't tell me it's of a good class. That has nothing to do with it. To each his own..
If the speed of the card in random read write of small chunks of data is good, Data2sd should perform well. The basic criteria is that the speed of card should match nand. But making a very vague statement that Data2sd as such is laggy, is like a blind man holding the elephant's tail and saying the elephant's a small animal.
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .
For me Supernova is one of the best ROMs out there, and despite occasional lag and hanging apps I haven't found anything that combines a fully working Sense ROM without Sense 3.0 crap that never works well, and so much space for apps.
One question though. All day it seems to work well, I have a class 10 Transcend card 8 GB. Lags usually occur when the phone is locked and I try to move out of the lockscreen, it seems like it never actually "wakes up" and everything is laggy, the lockscreen itself hangs and doesn't respond, and when I finally unlock it I get messages for HTC Sense hanging etc. This happened for example this morning when I got out of bed and tried to answer a call after leaving the phone on all night. (I missed the call btw, since the Telephone app was stuck as well and I could not answer it )
Any ideas?
Are you on 2.1 ROM. Flash the older ROM
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .
Droidzone said:
Are you on 2.1 ROM. Flash the older ROM
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .
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No, I downloaded it yesterday so it was the 2.0.2.0 version. I also tried Gingerburst today with similar problems. Probably it's the SD card's fault after all
Probably. We have had limited success with class 10 cards..I'd try a class 6 transcend if I were you.
TouchPal-d from my Desire running Starburst Classic Rom - 450 apps and counting. .
Is it better to have apps on the SD card or the SD card's second partition that I created, and If I flash a rom will they still be installed if they're in either location? I have the Samsung Extreme Speed Class 10 16GB Micro SDHC card.
Should I use the built-in a2sd or Link2sd, should the second partition be ext 3 or 4 and how should I format it?
I'm using ICS for HTC Desire 0.5.1, default HBoot, Clockworkmod Recovery Touch 5.8.0.2, aGPS and default homescreen with no scripts.
Thanks.
I can recommend to use Stock A2SD with EXT4 (fastest type). Partition size: => 512 MB.
Thanks for your response.
Yep apps on the ext partition. More advantageous. Saves space and doesn't break widgets. Apps are accessible even on USB mode.
Thanks also.
If I make an ext4 partition on my SD card and use the built-in a2sd with ICS for Desire, it will move all apps (including davlik, data and cache) to the second partition with the ability to move them back if needed?
If I flash a rom will they still be installed if they're in either location?
Yes, as far as I know, it moves all apps from your internal data to your ext partition.
a2sd supports moving your apps back, type "a2sd" to get a list of supported commands. The ones you are searching for are propably "a2sd nocachesd", "a2sd nodatasd" or maybe "a2sd noxdata", depending on the option you chose at installation.
If you flash a new rom, it depends on the rom and your installation setup, whether your apps remain or not.
If you flash a rom with the same a2sd script without wiping, your apps should remain. They will be lost in any other case. Always backup to be sure!
I have tried a few times with the A2SD script in (Sandvold's) ICS - but always get problems:
Very slow - at boot-up the "Preparing SD card" takes along time, and also for Apex launcher to internally catalogue the apps before being able to display their icons.
Worse still is downloading from the market, which takes 5x the length of time.
It is true I 'only' have a class 4 sd card - but others have reported this is OK.
I have ordered a class 10 card which will be with me shortly.
The worse problem is the phone keeps prompting me to input my SIM card number, and asking to reboot.
I am on stock HBOOT (but also previously tried cm7r2), I have tried stock and Tiamat kernals, and I have tried all different kinds of a2sd scripts. In some cases I have still run out of space, even though I have 1gb of ext4.
I am currently on Apex launcher, Tiamat kernal - and leaving apps where they are .... but I miss some of my favourites.
This configuration is stable - so I am hoping the new class 10 sd card will do the trick.
Looloup said:
I have tried a few times with the A2SD script in (Sandvold's) ICS - but always get problems:
Very slow - at boot-up the "Preparing SD card" takes along time, and also for Apex launcher to internally catalogue the apps before being able to display their icons.
Worse still is downloading from the market, which takes 5x the length of time.
It is true I 'only' have a class 4 sd card - but others have reported this is OK.
I have ordered a class 10 card which will be with me shortly.
The worse problem is the phone keeps prompting me to input my SIM card number, and asking to reboot.
I am on stock HBOOT (but also previously tried cm7r2), I have tried stock and Tiamat kernals, and I have tried all different kinds of a2sd scripts. In some cases I have still run out of space, even though I have 1gb of ext4.
I am currently on Apex launcher, Tiamat kernal - and leaving apps where they are .... but I miss some of my favourites.
This configuration is stable - so I am hoping the new class 10 sd card will do the trick.
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Class 10 SD cards are reported to be unstable on the Desire, someone may be lucky with it running properly, but a lot of people have problems; check out the forum.
Thanks for the info. However, I tried it and most apps appear to be on the SD card. I typed a2sd install, y, n, y.
Class 10 card ... my observations
Ryther said:
Class 10 SD cards are reported to be unstable on the Desire, someone may be lucky with it running properly, but a lot of people have problems; check out the forum.
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I saw conflicting advice on class 10 cards ... but in any case I took the plunge and ordered one from Amazon - wasn't too expensive .. 11GBP.
I set up the card from scratch via Gparted - wiped the phone and reinstalled Sandvold's 0.5.3 (Tiamat kernal, stock a2sd, Apex launcher ) turned a2sd on via terminal - moving everything ... and reinstalled all apps from the market not from TB.
Result: a very stable phone, nice and quick, no problems with download speed ... so I am pleased as punch.
Hi there!
I've got a problem with my HTC Desire sd card partition.
Every rom works fine, sd card also but it starts to force closing, freezing and randomly rebooting when I push apps to sd card using any of the A2SD scripts (except stock one). I mean, when I use roms which just need SD-EXT (such as MIUI or SpazeDog ICS) nothing seems to work uncorrectly but when I move apps all problems start. I tried many roms (MIUI, InsertCoin Sense, SpazeDog) and diffrent moving scripts (A2SD+ ; D2EXT ; and others which names i forgot) and it always caused reboots, FCs and frezzes when I pushed my apps. Can you guys tell me how to fix this problem, or is it just my SD card broken? I always partitioned card by 4EXT recovery, tried EXT3 and EXT4 file system, never made partition bigger than 1GB. My SD card is a Sandisk 16GB class 4.
Sorry for my bad english, Szotaa
An important thing is the method younused to partition your sd (a tool you used).
Also, it wouldn't be bad to buy faster sd card (class 6 or 10).
So, the solution for the problem would be using another partitioning tool? Is gpared a good choice?
Now I saw you used 4ext recovery, and it's the best tool. Gparted is the second best, but I think u need a new sd.
One more question, is your phone s-off? Some scripts need it to work properly.
Yes, my phone is s-off. So its a sd card issue. At the end could u tell me is supernova rom going to work properly, even on my sd card? Because i heard it is the stabliest d2ext ever made.
szotaa said:
Yes, my phone is s-off. So its a sd card issue. At the end could u tell me is supernova rom going to work properly, even on my sd card? Because i heard it is the stabliest d2ext ever made.
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Supernova recommend a certain brand of sd card to work with the rom. I cant remember it off the bat but it's stated on Droidzone's website/forum.
stankyou said:
Supernova recommend a certain brand of sd card to work with the rom. I cant remember it off the bat but it's stated on Droidzone's website/forum.
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Based on user feedback, we recommend a Transcend Class 6 for D2SD roms.