How do I partition for this Rom I know ext 4 is 1GB how about the Linux what do I put for that
All you need is a fat32 and a 1gb ext4 partition on your SD card
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use recovery to patition
U can use gparted too
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I am using gaming Rom on my device I want to partioning my 4 gb SD card.I hve installed mini tool partion wizard on my computer,little bit confusion,any one tel me wat is d next steps
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That depends, does the rom suggest a partition type to use? And what do you intend to use the partition for? And fyi clockwork mod recovery can partition your sdcard
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Step 1. Read the forums, use the search function & ask the Oracle(The all knowing all powerfull Google)
No no, that can't be right.
Step 1. Launch ROM Manager.
Step 2. Partion SD card
(I believe this makes an ext3 partition)
LOL
Back up your SD card fist duh!
In mini partition
I would format the card. Then right click and create each parition from the unnalocated space. Fat32, then ext2/3/4 depending on your rom, set all of these as primary. Now make a Linux swap and set as logical.
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I ve sucessesfully partioned mem card via Rom manager.but I selected only 256 mb.should i formatt d SD card for doing d partion process again
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I have a Kingston 4gb class4 sdhc card.I want to install galaxy nexus by JM.so how to format card for how much size.can we alter size in future means if another Rom needs more size than this?if yes then how can we?can we delete partition in future?
What is mtd partitioning?
Iam using cwm4.0
Thanks in advance
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for installing galaxy nexus by JM,i created 512Mb external partition with 0 swap size.You can create SD card partition from recovery.It can be deleted whenever you want by formatting the SD card.
For MTD partitioning you can see this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233340
for galaxy nexus by JM 145Mb system partition and 20Mb cache size should be enough.
If I create 512 mb with 0 swap size SD card partion does other any custom rom will automatically detect it?
Ext3 or ext4 which one to choose for partitioning?
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I might be wrong but I think CWM recovery creates ext3 partition on your SD card,so that would do.
And I have used the same 512Mb partition for rempuzzle rom and for galaxy nexus by JM as well.But when I installed MIUI gingerbread it didnt seem to work,coz it was moving apps to the unpartitioned space.So I think it should work only for the roms for which a partition is required.I might be wrong though.
Correct me if Iam wrong that means a Rom which does not us sd-ext feature will not boot or will have some problem???
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Correct me if Iam wrong that means a Rom which does not us sd-ext feature will not boot or will have some problem???
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If a ROM doesn't use the EXT partition there is no problem.
You can even flash DarkTremor A2SD to get the same functionality.
K...thanks guys...can someone provide a link for darktremor a2sd
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hello guys,
i wanna share to you guys how to make a partition in external sdcard/MicroSD for Windows user. Dunno if this already post in XDA, didn't do a research
just to remind, do this with your own risk!
now, what we need :
1. PC/Laptop
2. microsd/sdcard with capacity 2gb/4gb/8gb/16gb/32gb
3. microsd adapter or card reader.
4. Minitool Partition Wizard http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
there's another tool called gparted but this tut only use Minitool Partition
5. a ciggy and a cup of coffee
before we go through, don't do this while you're drunk, so sleepy or in hurry..
now, i assume that the minitool partition already installed on your pc/laptop and the sdcard is empty.
let's begin....
1. put your sdcard into adapter or card reader
2. open the minitool partition wizard software.(pic 1)
3. right click in sdcard (pic 2--i use 8Gb) and click delete. after that your sdcard will look like pic 2-1 as "unallocated" (becareful to choose the drive!!)
4. right click and click create (pic 3)
5. in create new partition choose "primary" (dont use logical) and change the "file system" to "Fat32".(pic 4 & pic 4-1)
6. in partition size you change to what you need. if you want to swap 1gb then change the "partition size" make your "unallocated space after" to 1024mb(pic 4-2).
(i dunno exactly the space that fit with but i use 1gb, if you dont know either you can ask to our dev or mr. pep) after that click ok
7. now you can see the 1gb seen as unallocated(pic 4-3)
8. right click and click create again at the unallocated(1gb) will be a warning that "the new created partition cannot b used in windows" click "yes" (pic 5)
9. now change the "logical" to "primary" (if you choose logical then your phone will probably got a black screen or black screen with battery icon+lock icon after you flash a new cusrom) (pic 6)
10. Change the NTFS to ext2/ext3/ext4 (if you want to install link2sd/s2e from market you can choose ext2 and/or ext4, for me i choose ext4 because i use s2e) and click ok. (pic 6-1)
now there are 3 operations pending in the left side (pic 6-2)
11. click "apply" and "yes". (pic 6-3)
12. now take your ciggy and drink your coffee and wait 1-2 minute untill the successfull pop up then click ok(pic 6-4). close minitool program.
- this ext* will not shown on windows, only on linux base OS.(you can see it on Windows by using some software, i.e : linux reader or raise data recovery, etc)
- use sdcard adapter/card reader
- if you wanna move your app just use link2sd or s2e free on market.
- in this tut i use ext4 just for example to you guys if you choose s2e, but it is not a must for you to choose ext4,.for faster read/write sd choose ext2(see post 2 by pep)
this is just a tutorial for those who dont know and dont understand how to make partition/swap and for those who dont want to swap the phone's internal<-->external. do this before go to Pristine Method
swap thing is too risky for class4 microsd,
credits to :
- minitool partition wizard (useful tools)
- mr. pep (this guide related to Pristine Method ) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044861
- all Wonders
- XDA
if this help just click the Thanks button if there's something i forgot to write or i'm wrong please correct me..
Great tutorial!
If I may, I'd like to add some tips:
When making the very first partition (from an empty-card condition), make sure:
It's Aligned to MB instead of Cylinder
There's a 1 MB 'gap' in front of the partition
Also, make sure that all partitions' sizes (in sectors) are divisible by 256 (or, in other words, the partition size is a multiple of 128 KiB).
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The reason for this is that some SD cards allocate their storage capacity in 'blocks', and the largest known block size is 128 KiB (128 * 1024 bytes). 256 sectors = 128 KiB. By ensuring that all partitions' sizes are divisible by 256, you are ensuring that no block is split between two partitions, thus keeping performance high (as the SD card no longer need to read a block and perform a seek just to find the beginning of a partition), and help lengthening the life of your SD card.
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(Other SD cards might have smaller block sizes, but all a binary fraction of 128 KiB, i.e., 64 KiB or 32 KiB or 16 KiB or 8 KiB or 4 KiB. Thus, if partitions are multiples of 128 KiB, they are certainly multiples of the smaller block sizes.)
To ensure that partitions are divisible by 256, just before you click on the "Apply" button, do the following for each partition created:
Right-click on the partition
Choose Properties (the bottom option)
Click on "Partition Info" tab
The size of partition (in sectors) is "Last Physical Sector" - "First Physical Sector" + 1
For example, in my case (see the attached image), the "Last Physical Sector" is 29003775, while the "First Physical Sector" is 2048. Thus, the size of the partition is 29003775 - 2048 + 1 = 29001728. Divide 29001728 by 256 and you have the nice integer value of 113288, meaning that the partition is an exact multiple of 128 KiB.
As for the filesystem type for the second partition, I myself prefer ext2 because I reasoned:
This is an SD Card; employing journaling (implemented by ext3 / ext4) will result in too much writing -- shortening SD Card life
Writes are (nearly) instantaneous anyways; journaling are helpful if writes take some time to finish (e.g., writing to a spinning disk, which needs the track-seek and sector-seek plus track-shift plus ECC generation)
The only way a write to SD Card can get interrupted is if power was removed immediately. Aside from dropping your phone and inadvertently ejecting the battery (in which case, SD Card corruption should be the least of your concern), smartphones can't suddenly lose power. When power gets too low, Android performs an orderly shutdown ensuring that all buffers are flushed
ext2 code in the kernel is simple, making reads & writes faster, and less intrusive to foreground apps (no need to generate/manipulate a checksummed journal)
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thank you bro for rhe additional tips..i forget bout that.. that'very useful for us.
yes, ext2 is better to choose..
i use ext4 because i install s2e not link2sd..and sometimes ext2 cannot be read by s2e but it's not a must for everbody to use ext4..
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What are the advantages to making portion
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What are the advantages to making portion
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- no need to swap..do this and install app link2sd or s2e free on market..
- make your microsd card read/write better..
- can hide anything in the partition
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- no need to swap..do this and install app link2sd or s2e free on market..
- make your microsd card read/write better..
- can hide anything in the partition
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Nice well try it next time i update my android build, thanks for the info
I have partition my external_sd with format "ext4".,
it's work but when I reboot my SGW i got hardbrick
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eza azami said:
I have partition my external_sd with format "ext4".,
it's work but when I reboot my SGW i got hardbrick
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did you swap your internal sd-external sd after partition to ext4 and using the app(i.e link2sd or s2e)?
what apps that you use to swap?link2sd or s2e?what app tools (beside those two app) that you use?
it wont get hardbrick if you follow the tut carefully,,
i do this with my 4 microsdcards, 2microsd with size 8gb, 1microsd with size 4gb and 1microsd with size 16gb and all of it just class4.
i use this method since 2011.
this tut will not hardbrick your phone.
stpdkid said:
did you swap your internal sd-external sd after partition to ext4 and using the app(i.e link2sd or s2e)?
what apps that you use to swap?link2sd or s2e?what app tools (beside those two app) that you use?
it wont get hardbrick if you follow the tut carefully,,
i do this with my 4 microsdcards, 2microsd with size 8gb, 1microsd with size 4gb and 1microsd with size 16gb and all of it just class4.
i use this method since 2011.
this tut will not hardbrick your phone.
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I using s2e, but maybe I forget some step.
last month I try it again and succesful..
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Hi stpdkid.
Okay,I've got a 32gb class 10 SD card.
I tried doing the partition last night.
It the SD card which I had been using on my Xperia Arc for nearly a year so you can imagine the amount of garbage on it.
Copied everything to my PC and went ahead with the partition.
First partition Primary/ Fat32/9gb
Second partition also named as Primary/Ext2/21gb.
Done.
Copied my files back onto the sdcard and inserted it back into my device which only recognized the 9gb.
Used link2sd and it reads only the first partition of the sdcard.
I think I did everything correctly.But why is it that I'm missing the 21gb?
Should I have named it as NTFS/Ext2/21gb?
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Hi stpdkid.
Okay,I've got a 32gb class 10 SD card.
I tried doing the partition last night.
It the SD card which I had been using on my Xperia Arc for nearly a year so you can imagine the amount of garbage on it.
Copied everything to my PC and went ahead with the partition.
First partition Primary/ Fat32/9gb
Second partition also named as Primary/Ext2/21gb.
Done.
Copied my files back onto the sdcard and inserted it back into my device which only recognized the 9gb.
Used link2sd and it reads only the first partition of the sdcard.
I think I did everything correctly.But why is it that I'm missing the 21gb?
Should I have named it as NTFS/Ext2/21gb?
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you're missing the 21gb because you use it as ext2..change it as fat32 and the 9gb as ext2..
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you're missing the 21gb because you use it as ext2..change it as fat32 and the 9gb as ext2..
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So to do this just run the partition wizard and edit the partitions?
And setting both to Primary is not a problem?
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sandroidnz01 said:
So to do this just run the partition wizard and edit the partitions?
And setting both to Primary is not a problem?
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backup first and follow the step on first post.
big size partition as fat32(primary) and for ext2(primary) the small size partition..
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Done.
But there's still something which is not right.
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Done.
But there's still something which is not right.
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what do you mean something's not right?
I'm sure I did not create one partition for cache.Yet its there.
Moreover,the cache has been building up progressively and I had been unable to clear it with link2sd.Neither via CWM Recovery.
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sandroidnz01 said:
I'm sure I did not create one partition for cache.Yet its there.
Moreover,the cache has been building up progressively and I had been unable to clear it with link2sd.Neither via CWM Recovery.
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its ok. just a cache from your app..
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Really good! Thanks for the post Bro!
Can i do Partition Using USB Cord
hey bro .. is it necessary to do partition using card reader... can i continue with USB cord... ???
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Nikhil Pathak said:
hey bro .. is it necessary to do partition using card reader... can i continue with USB cord... ???
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You mean, using your phone as an SD Card reader?
You can't. Your phone exposes the first partition to the PC. The PC doesn't have access to the all-important partition table.
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Hi All,
I have the R800i running the following
Android Version: 2.3.4
Build Number: 4.0.2.A.0.42
I am about to update firmware to .79 and flash DoomKernel v14 and JokaWild Rom but want to install link2SD, I have a 64gb class 10 sandisk SD and wondered if anyone could advise what size I should make my 2nd partition.
Also should iIformat this partition to FAT32, est.2, ext.3, or ext.4?
Thanks in advance!
Re: link2SD partition size
I made a 1.5gb partition as ext2 on my 32gb sd. Installed loads of games and used about half of that space
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I made a 1.5gb partition as ext2 on my 32gb sd. Installed loads of games and used about half of that space
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So is this what people recommend?
1.5gb partition formatted to .ext2
Re: link2SD partition size
It depends how many apps you have. I have around 174 apps linked and this is how my storage is:
I've had to increase the size of the partition multiple times
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It depends how many apps you have. I have around 174 apps linked and this is how my storage is:
I've had to increase the size of the partition multiple times
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very nice! by your attached pic, that is what i'm after. unfortunately, i can't get my 64gb microSD card to create a 2nd partition properly. which file system did you select for the 2nd partition? also, what ROM and Kernel are you using?
I think I am using ext2. I used Minitool to create the partition. When that screenshot was taken, I was using Xperia NXT and DoomKernel.
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Hi, I have a 32GB sd card and I want to install lot of games on it (ie. 1 game has 1.5gb, the other 1gb...) so I was wondering if i can partition 15GB for apps (the Ext2 )and the rest (Fat32) for Data, pics...
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Hi, I have a 32GB sd card and I want to install lot of games on it (ie. 1 game has 1.5gb, the other 1gb...) so I was wondering if i can partition 15GB for apps (the Ext2 )and the rest (Fat32) for Data, pics...
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You can, but a 15GB partition is excessive if you're simply linking apps there. You'd want your Fat32 partition to be larger as that's where the game data goes, the link partition would likely be fine at 3GB
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