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A2SD Leedroid not working.

Hello!
I've recently installed Leedroid 3.2.1.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056727
And i've followed the instructions on how to format your SD card so it will work with A2SD.
Here's what i did:
1. Formatted SDcard on cellphone.
2. Booting gparted on the computer and then made ​​the whole SDcard to fat32.
3. Made 1000 mb of sdcard to ext3.
4. reboot and then Apply zip which was the zip in the thread - a2sd patch.
5. Starting gscript to see if Dalvik cache has been moved and it says I can save 180 mb if I fix a2sd.
Anyone know where i'm doing wrong or has the leedroid with a2sd who could guide me?
/Munib

[Q] Ext2/3/4 ?!?

Dear ladies and gentlemen
I need a little help in A2SD +.
I had formatted my SD card with the rom manager one month ago.
512 MB, 0 MB swap, everything works fine.
SD-Ext, created with rom managers would have to be a ext3, right?
Today I flashed AmonRa ([RECOVERY]RMD Recovery v1.0 (Based on AmonRA 2.2.1).
There is also an opition to convert/format to ext3 and 4.
What is the difference between 2, 3 and 4?
And can I use ext3 or 4 at all with my MIUI 1.4.17?
I think MIUI is using the Darktremor scipt right?
As you can see I have some knowledge gaps in A2SD +
Thank you for your help and have a great weekend

As far as i know, ext 2 is faster then 3 but slower as 4 (so four is fastet). If you use data2ext miui version, you should use ext 4 (otherwise your system will be too slow). If you use a2sd+ version, i recommend to use ext 3 partition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4

thx MatDrOiD
i am using the a2sd version of miui, so ext3 should be my choice, right?
AmonRA says my sd-ext is 2, but a2sdgui says its 3.
i created clockworkmod via rom manager, does anybody exactly know its ext2 or 3?

he4dhuNTeR said:
thx MatDrOiD
i am using the a2sd version of miui, so ext3 should be my choice, right?
AmonRA says my sd-ext is 2, but a2sdgui says its 3.
i created clockworkmod via rom manager, does anybody exactly know its ext2 or 3?
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I would trust amonra recovery. Upgrade your ext2 to ext3 with amonra recovery. After flashing miui rom, activate a2sd+ on this way in terminal:
Code:
su
a2sd zipalign
a2sd cache2sd
After phone rebooted, start terminal again and type
Code:
su
a2sd reinstall
And please, please not use rom manager. It's a horrible software which causes heavy system problems. All operations you can do with rom manager can be done in recovery. So do it there, it's much safer. Furthermore, you cannot use rom manager with clockworkmod recovery.
To check a2sd+ is working, start terminal and type
Code:
su
ls -l /data
Output should be like this
(...)
app -> /sd-ext/app
app-private -> /sd-ext/app-private
(...)
dalvik cache -> /sd-ext/dalvik-cache

[Q] problem with Ext on sd

Hi all!
I have space problem. I've installed AceSmod007 whit 512 MB Ext3 partition.
In data information i read:
9.71 MB available in data
7.20 MB available on system
412 available on Ext partition
Infact phone warns little free space. What should I do?
Thanks!

try moving apps to sdcard (settings>applications)

I tried. But it fills the fat partition. So now I have less in fat and much in ext.
The problem is that i can't install other apps because it fells that there isn't enaugh free space

how big is your sd card ?.
Im sure they recommend 1GB ext with this rom

After you flashed ROM all apps should be installed on ext, automatically. Try full wipe, wipe cache and flash ROM again

Finally I put cm7-r2 hboot and install the cm7 version of the rom with 1 GB Ext4.
It runs well

ferencz1 said:
try moving apps to sdcard (settings>applications)
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Ignore this.... If your using apps2sd its auto
Look up data2sd if you ever need even more room

Check if a2sd/a2sd+ is working:
Get connectbot from market, open it and enter:
Code:
su
ls -l /data
When you can see this:
Code:
app -> /sd-ext/app
app-private -> /sd-ext/app-private
a2sd is working. When you can also see this:
Code:
dalvik-cache -> /sd-ext/dalvik-cache
a2sd+ is working.
When you can see only the first output, it's unsurprisingly, your /data partition gets filled. This is done by dalvik cache.

[Q] Question about SD card memory

Hi guys, Im a total noob in this stuff.
But my question is, me SD card has a 1GB EXT3 partition and the rest is FAT32.
I recently flashed LeeDrOiD GB Sens rom and I was wondering when I go to the Menu and I look at the memory available it says I have 119MB available space on the internal storage, shouldn't it be 1GB since the EXT3 partition should also be the internal storage...?
Or am i totally lost in this stuff?

You are totally lost. The ext partition does not extend the internal storage. If you installed a2sd correctly, a symlink to /sd-ext will be created. This forces all apps to install in /sd-ext/data instead of internal memory (/data).
To check if a2sd is working, open terminal emulator and enter these commands:
Code:
su
ls -l /data
In the output you should see this:
Code:
/app -> /sd-ext/app
/app-private-> /sd-ext/app-private
If your rom supports a2sd+, you should also find this:
Code:
/dalvik-cache -> /sd-ext/dalvik-cache
The "->" means "is moved to".

Hmm, okay. Its not working.
This is what I get,
app
app-private
backup
dalvik-cache
...
...
And so on... There is no -> symbol.
Well I just made an EXT3 partition and flashed the new LeeDrOiD HD V3.3.3 - Port - R5 A2SD++. I thought A2SD would install automatically with this ROM.
Is there anything else I need todo so the apps go to the EXT3?
Thank for your reply!

Take a look on the leedroid thread. The dev posted a guide how to get a2sd working.

sorry but i can't write this code,is it a capital i or 1 and does it have spaces between them?
sorry but need the step by step instructions,thnx

Code:
ls -l
ls for list and -l for l(ong). Hope that helps.

[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.