[Q] Data2SD Advice - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi guys,
i am now able to parition my Sd card which is great, needing some advice, i have a 8gb card, wots the best sizes to use?
FAT32
EXT3/4
Cheers

1GB EXT is enough for most roms.

cool, wo would the rest go to the FAT32?

Most ROMs don't NEED anymore than 1GB.
Yes 7GB FAT32 & 1GB EXT4.
I recommend using gparted to partition your SD-Card, make sure you set both partitions as primary also.

Exellent, thanks very much for ur advice, i just wanst to sure about the fAT32, virtual beer for u mate

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[Q] Using G1 Sdcard with G1 partition setup should I format?

Hey guys I am using my sdcard from my G1 with an ext3 (maybe ext4) partition, a swap partition, and a fat32 partition. Should I format and just leave the fat32 partition? or should I just delete the swap partition? I figure I won't need it since the Vision has 512mb ram. Thank you.
you also don't need the ext since you have nearly 2gb of storage accessible to you.
format to just fat32 and you'll be golden

[Q] Problems with A2SD (non Froyo Version)

Hi there,
I have a little problem with a2sd.
I partitioned my 16 GB sd-card to 15GB Fat32 and 1 GB ext3.
My actual rom is AuraxTSense-8.1.1. Everything is fine ... the Desire says
640 MB ram left for applications ... that's ok.
Same when I flash MIUI. All is ok ... ok MIUI is not my favorite rom, so I want to flash the new AuraxTSense_8.4_Official_OTA_2.2_FRF91_A2SD+.zip, but there is
the problem. This rom did not notice my ext3 partition for apps, although it is an A2SD+. Same with LeeDrOiD_V2.4_A2SD.zip. On all flashing session I did a full wipe.
Now I'm back to the AuraxTSense-8.1.1 with working A2SD.
I searched the inet and forum, but I didn't find any good clue. Only hints how
to partition the sd-card. And my partition seems to be ok.
Hmm ... anyone any hint for me? AuraxTSense-8.1.1 is a bit unstable, it reboot without any reason once a day, MIUI is not mine ... I love sense ...
Thanks for your help ....
TechZombie ...
Possibly wrongly partitioned?
Try to re-partition it.
Download Gnome Partition Editor (GParted Live) here on CD or USB.
Read the documentation at on GParted website ~ how to partition your drive? (Most answers of your questions are there).
Backup your SD card data to PC before start partitioning.
Boot into GParted Live on CD or USB (Make sure that your motherboard first boot is either CD or USB).
Follow onscreen instructions to get GParted Live loaded.
Note – select your SD card as the drive. DON’T select your hard drive.
Delete every partition on SD card.
First create a primary FAT32 partition.
Then create another primary ext(2,3 or 4) partition ~ 1GB or more.
Exit GParted Live and back to Windows.
Copy back your data to SD card.
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davebugyi said:
Possibly wrongly partitioned?
Try to re-partition it.
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please try this:
Take a Usb-stick.
! YOUR DATA FROM YOUR STICK WILL BE LOST, BACKUP BEFOR GPARTED INSTALL!
! BACKUP YOUR DATA FROM YOUR DESIRE SD-CARD, ALL DATA WIL BE LOST USING THIS METHOD!
Download gparted, install it using unetbootin.
start gparted form your usb-stick.
Mount your sd-card in clockwork-recovery.
Remove all partitions in GParted from your desire sd-card.
create a new partition form about 1Gb ext-4.
then create a new partition (fat-32) that fils the rest of your sd-card.
Note: the ext-4 partition needs to be in front of the fat-32 partition.
restore your desire sd-card data.
I hope this helps
@davebugyi: This was the exact way I partitioned my sd-card ... strange ...
@Keon91: The ext4 partition before the fat32? I thought ext after fat ... ok let's give a try ... must it be ext4 or is ext3 ok? I heard ext4 reduces sd-card life?
Thanks ....
TechZombie ...
as I can remember I had my ext4 partition in front of my fat32 partition.
when I view my partions in gparted ext4 is in front of fat32.
fat32 has label : sba1.
ext4 has label : sba2.
I never heard ext4 would reduce sd-card life. In the insertcoin thread they recommend a ext4 partition.
Finnaly I solved it ...
First I tried ext4 in from of fat32. Problem: Windows didn't notice the fat32 partition.
@Keon91: The lables of your partitions show that in your configuration the fat32 is also in front of the ext partition.
After this, I partitioned again with gparted to 15gb fat32 and 1gb ext3 ... both primary ... and now ... i don't know why ... the ext3 is found by a2sd ...
Thanks to all ...
TechZombie ...

Possable to make a 1gb EXT4 with out format?

Every sense ROM requires a ext4 so i was wondering if i could make a partion of 1gb on my SD card with out reformatting, if this is possible any links or help would be appreciated.
thanks
Try MiniTool Partition Wizard.. [sometimes] allows you to resize your FAT32 partition and put in an ext4 and change both to primary....
Sometimes it lets me resize, sometimes it doesn't. Have yet to figure out why though..
Don't use mini partition wizard. Many users reported it destroyed their sd card. So use GParted, it's worth it to deal with this software.
Not all sense roms need a partition, try cool bravos
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MatDrOiD said:
Don't use mini partition wizard. Many users reported it destroyed their sd card. So use GParted, it's worth it to deal with this software.
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what class sd card do you need i have a 16gb class 2 pretty slow will it work?
Should be ok. Try it. You'll soon find out
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Recently I partitioned my sd card with gparted and vmware. Didn't had to format card. Gparted managed everything. Very powerfull and easy tool.
Just follow @rootSU guide.
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kuljit55 said:
Every sense ROM requires a ext4 so i was wondering if i could make a partion of 1gb on my SD card with out reformatting, if this is possible any links or help would be appreciated.
thanks
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You can convert ext3 partition to ext4 by 4EXTRecovery, You don't lose any data from the partition sdcard.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1154221
Or you can use the file from coolex that your partition convert ext3 to ext4, just flash the same like rom from recovery.
"EXT4 Partition For A2SD, No Swap New Scripe
Align Your EXT4 Partition With...
THIS
Also Alignment_Cool.zip Convert Your Ext3 Partition To Ext4"
kuljit55 said:
what class sd card do you need i have a 16gb class 2 pretty slow will it work?
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Yeah that's a bit slow but you could give it a try. I started with a class 2 card, too. Then I switched to class 6 because of the speed.
Sent from my HTC Desire
If you already have ext partition use recovery to convert it to ext4 as advised by Gramzz. if not its better to make backup and recreate FAT32 and ext4 partition you can also do this using recovery or use Gparted on computer.

SUPERNOVA Xtreme partition advice

i have an 8gb sandisk class6 sd card and SUPERNOVA Xtreme rom, whats the best partition for the first and second partitions, how big should the fat32 be and the ext4 partition be,i have gparted live cd, and a card reader, im having a problem with gparted it says.. cant write to /dev/sdb, because it is opened read only.
i have moved the little lock switch in both positions and still get the same error.
htc desire g7
not quite sure but i read somewhere the the ext4 partition has to be 2gb hense 2gb internal memory. maybe some1 can confirm this. r you can read Droidzones OP of the rom coz im sure some1 has probably already asked this
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AFAIK it has to be ext3/4 with at least 1GB of size.
FAT32 partition should be located on beginning, and ext on the end. No other partitions between... But i also might be wrong.
if its ext3 it will automaticaly be converted to ext4
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in the end with gparted, i made a 2gb fat32 and 6gb ext4 seems fine.
thanks for the help
lol shouldnt it be the other way around? 6gb fat 32 and 2gb ext4
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I think ext partitions bigger than 1,5GB are not recommended due to stability problems.
On Gparted, have u tried to unmount partition? They need to be unmounted in order to be formatted.
Some devices have issues when an ext4>2GB is used. Anything upto 2GB is fine. Leave the rest to FAT32, but make sure FAT32 is first and ext4 the second. Both should be primary.
Read more here
i re partitioned as stated above correctly many thanks, i have total space 5.90, internal 1.19 after restoring the the phone with the backup.
i have noticed i have to turn off usb debugging for my laptop to see the phone as a drive, is this correct

Help needed partitioning an sd card

Hey guys, im trying to partition a microsd card (2gb, samsung), into FAT and ext4 for use with link2sd, using Minitool Partiticion Wizard.
Now, the Fat partition turns out well, but the ext4 one keeps ending up like unpartitioned space.
I tried formating into ext2, ext3, linux swap, change size, cluster size, no result. The only file sistem thats succesfuly is FAT, FAT32, NTFS.
Thanks in advance!
CCXAlex said:
Hey guys, im trying to partition a microsd card (2gb, samsung), into FAT and ext4 for use with link2sd, using Minitool Partiticion Wizard.
Now, the Fat partition turns out well, but the ext4 one keeps ending up like unpartitioned space.
I tried formating into ext2, ext3, linux swap, change size, cluster size, no result. The only file sistem thats succesfuly is FAT, FAT32, NTFS.
Thanks in advance!
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Have u choose "primary" for the ext4 partition? Lots of tutorial available, just google it.
appman1234 said:
Have u choose "primary" for the ext4 partition? Lots of tutorial available, just google it.
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Yes, i chosed primary for the both partitions.
Anyway i kinnda fixed it, i chosed FAT for both partitions then i formated the second one from fat into ext4 and it seems to work for now.

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