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A2SD+ and HD Roms

I flashed some HD Roms (Pay's ROM, RCSMixHD, The Z Rom etc) one by one, and each one of them claimed A2SD+ or Data2ext. Also they had fastboot shown in the intro video.
1) In any of those 3 ROMs, I didn't get more than 110MB internal storage, which I had got in StarBurst ROM (not HD) = 1.25GB. Now only 110MB? Now where did my ext partition go? [still a noob at android modding! help!]
2) Is it something like it doesn't "show" it as internal memory, but works all right?
3) What do I need to do in order to get data2ext/A2SD+ working? I followed all instructions correctly, incl partitioning etc.
4) Also none of them gave me a fast boot (like it was shown in one of the videos under RCSMixHD ROM), will I ever get it?
Thanks in adv. Need help. Meanwhile m with 105MB internal memory (which would end in 2-3 days )

Your A2SD+ problem does not exist, the internal memory will show the same as always but it won't decreas as fast. Just try it with angry birds or some other big app. Also don't move them to the sd via manage applications, they need to be on the phone. If you want more info on how A2SD+ really works there are plenty of threads explaining that or this.
And fastboot is hibernation and it should be in the power off menu.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Hmm, about the first thing, I tried it, and yeah so it doesn't "show" it as internal memory, though works all right.
Help! Whenever I use Hibernate, my phone doesn't boot up next. Just stays on htc logo if I hibernate it! Do I need a reflash?

A2SD is stupid and I don't get it either. I just flashed another Hboot image to increase my data partition. Also, I don't want my SD card doing much working and using useless space.

@GoogleJelly
You made it already clear that you are a big fan of S-off and alternativ hboots, but for people who like the sense rom or people are not comfortable S-offing changing hboot is not a option. For them A2SD is a good solution and I can't see how you can be bothered by it.
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TheGhost1233 said:
@GoogleJelly
You made it already clear that you are a big fan of S-off and alternativ hboots, but for people who like the sense rom or people are not comfortable S-offing changing hboot is not a option. For them A2SD is a good solution and I can't see how you can be bothered by it.
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This. Plus a2sd+ is far more convenient than s-off and offers far more space. What if memory card wears out after a while? Even if it was as fast process as it seems you think it is, it is not like they cost a fortune.
data2ext is better than a2sd+ is definitely better than changing your hboot image just to install more apps. Or brick your device in the process
Sorry mate, but that is just plain ridiculous.
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i use the D2EXT version of RCSMix HD rom and it shows that i have 961mb of internel memory... don't know why the A2SD don't show that.

It's not good stressing out your SD Card. Especially when you have Data2SD since it puts more than just apps on your SD Card. Yeh SD cards don't cost that much but when you buying one more often that you need because your SD card has become messed up because of the constant usage it's getting, I am sure it isn't the best thing in the world. I also see more problems that people have with A2SD and Data2SD and I actually wonder if it is worth it at all.

[HELP] My Desire internal storage is geeting LOW!! [HELP]

Good day all,
I'm running into a problem with my htc Desire where the phone internal memory is getting very low
I have the alarm "Low on Space" warning!!!
I noticed that this issue happened after flashing my phone with different ROMs
to select which one is better for me.
Right now, I'm running a custom ROM which is the LeeDroid V2.3
All my downloaded Apps and games are moved to sdCard using App2SD
My remaining phone internal memory is only 13.76 MB
Any help or hint to solve my problem!!!!
Thanks in advanced.

You might want to investigate 'Data2Ext/Data2SD/Data ++' ROMs - all which leave you with far more free internal memory.
These ROMS can be slightly slower (exception of Data ++) than the one you are running. I was running the same ROM you are now and the only reason I moved to another was the constant low memory.

You can use data2sd on leedroid. See siberes thread. It's not slower than stock.when properly installed,it may even be faster.
Swyped with my Starburst based Desire. Forgive any typos!

Try using CyanogenMod7 with the AlphaRev CM7 tables... I now have loads of internal space and I'm able to move most things to the SDcard!

ZeroNEX said:
Good day all,
I'm running into a problem with my htc Desire where the phone internal memory is getting very low
I have the alarm "Low on Space" warning!!!
I noticed that this issue happened after flashing my phone with different ROMs
to select which one is better for me.
Right now, I'm running a custom ROM which is the LeeDroid V2.3
All my downloaded Apps and games are moved to sdCard using App2SD
My remaining phone internal memory is only 13.76 MB
Any help or hint to solve my problem!!!!
Thanks in advanced.
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You're not moving these yourself are you? As if you are you're defeating the point of A2SD+ in the custom ROM!

the AlphaRev CM7 tables has only 5m cache.
its bad ?
i think the Bravo Sense is the more versatile

your going to remove some of your apps.
its the only way

droidzone said:
You can use data2sd on leedroid. See siberes thread. It's not slower than stock.when properly installed,it may even be faster.
Swyped with my Starburst based Desire. Forgive any typos!
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Droidzone is correct, Sibere's data2sd script is awesome an stable as i am running AuraxTSense with Sibere's data2sd installed and i have 75+ apps installed and i still have 675mb of free space. Check out Droidzone's thread for the download links or check out Sibere's thread. All you need is a class 4 SD and a EXT4 partition.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916417
The above link is Droidzone's thread for his StarBurst ROM you can find all the info you need on there.

[Q] Slow DATA2SD? Or Slow ROM?

i just downloaded and flashed the Supernova DATA2SD rom and it works really well. its just slow, I ran quadrant, it got stuck at "I/O" and stuff like that, i have a 519mb EXT4 partition. Any idea why is my phone behaving like such?

Because data2sd is slow in general

To get data2sd working well, an ext4 partition with min 1 gb is required.

I been using this Rom for age's and its super fast, if you don't have a good SD card it will lag. You need class 4 and above a good manufactured one.
Has for data2SD being slow its far from it, if you have the right SD card. I'll say this Rom much faster that stock, only time it lags a bit is when installing
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Lag is common when installing apps, it isn't related to sibere's scripts.

i have class 4, u said minimum 1gb? i just need 1gb and wont lag rite?

sebastianlow said:
i have class 4, u said minimum 1gb? i just need 1gb and wont lag rite?
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Try it, also use Gparted for partitioning your SD card

Do I nid to reinstall data2sd again? If I resize my ext4

sebastianlow said:
Do I nid to reinstall data2sd again? If I resize my ext4
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No, you should not.
Swyped from my HTC Desire using XDA App

shankly1985 said:
I been using this Rom for age's and its super fast, if you don't have a good SD card it will lag. You need class 4 and above a good manufactured one.
Has for data2SD being slow its far from it, if you have the right SD card. I'll say this Rom much faster that stock, only time it lags a bit is when installing
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I flashed this ROM and was using a 1.95gb ext4 partition with a class 4/6 Kingston 16gb SD...
Once I flashed the ROM my Desire was running extremely slow and many force closes.. basically I couldn't open anything..
I put up with that for an hour and rebooted before giving up and going back to CyanogenMod 7
As far as I know I installed correctly.. should I have waited longer for the system to settle?
I really want the data2sd feature
Any help would be greatly appreciated
[SOLVED]
Can run simple2ext app from Android Market to move all apps to ext4 while using CM7 ROM
Great solution.. CyanogenMod is a great ROM made even better with this app

Bump. I've finally managed to install the new SuperNova Extreme Classic Official Gingerbread ROM (v2.0.1.1), and overall I love it.
However, I have a lot of lag when it comes to adding/removing/moving widgets, opening and installing apps, etc. The lag is so bad that I get constant force closes because the apps are taking that long to open...
Does anybody know why this could be happening?
I have a 16gb Class 6 SD card, with two partitions; Fat32 and a 1.8gb Ext4.

I have 16 GB class 6 card as well and Data2SD and Data2EXT are slow like ****. I could make myself a cup of coffee until my phone gets usable (usable = homescreen starts).

[Q] Which ROM is Best For HTC Desire

Which ROM is best for HTC Desire, i have tried LeeDroid. But wanna Know about InsertCoin.
Tell me If Any Other Roms are there awesome like LeeDroid please

I dont think is there any BEST rom for Your phone. You need to test and compare some roms and choose which is more handy for You. I personally dont like AOSP roms. My best for now was RCMix V2 now iam using LeeDroiD R5 that is awesome. Just flash > test > reflash new I got some advice for You.
Make appz backup and other things You need. Then try all roms what You want to try. Next You can choose from all of these roms which is good for You. This is best sollution.

I agree, there is no real answer to your question as everyone has different opinions and tastes. Saiiint doesn't like aosp roms whereas I prefer them. Test a few out and see what you like.
PS. This is like the millionth thread asking the same question, next time use the search feature before creating a new thread.
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Any that have Data2EXT because the Desire has a woefully inadequate amount of internal storage. A2SD+ just does not cut it at all.
Next time I get an Android phone, internal storage is going to be a deal breaker.

Seriously?
No, I mean seriously????
Every time I come on here all I ever find is loads (and loads!) of people asking "what is the best ROM?" "tell me the fastest ROM" "whats the best sense ROM?"...
Please... Use the thread search function!!!

AceSMod007
using it for few months, very smooth and stable ROM

ferencz1 said:
AceSMod007
using it for few months, very smooth and stable ROM
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Bad advice. It crashed like hell for me and a few of my friends and the Leedroid HD ROM was far superior in both reliabilty and battery life. That's not to say that the AcesMod ROM will work badly but similarly other ROM's will work better for others.
To the OP, try the ROM's and decide for yourself.

HTC Desire > Desire Android Developement
A lot of good ROMs.

Kryten2k35 said:
Any that have Data2EXT because the Desire has a woefully inadequate amount of internal storage. A2SD+ just does not cut it at all.
Next time I get an Android phone, internal storage is going to be a deal breaker.
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For someone with s-off this statement is full of fail. With 110 apps I have 120Mb internal and 250 on sd-ext free. That is plenty of space. There are not enough good apps on market to fill that
Bottom line - you s-offed for the sake of it while not even scratching the real benefits of s-off. And yes, Sense 1.9 can fit into oxygenr2

I'm using MIUI XJ Data2Ext and I can say I'm pretty happy with it, great UI and speed

Parva4 said:
Bad advice. It crashed like hell for me and a few of my friends and the Leedroid HD ROM was far superior in both reliabilty and battery life. That's not to say that the AcesMod ROM will work badly but similarly other ROM's will work better for others.
To the OP, try the ROM's and decide for yourself.
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I never had any crashes
Yes it probably depends on phones, for me it's fast, smooth with great battery life

Damte said:
I'm using MIUI XJ Data2Ext and I can say I'm pretty happy with it, great UI and speed
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i am on the MIUI XJ A2SD+
do you know what are the differences between a2SD and d2ext ?
except that the whole data goes to the ext partition are there real benefits like speed ?
and how's your battery ? mine is not so good on this rom
i really like this rom ... i love the camera options the most
but i think Oxygen is best on battery...still testing the Miui rom

Thnx for replies
It really helped

erklat said:
For someone with s-off this statement is full of fail. With 110 apps I have 120Mb internal and 250 on sd-ext free. That is plenty of space. There are not enough good apps on market to fill that
Bottom line - you s-offed for the sake of it while not even scratching the real benefits of s-off. And yes, Sense 1.9 can fit into oxygenr2
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Your post is absolutely full of fail, you arrogant prick.
I S-OFF'd because the modded ROM I'm using requested so. I have 1.5GB data supplied to data2ext and I've used 700mb of that. Let's not forget Angry Birds is 25mb each, Google Earth is 50mb, Skymap something similar, those 6-7 apps alone destroy the 147mb data a vanilla Desire has. The OP DOES NOT need to S-OFF in order to use Data2EXT.
Thanks for your pathetic lecture but you should keep it to yourself if you're going to arrogantly assume to be superior to others. I'm happy with the ROM in my sig.

mite_jan said:
i am on the MIUI XJ A2SD+
do you know what are the differences between a2SD and d2ext ?
except that the whole data goes to the ext partition are there real benefits like speed ?
and how's your battery ? mine is not so good on this rom
i really like this rom ... i love the camera options the most
but i think Oxygen is best on battery...still testing the Miui rom
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With A2SD+ it's just a matter of time before you run out of internal storage. Either messages, e-mails, facebook data (thumbnails, etc) will eventually eat into your 147mb internal storage and then you either need to clear out some data and/or apps or live with it.
With Data2EXT when you set, say, 1GB to it, your internal storage is now read as "1GB" instead of 147mb. Meaning it's a lot longer before you run out of room (I never have).
The downside is it can get laggy when installing multiple apps at once and when you've installed a lot of apps that can impact performance a little (though I usually find clearing the dalvik cache helps).
For me, personally, I wouldn't be able to use any other rom that doesn't include data2EXT. Next phone I buy is going come under close storage scrutiny.

Kryten2k35 said:
I S-OFF'd because the modded ROM I'm using requested so.
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Did it now?
wmjan said:
Requirements:
S-OFF or S-ON
Recommended partition: Fat32 + 1.0GB Ext3/4
The SD card at least 150MB free space
Full wipe needed
Bravo Stock(system:250M,data:150)
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Thanks for your kind words btw. It usually comes out of ignorance and lack of arguments, so I'm kinda immune to that. You are entitled to your happiness with your rom, but you are not spreading around misinformation if I can help it.

Kryten2k35 said:
With A2SD+ it's just a matter of time before you run out of internal storage. Either messages, e-mails, facebook data (thumbnails, etc) will eventually eat into your 147mb internal storage and then you either need to clear out some data and/or apps or live with it.
With Data2EXT when you set, say, 1GB to it, your internal storage is now read as "1GB" instead of 147mb. Meaning it's a lot longer before you run out of room (I never have).
The downside is it can get laggy when installing multiple apps at once and when you've installed a lot of apps that can impact performance a little (though I usually find clearing the dalvik cache helps).
For me, personally, I wouldn't be able to use any other rom that doesn't include data2EXT. Next phone I buy is going come under close storage scrutiny.
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yes i have noticed that even with a2sd internal memory is still a problem ....
do you think 512mb would be enought for data2ext ? (asking for this rom miui d2ext)
if not can i resize it with gparted preferably?

See my signature.
What flavor of MIUI you like , depends on you (just like everything else of course!), but I am sooooo happy with MIUI, it's the best ROM I've ever used, and trust me, I tried a lot of them

Running Supernova at the moment. So far am really impressed with the speed and stability. Went on without a problem and has allowed me to restore all my old apps with Titanium and install several new ones (with 850 meg spare so far). Just read and follow the instructions carefully and it should be ok.
PVT4 Erase 40000
S-Off + Root
8gig Class 4 Sandisk (1gig Ext 4)
Stock HBoot

erklat said:
Did it now?
Thanks for your kind words btw. It usually comes out of ignorance and lack of arguments, so I'm kinda immune to that. You are entitled to your happiness with your rom, but you are not spreading around misinformation if I can help it.
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Yes it did
When he first wrote the ROM he said you had to be S-OFF on the stock Bravo data structure.
POSTED 5th June 2011, 05:43 AM
Last edited by wmjan; 10th August 2011 at 04:36 AM.
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Dead giveaway.
Anyway, apologise for my attitude, but I didn't take too kindly to being spoken to in a condescending manner. I'm more than willing to learn, but I didn't make a mistake in S-OFFing my phone as wmjam's original thread did call for it
If you note, I did say that you don't need S-OFF for data2EXT
mite_jan said:
yes i have noticed that even with a2sd internal memory is still a problem ....
do you think 512mb would be enought for data2ext ? (asking for this rom miui d2ext)
if not can i resize it with gparted preferably?
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I wouldn't have said so, I think the mimimum most rom's suggest is 1GB. I know the wmjam ROM I'm using offloads a lot of the system apk's onto the data partition upon installation. I set it to 1.5GB (like this FAT32 + 1.5GBEXT +300mb EXT+ 100mb Linux Swap) and after installation around 600mb was already taken up.
So, I'd do 1GB mimimum. You don't need to set up like I have too. I was just already set like that so I went ahead (couldn't be arsed running gparted again)

Random freezes - Checklist? Recommend a ROM?

Hi
I set my desire up with the supernova rom but had to ditch it after a couple of days due to very frequent random freezes. (data2sd)
Now I've got Leedroid 3.0.8.2 and that's giving me random freezes though to a much lesser extent.(a2sd+)
The Rom before I used Oxygen with no A2SD and this gave me no crashes but I desperately need the space due to my works email taking up all my storage!
So basically I wonder what I should do next. Is there anything I could try to fix my current setup. Is it worth reflashing? What's the likely culprit for the pull battery freezes?
My SD Card is a class 4 sandisk 8gb.
Alternatively I need a ROM which has
Very Stable!
A2SD+
Sense (Any version) OR…
Equivalent to 'Lock phone after' in Screen Unlock dialog*
*My work requires a PIN but the above dialog stops the pin being required if I have used the phone within 5 minutes!
I'm not bothered about the latest sense or loads of bells and whistles.
Thanks for any help!

Check Runnymede AIO.

I'd repartition the sd card before I do anything else.
SwiftKeyed from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk.

I got a class 6 4gb ad and I tried several ROM all with the CM7 and 1gb part.
I experienced just 1 freeze with the insert coin.
My old sd just burned out on the cool3d
Now I'm on revolution, pretty much visual stunning but have bugs on fast boot
Is cm7 extending the memory as you want?

Dallatorre said:
I got a class 6 4gb ad and I tried several ROM all with the CM7 and 1gb part.
I experienced just 1 freeze with the insert coin.
My old sd just burned out on the cool3d
Now I'm on revolution, pretty much visual stunning but have bugs on fast boot
Is cm7 extending the memory as you want?
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Try the rom and kernel from my signature. IMHO the best rom for desire.

erklat said:
I'd repartition the sd card before I do anything else.
SwiftKeyed from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk.
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Sorry to jump in here, but I had issues along the lines of the OP, your post caught my eye.
I went from an 8GB card to a 16GB card and my Desire would freeze at least twice per day. It sometimes went a whole day, but when I woke up, it would have crashed, always required a battery out and in to fix.
Went back to my 8GB card yesterday and its been fine since!
Is partitioning required to solve this? Would love to go back to my 16GB card!
Cheers

Check your sd card, if not - ask sandvold he lost one this way. Can be a NAND bug.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Likely to be a problem with the SD card; as others have said, re-format is a good place to start. Personally I'm enjoying the MildWild ROM (3.2). Can't find a lock phone after xx option though, sorry. It's very quick and seems very stable.

erklat said:
I'd repartition the sd card before I do anything else.
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Yeah people try this one first. Sd cards can go bonkers sometimes and a fresh repartition/format can do wonders.
via xda app

just like everyone else has said...repartition your sd...now for the second question I recommend using AN-droid 2.1.0 for a new rom....its stock GB, fast, smooth and really responsive...hope it helps bud...
Sent from my Galaxy Tab using Tapatalk

If you're looking for stable and fast ROM with a2sd method, I'll recommend you CyanogenMod 7.1 with int2sd script. It's really fast and works fine on most popular HBOOTS (stock, data++, CM7 r2).
Remember the order of flashing!
first: cyanogenmod 7.1
then: gapps
and after that: INT2SD

I have MildWild on my HTC Desire, its small enough to fit on the Internal Storage and give you approx 240mb for data/apps or it can be installed on EXT4 SD card partition.