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How to check if Apps2SD has been installed correctly...

The following information is for those who are still unsure of whether Apps2SD has been installed and if it is working correctly after root.
Open a Terminal Editor on your phone (I currently use ConnectBot, which is available for download via the Android Marketplace, comes with hotkeys, and it's free, link <here>).
When you have the client open, type "su" to gain super user access, and then hit enter. Now type "ls -l /data" and hit enter. You should see a few lines, a couple of which should read on the far right column:
dalvik-cache -> /system/sd/dalvik-cache
app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
app -> /system/sd/app
Notice the -> indicating symlinks and the 'sd'
You can also run: busybox df -h to check the /system/sd that the folder is being used
If this output is visible to you, then Apps2SD is working properly and you have installed it correctly. You will notice that by checking Menu > Settings > SD & phone storage, there is still some internal memory going down due to cache, other data, etc, but the main apps all go on the SD card given the above result. I currently have 29 apps installed (including Google Earth, which is 22.1 MB in size itself) and my internal memory currently shows 119MB of available space.
You can perform more extensive checks by executing the following command:
ls /system/sd/app (this will list all the apps which you have installed to the SD card)
If you prefer to run it from a PC with your phone connected, then this can also be checked via ADB by installing the relevant Android SDK for your OS. Downloads for SDK versions, link <here>.
Alternatively, you can use the script (written by theboxman from MoDaCo.com), which you can run via GScript Lite to test if Apps2SD is working correctly, link <here>.

how about unlock?
thank you for the info. btw, i havent seen in the forum if there a way to unlock the Desire form a certain network. any idea? sorry i know its the wrong place to ask and post this.

Hi Mastoid,
Could you tell me how exactly to run this from PC?
I've got the whole SDK installed but no idea what i have to do...open a prompt or something? Please inform as i'd really like to check.

You need to download the Android SDK and also Java.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jsp
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Then open a command prompt in Windows, plug in your Desire (your phone does not need to be in hboot/fastboot to access adb shell).
1) Open a command prompt on your computer and cd to your adb tools directory (it will be wherever you extracted the sdk; ie, c:\android-sdk_r04-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
2) In that window enter the following commands:
adb shell
su
ls -l /data
this should list the top 2 items as:
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-28 22:54 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-28 22:54 app -> /system/sd/app
ls -l /system/sd/app (will list apps on installed to your SD Card)
Now, for final proof, type:
busybox df -h

iom_jack said:
thank you for the info. btw, i havent seen in the forum if there a way to unlock the Desire form a certain network. any idea? sorry i know its the wrong place to ask and post this.
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Do you mean to have it sim-unlocked?
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100328154024AA1abkl

Great!
That worked, though the items you mention are not at the top but a couple of rows down. Busybox did show the apps installed on the SD.....ah, peace of mind
thx for the instructions!

no problem bud, glad it worked out for you
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Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
can it stop working halfway? i mean at first it really looked like apps were on SD but now it takes the flash memory instead....
i have 38m left with APP2SD

totorip said:
can it stop working halfway? i mean at first it really looked like apps were on SD but now it takes the flash memory instead....
i have 38m left with APP2SD
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I posted a thread recently showing how to check if Apps2SD has been installed correctly and is working:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677073

How to setup App2SD?
Anyone got a clear, easy guide on getting it working? Can you install it on the standard rooted ROM from MoDaCo? Do you need to have it cooked into a ROM?
A video or something would help but I'm interested in getting it setup incase I need to get a load of apps

î did your think i i use better terminal pro
app => system/sd/app
dalvik cache => /system/sd/dalvik cache
app private => /system/sd/ app private
so how can i have around 40mb left only?

Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
How many apps have you installed?
How have you partitioned your sd card? i.e. swap size?, ext2 size?
Have you applied the Apps2SD update zip?
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ive got maybe 40/50apps
i partitionned , 66 cache 1280m EXT 2=> EXT3
and no update....i dont need with the latest modaco R2 custom rom do i?
im afraid to reboot everything again, spent the whole day to isntall everything
30mb left :x

Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
I would suggest that you apply the dalvik-cache update zip and that should hopefully fix it. Note that you should only allocate 512MB to 1024MB (max) for the ext2 size and, you do not require a swap of 66MB, it is not recommended. I have my swap set to 0MB, ext2 set to 512MB which is more than enough space for apps, and rest to FAT32.
Search google for the "Apps2SD mini guide" (found via MoDaCo website) click the link and scroll down to the bottom of page one, the update zip file is available there.
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is it bad? (64 swap)
i calculated, i installed 170m worth of app. And i have "43" left (started at 138)
so , somewhere, APP2SD is working...but not verry effective

Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
I think it is working, run the command (ls /system/sd/app) in terminal editor in the link i posted earlier and check what apps are stored to the sd card. Also, download and install "cachecleaner" from the marketplace (free) to free up some cache space.
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Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
You have something wrong. I have also this Rom with about 53 apps and have still 134MB free.
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i installed the update.zip
i went from 38 to 53mb
then i use cache cleaner , i now have 60....
and still 170m worth of app...
so is my app2sd working in half?

Re: Question about APP2SD.....if anyone can answer
I ran the command in Su, and only the 2 app ones said sd, my dalvic cache didn't say SD card. I ran the suggested update fix but had bootloop, do I need to wipe anything first? I'm using evil 1. 0 Rom and thought it came pre app2sd. . .
Id like to get dalvic moved. . .
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Lol since thazt update zip i have no more wifi....cant start wifi it says. Great

Low Space never goes away!

I installed Cyanogenmod 7.0 and app2sd. The phone is rooted, anything I install I put on SD and still I get Low Space and am unable to even update existing apps.
I tried deleting system ringtones, but it doesn't add any space.
I am not an app freak and what I have installed is what I need and use:
- Battery calibrator
- Tasker
- 3d WatchDog
- antispam sms
- autorotate switch
- barcode scanner
- battery watcher
- Astro
- beautiful widget + pack
- Cam scanner
- clock sync
- concise oxford
- CoPilot Live
- Dialer One
- Dolphin
- FTPServer
- gmail
- last call widget
- note everything
- ptk auctions ebay
- rom manager
- root explorer
- s2e
- slideIT
- SMS Time Fix
- SoundHound
- Titanum Backup
- Where's my droid
- youtube
and few other small apps.
Now, all of it is installed on SD card but with S2E it should not make a difference anyway, right?
What can I do to get rid of this annoying Low Space problem?

looks like your going to have to go to the data2sd i may have to do that soon sas well i have a sense rom as good as it is i may have to go down to that route

reading what u are going to do is the solution for everything
on the cm7 nighty therad is explained how to use the a2sd script (i hope u using that script)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10675412&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10799203&postcount=462
app2sd (enabled by default)
adb shell
/sd-ext/userinit.d/12app2sdext-binds disable
or
/sd-ext/userinit.d/12app2sdext-binds enable
reboot when prompted
cache2sd (not recommened)
adb shell
/sd-ext/userinit.d/10cache2sdext-binds enable
or
/sd-ext/userinit.d/10cache2sdext-binds disable
reboot when prompted
data2sd (not recommended)
adb shell
/sd-ext/userinit.d/11data2sdext-binds enable
or
/sd-ext/userinit.d/11data2sdext-binds disable
reboot when prompted
just enable data2sd

I'd say, backup everything with titan backup, then wipe data/cache/dalvik and reinstalled the rom. Afterwards install S2E and move dalvik2ext, then restore your apps. Maybe that way everything ends up normal.

andQlimax said:
reading what u are going to do is the solution for everything
on the cm7 nighty therad is explained how to use the a2sd script (i hope u using that script)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10675412&postcount=2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10799203&postcount=462
app2sd (enabled by default)
adb shell
/sd-ext/userinit.d/12app2sdext-binds disable
or
/sd-ext/userinit.d/12app2sdext-binds enable
reboot when prompted
cache2sd (not recommened)
adb shell
/sd-ext/userinit.d/10cache2sdext-binds enable
or
/sd-ext/userinit.d/10cache2sdext-binds disable
reboot when prompted
data2sd (not recommended)
adb shell
/sd-ext/userinit.d/11data2sdext-binds enable
or
/sd-ext/userinit.d/11data2sdext-binds disable
reboot when prompted
just enable data2sd
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I have done it but run into a problem explained here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17997847#post17997847

Have you been flashing several different ROMs? I did and had practically no space left after awhile. I was instructed to format /boot /system /data /cache with ClockworkMod and (after getting hung on the bootloader screen and reflashing Oxygen) that seems to have fixed my problem. See here for the problem, proposed solution, explanation, and outcome.

jelly bean rom

what does this mean ive done a search but carnt findout what this means
Hboot : Stock for now
Use Android Terminal to enable A2SD
as this is what it says i've got to do in install the jelly bean rom.
i will follow the instructions that are porvided with the Android terminal but just no clue to what the hboot thingy is

pandashoe said:
what does this mean ive done a search but carnt findout what this means
Hboot : Stock for now
Use Android Terminal to enable A2SD
as this is what it says i've got to do in install the jelly bean rom.
i will follow the instructions that are porvided with the Android terminal but just no clue to what the hboot thingy is
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If you don't know what hboot is, then you have stock.

pandashoe said:
what does this mean ive done a search but carnt findout what this means
Hboot : Stock for now
Use Android Terminal to enable A2SD
as this is what it says i've got to do in install the jelly bean rom.
i will follow the instructions that are porvided with the Android terminal but just no clue to what the hboot thingy is
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But if you don't know your phone hboot......you SHOULD read a LOT before doing ANY CHANGES to your phone. Please be careful.
Regards
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pandashoe said:
what does this mean ive done a search but carnt findout what this means
Hboot : Stock for now
Use Android Terminal to enable A2SD
as this is what it says i've got to do in install the jelly bean rom.
i will follow the instructions that are porvided with the Android terminal but just no clue to what the hboot thingy is
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One more thing.... Android terminal has NOTHING to do with INSTALLING the jelly bean Rom ....
As I said, please read tutorials and guides before attempting anything.
Regards
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda app-developers app

pandashoe said:
what does this mean ive done a search but carnt findout what this means
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Then you are not using the internet properly.
via xda app

stankyou said:
Then you are not using the internet properly.
via xda app
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thanks again for your help

When it says "Use android terminal to enable A2SD", what it means is after you have installed the rom (which you would do by flashing the zip file through a recovery mod like clockwork recovery or 4ext recovery) you enter the android terminal in your apps tray (it will be installed already as 'Terminal Emulator' or such) and type
Code:
su
You will get a super user request asking you to allow the terminal emulator root access. Allow this.
Code:
a2sd install
You wil be prompted for install options. The recommended values were.
Code:
y
n
y
at which point your phone will reboot and you will have activated the A2SD features of the rom.
But in order to do this, you will first need to repartition your SD card into two partitions.
Back up all of your data before you even attempt this so you don't lose anything.
This can be done with a number of tools like GParted or MiniTool Partition Wizard.
The first should be a FAT primary logical partition the size you want to store your documents on and the second should be a primary logical ext3 file system (not all roms support EXT4 and journalling can degrade SD card quality faster).
I have mine as an 8GB partitioned into a 6.5GB FAT and a 1.5GB EXT with about 1.3GB of apps installed split across A2SD and androids internal apps to SD function while still keeping 80MB free on my data partition.
I hope this helps.

Psytechnic said:
When it says "Use android terminal to enable A2SD", what it means is after you have installed the rom (which you would do by flashing the zip file through a recovery mod like clockwork recovery or 4ext recovery) you enter the android terminal in your apps tray (it will be installed already as 'Terminal Emulator' or such) and type
Code:
su
You will get a super user request asking you to allow the terminal emulator root access. Allow this.
Code:
a2sd install
You wil be prompted for install options. The recommended values were.
Code:
y
n
y
at which point your phone will reboot and you will have activated the A2SD features of the rom.
But in order to do this, you will first need to repartition your SD card into two partitions.
Back up all of your data before you even attempt this so you don't lose anything.
This can be done with a number of tools like GParted or MiniTool Partition Wizard.
The first should be a FAT primary logical partition the size you want to store your documents on and the second should be a primary logical ext3 file system (not all roms support EXT4 and journalling can degrade SD card quality faster).
I have mine as an 8GB partitioned into a 6.5GB FAT and a 1.5GB EXT with about 1.3GB of apps installed split across A2SD and androids internal apps to SD function while still keeping 80MB free on my data partition.
I hope this helps.
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Thanks mate, also helped me, no about hboot, but how to enter in android terminal.
cheers

like said above, terminal emulator is an app u can get from play store but i think JB has it already installed. open the app and type
su (then grant permission)
y (press enter)
n (press enter)
y (press enter)
then ur phone will reboot and android will upgrade (make the changes) then ur done.
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[Q] Problem Installing "a2sd darktremor"

I installed "a2sd darktremor" using the sticky big thread in this forum, I followed all the steps, I partitioned my sdcard to ext2, and then typed those lines in the terminal:
su
cd sdcard
sh a2sd_enabler.sh
reboot recovery
Then updated in the recovery using file "dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed", installed "a2sdgui" from store, but once I run it, I get this message:
Exiting A2SDGUI
Could not start for one of these reasons:
1. You device is not rooted.
2. A2SD Scripts could not be found
3. No EXT partition found
Well, my phone is rooted, A2SD script is installed and it gave me success message when I installed it, and I have ext2 partition. I thought it may be because I don't have BusyBox, so installed it but no success.
Where is the problem then ??
I found those posts here and here, they talk about a file called test6.zip, but link doesn't work and I couldn't find it around.
Any help will be appreciated.

Insufficient Memory Error

Having just run through applying the CyanogenMod 10.1(by vijendrahs - refere below) to 4.2.2 on my HTC Desire, I've now come across the above error with some of the applications that I've been trying to install.
I've partitioned my SD card and am running mounts2sd and am using link2sd. I've also downloaded and have tried the marketfix app. I've also tried killing apps and restarting the phone none of which seem to make a difference.
The research I've done indicates that this is appears to have something to do with memory. What I've noticed is that there doesn't seem to be any particular pattern to those apps that will install and those that won't. For example the Tasks app won't install nor will Yahoo but Skype, Maps, and Gmail installed fine.
I am beginning to suspect that the error message might not actually reflect the problem that is being reported. Is there a tool or some debugging routine that I can run to expose any further insights into this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2070704

Why did u use mounts2sd or link2sd if in threat is recommend a2sd in terminal? I used this ROM with a2sd and all was fine, no any error according memory.

Vijendrah's JB 4.2.2 has build in A2SD. Just open Terminal Emulator from menu and type:
"#su" then hit Enter;
"#a2sd" install then hit Enter;
"Y" then Enter when first question pops-up;
"N" then Enter when second question pops-up;
"Y" then Enter when third question pops-up.
Note: type only what's inside the commas.

Thanks for the replies. In my defense, it was my first attempt at a ROM flash and I probably didn't follow the instructions properly. I I'll try a re-flash over the weekend and see how that goes.
That said, I still think that the error message is misleading unless there is something in the installation routines for those apps that is validating for a minimum amount of available RAM.

Two ideas:
1.Android will give you that error when you try to reinstall app which you tampered with using lucky patcher try running it once before attempting to install and it will remove any leftover odex files it is responsible for.
2.Or the original a2sd script is messing up link2sd, try removing 10apps2sd from system/etc/init.d with root explorer or es file explorer. Reinstall link2sd afterwards.
3.you are simply running out of internal memory, link2sd leaves dalvik in there. You can explore your sdext with es file explorer and see what's going on there or use 'df' command in terminal emulator to check if there really is no space left in internal or sdext

freebird24h said:
Two ideas:
1.Android will give you that error when you try to reinstall app which you tampered with using lucky patcher try running it once before attempting to install and it will remove any leftover odex files it is responsible for.
2.Or the original a2sd script is messing up link2sd, try removing 10apps2sd from system/etc/init.d with root explorer or es file explorer. Reinstall link2sd afterwards.
3.you are simply running out of internal memory, link2sd leaves dalvik in there. You can explore your sdext with es file explorer and see what's going on there or use 'df' command in terminal emulator to check if there really is no space left in internal or sdext
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Curious. I reran a2sd and answered no to the second question regarding data. Upon reboot, I was able to install apps that previously failed. On the downside, I've lost the home key!

I use MildWild