Hi all , I use a 8gb sd and use Rom Manager to partition my sd , I give 1gb on external sd but when I use app SD Maid to check , it display only 175mb on external sd . I use rom JokerDroid 4.3 ,any1 can help me . Thank for read and sorry about my bad english
try using recovery
Step by Step Guide
1.Backup your SD card data to PC before partitioning.
2.Power off phone
3.Boot into HBOOT (vol+power down)
4.Select recovery from list (use vol buttons to move up/down and power to select)
5.ClockworkMod Recovery will be loaded then.
6.Use volume down button to go down to ‘advanced’.
7.Then press trackball to select.
8.Select ‘Partition SD Card’ with trackball.
9.Select the ext size that you want (128M, 256M, 512M, 1024M, 2048M or 4096M).
10.Select 0M as the Swap Size.
11.Copy data back to SD card on PC.
12.Reboot phone
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hi guys,
i'm having troubles to make an ext3 partition on my SD card. I've recently bought a desire which i successfully rooted. I also have flashed a custom rom (leedroid).
I would like to try other roms like MIUI and non-sense but i read these require an ext3.
Ive been searching for this for 2 days now without succes. Ive found many guides but they have all failed in a way...
NOT TO BE LAZY, like i said ive been strugling with this for 2 days.
But could anyone give me some guidelines on how to do this ?. There is just so much info out there that its very confusing.
Thx in advance guys !
You can try this using MiniTool Partition Wizard
You could also try you using an Ubuntu live cd of GParted by either burning it to a cd or boot it from a usb stick: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download.
Or, you use it from within Ubuntu (vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVK-tJe8pXE&feature=related)
1) Connect your phone to your computer (or use an SD Card adapter...., in this case skip to 4)
2) Pull down the notification bar and mount the phone
3) Start Gparted
4) Gparted will search available drives. (Your phone should show up as a USB drive, and will be something like /dev/sdb1 or /dev/sdc1, etc..)
Warning: double-check you've not selected a hdd by mistake!
5) In the upper right corner, select the correct USB device for your phone. (i.e. check to make sure it is correct size for your SD card)
6) Right click on each partition and select 'unmount'
7) Right click on each partition and select 'delete'
If you know what you are doing, you can re-size the partitions and add a new 2nd partition formatted as ext2/3/4
8) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
9) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = fat32
Free Space Following = 512 (or whatever you want)
10) Click add
11) Right click on the big gray bar (should say unallocated x.xx gb) and click 'new'
12) Enter configurations
Free Space preceding = 0
Create as = Primary
New size = [don't touch]
File system = ext2/3/4 (recommend ext4)
Free Space Following = 0 (or ~32 if you want swap)
Click add
13) Click edit, then 'Apply All Operations' to write changes to disk
14) Quit GParted
15) Unmount your SD Card
16) Reboot your phone
Another method via Windows using Pushfiles:
1) Turn on your phone while holding the volume down button.
2) You will see HBOOT on the screen.
3) Use the volume buttons to move up and down and power button to select the RECOVERY option.
4) You will now see a red triangle on the screen, at this point plug your phone into your PC via your microUSB cable and wait for 10-15 seconds.
5) Unzip the file pushfiles_windows.zip that you downloaded earlier, and double click on recovery-windows.bat inside this unzipped folder.
6) Once you run it you will notice, the screen of your device change to a green recovery image menu.
7) In the recovery image, select the Partition SD card option, convert ext2 to ext3. Done!
Pushfiles attached below.
Thx for your reply.
I have installed "MiniTool Partition Wizard " and came to the conclusion that my SD card has an EXT3 partition :s. So some of the things i've tried must have worked...
But i got another question.
I have installed "Quick system information".
A2SD storage is total 458MB with 319MB free.
My internal storage is 148MB with 98,98MB free. (THIS WAS 138MB right after rom install)
System storage is total 250MB with 26,46MB free.
Memory is 416 with 124MB free, idle 34,28MB.
I thought that with a A2SD rom + an EXT3 partition everything would be placed on this ext3 partition on my sd card.
How does it come that my internal/system storage is decreasing?
I'm on leedroid v2.3b
thx in advance guys
That is because only your apps are moved to your SD card. Not the Data of the apps. If you want that, than you must install a data2sd rom.
An easy way to make an ext3 partition or transforming an ext2 to an ext3 partition is using amon ra recovery. You can find it in the android development. You install it using unrevoked (the same way that you rooted)
Ah so there is a difference between a data2sd rom and a app2sd rom?
Staicy said:
Ah so there is a difference between a data2sd rom and a app2sd rom?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The way A2SD works is that it moves the /data/app/ directory to the SD-EXT (moves app data to the SD card partition)... however, it doesn't move the data/data directory, as this remains on the internal storage.
The main difference between A2SD and Data2SD is that /data/data is moved to SD-EXT with Data2SD, and with A2SD, it remains in internal storage.
Hello all,
I have problem with SD card.
What I do:
I rooted my Desire via unrevoked
Flash new Rom via Rom manager ( screen with HTC logo freezing ) - battery take off
Recovery mod and flash leedroid Rom + radio from SD card
When reboot system, SD card is "safe to unmount" (
Try to formated Card in pc with fat 32, but same problem
In HBOOT SD card see, in my pc it see, but in system no (
Help pls
Did you format the sd-card in windows, if so try to format with G-parted.
Ok,i had similar prob.
Try the following : download this > http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html for your OS,install it.
Then boot into recovery ,plug in usb cable,and click on Usb Toggle (or mount Usb...depends on the type of Rec.you're using)...backup all data you have on yur pc(if u want)
Then run the program u dl'ed,and delete all SDcard partitions,then create a Fat32 (primary) and an Ext3(primary) partition,click Appy/OK should solve your problems.
So I was trying to create a A2SD card to install LeeDroid, so I did the steps in Gparted and created 2 partitions.
1) Fat 32 with all the available space - 1 GB
2) Ext3 partition with 1 GB space.
But now when I try to restart the phone I get the Hboot option but I cant browse (volume + or - ) to get into recovery and install the ROM.
What should I do now?
Thanks!
And you can browse without the card? Probably the system is searching for the PB99IMG.zip
when you start the phone by pressing the volume down button you first can not boot in recovery. first there is nothing to see but after a few seconds it searches for the PB99IMG.zip. You can see by the green text. When the green text is gone you can boot into recovery.
If you can boot into recovery without the card, I would format the card and do the partitions with gparted twice.
First a fat32 and then an ext3 oder ext4 with 1024mb.
UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER
1- Unlock the Bootloader, Here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
By selecting " All Other Supported Models "
2- Just follow the Instructions There, & Unlock the Bootloader.
3- Now Follow jaggyjags' Rooting tutorial Here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415223
CREATING A NANDROID BACKUP BEFORE INSTALLING A CUSTOM ROM..!!
1- Reboot into Recovery menu Pressing the VOLUME DOWN button & POWER button simultaneously For 5 Seconds.
2- Select RECOVERY
- Now Select "Backup and Restore"
- Select the "Backup" option
- It will take a Few minutes & When it is Done, Select Reboot System
- The Backup will be seen in the SD card. A folder Named " CLOCKWORKMOD "
Copy it in your PC , incase you may need for some other time to RESTORE
SD CARD PATITIONING
1- Backup all your data in SD card some where in PC
2- Remove the SD card From your Phone, & place it in CARD READER
3- Download the software called MINI TOOL PARTITION WIZARD
you can download it from here - http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
4- Right Click on FAT32 / FAT system & Delete the Old files
Delete old partitions on SD card if you hav made any
5- Now create FAT [ 2GB & Below SD cards ] or
FAT32 partition [ If you have Above 4GB SD CARD ]
Resize your FAT / FAT32 Partition where UNALLOCATED SPACE should be atleast 1GB but not MORE than 2GB.
select - Create As : " PRIMARY "
6- Create a New " Ext4 " partition. With left over unallocated space [ Do not exceed more than 2GB ]
Select - Create As : " PRIMARY "
Apply CHANGES
Click "Apply" Button on Top left Corner.
PARTITIONS will be CREATED .
INSTALLING CUSTOM ROM
1- Download the rom you want, place it in the SD CARD ROOT [ Do not place it in any FOLDER ]
2- Reboot Into Recovery Menu.
3- Now Select " WIPE DATA / FACTORY RESET " & Also the DALVIK CACHE in ADVANCED Option.
4- Select " INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD " & locate to the ROM .
5- Flash the Rom , After Completing select " REBOOT SYSTEM "
IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO BOOT.. DON'T PANIC / FACTORY RESET / WIPE DATA ANYTHING.
I want to show you today how to increase your internal storage (like free storage) up to 1GB or more because we can't live with 30 MB free so I want to show you how to reach more.. clockwork mod and root is needed-
I tried with TWRP and it won't flash INT2EXT, so don't try with TWRP
Min. 2 GB card is needed! And only clockwork mod with ROOT!
1.: download the link in the attacheds files (CronMod-INT2EXT4+_signed.zip for new roms; or INT2EXT+ for older roms)
2.: put it on your SD card and let 1 GB (or how many internal storage you want to have) free
3.: copy the whole SD files on the computer! important, because it will remove all your things of your card
4.: get into recovery
5.: select advanced - go to Partition SD Card
6.: then select your size, you want to have free
7.: at Swap size, select what you want.. I don't know what that means
8.: wait until it has finished
9.: go to mounts and storage and mount usb
10.: connect your phone to your computer again and copy all files back to the SD Card but let so much free how you partitioned
11.: select install zip from SD Card
12.: choose zip from SD card
13.: then install the CronMod-INT2EXT4+_signed.zip and wait until it has finished
13.: again to mounts and storage and format sd-ext
14.: reboot phone
15.: enjoy
you only have to do this once!!
If you flash a new rom and you did a clear wipe, you have to boot the rom, then come back to recovery, install INT2EXT and format sd-ext!!
it's working 100%
his is how I have done and now I have 780 MB free internal storage (I partitioned 1 GB and swap size I have chosen the last)
So enjoy and ask if you don't understand something
I'm ready to help and of course questions will be answeard
made this with pleasure
Hope I helped you
IF so press THANKS
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