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
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I have a 500mb EXT partition, but have installed a Sense HD rom which has almost filled it, therefore i either want to expand it to 1gb or remove it entirely format it back to fat32 and then install a new 1gb partition...
Is one easier than the other?
I can only see the 500mb option in Rom Manager?? And when i mount the sd on my pc the EXT partition doesnt even show?
See this thread from a few hours ago, to understand why you can't see it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857594
And AndroHero's post to find out how to get it shown and partitioned.
use this! you can make parition without formating sdcard. I have done it many times
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
i changed 512 to 1gb then did a whole fresh sd card
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 ...
Hello.
I'm having a big problem with ext4 fromatting partion.
I have using GParted program (bootable cd), and everything was great, program created 2,79 GB FAT32, and 1 GB ext4, like in the video tutorial on your site http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016084 (step five).
And I noticed, on the end of the video, when the guy is checking on htc desire space (about 2:40 min on youtube) he had 13,92 GB on FAT32 of 14,92 GB. But I have full 3,92 GB FAT32, which is the same sioze a micro sd. I dont know where I am doing wrong?
Then, I tried ROM manager, but after restart, I have blue android and triangle with !...and says that on disk e: something goes wrong ABORTED!
Do you have some idea, what can I do?
Thank you very much.
You did something wrong with gParted, delete all partitions, make one FAT32 partition and format the SD.
Then try making EXT partition in recovery, if you know how to you should change recovery to the 1 in my signature, it works flawlessly.
Nope, I formated fat32 and ext4, and when I connect htc desire to pc, and put Insertcoin.zip, its blank sd card. And then I see notification on htc, that is my sd card blank, and unsupported filesystem...
I will try and third way, that ext4recvery...
or you can try MiniTool Partition (@k3lcior yes I remember what you said).
Note: Some say that you can get errors when partitioning with windows, but I've never had any problems. Up to you.
Gparted is an awesome tool to use ??? I don't see what your doing wrong ...
Format card - New Partition - Fat 32- 2.79 gb -
Then new partition - create Ext 4 at the end 1gb....
Hello, I tried searching everewhere but couldn't find problem exactly like mine. I installed SuperNova for my Desire phone and everything seemed fine, I created 2 partitions one FAT32 and one EXT4, I done all as they said, and now my phone is showing:
SD Card
Total Space: 10.76GB
Available Space: 9.78GB
Internal Storage
Available Space:
3.66GB
And when I go to Settings->Applications it says, No Applications, 92MB used, 3.7GB free on Internal Storage
But everytime I want to enter messages I got this:
Unable to manage your
messages because your storage
is full. Please delete content
from other applications to make
more space.
Anyone can please help me? Is big problem if I put FAT32 as Primary and EXT4 as Logical partition as I don't remember what was for EXT4. FAT32 is primary 100% !?
Both partitions must be primary and aligned to MB.The First partition must be Fat32 Primary, and the second should be ext4 Primary.
What is the size of ext4 partition? It should not be larger than 2gb when you flash Supernova for first time.
Did you follow this instruction http://supernova.droidzone.in/?cat=6 ?
P.S. Pozdrav
It is 3 gb and it is logical. Is there way to reverse everything on my sd card?
Only option as far as I can see is repartitioning sd card with Gparted or 4Ext Recovery and flashing rom again. Before that backup the content of sd card to PC
Just follow instruction from link in my previous post.
I flashed Supernova few days ago but I had some issues with freezing for second or two and was little slow but I think that problem is in my sd card. Generaly speaking Supernova rom is perfect.
Why don't you just restore your files and re-do it again ?
dravenSt0rM said:
Hello, I tried searching everewhere but couldn't find problem exactly like mine. I installed SuperNova for my Desire phone and everything seemed fine, I created 2 partitions one FAT32 and one EXT4, I done all as they said, and now my phone is showing:
SD Card
Total Space: 10.76GB
Available Space: 9.78GB
Internal Storage
Available Space:
3.66GB
And when I go to Settings->Applications it says, No Applications, 92MB used, 3.7GB free on Internal Storage
But everytime I want to enter messages I got this:
Unable to manage your
messages because your storage
is full. Please delete content
from other applications to make
more space.
Anyone can please help me? Is big problem if I put FAT32 as Primary and EXT4 as Logical partition as I don't remember what was for EXT4. FAT32 is primary 100% !?
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Repartition ext4 to 1.5GB, and try again.
Droidzone which is the optimal ext4 partition to SD card for stability and performance of Supernova Extreme? 1GB or 1,5GB? Thank you.
thouvou13 said:
Droidzone which is the optimal ext4 partition to SD card for stability and performance of Supernova Extreme? 1GB or 1,5GB? Thank you.
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It doesnt make any difference
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