[Q] A2SD question - EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

2 questions
1) is A2SD usually brewed right into ROM's?
2) should I see my internal storage size actually increase if it is working, or does it just make it easier to move things to SD?
One of the reasons I rooted, like everyone else I would guess, is because of the relatively small internal storage on my EVO. I read somewhere that you could get the EVO to think that a 512meg partition on the SD card is actually more internal storage but have been unable to get google to tell me how to do it...

koker93 said:
2 questions
1) is A2SD usually brewed right into ROM's?
2) should I see my internal storage size actually increase if it is working, or does it just make it easier to move things to SD?
One of the reasons I rooted, like everyone else I would guess, is because of the relatively small internal storage on my EVO. I read somewhere that you could get the EVO to think that a 512meg partition on the SD card is actually more internal storage but have been unable to get google to tell me how to do it...
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U should get more internal memory
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1) the rom description will say if a2sd is baked in, or if the rom supports it. If a2sd isn't baked then download the zip (which I can post if you want), then flash the rom, then kernel, then gapps, then a2sd. It will reboot 3 times then check the internal memory.
2) it won't show any more internal memory, just that less is being used, as a2sd basically tells the phone where on the SD card to look to find the apps
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I'm fairly certain I have it working. I using classic, which has it built in. Think so anyway. I installed an a2sd app and it shows the ext3 partition and that its being used. I suppose that when I start to approach the app load I had before I rooted the phone ill know.
Thanks for the answers guys.
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Have you partitioned the SD? If not then you're not using a2sd. Let me know and if not I can help.....
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koker93 said:
I'm fairly certain I have it working. I using classic, which has it built in. Think so anyway. I installed an a2sd app and it shows the ext3 partition and that its being used. I suppose that when I start to approach the app load I had before I rooted the phone ill know.
Thanks for the answers guys.
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Could do (in terminal emulator)
su
a2sd remove
If,after the phone reboots, you have less free internal memory, you know it worked. After verifying that, then go back to term emulator and
su
a2sd reinstall
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[Q] Question about SD card partitions

Hi, I just replaced my stock 8GB SD card with a 32GB card. In the process I set up a 2GB partition in Amon Ra recovery (ext-3). Now my question is - when I move apps to SD card, they seem to install in the larger partition and not the 2GB partition. How do I get the system to use the partition I created?
peterpunn said:
Hi, I just replaced my stock 8GB SD card with a 32GB card. In the process I set up a 2GB partition in Amon Ra recovery (ext-3). Now my question is - when I move apps to SD card, they seem to install in the larger partition and not the 2GB partition. How do I get the system to use the partition I created?
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Right, using the built in app2sd feature stores apps in the android_secure folder, which is in the FAT32 partition of your SD card. To get the apps to install to the ext3 partition, you need to use Dark Tremors a2sd script. That method basically tricks your EVO into thinking that the ext3 partition is a part of the internal memory, to keep it simple. I would link you, but I'm on the xda app. A search of dark tremor a2sd should point you in the right direction. Some roms come with DT a2sd already installed, and you just need to run the terminal commands.
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Yes im having some issues with that as well have the console gave the command to put on partition but not working...
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ricardod1 said:
Yes im having some issues with that as well have the console gave the command to put on partition but not working...
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Are you using dark tremors a2sd? What commands did you enter? What Rom are you on? What format is your partition?(ext2 or ext3). Thanks.
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k2buckley said:
Right, using the built in app2sd feature stores apps in the android_secure folder, which is in the FAT32 partition of your SD card. To get the apps to install to the ext3 partition, you need to use Dark Tremors a2sd script. That method basically tricks your EVO into thinking that the ext3 partition is a part of the internal memory, to keep it simple. I would link you, but I'm on the xda app. A search of dark tremor a2sd should point you in the right direction. Some roms come with DT a2sd already installed, and you just need to run the terminal commands.
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Great - thanks a lot. I flashed the dark tremor zip and ran the commands from Terminal and looks like it worked. Most of the internal memory is freed up now. Any way to actually view the contents of the ext partition?

A2SD Guide? Partitioning?

I did a quick search and only found posts from different phones, so I thought I'd ask here.
Can anyone point me to a guide on how A2SD is used?
I just freshly rooted my phone with Revolution.io -> Amon Ra Recovery -> Synergy RLS1.
I am not really sure if any of them come with any A2SD program...
If not, how do I get it?
And once I get it.. how do I use it? : /
Thanks for your patience in advance...
Start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715938
From what I understand, synergy has a built in apps2sd, you just have to have a partition then install the apps fresh from the market, but Idk for sure.....
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Hm.. how do you check for it? Is it in the bootloader/recovery screen? Thanks!
You have to manually partition your sdcard yourself. Without partitioning, you can't use the aps2sd feature. Partitioning creates a lot more interal memory.
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I'm pretty sure Synergy has DTA2SD built in as well, but you should check the ROM page to be sure. I don't use that ROM, so I don't know 100%. You have to partition the SD card first. You can find instructions for that on the page I linked earlier. Then DTA2SD should work automatically, but you can always check it by going into Terminal Emulator and typing A2SD check
A few questions:
This part confuses me: e. Follow the instructions on the phone to partition your sd card. You can optionally set a swap file while you are partitioning your sd card. (What does setting a swap file do?)
G. only perform this step if you want ext4 and your rom supports it: in the partition sdcard menu, select sd:ext3 to ext4. (What is ext 2/3/4? Benefits of having them?)
I'll check the other forums to see if there is any A2SD support already in the rom. thanks!
I too am having trouble with ap2sd, I am using the Prime XL 3D sense 3.5 ROM and there is no baked in ap2sd, but I flashed one from the sd card and idk if it is working or not. I also know that when I partition my SD card it does not give me the added internal memory. I am not sure how to fix this. I currently only have 50mb internal. The ROM is 100% deodexed and I"m just not sure why my internal memory is so low when my card is partitioned.
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Do I need to reflash the ROM, but first wipe everything multiple times? I have already tried reflashing it before, but I only wipe once.------- hahah that sounded like toilet humor. Anyways I love this ROM and it is Super snappy and now that I have posted 10 times I will be able to ask the Dev. wooohoooo. Now I can post in the dev forums.. This should help me with my problem. Thanks for any insight..
HERE is the thread you all need that shows everything you want to know about partitions and A2SD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158993
FOXRacing83 said:
I too am having trouble with ap2sd, I am using the Prime XL 3D sense 3.5 ROM and there is no baked in ap2sd, but I flashed one from the sd card and idk if it is working or not. I also know that when I partition my SD card it does not give me the added internal memory. I am not sure how to fix this. I currently only have 50mb internal. The ROM is 100% deodexed and I"m just not sure why my internal memory is so low when my card is partitioned.
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Do I need to reflash the ROM, but first wipe everything multiple times? I have already tried reflashing it before, but I only wipe once.------- hahah that sounded like toilet humor. Anyways I love this ROM and it is Super snappy and now that I have posted 10 times I will be able to ask the Dev. wooohoooo. Now I can post in the dev forums.. This should help me with my problem. Thanks for any insight..
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If dtaps2sd isn't t baked into the rom, wipe everything, flash the rom, then flash the dtapps2sd.zip to enable dtapps2sd on that rom. But make sure that your sdcard is partitioned. After the rom boots up, you can go into terminal emulator and type "su" hit enter, then "ap2sd cachesd". Your phone will reboot, this creates a lot more internal space as well.
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scottypeterson said:
If dtaps2sd isn't t baked into the rom, wipe everything, flash the rom, then flash the dtapps2sd.zip to enable dtapps2sd on that rom. But make sure that your sdcard is partitioned. After the rom boots up, you can go into terminal emulator and type "su" hit enter, then "ap2sd cachesd". Your phone will reboot, this creates a lot more internal space as well.
Thank you very much I will give this a try sometime soon, maybe after this busy weekend: work and a best buds wedding.
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It is baked into Synergy.
Partition the sd card via instructions, wipe everything on phone 3 times or use vm superwipe, reflash Synergy. Once set up, u can easily move apps to SD with Titanium.
Swap does nothing for current ROMs but will soon with sense 3.5.
What is so confusing? Read THIS forum ONLY, that will decrease confusion drastically. The real answers are already HERE!
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eggsack said:
It is baked into Synergy.
Partition the sd card via instructions, wipe everything on phone 3 times or use vm superwipe, reflash Synergy. Once set up, u can easily move apps to SD with Titanium.
Swap does nothing for current ROMs but will soon with sense 3.5.
What is so confusing? Read THIS forum ONLY, that will decrease confusion drastically. The real answers are already HERE!
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I've always thought that once you set up the partition and are using dtapps2sd that you should NOT use titanium or any app to move the apps to the SD card because once you install an app, it automatically puts it on the ext. It can mess things up if you use titanium to move them to the SD card. Titanium may say that the apps are being stored on the internal memory but its actually stored on the sdcard ext that you created when partitioning it.
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I ran 3 sets of tests with Synergy last nighy using titanium.
All 3 results were the same. I made a copy of my sd on computer, formated the sd. Partioned it.
Reflashed Synergy.
Then installed Titanium and copied ny titanium directory onto the sd card.
Then I did a batch restore of all apps to internal memory. Wrote down the numbers that Titanium said was in each memiry slot.
Then did a batch move of all apps to sd card. The numbers reported by Titanium did not change.
So i then wiped everything and redid everything again, this time after reflashing Synergy, I did a batch restore of all apps to sd card. Same numbers.
Hence, a2sd is baked into Synergy and all apps are put on sd no matter what is selected.
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i followed the directions...but how do you know if a2sd is working..i typed "a2sd check" into terminal and it said that im using ext4 but i partitioned it to ext3 and im using prime xl 3d....so how do you check if its working or not. i have about 120mb free internel memory

[Q] Partition SD card

Ok kinda weird question, but hey I want to know. Scoured the other XDA forums n found nothing real solid. On our Inc2 through any recovery I've noticed partition SD card. What does this do? What are good numbers to use if done? Benefits if any? Thanx
It allows you to use sd external partitions for installing more apps. Gives you more data. Use an app like link2sd after you partition to create your mount scripts. Then you can use the app to create symlinks for things in your data partition. I have a lot of stuff installed that I would normally not have space for.
Un1c0de said:
It allows you to use sd external partitions for installing more apps. Gives you more data. Use an app like link2sd after you partition to create your mount scripts. Then you can use the app to create symlinks for things in your data partition. I have a lot of stuff installed that I would normally not have space for.
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Only part that is kinda confusing, to me at least, is when it asks the amount of space used or size of the partition. Any idea whats a good starting point or set of numbers for an Inc2?
FordNate said:
Only part that is kinda confusing, to me at least, is when it asks the amount of space used or size of the partition. Any idea whats a good starting point or set of numbers for an Inc2?
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depends on how many apps and stuff you plan on installing, honestly, you shouldnt need it
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I used a 2 gb partition. I have a 32gb card installed. I think 1gb would have been good. I still have a lot about 400mb free on internal data and about the same on sd-ext.
FordNate said:
Ok kinda weird question, but hey I want to know. Scoured the other XDA forums n found nothing real solid. On our Inc2 through any recovery I've noticed partition SD card. What does this do? What are good numbers to use if done? Benefits if any? Thanx
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I did the same as Un1c0de, 2gb on a 16gb card and same result. I dont even think I used a full gb. I guess nice to have in case I go app crazy. lol

[Q] how to turn SD into into internal memory?

OK so I looked at a similar thread to this but I don't think I understood nor do I believe its right Ford what I want to do.I was wanting to put stock ICS on my phone but to do so will leave me with (roughly) 20 megabytes of storage left. I have been told there is a way of tricking the OS into believing the SD is internal storage I have looked on the internet and here as well and found nothing therefore I was wondering if you guys could help me out in accomplishing this. any feedback is both welcome and appreciated thanks
flash the rom, flash gapps, and on the first boot go to play store and install mounts2sd, configure it to reverse mount and select apps, data and dalvik. voila
Android01001 said:
OK so I looked at a similar thread to this but I don't think I understood nor do I believe its right Ford what I want to do.I was wanting to put stock ICS on my phone but to do so will leave me with (roughly) 20 megabytes of storage left. I have been told there is a way of tricking the OS into believing the SD is internal storage I have looked on the internet and here as well and found nothing therefore I was wondering if you guys could help me out in accomplishing this. any feedback is both welcome and appreciated thanks
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Yes this can be done quite easily using a script called a2sd or another like it.
First you need to create a ext4 partition on your sd card. It's highly recommended to use gparted(look around for guides)
Then flash a rom that has a2sd support. If you want ics/jb, I'd recommend the rom in my signature...it's great and works well with a2sd
Once in the rom, open terminal emulator and type
su
a2sd install
y
n
y
From then on all apps that you install will be moved to your sd-ext partition.
Thanks.
Android01001 said:
Thanks.
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but we need faster sd cards right?
Current ROM - Paranoidandroid 3.10 running JB 4.2.2
anilbollina said:
but we need faster sd cards right?
Current ROM - Paranoidandroid 3.10 running JB 4.2.2
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Only if you put data on sdcard
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sywats said:
Only if you put data on sdcard
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Yeah with HTC Desire i would definitely do that so i guess i shall get a class 10 card then
anilbollina said:
Yeah with HTC Desire i would definitely do that so i guess i shall get a class 10 card then
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I only put apps on ext and leave app data on internal I have plenty of space
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hey everyone,
i have a similar problem. i partitioned my sdcard into fat32 and ext4 for apps. i'm using "VJ CM10.1 | Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v5.1" and ran the script as described in the thread (and posted here by chromium96). if i now go to system, app management and try to move an application (i tried several) to sdcard then this option is greyed out. further he shows me under app management, usb storage that no app is installed on usb (correct) but the space used seems to be my fat32 partition (he shows me 1,8gb as used which is the used space on my fat32, my ext4 is blank). is this normal or am i doing sth wrong? any suggestions?
s4scha said:
hey everyone,
i have a similar problem. i partitioned my sdcard into fat32 and ext4 for apps. i'm using "VJ CM10.1 | Jelly Bean 4.2.2 - v5.1" and ran the script as described in the thread (and posted here by chromium96). if i now go to system, app management and try to move an application (i tried several) to sdcard then this option is greyed out. further he shows me under app management, usb storage that no app is installed on usb (correct) but the space used seems to be my fat32 partition (he shows me 1,8gb as used which is the used space on my fat32, my ext4 is blank). is this normal or am i doing sth wrong? any suggestions?
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Apps move automatically to sd-ext. You don't need to move them manually.
Flash int2ext4V2 script.. And u can use ur full ext..
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abaaaabbbb63 said:
Apps move automatically to sd-ext. You don't need to move them manually.
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its a bit confusing because if i open app desciption i can see that "usb-storage-app" and "usb-storage-data" both have 0 Byte (i assumed that this is the information for the data used by the app on the sdcard).

Make bigger partition.

Hi I currently have 512mb partition how do I change it to 1gb thanks. I'm using 4ext recovery.
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dodge67 said:
Hi I currently have 512mb partition how do I change it to 1gb thanks. I'm using 4ext recovery.
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You know how to make partitions with 4ext. You cant do it without losing data. Unless you use gparted
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I recommend to backup your sd card to pc first.
Then backup your sd-ext partition within 4ext if you have a stuff on the partition.
Within 4ext there should be an option to format sd partitions, then repartition with 1gb. Consider increasing it to 1.5gb if you have spare fat32 space and want to install even more apps.
Finally restore sd contents from pc and sd-ext from recovery.
Thanks guys. I thought I might be able to just increase it without doing anything else but obviously can't. Thanks again.
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dodge67 said:
Thanks guys. I thought I might be able to just increase it without doing anything else but obviously can't. Thanks again.
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You can just increase it without losing data.
What were you expecting?
Thought could do it in recovery without needing anything else.
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dodge67 said:
Thought could do it in recovery without needing anything else.
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In 4ext, you can use the "keep fat32 partition". It will save your data.
dodge67 said:
Thought could do it in recovery without needing anything else.
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You can as above, I just recommend backing things up before just in case
how big can you make the EXT4 partition?
Hi Guys,
I am using a rather old ROM (LeeDroid) and I already increased the EXT 4 to 1Gb.
However, the phone still got full with apps.
Now I bought a bigger card, increased the EXT 4 to 2 GB, but the phone (or ROM) doesn't seem to recognize it...still cant install new apps...
Are there limitations I don't know? Is there a max size of the EXT4?
Thanks for any help...
eddiehk6 said:
I recommend to backup your sd card to pc first.
Then backup your sd-ext partition within 4ext if you have a stuff on the partition.
Within 4ext there should be an option to format sd partitions, then repartition with 1gb. Consider increasing it to 1.5gb if you have spare fat32 space and want to install even more apps.
Finally restore sd contents from pc and sd-ext from recovery.
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pbeutler said:
Hi Guys,
I am using a rather old ROM (LeeDroid) and I already increased the EXT 4 to 1Gb.
However, the phone still got full with apps.
Now I bought a bigger card, increased the EXT 4 to 2 GB, but the phone (or ROM) doesn't seem to recognize it...still cant install new apps...
Are there limitations I don't know? Is there a max size of the EXT4?
Thanks for any help...
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Theres no actual maximum limit, but it highly recommended that you dont make the ext partition more than 1.5gb
OK, thanks, I will reduce it, but is that why the phone doesnt see the increase?
The change I made didnt make ANY difference...
chromium96 said:
Theres no actual maximum limit, but it highly recommended that you dont make the ext partition more than 1.5gb
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pbeutler said:
OK, thanks, I will reduce it, but is that why the phone doesnt see the increase?
The change I made didnt make ANY difference...
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you can't just swap cards. have you restored restored the ext4 partition from the old card to the new card?
also depends which leedroid rom you are using. you can get much more space by changing hboot and installing the data++ version of his HD port, read the FAQ. this approach requires s-off.
you don't see the increase because a2sd won't report internal memory as "internal + ext". apps get moved to ext automatically. keep them on internal will trick them to sd-ext, i.e. don't manually 'move to sd'
you can use more of the ext space by also moving dalvik to sd-ext, search the leedroid threads on in that FAQ for flashable dalvik to sd zips. there will always be a limit depending on how many apps you install.
i always recommend using an app like 'diskusage' to browse all your partitions, that way you know exactly how they are filling up
Chief,
Thanks for your responses so far... I am thinking to "upgrade" but the LeeDroid 3.3.3 Data ++ ROM is no longer available to download it seems..
Any idea where I might find it?
Thanks again.
eddiehk6 said:
you can't just swap cards. have you restored restored the ext4 partition from the old card to the new card?
also depends which leedroid rom you are using. you can get much more space by changing hboot and installing the data++ version of his HD port, read the FAQ. this approach requires s-off.
you don't see the increase because a2sd won't report internal memory as "internal + ext". apps get moved to ext automatically. keep them on internal will trick them to sd-ext, i.e. don't manually 'move to sd'
you can use more of the ext space by also moving dalvik to sd-ext, search the leedroid threads on in that FAQ for flashable dalvik to sd zips. there will always be a limit depending on how many apps you install.
i always recommend using an app like 'diskusage' to browse all your partitions, that way you know exactly how they are filling up
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