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Clockwork recovery 2.0.0.4 Breaks EXT Restore

Hi
Not sure if Koush reads this forum regularly but the title speaks for itself. Attempts to wipe the EXT partition or restore a previous backup fail with an inability to mount the partition for wipe or 'sd-ext.img' not found on restore.
My ext partition was created with clockwork (EXT2)and updated to EXT3 with gparted.
I note EXT4 compatibilty in the new version. Is EXT4 now mandatory?
Inability to restore my carefully backed-up trial ROMS is a bit of a bummer
Advice please?
(Thinking to try upgrade to EXT4, but what happens if I try to restore EXT3 backup to EXT4 partiton? )

I have the same problem. I tried froyo from desire r3 yesterday and it worked. I was using the older clockworkmod. I restored from nandroid as i messed up restoring using titanium backup. this morning i decided to try it again and restore it all properly.
I upgraded clockwordmod to 2.0.0.4 as it said there was an upgrade. Now when i use rom manager to use the DeFrost rom (yes i did a wipe) it says "cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (No such device)"
I have tried upgrading from ext3 to ext4 using gparted but it still wont mount. any ideas anyone?
Chris

I tried the EXT4 too but the phone would not boot at all (30 mins+).
I reverted to EXT3, then Nandroid restored allowing it to miss out the EXT partition. On reboot it rebuilt the Dalvik cache and started without apps. I then did a Titanium restore to get my apps back.
I shall now use ROM Manager to reinstall an earlier version of Clockwork.
Not happy!

same
I did not backup my ext3 so I deleted that backup, installed last recovery and redid backup and all was fine again

I got the same error when i launch the recovery using the rom-manager reboot 2 recovery option. When i launch the recovery with vol. down and power and then apply the Update.zip it works fine.

roady85 said:
I got the same error when i launch the recovery using the rom-manager reboot 2 recovery option. When i launch the recovery with vol. down and power and then apply the Update.zip it works fine.
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Surely both methods run 'update.zip' from the root of the SD Card. This seems a strange result.

globalm said:
Hi
Not sure if Koush reads this forum regularly but the title speaks for itself. Attempts to wipe the EXT partition or restore a previous backup fail with an inability to mount the partition for wipe or 'sd-ext.img' not found on restore.
My ext partition was created with clockwork (EXT2)and updated to EXT3 with gparted.
I note EXT4 compatibilty in the new version. Is EXT4 now mandatory?
Inability to restore my carefully backed-up trial ROMS is a bit of a bummer
Advice please?
(Thinking to try upgrade to EXT4, but what happens if I try to restore EXT3 backup to EXT4 partiton? )
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Looking into it now!

I found the problem and am fixing it now!

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Koush said:
I found the problem and am fixing it now!
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Thank you very much! I may have seemed excessively irritated earlier but only because I was not sure I could find my way back. No harm done in the end - sorry.
Could you clarify the difference between entering recovery from ROM Manager and doing so by pressing keys? I am puzzled by the apparent difference.
Thanks again.

SiL3nTKiLL said:
what was the problem?
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The problem was that when I made some changes to make it easier to build for devices that have various file systems (ext3, ext4, yaffs2, etc), and one of those changes broke the default file system for desire: it went from ext3 to ext4.

I have uploaded 2.0.0.5 into ROM Manager. Please let me know if this fixes your problem. If it does not, while recovery is failed do the following:
adb pull /tmp/recovery.log .
And pastebin me that file

Koush said:
I have uploaded 2.0.0.5 into ROM Manager. Please let me know if this fixes your problem. If it does not, while recovery is failed do the following:
adb pull /tmp/recovery.log .
And pastebin me that file
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Using ClockworkMod Recovery v2.0.0.5:
Backup seems to work well now for me, all do it without problems.
Restore also seems to work well now for me, all do it without problems.
EDIT: I've applied the patch for disable-bootsound do it by me and working, and when I restore my nandroid for test if it works well, the bootsound is enabled, how can be possible??
One think, some users of HTCMania forum say that using your recovery they see that available space on system is lower than before do a nandroid restore.
An another think, can you explain me what do you do for reboot and autostart the command specified? I want to modify de modaco rooting r6 using your recovery for doit itself using another .bat and .sh modified files.

can confirm nandroid sd-ext backup = works
can confirm namdroid sd-ext restore = works
ran nandroid from Clockwork 2.0.0.5 on r3.1 with ext3 partition. (backup / restore no problem)
thanks for the quick fix.
Dream...

Hello im usning latest rom manager and clockworkmod recovery 2.0.0.5 but i cat get the sd-ext backup to work.
got the error:
E:Can`t mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(invalid argument)
I see others say that they can do backups. Do i have to do something to make it work? Like recreate sd-ext or something?
(sorry for my bad language, comming from sweden)
Regards Daniel

Thanks to Koush for the rapid fix. Much appreciated and working fine.
Danne_jo
Have you converted the EXT2 created by Clockwork to EXT3?
You need to do this. See recent threads.

thanx! no i havent. but i dont know where to find this info? i have even looked at clockworks homepage. maby im blind or something

Last post on this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698403&page=26
A search on EXT3 + Clockwork + gparted would have found it. It's only 3 threads away!

I can't upgrade to ext3 as using adb I can't mount my ext partition. Even from recovery. Both card readers I own won't read SDHC so I can't even use Linux. Is it possible to add an auto upgrade to ext3 option to Rom manager/clockwork recovery?
I can't use normal methods as I don't have a trackpad :-(

ephumuris said:
I can't upgrade to ext3 as using adb I can't mount my ext partition. Even from recovery. Both card readers I own won't read SDHC so I can't even use Linux. Is it possible to add an auto upgrade to ext3 option to Rom manager/clockwork recovery?
I can't use normal methods as I don't have a trackpad :-(
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Is there an ext2.ko floating around for desire I could use in recovery? That would fix this issue. I imagine that is how you are using ext2 in the first place? Can you send me that module?

[Q] help, unable to create sd partition

i'm currently running leedroid 3.0.8.2 a2sd+, rooted using the unrevoked method and i purchased a new sd card.
last time i partitioned i used rom manager successfully but if i simply swap cards with the fat 32 data transfered the phone won't boot past the splash screen.
i've tried to use gparted but my pc refuses to boot from the iso file no matter what format i use (cd, usb drive).
should i be trying to simply copy both partitions to the new sd card and if so how?
apologies if this has come up before but i was unable to find a suitable answer to my specific problem.

When you made your gparted CD, did you just copy the .iso to CD, or actually burn it?
Mistake I made was to dl gparted to desktop, insert disk and drag and drop gparted straight in. Wouldn't work until I used Nero (or other burn software) to burn to disk.
Also, try MiniPartitionWizard. You can dl home edition for free and works very well. Simple too.

The simplest way I find to partition sd card is via recovery. Tutorial here:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/01/12/...tition-on-sd-card-with-clockworkmod-recovery/

I burnt the ISO as a data disc using Nero, no joy.
I'll try that mini partition tool next. Thanks all
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betty.k said:
I burnt the ISO as a data disc using Nero, no joy.
I'll try that mini partition tool next. Thanks all
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Minitool is a bag of crap. If you want to break your sd card and spend hours trying to figure out why it doesnt work when everything looks ok, then go for minitool.
Many will say "it worked fine for me" and thats true, it has worked for many, but it has also failed for many.
I highly recommend staying with gparted.
If you dont get along with burning CD's, it may take a little longer but using a vmware player (virtual machine) removes the need for a physical CD (just boots the .iso). I have a link to my guides in my signature. I have a step by step guide to do this.

+ 1 for gparted

Hi, I'm relatively new to this myself but am currently running LeeDrOiD 3.0.8.2
I bought a new SD card and partitioned it with gparted but I could not copy the ext3 data across. The phone would not boot.
I replaced the original SD card and used titanium backup for all my apps and data and reinstalled LeeDrOiD clearing the data, cache and dalvik in recovery first.
Of course you need gparted to run first. I use the USB boot with Jo problem.
Hope this helps.
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ymmit said:
Hi, I'm relatively new to this myself but am currently running LeeDrOiD 3.0.8.2
I bought a new SD card and partitioned it with gparted but I could not copy the ext3 data across. The phone would not boot.
I replaced the original SD card and used titanium backup for all my apps and data and reinstalled LeeDrOiD clearing the data, cache and dalvik in recovery first.
Of course you need gparted to run first. I use the USB boot with Jo problem.
Hope this helps.
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Easier way... Copy all onto your new SD... Nandroid before so up to date one is also put on your SD
Then restore nandroid... This will also restore your SD ext

+1 for gparted

BigMrB said:
Easier way... Copy all onto your new SD... Nandroid before so up to date one is also put on your SD
Then restore nandroid... This will also restore your SD ext
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Cheers BigMrB, I'll give that a try. I'd hit the thanks button but can't find it. I'm still in the noob bracket.
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WTF?! I could see every button before but I swear the Thanks button was not.
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I was logged into the app not the browser site ..... I feel foolish.

Problem partitioning my sd card / low internal memory problem

I have been readin a lot about partitioning sd cards. And my problem is that no matter which rom I use (cyanogen, miui), i have a problem with low internal memory. I have read a lot about partitioning sd card to create ext and swap partitions and that should move the apps to the sd and dalvik cache also so that the internal memory is liberated.
However, I've used s2e, a2sd, data2sd, and they all tell me that my apps or dalvik cache can't be moved to the sd because the space is full. Which I know is not. I have tried partitioning my sd card using rom manager and minitool partition. But for some reason I keep getting this message that I don't have enough space. Actually I know there is something wrong with the sd-ext partition because when I backup any rom, at the end of the backup process it says something like "can't mount sd-ext. won't be able to make backup of sd-ext" (something like that).
I know there is something wrong with my partition. The only thing I have not tried is partitioning using clockworkmod, but I haven't done it because when I go to the advance settings I don't have the option to partition my sd card. I have cwm 5.0.2.7. and the option to partition sd card is simply not there!
Another interesting thing I want to add here is that maybe it's not only a problem with the sd-ext partition. I say this because when I try to move an app to the sd card using the phone aplication manager, it gives me the exact same message: "failed to move the application. There is not enough storage space left". And this is weird because this is supposed to move apps to the fat32 part of the sd, which I know is working normally. I can access all my files, music, photos, etc. And there are like 3 gb of free space, but it still tells me that there is not enough space.
What is wrong with this? Is it the SD card? Or is it the partition?? I would love to try to partition my sd card using CWM, but I don't have that option. How can I get that option to try it??
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I can't install more than 7 apps to my phone if I can't fix this low internal memory problem.
Thank you very much!

aerismel said:
I have been readin a lot about partitioning sd cards. And my problem is that no matter which rom I use (cyanogen, miui), i have a problem with low internal memory. I have read a lot about partitioning sd card to create ext and swap partitions and that should move the apps to the sd and dalvik cache also so that the internal memory is liberated.
However, I've used s2e, a2sd, data2sd, and they all tell me that my apps or dalvik cache can't be moved to the sd because the space is full. Which I know is not. I have tried partitioning my sd card using rom manager and minitool partition. But for some reason I keep getting this message that I don't have enough space. Actually I know there is something wrong with the sd-ext partition because when I backup any rom, at the end of the backup process it says something like "can't mount sd-ext. won't be able to make backup of sd-ext" (something like that).
I know there is something wrong with my partition. The only thing I have not tried is partitioning using clockworkmod, but I haven't done it because when I go to the advance settings I don't have the option to partition my sd card. I have cwm 5.0.2.7. and the option to partition sd card is simply not there!
Another interesting thing I want to add here is that maybe it's not only a problem with the sd-ext partition. I say this because when I try to move an app to the sd card using the phone aplication manager, it gives me the exact same message: "failed to move the application. There is not enough storage space left". And this is weird because this is supposed to move apps to the fat32 part of the sd, which I know is working normally. I can access all my files, music, photos, etc. And there are like 3 gb of free space, but it still tells me that there is not enough space.
What is wrong with this? Is it the SD card? Or is it the partition?? I would love to try to partition my sd card using CWM, but I don't have that option. How can I get that option to try it??
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. I can't install more than 7 apps to my phone if I can't fix this low internal memory problem.
Thank you very much!
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I think u need ext3 partition if m not wrong...
Haven't read the whole thread...?
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I have already tried with ext2, ext3, and ext4. The thing is I can't partition my sd card through recovery mode because I don't even have the option to partition sd card. I have CWM-based Recovery v.5.0.2.7-jordan.
I've partitioned my sd card using rom manager. Maybe that's the problem??? I don't know.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. It should not be this difficult.

Use gparted in linux to delete your current partition table and make new one.

royale1223 said:
Use gparted in linux to delete your current partition table and make new one.
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Ok, I have burned gparted to a cd, and I have tried to boot from cd. I know I have to go to bios to rearrange the boot order, but the problem is that it has no option to boot from cd drive.
Unless cd boot means the same as external device, which is the only option I have on my BIOS. Here's the image:
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Thank you very much.

huh?
u wanna boot gparted?
its a software used in Linjx distro to partition filesystems!
u can do the same thing on windows by using some other software....
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huh?
u wanna boot gparted?
its a software used in Linjx distro to partition filesystems!
u can do the same thing on windows by using some other software....
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Hmm. Well I read that I needed to burn a cd with gparted and then boot it somehow. I thought that's what it meant. I'm guessing I'm wrong... Sorry, I don't know much about these programs.
EDIT: I'm follwing this thread to partition sd card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914. I will post the results when I'm done.

Ok. I partitioned my sd using gparted. I couldn't do it by burning a cd with it, but using USB worked.
I partitioned my sd card following the steps mentioned in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535914
My sd card should now be partitioned correctly. If I'm not wrong, my phone should automatically install apps to the sd-ext partition of my sd card right? Well, my phone still doesn't do this. I have tried to move apps to sd, through s2e, and a2sd and still no luck. not even the phone's application manager moves it to the fat32 part of the sd.. I still get the message that there is not enough storage left.
The thing is, I don't really think that my sd is corrupted or something, because whenever I backup my rom, it doesn't give an error at all. I can access my sd card, move and paste files. So, why is it not working well only for apps?
I'd appreciate any other help. Thank you.

UPDATE: I downloaded a newer version of a2sd and it worked, I was able to move apps to the sd-ext part, and the dalvik cache. I solved the original problem, but it now created another problem.
Now that I have installed this app and working, it makes my IMEI number disappear. Therefore, I have no signal and I have to restore my backup to make my phone work again and show my IMEI number again.
So, I have my phone working with my IMEI, without a2sd, or have a2sd, but then I have on signal because it deletes my IMEI.
Is there a way to fix this?? hmmm.. Please help

Insufficient storage..

Hey peeps.
I've run into a problem recently. I don't have enough storlage space left for installing apps from the market.
I'm using an ICS Rom by sandvold.com. I have partioned 2 gigabytes of my 32 gigs SD card to be used for a2sd and so far only 500 mb is in use. Both my dalvik cache and app data are on the sd card.
During the installation of a2sd in my Rom I chose to use the stock version.
Does anyone know a possible solution to my problem?
Ty in advance!
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Open Terminal Emulator on your phone and type
Code:
su
a2sd install

I have done that already. How would I else be able to have my dalvik cache and app data on my sd card..?
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Screenshot of my titanium backup start screen.
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Start Terminal Emulator and post the output of these commands here:
Code:
su
ls -l /data
I do not get what you want me to say with your last post.
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If you want to know where all your free space has gone, try Diskusage app, and check your data partition...
Probably the cache of some of your apps has grown too much...
I had the same problem before I changed to Data++ hboot, and to COS ICS ROM (with dalvik2sd option)
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I've just realized you can't install apps from the market...
Try clearing caches and/or data from your browsers. Or even games... When you have enough free space for installing, try Diskusage then...
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I managed to clear up a little space by clearing my browser cache to install an app that easily clears my cache. I wanted to link my Titanium backup screenshot and the response to writing the command written above. Finally booted up my pc and here they are:
Titanium Backup information
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I'm gonna try that disk app in a few hours..

Help is here!
I had the same problem.I have a desire stock 2.2.2 rooted and the space is very limited.This is what i done:
I partition my sd card ext2/ext3 (ext4 doesn't work)
Installed link 2 sd (when you first launch you will be prompted what partition you have ext2/ext3/ext4)
Restart the phone and you are done.
After linking the apps( i mean i linked in first restart 40+) the phone will boot slowly but after that it will be faster.
Hope helps you

I thank you much for the reply, but this is already what I've done and I'm out of space again, with my SD partitioned. I partitioned 2 GB of storage on my SD and it isn't using it all as you see on the titanium backup screenshot. I have no clue on how to fix it..

DaveFX said:
If you want to know where all your free space has gone, try Diskusage app, and check your data partition...
Probably the cache of some of your apps has grown too much...
I had the same problem before I changed to Data++ hboot, and to COS ICS ROM (with dalvik2sd option)
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I checked with the Diskusage app and found that approximately 600 MB was allocated for cache and data. Why isn't all of my 2 GB of sd-ext added to this "list"? Any suggestions would be apreciated.

Your output clearly shows A2SD is not working. Which means, Apps and Dalvik-Cache are not moved to SD-EXT.
So please run
Code:
a2sd install
After successfull reboot (script will you asking to do so after answering the question which data should be moved), please the output of this command again
Code:
ls -l /data

I ran the "a2sd install" command, moved dalvik and moved data by writing "y" to the questions.. After that I performed a reboot.
I then ran the command you wrote: ls -l /data.
I could be worth mentioning that during the installation of my ICS rom I choose to use the stock a2sd. I used to have a GB rom on my Desire some time ago. Back then I was using some other script called Darktremor and that worked. I have the opportunity to try another a2sd script during the installation of my rom. Any suggestions?

Ok this is what i suggest:
Remove the sim and memory card
If you have an card reader (backup your fat 32 partition and format it ;after that format ex2/ext3 partition)
Restore backup on the fat32 partition
Now do the phone a factory reset
Wait till it boots
Restart it
Put back the sd card and sim in the phone
Go to market and install link 2 sd and do the method i write in last post.
If this dosn't work flash data++ hboot from alpharev site

A2SD is still not working. How and with witch program did you partition your SD card?

MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
Ok now i know what you are talking about:whatever you install it gives you inssuficient memory.I had the same prob after installing some app from market.I just installed it and it worked good then.

I used the recoverymode (Revolutionary) to partition my SD card, but it was an entirely new SD card at the time I installed it in my phone for about 1 month ago. I hadn't formatted it before I started using it.
I'm gonna try your method mansamihai, and get it done today hopefully. Not being able to install/update apps is driving me crazy.

mansamihai said:
MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition.
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Hammerbak said:
I used the recoverymode (Revolutionary) to partition my SD card, but it was an entirely new SD card at the time I installed it in my phone for about 1 month ago. I hadn't formatted it before I started using it.
I'm gonna try your method mansamihai, and get it done today hopefully. Not being able to install/update apps is driving me crazy.
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do not use MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition for creating your ext partition.
while it may work for some, in lots of cases it can cause more problems.
backup your sd card to computer first, then try partitioning from scratch again.
gparted is recommended above anything else, or use 4ext recovery.

I used the partition function in the revolutionary recovery mode to partition my SD. I've made it to the point where I should choose which file system my SD cards partition is in the Link2SD app and I have no clue which one to choose? Any chance for a bit of help here?

I tried the to do it all over again, sadly without any change in results..
It is still not working..
Any suggestions on what to do now?
Thanks in advance!

4EXT Recovery partitioning

Hi guys i just want to make 1gb ext4 partiotion on my sd card with no swap....using 4ext recovery i boot into recovery i select partition sd card and next what should i do ? there are two options save my fat32 partiotion ir remove all partiotions ...i backed all sd data in my PC so I think the first one? iam not sure about the process please help me i dont want anything to go wrong

jumptoin said:
Hi guys i just want to make 1gb ext4 partiotion on my sd card with no swap....using 4ext recovery i boot into recovery i select partition sd card and next what should i do ? there are two options save my fat32 partiotion ir remove all partiotions ...i backed all sd data in my PC so I think the first one? iam not sure about the process please help me i dont want anything to go wrong
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Just 1gb? (I usually prefer 2gb for a lil more space than the phone would have given me)
Anywho yes.
1) Start from scratch by removing all partitions.
2) Choose 1024 for sd-ext
2) Skip for Swap and sd-ext2
3) choose ext4 as the filesystem
When done you can toggle usb storage from the main recovery menu again and copy back your SD card content onto the FAT32 side (it'll probably be the only mount that shows up on your computer anyways unless you're using linux).
Since you're using EliteMod (from the other thread) you can also choose to convert the existing filesystems from ext3 to ext4 by first checking to see which ones need to be converted by taping 'info' on the first screen and see which are ext3.
Then go into tools, and convert backup/etc -> ext4 , and select specifically the ones that need converting (in your case may be data and cache).
After conversion goto tools -> fix user permissions (not 'needed' but generally a good idea after converting a file system).
It would probably be a good idea to goto wipe|format and clear cache+dalvik before booting back into the rom (it'll see the sd-ext partition and start moving stuff automatically).
If it's all working and such, be sure to go back into recovery and make a backup.
PS: The paid version of 4EXT will let you configure the recovery further from the app, such as telling it not to backup dalvik-cache or cache when backing up (instead they will be formatted upon restore), as well as some other options like hide non-FAT32 partitions from the PC when mounting USB storage in recovery.
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"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

I followed your steps ... i wiped cache and dalvik and i flashed dataswap 64 mb and now i turned on phone and there is statement ANDROID IS UPRGADING ..starting applications ..and its loading and loading whats wrong ?

Wiping dalvik cache clears some application related data which is created when the app is installed. Doing this can sometimes resolve some issues.
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jumptoin said:
I followed your steps ... i wiped cache and dalvik and i flashed dataswap 64 mb and now i turned on phone and there is statement ANDROID IS UPRGADING ..starting applications ..and its loading and loading whats wrong ?
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Nothing is wrong, normal behavior after wiping the dalvik cache, it'll go thru and optimize all your applications and won't show that dialog again until either you wipe the dalvik cache again or a new application is installed without the automatic optimization. You should have seen a # or # incrementing as it was doing it (i.e.: in my case # of 155 applications).