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[Q] steps to get data2sd+ and apps2sd. plz help

ive been looking for houra now on how to properly get data2sd and appssd working but to no avail. some rom descriptions sound like u convert thru clockwork b4 u flash and some sound like u do it after. im very confused up to this point. also im looking for a sense replica with the added features of a rooted user and no bloatware. im not planning on flashing another rom later either cause sense looks awesum but has speed and memory issues. plz lend a helping hand. i had my sgs up and hacke din afew hours. been always 2 days now and i still dont know wtf im doing

ok first start off with apps2sd, data2sd is still experimental..... all you have to do, is create a secondary partition on your sd card, in either the ext2, ext3 or ext4 file system, then just flash an apps2sd enabled rom from recovery ....... job done

I'm having problems with this on my Desire..
I made the EXT3 partition on my rooted HTC Hero.
Under "Partition sdcard" i set Swap-size = 1024 and Ext2-size = 1024.
When it was done i choosed SD:ext2 to ext3.
And then i put the SD-card on my Desire.
1. First i made a EXT3 partition on my SD-card.
2. Then i flashed this ROM on my phone.
3. Before the first boot i flashed this file.
4. Then rebooted the phone, but it still says only 140MB free space.
Please help - cant really figure out how to do it..

LINKSLOVESANDROID said:
ive been looking for houra now on how to properly get data2sd and appssd working but to no avail. some rom descriptions sound like u convert thru clockwork b4 u flash and some sound like u do it after. im very confused up to this point. also im looking for a sense replica with the added features of a rooted user and no bloatware. im not planning on flashing another rom later either cause sense looks awesum but has speed and memory issues. plz lend a helping hand. i had my sgs up and hacke din afew hours. been always 2 days now and i still dont know wtf im doing
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If you want Data2SD though, you can checkout my Rom thread..Sounds exactly what the doc ordered. It does come with a few third party apps-Astro, Titanium etc which can be immediately removed by flashing an addon zip file.
And for the record..this particular flavor of Data2SD is no more experimental..

dk.zenit said:
I'm having problems with this on my Desire..
I made the EXT3 partition on my rooted HTC Hero.
Under "Partition sdcard" i set Swap-size = 1024 and Ext2-size = 1024.
When it was done i choosed SD:ext2 to ext3.
And then i put the SD-card on my Desire.
1. First i made a EXT3 partition on my SD-card.
2. Then i flashed this ROM on my phone.
3. Before the first boot i flashed this file.
4. Then rebooted the phone, but it still says only 140MB free space.
Please help - cant really figure out how to do it..
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dude apps2sd does not increase your internal storage, it creates a symlink between /data/app/ and the SD-EXT, so when you install an app, rather than the apk going straight into the /data/app/ directory it goes to the the ext partition, taking up less to none internal storage...

Data2sd does increase your internal storage, but unless you have a class 10 sd card, you desire is going to end up slower than your hero lol and the constant R/W cycles mean your sd card will be dead before you know it

droidzone said:
And for the record..this particular flavor of Data2SD is no more experimental..
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ok sorry no need to shout ive been out of the loop abit since i got my shiny new DHD lol

AndroHero said:
Data2sd does increase your internal storage, but unless you have a class 10 sd card, you desire is going to end up slower than your hero lol and the constant R/W cycles mean your sd card will be dead before you know it
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lol.. You're exaggerating!
A class 4 is fine for the latest Data2SD from Sibere..And about sdcard damage, it's been theorized..Noone has ever had it..I've been using Data2SD for 3 months now without a problem
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ok sorry no need to shout ive been out of the loop abit since i got my shiny new DHD lol
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Who's shouting? ..A shout is in CAPS..

I'm think of upgrading my Desire to a data2app ROM soon and was thinking of yours droidzone. Are you planning on creating a DHD ROM?
I'm already running a DHD ROM on a HTC HD2 and it seems very good on there.

sh500 said:
I'm think of upgrading my Desire to a DHD ROM soon and was thinking of yours droidzone.
I'm already running a DHD ROM on a HTC HD2 and it seems very good on there.
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I havent released a DHD rom yet..

FC's from S2E under CM7.1

Hello!
I have a GSM HTC Desire and half a year ago I installed CM7.1. I like the mod and the only real problem was induced by Voice Dialer. Since the internal memory available became critical, I tried S2E, however approximatelly once a day(YMMV) I have to reboot since most of the android processes give FC's. The SD card is an 8 GB class 6 card with a 1GB ext4 partition.
Another issue I had since moving to the SD card is a visible drop in battery performance (~2 times less battery life).
Is there any workaround this issue? I tried searching on the forum but I had no luck.
p.s. I tried upgrading to CM7.2 but after a failled first try, things were worse. So I decided to restore the NAND from back-up and I am back at 7.1.

I've been using CM7 and S2E and never had any issues. Possible factors to consider.
-sd-ext partition is corrupted or not properly aligned. try to format again.
-some app is messing with your set up causing battery drain
-wipe everything and reflash rom. start clean.

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I've been using CM7 and S2E and never had any issues. Possible factors to consider.
-sd-ext partition is corrupted or not properly aligned. try to format again.
-some app is messing with your set up causing battery drain
-wipe everything and reflash rom. start clean.
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I tried multiple formating.: Firs time I used the ClockworModRecovery and second time gparted under Ubuntu. I asked specifically on this forum because searching through the threads I haven't seen anyone with CM7 and S2E on Desire so I thought it might be a conflict.
I suspected the card since I grabbed a card from a supermarket one day in an impulse buy. I made sure that it wasn't class 10 (since I heard that is not supported) and I went for the next bext thing - class 6.
However I don't understand why it works for 12+ hours and then all of the sudden i have to reboot.
I also want to try a CM9 build so I think I will make a NANDroid back-up and see how things work.
Thanks for the reply.

S2E was made specifically for CM7 (I think it supports CM9 now). What exactly did you move to the ext partition? I usually leave Application Data and Dalvik on nand. If I really needed space, I move Dalvik cache first. Reboot can happen when the read speed is slow. Even if the advertised class is 6 it might not be really a class 6 card. lol
I would also recommend that you use 4EXT recovery instead of CWM. (S-off required)

stankyou said:
S2E was made specifically for CM7 (I think it supports CM9 now). What exactly did you move to the ext partition? I usually leave Application Data and Dalvik on nand. If I really needed space, I move Dalvik cache first. Reboot can happen when the read speed is slow. Even if the advertised class is 6 it might not be really a class 6 card. lol
I would also recommend that you use 4EXT recovery instead of CWM. (S-off required)
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I actually moved everything on the SD card.
There is no reboot happening. I just need to reboot in order to solve the FCs. Most of the apps give FCs after like a day or so. However I lasted even 2 days without having to reboot and sometimes I need to reboot more often.
I haven't tried 4EXT recovery. Usually I stick with something that works, especially if there is a modification on the low level partitions (boot, recovery etc.)
Have you tried any of the ICS builds? Would you recommend one that is reasonably stable (a reboot once a week or something like this)? Some people say they are very stable, while others have issues even with the data or other important features.

I've flashed some ICS builds just to see what's up with the development but haven't really used one for daily use as I prefer a stable Gingerbread rom for my Desire. That being said, sorry but i can't recommend any ICS builds for ya.

[Q] Script problem!

I switched from CM10 to CM9 (the most stable one) on my WFS because my Int2Ext+ script was getting unmounted after 3 to 4 reboots on CM10. I was told that switching to CM9 would fix this as CM10 is still very much in Alpha. But today, after 350MB of my int2Ext+ was filled (on CM9) , my phone asked for a restart and i returned back to having the original internal of 150mb and all my settings were gone too and the 1st boot screen appeared too. Now my question is, is it due to me installing Swapper-2 (which was the last application i installed and i suspect that it was the case in CM10 too) or is it that our WFS cannot take more than 350mb even on int2ext+ !! please help, cause this is getting tedious ! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:

Xenux92 said:
I switched from CM10 to CM9 (the most stable one) on my WFS because my Int2Ext+ script was getting unmounted after 3 to 4 reboots on CM10. I was told that switching to CM9 would fix this as CM10 is still very much in Alpha. But today, after 350MB of my int2Ext+ was filled (on CM9) , my phone asked for a restart and i returned back to having the original internal of 150mb and all my settings were gone too and the 1st boot screen appeared too. Now my question is, is it due to me installing Swapper-2 (which was the last application i installed and i suspect that it was the case in CM10 too) or is it that our WFS cannot take more than 350mb even on int2ext+ !! please help, cause this is getting tedious ! :crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
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See, because of INT2EXT+'s script, it leaves some data on the real internal memory. That's why CronicCorey in his 1st post has listed in the requirements: 100mb internal is required for every 500 mb ext. That's the case for INT2EXT+ and int2ext4+.
So, I suggest you move to INT2EXT (no plus). It moves all to external, so your internal isn't used at all. I am using it myself on my personalized stock ROM. It works flawlessly.
Good luck.
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Tyr Fifteen said:
See, because of INT2EXT+'s script, it leaves some data on the real internal memory. That's why CronicCorey in his 1st post has listed in the requirements: 100mb internal is required for every 500 mb ext. That's the case for INT2EXT+ and int2ext4+.
So, I suggest you move to INT2EXT (no plus). It moves all to external, so your internal isn't used at all. I am using it myself on my personalized stock ROM. It works flawlessly.
Good luck.
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Okay, to move to a new script, it says, you should delete the old script first. Now, will formatting the sd-ext in the recovery wipe it off or how do i delete the script to add the new one ?? And are you sure i can go beyong the 350mb mark!

[Q] A2sd never works...

Hello folks
My issue is this:
GSM Desire
Class 10 SD
4ext Recovery (used to partition sd)
I'm trying to install various JB roms. The a2sd never works. When I download the gui it says it can't start because either no scripts, no partition, etc.
I've tried a lot of Roms including ones where a2sd is meant to be built in. I've also installed from Terminal and it seems to optimise all the apps on reboot but internal memory is still the standard and apps still in Internal (it's meant to go up to my ext4 partition right? it's about 1.5G)
I've worked my way through these (can't post the link but its the Alchemister custom rom blogspot for the Desire.)
each one the same problem.
Checkext and diskspace both see the partition. Strangely, L2SD seems to crash each of the Roms if I install it.
So far the only Rom to work correctly is a Supernova Gingerbread one. It gave me the 1.5G. So, the partition appears to be good.
Both are primary too.
I would like a JB one as the supernova rom is very laggy.
Running a Miui at the moment and also really liked the Touchwiz one on the list as well.
I only started doing this two days ago as my contract was up so I'm very new to this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Let's make sure your partition works. Download the rom in my sig. It's a very stable rom, that has a script integrated that moves data/app and dalvik cache to sd-ext. Flash it, then install a few apps. If the internal storage gets filled up quickly, then it probably is a partition fault, and you'll have to repartition.
If it does work, then you did something wrong when you installed the other roms.
Are you sure you did a full wipe before installing all those roms?

a2sd problem solved
Thankyou Andoo,
I've got it working now. It was two things that were confusing me. They were mentioned in the partitioning guide that you attached.
1. I was not aware that you were not meant to see the full size of your Ext4 partition as internal storage. For anyone else with this problem, you can see how your Ext partition is being used if you download Freespace app from the market. I had assumed that you could see the ext as internal space as that is what a few of the earlier Roms i looked at said that that would happen. (it does for the Supernova Rom)
2. When I was downloading and installing apps such as FB or Maps, they were still taking a big chunk out of my internal memory so I assumed that it wasn't working. However, when I chose to put the data as well as cache to the Ext, it hardly took anything out of my internal storage at all. I have a class 10 card and so far everything seems fairly brisk and responsive. I Chose Y/Y/Y when installing a2sd from Terminal instead of the recommended Y/N/Y.
If things start to get slow, I might try the Mount2SD script in the attachment -I think this allows you to chose individual large apps to go to Ext instead of all of them.
Thanks again for your help. I now have a useful and quick phone again.
PS the MildWild 9.5 Rom you suggested - I hadinstalled this before and had real problems with the WiFi disconnecting every couple of seconds and the same thing happened again when I installed from your link. I'm using the Touchwiz at the moment and all seems well.
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Let's make sure your partition works. Download the rom in my sig. It's a very stable rom, that has a script integrated that moves data/app and dalvik cache to sd-ext. Flash it, then install a few apps. If the internal storage gets filled up quickly, then it probably is a partition fault, and you'll have to repartition.
If it does work, then you did something wrong when you installed the other roms.
Are you sure you did a full wipe before installing all those roms?
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HTC Desire ROM suggestions

Hello all!
1st post and 1st day registered, thought ive been monitoring desire activity in these forums since 2011. Thank you al for the help provided through these years.
THE BACKGROUND
I have been using HTC Desire for about a year with oxygen rom and was more than pleased with the results. after that i had to give away my phone to my wife, for some time, in witch i flashed stock rom (some women cannot appreciate the use of custom/rooted phone!?!? haha) .
Now the phone is back in my hands, and as much as i would like, oxygen is outdated (or better say non existent).
THE QUESTION
Is there a current rom JB+ (up to date) that meets the speed and stability standards set by Oxygen2.3.2 with Data2sd support(or data2everywhere) and preferably without sense UI ? i currently have a class4 4gb microsd partitioned with ~3.5gb Fat32 / 512mb ext4 partition.
Thank you again for your time
PS: i have tried some roms around, but ive found them a bit slower even in touch experience , than GB AOSP roms.

In short, doubt you'll find a JB ROM that matches the speed and stability of Oxygen or GB AOSP ROMs. Oxygen still is one of the most stable ROMs despite being abandoned, mine is still based on it. Just because it isn't updated doesn't necessarily make it bad .
The only way would be to keep trying a few JB ROMs yourself, see if they are good enough for your standards. (I don't think any of them have Sense UI).
Data2sd is a bit different, most ROMs now just use normal A2SD, moving apps and dalvik to the sd-ext, JB ROMs tend to need to be activated by terminal commands (read the OP of the threads / search), so you don't have to flash anything extra.
512MB ext4 partition is a bit small, you might run out of space on it depending on how many apps you want to install. Consider repartitioning it to ~1.5GB if you can afford the space, do this using 4EXT recovery or gparted only.

eddiehk6 said:
In short, doubt you'll find a JB ROM that matches the speed and stability of Oxygen or GB AOSP ROMs. Oxygen still is one of the most stable ROMs despite being abandoned, mine is still based on it. Just because it isn't updated doesn't necessarily make it bad .
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i found a working copy of flashable Oxygen 2.3.2 but im having trouble enabling A2SD support on it. you see, all Oxygen specific guides are on "404 page not found" state, and i have no memory of what i did to install it 2 years ago.
i tried as i said a couple of other roms, and none matched the speed of GB Oxygen
Thank you for your time,
Dimitris

dvalilis said:
i found a working copy of flashable Oxygen 2.3.2 but im having trouble enabling A2SD support on it. you see, all Oxygen specific guides are on "404 page not found" state, and i have no memory of what i did to install it 2 years ago.
i tried as i said a couple of other roms, and none matched the speed of GB Oxygen
Thank you for your time,
Dimitris
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Try the one in my sig, it's no longer being developed, but based on Oxygen 2.3.2. It works best in terms of space if you are s-off with cm7r2 hboot.
You don't have to do anything with this one to activate A2SD, it's already built in. As long as the partition is properly created in gparted or 4EXT recovery, just keep apps on internal (don't 'move to SD') and apps and dalvik will be tricked to sd-ext. You won't see your actual internal memory read 'internal + sd-ext', but the A2SD is working.

UPDATE:after a few hours of testing, and flashing, I managed to find Working copies of oxygen 2.3.2 and compatible version of a2sd.
Today I will upload those files to my server for distribution, along with a «short guide» post in case anyone wants pure oxygen experience on his desire.
Regards
Dimitris
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hi dimitris,
would you mind sharing your files?
i also got my 'old' htc desire back (from kid) and i'd like to install a fresh rom.
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i will post links.as soon as I get back home tonight! Keep tight
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So here we go,as promised
I have no responsibility for any data loss or phone damage. worked as is on my HTC Desire Bravo
Code:
i cannot post links untill i get 10 posts . so...
h**p://speedy.sh/cnrds/update-oxygen-2.3.2-Bravo-signed.zip
h**p://speedy.sh/XvBVT/a2sd-2.7-update3r1-signed.zip
iIF you have CWRecovery V3+ you have to flash an older version, in order to be able to flash the a2sd above. You downgrade using Android Flasher.
Steps that worked for me:
1 Create 2 partitions on SD, one FAT32 and one ext3 (using Gparted)
2 Put the above zips in Fat32 partition
3 Boot phone to recovery
4 Full wipe/Factory default and cache
5 install Oxygen rom using "install zip from SD card" option
6 Start oxygen rom, and let it boot for first time, also let it settle for few minutes.
7 Reboot to Recovery
8 Install a2sd script using "install zip from SD card " option
9 Reboot phone.
Done
When it boots enter google account and download a Terminal Emulator . To check if all is ok you shoud run
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su
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a2sd diskspace
and you should see the partition recognized as internal with the space used and left.
Job Done. i run this install for 2 days now with no problems at all
Hope i helped,
Dimitris.

Just a few points:
- Did you switch hboot before you flashed the ROM? This would get you even more space. If you're still on stock hboot you're wasting a lot of space on /system partition.
If it's the latest version of Oxygen it should fit onto OxygenR2 hboot with 100MB /system.
- Good you used gparted , ext4 over ext3 would have been slightly faster, not that much of a big deal though.
- Can I ask where you got the A2SD script from and how does it work? Does it move apps and dalvik automatically? Does the internal memory read 'internal + sd-ext', or is it hidden like a lot of A2SD scripts but working as normal?
Just asking, I know you've put a disclaimer at the top, but it's useful just in case for anybody in the future using this. They should be informed exactly what they're flashing and at least in basic terms how and what it does.

- Did you switch hboot before you flashed the ROM? This would get you even more space. If you're still on stock hboot you're wasting a lot of space on /system partition.
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- Good you used gparted , ext4 over ext3 would have been slightly faster, not that much of a big deal though.
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I am not sure that oxygen supports ext4 and thats why igot the safe path to ext3. Using Gparted was oneway for me , because i only have linux systems on my home/work
- Can I ask where you got the A2SD script from and how does it work? Does it move apps and dalvik automatically? Does the internal memory read 'internal + sd-ext', or is it hidden like a lot of A2SD scripts but working as normal?
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this particular A2SD is probably a previous version of darktremmors. i found it on my backups, and uts the one i used when oxygen forums were live. it does move apps automaticaly i am not sure about davik ,and dunno how to check it ,internal reads only internal memory, but works like a charm.. you can make sure it works, by installing tons of apps and checking "a2sd diskspace"
PS sorry for all that info missing, its my first post about roms, i will probably get better while upping my post count

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i am using HBOOT -6.93.1002 and radio 5-11-05-27
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In other words you're s-off, but still on stock hboot. This is wasteful like I said, your /system size is 250MB, but you're using less that ~95MB, wasting over 150MB
If you switch to OxygenR2 hboot, the system size is 100MB, you'll waste only 5MB, and the rest gets converted to extra internal memory...total 332MB instead of 147MB...i.e. more space for apps
Nandroid backup, download hboot from here, recommend to flash using fastboot, nandroid restore.
I am not sure that oxygen supports ext4 and thats why igot the safe path to ext3. Using Gparted was oneway for me , because i only have linux systems on my home/work
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ext4 is dependent on the A2SD script rather than the ROM. Most will say if they support it. I believe darktremor did support it when I used it on a different phone.
this particular A2SD is probably a previous version of darktremmors. i found it on my backups, and uts the one i used when oxygen forums were live. it does move apps automaticaly i am not sure about davik ,and dunno how to check it ,internal reads only internal memory, but works like a charm.. you can make sure it works, by installing tons of apps and checking "a2sd diskspace"
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You can manage it using this
You can keep dalvik on internal for now, sometimes better for speed if you don't have a high class sd card.
However, on stock hboot, you only have 147MB for app data and dalvik in this case. It may work now, but if you start to install more apps, on stock hboot you can easily still run out of space quite quickly. 332MB /data partition (internal memory) on OxygenR2 hboot allows for much more space for apps.
A better way to check your memory I always recommend is an app called DiskUsage, you'll be able to browse all your partitions. Install it now, you'll see all the free (wasted) space on your /system partition I mentioned earlier.
PS sorry for all that info missing, its my first post about roms, i will probably get better while upping my post count
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That's fine, at least you're trying to help rather than many others who just post unnecessarily just to post in dev threads (unnecessarily). You don't have to up your post count to learn, you get that from reading