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Hi sorry if this has been answered but couldnt find it.
i recently purchased a a bigger size micro sd card for my htc desire. The phone will not turn on with the card in, nor can i format it in the recovery memory. Can someone tell me what i need to format it as on computer. GPT MBR, FAT 32. etc etc. Thank you
I used Gparted in Linux to set up the standard layout:
- 32MB SWAP
- 512MB EXT2
- Rest FAT32
You can download a livecd of Gparted, or use "Partition SD Card" within ROM Manager.
You can download GParted for Windows aswell. Google it.
Or you can flash amon ra recovery and use that to partition within the recovery.
Also rom manager allows you to partition the card as well. I personally use 0mb for swap and 768mb for ext3. Do note rom manager only allows you to use an ext partition no bigger then 512mb. I assume it only formats it in ext2. My opinion is amon ra recovery is the way to go. Use version r5 as the latest is quite buggy according to other users. Or you can use gparted as mentioned earlier.
Misunderstood your post, use gparted. I didnt read that you cant turn on the phone with the card in it.
swap is not needed
Have you got / can you borrow a card reader for your PC, you can partition it from there
(Whys this under android dev?)
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schiznik said:
Have you got / can you borrow a card reader for your PC, you can partition it from there
(Whys this under android dev?)
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Report the thread.
It's already been done.
Can't hurt, though.
I'm also having a little problem with the partitions...
I have a 32gb card, but when i remove it from the card reader after making the partitions (or after disconnecting the phone from the computer) the only partition remaining is the FAT32...ext and swap become unloccated space :s
how can i fix this?
feelmyanger said:
I'm also having a little problem with the partitions...
I have a 32gb card, but when i remove it from the card reader after making the partitions (or after disconnecting the phone from the computer) the only partition remaining is the FAT32...ext and swap become unloccated space :s
how can i fix this?
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You do realize that you can't use the SWAP and EXT partitions as drive-space, right?
feelmyanger said:
I'm also having a little problem with the partitions...
I have a 32gb card, but when i remove it from the card reader after making the partitions (or after disconnecting the phone from the computer) the only partition remaining is the FAT32...ext and swap become unloccated space :s
how can i fix this?
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they are not accessable within windows
i know, i used gparted. but when i remove the sd card/disconnect the phone from usb mode the partitions are gone :|
zHk3R said:
You do realize that you can't use the SWAP and EXT partitions as drive-space, right?
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yes, but i'm not talking about the space...the entire partition itself dissapears. for example, if i'm going to flash a rom that need an ext partition it won't flash...the ext partition is gone
one question,
should the ext partition be in the front or at the back of the FAT32 partition?
or it doesn't matter?
I have been trying to clone my 4gb class 4 sd card to the new 8gb class 6, but failed.
I am using Cyanogenmod 7 nightly and app2sd with data moved to sd. My computer OS is linux and I have android tools installed.
1. I partitioned new card with newest clockworkmod, which unfortunately results in ext2, not ext4 so I reformated ext2 to 4 using some partitioning software.
2. Copied content of fat32 partition from the old card, including recent nandroid backup.
3. Booted to recovery and tried restoring sd-ext several times, but I either get 'MD5 sum mismatch', or it starts fine but at some point it stops with error.
I then tried again but this time without reformatting ext2 to ext4 but the result was the same.
I also tried just copying sd-ext directly with 'sudo' but the phone acts just like the new installation then and even 'Fix Permissions' doesn't help.
Help!
I just recently did this myself two different ways, the first was to use acronis disk manager to clone the sd from a 8gb to 16gb. This worked fine but took an extremely long time.
I then upgraded from 4gib to 8 and created the partitions manually and copied over the data from one mount to another. Works fine here.
Did you try restarting your phone and double checking the partitions / types?
Plug both sdcards in the PC then use gparted to copy the two partitions across then grow the fat partition to fill the space if needed.
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mercianary said:
Plug both sdcards in the PC then use gparted to copy the two partitions across then grow the fat partition to fill the space if needed.
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I have only one card reader in my laptop and connecting the card inside the phone makes the ext partition invisible for gparted. This makes copying partitions between two cards impossible.
impactor said:
I have only one card reader in my laptop and connecting the card inside the phone makes the ext partition invisible for gparted. This makes copying partitions between two cards impossible.
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Put the phone in recovery, then mount USB, it works for me using amonra recovery.
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mercianary said:
Put the phone in recovery, then mount USB, it works for me using amonra recovery.
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I am using newest ClockWork recovery and all I can see in gparted is the FAT partition. Not even empty space where EXT should be.
and thats definitely mounting USB mass storage not mount SD card?
Theres definitely FS issues on the new card if you're getting MD5 sum errors.
Firstly dont use anything other than gparted to partition (see signature).
Flatten the new card completely. Format any partitions that may be there out and start again, from scratch.
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and thats definitely mounting USB mass storage not mount SD card?
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This is the only option in recovery menu. I think if I used something else, I wouldn't even see FAT partition. The ext is ext4, btw.
And we are talking the original card here, not the new one. The new one is in the reader.
impactor said:
This is the only option in recovery menu. I think if I used something else, I wouldn't even see FAT partition. The ext is ext4, btw.
And we are talking the original card here, not the new one. The new one is in the reader.
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Which is the only option? What recovery?
If I boot into recovery and go to 'mount and storage', 'Mount USB storage' is the only option that actually makes the phone visible to the computer. There are pleny of mount/unmount (eg: mount /data) options above this one, but they're supposed to work internally.
Is it Amon-Ra / RMD? Does the size of the FAT partition tally with the total size of the card? did you say had a card reader? just use that if you have
ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.2.0
If I switch cards, then the one in the phone will still be invisible and I need both at the same time to copy partitions.
Forget copying partitions. Your instinct with nandroid restore was right, however you need to get the fs on the new card sorted
Also I have noticed on ubuntu that the data copy remaining is inaccurate. I leave it for several minutes after it appears to have completed to ensure data is written before ummount
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rootSU said:
Forget copying partitions. Your instinct with nandroid restore was right, however you need to get the fs on the new card sorted
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Except this doesn't get me anywhere. I tried with ext2, ext4, created in recovery or by gparted and every time got stuck on the same stage.
Then theres a serious issue that needs fixing. Best not to work around. The nandroid is the best option.
Have you a Windows machine? H2testw.exe is a great sd testing app
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Created partitions are not visible in Gparted if the card is in the phone, contrary to empty space. It took me many attempts in different configurations but I got it done, eventually, using gparted partition copying for EXT and regular copy for the FAT partition content
Hi,
I have just bought a 32GB SD Card from Amazon. Komputerbay Class 10.
I have been running Sandvold's ICS ROM for the last month and all was fine, but I wanted a faster SD card.
I used Easeus Partition Manager using Windows XP and I created a 1GB ext2 partition after a FAT32 Partition.
However, I made it logical and wasn't able to change it to Primary, so I created another ext2 partition, this time Primary.
So, FAT32 partition of 28GB ish Primary, ext2 of 1GB Primary then ext3 of 1GB logical.
However, although my PC can see the FAT32 partition, my Desire cannot.
It can however see it in recovery which allowed me to flash the ROM etc.
Any ideas please?
Cheers
do NOT use any windows programs... try gparted live cd or 4ext recovery
and ONE more thing-both partition need to be PRIMARY
kotag82 said:
do NOT use any windows programs... try gparted live cd or 4ext recovery
and ONE more thing-both partition need to be PRIMARY
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They are both primary, it's the extra one that is logical.
I may well try running Linux on my laptop alongside Windows to try that.
just boot it from cd or usb or virtual machine
kotag82 said:
just boot it from cd or usb or virtual machine
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I'll try that.
Do you know if I can use Damn Small Linux please?
Cheers
Hi,
I partitioned my SDcard with Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.1
Just make sure all partitions are PRIMARY and there is NO (free) space before or between partitions. If you made the FAT32 first as a logical partition and later switched it to primary, there might be a small free space before it.....
Just wipe the whol card and repartition it with first the FAT32 PRIMARY and then the EXT partition PRIMARY. This should work.
As they told use linux from cd.
It's easy e fast
Create fat32 primary first, then ext2,3,4 primary.
I'll do it a lot of time and always work
GPart Live worked a treat.
Easy too with You Tube to help.
The drivers on the laptop I was using rendered the screen almost unseeable, but I managed to get it done and it was clear as day at home.
I'm not exactly new to linux, or android, but I'm not familiar with how android treats external storage vs. internal.
I had advised a few people to format their external drives as ext4 since the kernel would probably support it (and the system, data and cache partitions are ext4 so it DOES). However, when I format my external storage (32gb and 1gb USB sticks) to ext*, it doesn't show up, even in the logcat or in ES File Explorer (or a mount command, but with no root or fdisk -l i didn't dig too far).
So I was wondering if anyone happens to know why thats the case. Clearly the kernel supprots ext4, but you can't mount external storage with it?
FYI, so far that I've seen, I can't format external storage with the ouya. It also only supports NTFS read, and FAT32 R/W.
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I'm not exactly new to linux, or android, but I'm not familiar with how android treats external storage vs. internal.
I had advised a few people to format their external drives as ext4 since the kernel would probably support it (and the system, data and cache partitions are ext4 so it DOES). However, when I format my external storage (32gb and 1gb USB sticks) to ext*, it doesn't show up, even in the logcat or in ES File Explorer (or a mount command, but with no root or fdisk -l i didn't dig too far).
So I was wondering if anyone happens to know why thats the case. Clearly the kernel supprots ext4, but you can't mount external storage with it?
FYI, so far that I've seen, I can't format external storage with the ouya. It also only supports NTFS read, and FAT32 R/W.
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I've asked this question too, I tried with different harddrives to all the ext formats and nothing picks it up. there are a few apps like ntfs mounter which supports ext but requires rooting.
Android only recognises FAT32 and I think CDFS and UDF. May also recognise FAT16. NTFS and exFAT are both patented so need expensive licenses for a manufacturer to include them in devices (a few do on their modified firmwares).
I have no idea why ext isn't supported though. I presume it is something to do with the relative rarity of ext drives outside of Linux boot devices.
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Android only recognises FAT32 and I think CDFS and UDF. May also recognise FAT16. NTFS and exFAT are both patented so need expensive licenses for a manufacturer to include them in devices (a few do on their modified firmwares).
I have no idea why ext isn't supported though. I presume it is something to do with the relative rarity of ext drives outside of Linux boot devices.
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isnt the internal memory ext4?
anyone who has there ouya rooted could you please try one of the harddrive mounting apks like paragon or ntfs mounter and see if the ext formats get picked up?
got ext3 working with usb otg helper app. You need root access.
No problem mounting ext4
Just made myself a 15GB ext4 formatted second partition on a 32GB usb drive. Just because Ouya only looks at the first partition, and assumes it's fat32 should not discourage you. Just open a adb shell to your Ouya, become superuser, create a directory /mnt/mydata, and mount it:
In adb shell:
1. su
2. mkdir /mnt/mydata
3. mount -t ext4 /dev/block/vold/8\:2 /mnt/mydata
kill-9 said:
I'm not exactly new to linux, or android, but I'm not familiar with how android treats external storage vs. internal.
I had advised a few people to format their external drives as ext4 since the kernel would probably support it (and the system, data and cache partitions are ext4 so it DOES). However, when I format my external storage (32gb and 1gb USB sticks) to ext*, it doesn't show up, even in the logcat or in ES File Explorer (or a mount command, but with no root or fdisk -l i didn't dig too far).
So I was wondering if anyone happens to know why thats the case. Clearly the kernel supprots ext4, but you can't mount external storage with it?
FYI, so far that I've seen, I can't format external storage with the ouya. It also only supports NTFS read, and FAT32 R/W.
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SixSixSevenSeven said:
Android only recognises FAT32 and I think CDFS and UDF. May also recognise FAT16. NTFS and exFAT are both patented so need expensive licenses for a manufacturer to include them in devices (a few do on their modified firmwares).
I have no idea why ext isn't supported though. I presume it is something to do with the relative rarity of ext drives outside of Linux boot devices.
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There is in fact a standard read-only NTFS driver in LInux, and it's supported on the OUYA. An NTFS-formatted USB hard drive automounts upon hot plugin.
I finally got a reply back from ouya support about ext3/4 not being recognized and they said its been resolved. Looking forward to the next firmware.
Hi, I'm having a problem about my external 64gb mmc. I have partition it in 3 parts.
While using CM13 I can access all the threes but in stock lollipop ES File Explorer shows me only one partition.
I think that these partitions are not mounted.
Is there any way to fix it?
Raj.S said:
Hi, I'm having a problem about my external 64gb mmc. I have partition it in 3 parts.
While using CM13 I can access all the threes but in stock lollipop ES File Explorer shows me only one partition.
I think that these partitions are not mounted.
Is there any way to fix it?
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Paragon app may be able to help you with that:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter&hl=en
I have also 3 partitions, 1 is FAT32 which is mounted by the system, and 2x NTFS partitions are mounted by Paragon.
All partitions are FAT32
my all partitions are FAT32. and paragon works only with NTFS HFS etc. What now?