hello guys,
i wanna share to you guys how to make a partition in external sdcard/MicroSD for Windows user. Dunno if this already post in XDA, didn't do a research
just to remind, do this with your own risk!
now, what we need :
1. PC/Laptop
2. microsd/sdcard with capacity 2gb/4gb/8gb/16gb/32gb
3. microsd adapter or card reader.
4. Minitool Partition Wizard http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
there's another tool called gparted but this tut only use Minitool Partition
5. a ciggy and a cup of coffee
before we go through, don't do this while you're drunk, so sleepy or in hurry..
now, i assume that the minitool partition already installed on your pc/laptop and the sdcard is empty.
let's begin....
1. put your sdcard into adapter or card reader
2. open the minitool partition wizard software.(pic 1)
3. right click in sdcard (pic 2--i use 8Gb) and click delete. after that your sdcard will look like pic 2-1 as "unallocated" (becareful to choose the drive!!)
4. right click and click create (pic 3)
5. in create new partition choose "primary" (dont use logical) and change the "file system" to "Fat32".(pic 4 & pic 4-1)
6. in partition size you change to what you need. if you want to swap 1gb then change the "partition size" make your "unallocated space after" to 1024mb(pic 4-2).
(i dunno exactly the space that fit with but i use 1gb, if you dont know either you can ask to our dev or mr. pep) after that click ok
7. now you can see the 1gb seen as unallocated(pic 4-3)
8. right click and click create again at the unallocated(1gb) will be a warning that "the new created partition cannot b used in windows" click "yes" (pic 5)
9. now change the "logical" to "primary" (if you choose logical then your phone will probably got a black screen or black screen with battery icon+lock icon after you flash a new cusrom) (pic 6)
10. Change the NTFS to ext2/ext3/ext4 (if you want to install link2sd/s2e from market you can choose ext2 and/or ext4, for me i choose ext4 because i use s2e) and click ok. (pic 6-1)
now there are 3 operations pending in the left side (pic 6-2)
11. click "apply" and "yes". (pic 6-3)
12. now take your ciggy and drink your coffee and wait 1-2 minute untill the successfull pop up then click ok(pic 6-4). close minitool program.
- this ext* will not shown on windows, only on linux base OS.(you can see it on Windows by using some software, i.e : linux reader or raise data recovery, etc)
- use sdcard adapter/card reader
- if you wanna move your app just use link2sd or s2e free on market.
- in this tut i use ext4 just for example to you guys if you choose s2e, but it is not a must for you to choose ext4,.for faster read/write sd choose ext2(see post 2 by pep)
this is just a tutorial for those who dont know and dont understand how to make partition/swap and for those who dont want to swap the phone's internal<-->external. do this before go to Pristine Method
swap thing is too risky for class4 microsd,
credits to :
- minitool partition wizard (useful tools)
- mr. pep (this guide related to Pristine Method ) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2044861
- all Wonders
- XDA
if this help just click the Thanks button if there's something i forgot to write or i'm wrong please correct me..
Great tutorial!
If I may, I'd like to add some tips:
When making the very first partition (from an empty-card condition), make sure:
It's Aligned to MB instead of Cylinder
There's a 1 MB 'gap' in front of the partition
Also, make sure that all partitions' sizes (in sectors) are divisible by 256 (or, in other words, the partition size is a multiple of 128 KiB).
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The reason for this is that some SD cards allocate their storage capacity in 'blocks', and the largest known block size is 128 KiB (128 * 1024 bytes). 256 sectors = 128 KiB. By ensuring that all partitions' sizes are divisible by 256, you are ensuring that no block is split between two partitions, thus keeping performance high (as the SD card no longer need to read a block and perform a seek just to find the beginning of a partition), and help lengthening the life of your SD card.
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(Other SD cards might have smaller block sizes, but all a binary fraction of 128 KiB, i.e., 64 KiB or 32 KiB or 16 KiB or 8 KiB or 4 KiB. Thus, if partitions are multiples of 128 KiB, they are certainly multiples of the smaller block sizes.)
To ensure that partitions are divisible by 256, just before you click on the "Apply" button, do the following for each partition created:
Right-click on the partition
Choose Properties (the bottom option)
Click on "Partition Info" tab
The size of partition (in sectors) is "Last Physical Sector" - "First Physical Sector" + 1
For example, in my case (see the attached image), the "Last Physical Sector" is 29003775, while the "First Physical Sector" is 2048. Thus, the size of the partition is 29003775 - 2048 + 1 = 29001728. Divide 29001728 by 256 and you have the nice integer value of 113288, meaning that the partition is an exact multiple of 128 KiB.
As for the filesystem type for the second partition, I myself prefer ext2 because I reasoned:
This is an SD Card; employing journaling (implemented by ext3 / ext4) will result in too much writing -- shortening SD Card life
Writes are (nearly) instantaneous anyways; journaling are helpful if writes take some time to finish (e.g., writing to a spinning disk, which needs the track-seek and sector-seek plus track-shift plus ECC generation)
The only way a write to SD Card can get interrupted is if power was removed immediately. Aside from dropping your phone and inadvertently ejecting the battery (in which case, SD Card corruption should be the least of your concern), smartphones can't suddenly lose power. When power gets too low, Android performs an orderly shutdown ensuring that all buffers are flushed
ext2 code in the kernel is simple, making reads & writes faster, and less intrusive to foreground apps (no need to generate/manipulate a checksummed journal)
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thank you bro for rhe additional tips..i forget bout that.. that'very useful for us.
yes, ext2 is better to choose..
i use ext4 because i install s2e not link2sd..and sometimes ext2 cannot be read by s2e but it's not a must for everbody to use ext4..
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What are the advantages to making portion
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What are the advantages to making portion
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- no need to swap..do this and install app link2sd or s2e free on market..
- make your microsd card read/write better..
- can hide anything in the partition
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- no need to swap..do this and install app link2sd or s2e free on market..
- make your microsd card read/write better..
- can hide anything in the partition
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Nice well try it next time i update my android build, thanks for the info
I have partition my external_sd with format "ext4".,
it's work but when I reboot my SGW i got hardbrick
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eza azami said:
I have partition my external_sd with format "ext4".,
it's work but when I reboot my SGW i got hardbrick
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did you swap your internal sd-external sd after partition to ext4 and using the app(i.e link2sd or s2e)?
what apps that you use to swap?link2sd or s2e?what app tools (beside those two app) that you use?
it wont get hardbrick if you follow the tut carefully,,
i do this with my 4 microsdcards, 2microsd with size 8gb, 1microsd with size 4gb and 1microsd with size 16gb and all of it just class4.
i use this method since 2011.
this tut will not hardbrick your phone.
stpdkid said:
did you swap your internal sd-external sd after partition to ext4 and using the app(i.e link2sd or s2e)?
what apps that you use to swap?link2sd or s2e?what app tools (beside those two app) that you use?
it wont get hardbrick if you follow the tut carefully,,
i do this with my 4 microsdcards, 2microsd with size 8gb, 1microsd with size 4gb and 1microsd with size 16gb and all of it just class4.
i use this method since 2011.
this tut will not hardbrick your phone.
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I using s2e, but maybe I forget some step.
last month I try it again and succesful..
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Hi stpdkid.
Okay,I've got a 32gb class 10 SD card.
I tried doing the partition last night.
It the SD card which I had been using on my Xperia Arc for nearly a year so you can imagine the amount of garbage on it.
Copied everything to my PC and went ahead with the partition.
First partition Primary/ Fat32/9gb
Second partition also named as Primary/Ext2/21gb.
Done.
Copied my files back onto the sdcard and inserted it back into my device which only recognized the 9gb.
Used link2sd and it reads only the first partition of the sdcard.
I think I did everything correctly.But why is it that I'm missing the 21gb?
Should I have named it as NTFS/Ext2/21gb?
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sandroidnz01 said:
Hi stpdkid.
Okay,I've got a 32gb class 10 SD card.
I tried doing the partition last night.
It the SD card which I had been using on my Xperia Arc for nearly a year so you can imagine the amount of garbage on it.
Copied everything to my PC and went ahead with the partition.
First partition Primary/ Fat32/9gb
Second partition also named as Primary/Ext2/21gb.
Done.
Copied my files back onto the sdcard and inserted it back into my device which only recognized the 9gb.
Used link2sd and it reads only the first partition of the sdcard.
I think I did everything correctly.But why is it that I'm missing the 21gb?
Should I have named it as NTFS/Ext2/21gb?
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you're missing the 21gb because you use it as ext2..change it as fat32 and the 9gb as ext2..
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you're missing the 21gb because you use it as ext2..change it as fat32 and the 9gb as ext2..
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So to do this just run the partition wizard and edit the partitions?
And setting both to Primary is not a problem?
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sandroidnz01 said:
So to do this just run the partition wizard and edit the partitions?
And setting both to Primary is not a problem?
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backup first and follow the step on first post.
big size partition as fat32(primary) and for ext2(primary) the small size partition..
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Done.
But there's still something which is not right.
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Done.
But there's still something which is not right.
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what do you mean something's not right?
I'm sure I did not create one partition for cache.Yet its there.
Moreover,the cache has been building up progressively and I had been unable to clear it with link2sd.Neither via CWM Recovery.
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sandroidnz01 said:
I'm sure I did not create one partition for cache.Yet its there.
Moreover,the cache has been building up progressively and I had been unable to clear it with link2sd.Neither via CWM Recovery.
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its ok. just a cache from your app..
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Really good! Thanks for the post Bro!
Can i do Partition Using USB Cord
hey bro .. is it necessary to do partition using card reader... can i continue with USB cord... ???
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Nikhil Pathak said:
hey bro .. is it necessary to do partition using card reader... can i continue with USB cord... ???
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You mean, using your phone as an SD Card reader?
You can't. Your phone exposes the first partition to the PC. The PC doesn't have access to the all-important partition table.
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Hi everyone,
i was just wondering about what partition sizes I should set for my memory card using Apps2SD as I am a little unsure. I am currently using a 8 GB SD Card.
I was thinking to set it up with a 32mb swap, 512m-1gb ext2, and the remainder as fat32? Is that suffice? the ext2 size I assume is the space I would dedicate for the installation of apps.
Then after that, should we convert ext2 to ext3?
Please advise
Thank you.
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I was thinking to set it up with a 32mb swap, 512m-1gb ext2, and the remainder as fat32?
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I wouldn't use swap at any time. Your phone has 578 MB of Ram - I don't know how much is left for the running system after the substraction for radio, 3d,.... but it still should be around 400MB. Using swap would just slow down your phone.
A 256 MB ext partition for programs is enough.
Greets
Kind of depends, I will for sure get a bigger partition then 256MB, some games are 20/30MB in size. Will be nice to not worry about those anymore!
I just installed apps2sd then started installing was I meant to do different? lol
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Hello guys,
I'm a newbie with Android.
I've not understood: with A2SD I can "migrate" all apps to sdcard or there is a way to choose what to have on the device and what to have on sdcard?
Thanks,
ghale
I have this question too. are all the apps going to the sdcard or you choose where to go ???? or when the phone memory fills the sdcard is used ???
and another question I have is if the sdcard apps are copy paste backup able
allla said:
I wouldn't use swap at any time. Your phone has 578 MB of Ram - I don't know how much is left for the running system after the substraction for radio, 3d,.... but it still should be around 400MB. Using swap would just slow down your phone.
A 256 MB ext partition for programs is enough.
Greets
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I have read that if set to 0, no swap partition will be created. The default is 32MB.
Im not using a swap.
I just created my ext2 using gparted on Linux. I resized the original fat32 and then used the free space to create ext2. No data was lost on original partition after resize
Nekromantik said:
Im not using a swap.
I just created my ext2 using gparted on Linux. I resized the original fat32 and then used the free space to create ext2. No data was lost on original partition after resize
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Hi there,
im not a big user of apps and won't end up installing many to the sd card. Would you suggest I set up the partitions as follows:
0mb swap, 512m-1gb ext2, and the remainder as fat32?
I have also read that if you convert EXT filesystem from EXT2 to EXT3 after partitioning, it results in better stability/performance, and by converting the EXT filesystem from EXT3 to EXT4 results in best stability/performance.
Can anyone clarify this please?
Thanks again in advance.
EDIT
Found it !
This is where i'm getting confused... this article, for example, states to allocate 32 MB to the linux-swap partition, 512 MB ext2 partition, and remaining free space as a fat32 partition (for an 8GB SD Card).
It also states this is the most common setup...
I used 980mb for my a2sd not swap and everything seems to be working just fine
FeaRThiS said:
I used 980mb for my a2sd not swap and everything seems to be working just fine
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Im just thinking... the Android OS is designed to do this for you, when it runs low on free memory it starts closing apps based on a ranking system for deciding which is 'least important' to avoid actually running out. If you later switch back to an app that the OS has removed from memory it will be reloaded from internal storage which won't be as quick as if the app was still in memory, but on the other hand it won't be any slower than if it was being loaded into RAM from the swap partition on the SD card.
Actually, I can't see swap helping... Either the Android OS will avoid running out of physical memory as it's supposed to and never actually use the swap partition, or worse it does actually use it as if it was extra physical memory (unlikely, I think) which will interfere with the sophisticated memory management scheme that's already there. Is this the reason why Android phones don't ship configured for swap? maybe because the OS is already doing something better that makes swap unnecessary?
guys I just flashed apps2sd and installed is that wrong? what else do I need to do
I'm confused lol
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Guitarfreak26 said:
guys I just flashed apps2sd and installed is that wrong? what else do I need to do
I'm confused lol
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As long as you followed the correct procedure (accessing recovery, installing the Apps2SD.zip file via recovery and set the partitions), then you are set.
I've set no partions mate all ive done is flashed it in recovery that's it
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Guitarfreak26 said:
I've set no partions mate all ive done is flashed it in recovery that's it
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Well, what would be the point of installing Apps2SD then if you did not allocated extra space to the ext2 partition
Backup everything on the SD Card before attempting:
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-desire-desire-modaco-com/307398/apps2sd-miniguide/
I didn't know just flashed it, sorry to be a pain but what's the process now? hard reset? will I have to reinstall apps2sd? first time I've ever used it
Edit, Ill follow your guide when I'm home. is it ok to use my goldcard SD?
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oh and is there anyway to transfer current apps to the partion?
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Guitarfreak26 said:
I didn't know just flashed it, sorry to be a pain but what's the process now? hard reset? will I have to reinstall apps2sd? first time I've ever used it
Edit, Ill follow your guide when I'm home. is it ok to use my goldcard SD?
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You will not need to hard reset, just access recovery again via Linux and select the option to Partition the SD in recovery mode, enter the partition sizes you want, then you may want to select the option: convert ext3 to ext4 for improve stability/performance. Yes, use the Gold Card SD.
hey guys i wanna fix my low on space error and for that i would have to make a partition on my sd card
i just wanna know if its possible to make it from recovery and how so?
thanks
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JunaidZaka said:
hey guys i wanna fix my low on space error and for that i would have to make a partition on my sd card
i just wanna know if its possible to make it from recovery and how so?
thanks
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In CWM or PX recovery there is option to make partition on sd card. Search it, perhaps it is in advenced options
Before making a partition: Copy all files from you sd-card to your computer, then partition the sdcard, after partition, restore all the files again
iok1 said:
Before making a partition: Copy all files from you sd-card to your computer, then partition the sdcard, after partition, restore all the files again
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Oh, yeah, i forget to write this. Making partitions via recovery deletes all your files from sd-card. About two weeks ago I did it -,-
But making partition via PC is safy
After creating a partition on your sdcard download link2sd from market and create ext4 partition and restart your device
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so hoe much size do i have to choose for the partition
and after itd partitioned
what should i do yo transfer apps to sd?
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JunaidZaka said:
so hoe much size do i have to choose for the partition
and after itd partitioned
what should i do yo transfer apps to sd?
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For me 256 MB is fine. Then use S2E, for example, to move system apps on sd-card
wojtek267 said:
For me 256 MB is fine. Then use S2E, for example, to move system apps on sd-card
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No, dalvik cache and user apps are better in my opinion
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is 512 mb fine ?
and how to configure A2SD
just partition and then move apps to sd ?
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It's better to make partition size not more than by 10% of your sd-card.
Like if you have 8gb sd-card then you should make around 750-780mb to be on safe side
Alright, this is a guide for those people who need to increase/decrease their size of ext2/3/4 partition or even change SD card as I did from 2 GB Samsung to 4 GB Kingston Class 4.
This has been tested on windows 8.
Windows only recognizes the first partition of any removable device, this is where the problem lies while changing SD card or while making the amendments to your Ext partition. You apps will all be LOST if you format without care. Don't get hyper, this is quick and easy guide.
Things you will need.
1.Minitool Partition wizard home edition (probably the same which you used to create the partition)
2.Ext2 Volume manager.
3.Ext2IFS for windows.
USB mount is strictly not advisable, use a card reader. If you don't have any then use a mobile which is not an android, Nokia as for example.
1. Switch your mobile off, remove SD card. Insert it into card reader and then to USB port.
2.Windows will show you your FAT/FAT32 partition.
3.Backup your FAT/FAT32 partition. This is because you are gonna delete this partition.
4.After backing up open Minitool Partition wizard, delete your FAT/FAT32 partition. Be sure to delete this only, DO NOT DELETE EXT2/3/4. Apply those changes.
5.Go to Ext2 Volume manager and select the removable SD card. Double click on Linux partition. Then click on mount points and done.
6.Go to My computer and you will find your Ext2/3/4 partition as a removable drive. Backup this, be sure to copy all the files. Do not leave any file.
7.Now delete this partition from Minitool Partition wizard, your full card is empty now.
8.Create a new parition as primary and Ext2/3/4. Drag this to the far right. Be sure that all the unallocated space is before this Ext partition. Not even a single MB should be after this partition. Apply changes. Select the size of partition according to your convenience.
9.Copy all those EXT backup files to this Ext partition. Windows will show this partition now. If it does not, go to Ext2 Volume manager and do the steps you did before.
10.Now that you have created an Ext partition of your desirable size. Go to Minitool Partition wizard and create a primary FAT/FAT32 partition in the unallocated space. Apply changes.
11.Copy those backup files on this new partition of fat file system which you copied. Now the Ext partition will not be shown in windows.
12.You are done! Insert SD into your phone and power it on. The first boot will take a little longer than normal.
13.Go to link2sd and check the storage, you will be having all the apps + your partition size is increased/decreased now.
If you have any problems tell me.
To all those who want to create a pictorial guide, DO IT BUT INCLUDE A LINK TO MY ORIGINAL GUIDE.
Close to 100 views still nothing here. :/
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I believe that increasing means getting bigger ext partition without the need to re-partition the card. If I were you I would create a guide in RESIZING EXT PARTITIONS, else rename your guide to "how to repartition a SD Card"
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Sorry, changed it.
Well that day I had laptop and since then I am using mobile so forgot to check the caption.
Sorry again
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Problem
I followed all of your steps to the letter to repartition and increase the size of my link2sd partition and after rebooting my phone, I'm getting nothing but error messages and "force close" left and right. I'm not sure at all what had gone wrong. :/ I backed up every single file from both partitions, but everything appears to be borked.
UPDATE: it's apparently not mounting the second partition; that's at least what it seems to be telling me as I'm going through some of the stuff on link2sd
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I followed all of your steps to the letter to repartition and increase the size of my link2sd partition and after rebooting my phone, I'm getting nothing but error messages and "force close" left and right. I'm not sure at all what had gone wrong. :/ I backed up every single file from both partitions, but everything appears to be borked.
UPDATE: it's apparently not mounting the second partition; that's at least what it seems to be telling me as I'm going through some of the stuff on link2sd
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Can you tell me in more detail what did you do?
Also what kind of SD card are you using and other details.
increase 2nd partition of SD card without losing data
My SD card's 2nd partition is FAT32 and I'd like to increase it's size. How do I do it without losing my apps installed on there?
I tried connecting it to card reader and using miniTools to increase the size but it only allows NTFS partition to increase without losing data.
increase size of partition 2
Hi, just a quick question, can I increase the size of partition 2 without formatting or losing files and data?
I got a random solution to get a working S2e on Android 4.2!
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Wrong place. Post this in the general thread. But I think some other a2sd scripts might be working with the release already.
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I got a random solution to get a working S2e on Android 4.2!
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This version starts, but I can`t check any options. Program does not see my EXT partition. CM10.1 by Wayland_ACE.
You must provide original link for this app:
Working Simple2Ext for Android 4.2
Lovetz said:
This version starts, but I can`t check any options. Program does not see my EXT partition. CM10.1 by Wayland_ACE.
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Re-make partition on SD card with the help of CWM and now this app works well.
How to remake partition on SD card in cwm. Help will be appreciated.
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How to remake partition on SD card in cwm. Help will be appreciated.
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0. Make backup of your SD card to PC.
1. Reboot to CWM\Recovery
2. Select "advanced" -> "Partition SD Card"
3. At the top of the screen you can see: "Ext Size" - this is the size of your future ext partition (you can choose any size you want, but 512 Mb more than enough)
4. Next you will see: "Swap Size" - the size of your future Swap partition. If you do not need in Swap, choose "0Mb"
5. Wait for the end of the process. WARNING! All of your data on the memory card will be deleted.
6. Reboot system now
this app is like Link2SD: only moving some apps on a ext partition
or this increasses internal memory?
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this app is like Link2SD: only moving some apps on a ext partition
or this increasses internal memory?
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It can do more than Link2SD, it can link /data/data to sd card's second partition
i mounted as ext4 and rebooted but when i checked partition info, it says zero.
This doesn't work on CM 10.1 pro.
it works on olddroids latest nightly, but only with ext4! faster than mounts2sd, and frees up more space than link2sd and it seems stable after 1 day
it works on 4.2.2.beta7 too, just make it system app and make an ext4 than tick ext4 without journaling
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Hi All,
I have the R800i running the following
Android Version: 2.3.4
Build Number: 4.0.2.A.0.42
I am about to update firmware to .79 and flash DoomKernel v14 and JokaWild Rom but want to install link2SD, I have a 64gb class 10 sandisk SD and wondered if anyone could advise what size I should make my 2nd partition.
Also should iIformat this partition to FAT32, est.2, ext.3, or ext.4?
Thanks in advance!
Re: link2SD partition size
I made a 1.5gb partition as ext2 on my 32gb sd. Installed loads of games and used about half of that space
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BensJammin said:
I made a 1.5gb partition as ext2 on my 32gb sd. Installed loads of games and used about half of that space
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So is this what people recommend?
1.5gb partition formatted to .ext2
Re: link2SD partition size
It depends how many apps you have. I have around 174 apps linked and this is how my storage is:
I've had to increase the size of the partition multiple times
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UndisputedGuy said:
It depends how many apps you have. I have around 174 apps linked and this is how my storage is:
I've had to increase the size of the partition multiple times
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very nice! by your attached pic, that is what i'm after. unfortunately, i can't get my 64gb microSD card to create a 2nd partition properly. which file system did you select for the 2nd partition? also, what ROM and Kernel are you using?
I think I am using ext2. I used Minitool to create the partition. When that screenshot was taken, I was using Xperia NXT and DoomKernel.
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Hi, I have a 32GB sd card and I want to install lot of games on it (ie. 1 game has 1.5gb, the other 1gb...) so I was wondering if i can partition 15GB for apps (the Ext2 )and the rest (Fat32) for Data, pics...
Younesbkl said:
Hi, I have a 32GB sd card and I want to install lot of games on it (ie. 1 game has 1.5gb, the other 1gb...) so I was wondering if i can partition 15GB for apps (the Ext2 )and the rest (Fat32) for Data, pics...
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You can, but a 15GB partition is excessive if you're simply linking apps there. You'd want your Fat32 partition to be larger as that's where the game data goes, the link partition would likely be fine at 3GB
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