Does the S3 support Ext3 or ext4 filesystems for data storage on the external card? I would test this myself personally, but I'm not at a place where I can back everything up.
Also this is on Stock Kernel.
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Hey guys I am using my sdcard from my G1 with an ext3 (maybe ext4) partition, a swap partition, and a fat32 partition. Should I format and just leave the fat32 partition? or should I just delete the swap partition? I figure I won't need it since the Vision has 512mb ram. Thank you.
you also don't need the ext since you have nearly 2gb of storage accessible to you.
format to just fat32 and you'll be golden
Hi,
When i first tried a2sd, i created the ext3 partition for storage, and 256mb partition for swap. Now i want to remove the swap parition. I don't really want to format my card, so is it possible to just connect my sd card to windows, and delete the swap partition in windows' disk management? i don't mind leaving 256mb unuse.
Thanks,
Glen
Hi, I have already partitioned my 8gb SD card. I made 1 FAT32 Partition with 1.3gb of unused space, while i used the left memory to make a EXT4 partition with around 6.5gb.... My question is, why the second partition is invisible in windows, and where should i put my music and stuff...... Also, Link2SD says that it can't mount the script because of an invalid argument... Please help me fix this..... I'm using HenseMod6 by the way
Around 1-2 GB of Ext partition is enough. Ext* partitions are linux filesystems and cannot be read by windows. Your music and photos should go on the fat partition.
Your rom may not support ext4, try reformatting it to ext3
Thanks, mate. My ClockworkMod Recovery helped mi fix it..
Are there any Kernels out yet that enable EXT3 or EXT4. I need to be able to mount an EXT4 Partition on my SD to move Apps off system memory as its full, other than a kernel is there any other way to mount EXT4?
A place to start...........
[GUIDE] How to mount ext4 formatted MicroSD card on Android 4.2.2 Phone/Tablet
Hi all,
After searching on the net and a bit of thinking, I have an idea about fully swapping the SD card with internal storage.
In my concept, I will divide the SD card into 2 partitions:
- 1 FAT32 partition for compatibility with other apps and the device itself
- 1 EXT4 partition for swapping
Then, I will inject a small code to the system to run during boot (I think I will use init.d) to unmount /data partition (I don't know if it's necessary) and remount it to the EXT4 partition.
The best part of this method is it's simple, more efficient than Link2SD (since it makes the /data partition gets fully hooked into SD card in no time) and also makes boot up progress faster (no apps check and relink)
If someone can help improving the concept or even turn it into a prototype or a real stuff, leave your ideas at the comments.
Thanks.
too good if this can really be implemented... if someone knows how to do it...please comment
Instead of mounting the sdcard as Data Partition, i would instead Turn of the sdcard Emulation, since the sdcard has lower rw Speed what would slow Down the Phone.
adi2500 said:
Instead of mounting the sdcard as Data Partition, i would instead Turn of the sdcard Emulation, since the sdcard has lower rw Speed what would slow Down the Phone.
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In fact, the internal EMMC storage is even slower than a SD card. Plus the sdcard emulation is a function implemented into Android kernel itself, while I'm just adding the code. And this is NOT for speed, it's for storage.