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[Q] Link 2SD

I have updated to CM7 Mod
then i created a 300mb ext2 partition through PC
then after that i manually linked all of the apps to the ext partition but i still have 1MB left in the internal storage even after linking
hope somebody could help cause it didnt automatically linked the apps

RRRb50 said:
I have updated to CM7 Mod
then i created a 300mb ext2 partition through PC
then after that i manually linked all of the apps to the ext partition but i still have 1MB left in the internal storage even after linking
hope somebody could help cause it didnt automatically linked the apps
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Hello there,
did you reboot the phone? Did you link only apk or also dex and lib files of the applications?
How many apps are installed? You can view apps that are on the SD card but not on the ext partition. maybe they didnt get linked?

yes i did reboot the Mobile..and i have linked the dex and lib files too
there are 46-49 apps installed
yes it says ---> Linked

when im on sense, im using DT a2sd (ext4)
when im on CM base, im using S2E (ext4). I got more than 100mb free space after more than 50 apps installed.

so should i delete the old ext2 partition and make a ext4 one?

Use flashable data2sd script...it worked for me
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RRRb50 said:
so should i delete the old ext2 partition and make a ext4 one?
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It doesn't really matter.
I would suggest factory reset, then installing Link2SD.Open it, and tick "Auto link".Then install all apps you need, and you're fine.
By the way, that internal storage information from phone is not correct.
For example, I have 50 apps installed with 30mb free internal storage.Then I delete one app (2mb), and the phone shows 50mb free.So, it's not correct.Don't know why, but that's the way Link2SD works.I got used to it.
Anyway, if you have Class 6 or up sdcard, then I'd suggest using data2sd, otherwise, stick with Link2SD.

abhi8569 said:
Use flashable data2sd script...it worked for me
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will i have to remove my files on my sd card including the ext2 and normal one
Nightshadow931 said:
It doesn't really matter.
I would suggest factory reset, then installing Link2SD.Open it, and tick "Auto link".Then install all apps you need, and you're fine.
By the way, that internal storage information from phone is not correct.
For example, I have 50 apps installed with 30mb free internal storage.Then I delete one app (2mb), and the phone shows 50mb free.So, it's not correct.Don't know why, but that's the way Link2SD works.I got used to it.
Anyway, if you have Class 6 or up sdcard, then I'd suggest using data2sd, otherwise, stick with Link2SD.
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yeah i calculated the size and the size it showed was smaller
but when i started using link2sd for the first time i always used to have 55MB even if i install new apps but now its only 10-15MB
well thanks though
and how to check the SD Card LVL

no u dnt need to remove files frm your sdcard.....just boot to recovery format sd-ext and then flash data2sd
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abhi8569 said:
no u dnt need to remove files frm your sdcard.....just boot to recovery format sd-ext and then flash data2sd
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can you send me the link and how to use

download it .... flash ur rom and then flash this data2sd ...
rghost.net/36730050
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abhi8569 said:
download it .... flash ur rom and then flash this data2sd ...
rghost.net/36730050
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do i need to reinstall my CM mod to install it
cant i install it without flasing the rom

ya u can flash without reinstalling the rom.......
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As I said, do not even bother flashing that if you have class 2/4 sdcard.
Your phone will lag as hell.
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Nightshadow931 said:
As I said, do not even bother flashing that if you have class 2/4 sdcard.
Your phone will lag as hell.
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how can you tell what class sd card your using plz ?

I would also recommend S2E, like asdot said earlier.
It is in my opinion the easiest and best solution when you are using CM (7 or 9, both work).
Just install it from the market.
And it is true, if you have a slow SD card I would not use data2sd. The app S2E gives you the option to move apps only, not their data. I use that option and have a very fast phone with basically endless memory

B3NJY said:
how can you tell what class sd card your using plz ?
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Use antutu to test sdcard read/write speed.
Compare with this(write speed is what's important)

low on space

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

Okay... did I misunderstand, or does Link2SD simply not move data?

I'm just not having a lucky day with my Xperia Play.
My system already crashed, leaving a lot of my save data locked in a CWM backup I couldn't break into... and now I've even lost that. So I'm pretty much starting all over with my Xperia Play... and I thought "What better a time than now to give Link2SD a shot?"
Major things that had me interested in this were those times where bastards like Gameloft or Dvide Arts decided it was a good idea to suck 20+MB off our devices in the form of /data/data so that we couldn't get it off our card. And now that I finally went through all the trouble minitool partitions and such... it seems I'm not able to move the application data to that second SD partition.
Am I doing something wrong? I'd really love to just be able to go install crazy without ever having to worry about space again... but if Link2SD can only move the bulk of installation without data, it's just another pointless app to me.

Link2SD doesn't link an app's data, only the apk itself, the lib files, and the dalvik caches

Okay, I made a very, very wrong assertion about Link2SD earlier.
Indeed, it does not move SD data... but moving all those little accumulations of 356KB-5MB to the SD for my other installs is AMAZING. I do still wish I could give Gameloft the middle finger by sending their shady /data/data consumption trickery to the SD, but this is letting me stockpile on apps like nobody's business.

How would you moved things that you have linked to the second partition on a new SD card?

KindaUndisputed said:
How would you moved things that you have linked to the second partition on a new SD card?
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Not sure, but that is a damn fine question as I'm thinking about moving up from 32GB to 64GB.

Yeah, I've just ordered my 64GB. The only thing I can think of is either trying to access the files in the second partition from the computer (then try copy and paste) or removing the link of all the apps and then relinking them with the new micro SD card
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Nandroid backups take a backup of the sd-ext partition, which can be restored to a new SD card as long as the new card is partitioned as well

Nandroid backup?
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KindaUndisputed said:
Nandroid backup?
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I'm unfamiliar with that terminology as well, but I do see that the partitioning tool I used (Minitool) has some very clear cut options to clone and copy, given that the new flash drive has unallocated space, so it should be a pretty easy process.
...if I'm right, all we'd have to do is delete the default partition on the 64GB, copy the two SD partitions from the 32GB to the 64GB and (obviously) extend them to take advantage of the larger card.

A nandroid backup is the backup ClockworkMod Recovery takes. Can you access recovery?

Yeah I can, where do you back up from there?
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Go into recovery, select "backup and restore", then "backup". I would've thought it was self explanatory. When restoring the sd-ext data, choose advanced restore so you can restore that specific sd-ext data without overwriting any other partitions such as /data or /system

Does that backup the second partition on the SD card as well though? I'm assuming you go into advanced restore to restore it.
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The second partition? That IS sd-ext. The MicroSD card's first partition doesn't get backed up, as it doesn't need to be

Do you restore it in advanced restore?
Edit: seen your above post now. No need to answer this
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How do you delete a backup?
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KindaUndisputed said:
How do you delete a backup?
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You delete a backup by going into the SD card, navigating to /clockworkmod/backup/ then selecting the backup's folder and deleting it

Thanks for all your help!
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You're quite welcome

Solved:External to internal:How to revert back?

How to go back to default internal storage and external sd card in ertenal to internal app?
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bongski55 said:
How to go back to default internal storage and external sd card in ertenal to internal app?
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Don't give EXT2INT SuperUser Permission ... or simply delete the APP using root explorer...:good:
Hit thanks if i help you.

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pramodmadhu007 said:
Don't give EXT2INT SuperUser Permission ... or simply delete the APP using root explorer...:good:
Hit thanks if i help you.
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I tried deleting the app, also tried wipe cache and dalvik no luck still my internal and external sd are interchanged. The only way I found to work is to restore nandroid backup that does not include ext to int installed. That is an extreme method
EDIT: K2wl answered this in his ROM thread.....

link2sd HTC One M8

Good evening, I open a topic that I believe none of you have already dealt with! Practically since we have an SD slot I wanted to use Link2SD or App2SD but I noticed that every installation of any software does not lead to anything in fact he always says that once installed the script for installation on sd games programs etc.. does not work and requires you to install the script and so on ad infinitum! Do you have a solution? maybe special permits? thanks
P.S. the solution to move the app does not work with the generic software in fact already moving asphalt is not possible!

mago988 said:
Good evening, I open a topic that I believe none of you have already dealt with! Practically since we have an SD slot I wanted to use Link2SD or App2SD but I noticed that every installation of any software does not lead to anything in fact he always says that once installed the script for installation on sd games programs etc.. does not work and requires you to install the script and so on ad infinitum! Do you have a solution? maybe special permits? thanks
P.S. the solution to move the app does not work with the generic software in fact already moving asphalt is not possible!
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nice that you remind me..just found a nice xposed app/tweak...which do it for me...its called XInstaller it have a option to install the apps to sd and its working...only the user data go to data/data and the dalvik cache...thats normal and ok (because it will slow down the process if they are on sd)..but all other to sd

Waw thankssssss! Tomorrow i try this method
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Alex-V said:
nice that you remind me..just found a nice xposed app/tweak...which do it for me...its called XInstaller it have a option to install the apps to sd and its working...only the user data go to data/data and the dalvik cache...thats normal and ok (because it will slow down the process if they are on sd)..but all other to sd
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A friend and I were just going through this. He seems very determined to use a move to SD app of one kind or another.
While I'm tiring to convince him it's totally unnecessary, his total app install is under 3 gigs, while the phone is packing a whopping 22 + gigs of free space on the internal SD.
The link2sd app is great if you have a phone with very little free space on the system, but why on earth would you need more than the 22+ gig's available on the M8 ? especially considering you can store all your pictures and music and nandroids on the ext sdcard.
thanks for your suggestion I'll let him know about it

hello m8 I have the 16 GB version and unfortunately they are few! I tried the xinstaller but it only installs the application on the micro sd but the data if they are not on the internal memory does not work! Other solution?
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For that you need a complete data 2 sd replace script...it's possible and there are many not for this phone yet..

Thanks Alex, i found a solution! I use fouldermount Root Premium and with this i create a link on SD for game and app big! At the start the phone mount the link and all work fine! Isn't necessary to create a partition ext3 or ext4 becouse this app use fat32 partition
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mago988 said:
Thanks Alex, i found a solution! I use fouldermount Root Premium and with this i create a link on SD for game and app big! At the start the phone mount the link and all work fine! Isn't necessary to create a partition ext3 or ext4 becouse this app use fat32 partition
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Nice..will try this

mago988 said:
Thanks Alex, i found a solution! I use fouldermount Root Premium and with this i create a link on SD for game and app big! At the start the phone mount the link and all work fine! Isn't necessary to create a partition ext3 or ext4 becouse this app use fat32 partition
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Thanks for this I'll let my friend know

mago988 said:
Thanks Alex, i found a solution! I use fouldermount Root Premium and with this i create a link on SD for game and app big! At the start the phone mount the link and all work fine! Isn't necessary to create a partition ext3 or ext4 becouse this app use fat32 partition
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this is working for me and it's very good :good: