[Q] Why can't I create my EXT4 Partition? - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

As title says , im unable to create the EXT4 partition on my SD Card. I have 2 SD Cards one 8GB class 2 , and other one 32GB class 10. Normally i use my 8GB class 2 card but I wanted to change it to the bigger one because the 8GB is not enough for me . I've 7GB Fat32 and 1GB EXT4 on it working perfectly , i partitioned it in the 4EXT recovery. Although , I wanted to change it with my other 32GB card. Everything seems to be perfect, i supposed to create the 1GB EXT4 again but... after partitioning i go to "info" it doesnt show me the EXT4 partition unfortunately ...just saying that my ext is not formatted , but i cant format it because i didnt create it on my 8GB SD Card it shows that i have the ext4 partition, but on the 32GB it doesnt... and the problem is i cant boot up any ROM with it could anyone help me with this? I really want to use the 32GB card but i cant for now

Try doing the formatting with Gparted.

Chromium_ said:
Try doing the formatting with Gparted.
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Hey Chromium Yeah so, I tried to partition the SD Card with Gparted but unfortunately , when I booted it up , I cant see my SD Card info.. Only the PC Partitions. Could the problem be that , my phone is in 4ext recovery?? I did turn on the Disk Drive from recoery but Gparted still cant see it. I tried several times "Search for devices" in Gparted but didnt help. Any idea bro? I never did it with the Gparted , i always partitioned my SD card by recovieres or Minitool Partition so im not used to it

proadi96 said:
Hey Chromium Yeah so, I tried to partition the SD Card with Gparted but unfortunately , when I booted it up , I cant see my SD Card info.. Only the PC Partitions. Could the problem be that , my phone is in 4ext recovery?? I did turn on the Disk Drive from recoery but Gparted still cant see it. I tried several times "Search for devices" in Gparted but didnt help. Any idea bro? I never did it with the Gparted , i always partitioned my SD card by recovieres or Minitool Partition so im not used to it
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Did you follow the partition instructions for gparted here?

Of course man ... But on the step that I should see the PC partitions along with the SD Card , There is no SD Card there are 3 ntfs partitions and the Unallocated Space one. I don't know what's the problem really
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Try putting your sdcard into a card reader

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Try putting your sdcard into a card reader
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Okay ,will do.
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Thats what is showing up even with card reader
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proadi96 said:
Thats what is showing up even with card reader
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Does gparted see the 8GB sd-card?

abaaaabbbb63 said:
Does gparted see the 8GB sd-card?
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I just tried it , and unfortunately it doesnt I might try on another computer if its working
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proadi96 said:
I just tried it , and unfortunately it doesnt I might try on another computer if its working
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Yeah, might be the PC's fault. Try another one.

The fault was the laptop I tried on my other PC and it worked (I could see the partitions )i succesfully formated it by Gparted , but in phones recovery in the "Info" option the SD-EXT is still not formatted .. 30gb is fat32 , 1gb sd-ext and 30mb swap (I don't need it , but I really want to use this SD card so I just did everything like in the guide even if I wouldn't need it). I dont know If the problem is the SD card itself or..
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I really cant figure this out
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proadi96 said:
The fault was the laptop I tried on my other PC and it worked (I could see the partitions )i succesfully formated it by Gparted , but in phones recovery in the "Info" option the SD-EXT is still not formatted .. 30gb is fat32 , 1gb sd-ext and 30mb swap (I don't need it , but I really want to use this SD card so I just did everything like in the guide even if I wouldn't need it). I dont know If the problem is the SD card itself or..
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Try without swap, you don't need it. It should be removed from the guide
Both partitions primary, FAT32 first (on the left) and the ext4 second (on the right)
What ROM are you trying it with? Have you checked whether apps are actually installing to the partition with something like DiskUsage?

eddiehk6 said:
Try without swap, you don't need it. It should be removed from the guide
Both partitions primary, FAT32 first (on the left) and the ext4 second (on the right)
What ROM are you trying it with? Have you checked whether apps are actually installing to the partition with something like DiskUsage?
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I tried it on Beanstalk ROM. The problem is, when I make sdext partition on 32gb sd card, and I tey to boot up the phone goes to bootloop :/ even if i install ROM with this card in while flashing, the ROM still wont boot up so I cant check if the partition is working in this way My 1000 post, I feel happy to be here so long
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proadi96 said:
I tried it on Beanstalk ROM. The problem is, when I make sdext partition on 32gb sd card, and I tey to boot up the phone goes to bootloop :/ even if i install ROM with this card in while flashing, the ROM still wont boot up so I cant check if the partition is working in this way My 1000 post, I feel happy to be here so long
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- Have you tried partitioning the card completely from scratch again, max 2GB ext4, no swap?
- Does 4EXT recovery see and check that the partitions are aligned?
- Tried installing a different ROM which requires an sd-ext partition just to try something else and get it booting?
If you've tried all the steps, could be a bad card though unlikely in my experience.

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SD card problem after partition with gParted...is READ ONLY?!?

Have big problem after gParted partition...first partition is fat32 and another one is ext3...
But my sd is now Read only?!?
What happened? I don't have any of my folders...backups, roms...but I put it there after partitioning...
There are just some signs and cant get in any of my folder named with this signs...same thing when i have to see it in win7...
Can't do anything with SD now....can't see it in gParted and can't see it in win7
Can I save my data? Everything is on this card....everything. I put files in folder on my desktop, and put them back when finished partitioning and everything was fine first 10 seconds...but files was CUT/paste
PLEASE HELP!
Card is Samsung 4GB class 2
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Can i buy this one for my device: TRANSCEND 8GB 8G Micro SDHC Card + SD Adapter Class 6 (eBay 19,89$)
...'cause is SDHC or any other sd what somebody can advice to me?
Put the sd in a card reader or connect it while the phone is in recovery and don't forget to mount the ext partition, then redo the partitions. This will wipe everything so if you want your data back you have to find it some other way.
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Thanks for the answer but....
TheGhost1233 said:
...connect it while the phone is in recovery
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Was..but can't see it?! I connect device in USB (win7) and can't see it...
TheGhost1233 said:
...and don't forget to mount the ext partition, then redo the partitions.
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How to do that? Really don't know..
TheGhost1233 said:
This will wipe everything so if you want your data back you have to find it some other way.
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Any advice how to get my data back?
In recovery there is a option called mounts and storage (or something similar) make sure you mount the fat and ext partition. If you don't see your data then you can try some sort of data recovery program.
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Ok...I'll try something.
Thank you
Fix it with card reader but my data wasn't there
Said 3,15GB total (rest is ext3)
2,41GB free and 758MB used space...that means that my data is on sd card but I can't see it?!? Because I see just 4 folders which are empty (0 bytes)...what's with the other 758MB? Where they are?
I recoverd almost everything with PowerDataRecovery tool, but don't want to put it back to SD 'cause of this 758MB of used space...
Anyone have some idea what can I do? Before make another format...
ES file explorer doesn't work and SuperBox File Manager doesn't work...can't believe it!
Do I need to format SD card and loose my (hidden) data?
chillout23 said:
...but don't want to put it back to SD 'cause of this 758MB of used space...
Anyone have some idea what can I do? Before make another format...
ES file explorer doesn't work and SuperBox File Manager doesn't work...can't believe it!
Do I need to format SD card and loose my (hidden) data?
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Answer is:
Found 1 file 758MB large and can't open it...device freeze every time I touch file...Delete this file and everything's work fine and put recover data back to SD, run GingerVillain 1.4 and work like a charm here
I fixed problem with unmounted sd with card reader/right click on sd/properties/fix...

JOYFLASH 16GB CLASS 10 corrupted!help pls!

I have a reaaal issue since yesterday night..suddenly i get the notification that "sd card has encountered an unexpected error amd cannot be mounted". Since then, i cannot access the sd card, i tried rebooting,removing it, trying to find it in recovery but NO LUCK! Yet still the ext partition seems to be there..ANY HELP pls?
Windows cannot access it either,but sd repair programs can see it,but still no luck in repairing it. Any useful program to use?
Thanx,
T.
P.s: running v37, joyflash micro sd 16gb class10
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i guess its time to buy a new card...even my card had same prob..
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Try reformat it in the PC using Gparted - if that's not working, Search for USB BRICK and fixing.
If that won't help, then buy a new SD.
Well if thats the case, i will recover al my files with the repair programs i have,and then try to format it..but i was hoping for a way to recover everything without formatting the card..
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davebugyi said:
Try reformat it in the PC using Gparted - if that's not working, Search for USB BRICK and fixing.
If that won't help, then buy a new SD.
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Gparted live? Have never used it since all partitions are made through recovery amonra.
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Buy a reputable brand card
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thanito said:
Gparted live? Have never used it since all partitions are made through recovery amonra.
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AmonRa is reliable, but when the card is messed up, it maybe won't work correctly.
I am using GParted for partitioning, easy to use and always works.
Search Developent for tutorial (also with video).
Well gparted saved my sd card when the phone wont recognized and even the computer wont even recognized.
aphuoc said:
Well gparted saved my sd card when the phone wont recognized and even the computer wont even recognized.
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Well I run Gparted live USB, and the weird thing is that even gparted could not see the sd card.
In windows Disk Management it sees the sd card as RAW partition..any clue about the RAW format???
I rescued a lot of my files with other programs but even when they show that the sd card is healthy, windows, linux, android cannot recognize it. The only solution is to format it i think..

[Q] Low Memory Issue

My girlfriend got the HTC Wildfire S for MetroPCS a couple of weeks ago. It is a nice phone except for one little problem: The internal memory is crap. She has exactly 5 apps installed, all are moved to SD, and she has 7.14 MB or internal memory free. It is running the stock 2.3 Rom rooted. I need some help figuring out what to do. Before you guys make suggestions let me list what I have already done:
1. S-OFF and rooted, removed all bloatware, which moved it from 3.21 MB to 8 MB which seems like BS because a few of those apps were about 6 MB in size.
2. Moved apps to SD card partially in the applications menu in settings.
3. Cleaned caches
4. Uninstalled almost every application.
This is very frustrating because she cant update apps, she cant download apps, and it is frustrating because I have the old Huawei Ascend on CM7 and I have more apps and am faster than her phone, its ridiculous, I also wonder why after removing over 60MB or crap and bloatware it freed up about 7MB. Makes no sense. I don't want to do DT's app2sd script yet because she doesn't have a way to back up her stuff before the partition of the SD card. If anyone can explain another way or something I can do to fix this please..... It would be greatly appreciated.
Use Partition Wizard Home (Free) to resize your FAT32 partition and create your Ext(whatever your kernel supports) partition on a windows machine.
No need to back up. Doesn't destroy partitions.
My preference is Link2SD free from the market.
You can mass move your apps, dalvik cache and library files to the Ext(Probably Ext2 with stock rom kernel) from the SD card and internal to your Ext partition very easy.
Also you can set it up to auto do this when new apps are installed and choose which apps you want to keep fully internal for faster booting, startup, etc.
d33ps1x said:
Use Partition Wizard Home (Free) to resize your FAT32 partition and create your Ext(whatever your kernel supports) partition on a windows machine.
No need to back up. Doesn't destroy partitions.
My preference is Link2SD free from the market.
You can mass move your apps, dalvik cache and library files to the Ext(Probably Ext2 with stock rom kernel) from the SD card and internal to your Ext partition very easy.
Also you can set it up to auto do this when new apps are installed and choose which apps you want to keep fully internal for faster booting, startup, etc.
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I appreciate the fast reply. but here is my issue, she doesnt have a computer... is there anything else we can try?
AtmosFEAR4701 said:
I appreciate the fast reply. but here is my issue, she doesnt have a computer... is there anything else we can try?
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Someone else's computer...
Helped...3
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I did try that and. now the phone can't see the SD card. what shoud I do use a SD card reader. and wipe it?
raven.warsong said:
I did try that and. now the phone can't see the SD card. what shoud I do use a SD card reader. and wipe it?
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Is this the same question from two different people or one person logged on as two different people?
If your card is corrupt and can't be read try a program like Recuva on the PC (free) to get your files from it.
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Someone else's computer...
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Okay, I will get her phone on Thursday and try app2sd.
d33ps1x said:
Is this the same question from two different people or one person logged on as two different people?
If your card is corrupt and can't be read try a program like Recuva on the PC (free) to get your files from it.
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sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
raven.warsong said:
sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
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The card shows up and reads in windows?
AtmosFEAR4701 said:
The card shows up and reads in windows?
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yes and cant be read after any changes with mini tool partion wizard
if I make partions with windows storage manager it works fine. The only problem with that is windows see more that one partion on what it considers removal meda but cant create edit or change it. so gess im searching for a new partion tool or get some bootabe image of a linix distro and try it from there
Active partition, Fat32 and Primary partition?
raven.warsong said:
sorry different person. Got a new card read sd card checks out after partion it will just not read the card can all kind of test on the card formated changed partion back to fad 32 it will just not read the card mounts in windows just fine.
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Format it in windows using the partition software I mentioned and make sure it is:
1/ Fat32
2/ A Primary not a Logical partition
3/ Make it the Active partition
thanks I have been working on it and got it to see the sd card
what about the 2 partion should it be ext2 ext 3 or fad 32 I guss it dose not matter I have tried all 3 but link2sd will not see the 2 partion
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the phone will see the sd card I have tryed fad 32,ext2 ,ext 3 and ext4 that app will see none of them as the second partion are you shure I dont need root or some thing? sorry for all the nob questions
raven.warsong said:
thanks I have been working on it and got it to see the sd card
what about the 2 partion should it be ext2 ext 3 or fad 32 I guss it dose not matter I have tried all 3 but link2sd will not see the 2 partion
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Choose EXT3
Sorry for the double post but you have to be rooted from what I understand. There is also a script or application that you have to use to move the apps and you MUST be rooted.
thanks much I kind if figured that now sorry for wasting your time guess I should I read more or some thing
It's no problem good luck!
I have had good luck with this
http://androidforums.com/micromax-a70/422359-how-force-install-apps-sd-card-without-root-a70.html
sd card does not work
AtmosFEAR4701 said:
The card shows up and reads in windows?
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what should i do if d sd card reads in windows and does not respond in the phone?? is there any way to recover it?? bcos i cant take d risk of ruining the memory card as it is my brother's office phone n he will kill me if something goes wrong wit it

[Q] sd card not recognized!!help please!

Hi,
my htc wildfire s is not recognizing my sd card..i have tried soft and hard reset..even fashed 2-3 other roms..(clockwork mod is able to recognize my sd card if i specifically mount it, so i can install roms and patches)...i tried the solution gven in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243 but it didnt work...please help..!!currently my phone is bootloader unlocked and in s-on stage running cm7 rc1 stable version!
Have you formatted the sdcard to fat32?
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yes i have...also it was already in fat32!!hmmm..i did make a partition of 1gb ext2 for link2sd..but now am not able to view in in the partition manager......now i have only around 6gb for use...but that doesnt matter..i just want my card to be recognized in my phone!!
Some class 4 cards are not recognised. What class is yours?
i dont know...how do i find class f the card..its sandisk card that i bought..i m from india..also initially the card was working fine..after i made the partition this morning it stopped working...also card is mounting in clockwork mod recovery without any errors...so i guess theres no problem with the card..
P.S--if i revert back to non rooted stock HTC, will this be fine??
siddharthmani said:
i dont know...how do i find class f the card..its sandisk card that i bought..i m from india..also initially the card was working fine..after i made the partition this morning it stopped working...also card is mounting in clockwork mod recovery without any errors...so i guess theres no problem with the card..
P.S--if i revert back to non rooted stock HTC, will this be fine??
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Your class is the number in the circle on the card.
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i got it..its a class 4 sd card in that case..but it was working till now..wats wrong with it suddenly..??and as i said its mounting in clockwork mod perfectly..do i need to flash a stock rom or something??i tried flashing cyanogen and hensemod..both r working but without mounting sd card!!
P.S--it gives error wen i try to mount sd-ext saying "Error mounting sdcard/sd-ext"
siddharthmani said:
i got it..its a class 4 sd card in that case..but it was working till now..wats wrong with it suddenly..??and as i said its mounting in clockwork mod perfectly..do i need to flash a stock rom or something??i tried flashing cyanogen and hensemod..both r working but without mounting sd card!!
P.S--it gives error wen i try to mount sd-ext saying "Error mounting sdcard/sd-ext"
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I also had this problem with my 8gb class4 card. Bought a new one. Or you can run Thing ROM by einstein.frat, search it.
SanderTheNinja said:
I also had this problem with my 8gb class4 card. Bought a new one. Or you can run Thing ROM by einstein.frat, search it.
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the problem is not running roms..i can run any rom i want as i m able to mount the sd card in cwm..problem is card not getting recognized in any of the roms...without sd card,i cant save data,install more apps or anything...!!
P.S-i think i know the problem..i made an ext2 partition on the card for 1gb which it is not showing now even in the partition tool wizard..any ideas how to get it back,my ful card capacity???
solved it finally...it was a simple step...i had to make a partition in the sd card through cwm and give the swap size as 0..finally its working..thanks for ur support guys!!
No Luck For Me
I believe it may just be a hardware issue I am having. But maybe someone can point me out to something helpful.
I put the card in, it is not recognized, by either the phone, or by CWM
With the phone on, and in 'Settings' -> 'SD & Phone Storage', the card does not appear. I slowly pull the card out, and 'Mount SD' & 'Erase SD Card' both go from unavailable (greyed out), to full on available and White for a split second. After that nothing...
It does this with 3 different cards. an 8G Class 4, a 2G Class 10, and a 2G Class 4
I've contacted HTC about it, but who knows when they'll get back to me. Anyone here know of a solution?
Try formatting the sdcard or reset phone.
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Been there... done that
junxracr said:
Try formatting the sdcard or reset phone.
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Sorry. Tried that too. Multiple times
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It's as if the contacts inside the phone are screwed up. Like I said, when I pull the card out of the phone, while in the settings, it recognizes it on the way out for a split second.
I've been trying for the last half-hour to try to get it right to that point where it flashes the 'mount' to white... but I must just have goofy thumbs, because I can't quite get it...
Following you I have lost all my datas from SD card
siddharthmani said:
solved it finally...it was a simple step...i had to make a partition in the sd card through cwm and give the swap size as 0..finally its working..thanks for ur support guys!!
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Same problem I am facing. It is working fine with Minicm10 but not in Minicm9. Following you I have lost all my datas from SD card.Again I have inserted another card but same problem. Please anyone help...
I HAD THIS PROBLEM once.... i put my card in another phone(not a smartphone, nokia 2730...) and formatted it... after that my card starts working on my phone... try that...

How to partition SD card in HTC One X?

Hi,
I was trying to create ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions on the SD card. I tried ClockworkMod recovery and it didn't work. Nothing seems to have happened.
I also tried using MiniTool and that also failed. I tried both Disk Utility and GParted in Ubuntu and it still didn't work. For MiniTool, Disk Utility, and GParted, after I finished partitioning the partitions showed up on the computer OK, but when USB's disconnected the One X says that the SD card's corrupted.
Has anybody done this? Or is there some other way to solve this?
Thanks!
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After some more playing around, it seems that the problem might be something related to a partition table.
When there's no partition table, it works fine, but after I add a partition table it seems that the phone can't recognize the SD card anymore.
It's been a while since I partitioned an SD, but I think you can do it with ROM manager from the Play Store.
tmy1018 said:
Hi,
I was trying to create ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions on the SD card. I tried ClockworkMod recovery and it didn't work. Nothing seems to have happened.
I also tried using MiniTool and that also failed. I tried both Disk Utility and GParted in Ubuntu and it still didn't work. For MiniTool, Disk Utility, and GParted, after I finished partitioning the partitions showed up on the computer OK, but when USB's disconnected the One X says that the SD card's corrupted.
Has anybody done this? Or is there some other way to solve this?
Thanks!
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You can't and I don't see the point. Give up trying to solve a problem you don't have.
You can't. The sdcard can only be used as fat32 or possibly exfat.
Anything else and it will show as corrupt in android
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UKseagull said:
It's been a while since I partitioned an SD, but I think you can do it with ROM manager from the Play Store.
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Were you using HTC One X?
When I tried to partition the SD card in ROM Manager it just got stuck when it said it has to install a recovery although I have a newer version of CWM recovery already installed.
You can't do it. The whole internal memory of the phone has loads of partitions, of which the "sd card" is one. You can't take a partition and nest partition tables in it.
UKseagull said:
It's been a while since I partitioned an SD, but I think you can do it with ROM manager from the Play Store.
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I decided that I don't really need a partition so I just made a `.img` file and mounted it as a loop device.
tmy1018 said:
Were you using HTC One X?
When I tried to partition the SD card in ROM Manager it just got stuck when it said it has to install a recovery although I have a newer version of CWM recovery already installed.
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I apologise, I actually forgot that this has an internal SD. Doh!
I only had my One X for 2 days before sending it away for repair. I'm not familiar enough with it yet!

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