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[Q] need help for sd card partition

hello everyone,
i need your help to partition my sd card and to enable app2sd, last week i had formated my sd card cause i ve got somme probleme witjh it the sd carde were parttionned and working fine but after formating it i tried to partition it with mad team app2sd(using kyrillos 4.1 oc) application as i did befor, but after enting commande in termainal emulator and copying fs convert to fugmode reprtory in sd card i can t no longer see a2sd line in titanium back up i tried to reformat reflash with xjpf, xjpm then many other custom rom nothing happen i made a secreenshot of titanium backup screen but i cant upload it to the post
so i dont know what a did wrong this time
many thanks for your help

hi..
Format the sdcard and try partitioning using minitool..

thank for your reply
can you tell me if i put this on minitool
partition fat 32: 13gb
ext 2:1.5gb
ext 3:200mb will it work? and if i have to enter commande mkfs.vfat/dev/block..
in terminal emulator
now i m using kyrillos 5.5

The partition should be ext4 and you won't require 1.5gb for apps.. Make an ext4 partition of 512mb or 1gb and the second partition fat32 .. swap partition isn't necessary
also make sure that both partitions are primary ..
And you won't have to enter any command in terminal emulator..

Ok very thankful for your reply i will try tomorow
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You're welcome

hello again
i tried your solution but still not working i explain: i formated my sd card using gparted live cd and external card reader then i made 2 partition: fat 32(13.95) and ext4 (1gb) both as primary then i shutedown my phon put sd card on it and the phone didnt boot(bootloop during 10 min) so i removed the battery removed sd card i copied the content of the reportery sdcard present in the kyrillos 5.5 zip and still not bootin , so i removed again the battery and sd card then the phone starts without the sd card and when i put the sd card and when i go the titanium backup its shows me a prtition with 14.9
any suggestion please

Does it show a field named app2sd in titanium? If yes, what is the size of it ?
Also let the phone boot with the sdcard in.. It sometimes takes a very long time on the first boot..

no its not shoing its, do you think that if i try to reflash with kyrillos rom may be it ll work

leper-messiah said:
no its not shoing its, do you think that if i try to reflash with kyrillos rom may be it ll work
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Reflashing could help but do that only if you're sure that you've partitioned the sdcard correctly

i tried to boot the phone with sd card in but its freez on boot after about 15 min
this is my partitions:
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and this is what i m getting with titanium back up

The partitions are correct.. try reflashing with sdcard In ...

Tried but the phone wont boot toll i remove the sd card i dont know what wrong
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Any idea of what going wrong
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leper-messiah said:
Tried but the phone wont boot toll i remove the sd card i dont know what wrong
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Which version of app2sd are you using?? And do you have CWM recovery?? If yes, then boot into recovery with SD card in. Then wipe data. And reboot. If it doesn t boot, again goto recovery and wipe data. Keep doing it few times till it boots. The first boot will take longer time.

I use kyrillos rom 5.5 but as i said i cant use cwm because my volume up and down are out so i cant navigate throught the menu
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leper-messiah said:
I use kyrillos rom 5.5 but as i said i cant use cwm because my volume up and down are out so i cant navigate throught the menu
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Hmm. Then boot up first. Then insert SD card. And then do factory reset by going into settings=>privacy. Do this a few times till it boots. Doing factory reset also wipes data. So this should also work(theoretically).

Will try this just one thing should i flash the ketnel too
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leper-messiah said:
Will try this just one thing should i flash the ketnel too
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Kernel?? Why ?? Kyrillos v5.5 come with Fugumod 2.4 beta3 standard edition.

Yes i guess and how zbout fs.convert should i put in fugmod directory
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[Q] Been trying everything to create ext4

Hi folks,
I hope somebody can help me out here.
I want to create the ext4.
I tried whole evening and read so much. Getting desprate
I tried:
- In Minitool: ext4. Does not work, every time I boot (I have K7-OC with G3mod kernel ) my phone is in a bootloop?
- via USB connection and minitool: I get &é"'é"'("("§" signs and both partitions are damaged.
- EASUS 9 is not capable of ext4 for now.
- Formatting in (G3mod) clockwork, it creates an ext3, wich is not enough
I tried the Fugumod kernel for formatting, but this one hanged every time.
It's quite crazy because I managed to create the ext4 by formating in G3mod CWM and format to ext4 in minitool. Suddenly I could see it in Titanium:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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But stupid me, I forgot to remove the SD card when reflashing the K7 rom, and the partition was damaged. (is this a bug). But now at least I know this is why my phone was blocking everytime, because of a damaged ext partition.
So, can anybody give me advice or tell me how to get finaly a ext4???

Godyn said:
Hi folks,
I hope somebody can help me out here.
I want to create the ext4.
I tried whole evening and read so much. Getting desprate
I tried:
- In Minitool: ext4. Does not work, every time I boot (I have K7-OC with G3mod kernel ) my phone is in a bootloop?
- via USB connection and minitool: I get &é"'é"'("("§" signs and both partitions are damaged.
- EASUS 9 is not capable of ext4 for now.
- Formatting in (G3mod) clockwork, it creates an ext3, wich is not enough
I tried the Fugumod kernel for formatting, but this one hanged every time.
It's quite crazy because I managed to create the ext4 by formating in G3mod CWM and format to ext4 in minitool. Suddenly I could see it in Titanium:
But stupid me, I forgot to remove the SD card when reflashing the K7 rom, and the partition was damaged. (is this a bug). But now at least I know this is why my phone was blocking everytime, because of a damaged ext partition.
So, can anybody give me advice or tell me how to get finaly a ext4???
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Remove app2sd script from /system/etc/init.d folder.. Then use data2sd ..
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Thx for your quick reply.
Some Q:
- How is that different?
- Where to download? (installin in the init.d ?)
- Make partitions? How? ext4?
- Will it solve the fact that the ext4 partition locks the phone at startup (not everytime it seems)
Do you know link2SD app? I think this could be a solution? Since the app2sd only copies the data, not Dalvisk?

Godyn said:
Thx for your quick reply.
Some Q:
- How is that different?
- Where to download? (installin in the init.d ?)
- Make partitions? How? ext4?
- Will it solve the fact that the ext4 partition locks the phone at startup (not everytime it seems)
Do you know link2SD app? I think this could be a solution? Since the app2sd only copies the data, not Dalvisk?
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1. what do u mean by BLOCKING UR PHONE everytime??
2."where to download??" downlod what??
3.1st partition ur sd via cwm .. u can try g3mod1.6 .. it wld b ext3 partition.. then convert it to ext4 via fs.convert
Code:
mmcblk0p2 ext4
4.yes.. it should.. )
i would say u should make a swap partition along mmcblk0p2 too..
edit: there a nice app for g3mod kernel .. u can use it to convert ur secondary sdcard partition too.. )

ranadip.bswas said:
1. what do u mean by BLOCKING UR PHONE everytime??
2."where to download??" downlod what??
3.1st partition ur sd via cwm .. u can try g3mod1.6 .. it wld b ext3 partition.. then convert it to ext4 via fs.convert
Code:
mmcblk0p2 ext4
4.yes.. it should.. )
i would say u should make a swap partition along mmcblk0p2 too..
edit: there a nice app for g3mod kernel .. u can use it to convert ur secondary sdcard partition too.. )
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thx mate,
- I think I go for link2SD, it's to complicated for me to check that all out.
- To be clear: I have ext4 now in minitool, and it stays there. When taking the SD card out and into the cardreader. Only thing is, my phone keeps rebooting for ever with the SD in the phone.
- I read that a swap slows your phone? I only have a class 4 card.
- What app do you mean for g3mod kernel?

Godyn said:
thx mate,
- I think I go for link2SD, it's to complicated for me to check that all out.
- To be clear: I have ext4 now in minitool, and it stays there. When taking the SD card out and into the cardreader. Only thing is, my phone keeps rebooting for ever with the SD in the phone.
- I read that a swap slows your phone? I only have a class 4 card.
- What app do you mean for g3mod kernel?
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Ur ext4 partition is corrupted..
Here is my solution..
Flash g3mod1.6... Go to recovery.. Format ext partition.. U r done..
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ranadip.bswas said:
Ur ext4 partition is corrupted..
Here is my solution..
Flash g3mod1.6... Go to recovery.. Format ext partition.. U r done..
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Thx mate !
Wonderful to get so much help here!
I just have it flashed
For now I use the combination of Link2SD and a2sd. (with fat32)
This works good for now. I have 50Mb free.
I will partition later if I get probs this way, because I installed all programs again (must be the 20th time I do this, last weeks, due to crashes and experimenting)
Let's keep the fingers crossed ;-)

Godyn said:
Thx mate !
Wonderful to get so much help here!
I just have it flashed
For now I use the combination of Link2SD and a2sd. (with fat32)
This works good for now. I have 50Mb free.
I will partition later if I get probs this way, because I installed all programs again (must be the 20th time I do this, last weeks, due to crashes and experimenting)
Let's keep the fingers crossed ;-)
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K np.
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So, at least with Kyrillos 6.x I had successfully made my partitions, used them.
Then I just flashed Kyrillos7.0 following the instructions included, now I have full working ext2 and ext3 partitions.
That should work for you guys too, if not maybe the problem is not the phone, nor the ROM, nor the kernel...

So I partitioned.

When it comes to partitioning SD Cards I am total noob.
Okay I partitioned my SD Card and made a 7 GB FAT32 partition of for my stuff and a EXT 4 of around 560 MB.....
After that I directly installed Kyorarom v0.5 and now I wanna know the few things:
1. What is App2SD?
2. What is App2SD+?
3. What is Data2SD?
4. What is Hybrid Data2SD?
And when I connect my phone to the PC and enable USB storage I find my SD Card empty while from my phone's file manager I see a few folders in it.....

Hybrid data2sd enable you to manually (and easy) select which files/folders you want to move to sd. Data wipe isnt nessesary take a look at herefor app2sd

Parth_goklani said:
Hybrid data2sd enable you to manually (and easy) select which files/folders you want to move to sd. Data wipe isnt nessesary take a look at herefor app2sd
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That did answer a few questions....
But why does my PC show my SD Card empty when I connect it using my phone?
While there are files in it when I see though phone's the file manager :X

Could someone please?
This is quite urgent....

[email protected] said:
Could someone please?
This is quite urgent....
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try to format it on pc and you'll see
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rkkoby said:
try to format it on pc and you'll see
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No use
Is this happening cause I didn't use a Card Reader and directly connected my SD Card using my phone?

[email protected] said:
No use
Is this happening cause I didn't use a Card Reader and directly connected my SD Card using my phone?
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how did u partitoned sdcard...i mean from cwm or pc ?
as i've partitioned it on pc with minitool...
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rkkoby said:
how did u partitoned sdcard...i mean from cwm or pc ?
as i've partitioned it on pc with minitool...
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I partitioned using PC.....
By MiniTool....
I now regret it...
Should have done by CWM...
But now that I have made the mistake how do I fix it?
When I connect to PC I can see the files which I transferred on SD Card from my PC. And in my phone I cannot see those files but I can see the files which were made by my phone such as folders like "Android", "Data" etc...

I want to turn my SD Card back to normal.
The way it was and then I will partition via CWM.
How do I turn it back to normal the way it was?
Just one whole partition with no Unallocated space?

[email protected] said:
I want to turn my SD Card back to normal.
The way it was and then I will partition via CWM.
How do I turn it back to normal the way it was?
Just one whole partition with no Unallocated space?
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format it in minitool...and delete all partitions you've made....e.g. wipe disk option in minitool...and make ond big fat32 partition...
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rkkoby said:
format it in minitool...and delete all partitions you've made....e.g. wipe disk option in minitool...and make ond big fat32 partition...
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Sadly that wasn't working....
The following problem was still there.
[email protected] said:
When I connect to PC I can see the files which I transferred on SD Card from my PC. And in my phone I cannot see those files but I can see the files which were made by my phone such as folders like "Android", "Data" etc...
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Nevermind.
I formatted card using my phone from settings and its all done now...
Thanks for all your help
And now,
I will partition my SD Card using CWM (512 MB) and Factory Reset (Kyorarom).
After that what do I do so that my EXT partition starts working and all apps get moved?

[email protected] said:
Sadly that wasn't working....
The following problem was still there.
Nevermind.
I formatted card using my phone from settings and its all done now...
Thanks for all your help
And now,
I will partition my SD Card using CWM (512 MB) and Factory Reset (Kyorarom).
After that what do I do so that my EXT partition starts working and all apps get moved?
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ok here we go again
http://db.tt/b5ahm2zW
download this .zip and extract it to root of ur sdcard..and owerwrite files...then reboot phone
after that go to kmapp and under hd2sd settings tick app, log, and under dalvik cache options select "move whole dalvik cache"...and reboot phone...if you're restoring from titanium...in settings set to install apps to internal....that's it
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rkkoby said:
ok here we go again
http://db.tt/b5ahm2zW
download this .zip and extract it to root of ur sdcard..and owerwrite files...then reboot phone
after that go to kmapp and under hd2sd settings tick app, log, and under dalvik cache options select "move whole dalvik cache"...and reboot phone...if you're restoring from titanium...in settings set to install apps to internal....that's it
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I didn't get what all you want me to tick.
Please don't use short forms.
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Tick enable h2sd then go to the h2sd settings and tick wad rkkoby said
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[email protected] said:
I didn't get what all you want me to tick.
Please don't use short forms.
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from 2nd screenie i see you have app2sd enabled...but if you want hybridata2sd you have to untick app2sd and tick hybriddata2sd...
btw: did u copy those files to sd...and check init.d folder...if there is app2sd script delete it....unless you will use app2sd....then you have 3 options v1, v2, v3...best is v2 coz v3 causes lags...coz with v3 all ur data goes to sd-ext...it should be like this when on hd2sd:
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Thanks mate...
All is working great...
One final question....
I partitioned using CWM Recovery so my partitions would be EXT3 right?
So will I lose all my data on that partition if I convert EXT3 to EXT4?

[email protected] said:
Thanks mate...
All is working great...
One final question....
I partitioned using CWM Recovery so my partitions would be EXT3 right?
So will I lose all my data on that partition if I convert EXT3 to EXT4?
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Yes
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bscraze said:
Yes
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hell nooo!
if you use fs.convert file you wont lose ur sd-ext data at all...
download this file and put it in sdcard/dat/g3mod/...and reboot phone..
system ext4
data ext4
cache ext2
sd-ext ext4
this is fs of. the file...
and if you get stuck at g3mod logo
wait 15min then force reboot phone
http://db.tt/NdhZuwCZ
cheers
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Well if you use fs.converr. if you dont it will get wiped
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rkkoby said:
hell nooo!
if you use fs.convert file you wont lose ur sd-ext data at all...
download this file and put it in sdcard/dat/g3mod/...and reboot phone..
system ext4
data ext4
cache ext2
sd-ext ext4
this is fs of. the file...
and if you get stuck at g3mod logo
wait 15min then force reboot phone
http://db.tt/NdhZuwCZ
cheers
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So I just put this file in the desired location and then I am done?

What can I do to free up more space on my device?

I moved apps that I possibly can to the SD card and I clean the cache daily. Is there no other option than to delete apps to free up space on my device?
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks

Are you rooted? If so you can partition your sd card and install dark tremors a2sd which allows you to moves apps and cache to the sd
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If you need help you can pm me and I'll be more than glad to walk you through it
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Thanks. Yes, I am rooted and used a2sd to move all possible apps to the SD. I have not partitioned because I have a 16g card and don't need to....right?
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Blipstein said:
Thanks. Yes, I am rooted and used a2sd to move all possible apps to the SD. I have not partitioned because I have a 16g card and don't need to....right?
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Your using Dt's script? If you wanna move your cache to sd to clear up some internal storage I would partition to ext 3 and I'd set that partition to 1GB..
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evol4g said:
Your using Dt's script? If you wanna move your cache to sd to clear up some internal storage I would partition to ext 3 and I'd set that partition to 1GB..
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Wow. You so lost me on that one...lol. Only think I understand is that I can move the cache to the SD card.

Blipstein said:
Wow. You so lost me on that one...lol. Only think I understand is that I can move the cache to the SD card.
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There are different "levels" of partitioning (ext 1, ext 2, ext 3, and ext 4) I recommend ext 3 because not all roms support ext 4. Partitioning will wipe your sd so make a back up, once you've partitioned you can move cache to sd as well.. Follow these steps
1) make back up of sd on your PC
2) boot into recovery and go to partition sd (may be in advanced settings depending on recovery)
3) choose partition to ext 3 and set the partition size to 1024mb
4) reboot and restore back up to sd
5) reboot back into recovery and flash your dt a2sd zip
6) reboot again
7) open terminal emulator
8) in all lowercase type the following
su
a2sd check
a2sd cache sd
9) enjoy your free internal space
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The a2sd thing can be confusing because it can generally refer to two methods. If you are using the applications in setting to "move to SD" it is simply moving the app information to the sd card's fat32 partition. To use DarkTremor's method, you would need to partition your sd card to include an ext3 partition. The phone is then tricked into thinking that partition is part of your internal storage. When you install DarkTremor it will move the apps you have designated as "on phone" to that partition, freeing up internal storage space. You can also then use the terminal commands to move your dalvik cache to that same partition. I've found that moving the /data to the ext partition slows things down pretty badly. I've got about 80 apps loaded in my phone this way with the dalvik moved as well and still have about 152mbs free in internal. You can check out here for more information.

tempe38 said:
The a2sd thing can be confusing because it can generally refer to two methods. If you are using the applications in setting to "move to SD" it is simply moving the app information to the sd card's fat32 partition. To use DarkTremor's method, you would need to partition your sd card to include an ext3 partition. The phone is then tricked into thinking that partition is part of your internal storage. When you install DarkTremor it will move the apps you have designated as "on phone" to that partition, freeing up internal storage space. You can also then use the terminal commands to move your dalvik cache to that same partition. I've found that moving the /data to the ext partition slows things down pretty badly. I've got about 80 apps loaded in my phone this way with the dalvik moved as well and still have about 152mbs free in internal. You can check out here for more information.
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Great explanation!
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Aw, thanks! I was just going to also say "just do what evol4g said". I'm curious and have never gotten a straight answer, can the dt zip be installed on any rooted rom or does the rom need to be prepared for it first?

tempe38 said:
Aw, thanks! I was just going to also say "just do what evol4g said". I'm curious and have never gotten a straight answer, can the dt zip be installed on any rooted rom or does the rom need to be prepared for it first?
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can you elaborate on what you mean by does it need to be prepared for it? The dt zip is just a script and should work on any rooted ROM a lot of people get scared because after they flash dt they see their phone go into a couple boot loops but usually after looping 2 or 3 times the phone still boots..
Do you live in Tempe AZ? I live in Gilbert AZ
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I guess I was just under the impression that there was "something" that had to be done to a ROM to allow the DT zip to be flashed to it. So it just needs to be rooted. Cool, I think I'm one of those that was freaked by the multiple boots when I tried to just install it to my rooted OEM setup rather than loading a custom ROM.
Yup, Tempe, AZ.

tempe38 said:
I guess I was just under the impression that there was "something" that had to be done to a ROM to allow the DT zip to be flashed to it. So it just needs to be rooted. Cool, I think I'm one of those that was freaked by the multiple boots when I tried to just install it to my rooted OEM setup rather than loading a custom ROM.
Yup, Tempe, AZ.
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Yeah I have only seen one ROM that doesn't loop when flashing dta2sd for me anyway.. Hope this helps..
480 baby!
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evol4g said:
There are different "levels" of partitioning (ext 1, ext 2, ext 3, and ext 4) I recommend ext 3 because not all roms support ext 4. Partitioning will wipe your sd so make a back up, once you've partitioned you can move cache to sd as well.. Follow these steps
1) make back up of sd on your PC
2) boot into recovery and go to partition sd (may be in advanced settings depending on recovery)
3) choose partition to ext 3 and set the partition size to 1024mb
4) reboot and restore back up to sd
5) reboot back into recovery and flash your dt a2sd zip
6) reboot again
7) open terminal emulator
8) in all lowercase type the following
su
a2sd check
a2sd cache sd
9) enjoy your free internal space
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Man, this is just a notch above my understanding. dt a2sd zip? Terminal emulator? Is that what I used to originally root?

Blipstein said:
Man, this is just a notch above my understanding. dt a2sd zip? Terminal emulator? Is that what I used to originally root?
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No not at all, terminal emulator is the Android version of command prompt for windows, you download it from the party store (market) and dt a2sd is Dark Tremor's apps to sd, it's a flashable zip/ script that automatically moves yours apps to sd without you having to do anything at all..
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evol4g said:
No not at all, terminal emulator is the Android version of command prompt for windows, you download it from the party store (market) and dt a2sd is Dark Tremor's apps to sd, it's a flashable zip/ script that automatically moves yours apps to sd without you having to do anything at all..
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OK. I've got the emulator and DT's a2sd on my phone. Where is this flashable zip/script?
Also, when I go into recovery, will i just simply follow your directions to partition?
Thanks

Blipstein said:
OK. I've got the emulator and DT's a2sd on my phone. Where is this flashable zip/script?
Also, when I go into recovery, will i just simply follow your directions to partition?
Thanks
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The dt a2sd is not an app from the play store it's a zip you download, the thread is here on xda, I'll post the link in a second.. And yes you'll just follow the instructions I posted
download dta2sd here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715938
so you'll download this zip, this is your flashable zip ok? every time you flash a ROM you will flash this with it. KEEP IN MIND it usually causes the phone to do anywhere from 1 - 4 bootloops so don't freak out, and every time you flash a ROM you also have to move the cache to sd (this is where terminal emulator comes in)
also, partitioning only has to be once so once that's done it's done for good... so the steps i posted will only have to be done once.. Then you just flash the dta2sd every time you flash the rom and move cache AFTER you flash the ROM.. I really hope you understand this man, this is the best i can do to explain lol
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evol4g said:
The dt a2sd is not an app from the play store it's a zip you download, the thread is here on xda, I'll post the link in a second.. And yes you'll just follow the instructions I posted
download dta2sd here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715938
so you'll download this zip, this is your flashable zip ok? every time you flash a ROM you will flash this with it. KEEP IN MIND it usually causes the phone to do anywhere from 1 - 4 bootloops so don't freak out, and every time you flash a ROM you also have to move the cache to sd (this is where terminal emulator comes in)
also, partitioning only has to be once so once that's done it's done for good... so the steps i posted will only have to be done once.. Then you just flash the dta2sd every time you flash the rom and move cache AFTER you flash the ROM.. I really hope you understand this man, this is the best i can do to explain lol
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OK. I think I can handle this. Gonna try this tonight. Thanks so much for your time

Blipstein said:
OK. I think I can handle this. Gonna try this tonight. Thanks so much for your time
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if you run into any problems don't be afraid to PM me.. If necessary I'll give you my phone number and you can call me from another phone and I'll walk you through it step by step
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xda needs more people like you
evol4g said:
if you run into any problems don't be afraid to PM me.. If necessary I'll give you my phone number and you can call me from another phone and I'll walk you through it step by step
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xda needs more people like you, i have seen on here so many times people being jerks and not helping out others. other than saying search for it. when ever i have i question i do search first and then and only then do i post something and i get the help that i need, i only wish it was sometimes step by step like how you just laid this out.
i have never use this a2sd. what i use is a app from the market called link2sd which basically does the same thing but just easier and from with in the app itself. it shows you want is on the interntal part, whats on the sd and lets you move them with no problem or other long steps, watch the video on the market page it shows you what to do.
i have over 120app with 41% free on internal (179mb) and on partition i gave it 1.5gb with 43% free on that. i found this when i just couldn't figure out the a2sd
This is just anothe choice for all of you's

roccotrisoliere said:
xda needs more people like you, i have seen on here so many times people being jerks and not helping out others. other than saying search for it. when ever i have i question i do search first and then and only then do i post something and i get the help that i need, i only wish it was sometimes step by step like how you just laid this out.
i have never use this a2sd. what i use is a app from the market called link2sd which basically does the same thing but just easier and from with in the app itself. it shows you want is on the interntal part, whats on the sd and lets you move them with no problem or other long steps, watch the video on the market page it shows you what to do.
i have over 120app with 41% free on internal (179mb) and on partition i gave it 1.5gb with 43% free on that. i found this when i just couldn't figure out the a2sd
This is just anothe choice for all of you's
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Thanks man I appreciate that for real.. But yeah I'll have to check that out sometime, can you move cache to sd from that app as well?
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NativeSD Rom+EXT4 for New Users with peechurs

By now a lot may already know this by now
NativeSD Rom Boot Script for HD2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1869673
many-many thanks to the devs & guys that gave us this!
But there are still a few out there that are new to this so here is what i did to make it simple to follow.
What's it about anyways, here one good answer from samsamuel
samsamuel said:
standard sd android runs from an image on the fat32 partition that pretends to be a file system, nativeSD actually installs to the EXT partition, and the phone/android treats it as a real filesystem. its the same as installing to nand, except as fast as or faster (assuming you have a nice fast card,) than nand, and it keeps the read/write pressure off the nand memory, reducing the potential for bad blocks.
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what you need:
- a good fast SD card, size depends on your needs (i tried a 4g Kingston that took forever to load, it could be fake/ damaged)
- MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.6
- Download 4EXT Recovery from here. this is where the magic starts, thanks Xylograph/ securecrt
- for multi-ROM selection , thanks datagr
- for NativeSD Touch Recovery, backup & restore thanks tytung
- How not to Google Play when using diffrent roms so as not to always go to Google Play
I assume you already have Magldr/ CWM in your HD2 & know your way around the Magldr Menu.
First we need to format the SD card so that it will contain two partitions, ALL DATA WILL BE DELETED. so do a backup/ copy of your card.
- 1 FAT32 primary
- 1 EXT4 primary
Be very careful when using the minitool partition as you can accidentally format/ delete your Hard Disk Partition.
Insert you SD card to your PC & run minitool partition, something like below will show. Make sure you select the right drive.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Right click on the drive & choose "delete" then apply the changes, Again make sure it's the right drive! You now have an "unallocated" partition.
right click on the drive again & choose "Create New Partition" & change the dropdown boxes as the options below. Now move the mouse to the end of the "Size and Location" table. click & hold then move to the LEFT to leave a space for the EXT4 which will be done latter. Size will depend on how many Roms yo plan to use & how many apps you plan to install. Click OK.
right click on the drive again that has the "Unallocated" space & choose "Create New Partition" & change the dropdown boxes as the options below. Remember it should be Primary & EXT4. Click OK
Click Apply & when it's done you should have 1 FAT32 & 1 EXT4 Partition
Another method of creating an EXT4 partition
3a Use the provided 4EXT recovery (NAND or SD version) to create the partitions and format them.
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copy the "TOUCH" or "TWRP" or "RECOVERY" folder your SD Card (they all do the same thing)
no need to copy the others for now as it will be erased when you create/ format the EXT4 partition
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dir > TOUCH
& this should run, Tap on Advance
Tap on Partition SD card
Ext size. = press the + sign to go up, swap size is 0 & make sure to select EXT4 then tap Partition
this is what info you can see using the "Recovery" Folder method
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dear > Recovery (folder must be in SD root)
Time to Flash!
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dir > TOUCH
Tap Install, notice that the compatible ROMS for this methoid have a div2 or NativeSD designation, tap on the ROM you want to flash.
Make SURE the ROM you Tap is the correct one
if you made a mistake tapping the incompatible ROM it will not go the Aroma installer but immediately will be flashed to NAND - erasing what ever you had there!
Install to SD-EXT
wait for it then your Done!
Magldr > Service > Boot Setting > AD SD Dir > NATIVESD
Run NativeSDBoot.apk, tap on whatever ROM you wan to BOOT to then re-start.
HTH
& BTW don't forget to hit the Thanks Button for the Dev's & Guys who made/ ported those ROM's to become NativeSD :highfive:

that's very helpful !:good:

chuchuanming said:
that's very helpful !:good:
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just hit the thanks button if you find it helpful :highfive:

Thanks you very much!!!

securecrt said:
Thanks you very much!!!
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No sir, it's Thank You, Xylograph & rest of the Guys!!! :good:

Hi,
I've done all the things in the guide and my question is, why does it go smoother and faster on my 8gb class 2 card than the 32gb class10 card?
thx and sorry for my bad english xd

I can't find softkeys
Hi I have installed on native sd the "PARANOID ANDROID LEO BETA V2.00" rom (thank to the developers for the great job) everything I've tested works fine but i can't enable sofkey i need them becouse my hard back button doesn't work very good. Can anybody help me? thanks

@alexdenied
try setting > system > navigation bar > tick

hitutsu829766 said:
Hi,
I've done all the things in the guide and my question is, why does it go smoother and faster on my 8gb class 2 card than the 32gb class10 card?
thx and sorry for my bad english xd
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could by the way it was formated or the size of cluster used? some card specs are fast in some work task but now all maybe like read-write, copy-transfer etc.
anyways just use whatever works best for you

Will add this link to a few OP on LNE TEAM threads
Thanks my friend
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Has anyone ported tytung's nexusHD2 ics v2.7 to nativesd? I'd like to try this rom by this new method. Thanks.
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wis1152 said:
Will add this link to a few OP on LNE TEAM threads
Thanks my friend
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Your very welcome sir!

I installef 2nd rom on ext4 and got bootloop? Which step am i missing?
Thanks
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please give more info on your set up
which 2nd rom did you flash? ext size? recovery or touch?

what is the difference between the recovery files for SD (cwmtouch, cwr, twrp)?
can you also please make a tutorial on how to make multi boot using the recovery method, texts tutorial would be fine
thanks

mengfei said:
please give more info on your set up
which 2nd rom did you flash? ext size? recovery or touch?
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Ext4 3gb free >2gb, i flashed cm9ite v1.1b as 2nd using ext4 recovery sd as i flash fisrt rom PA v2. Do i need to do some extra steps or install any extra apks? Iam using marldr and android on Nand.Thanks
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amateur_no1 said:
Ext4 3gb free >2gb, i flashed cm9ite v1.1b as 2nd using ext4 recovery sd as i flash fisrt rom PA v2. Do i need to do some extra steps or install any extra apks? Iam using marldr and android on Nand.Thanks
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where did you get cm9ite v1.1b?
as i sew this is the one that's available
CM9ight_leo_v1.1a_div2.zip - mirror (Flash via recovery)
md5: 6fff65279a80b4e06d5dbc7f14aa7ccf
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mengfei said:
where did you get cm9ite v1.1b?
as i sew this is the one that's available
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Sorry i got wrong typing. Cm9ite v1.1a.
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I just flashed CM10 just now using EXT4Recovery on SD, no problem here. Try to DL the file again it might be a corrupted zip or try to see the md5 if they match.
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bleui said:
what is the difference between the recovery files for SD (cwmtouch, cwr, twrp)?
can you also please make a tutorial on how to make multi boot using the recovery method, texts tutorial would be fine
thanks
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AFAIK those are just the same ROM manager/ Recovery loaders but from different dev's or you can use either if your keys are not functioning twrp(team win recovery project). for multi boot just use the app "NativeSDmultiboot" in the first page, it will be like the one attached.

mengfei said:
I just flashed CM10 just now using EXT4Recovery on SD, no problem here. Try to DL the file again it might be a corrupted zip or try to see the md5 if they match.
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AFAIK those are just the same ROM manager/ Recovery loaders but from different dev's or you can use either if your keys are not functioning twrp(team win recovery project). for multi boot just use the app "NativeSDmultiboot" in the first page, it will be like the one attached.
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I meant, how to install multi ROM with recovery method. do you just boot to the recovery folder and install another ROM.zip? or use the NativeSDmultiboot apk and then install from there?