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[Q] Rom recognized sd partition as internal memory

Hello everyone! I installed the Srom 2.2.1 V3 earlier. Everything is working very good and stable. But i noticed a problem. When i was on 2.1, i installed link2sd to have my apps on the sd. So i partitioned my sd card. When i installed the new rom today, i didn't do anything to the sd card, and when i started to install applications i saw that they were going to the ext2 partition, despite the fact that they were marked as installed on phone memory. Then i tried the option "move to sd" (through application manager) and the apps moved to another location of the sd card. So what can i do to use my phone memory? (which has 180MB free space!)
Thank you very much in advance!

delete and format the ext partition in SDcard

If i backup the apps that are installed there using titanium, and then after formatting the sd i restore them, will they be installed on the internal memory, or will there be any problems?

1st you need to use minitool partition checking is it your SDcard creat a ext2 partition. if you just format the sdcard it doesn't mean delete your ext2 partition. so that after you update to 2.2 ROM, is still will recognized ext2 partition as your system storage
P/S sorry my bad English.

I've just deleted the partition and formatted the whole sd card. Then i wiped cache and did a factory reset because i had some install issues. So ext2+android 2.2 don't get along well!!! Thank you for your interest and replies

Clockwork Recovery screwed my microSD

I installed the latest SwiftDroid v2.0 RC4.
Before it I wiped everything.
After flashing I entered into Clockwork Recovery. I wiped data again (I had problem with repartitioning so I did it again), and then s*it happened.
I didn't know it will wipe out SD card ! I backuped it, and it wouldn't be problem if it wiped it.
The problem is, it erased ext2 partition, swap partition, and heavily crippled main FAT32 partition. Now my microSD card has only 1,86 GB, and it has 4 GB capacity! The half capacity is gone ! I checked in MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, and couldn't beleive. OK, maybe MiniTool is wrong. I booted Parted Magic, and the same s*it !
Is there any way o claim back lost 2 GB of space, or should I go and buy new microSD?

angemon10 said:
I installed the latest SwiftDroid v2.0 RC4.
Before it I wiped everything.
After flashing I entered into Clockwork Recovery. I wiped data again (I had problem with repartitioning so I did it again), and then s*it happened.
I didn't know it will wipe out SD card ! I backuped it, and it wouldn't be problem if it wiped it.
The problem is, it erased ext2 partition, swap partition, and heavily crippled main FAT32 partition. Now my microSD card has only 1,86 GB, and it has 4 GB capacity! The half capacity is gone ! I checked in MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition, and couldn't beleive. OK, maybe MiniTool is wrong. I booted Parted Magic, and the same s*it !
Is there any way o claim back lost 2 GB of space, or should I go and buy new microSD?
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In MiniTool or parted magic, delete all of the partitions on your SDCard. Then create a fat32 partition from the unallocated space. Note: You WILL lose all data from the SDCard when doing this. Then try re-partitioning using clockwork. Also, you don't need the ext2 partition if you are planning to use apps2sd in swiftdroid, as you can use Android's built in one that doesn't require a seperate SDCard partition.

effortless. said:
In MiniTool or parted magic, delete all of the partitions on your SDCard. Then create a fat32 partition from the unallocated space. Note: You WILL lose all data from the SDCard when doing this. Then try re-partitioning using clockwork. Also, you don't need the ext2 partition if you are planning to use apps2sd in swiftdroid, as you can use Android's built in one that doesn't require a seperate SDCard partition.
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I forgot to type I did it.
I deleted partition (it wasn't FAT32, it was FAT16 after CR messed up!), and microSD has only 1,86 GB.
Entered in Clockwork Recovery, and it can't mount microSD card.
Frustrating.

angemon10 said:
I forgot to type I did it.
I deleted partition (it wasn't FAT32, it was FAT16 after CR messed up!), and microSD has only 1,86 GB.
Entered in Clockwork Recovery, and it can't mount microSD card.
Frustrating.
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You can try something but it requires Ubuntu installed or livecd (Not sure if other distros have the same utility)
Put your SDCard into a card reader (or you can try and mount it using USB) and then search Disk Utility from the Unity menu and open it (or in the standard user interface go to System>Administration>Disk Utility)
Click on your SDCard in the sidebar, and then Choose 'Format Drive' (at the top) Choose Master Boot Record and then click ok. Then format the SDCard as FAT32.

Wipe internal storage

Hye guys,
I need to wipe the internal storage on my TF101.
I have used superwipe but it still will not touch the internal SD partition.
Is there anyway to wipe this so i can start with a clean tf101?

On most recoveries you have to activate "Backup/Restore of internal media" and then Wipe data/Factory Reset will format your internal partition.

After flashing your ROM, simply connect the tf101 to the PC and manually delete all the files on internal sd. It worked for me

Got it done with TWRP recovery. It has an option to delete system and internal memory
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gide on how to upgrade internal storage

Hi to all
I have just come back to my x8 after a hard brick on my galaxy ace :crying: my usb cable got pulled out half way through flashing with Odin BAD MOVE lol
Now there is a way to upgrade the system/internal storage using a script called cronmod D2EXT+
link to op: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716124
first you need to partition your sd card to 1 fat32 partition and 1 ext2/3/4/ partition
first
download this http://download.cnet.com/EaseUS-Partition-Master-Home-Edition/3000-2248_4-10863346.html
its free and you need it to partition your sd card or any other partition tool
8GB as a gide just change to sd size
1. back up your sd card to pc/laptop
2. open partition tool select your sd card and resize to 6gb
3. now with unallocated space make a new partition in ext2/3/4 2gb (make sure that both partitions are primary NOT logical )
4. now format both partitions
5. now put all your files back on your sd card. windows will only see the 6gb fat32 partition don't worry thats fine
thats that part done now
1. download files D2EXT+ and data wipe tool from the O/P
2. put both files on your sdcard/clockworkmod
3. now boot to cwm
4. install from sd card and select data wipe tool
5. now mount data, system and sd ext
6. install from sd card select D2EXT+
7. reboot first boot will be about 5 mins
P.S i use a 16gb class 10 ultra sd card
with read speed of 30+ mb/s
I'm using this mod with mini JB project and works fine
hope this helped
all the best moley

It's really good
My phone works good, and I love it very much.
But when I install 536mb of apps, my phone couldn't install or update new apps.

How to format internal storage in Philz Recovery?

Hi guys,
I've got a lot of junk folders on my INTERNAL storage that have been left by old apps etc.
What is a safe way to format the internal storage?
When the internal storage is formatted, will I have to reflash recovery/ROM etc?
Cheers

Why not use the Wipe function in recovery? It securely formats your internal storage. It means all your app data will be gone, though, and you'll get a clean phone, as if you've just got it.
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Go under mounts and storage in Philz, you will see option to wipe internal sd there. It's called format data as far as I know.

cined said:
Hi guys,
I've got a lot of junk folders on my INTERNAL storage that have been left by old apps etc.
What is a safe way to format the internal storage?
When the internal storage is formatted, will I have to reflash recovery/ROM etc?
Cheers
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in recovery go to mounts and strorage and select format -data sd card- not sdcard1 (this is ext sd card)
you dont have to flash the rom again.

Into the abyss.
Also, does formatting remove all partitions that may have been made on the disk? If you are flashing roms they change what on the system, and the card(s) are left alone, correct? I'm just getting an SPH-710 the S3, but they use Philz Touch too. I came from a Transform Ultra, which was tough to manage keeping things off the Internal storage. Kinda lost on how to handle all the options on the SG3. Or, should I just leave it all alone?
??? Thanks, as always for shepherding us newbs across to the promise land.