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[Q] problem with wildpuzzle - posting it gere coz no one is replying in the therad

Im using the wild puzzle rom v0.7 and im having this prob.... i posted it twice in the thread bt no one replied to that...
ok i did the entire procedure stated by danne_jo... got my 160 mb free... then installed all the apps required by me(installed apps using iAPK 0.3) and rebooted the phone... now only 3 out of 60 apps(those 60 apps that i had installed) are shown in the apps drawer... and under the "manage applications" it shows all the apps bt as 0 kb in size
also the internal memory went from 160 to 105 after the reboot
so after that i reinstalled all the apps and now the internal memory is only 70 MB
i dont understand???
what should i do??

i think the sd ext partiton doesn't mount coerrectly.
you can type "adb shell /system/bin/a2sd check"
that will show you message to check ext partition mounted?
if not, you can type "adb shell /system/bin/a2sd reinstall" to correct the Apps2SD.

ww231 said:
i think the sd ext partiton doesn't mount coerrectly.
you can type "adb shell /system/bin/a2sd check"
that will show you message to check ext partition mounted?
if not, you can type "adb shell /system/bin/a2sd reinstall" to correct the Apps2SD.
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first of all thnx
bt
can u plz explain in a bit elaborated way... im a noob!!!

if not familiar with adb,
you can use "root explorer" to check the directory of /system.
if ext partition mounted , we can find /system/sd.
under /system/sd/app ,we can find the apps had been installed.(See the attachment)
my propose to partition sd_card first,(1 fat32 , 1 ext)
then copy ROM to sd_card
wipe
reinstall
You can find the step by step procedure at danne's post.

If it is your ext partition not being mounted on boot, flash this. http://db.tt/G5OrCYD

ww231 said:
if not familiar with adb,
you can use "root explorer" to check the directory of /system.
if ext partition mounted , we can find /system/sd.
under /system/sd/app ,we can find the apps had been installed.(See the attachment)
my propose to partition sd_card first,(1 fat32 , 1 ext)
then copy ROM to sd_card
wipe
reinstall
You can find the step by step procedure at danne's post.
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Which Post by danne_jo are u talking bout??

One Final Question
I've got everything working perfectly now...
so if i take a nandroid backup now... will it also backup the app data that is stored on the EXT partition of the card or not??
coz if not then the nanroid backup is usless...
or is there any other way to take the backup of the app data on the EXT??

the answer is yes,
nandroid backup everything.
you don't care where is the apps located.

Guide to partition SD card and use with Link2SD to store apps

I have been looking for something like this for a while. The flipout lacks internal memory and it soon becomes a problem if you want to have a good set of apps.
Here's what you'll need:
1. Rooted Flipout (I won't post instructions to this step, look for "Universal AndRoot")
2. Partitioned SD card (see below for instructions), depending on the method, you might need a phone with CWM to do this and ADB installed on your PC.
3. Download Link2SD from Market
So here are the steps:
1. Partition your SD card. There are many ways to do it. I will post two ways:
Use MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition
My PC didn't like this tool and I wasn't able to use it. However, it should be quite easy, you just need to put your card in a card reader and build two partitions with the following characteristic:
First partition will be your main card partition, should be of the whole card size minus the extended partition you want to create
Second partition should also be fat32 (link2sd didn't like ext2 nor ext3 on the flipout, it only worked with fat32)
Use CWM. I personally didn't want to install it on the Flipout, so I used a Samsung Epic 4G for the steps. You should be able to use any phone with CWM to do it, put your SD card in the phone with CWM and boot into recovery:
adb shell reboot recovery
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 (open partition manager for SD card)
print (prints partition table)
Here you should have one partition table, starting at some point and ending at some point like 7969 if your card has 8GB. Take note of the End value as you'll need it.
rm 1 (deletes partition 1, this will erase all data on the SD card)
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7425 (creates a new primary partition, the second number should be the value you took note of in the last step minus the size in MB of your desired extended partition).
mkpartfs primary fat32 7425 7937 (creates the new partition for applications, starting at the end of the last partition and ending on the max size of the card. In this case I used fat32 as I couldn't do it with ext3 nor ext2, link2sd didn't like this format on the flipout for some reason).
The partitions are created and you should be able to go to the next step.
3. Reboot your flipout with the partitioned SD card, make sure to have link2sd installed.
4. Open link2sd, it will take a while, ask for root permissions (always accept and make sure to have Remember checked).
5. It will ask for the partition type, select fat32. If you are asked to reboot your phone you have everything setup, otherway please post your problem.
6. Once rebooted, open link2sd again and go to settings and configure. I don't like having all applications automatically linked as widgets and this kind of apps can fail if they are on the SD, so I have this setting unchecked. However this is a personal decision.
7. To move an app to the card, hold your finger on it and when the menu appears, press link and confirm.
8. To move an app from the card to the phone, hold on it and press unlink, check everything and wait for the app to be returned.
Further Tips:
Avoid moving apps to the SD that are use widgets or that run all the time like: messenger apps, alarm clocks, climate widgets, etc. I tried one or two without any failure but I feel they could be less reliable this way.
Don't remove your SD card if the phone is turned on, now it has a partition that is used by the system, if you remove it you could have issues, I would only remove the card with the phone turned off completely and not boot without the card.
I made some tests connecting the USB cable to the PC and using the phone in storage mode, the PC could see the primary SD card partition and the phone could still work with apps on the second partition, so it seems to be stable in this sense.
If you need to switch to another card, you would have to setup the new card in the same way; I don't know yet if backing up the second partition and restoring it to the new card will work. If your data is critical use some SW like Titanium backup to back up the apps that are linked, remove them completely and restore when you have the new card setup.
So, this has worked for me like a charm, the phone really seems stable and I have so far like 150MB of apps on the SD card. No need to have a newer Android version, it seems very stable.
Disclaimer:
Any process that involves rooting your phone and partitioning can potentially cause data loss and/or bricking your phone. Do this only if you are 100% sure of what you're doing, I will take no responsibility for any data loss / damage caused by this process.
If you have any questions I will be glad to help.

Hi great post above
I rooted my phone and I partitioned my sd card into 2 partitions , both FAT32 primary 3.7GB and when i open link2sd and select either ext 2 or ext 3 I get an error message
"Mount scrip error
Mount scripe cannot be created.
mount: no such device
ext 2 may not be supported on your device. Try FAt32 on the second partition"
Has anyone come accross this problem before ?

Hi,
When you open link2sd,scroll down and select fat32. I tried formatting the second partition with ext2 and ext3 wit no luck. Fat32 is working just fine.
Regards

Hi Thanks a million that worked great

thanks
hi i tried wat u told but after some time link2sd is showing failure that "cannot link readonly" can u help me

Your guide works great. Finally I can have all apps I like to have installed at once.
mschmiedel said:
[*]If you need to switch to another card, you would have to setup the new card in the same way; I don't know yet if backing up the second partition and restoring it to the new card will work. If your data is critical use some SW like Titanium backup to back up the apps that are linked, remove them completely and restore when you have the new card setup.
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I can tell some experiences with backups.
Before I had blur stock rom with link2sd and changed to deblur central europe rom. After reinstalling link2sd all apps where still gone.
And even after restoring all user apps with titanium backup they were restored to phone memory. I had relink them with link2sd manually and to batch restore with titanium backup twice because it broke down in the middle because phone memory was full.
Unfortunately link2sd is no magically way to have them backed up apps and to be independent from the rom. Titanium backup is still needed but that is fine. Nothing seams broken after restore with TI and relink with link2sd.

lovdanie, it's strange, had no issues with the tested phone yet, I partitioned 500mb and it has already like 200-250MB of apps linked and is working great, no issues.
One thing that could have happened is that you removed the SD card. Are you sure the SD card hasn't been touched or formatted?
bagers, it's not really a magical solution, it's just a way to get more space on a phone that lacks internal memory...
Regards

Just for some info.. under windoze try the "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition" makes partitions like charm..

Guys any one have links for disk partitioners? minitool is not a freeware as u have t buy it when you apply the partition. any one know a way roubnd this? please help

miniProBhashi,
That's why I always use CWM to partition the SD card. As I don't have it on the Bllur, I put the card on another phone I have with CWM and it always works... Maybe if you have a linux PC you could do the same thing...
Regards

Help
Hi, I just partitioned my SD card. When I open the Link2SD app, it did prompt me to select the file system of the SD card's second partion, however, after I select FAT32/FAT16, Link2SD could not gain root access, there's no pop-up of indicating me to select "Allow" on the Superuser Request. Now wot do I do. Please help, thank you...

Well, I would start checking the SuperUser app to see if there is some exception in there. If you don't have it, check out if your phone is rooted by installing some other app that requires root access.
If not, check the root method for your phone.
If it's the Motorola Flipout, download version 1.6.1 from this thread, install it and run it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598
Regards

mschmiedel said:
Well, I would start checking the SuperUser app to see if there is some exception in there. If you don't have it, check out if your phone is rooted by installing some other app that requires root access.
If not, check the root method for your phone.
If it's the Motorola Flipout, download version 1.6.1 from this thread, install it and run it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598
Regards
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My phone is Galaxy ace, and superuser doesnt prompt anything on start-up.
Tried rooting manually, doesn't work as well

Hi,
I would try on a Galaxy Ace forum to check for the rooting process and validate if your phone is really rooted. When you are 100% sure you have root you can come back to this post and we can check if there's some other issue...
Regards

Flipout problem
Done all u told...
Then this problem came..
Mount script cannot be created.
mount: Invalid Argument

p0kjats said:
Done all u told...
Then this problem came..
Mount script cannot be created.
mount: Invalid Argument
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Hi,
Have seen similar problems when using ext filesystems. Are you 100% sure that the secondary partition on the sd card is fat32? It really should work on the flipout without any issues.
Remember that you need:
* Rooted flipout
* Partitioned sd card (secondary partition must be fat32)
* Link2sd opened and allowed to use root permission
If you are sure you did everything stated above, we can look at it with more detail. What tool did you use to partition the sd card?

root permission
hi,
i have installed Link2SD from Market to my lg optimus p500 os,gingerbird2.3.3,when i stared to move app to sd it asks root permission.
so pls guid me to activate root permission in my device

drnags said:
hi,
i have installed Link2SD from Market to my lg optimus p500 os,gingerbird2.3.3,when i stared to move app to sd it asks root permission.
so pls guid me to activate root permission in my device
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Hi,
It doesn't make much sense to use Link2SD if you're on Gingerbread as your OS natively can copy apps to the SD card (at least some of them). Just go to "Manage Applications", and select the app you want to copy, there should be an option to "Move to SD"...
If you still have some good reason to use Link2SD, you should first look in a forum for your specific device to find out how to obtain root (I cannot help because it varies for each device)... Once you have root access, I can help you out with this process.
Regards

miniProBhashi said:
Guys any one have links for disk partitioners? minitool is not a freeware as u have t buy it when you apply the partition. any one know a way roubnd this? please help
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When I partitioned mine I used GParted Live. It's a Linux-based boot disk, but you don't really have to know anything about Linux to use it. Just download the .ISO and burn a CD, pop it in your PC and boot off it. Its free, graphical (not command line) and relatively easy to use. There is also an option there to set it up to boot live off a USB drive, but that's a bit more involved to set up.
gparted . sourceforge . net / livecd.php (sorry, it won't let me directly post links yet)
If you can burn a .ISO to a CD, you can probably figure it out. Just make sure you pay attention to which disk you are partitioning (look at the sizes) so you don't accidentally re-partition the hard drive in your PC.
EDIT: If there is anything you need to back up off the SD card, I would do that in Windows first, and then copy it back using Windows after. You CAN do this with GParted Live but there would be additional steps to mount / unmount the Windows partition on the PC that you want to copy to.

the bootstrapped recovery seems to be having a partitioning tool.
Maybe im wrong, haven't used it though

[Q]How to Restore Apps from 2nd Partition MMC SGY

alright. i am new here btw. i dont know if someone has already posted this kind of problem on SGY. some were kinda too savvy when i try to relate my problem on other threads.
here it goes:
few months before, i rooted my SGY phone from gingerbread to jelly blast and i successfully did it well. then, i had partitioned my SGY's 8GB MMC. i successfully partitioned my mmc and got extra 1GB for internal memory so that i can install more apps. i had also managed to transfer apps with huge amount of datas to the 2nd partition - to free up space on the real internal memory. everything was perfect until...
i got my phone wet by accident - but not internally and it would not start no matter what. got it repaired by a tech, found out that the power amp was grounded. made some sortings and it was working again.
little did i know that there was a collateral damage - all settings has been reset. i lost my apps, my contacts, messages, and anything saved on the phone. but it's still rooted and runs jelly blast. the problem is that since i made a 2nd partition of my mmc, i cant get them back up again. when i try to go to link2sd>storage info>SD card 2nd Part. and it still shows used 312MB so the apps are possibly in it.
can someone please help me on how to get them back or restored? any advice would be very much appreciated. thanks. :angel:
tried to go on google play but wasn't of help.

I don't think so it is possible to restore from 2nd partition
But I have an idea don't know work or not
go to data folder by using root explorer or anything else
Then search for sd-ext or sd-ext2 and look, there is any apps present or not
If not then open link2sd and clear 2nd partition your memory will be free
press thanks if i help you
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Another idea:
Boot a Live Linux from your PC and mount your sd card, then c&p your content to another partition.
Did this on my old Smartphone with 2 Partitions fat32+ext4
Hope that helps

Sachin Patel said:
I don't think so it is possible to restore from 2nd partition
But I have an idea don't know work or not
go to data folder by using root explorer or anything else
Then search for sd-ext or sd-ext2 and look, there is any apps present or not
If not then open link2sd and clear 2nd partition your memory will be free
press thanks if i help you
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Ey, thanks! I went to my File Explorer>Settings>Root Explorer. I found "data" folder > sdext2 and when i opened it - i saw all the apps i have installed and moved to the 2nd partition! hooray for that!!
i tried to test by clicking on one app, it then opened asking me to use package installer or app system installer. i ran package installer, got warning about installing unknown resources (though the apps came from google play).. so i enabled unknown resources. installed it. :fingers-crossed:
it worked - the app got restored!!! :laugh: is this the right thing to do or was there anything that should be done first? :highfive:
and other questions:
a. link2sd asked me what should be mounted on sd card. i remember from the time i began to partition - i chose ext3. but now on the sd card, when i got the data folder, it shows all my apps on sdext2 folder. which one should i mount? EXT2 or EXT3?
b. due to all this incident, whenever i turn my phone on - it keeps on telling me that the com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. how do i fix this? PS i remember while searching on data folder where i got sdext2, i found another data folder. it shows there com.android.phone but i dont know how to configure this.

tonytiny16 said:
Ey, thanks! I went to my File Explorer>Settings>Root Explorer. I found "data" folder > sdext2 and when i opened it - i saw all the apps i have installed and moved to the 2nd partition! hooray for that!!
i tried to test by clicking on one app, it then opened asking me to use package installer or app system installer. i ran package installer, got warning about installing unknown resources (though the apps came from google play).. so i enabled unknown resources. installed it. :fingers-crossed:
it worked - the app got restored!!! :laugh: is this the right thing to do or was there anything that should be done first? :highfive:
and other questions:
a. link2sd asked me what should be mounted on sd card. i remember from the time i began to partition - i chose ext3. but now on the sd card, when i got the data folder, it shows all my apps on sdext2 folder. which one should i mount? EXT2 or EXT3?
b. due to all this incident, whenever i turn my phone on - it keeps on telling me that the com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly. how do i fix this? PS i remember while searching on data folder where i got sdext2, i found another data folder. it shows there com.android.phone but i dont know how to configure this.
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A. You should choose that one by which you partition your memory card, ext2 or ext3
B. For fix this problem go to cwm mod and select advanced and select fix permission
press thanks if i help you
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Sachin Patel said:
B. For fix this problem go to cwm mod and select advanced and select fix permission
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i tried that successfully but unfortunately, it didnt work. i got additional error message: the process com.android.mms has stopped unexpectedly.
what could have been wrong?
i tried to copy the folder com.android.phone and com.android.mms from the system root to the sd card android folder but things are still the same. issue persists..

[Q] LINK2SD SD Card 2nd Part. Not Found

I've followed this tutorial to install LINK2SD
All seemed to go OK (but then how would I know) until I get to:
Steps to install and use link2sd[2.2.3 version]:
•Let the media scanner finish the scanning process, then open link2sd app and you will see a pop up menu "Select the file system of your SD card's second partition"
I don't get any such pop up, and if I go to Storage Info I get:
SD Card 2nd Part.
Not Found

nigelmercier said:
I've followed this tutorial to install LINK2SD
All seemed to go OK (but then how would I know) until I get to:
Steps to install and use link2sd[2.2.3 version]:
•Let the media scanner finish the scanning process, then open link2sd app and you will see a pop up menu "Select the file system of your SD card's second partition"
I don't get any such pop up, and if I go to Storage Info I get:
SD Card 2nd Part.
Not Found
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Then you haven't created a 2nd ext partition on your sd card
You can do this easily in cwm recovery under the partitioning section
Note this will format your sd card so backup first

I created a second partition, but FAT32 as suggested by the tutorial above. I now note that Link2SD says it should be EXT on the Play page, which type would be best?

OK, sorted.
It seems that doing a Factory Reset wipes the second partition. I recreated an EXT3 partition, and it seems to be working.
Found a better tutorial as well.

SM-T580: Issue with Card Card setup (Link2SD and Titanium access)

Edit: Title should read "SD Card" (how to edit that?)
I have root and I am trying to get Link2SD to work. I have created the FAT32 (primary) and EXT4 (primary) partitions but I keep getting a mount script error ("unable to mount") (Also tried EXT2)
I am doing the same thing as I have done on several other devices and it is not working on the samsung.
Also, I am having issues with getting Titanium Backup to wrtie to the SD card too. I tried the Kitkit SD card patch but it failed.
I know the SD card works so I am thinking it is a wonky Samsung thing?
Thoughts or advice
Edit: Pulling SD card, re-inserting and rebooting and then Link2SD reports that the 2nd partition is not accessible during boot (and suggests quick boot to fix which it does not). Samsung says the FAT32 is fine but the EXT is "corrupt" but I have confirmed on two other devices it is fine.
So this seems to be some sort of access thing. Maybe related to the removal of encryption patch as part of the TWRP install?
Edit2: cat /sys/block/mmcblk2/device/type gives back "no such file or directory"; (whereas mmcblk1 gives SD)
Total commander shows sd-card (which is internal /storage/emulated/0), sd-card(2) "/data/sdext2"), and USB (SD FAT32 as /storage/BDB2-8960)

Got TB fixed anyway. Backup one file (on device internal location), move the directory to external SD card, then TB decided it is was OK to include that location under settings so select new location.
Now need Link2SD. Could this be a mount script write issue? Encryption issue (I removed it from internal via a scripted)?
Runings Mounts2SD, installed scripts, reboot but it says External is "not mounted". Link2SD still fails with those scripts installed.

chemie99 said:
Got TB fixed anyway. Backup one file (on device internal location), move the directory to external SD card, then TB decided it is was OK to include that location under settings so select new location.
Now need Link2SD. Could this be a mount script write issue? Encryption issue (I removed it from internal via a scripted)?
Runings Mounts2SD, installed scripts, reboot but it says External is "not mounted". Link2SD still fails with those scripts installed.
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Link2SD never worked for me either no matter what I did. Apps2SD works flawlessly. Links data, apk, obb files and everything without any issues on ext4 format.

moxalis said:
Link2SD never worked for me either no matter what I did. Apps2SD works flawlessly. Links data, apk, obb files and everything without any issues on ext4 format.
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I tried installed Apps2SD but it never asked for root and decided half the apps could not be moved. I figured it was just offering the usual stock "move apps" which moves marginal amount.
Samsung says that the EXT partition is corrupt but Aparted says it is fine. EXT2, and EXT4 created in either Minitool or Aparted are simply not read.
Mount2SD adds scripts to mount but the partition remains unmounted after reboots.
What format does Samsung want?

chemie99 said:
I tried installed Apps2SD but it never asked for root and decided half the apps could not be moved. I figured it was just offering the usual stock "move apps" which moves marginal amount.
Samsung says that the EXT partition is corrupt but Aparted says it is fine. EXT2, and EXT4 created in either Minitool or Aparted are simply not read.
Mount2SD adds scripts to mount but the partition remains unmounted after reboots.
What format does Samsung want?
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Samsung reads the partition as corrupt but Apps2SD is using it just fine. You should delete any mount scripts and re-create them through the Apps2SD application.

moxalis said:
Samsung reads the partition as corrupt but Apps2SD is using it just fine. You should delete any mount scripts and re-create them through the Apps2SD application.
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How do I manually delete the mount scripts?

chemie99 said:
How do I manually delete the mount scripts?
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There is the option "Delete mount scripts" in the Apps2SD app. Check their FAQ page for any questions, it's pretty helpful.

Hello! I was having just the exact same problem with my T580.
I just loged in to say how I fixed it:
Open SuperSU app -> Settings.
Check "Enable su during boot"
Uncheck "Mount namespace separation".
After a reboot, Link2SD detected the 2nd partition!
EDIT: Now I fin another issue. If I try to link Obb, it says my device is using "sdcardfs". It offers to install fuse insted to fix it, but after rebooting I still getting the same message.
What could I do?

otamaglimmer said:
Hello! I was having just the exact same problem with my T580.
I just loged in to say how I fixed it:
Open SuperSU app -> Settings.
Check "Enable su during boot"
Uncheck "Mount namespace separation".
After a reboot, Link2SD detected the 2nd partition!
EDIT: Now I fin another issue. If I try to link Obb, it says my device is using "sdcardfs". It offers to install fuse insted to fix it, but after rebooting I still getting the same message.
What could I do?
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Seems Link2SD does not like Marshmallow so I switched to Apps2SD (which also suggests what you did). It would not create the partition itself but took windows EXT4 and after a bunch of config, worked. The issue I now have is that Samsung still thinks the card is corrupt (which it isnt); any EXT partition and it says that. So on any reboot it greets me with a system notification of a corrupt card (which I want to get rid of but so far can't)..
I did try adoptable using a scripts from this site (didn't work) and the Apps2SD option. Seem to work on device but windows only saw the device memory so would not copy anything when it reported full.

took another kick at the cat today; installed Apps2SD, created mount scripts, but now, for reasons unknown, it no longer reports the SD as corrupt on boot (although it does say that partition is corrupt from the storage setting menu. Weird. No idea why it is no longer doing this. I will say the reinstall was funny. I had to delete and recreate the mount scripts several times (all said it worked) to actually get apps to move without disappearing. perhpas I ended up with a different mount script method in all the trying