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[EVO 4G General] Mark_Hardware:
Well, it was on the "partitioning" step, and that ran until the battery finally died. I let it charge all the way back up, then started again. Started to get error messages, so I flashed a rom, rebooted, and let it start up. Then rebooted into recovery again, wiped everything first, and restarted the process. This time it all went flawlessly. Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] radar5:
I was having the same problem but alas this didn't fix it. :(
[EVO 4G General] andnad:
when you say 1024 or 2048 for the ext2 size does that imply mb's so 1gb or 2gb for the partition? so that would be where everything is going to be saved from now on? and if i ever decide i don't want the partition any more can i get rid of it and add the space back to my sd card? i just want to be sure of everything before i do this
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Yes it means mb so 1gb and 2gb. Only all your apps are going to be stored there. To undo the partition you have to repartition with 0 swap and 0 where 1024 would go
[EVO 4G General] Joshmccullough:
I've been looking through the forum here today (rapidly, I'm at work, so if I missed obvious answers to these questions I apologize), and I've just got a couple of q's:

1. If I understand correctly, the SD-EXT is where app _data_ is stored following partitioning; if I wipe that, I'm not erasing the apps from my SD card, correct?

2. If I do a complete wipe to install a brand new ROM, how do I restore the apps I was using from my SD card? Is there a particular Nand I should do that's 'apps only'?

3. How do widgets and apps that have widgets (e.g. Plume's Twitter widget) work with partitioning? Do I have to move them to my phone's memory, or do they on the SD card when partitioned?

Planning on partitioning and using the Darktremor script once I can sneak around the wife, she don't know the Evo's rooted ("It'll void the warranty!!!") and I don't need to get in dutch with her......happy wife's a happy life. Thanks for any/all help!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
1. If you have the .apk's on your SD card, no. If you wipe SDEXT you WILL erase your installed apps.

2. The post you quoted is the exact way I do it to keep my installed apps. I do not advise restoring a NAND after partitioning, if the NAND was made before partitioning.

3. DT's script kind of tricks the phone to thinking your partition is the phones memory. That being said, all widgets I have tried worked for me.

Reflections: Why sneak around? Is your wife a techie? if not she probably wouldn't know what you're doing. I've had my OGE4G for well over a year and have never needed the warranty or cared about them turning me away if I did(could unroot to make them happy, but then what?).

But then again, I have no wife:D! And reading a lot of post here like that keeps my techie azz from wanting one.

I hope the info helps(reflections was just for thought).

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[EVO 4G General] TurboX2:
I am also having the same issues,

Once the notifications of not having enough space, i started using the built Froyo stuff to push it into the FAT .androidsecure

And now i am back on not having enough memory even with all my apps being pushed to fat and ext

Using EnergyROM
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Try moving your dalvik to SD.

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[EVO 4G General] Joshmccullough:
Thanks a million for the feedback; in reading this forum your name pops up quite a bit, and it's always been informative and helpful input, never any bitterness toward those less familiar with the subject matter.

Why the sneakiness, you ask? She's nowhere near being interested in technology (but is a web designer, go figure), she's just worried about the warranty, "just in case." Me, i just want to maximize what my Evo can do. Marriage is not for the faint of heart, my good man, enjoy bachelorhood :)
[EVO 4G General] Joshmccullough:
+1, moving dalvik to sd makes a difference.
[EVO 4G General] MadDogMaddux:
I just got the Lexar 32GB Class 10 for Christmas, and have been working on getting things hunky-dory. After I found this thread and followed the stuff at the beginning, things are beginning to work but I have a few questions:

1) Following a suggestion, I formatted the SD card to 64kb chunks instead of the standard. Does anyone have any input on the goodness/badness of this? Would it be better to return it to 32?

2) I've finally got enough space to run apps2SD, and I'm on Warm 2.2 which has DarkTremor built in - but I've never looked for it before. Can someone link me or explain just HOW I move my stuff over to SD?

3) Sort of a repeat, but reading through this thread I saw mention of moving Dalvik to to SD - how do I go about doing that?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
1. I have no idea why that suggestion was given to you, maybe the person whom offered it may have a better explanation and they should have other info to support it. I only let my EVO format the SD's i'll be using with it.

2. In the second post there is a link for a DT thread with a little info on what in can do. You have two options for the info you seek(as there is to much to list here and I'm getting ready for work, so I can't search it). 1st, you can search for 'darktremor evo' in google and select thread by tkirton listed for xda. 2nd, you can dl 'a2sdgui' from the market. The latter is not that informative, but it will do all the operations you may need without using a terminal emulater.

3. Easiest way is using the gui app. It'll be under the Dalvik tab.

Hope this helps you out, I still use warm 2.2 from time to time(very SOLID ROM).

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[EVO 4G General] MadDogMaddux:
Thanks, D!

Yeah, the argument made on androidforums was that it would produce the fastest read time. I was in the middle of weird bootloops and was going to format the SD card anyhow, so I tried it. *shrug*

I'm thinking I still have amonra 2.2, because I haven't found a way to format the SD card via recovery - unless setting the partition accomplishes the same?

Thanks for the tip on a2sdgui - sounds like the ease of use I'm looking for.
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Glad it works for you but I do suggest reading up on DT when time allows, it's always good to know the 'long method':D. And yes, when you partition your SD it does format also.

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[EVO 4G General] Diablo67:
Excelent guide Dredz,worked great.It was time to partition my sd card anyway,i had a bunch of crap taking up space,now i can start fresh.Like a new phone.By the way it works with TeamWin Recovery also.
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
I was just about to format my card, cuz I've been having weird issues with my card (like losing a couple hundred MB while asleep for 8hrs).

So, I figured I'd finally go ahead and partition while formatting.....then I saw in OP that I won't be able to restore any of my old nand backups??? Is that right , or did I read wrong? And does anyone know of any workarounds so that I could still use my old nandroids?

Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
You cant use your old nandroids the only way is if you unpartition
[EVO 4G General] dr_chunk:
Can you nand once the card is partitioned and restore from that point on? Sorry if that is a noob question
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
I haven't done it yet, but I can say, yes. And if you backup sd-ext that will backup all your apps. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
[EVO 4G General] Joshmccullough:
You are correct, did it this morning myself. Be aware that it doesn't backup the data used by the apps like Titanium Backup will, just the apps themselves, but it did save me a bung-load of time by simply reinstalling them via recovery and filling in the blanks later (e.g. Login information).
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
i followed the steps from first post but when i plug in my evo to my pc and mount the sd nothing shows up. i am on amon ra 3.11 should i go back to 2.3?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
When you plug your phone into your pc your supposed to transfer all your files back to it. Partitioning your sdcard erases everything on it. The guide said to backup everything to your pc
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
yes i have it backed up. i was trying to mount the sd so i can grab a rom and flash it. but my sd does not come up in my pc
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Have u tried restarting your pc?
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
trying diffeent pc now..

question. how do i restore my sd card to normal fat32. after doing the partition and putting it in my pc its only showing 6gb its an 8gb card after i formatted it with my pc
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
You have to repartition it with 0 for ext and 0 for swap dont upgrade it
[EVO 4G General] Tekn010933:
Is the v3.11 with supersonic? Going back to 2.3 can help too since it is the one use in the OP.
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
ok i tried different pc and restarted also.. the drive shows in my pc but its not accessible this is when i mount the sd from recovery.

i will try a different sd as soon as i back up the other sd card..
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Try disabling usb ms toggle then reenable it
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
i tried that a few times.

i rebooted my phone and mounted the sd card from my home screen. can i do it this way and drag my rom this way?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Yes I believe not positive
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
thanks.. ill reboot in recovery and flash this rom and see if my apps will install to sd
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
What ROM are you trying to flash? If it reboots 3 times it worked
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
yes supersonic...thanks ill give that a shot if nothin else works

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i am going to try energy rom 3.5...i have been on cm7 7.01 for the longest..trying sense rom again and see all the hyped

SORRY I AM AN IDIOT!!! i was mounting not using the USB MS Toggle ...everything works..ill start from the beginning again..sorry guys and thanks
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Np also I'm not sure if energy has a2sd on boot
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
really? what does that mean? doing this is useless?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
You might need to use terminal emulator and type su(enter) a2sd reinstall(enter) to get it to work on energy but I'm not sure
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Actually its built in so you should be good to go
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
cool..thanks a bunch for your time..ill re post back in a few see how it goes
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Remember it might reboot 3 times on the splash screen that's normal when you flash it
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
ok..i have to redo my back up..my nandroid folder is not accesible
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Also remember your old nandroids before you partitioned can not be used anymore. Start fresh now
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
damn reallly? what if something breaks? how do u nandroid back
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Unpartition I believe
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
cool. ill just buy a new sd card..one i have right now is only class 2 ive heard sd card has to be at least class 6..

or can you just swap sd card to nandroid back?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
I say at least class 4 but the higher the better
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
can i just swap sd card to do nandroid?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
You can do a nandroid you just can't restore the ones you did before you partitioned your sd card. If you want to restore old nandroids you HAVE to unpartition it
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
ok but i am leaving my sd card as is for now till i get my class 6 sd card..i am going to use a different sd card and do the partition and install a sense rom..now if i wanna go back to my old nandroid which is cm7 i just need to swap my sd and nandroid back? will this work?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Not sure you could just Unpartition. Just have to put 0 swap and 0ext and done
[EVO 4G General] adrian2pm:
alright cool
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Your backups change after you partition like mine start with BDES but before I partitioned it was BDS
[EVO 4G General] RascalDoc:
Just for the record I was warned off of 32gb class 10 cards by folks WAY more knowledgeable than I am. (not that being smarter than me is a challenge...lol) I was ready to go to a 32gb class 10 but have held off based on what I was told. I'm running a class 4 16gb and so far so good ....
[EVO 4G General] Raistlin1:
I followed the guide in this thread using a 16gb Sandisk Class 4 card and all went well. *knocks on wood*

I have read that the Sandisk Class 4 card is just as good as other brands Class 10 cards in most benchmarks and works well on Android.
[EVO 4G General] dwelder:
I followed the instructions to a T from the OP and I'm running the Energy 3.5 ROM. But when I check my memory, I'm not getting 300+ free. Here is what titanium backup shows for memory:

System ROM: 15.8 free of 367Mb

Internal Memory: 198 free of 448Mb

SD Card: 5.69 free of 6Gb

a2sd: 1.88 free of 1.91 Gb

So I read through some of the thread here and saw some people had to use terminal emulator to force run a2sd. I tried that and all my apps disappeared to include the Market. So I had to go into the browser, download market again, and download terminal emulator to run a2sd delete. My apps came back but I don't think my a2sd is running right. Shouldn't I have more memory? When I did all the OP steps I did a fresh wipe just exactly as it said too. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
A2sd is running fine. It's not working if titanium backup is not showing a2sd at the bottom. To get more space you could move dalvik cache to sdcard using a2sd GUI move dalvik cache to sdext and you should get more memory
[EVO 4G General] airportcabbie:
There's a limit to how long a path & filename can be in Windows. To avoid this problem try copying to a folder with a very short name in the root of your hdd. For instance, I copy mine to "C:\4g". Also to speed up copying I use a free Windows program called teracopy. It helps when you're trying to copy 6gigs worth of stuff!

Sent from my GOD PHONE (Evo 4g)
[EVO 4G General] yznhmr:
Once i follow the instructions on my new Kingston 32gb class 10 sd card, I do wipe on ALL things..but it wont let me wipe delvic, it gives me some error about it not being mounted.. this is a new card..

so i ignore this warning, and copy my rom to the card, and load, it sits on the splash screen forever..(hours)...

put my other card in ( it was partitioned the same way, last year) and everything works fine..

any thoughts?

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So i un partitioned, and loaded the 3.5 (warm2.3 ) fine.. what sense does that make?
[EVO 4G General] chaserzz:
going to try this out never this before
[EVO 4G General] chaserzz:
Ok I did every thing in the op said did the 2048 n the rest fat .... But my Internal space is 276 and not 300+ did I do something ?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
To get at least 300 you have to move dalvik cache to SD
[EVO 4G General] yznhmr:
But i think i found the issue..

AFTER the partition and convert ext2-3 REBOOT, then wipe....
[EVO 4G General] chaserzz:
Ok going to try it

Okay tried that it said I don't have enough space
[EVO 4G General] chaserzz:
What file system can I use ?
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
What he posted he was referring to.his question
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Root explorer
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
I have seen this before but haven't been able to recreate it. When I was faced with it, I wiped cache twice and then dalvik wiped fine. Haven't had the issue since.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] yznhmr:
Well, I spent the whole weekend wiping and partitioning, reformatting, and NO luck..
[EVO 4G General] muslim knight:
Ok, I searched for this issue but not through all pages so sorry if it's been addressed. After partitioning, I checked the system/sd folder and all of my apps are there. However, they also installed to the internal memory. Is this common? What can I do here? Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G General] DRatJr:
Question: After I do this, do I need to still run Dark Tremor's a2sd? What is the difference in doing this, and flashing the DT a2sd and just doing this alone? Thanks
[EVO 4G General] Tekn010933:
Instead of dalvik being on internal now can be mounted from SD, but to have file system directed to SD have to have an SD that is fast or system will take longer in retrieving.
[EVO 4G General] DRatJr:
I dont quite think that was the answer I was looking for. Can someone else explain?
[EVO 4G General] casper97ta:
I got a question before I do this, what happens to my nand backups? if I save them to my PC can I transfer them back onto the SD and still restore with no problems? thanks
[EVO 4G General] taat3:
Q: Can I do a nand restore after I partition?

A: No. Your SD card's file system has changed and you may experience unfavorable results.
[EVO 4G General] PhxkinMassacre:
i believe your wrong sir... the backups will still place everything they need to go just they won't place anything in the sd-ext since there is nothing to put there. then if you want to make use of it flash darktremors a2sd and download the a2sd gui app and enable placing of apps on the sd-ext :)
[EVO 4G General] Agenttang:
so question im new to the amon ra recovery but before i switched over i used mini partition wizard home edition 7.0 to create the two partition on the sd card. im assuming it doesnt matter what program you use to partition as long as you have an ext partition and your main partition?

also if i were to flash darktremors a2sd zip into a rom that has a2sd baked in will it jack with the rom?
[EVO 4G General] PhxkinMassacre:
Idk about the program use of partitioning. Its probably easier to use amon in my opinion.

But no. Flashing dt a2sd on a rom with a2sd built in will not mess it up :)
[EVO 4G General] MoeNeXus:
Seems better to use AmonRA or even 4ext recovery. I prefer 4ext. Mini partition wizard often results bad partition.

Sent from my Nexus One
[EVO 4G General] wackydroid:
So, a general question, as I'm rusty from almost a year of not having to do any of this.

As some of you saw, my OG4G exploded last week (seriously). I was able to salvage the SD Card and put it in my shiny new OG, and it works (!), but I am concerned that sooner rather than later it is going to go south. So I bought a new 16G C4 card and want to, basically, move the data from my current card to the new one.

I'm running Synergy with Anthrax kernel, and partitioned with DTA2SD.

How do I do a disk copy, or restore everything, to the new card exactly as it sits on the toasted one?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

:p
[EVO 4G General] PhxkinMassacre:
Shoot me a pm and ill walk u through how I did it :)
[EVO 4G General] wackydroid:
Thanks. It'll likely be later tonight.

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[EVO 4G General] drose1976:
This is a ridiculously helpful guide. Thanks for posting it! Commenters, thanks for all the help here as well. Loving my 16gb class 10 partitioned DarkTremored card running AOKP ICS!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Hey fellow XDA'ers! I'm glad this thread is still alive and helping many. I have been away running my new business + night job(I may be typing this in my sleep). This thread was moved to the general section and it seems to get more exposure(yay!). A big thanks to all the users who have helped out in this thread in my absence. I will be more accessible now and able to answer some questions so feel free to bring it. If any questions were asked and not answered, please feel free to quote or re-post and I will deal with it. Thank you all for being phone junkies(like me:p)!

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[EVO 4G General] weztcoazt:
so i have a lil question...once my sd card is partitiion n all is well...if i want to flash another rom..do i still wipe everythiing with sd card or do i jus wipe everything but the sd card..
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
wipe everything except sdcard
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
You should wipe as you normally would before you partitioned and also wipe SDEXT.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] btaylor545:
quick question if i want to revert my sdcard back how do i do so i upgraded my phone and i dont need the a2sd anymore on the phone and want to have the 2gb back
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
Back up everything to your PC then

Repartition In recovery 0 swap 0ext that's it then transfer everything back
[EVO 4G General] Tekn010933:
Sup Evo just wanted to confirm, what about backup on comp and just a hardreset from settings>SD&phone Storage>Factory data reset>erase Sd too. Would that be the same?
[EVO 4G General] btaylor545:
heh thanks man i think ill miss ya the most on here dunno how many times you've helped me out lol i just switched to the Epic 4G Touch you should come over this way lol
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
I don't want to learn to use Odin its to much work
[EVO 4G General] btaylor545:
its not too complicated plenty of threads on it only need to really use it for modems and what not but yea im still learning a lot to start to get the hang of things
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
It's not the same. The partition will not be changed or removed by this operation.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] Tekn010933:
Thanks that make sense, so we remove from recovery.

Reminds me of fedora and trying to install windows, grub won't let me until I removed /dev/sda1 or /hda0 etc; leaving only the O/S partition and boot from cd again, all this for nothing now since I just went ahead and decided to put the latest Ubuntu ver on it ? Lol!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
What do you mean by 'apps2sd app'? Are you referring to the android/stock or something like DarkTremor?
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
No problem!

As for the other questions, keep in mind, when you run a2sd reinstall, it puts ALL your apps on the sd card, even the ones that came with the ROM, so you need to have a back up program like Titanium Back Up to use to make sure you don't lose them when you do a wipe.

Anything you d/l will go to the SD Card as long as you have a2sd enabled.

Reswap doesn't affect a2sd, just the swap partition, and i found out it's better to run bigger partitions, so for me, I use 2 gig EXT3 and 128mb swap.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
Dark Tremor.

Several of the new GB ROMs have it in the ROM, so you can take advantage of it.

Synergy has it as a flashable MOD in the Synergy updater.
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Well he didn't say. When I started using DT it was script, not an app.:p
[EVO 4G General] derrickj:
Does this anything significantly different than when I get the "memory" warning and it lets me move apps to the SD card to create more space or is it the same thing? If not the same, is there a benefit of this method over the "built in" one?
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Depending on ROM, this method is waaaay more efficient. Some of the 2.3 Sense ROM's are HUGE and folks complain about space for apps. Synergy, for example, will detect your ext3 and set up Apps2SD and will also move dalvik to the SD. Generally 300+MB available internal. Benefit, no 'memory' warning.
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
lol, well, ummm, Flashable zip!
[EVO 4G General] agrenwa:
I have a question, by partitioning and installing all apps on the sd will all your apps stay on the sd so you don't have to restore them after flashing a new rom? This can save time for flashoholics, or you must wipe ext and restore all apps
[EVO 4G General] HipKat:
I COULD be wrong, but I believe that if you flash a ROM that has A2SD included, you can leave the EXT partition and they apps will be there.

I wipe and reinstall with TB every time, so I never tried it.
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
I have not tried this, doing so would not qualify as a full wipe. I do think the problem would come from the ROM not knowing app's were installed. It will save your app data, but it may make the ROM unstable.
[EVO 4G General] derrickj:
Ok, final question for me (I think). I have completed the steps and they were easy to follow (thanks again!). I need to restore my apps, so can I just move my Titanium Backup license to the root of my SD Card, along with the Titanium Backup folder that is now on the desktop of my computer-and simply restore my apps and they will end up in the right place?