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[EVO 4G General] jminor4326:
I want to move all files from my current, possibly degraded, partitioned SD card to a different partitioned card. Is this just a cut-paste operation? What about optimum allocation size? Is small better than large? Seems like it so partial bytes are prevented from being used
[EVO 4G General] rajas_evo:
basically, you can take your old card out of the evo, insert the new one in and start the partition process from step 1.

this took me a second to understand, but the important thing to note is, you dont need any of the content from your SD in order for your phone to work. the reason the instructions tell you to backup the SDCARD is so that you can save your documents, photos and any downloaded files that you may already have on it that you deem necessary. since the partition process formats the SDCARD, you want to back it up, if you need it.

in your case, since you are using a second SDCARD, all you have to do is, take out the old one, save the contents to a folder on your computer (as this will be easier to copy it back to your new card). then insert the new SDCARD in your evo, complete the process of partition, and then install the ROM. once you have completed that and booted into the system, you can just copy & paste the files that you want from the computer to your new SDCARD.

the only difference you will see when you connect your evo to your computer is a reduced size on the 'removable drive'. it will be 2GB less, which is the same size as the ext3 partition you created. does that make sense?
[EVO 4G General] jminor4326:
Dredz - I could not restore my nandroid backup again after changing to a much newer SD card. The apps did not come across. Same as before, shorter than usual restore. I wiped the first three things on RA again. Suggestions?

just occurred to me - I understand partitioning will not damage or hurt my card, but apparently there is a 'script' of sorts that tells apps where to go??? When TB reinstalls apps it put them exactly where they came from. When doing a Nandroid restore there is no script, just an 'image' or memory that needs to be put back onto the SD, not locations. Is that correct? How does the Nandroid know there is 'different' space in which to put the apps?
[EVO 4G General] internetpilot:
That is a good catch, but unfortunately it was a typo. It should've been ext3. Sorry about that.

I haven't given up on this yet. I *WILL* have a partitioned SD card! :D
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Sorry for the delayed reply.

Yes, you are correct. The nand doesn't know, which is why I suggest not restoring nand after partition. Think of it like a briefcase. All the info you store in your briefcase fits, take a picture(nand) of it. If you add dividers inside your case, you still have the same space and can carry the same things but you will have to orient them differently. See how the picture changes?

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[EVO 4G General] jminor4326:
thanks for the reply but I am confused: after partition can I expect a Nandroid restore work correctly on a ROM that was backed-up with the partition in-place? forgot - you never answered the best file size when reformating the SD card.
[EVO 4G General] internetpilot:
SUCCESS! Woohoo! And 321mb internal mem free! In the end I still had to use TB to restore the data from one app, but this time it worked fine.

Thanks again for this Dredz!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
1. I would NOT expect a nand restore to work properly if it was created before the partition.

2. This question has me scratching mt head a little. If you are partitioning with your EVO & AmonRa 2.3, are you referring to SWAP, EXT or FAT? SWAP can be set at 32(for SD cards smaller then 8GB) or 64(8GB or larger), although for Synergy it has no effect at this time but should in the future. EXT should be set at 1024 or 2048, depending on the number of apps you tote. FAT should be the remainder, it shouldn't ask for a specific size.

This operation should not be done by a pc.

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[EVO 4G General] jminor4326:
I did a complete, long reformat on my SD card on my PC and it gives the option for different size bytes (?) that's what I was referring to... is smaller better than larger?
[EVO 4G General] rajas_evo:
you are talking about "Allocation Unit Size".. i assume?

http://www.computerforum.com/158105-what-allocation-unit-size.html
[EVO 4G General] zaaye:
Only 66mg left

Ok I followed this to a "T"

I did not install any apps. They downloaded automatically from market when I rebooted.

I check system/sd and the app apks show there.

No system apps show there.

When I go to applications and check all of the apps still have the option to move to sd so I guess they are not on sd?

When I type in a2sd check it does not say a2sd starting like I saw in an earlier post?

I have tried to get a2sd working since last June when I first rooted my phone and have never been able to get it to work.

I know that this thread is posted as a help with the synergy rom but I am running KINgDoM-REwInD RLS2 and it says that it supports a2sd?

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. :confused:
[EVO 4G General] nc_carol:
love love love the sanford!
[EVO 4G General] rajas_evo:
it doesn't look like anything is being moved to the SD partition. perhaps that rom doesn't support a2sd?

according to this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15903990#post15903990

you have to use link2sd

lots of talk on that thread about ppl having issues with a2sd.
[EVO 4G General] zaaye:
Yep, I see it too. Just wondering if I did something wrong since I have never gotten it to work with any rom. Dev of the rom pm'd me that it should work. I downloaded latest dt a2sd but still can figure it out. :confused:
[EVO 4G General] zaaye:
Makes me laugh too!:p
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
A few things to note. The Apps2SD scripts are written in order to trick the phone and make it believe that the SD EXT space is internal storage. This means apps will appear to be on the phone (when in fact they aren't) and the reason why we check for the amount of free space left after partition and ROM install. Yes, you will still have the option to move to SD but it is moot at this point.

This thread is not a Synergy help index, it is a general guide to partitioning. Synergy is just what I use and while YMMV, my results with my choice of ROM is the BeeZ NeeZ! I tried to leave the ins and outs of the different Apps2SD scripts at the door. Different ROMS can deploy it differently and without the knowledge of how the Dev intended for it to run, I can't be of much help there.

Also, you said you typed in a2sd check and what it didn't say... but what did it say?

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] luigic81:
Question, after I partition the SD card, I ca move all of my info back right? Such as pics, music, nandroids, files etc..

But now I will have a few different extensions for my sd card correct? So if I wanted to put everything back on my sd card, could I just copy it all from my PC and drop it on the root of my sd card? Or would I put it back onto one of the new partitions? Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Yes you can. You just put everything back on the root of the SD Card that you want to keep. Windows will not physically see the partition, it is a "logical" drive.

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[EVO 4G General] cmlusco:
When I type any of these commands I get

"mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 on /system/sd failed: Device or resource busy

+++ Apps-to-SD sucessfully enabled"

I follwed instructions exactly with full wipe of everything, fresh install of synergy rc2, no restores of any kind. Originally when I typed in any of these commands it said "a2sd not found" or something to that effect. So I searched with root explore for "a2sd" and all it found was a file named "40a2sd". So I coppied it and renamed it to "a2sd" and placed it back in the same directory where I found it and also coppied the renamed "a2sd" file to "/system/bin, /system/xbin, and /sbin" as I wasn't sure where it was intended to be. Then went back to term and typed in commands again and got the mounting error above.

Any ideas on what is wrong, or what i'm doing wrong, and why I can't get a2sd to work?
[EVO 4G General] luigic81:
awesome thanks!!
[EVO 4G General] luigic81:
Sorry another question before I do this... So after I put all the stuff back on my sd card, will I be able to just restore a nandroid that I made before partitioning and be up and going? Or will I have to start fresh with a new clean rom install? Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Sorry, no nand restore. A fresh ROM is in order.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] luigic81:
OK thanks ;)
[EVO 4G General] cephraim:
Upgrading SD card

This may have already been answered -- sorry if that is the case.

I am running Synergy RC2 with A2SD and most of my apps are on my SD.

I simply want to get a larger SD card.

Can I just copy the entire contents of my SD card to my PC, partition the new card, then copy entire contents back to the new card?

Will this work? Or, do I need to reinstall all my apps?

Thanks,

Eph
[EVO 4G General] jminor4326:
I followed your procedure when I partitioned and changed EXT2 to EXT3, but had problems with BootManager since I have EXT3. What is the plus / minus of the partition having only EXT2 "pieces"?
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
I can't give a definite answer, since I haven't tried it, but I can speculate. I would say you should really re-install your apps. I would feel safer that way, you are on a RC(however stable it may be) and you will receive the full effect this way and avoid simple errors which will lead you back to this point.

:cool:

Best answer, no Apps2SD. EXT3 is were your apps get stored.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] tang12:
I know people usually do this when they get a larger card. what numbers do you recommend if I'm using an 8gb card ? I'm planning to do this when I flash rls1

Edit: when I do nandroid, I used to keep the 3 default options, and.check Wimax. Now that I partition, do I need to check something else ?

From Synergized EVO ^_^
[EVO 4G General] ssconceptz:
Ok I have a question. 16GB card and I chose 1024MB partition and got 342MB of app install memory. When I did 2048MB I still got only 342MB of install memory. Can anyone explain why you wouldn't just do like 512MB and still get the 342MB instead of wasting tons of memory? It just seems pointless unless it is a limit that can be raised in the rom.

To the above, nandroid should be the same.

Sent via Synergized EVO
[EVO 4G General] ssconceptz:
And actually my apps2sd is working on ext2 as I forgot to upgrade. After upgrade I have about 282MB.

Sent via Synergized EVO
[EVO 4G General] pholt1:
Partition SD card not working

I have followed these directions and flashed to synergy rsl1

I have a 16gig card.

Yet when installing apps I ran out of room. I used efile to go in and look at the system/sd as directed and nothing is in there. Did I do something wrong? Should I try again?

Any help would be appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] roccotrisoliere:
what is going wrong?????

ok i follow the directions to a TEE, for step 3.

I TRIED BOTH

1024 and 2048 for ext2

the only thing i did different was step 6. From the main menu, select USB-MS and copy the Synergy ROM to the root of your SD Card.

instead of synergy rom i used[ Kinged HateSLINGER RLS-2.1 ][ Kinged Kingdom RLS-2.1 ODEX ] 3.0 Sense ROMS 7/23/11

when i go to Menu-Settings-SD & phone storage and check the available internal storage space, it is only at 52.93MB, and because of that i can only install a couple of apps. please help me out
[EVO 4G General] ssconceptz:
Forget to update to ext3?

Sent via Synergized EVO
[EVO 4G General] ssconceptz:
It's actually in data/app folder

System/sd/data use super manager and enable root.

Sent via Synergized EVO
[EVO 4G General] roccotrisoliere:
no i did update to ext3, i have 10.30mb and it sucks because the rom is killer
[EVO 4G General] OneDeep:
Can i do this if i got a new sdcard but want to keep the rom i already got?

Sent from my White Evo 4G
[EVO 4G General] Adam1422:
Question about dtapps2sd...

So I followed the instructions in the OP (great job btw) and am wondering if I need to flash the synergy-dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta05-signed.zip after I flash synergy? Please help!
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
It has been suggested to use 1024 or 2048 for EXT, depending on how many apps you install. Do your nand's as usual, but you really don't need to backup wimax everytime

:cool:

I'm glad you asked. The size of your EXT partition has no effect on the internal memory. The script used for Apps2SD tricks the phone into placing apps on the EXT partition, thus leaving you with free internal memory. EXT is external memory, you can view it in TB.

:cool:

Cool beans.

:cool:

I would say yes. Partition your card with 0 swap, 0 ext, all FAT. This will remove the previous partition attempt and start fresh.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
I have no experience with that ROM, but here's my spew. Partitioning only changes the way the device recognizes the SD card. The ROM has to have the script (DT or CM's Apps2SD) cooked into it to utilize it or one ha to be modified to work with said ROM. If your ROM of choice does support Apps2SD, then you may have your dalvik on the device eating up space. HTH

:cool:

No. You will loose everything on your SD card when you partition and the logical setup of your card will be changed. I don't suggest restoring data or nand in any shape, form or fashion.

:cool:

I'm really glad you asked this. There are two of those beta's flying around that work with some form of Synergy. The difference is minimal, but can cause havoc on your device. beta04 is for Synergy, and beta05 is for Synergy+GM. This may have changed since I have been away for a little while, but I'll update this post if so.

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[EVO 4G General] Adam1422:
I'm really glad you asked this. There are two of those beta's flying around that work with some form of Synergy. The difference is minimal, but can cause havoc on your device. beta04 is for Synergy, and beta05 is for Synergy+GM. This may have changed since I have been away for a little while, but I'll update this post if so.

:cool:[/QUOTE]

Heres the link to the version I used - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126626&highlight=Darktremor

I think there is a godmode beta05 as well. Just an FYI.
[EVO 4G General] mrjeancw:
what exactly does this wipe??? SDEXT?

like when i flash a new rom, am i gonna have to move ALL my files to my comp and do SDEXT cuz it will format the SD card?
[EVO 4G General] tang12:
In nandroid, do I have to backup sdext? What does that do ?

sent from OG evo w/ synergy rls1
[EVO 4G General] viper1619:
SDEXT is where A2SD installs your apps so that they don't take up our precious little phone memory. When you're doing your data wipe, include the SDEXT as well.
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Heres the link to the version I used - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1126626&highlight=Darktremor

I think there is a godmode beta05 as well. Just an FYI.[/QUOTE]

Thanks, but did you notice in that the post you linked to has directions for using beta04, however the file says beta05? IJS.

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[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
SDEXT is the location you created when you partitioned. Wiping will not format your SD card.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
Depends. SDEXT is where your apps are stored. I nand my DATA and SDEXT by themselves to restore my device settings after certain flashes. DJ in the Synergy thread does this also and is probably online more then me at this time if you would like in detail info on that.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] alba.mx:
Hi I have a 8Gb sdcard, so I choose only 512 for ext3, I wonder if this partition is only used for storing apps or is used by other things.

By now my cell is ok, but I don't want it to crash, it's 512 enough?

Thanks ;)

EVO 4G HW 003

Synergy RLS1+ Godmode

Golden Monkey 1.1
[EVO 4G General] Dredz:
The partition, as used here, is for apps only. 512 being enough is really a personal Q&A. Are you ok with only having that much available space for apps? I personally use the OEM 8GB card with a 2GB partition, but YMMV.

:cool:
[EVO 4G General] tang12:
I'm running synergy rls 1 with freedom kernel, I have an 8gb card and I set the partition to 1g, I'm using 642mb of it right now. After Darktremor moved everything to SD, I now have 5.15 gb free on SD, and 415mb free on internal. I recommend 1gb partition if not 2gb, less would not be enough "for me"

sent from OG evo w/ synergy rls1
[EVO 4G General] alba.mx:
Thanks Dredz and Tang, I guess I will increase it to 1GB :)

By now I have about 120MB of apps and 150MB on dalvik, but i only install the minimum.

Ah I will also try the Darktremor. Thanks guys,
[EVO 4G General] Wile-E-Coyote:
Quick Question

How can I tell if I have successfully created the partition after I have flashed a new ROM?
[HTC EVO 3D] vboyz103:
In case you didn't noticed...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1158951
[HTC EVO 3D] phatmanxxl:
Does the overclock mod help with the N64 emu?
[EVO 4G General] crakerjaks:
Overall this phone has impressed me in almost every way but one thing still held true.

From stock,fresh rom to exclusively cm6-7 from rc1 to nightly 123. The Cam on this phone just plain sucks! I went through 3 of them and all versions 002-004, every single one had the same issue. Low-light/night time video and pictures were just not even possible.

I wish I could take a picture of and record the beautiful starry nights up here, but I can't because of this phones limitations.

My next phone must have the absolut best camera and take stunning shots and recordings.

I hope the Evo3d has a proper one installed.

Heres a video I recorded just a few moments ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aCd-l06o1g

it fades in and out constantly and the signature "evo skipping" makes its typical cameo appearance more then once as well. I believe htc skimped on the parts when they conceived this phone, such a shame.
[EVO 4G General] daneurysm:
I brought back my EVO3D yesterday...for many reasons.

Kick-ass phone in a number of ways, total disappointment in a number of others. The camera is a mixed bag. In all of the same circumstances where the EVO4G camera is good the EVO3D camera is even better...sometimes amazingly so. But in all of the circumstances the EVO4G camera sucks the EVO3D camera sucks even harder. IE - low light situations. It also looks like crap when you use the flash.

I am a little heart broken by that phone. The deal-breaker was the weak 3G.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Nico_2t:
Hello, am new here and hope i have posted in the right place :)

I have a Galaxy i5500 phone, which is branded to Vodafone :( However am using my O2 sim card in it, I want to get rid of the vodafone branding but cannot seem to find a guide on how to do it.

My phone product code is i5500havod.

Am running 2.2 Froyo on it.

Any one have any ideas. :confused:

Thanks in advance for your help :)

Regards
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jotvingis:
Try to install custom ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Nico_2t:
Thanks for your reply :)

Could you tell me how i would go about this? *begs* :)

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jordanooo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081995

read under instructions
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Nico_2t:
:confused: am still none the wiser :(
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MechDan:
I have been trying to develop a note taking app on my galaxy tab 10.1 and I kept having issues with handwriting. The accuracy was horrible. I could hardly make out what I wrote. I tried a couple things, but I'm fairly new to Android development. So, instead I ran to the local Best Buy to try out some other tablets. The Transformer and the Acer looked so much better when I tried writing in a paint app. Has anyone else noticed this? If so, can this be fixed on software or is this a hardware issue? I hope I can fix it. Note taking was a large reason I bought it. I may just return it and get the transformer.

Just a note, I used the same paint app to compare all three.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xManMythLegend:
Which applications are you using ?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MechDan:
program

I was using the Free version of Kids Doodle. I've tried a couple of applications with touch screen writing and they all seem to have the same problem. I also tried a capacitive pen and that didn't seem to make a difference.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xManMythLegend:
I dont have a stylus , but using the above program I dont see any issue with accuracy.

If you do a loooooong stroke like an endless circle it does trail behind slightly.

Perhaps a video for comparison would help.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MechDan:
I'll try to take a video when I get home...

I read through the post in your signature about the Acer v Tab comparison. I then read through the link you posted about the GPU acceleration. Could my issue be an issue with GPU acceleration. It seems to happen the most if I try to write at a "regular" pace. I saw someone mention input flooding. Are there just too many input points and it starts skipping points? I don't know why this would be different on the Asus and Acer. I did notice that the ASUS (and the Acer?) seem to have 3.1 slightly modified. It didn't seem to be vanilla Android. Could they have added some GPU acceleration?

If that is the case, maybe the update from Samsung with Touchwiz will help the situation.

My head is just spinning because I really wanted to use the Android tablet for some decent note taking. I'm thinking it is not going to happen, even if I put in the time to develop it. It's a little frustrating.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MechDan:
Are you saying that you don't see any lag on the gtab or the Acer? I wasn't sure which one you had.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EyeAndroid:
Ok I have no desire to run windows 7 mobile here, but I do need the desktop operating system. I really still need windows for various real estate apps that are only available for windows. So does anyone know of an emulator for windows that will run on any android device, honeycomb or gingerbread?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] asdfuogh:
It'd be nice.. I need windows to run Ragnarok Online. :)

...but more to the point, to emulate something, you'd need something with massively stronger hardware, right?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] brando56894:
Windows wont run on arm cpus and there arwnt ant android virtualization apps that i know of. Maybe once we get linux on here you could install virtualbox so you can run windows that way lol

Your best bet would be to set up remote desktop/vnc
[Eee Pad Transformer General] TheSonicEmerald:
Besides remote desktop and vnc, I think you would been better off with a Windows laptop.

Sent from my Fascinate with MIUI Gingerbread
[Eee Pad Transformer General] EyeAndroid:
Ugh, that was exactly what I was trying to avoid. I think windows laptops are so overpriced compared to android tablets.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Aymara:
Correct, because even if we would have Virtualbox available, we wouldn't have enough RAM.

If a small Windows 7 machine is needed, I would recommend the Asus 1201L, which I bought for my sweetheart. It has HD Ready resolution and comes with Win7 Home instead of the horrible Starter Edition.

It came with 1 GB RAM and was horribly slow, but after upgrading to 3 GB even Photoshop CS3 runs fine ... I wouldn't install current 3D games though ;)

The above mentioned 1201L including RAM upgrade is cheaper than the Transformer and MUCH more powerfull ;)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] poltak11:
Go for a netbook then:

ASUS Transformer 16GB ~$500AUD

ASUS Eee PC you can easily find ~$300AUD+

Plus, there are 14" or so laptops for under $500AUD. I'm sure it'd be similar in the States.

But at OP: If you really wanted to run Windows 7 apps, a honeycombe tablet isn't really a very good option... Your best bet, if you don't want to VNC, would be to install Ubuntu and run Windows apps under Wine on your TF (see the developement thread for instructions).

Until Windows 8 ARM comes out, there's not much of a possibility of running Windows 7 on your tablet (unless you get one of those horrid x86 tablets...).