yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
Original Question: Anyone have good recommendations on partitioning to make best use of the card? I know I read on several threads about copying the contents of the current card, including any hidden files/folders, to the computer and then back to the new card, but what about partitioning ahead of time?

Updated Answer

Several potential answers, including malybru's answer below. After some time, I have found that the best way is to format the SD card in the phone. As malybru pointed out below, no other partitions are necessary. This is for any size SD.

So the steps would be:

Power your phone off.

Take your current SD out and plug it into a computer.

Copy all files from it, including any hidden files to a temp folder on your hard drive.

Note: If you aren't sure if Windows is showing you the hidden files, open up Windows Explorer or My Computer, for Windows 7, then Organize, Folder and search options, View, Show Hidden files, folders, and drives.

Insert your new SD into the phone.

Hold the Volume Down and Power buttons until it boots into bootloader. Use volume down to navigate down to boot into recovery and hit the Power button.

4EXT

-------------------

CWM

Format----------------Mounts and Storage

Format SD-----------Format SD card

After the SD is finished formatting power the phone down.

Remove the SD from the phone and put it in the computer and copy every folder/file from the temp folder back to it.

Put the SD in the phone, boot up normally, profit :victory:

Yank555 has documented a method to create and utilize a swap partition on your SD card. There are pros and cons to this, so you might want to read his thread and consider it carefully before making a decision.

[MOD] How to make and use a swap partition on the SD-card

Enjoy the extra space!
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

I have found "G-Parted Live"the best partitioning and formatting tool.(google it)

:)
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
Any recommendations on which partition types are good?

Thanks, your reply is most appreciated. I wish we weren't limited to 5 per day sometimes. Do you have any suggestions on which types of partitions to create that might make better use of the card than a single 32g partition? Thanks! :D
[HTC Sensation] malybru:
Hi,

I have no partitions on my 32 GB card .

It's not like the old HD2 I had ,which needed an ext4 partition.

I've just got 32 GB of lovely,lovely space for all the crap i like to carry around with me... :D

:)
[HTC Sensation] mikef:
updated old question into a guide
[Bada Software and Hacking General] tomcdj:
Hi all !

I'm new on this site and i've try to create my first theme today.

I have a Wave I (s8500) with Bada 2.0.1 (S8550MBUKI1)

For create this theme i use the last version of STD. All is correct, I can see the lock screen on the soft. When I export it on my phone, my lock screen is a black scrren. I dont understand why.

Can you explain me what i can do to see my lockscreen? If y change my theme he re-appear but he isn't here with my test...

Sorry if i have bad english i 'm French and i try to don't use any translator ^^

PS : i'ts a flash wallpaper look like iphone's.

Thanks a lot,

Here's two screenshots :
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] markjo:
Would it be possible to use the device identifier token from a Holiday other than the Vivid to unlock the bootloader for the AT&T device? Don't know much about unlocking bootloaders and all that... just curious.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] drewdatrip:
Im pretty sure its based on hardware that defines the Cid not sure though

Drew
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] markjo:
Yeah I figured that, since it's all most likely just device dependent. So to answer my own question, probably no. I was just curious since I tried unlocking the bootloader through HTC just to get familiar with the process and got the same error as everyone else.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] malickie:
Oh this is messed up. I didn't read everything on the HTCDev site before but in there it has this statement.

"HTC is committed to assisting customers in unlocking bootloaders for HTC devices. However, due to some of our carrier customers concerns, certain models with specific restrictions may not be able to be unlocked."

I wonder if AT&T really is Locking down this device.
[HTC Titan] noelito:
Hi

Does anyone know if the htc sensation xl or amaze 4g have the same size battery as the Titan? since the phone is so new, I can't find extra batteries and wall chargers so i can swap out accordingly, i found ONE listing but the battery and charger for it are $21 which is pretty hefty and they list it as htc titan, amaze 4g and sensation xl

im so spoiled swapping batteries out never having to charge my phone lol
[HTC Titan] XATAGuy:
Stop searching for "Titan Battery"

Hi,

Like you, I like the windows platform because I need and have the option of carrying spare batteries. I have had luck in the past searching instead for the manufacturers part number (MPN) instead of "Titan Battery".

Remove your battery. Put on your most powerful pair of glasses and search, on the battery itself, for the MPN. Enter this P/N (only) into your search engine. It should give you additional information and choices. I actually think the price you have found is going to turn out to be not all that bad, but the last time I did this, for my Focus, I was able to find a package consisting of a charger and two additional batteries for around $15.

I would try it, but I don't have the Titan - yet. Waiting until I am eligible for device upgrade (12/23). I will be taking the Titan for a test drive when it comes to AT&T, but may be switching to an Android device next time if we don't get Skype for WP7 by the first of the year.

Hope this helps.

Dave
[HTC Titan] noelito:
many thanks! im used to buying these extra aftermarket grey non oem battteries with their charge for $10 from china through ebay, and i would almost 2 weeks through snail mail for it but since the phone is so new nothing comes up on ebay.

i was really lucky winning one at the windows phone inner circle event, don't go to the droid stick with wp7 its getting better and better!

thank you for the tip im going to do a search now
[Off-topic] burakgon:
I'm bored so much everyday something has broken.

With stock rom I can't play dungeon defenders with my PowerSGX 540

And with sucked balls iphone is smooth on this game.

With CM7 browser is laggy and stock kernel is so poor. Look fps in quadrant. F...k quadrant score but just look what a poor fps. After flashing glitch kernel dungeon defenders is so smooth but now it brings millions of bugs.

And now accelerometer doesn't work great it lags on CM7 or MIUI with all type of kernels. And these days are end of gingerbread. We still don't have a great gingerbread or froyo.

I have a great GPU chip great CPU chip I will put all of them into my somewhere. F...k samsung sorry for offtopic I bored so much.

Now CM9 will come with a big "0". Fix bugs fix bugs fix bugs ... And CM10 + a big 0 fix bugs fix bugs.

When can I use this sh*t?

My next phone will be a Windows Phone 7.5 or something. SGS FOR SALE.
[Off-topic] Chief_Death:
LOL. 10 Chars.
[Off-topic] bhu1:
Stupid thread, no one wants to know that u r buying a wp7. And if u wanted to sell your sgs then eBay is a better place then xda.
[Off-topic] MrIwik:
There is no cure for stupidity..
[Off-topic] Mr Woolf:
Before I commited myself to a 2 year contract, i researched which phone to buy for a full month. Consequently, i never moan, ***** or whinge like a little girl.

What did you do? Pull your phone out of a hat?
[Off-topic] Galaid:
This guy has a point. I play with a phone, not games though. That's why Android is perfect phone for me :)
[Off-topic] KiretoX:
I am really wondering what games he is gonna play on Windows Phone !?
[Off-topic] acid74:
To those joking with OP...can you guys name one gingerbread firmware released by Samsung that is not laggy..buggy etc etc.
[Off-topic] TigerCourage:
Well I'm using the following combination and it works like a charm!

ODEXED Stock JVR + CF-Root + Thunderbolt 1.9 60MB LMK + Arc Launcher 2.0.

I've got pretty high FPS in games and Quadrant scores are like 2400 - 2500.

Maybe you should try it? I'm playing 9mm wich is a 1.6GB game and works pretty good!
[Off-topic] acid74:
I don't play games that often in mobile,might try the above mentioned combo. I need a firmware that works,trusty alarm clock,etc.Samsung does not give a damn about the bugs on recent firmwares that's the reason i feel with the thread starter.
[Off-topic] burakgon:
Lets try dungeon defenders. You can't even just open game with this combination.
[Off-topic] haloimplant:
Just tried out Dungeon Defenders. Got real laggy the first time I played at wave 3 of the first level but I restarted and it ran perfect after that. Pretty fun game. Shame if I have to restart every time though as I usually only restart when I install new kernels and stuff or go for weeks of up time.

Big bottleneck with this phone is lack of RAM, and Dungeon Defenders wants a lot of it. It says 256 MB free required, well that's tough with 330-350 MB usable. I run Semaphore bigmem with 352 MB RAM (with stock JVT odexed) and I noticed after exiting the game that 205MB was free (in the 'manage applications' 'running' tab) and I'm guessing the game was using most of that. It's a very demanding app though, most run just fine. The only problems with RAM I've had previous to this is that if do lots of stuff Slacker in the background will get killed from time to time and that may have been due to LMK settings that I was using at the time.

SGS is a great phone but it would be even better if Samsung had given us 512MB usable RAM, then programs that need 250MB would run no sweat. Seems like 1GB of RAM is going to be required real soon for people that want to run the demanding games. My SGS has served me well but I'll be eyeing the new phones with 1GB in the new year. Shame because other than the RAM, and perhaps SD card speed but that is more of a want than a need, I could easily hold off until the following year.
[Off-topic] burakgon:
Totally agreed. Flashing back to froyo now. For more ram.
[Off-topic] cwc289:
For games playing, 2.2.1 is only choice.
[Off-topic] muzicfreako:
Theres no need to bash someone like that. He's got a valid point in terms of games and the lags inspite of the superb hardware our phone has. After all this hardcore specs...gingerbread released by samsung is ****...yeah i know theres CM7...but come on...lets just talk about phone thats just out of the box...
[Off-topic] gaurav2009:
i also just downgraded to froyo 2.2.1 jsd yesterday...its awesume for playing games......and i also applied supercharger script...i get lot of free ram.....

i had also tried jpk but jsd is awesume...
[Off-topic] TigerCourage:
Well, every time I exit 9mm wich is a very demanding game, I get like 179 free ram. Also, the ARC launcher is very optimized to run on low ram (wich makes it lightweight) and doesn't redraw like TouchWiz 3 bull****.

I can't try Dungeon Defenders couse I'm out of internal SD storage all because I have a lot of games installed on my 8GB version xD.
[Off-topic] blazevxi:
Quadrant scores mean little to nothing in reality though.
[Off-topic] spamtrash:
Whole thread should change the topic to:

I'm very disappointed because I had no idea what I'm buying and what for I will use it.
[Off-topic] bhu1:
well, for me riptide gp, dungeon defenders, shadowgun etc. run perfectly on jvt+doctorz rom v9+thunderbolt tweaks 1.9.1 50 lmk+loopy tweaks+semaphore kernel 1.8.2 at 1200mhz and they are like butter on 1300mhz. u can say my sgs has a bit of a better processor then most sgs out their. i get 4000 quad. easily with this combo. i am very satisfied with gingerbread and i believe windows phone 7 doesnt even these high graphic games so its just a waste of money to move on windows phone or even ios.
[Off-topic] elkmor:
Never had a problems with stock ROMs (except with 2.3.3 where battery drain was, and with 2.3.5 only once). Tried CM7 - buggy peace of ... Tried Darky's - still don't understand why i did it. )))

You'll be bored twice as much with those six stupid tiles on the screen and five games available on windows. )))
[Off-topic] Mr Woolf:
Ahhhhhh, you've seen the light! ;)
[Off-topic] dani_z:
Try latest MIUI.Galnet, Mintberry, it doesn't matter. You never will be bored again :)
[Off-topic] Lesiroth:
We shouldn't have to downgrade to Froyo to get better performance though, the Nexus S runs GB fine or so I hear, why should our phone with the same internal hardware be any different?
[Off-topic] burakgon:
Cm7 has sensor issue. Accelometer is not smooth like stock. Test it. Same on miui.
[Off-topic] mickeko:
So who tried froyo on a nexus s to make sure it doesn't run better on it than gingerbread? People tend to just assume that new hardware runs something new faster than old stuff, but mostly that is an incorrect assumption.
[Off-topic] burakgon:
Lets off topic. Whats best froyo kernel for sgs?
[Off-topic] haloimplant:
IMO best Froyo 2.2.1 kernel was Speedmod K13E. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822756
[Off-topic] umberto1978:
I really don't understand this....

Android is an open platform that you'll find recenlty in almost all smartphone in the earth!

This means that this platform has to be exclusively ported on each phone, one by one and piece by piece.

It's reasonable that not all porting is optimized in the best way.

Anyway, it gets worse in life: look what is doing Lg with own products (some).....They're still with froyo...if i remember well.
[Off-topic] _breez_:
Me like this thread not garbage it is & inglish poo. Even borat is better at english.

I actually don't understand why everybody is having so many problems with gingerbread. It runs smooth as butter here with stock kernel + cf-root
[Off-topic] calbertoferreira:
I feel the same as the guy who made this thread!!

We shouldn't have to flash stuff to fix our phone!!

It should work well out of the box!

I dare you to name more than 10 Android devices that work well out of the box with no problems.

Now, do the same with WP7..

It just works great! Most WP7 devices are FAST and have LESS POWERFULL HARDWARE comparing to our galaxy S.

Having an expensive Android device is just a placebo effect...when you start using it and pushing more from the device it just blows..
[Off-topic] Mr Woolf:
Why did you buy one then?
[Off-topic] calbertoferreira:
Because only after using it for an extensive period of time i noticed all of the problems, some problems i thought that would be solved by firmware update but they didn't, such as the GPS.
[Off-topic] BlackDino:
By the way wp7 is not anything better, I own a samsung focus which I used as my primary device for a couple months.

The lack of apps, not being able to change annoying system functions, and ie are all huge downsides.

On top of that the multitasking is **** and apart from system apps most 3rd party ones have noticeable lag

But feel free and jump to another boat, I don't know why you have to make a scene before you do so
[Off-topic] rschenck:
I think it would be best if everyone just stopped feeding the troll.

Reported as Trollbait and spam.
[Off-topic] TigerCourage:
Solution, get Galaxy S2.
[Off-topic] burakgon:
Why you firing me? Am I a beta tester or a smartphone user. I want to understand this.
[Off-topic] burakgon:
Yes If I have a sgs 2 I will shut up. Not joke. I will buy one soon. Because of 1GB ram and super amoled plus screen. But I think our processor and GPU is pretty nice but not firmware.
[Off-topic] telep:
Trusty alarm clock? I use sgs as my alarm clock and it works every day all the time since day one, once it didn't work because i forgot to set alarm :eek:.

Stock JVT is bug free for me
[Off-topic] burakgon:
Convert to ext4 and set barriers to 0. Alarm clock will be simply smooth! Get ready to amazed by alarm clock.

For longer snooze times undervolt it!
[Off-topic] telep:
What? Sarcasm? Or you just trying to be funny......

I tried wp7, and its smooth, but i hate those long uselles animations, metro UI is not my cup of tea, and WP7 is prety uselles, and basic, plus you must use Zune, i hate proprietary software for PC.
[Off-topic] telep:
Well thats cost of open source software, if all android vendors would stop using custom UI's i'm sure that android would be preaty smooth also (now when ICS brings gpu accelerated UI). But i dont understand one thing, is smoothnes only thing that you people want, and use? I like freedom on android, and possibilities of replacing anything i dont like.
[Off-topic] MartyLK:
Glad to know you are making a wise choice.
[Off-topic] telep:
Well i know they are not so smooth, did you read what i wrote, ics brings gpu accelerated UI, wp7 already has gpu accelerated UI, thats why its smoother than android, plus it doesnt have multitasking, but app freazing, that helps it.
[Off-topic] xxnitro123:
android is the solution to your problems lol
[Off-topic] scoobysnacks:
Just switched from android (HTC incredible s) to wp7 and I must say I am enjoying it.

I like how it feels coherent, there is a theme that travels through the os and all apps as well.

Instead of mocking the guy, realize that different people want different things.

I got sick of flashing rams constantly for the past two years of android phones to try and get better performance.

Now I'm not always messing with my phone, I have more time for other stuff.

I do miss having tons of games and stuff, but wp7 does have some quality games and once development picks up it will only get better.

I love android too, just sometimes it's refreshing to try other things too.

I don't understand why everyone has to be such fanboys
[Off-topic] josip-k:
Android-customizing,flashing, fun.

Wp7-job,smooth,for buisness people.
[Off-topic] nikidorian:
Totally agree with both above! I mean just the fact you'r buying a Win Pho to replace SGS means you have no idea of phones and OS'. Before I decided to buy a Moto Atrix I invested more than 7 months searching for the phone that will suit me best! I'm not saying you should do the same but at least spend some time researching the market. And the problems you'r having with your phone are your fault. Aways read the OP and the comments for errors and fixes about the rom you'll be installing!

P.S WINDOWS PHONE SUCKS AND WHEN YOU GET IT WE DON'T WANT TO LISTEN YOU COMPLAINING OBOUT IT!!!
[General Questions and Answers] boing5:
Hello.

I have Xperia x8.

I really wanted apps2sd program because phone memory was to small for all apps I downloaded from the market. So I found a tutorial for it (the one for xperia x10 with 60 pages). So the first step was to make some partisions so I downloaded the program MiniTool Partition Wizard. Before deleting the SD disk, I made 2 backups in program "Backup and Restore".

So afted deleting it and making 2 partitions, I wanted to restore my files but when i opened "Restoring" section NOTHING was there! :( :( :(

Down there it says that the last backup was made 2011-11-12 ... Still nothing's there... Now I have no songs anymore, no photos that were important for me, no videos... NOTHING... And when I open "Card" disk when my phone is conected with USB on the computer it's empty, so I even can't install that apps2sd program.

HELP!!! :confused::(:mad:
[General Questions and Answers] Theonew:
You formatted your SD card so what do you expect.:p
[General Questions and Answers] boing5:
So... It means I can't backup anything??? Well my phone offered me backup and I accepted. I'm such a fool... Oh well, thank you :(

But, how do I install apps2sd now after formating?
[General Questions and Answers] anthonyng:
download from market

hit thanks if i helped
[Windows Mobile Themes] otash78:
Please guys help me improve my hd2. I am new user, recently bought it. Want to update it and make it more convenient to use. Please share your experience and attach file that you suggest. Thank you
[Windows Mobile Themes] jjollyroger:
first of all check out the dedicated forum

for best performance I suggest to flash Artemis ROM and practice on ypur new device.

Customizations come later and depend your needs and tastes
[Windows Mobile Themes] cocopuff:
Cookies home tab 2.0

If you want try CHT 2.0 and 2.0 editor here is the link:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=792303 and editor:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=792304 and if you get stuck watch a video on how cookies home tab works just google it. Hope this helps and welcome to the windows family.:D:D:D;)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gramrock:
U guys i Just downloaded this ROM toolbox app bc of sassibobs boobs, now it ****ed up my screen resolution, the thing is i uninstalled it, hoping it would be automaticly reset after uninstallation..

It didnt, so i wanted to reinstall and check for the responsible option, but NOW my device doesnt work with that app (thats what the fkn market says now..)

i downloaded "lcd resolution" and busybox, set up the resolution manually but it seems that "lcd resolution" has a cap of 212, is there another app where i can go further ?

And the most important question: whats the default dpi ? isnt it 250 ??

Please u guys need some help here...

couldnt find anything helpful via searching...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gramrock:
Okay Got it:

Got an app called: "LCDDensity"

the default Density is 240 DPI

hope that helps others..
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] kabadahija:
Default is 233 ppi pixel density
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gramrock:
ah okay worked fine with 240, i will change that
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gramrock:
Heys, i tested it, 240 is right
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] kabadahija:
GsmArena said it is 233 http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i9001_galaxy_s_plus-3908.php

I didn't change it, so you know what is best for you ;)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Sh0rty007:
Woww i almost bricked my phone by installing LCD Density...

My phone was in a reboot loop and didn't do anything anymore.

I had to go in download mode and flash a new ROM with Odin.

So better watch out :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gramrock:
Glad u made it bro :)..

@kabadahija

Hmm i dont know man, i tried 233, the screen was all blurry and icons and stuff were all too small, after i did 240, it was as sharp as a razor blade and the screen adjustments were fixed..

maybe the stupid ROM toolbox ****ed up few more settings and thats why 240 works fine, but for me 233 is rly not the original size and as I said the status bar icons were all blury and not in the original size (smaller)...

--

U know whats strange ?

I was able to dl ROM toolbox from the marked, but many slidebars didnt respond and had their own default positions which didnt work (the cpu slieder for example), so after i reboot, i realize that my resoultion is ****ed up, so i uninstall, after next reboot, same ****, i want to reinstall it from thr market..

But now it says that this software doesnt work on my device, how the hell can this happen ? what did the programc hange so i couldnt use it anymore.. ??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zagzag99:
in the process of flashing the phone no longer show it's IMEI in status or in *#06#.

Carrier blocks the phone, i assume because of this.

seems to me that /efs/root/afs/settings/nv_data.bin is corrupted.

there is no backup file. :-( How do I recreate the file? can I use some other file and patch it with the correct IMEI?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] thegoo:
What were you doing prior to this?

Does it ask you for a unlock code?

Details please.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] zagzag99:
i used odin to flash roms to upgrade to gingerbread.

kc1, kh1, voodoo kernel... it's now at kg6.

the phone was t-mobile unlocked, supposedly.

after i had issues with no calls in or out i noticed the imei reported in software (about phone or *#06#) is 00000000000000.

phone reports registered to the cellular network.

nv_data.bin in /efs/root/afs/settings is only 265kb and in hex editor it's all FF apart from one location with 00000000 values.

on an identical phone i have imei reported correctly. can i use it to recover the other one?