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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
uuhh dude i ran out of the extenal partition 512mb ? i will make it 1gb damn i have to do all over again -.-
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
Getting storage back

How do I get my full storage back???

I mean how do i remove the ext partition??

I tried erase everything form settings>storage>Erase sd card

but i am still not getting all the storage back!!!

pls help!!!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
Use minipartition tool :) and delete the ext partition and then format ur sd card with it and then enter recovery put everything back in ur sdcard and then go to mounts and storage again and mount sd card .. thats it

*REMEMBER BACK UP UR SD BEFORE DOING THIS*

have a nice day :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
hey i have done everything and i end up with 43mb internal memory is it that i have alot of apps ? i clear cache but doesnt do anything any help tnx btw its better than link2sd .. :)

EDIT : I CHECKED MOVE APPLICATIONS DATA TO /sd-ext AND GUESS WHAT WHOLE INTERNAL MEMORY IS FREE NOW NO APPS FC !!! THIS IS AMAZING :) I HAVE NO PROBLEMS NOW :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
Some questions

Hi,

After making the partition and completing the whole process I connected my sd card to my windows computer and it showed that the sd card didnt have any format!!!!

How am i supposed to copy all my data back to the sd card???

has this happened with any one??

Also while transferring apps to the memory card I noticed that I was still losing around 1 mb of storage from internal memory , is this normal???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
hmm did u do this with minipartition tool ?? if yes u can help u same thing happened to me

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Ok if u have used Mini Partition Tool i can help you by following these steps... But if u didnt use Mini Partition Tool download it from here :

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Install it then do these steps :

1)Enter recovery and go to mounts and storage category and choose mount USB cable

2)Connect ur cable

3)At this point windows will not detect that the sd card exists so Run Mini Partition Tool

4)Find ur sdcard in the list (make sure its it so u wont format ur hard drive lol :D )

5)Delete any partition u will recognize ( right click, and delete)

6)Format ur sd card via the tool

7)Press apply up on the left side

8)When finished right click on the sd card label and press "Change Letter"

9)Choose any letter i prefer letter F or any other

10)Click apply again on the top left side and then windows should detect ur sdcard as "Removable Disc (the letter u have chosen:)"

11)Make a partition in CWM Recovery

12)Transfer ur files

Thats it Hit Thanks If i helped u :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Wtf? How many apps do you have dude? That's really too much.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
You're doing something wrong if you can't do it from the Android settings. Min Partition works too but I recommend the Android settings. It's easier and you don't really have to do much of anything except tap to the options.

If it can't recognize your SD card try taking it in and out a couple of times before it shows up in the storage tab. As soon as it does, click format. If you have an 8GB SD, you'll have about 7.5GB or something. You never get the full GB's.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
You don't need to transfer ANYTHING if you're using S2E. -____-
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
That's a lot of apps. And obviously. Not EVERYTHING will be moved to the SD. Some things need to be in the internal to work.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
so far everything is working ;D but its sometimes bugging out..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Bugging out how? Give more details.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
well the system gets laggy a bit but the taskkiller fixes it :) thats not a big problem :D

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its pretty rare .. :D nothing to worry about
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
My mistake!!!! actually I installed s2e before putting all the data back into the sd card , is this the reason why windows was saying that I will have to format the sd card to read it????

Ultimatehack3r which sd card do you have????

also after formatting my sd card from settings>storage>erase sd data I didnt restart my phone so thats another mistake that I made!!!

Next time I will do proper testing and then post!!

But please answer my questions that I have put forward in this post
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
well i have kingston 8gb class 4 :) sdHC i baught it pretty cheap ... :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
some more doubts

I just did the whole process again and everything seems to be fine but when i went in titanium backup it shows this,

I

I have kept ext size as 512mb so why does it say 480 mb??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] UltimateHack3r:
format sd-ext in cwm then from settings erase sd card and in go back in cwm and format sdcard and sd-ext ( doesnt matter if it says its not detected) and partition again on 512mb.. see if it will work that way
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
That's not weird at all. Mines is partitioned with 256 and shows 252. Leave it. Don't format your SD so much, you'll kill it quicker.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
You know what? Just format your SD, partition it again and then flash your rom clean to avoid any issues. First thing you'll do is install S2E as soon as your phone boots.

You're messed up too much already.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
Everything is working fine for now on class 2 8gb sdhc card but if I switch to a class 4 sdhc card will it really make a difference in performance??

I have a slight lag in some of my apps but they are i the phone memory.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Nah, everything will work fine. Doesn't really matter xD. The Ace lags a bit when launching apps even if everything is in the internal storage. Don't worry about it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
So you mean to say that changing to a class 4 sdhc card wont make a big difference??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Nah, not at all. I have one and I still get some mini lags now and then. Now if it was a class 6, then I don't know.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Tincans:
A couple days ago I followed this guide exactly as described and it's caused all kinds of problems with my phone.

GPS no longer works, auto-rotation can't be turned off, brightness control resets to min or max brightness for no apparent reason and everything has been slightly less stable lately.

Granted, I'm using CM7.2 Apocalypse instead of stock rom so that has unforeseen consequences too. It just makes me wish Samsung hadn't joked around and released a phone with more memory than the absolute basic
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
There is no problem

I am running on the latest apocalypse rom and I didn't find any problems while using this guide. This guide is very good and is bulletproof as it says.

I guess you should do a full reflash of the rom and then again follow this guide. You wont encounter any problem:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
That's completely random and unfortunate. Those problems can't happen because of S2E. It just moves apps to the SD. It can't cause any other harm to your phone.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
What should I do if I want to change my sd card.

I actually want to shift all my apps to another sd card , wat should I do???
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Lol just press Ctrl+A on your SD then Ctrl+C and make sure EVERYTHING down to the last folder/file/kb is copied. Then copy it down to the other SD card. If that doesn't work then you'll have to reflash the whole rom and reinstall everything with the new SD.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
another n00b question!!!!

can I flash a new rom normally?? In the sense is it fine if I do clean up dalwik cache from CWM???:confused:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
You're talking about flashing a whole new rom and keeping all your stuff? Just do a Nandroid backup or backup all your apps with Titanium. You won't need to do the whole SD card thing. But if you still want A2SD and switch SD's, you're gonna have to remake the partition and everything while copying and pasting.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
I want to flash a new rom and its obvious dat all my apps will go.

I am asking that before flashing a new rom will I have to remove the partiotion????

Wat will happen if I dont remove the partition and I do clean dalwik cache form cwm and then flash a new rom??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Dude. Just do a Titanium back up of all your apps and everything will be fine. Nothing from your SD will be erased. Dalvik and cache are system rom files. They have to get deleted to install a new rom. Always.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Tincans:
I've come to expect that when it comes to Android, not everything will always go to plan. Although there is one positive side-effect from this.

Instead of reformatting my SD card on my Android phone, I formatted the card on my computer. It didn't clear the partition I had made with this guide and initially I was a little annoyed. However after reflashing and reinstalling all the apps I consider necessary, there's an extra 30mb-ish of internal memory. Surprisingly extra space for a few extra apps and an emulator or two :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Yeah, that's a lesson we all have to learn the hard way. I don't understand how you got that extra space but awesome! Haha more apps xD

The reason why I said format the SD with the Android settings is because it'll wipe away the partition with the whole SD. But well, maybe next time for ya.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] lilp4130:
thank you!

i've been viewing this site for ages, unregistered following guides,updating my phone and learning

to do alot of cool things thanks to you guys :D

i followed this guide because my ace is a great little phone but the insufficient internal storage

notification and general slowness of the phone lately had brought me to the conclusion that it was just too old

even with cyanogen installed and i would need to bite the bullet and buy a more recent phone

none of which seem as hardy as the ace it's a tough smartphone! (i've dropped mine alot!)

anyway i felt the need to register and say thanks! i followed the guide,and my phone is now awesome again and i can

have as many apps as i want :D

and so i dont need a new phone,i get to keep my awesome ace!:cool:

:good:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] AlexCro:
Question: Why for example my pictures that are on sd card aint shown in gallery? i get error message like: SD Card has been removed or doesnt exsist? is this "normal" when using partition on SD or i did something wrong? i even tried with terminal emulator: su then mount | grep sd-ext which told me that im on vfat. think i should be "using" ext3 but how? im using cm 7.2 droidace (fire kernel) baseband version: xwkt3 build number: gwk74

dont know how to proceed. please help needed on this1
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
What are you talking about? The gallery shows pictures from anywhere in your phone no matter where they are. Sounds like you might need to format your SD or something. Making a partition and installing S2E has nothing to do with anything. Maybe your SD is already asking for a format fix. Try using QuickPic just in case before you reformat. Might just be the gallery having problems. If that doesn't work, then a back up of your SD and a format should fix it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Glad it worked for you dude! But when your phone gets slow like that, a rom change fixes the problem immediately. Don't get a new phone because of that. My Ace has been to hell and back and it's still awesome. I get a year with it at the end of this month :D
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] r4wky:
hey i am using stock rom (2.3.5) and i have installed cwm 5......and i like this idea of partition.....great :)

i have just one confusion.......

would i able to transfer data from computer to phone.....after partitioning....or if i connect my phone to pc will there b any problem in the phone....????

and is it ok to use link2sd for linking the apps....

please reply ....
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] AaronvAce:
So i dont have to do this whole procudure again when i switch roms right?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
No, you just have to install S2E when you switch roms.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Nothing is gonna happen when you transfer files from your pc to your phone. Windows doesn't mount the ext partition when you connect it, Linux does. So unless you use Linux, you won't be having any problems.

Link2SD doesn't free up any space at all. If you still want a stock rom but with better A2SD support, flash The Myth 2 then open the A2SD GUI and move everything to the SD. It's the exact equivalent for S2E on stock roms.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] AaronvAce:
Does s2e The Same as l2sd? On cm9.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] r4wky:
sorry...didnt get you!!!

are you saying that i wont be able to transfer files from my pc to phone via usb???

and i dont want to install any other ROM... so please tell me which is the best (apps2sd or l2sd or s2e)

thank you :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
this guide only works on cm7 roms!!!!

If you want to transfer apps on a stock rom then use app2sd;)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] r4wky:
i have to partition and then use apps2sd ???

right??
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Kshitij Agrawal:
I think so

I am not really sure of how to use app2sd cause I haven't used it:)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] NunoPitbull:
You should change the ext aprtition size u give as suggestion. 512mb is a bit low. I'm not a "addictive" user to isntall apps and apps and apps, but i got some games and apps and i'm using 0,92GB. I got my phone for around 2 months. And new apps always appear. I would suggest putting a confortable 2gb on SD-ext.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Ugh. Everything is fine. Nothing will go wrong.

Link2SD is bad.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Not an app addict and you're using 900MB+ of apps? I have around 100+ apps installed and I don't go past my 256 limit. You can change/make the partition to whichever size fits your needs.

If you check your phone, you will find that you don't even use half of all those apps.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] r4wky:
ok...then how to use a2sd????

your guide shows only how to install s2e!

i got the "how to partition" thing.....

but what after that??? how to get the a2sd working??? (for stock rom 2.3.5)

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how to use apps2sd ...please explain in detail.....

i know how to format the sd card via cwm5...

but what after that.....

i already installed a2sd....now if i format the card with ext2....

how do i implement in the a2sd app??

please explain in detaill.......
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
The partition is already formatted as EXT. You don't need to do anything more. Stock rom doesn't support A2SD as well as other roms that come with it preinstalled.

Install The Myth 2 and then use A2SD. It's already preinstalled.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Drunken_Dane:
It's working great! Will I get significantly more memory if I tick the other boxes also or is this enough?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Nah not really. The ones checked already move most of the stuff to the sd. The other checkboxes only move little things. But if you want it all in the sd then go for it.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Drunken_Dane:
You're right, these two are quite enough :) I still can't believe it's working that well!

100 mb free on Htc Chacha CM 7.2 (130 mb on start) with all the fancy apps like facebook and stuff. :)
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] shakur91:
After reboot my phone s2e ain't seeing my ext4 partition. What happened?

Wysyłane z mojego GT-S5830 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
What do you mean? Just reboot. As long as you can set the check marks for what to be moved, you're good.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] asking:
thanks mate, for wonderful info.... :) its appreciable...i can store more n more apps now..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Maika7:
I have a noob question related to this.

I've done everything and apparently I did it well, but I can't see any partition. Is there a way where I can see if the partition has been done? Or I just have to install apps and see where the phone installs them?

When I go to manage applications, in the tab "on SD Card" I see the whole space of the SD card, not just the partition. I thought I had to see just the partition but maybe I'm wrong.

I'm asking a lot of stupid things because I'm not sure if my SD card works correctly so I'm testing things right now.

Edit: Also, should I see an app after INT2EXT+? Or it is just a rom? Will I have to move the apps manually? (by installing app2sd I think?)

Again, I'm sorry about the noob questions, it's the first time I'm doing this!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
There are no apps after INT2EXT. It's just a script. You can check Titanium Backup and see that your internal storage has literally increased.

As for the EXT partition, you're not supposed to see it mounted. I don't use S2E anymore so I don't remember if it showed the partition size at the top before you moved it all. I know it did afterwards. You can clearly see your partition using Titanium Backup though.

Lol don't worry. That's what we're here for. Ask any questions you have.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Maika7:
Thank you very much for your answer!

Apparently something happened because my internal memory it's the same and I've downloaded titanium back up and I can't see any difference.

Do you know if SGA has any problems in recognizing a 32gb class 10 sd card? Because I've had strange problems since I bought it (I wanted to type to you what Titanium Backup said but now I won't open, for example).

Also I'm not ussing S2E since I have the original rom my phone had when I bought it. I just rooted it and installed CMW5, that's all I did. I don't want to install CM7 or something like that before knowing this SD card works and that I'll keep it (which I don't think I will).

Edit: Ok I opened Titanium Backup. It says (at the bottom of the screen):

System ROM: 218 MB (36.5 MB free)

Internal: 189 MB (116 MB free)

SD card: 30.8 GB (30.6 GB free)

And that's it. It weird because when I see my SD card memory from settings, it says it has 28.76 GB, and before doing this process it said 29.46 GB. But nothing happened besides that (I did a 1 GB partition but the SD card memory didn't drop 1GB, just some MB).

I think it's either a SD card problem or compatibility but I'm not sure how to fix it (if I can, of course).
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Wait, let me get this straight

1. You're using a rooted stock rom

2. A 32GB class 10 micro SD

3. You made a 1GB partition

Right? Well, from what I can see, the partition wasn't made. I really recommend you don't use stock rom. The performance is really bad and almost no A2SD work with it. Except Link2SD but that doesn't free up any memory at all.

First of all, I recommend you install The Myth 2. It's a highly customized stock rom. I've been using it since like, forever and haven't gotten any problems I used to have with other roms, specially those based on CM7. Battery life and performance is amazing.

Since you're already on a stock rom you won't have any problems at all. Just put it on your SD, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache then flash it. You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1737805

After you install it: using Root Explorer, go to the scripts folder and delete A2SD. Then flash INT2EXT with the guide in the first post. But first make sure you have the partition. You can flash the rom without it and make it after to make sure it actually is made.

I can't really help you while you're on stock because I honestly don't use it and I've never stayed with it to be able to do all these things on it. Now stock-BASED roms are a completely different world.

INT2EXT and The Myth 2 will be the best things to happen to your Ace before the Myth 3 is released. You won't regret it, I promise.

Lol sorry for the long post. I love helping people xD

By the way, when you're done, your TB should look like mine. Obviously with 900 something instead of 252 though xD
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] Maika7:
Thank you very much for the answer.

Yes, I'm using a rooted stock rom, and I have a 32gb class10 sandisk sd card (the one that works bad, I also have a 4gb class 4 which works just fine but isn't partitioned).

Yes, I don't like stock rom either, but as the SD card is not working well I want to find out what's the problen first. After that I'll install anoter rom for sure and I'll have in mind what you just said to me.

The problem is my phone doesn't recognize the apps I move to the SD card. At first I put them in the SD Card with Link2SD, but when I rebooted my phone it stopped recognizing them (sometimes it did recognize them but when I restarted the phone again it stopped recognizing them and so on). I thought this may have been because the memory is too big and the phone didin't search for apps in all the 32gbs, and that's why I wanted to try making a partition. So I formatted my phone and the SD card to partition it and nothing happened. I'm not sure if it's the SD card or the compatibility. Sorry that I'm asking this here, I know it's no longer related to your guide since what's not working correctly is my phone. My boyfriend made a thread asking for help but I got no aswer, I'd appreciate it if you can take a look. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=32014699#post32014699

Anyways, I'll try changing the SD card and see what happens. I just hope it's an SD problem because if it's a problem with compatibility I'll have to change that SD card for a worse one.

Thanks again!
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Checked out the thread and left a reply. Hope it helps.

Also, I think 32GB is a lot of memory for the Ace. It might say it handles it but I still think it's too much for it's limited hardware. I'm using a 8GB class 4 or 6 ( I don't remember) and it's working perfectly fine with my 256MB partition and INT2EXT+. I don't even use that much space. The biggest space hoggers are my CWM Nandroid backups. And even then, I still have 4GB left.

Consider a 16GB if you really need that much space.

My friend also had problems with a 32GB on his Galaxy S3. I'm guessing 32GBs are a little problematic.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] iSxy:
A question..

I just flashed a new cm7 rom and want to install the INT2EXT script..

I already backed up my apps with titanium backup.SO should i first install script or restore backup?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
How are you gonna restore back ups if you don't have the space for them? Which one do you think you should do first?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] iSxy:
Ty..also another thing.,

Now everytym i click install button on the playstore i get an error "android.process.media has stopped unexpectedly" and google play force closes.Can anyone tell how to fix this plz?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
That's a weird error. What rom are you using?
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] iSxy:
Usin apocalypse rom
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Ask in the rom thread. Might have compatibility issues with the script.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] iSxy:
Is there any other way to delete partition because in my storage setting it does not show format sd card.
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] SuperAce609:
Then you're doing something wrong. Give me a screenshot of your available options.