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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futiless:
Does anyone out there know what causes 4EXT CWM and Amon Ra all (with custom tools) all to fail in regards to seeing a formatted cache partition on EXT-2.

I have DONE EVERYTHING I can possibly think of, from using Gpart in Ubuntu, to the phone itself. Many times in the past I have made it would just leave my 2 Gig cache partition empty because NOTHING works EVER!...

Did I miss something, can you even have 4 separate functional partitions with the Nexus 1 ?

The closest I have come to something really functional is with 4EXT, it seems to go through all the stages but when I check alignment I only get the first 2 partitions (fat-32 and EXT-1) EXT-2 says it is unformatted for some odd reason! This has been performed using a full card wipe on an external source. Even still everything is seems to go as planned until I check the card. With 4EXT I attempt to force a ext3 or 4 format and it restarts the recovery ! When I check A2SDGUI it says I only have 15 megabytes for cache.

I have used black rose and set it to 220/15/201 (dla5244), tried the latest versions of 4EXT and wasted many hours before posting...

CAN ANYONE HELP !! :(:confused::(:confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommert38:
Download SD Formatter from here, run the program and choose under Options:

FORMAT TYPE: FULL (OverWrite)

FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT: ON

This will format your µSD (be sure to backup your important stuff:p). When finished, try to make an ext4 partition with 4EXT recovery. You only need one ext4 partition (so no 2nd) and no swap.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futiless:
Thank you for the fast response but I have tried that. Except I want this phone to work optimally and I have figured everything else out so it is hard to settle for mediocrity. I mean I know that 1 SD-EXT partition works... Even 1 + fat32 and SWAP but I can NEVER have the phone identify the SD-EXT2 partition... no matter what... In partition magic (terrabyte bootit) and of course Gpart in Ubuntu all indicate that everything is great. Except the phone doesn't use the partition and like I was saying before the 4EXT shows it as unformatted after it's format. When I force a format on the partition the software reboots !?!... And if I leave it claiming it's unformatted even though we may think it is, QND's MIUI can only see 15 megabyte cache partition !

But then why not just go back to stock roms and one partition? :confused: To your point it's hard to step back and use something less inclined for performance when it should work ? no ?

I know I am a NOOB BUT I also know that it seems like no one out there can offer CLOSURE on the matter. like "ohh that's because the N1 cannot identify a EXT2 partition" or "ohh... that's your SD card's fault it isn't aligned right etc."

I mean I can see others have had this problem and gave up, I don't want to give up unless it is a limitation of the hardware (?sd card?)

Another way to look at it is although beautiful and helpful for most... 4EXT should be focused on getting that to work, I would think... To your point everyone is confused and shouldn't have more than 2 partitions ? Doesn't seem right to me.

Anyways if you have any other ideas OR anyone else can think of a solution lets do it I want to invest time into this and make it work !!

Sincerely! !
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommert38:
Why should you have more than 2 partitions on your µSD? 1 fat32 for your pictures and videos and stuff, and if you don't have enough space for your apps, 1 ext4 for A2SD (maximum 1GB).

Swap is not necessary and in fact slows your system down. A thread about swap is somewere to be found here.

And why the 2GB cache partition? You already have a 15MB cache partition on your phone.. 220/15/201.

You really don't need more than 2 partitions on your µSD.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futiless:
?

I am willing to accept that you are right that it isn't needed. But I am not using A2SD, I am using XPART. According to the guides I am read, the best way is with 3 or 4 partitions (Swap being the option). The Cache partition on the other hand makes sense because even with titanium backup I can see my 60 or so apps are storing a couple hundred megs in cache. So this way a dedicated partition for processing things once instead of multiple times would provide the fastest solution. Being that the n1 is not the top performer anymore (still my fave though ;) ), any extra speed should help when I am using my phone day to day.

The QND MIUI mod by jbbandos has the following about XPART :

"You can use it with one FAT32 and one ext4 partition, as A2SD, which seems to be the more stable setup, but the recommended setup for speed is one FAT32, one large ext4 (for your data partition), one smaller ext4 (cache), and a swap partition. I'm not that much of a fan of a swap partition, as I am always afraid it will wear out the SD card precociously, but most people report it working well, and I prefer the single ext4 for stability, but YMMV. "

you can read more here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1084726

.......

Anyways that is what I want, and I will invest the time to get it. I believe that 4EXT is primarily in development to perform this function. But I have a problem, with the results. I realize that it may not be necessary but I would like to know the WHY as to why this doesn't work.

AS ALWAYS thank you for you help none the less..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommert38:
Never used XPART, I didn't know they recommend this. I never used apps to ext scripts longer than a few days.

This is because I'd rather install 10 crappy apps less, than having a slower system. Then again, if I would use an apps to ext script, I would definitely go for stability :D.

Unfortunately I don't know what you could do now..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futiless:
I found my previous QND build with XPROT using blackrose was good for like 7 months !!! I just wanted to update and get it working properly. I would HIGHLY recommend it as you phone sees like 1 gig of internal mem so all apps that have widgets are useful and don't need to go to SD. In my opinion it was more stable than stock !!! Honestly, great tool.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futiless:
OH yeah and it is also much faster I have found !
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] exe127:
I have bought a Japanese GNexus, but how can I unlock the simlock?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
Try this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zh356:
just need to install ****docomo apk to unlock
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] exe127:
Thanks. but I get a problem with F_Docomo.

I use it after I update to 4.0.4.

Then I press Unlock(not permanant one), it works but I loss my imei(unlike what instruction say you can keep the imei)

Does anyone try F_Docomo in 4.0.4 system?

Thanks
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsupnow:
So is this possible to do? I only ask cause right now I've tried all the ICS roms and they all to laggy for me. But I did like the camera cause it had a really smooth panorama shot setting.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomassafca:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraics
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsupnow:
Sweet thanks man!
[XDA Developer TV] Martinhdk:
Read this:

http://rootzwiki.com/news/_/articles/announcements/rootzwiki-developer-and-site-roadmap-r580

Seems that AZ and SASSI are gone. Anyone who knows why? Damn. I really hope that XDA is not causing this - those shows were something unique here on XDA.

Tell me please
[XDA Developer TV] gh123man:
yes they are gone. i talked to jeff. it has to do with the moderators taking back the portal and youtube channel and undoing all the changes they made. sam, bob, and jeff are gone i believe. they are now doing super user tv for rootzwiki
[XDA Developer TV] Martinhdk:
Seems very stupid by the MODS...Why would you remove your most popular assets....? I need an explanation
[XDA Developer TV] stemnin:
sassi has some random new vid about a vid she's going to do (VEDA?), looks like she just didn't want to sleep lol.

Sam is going to be on the new rootz show tonight.
[XDA Developer TV] JimmyMcGee:
Azrienoch and Bob choose to leave XDA. It is their choice. The mods hold no ill will towards anyone. Sometimes things change. We wish azrienoch and Bob all the luck with their new pursuits.
[XDA Developer TV] gh123man:
what are the future plans of xda tv (if you dont mind me asking)? new shows? new hosts?
[XDA Developer TV] JimmyMcGee:
Exactly. We are looking for Hosts to create fun and exciting videos for the members of XDA and the world at large. There is a lot of exciting things in to works and if anyone has any ideas and/or wants to talk about becoming a host, feel free to hit me up, with a private message. :)

I hope everyone is enjoying the Videos from AdamOutler and Shen. :)
[XDA Developer TV] miui-lover:
It's very sad message. I m very unhappy to hear this.
[XDA Developer TV] ahmadsamhann:
Az is my favorite host :( Sam too.
[XDA Developer TV] jadephyre:
Well, if Az, Sassi & Sam are gone, there is no reason to watch XDA-TV anymore...
[XDA Developer TV] JimmyMcGee:
I'm sorry you feel that way, there are still some pretty great videos being produced, and more to come!
[XDA Developer TV] ahmadsamhann:
so far no good video IMO. hope Shen Ye and others can cover those things up.
[XDA Developer TV] amrish96:
Too bad they left... I really liked their video's...
[XDA Developer TV] lvader:
"We are looking for Hosts to create fun and exciting videos for the members of XDA and the world at large"

more fun than BOB? or Sam?

I doubt
[XDA Developer TV] askhansen:
Check out the rootzlive! video. They explain a little about superuser TV.

Azrienoch and SassiBob if you read this, I wish you the best on the new show :D
[XDA Developer TV] CarlosBattousai:
Wow now I has a sad.......:(
[XDA Developer TV] lvader:
Sassi we miss you

we miss you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnynWVL0VCQ&list=UUn_5GhTJXWOTVPbiFzksEDA&index=3&feature=plcp
[XDA Developer TV] andreasyeah:
seriously? the biggest mistake of XDA TV. XDA TV do something. bring them back!
[XDA Developer TV] brainimpact:
to be fair some of the things I've been reading and also seeing how some members treat others It wont be long until lots more are driven away to elsewhere too which is a shame b/c this is a great place and XDA TV is a great asset.

Some members think just b/c they are popular or have a popular Rom out or something that they can speak to less knowledgeable members like crap which as lead to their followers in them threads thinking its ok to do the same
[XDA Developer TV] chasport:
More power to em. The way xda has been treating is readers/users lately has been very unprofessional. See yall over at rootz :D
[XDA Developer TV] Quetzalcoatl:
damn, RIP
[XDA Developer TV] exb0:
sure maybe it wont be as funny or as entertaining, but i'm still optimistic about this whole situation :)
[XDA Developer TV] pulser_g2:
Exactly.

I think some people forget that XDA is a developer site, FOR developers, BY developers. XDA was started off by a few developers, in order to share info about getting latest versions of software onto their devices, and extending support for them beyond end-of-life.

At some point on the route, smartphones hit the mainstream, and the userbase has been somewhat diluted. Some of our more dedicated developers felt that xda-tv was a distraction from our core aims, and perhaps even encouraging the problem more... A renewed focus on development on the portal and XDA-TV will encourage the right type of members to be here.

Let's be clear about one thing - XDA isn't about numbers! Let's be realistic here, you can have 1,000,000 "noobs" join up to watch some entertaining (yes, they were good and entertaining, credit where it's due!) videos, but are those 1 million noobs going to be able to achieve something like writing a RIL layer to bring ICS to a device otherwise abandoned by its manufacturer?

Or will the RIL layer end up written by someone who would rather see hardware deconstruction videos?

There's 2 sides to everything, and while we certainly wish Jeff and BoB well in their future endeavours, I think the changes will ultimately benefit XDA as a whole, since people come here for the development on their devices, and we need to foster and encourage an atmosphere where that happens :)
[XDA Developer TV] keridelsnr:
I don't agree, as some one who states in his member info that he dislikes 'noobs' you make your statement even more unappealing to all, if 10% of the 1,000,000 noobs go on to become developers, then you end up with a bigger better developer base than before, and therefore a better web site? I the this site is being too short sighted and only wants to embrace what they like not what the fan base likes.
[XDA Developer TV] Prawesome:
Did i just read that Azrienoch,SassiBob and Sam left xda TV :O I cant believe this...
[XDA Developer TV] th3taman:
Azrienoch and SassiBob may have left on there own, that may be true...not sure. But Sam was pushed out and didn't leave cause he wanted to. Proof of that was shown. :(

As for new videos, Chen is ok. Sam's videos on taking phones apart. I personally see no point and quit watching after the first one. :confused:
[XDA Developer TV] azrienoch:
I'm responding as a courtesy, because yes, there are two sides to everything.

What the Senior Moderators apparently forgot is that noobs come here whether XDA TV is around or not. They come whether the Portal is popular or not. If this site lost focus, too bad. It's unstoppable. We simply had the brilliant idea of putting noobs to work by using them to popularize development and developers. You know, smart evolution--times are a-changing. It worked really well. And you'd better bet it brought tons of new developers and their work to XDA. Odd how people might want their work to actually be used by people.

Anyway, the hostile takeover by the Senior Moderators isn't about keeping that old-timey XDA feeling. It's about control. Wounded egos are the only thing that could make people so blind as to how good and right our changes were.
[XDA Developer TV] AidenM:
^^

I know XDA was supposed to be a developer site, but eventually you're going to get noobs who want to improve their phone. And this site WOULD function without users, but there would be no one to file bug reports, improve, make suggestions, and most of all use the development going on. It's like Samsung making a a new Galaxy phone but not let people buy it, only the people who worked on it use it (basically their staff). Users do add to the XDA experience. I know many devs who are nice to noobs, tell them how to flash their rom, etc. But some smarty-pants idiot comes along, says XDA is ONLY for developers, and discourages anyone profiting from development. XDA needs to loosen up and be a little nicer.

My bank account = -2 cents
[XDA Developer TV] amoamare:
IMHO - Them leaving was a mistake... O well sad to see them go.

XDA TV - R.I.P
[XDA Developer TV] Prawesome:
IMHO,i do agree with that..
[XDA Developer TV] screamworks:
Regarding the whole situation with the mods taking control, I don't know enough about that to comment, but with the loss of Jeff, Bob and Sam, I asked them a few weeks back if they were still employed by XDA, and Jeff confirmed they weren't. I'm not too sure what happened with Sam, but towards the end of his work with xdaTV, his videos had become really well produced and very entertaining, a big step up from when he started (no offence meant). I'm sad to see all of them leave.

Overall, regardless of whether this is a development site or not, there needs to be a form of PR department, if you will. Jeff Bob and Sam did that extremely well, and I for one found the entire entry to XDA as a community a lot less in-your-face, having that sort of break from the nitty-gritty non-stop dev. content.

By no means am I saying that Shen and Adam are doing a bad job--quite the opposite (though I think Shen could do with a new microphone :D), but I really wish XDA had done more to keep those guys on board.

But in the end, what's done is done, and best of luck to all parties involved.
[XDA Developer TV] TheDeadCPU:
I seem to have missed something.
[XDA Developer TV] NRGZ28:
You're missing the point. This site isn't about the "fan base" it's about "the developers".

Amen to that brother!!

Me too... I really don't think there were any hostile takeovers.. lol
[XDA Developer TV] Fallen Spartan:
Care to explain?

Also, XDA is not just about XDA TV and XDA TV is not just about Sassi, Az or Sam. As Jimmy stated, we have other users doing videos and we are looking to recruit other tv personalities.

Let me ask one question, if SassiBob wasn't so easy on the eye, would you have been as interested?

XDA will always be a developer driven site

...........................

You can lead a fool to wisdom but you can't make him think! XDA, mobile wisdom, not a n00b feeding ground!!
[XDA Developer TV] screamworks:
What kind of condescending bull**** is that? To imply that the tens of thousands of people that viewed their videos were driven by nothing more the desire to stare at a pretty girl for a few minutes is the most moronic thing I've read so far. If that's the attitude shared by all XDA staff, no wonder they left.

It seems the idea shared here is that XDA can only be for developers, but as stated by Jeff, change is inevitable. If you're going to resist it by dragging your feet, choking creative content that doesn't fit the mold of "development only", and chasing off the people which widened your user base quite significantly, you're only going to end up crashing the site to the ground. Keep this up, and in a year or two XDA will be nothing but a handful of lonely guys sitting around thinking boy, did they do a great job in keeping the development spirit going or what?

By saying that XDA is for developers only, you're effectively saying a big "**** YOU" to the majority of the people here.
[XDA Developer TV] wrelessb:
Why does it appear that most bashing noob involvement on XDA has an ELITE insignia next to their avatar? It appears some have created a nice little clique on XDA with which to wage their ego-boosting bullying on those with less experience than them.

Everything is about fanbase. Doesn't matter what you do.

I know Bob and Jeff well. See them both everyday. Along with 5 other developers my company employs full time. Every dev I've hired has been related to XDA in some capacity.

By no stretch of the imagination am I a noob, but I was. When I signed on to XDA several years ago for the first time I had NO idea what to make of terms like 'bootloader', 'kernel', 'tar file' or '7-zip'. Today, thanks in large part to XDA Devs (you know who you are) I have a great working knowledge of the development world.

I'm certainly no expert on these topics now, but I assure you that Jeff and Bob have no malicious bones in their bodies. THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE THAT DID GREAT THINGS on XDA. Please don't diminish their contributions.

Bob and Jeff were both approached recently about sharing their views on mobile policy with Congress. Not XDA Congress or the Elite Moderator board, the United States Congress. I challenge all of the devs living in your developer ivory towers to create the same type of change in the world for what you believe in.

It particularly pains me to see someone insinuate that SassiBob is not worth watching without her good looks. So what am I to believe, if a guy or girl is too attractive, then their opinion is worth less in the XDA world? Bob has a gift and it is not summed up by her physical appearance. She has an entire charisma that makes you want to hear what she has to say. You can tell easily in her delivery she is passionate about learning everything Android related. Bob is DEFINITELY experienced and has a great grasp of the Android ecosystem. Not just a pretty face, but a very articulate and charming personality who loves everyone and judges NO ONE.

Don't act like crabs in a bucket, pulling everyone down just to make certain your personal empire is better than some else (from your limited perception). Instead, bind together to help those that need our help and use all of your talents to make the developer world a better place. Welcome everyone until they give you a valid reason to send them packing, noobs or experienced geniuses.

I still LOVE XDA and the great personalities and knowledge which seem to flourish as a result of it's existence. I felt compelled to write my first forum post EVER tonight to defend two valued members of my team.

In closing a quote from Edmund Burke:

"when bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."
[XDA Developer TV] Unreasnbl:
Based on the words of the mods in this thread, every member of the forum who is not a "recognized developer" should have their accounts closed and deleted.

Just to be clear, this forum is only for developers, but not a place to create new developers.

So, everyone else is just baggage. That is about 4.3 million members who should leave now.

Of the 23,000 people here now, all but a few should be booted off now.

Brilliant, not so much.
[XDA Developer TV] screamworks:
Here here. Brilliantly said.
[XDA Developer TV] siege121677:
I'm not a developer by XDA's standards, but I know my way around Android. And the statements by some in power here, that XDA is for developers, by developers, is one of the most asinine comments ever. Without the so called "fan base", who the hell's left to use what the developers develop?

No more Sam, Sassi and Jeff? One less person subscribed to XDA TV.
[XDA Developer TV] TheDeadCPU:
I can in no way shape or form represent XDA in any way as I'm no longer a Senior Moderator.

But here is my personal opinion.

No forum/blog/webpage about smartphones will EVER be a site where there is only developers and advanced users anymore.

If you look at who owns smartphones it's business men who don't even know what a "linux" is. Teenagers who are all about having the coolest and best phones.

Oh and ofcourse the moms who use it for facebook.

How many percent of the 1BILLION (that's 1'000'000'000) smartphones in the world (according to 2011 statistics) are used by developers and power users? I'd say at a max it's 10million. That's 1%. (And out of those 10million, a lot have iPhones, and maybe aren't even interested in using phones to the max)

Which means the noobs outpower us 100 to 1. How is a page supposed to stay development only then?

One solution invite only.

But with invite only, there would be only devs, and devs don't use other devs roms. (well some do but you get my point)

Out of these simple facts/speculations of my mind I can conclude that it will in no way shape or form be possible to have a proper development site if you also want people to use what you develop.

But then devs only want to talk to people who understand them, and it all ends up being a huge clusterfux.

Think about all the hard decisions that has to be made by a development site with 4 MILLION members.

Should you think about the noobs that get you money (they're the ones you'll earn money on from ads, not the few devs) or should you

TRY

and do what's best for the developers without loosing money?

It's hard as fu*k.

But hey. I'm just some random Norwegian who loves to waste almost all my money on phones.
[XDA Developer TV] XsMagical:
This place is not about developers like it once was, its about noobs and the ad revenue they bring to the site. This site makes bank on those ads and that is a fact. One developer is worth much less then 200 noobs. I've seen sevral great developers get treated like garbage because the mods would take the side of the noobs or the kanger resulting in the developer leaving to a site that shows them the respect they deserve.