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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
That depends on their updater scripts and how the ROM wipes partitions prior to "install"

The best way to check is to download your ROM of choice, unzip it, go into META-INF folder and the very last directory has a file in it named "updater-script"

Open that file and find any lines that call out a format to EXT4... Simply change the 4 to a 2.

Re-zip the ROM back up and flash it.

Again if you need to do a data wipe... Make sure the setting in twrp is checked "format using rm -f " or whatever in recovery SETTINGS

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rancidm:
now it wont convert to ext 2 with stock or the kernal from perevios extizer. system panel sgows ext 4 and slower now. i want the older extizer that works

using aroma

yes -rf is checked

in terminq it shows ext2 what gives?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
The reason this is happening is because you are mounting ext2 as ext4. Ext4 supports ext2 in that way.

If you want to mount as ext2 (true ext2) flash the ext2 kernel in the OP... and your file systems will show up (in terminal AND when booted) as ext2.

The performance degradation is likely in your head, however. lol. I have tested both methods thoroughly (mounting ext2 as true ext2 and mounting it as ext4) and performance is pretty much the same. True ext2 just being SLIGHTLY faster in IO.

Like I said, if I were you I would just simply flash the ext2 kernel in OP. Make sure you grab the correct one...

Also... If you can run trinity with no issues, you should be doing so.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] conganhthuc:
Yes it make the phone use the external sd like the internal I asking about this because I use alot of space
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rancidm:
I would just simply flash the ext2 kernel in OP --Where is this kernal , dont see it ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pyraxiate:
I posted a link for a standalone trinity ext2 install. Read back just a few pages.

I'm not sure the battery is any better but it's definitely quicker in general. I'm on Jedi Master 16 + Morfics trinity kernel (ext2).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theboss23:
Do you think you could post a tutorial on how to change a kernel to support ext2? I just switched to Tweaked 2.4 with the latest Saber kernel and so far performance and battery life have been amazing! I really don't wan't to change kernels but I don't wan't to give up ext2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
It's not necessarily an simple process to somebody who has absolutely no clue what they are doing.

I'll give it some thought. I gotta keep a close eye on two threads as it is.

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rancidm:
yeah what kernals can we use and how do we keep ext 2, persues kernal work ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
Any kernel will work. You will still have ext2, it will just mount as ext4 and certain features of ext4 will not be enabled, for example journal relates related features.

Perseus will work. Flash away

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pc2828:
I had installed the mod, noticed substantial improvements, reinstalled a rom, now not sure if reinstall erased the mod, recovery terminal indicates ext2, regular Terminal indicates ext4. Still snappy, but not sure if still modded
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rancidm:
i installed saber kernal , terminal reports ext 2

while disk info and system panel ext 4

funny that no cache option in aroma installer and yet cache is reported as ext 2 in terminal.

whats better saber kernal or perseus ?

and whats a good benchmark to see inprovements of exts 2 mod ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
To all using the aroma installer for this:

If you select the ext2 option, it will format /system, /data, and /cache as ext2. Any kernel not explicitly modified to mount as ext2 will show these partitions as ext4 when you are booted - this is normal. If you want to know if the aroma mod worked - the final outcome will be showing those three partitions as ext4 while the phone is booted and ext2 while in recovery.

Hope that clarifies things a bit :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rancidm:
Awsome ! sticky!!

so saber kernal works ...shows ext 2 in twrp terminal.

any specific benchmark to show perf improvements ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Spyderlotus:
Porting

I did the normal and safest steps according to the dev and everything worked out fine. Thank you so much Admiral Sir Manley Power! One question though. Will it be possible to get this running on or ported to the galaxy note 10.1 Tablets? Almost the exact same hardware. Besides the cameras really.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pyraxiate:
It should be relatively easy. You just need to know the partitions /data, /cache, and /system are on. Then just modify the installer to match the note 10.1's partition mapping.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
This

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] droido101:
Download links for modified kernels are up! See below... Thank you morfic for allowing me to post copies of your kernels here. Only things changed are mount points to accommodate the new ext2 paritions. His git is here>> https://bitbucket.org/morfic/note2-tw.

is it just me or is anyone else having problems downloading trinity kernel from the link above. i have tried downloading from both of my computers and on the phone itself and i can't seem to get a good download. otherwise ext2 is working well on my phone with jedix16 and saber kernel, just wanted to see how the trinity kernel would behave on my phone. Admiral Sir Manley Power you the man, thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Spyderlotus:
It's not to much of a problem to try and find what the system partitions are on. I just hope I dont mess anything up because one wrong letter or number can be detrimental. If I performed the manual steps to get this all working can I repeat those and just change the mmcblk to the correct one to get it working? I've never done anything close to this type of stuff besides changing part of build.prop file so it makes me kind of nervous. I just want to make sure I'm doing it correctly.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
Wrong letters are OK... It will just error out. Wrong numbers are bad, however

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pyraxiate:
**this**

Just use a diskinfo app and write down the partition number. Make sure you make note data, cache, and system partitions.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mookiexl:
With the data and cache properly setup. Should gameloft games install to internal. Also should templates for certain widgets be saved to internal.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dimex:
to those that have used the aroma installer:

the OP is a little confusing. at the top in big bold letters it says all 3 sys/data/cache are working with aroma. right under that in red text it says boot loop is happening with it for data conversion and you have to do data/cache manually. further down it says under change log for July 19 that doing conversion for all 3 is the only option now.

so which is it, aroma converts all 3 and it's working, or only system, or what?

I'd like to convert all 3 using aroma if it works so hopefully someone's tried and can let me know
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mookiexl:
How do I check if it worked or not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] rail205:
I converted all 3 via aroma and is working great.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mookiexl:
Never mind
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] mookiexl:
Any way to free up the whole 16gb internal while using this mod
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dimex:
Thanks, I'm gonna start doing this in a sec. Gonna put the Malicious ROM on my N2 and use this to make everything ext2.

That MD5 on the OP for the ext2inizer is completely wrong though. I got "286842adb85b003f882a980c0ec8aa71," not "EB0EB296B06DF5BEFFAA26D1D39291DA"

I downloaded a few times so I'm guessing the other MD5 was for an older version.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] pyraxiate:
Um no. Your 16gb built in memory is split between 10 or so partitions. Cache / system / efs / data / radio etc.... no mod will ever give you all 16gb because the rest of the system partitions STILL need somewhere to run from.....

There's only 16gb disk that needs to be split ( hence partitioned ).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Fyi the most recent info on the aroma can be found in

this post

. The OP just hasn't been updated to reflect the changes yet.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
Nope.

And to the other user... I need to edit the OP a bit. Been busy the last couple days.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jamalkhaffaf:
The change log is always the correct one ;) (system/data/cache = ext2) on the aroma installer.

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Guys I wanted to flash stock boot.img through Odin. Would that cause my system/data/cache to change back to ext4.

The reason I am flashing is because I want to connect to my allshare cast doungle.

Plz help, thanks in advance.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
I'm on stock md1 rooted. I can't get my partitions to say ext2. Ive done the aroma install several times. I downloaded a disk info app I saw someone using a few pages back. Still keeps saying ext4. Any advice. I've been looking to do this for a while now but never had the chance till now. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Are the partitions reporting as ext2 if you check them in recovery? That is the only place they will show themselves as ext2 - when the phone boots it is mounting the partitions as ext4, which is the effect the OP now intends.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
how do you check in recovery? I have twrp 2.6.0.1
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
- Boot into TWRP(recovery)

- Click on the Mount button

--- make sure System, Data, and Cache are all checked (Data and Cache tend to be checked by default)

- Click back to get back to main menu area again

- Click on Advanced button

- Click on Terminal Command button

- Click on the Select button (lower right corner... this is establishing starting folder - the default of / is fine)

- Type (without quotes) "mount"

--- click on the Go button

- Look at output screen

Here you should see entries for /system, /data, and /cache - and you can verify whether or not they are listed as "type ext2" or "type ext4"

Hope that helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
Thank you very much worked great
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] master.peterm:
does my internal sdcard get wiped if using the aroma method?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
Only thing that gets wiped is system data and cache. Make a backup to external sd in cwm or twrp first though
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] master.peterm:
Thats what I thought.... I was just confused by the op
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dimex:
Mr Admiral Power... been running the ext2 mod for the past week and a half with a ROM/kernel combination of my own.

I like TouchWiz, so I took a clean Jedi Master 16 ROM, converted system/data/cache to ext2, and used your Trinity kernel provided in this thread, OC'ed to 2.0GHz

Just wanted to say, thanks so much. This combination makes the GN2 fly. Best performance since I've owned the handset. Thanks again!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] NeoAndroid:
Been converted to ext2 with Jedi Master 16 for awhile. However, I've tried many times to flash Trinity kernel like the one used by Malicious ROM to no avail. It boot loops and that's as far as I've gotten. Even installing Malicious ROM gives the same results until I flash Saberkernel and then Malicious ROM boots and the same for Jedi. So for now I'm running Jedi Master 16 with ext2 system, data and cache using Saberkernel 35.6. Battery life did improve but want to try and run it with Trinity. Any help would be appreciated or even a link to Morfics kernel for our Note 2. I've searched for links and only found one that's 120MB in size which I don't believe is right. Most kernels are under 6MB.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
It sounds like you are one of the unfortunate ones that cannot run this kernel. Sorry to say.

There should be links to it in OP
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] NeoAndroid:
Thank you for responding so quickly. I kinda figured but thought maybe at least it should boot up all the way then crash or at least boot up so I can quickly change the voltages per your instructions. I've also tried the TNT-sys and TNT-sys-data kernel to no avail.

So to clarify, if my phone goes into bootloop when I flash Morfics kernel then that's the sign I'm not one of the fortunate ones? If it is then oh well, thank you for your time. Just wanted the full benefits of ext2 partition and for it to also show ext2 under Diskinfo app lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dimex:
You grabbed the system/data/cache kernel from the ext2 mod thread correct? that's the one I flashed with JM16. Also, did you install a fresh version of the ROM, boot it up to make sure everything works, then boot to recovery to run ext2inizer, then boot up the ROM again (would still be showing ext4 at this point), then boot to recovery and flash the kernel?

those are the steps that worked for me

I sent you a PM with my strange overclock issue. I cannot solve it for the life of me!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] NeoAndroid:
I've done the Restore option. I will try the fresh install. Since the 3 partitions are already ext2, should I just do factory reset (making sure the format rm -f is checked) then flash the ROM and so forth like you said?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dimex:
These are the steps I did, after some experimenting and running into issues. I'd start over from step one if you aren't sure everything's kosher. Your choice.

Anyways:

1. Wipe entire system, clear out sdcard, don't worry about rm -f at this point

2. Install JM16. It will be ext4 at this point. Boot ROM, set up all the basics, make sure everything's running smoothly.

3. Reboot to recovery and make sure rm -f is checked and make sure it stays that way from now on.

4. Run ext2inizer, make sure you backup and restore system/data. Do not install stock kernel, keep Saber.

5. Reboot into ROM, make sure everything's running smoothly. I rebooted a few times more, probably not necessary to do that but I'm OCD. The filesystems are ext2 at this point, but if you use an app like Disk Info, it'll show them as ext4.

6. Reboot into recovery, make sure rm -f is checked. Flash Trinity system/data/cache kernel from the ext2 mod thread.

7. Reboot to ROM, check your file systems. It should be reading as ext2 now.

8. Overclock if you want using Manley's instructions.

You should be good to go at this point. I made a TWRP recovery so I could have a completely clean, base ext2 ROM to start from again if something goes wrong.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] NeoAndroid:
Well, did everything to a T. Confirmed sytem,data,cache as ext2 partition but soon as flash Trinity kernel and reboot, i get a bootloop. I guess ill just stick with Saber for now until i figure out what gives.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Just a thought,

Is the T859 the Note or Note II ? Also, did you do a battery pull and try to let it boot again, or did you just go straight into recovery? Sometimes it will hang on boot, but a battery pull will fix it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] NeoAndroid:
I have the Note 2 SGH T889. I was responding to the forum with my Galaxy Tab 10.1 hence the T859.

I have done the battery pull many times and let it sit there for about 30 minutes to no avail. It just doesn't make it to the Jedi Master boot animation.

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I have one more idea to try. I will do a clean install of Malicious MD1. Get it stable with proper voltage setting. Then do a restore of everything except kernel of my Jedi Master backup. I just happen to like Jedi a little better. Who knows, I might just stay with Malicious lol.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] clemcat0091:
Love this mod.... this and the odex, I am a happy camper :D

Sent from my blippity blap using herpty derpty
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] benji667:
guys im having trouble flashing the aroma on my i317 att jedi x16 with saber 35... it starts and gets to 30% then will sit there for like 20 - 30 min then reboot revovery.... any help please ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Well it seems I've thanked you lol...

Anyhoo gunna need a bit more info, like what recovery was used, what options were selected, where things were in the process (what did the output screen say before reboot), etc. Also grabbing the log from /cache/recovery after the recovery reboot would be helpful.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] benji667:
twrp 2.6

options... no stock kern

backup & recover data & sys

oupput... "backing things up"

and i didnt have a /cache/recovery....

and y did u thank me ? lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
LOL - yeah, it's what happens when a 2 year old suddenly launches himself on to you while sitting on the couch forum lurking :)

And yeah my bad, I forgot I set it to wipe /cache at the start of the flash. I'm not sure it survives a reboot but while in recovery you can try to pull /tmp/recovery.log for clues as to what is going on. Sometimes it's just an aroma thing tbh, though it shouldn't happen EVERY time in that case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] benji667:
I can reboot system and its fine but ya dont have a /tmp folder either....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] dwitherell:
Really? Well that's odd, anytime I boot into TWRP it seems there is a /tmp folder with recovery.log in it (at least when I adb shell into the phone while in recovery - though you could probably just use the terminal interface twrp has to check as well really). Good to know rebooting is fine and all is well, but strange that it's freezing - I've used it a number of times (admittedly using a TMo T889 and a TMo version of TWRP) and haven't had a freeze up issue like that.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] psycho4us4:
My brother in law has a i317 he has this mod confirmed working w master 16 sabrekernel and i317 twrp
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] benji667:
So anyone got any ideas ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SIGMAxB:
does it need to be a touch wiz based rom or will slimbean be a no go and one more question will this need to be done every time i swap roms
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] deeznutz1977:
It can, but not as is they need to be modified
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
These are all touchwiz based kernels. So to answer your question - yes, it needs to be a touchwiz based ROM. I'll go back to the OP and clarify.

Although, this can certainly be done on CM. Buddy of mine did it. I just haven't done it on CM because CM is not as stable of an OS. And to be quite honest, I wouldn't recommend it. CM is more prone to give you lockups and whatnot - "the usual stuff" as we say.

Anyways, hope that gives you some clarity.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] SIGMAxB:
Thank you much sir hopefully in the future you'll take up implementation on cm based ROMs thank you for the refreshing topic.

I put my note on a diet : "SLIM SON"
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] jpeps:
Im using this kenel right now will it work ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2239453
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
For sure. If you wanna give this a shot, highly recommend the fsck sript in init.d... it will nearly double your boot times, but is a good safety net.

The fsck script would certainly be required if you are going to give this a shot on CM.

[MENTION=3349439]jpeps[/MENTION].... use the kernels in the OP, follow directions, no that kernel will not work because the boot.img has not been modified as I explained, and stop being ridiculous. lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Skater4599:
Thanks for this info, I'm trying it out now on the Jedi rom.

What app is that your using to verify the filesystem has been changed? I can't seem to find if this took effect :P
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
FX File Explorer with the root add on

you can also run this command from terminal...

hdparm -I /dev/block/mmcblk0p(enter paritition here... 16, 13, 12, etc etc)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theboss23:
I'm having some trouble getting this work, I made a backup of my rom and put it on both my ExtSD card and Computer. Than I made the changes to the settings and put the code into terminal, but this is where things go wrong. After terminal is done doing it's thing I try to restore only the system of rom backup, but when it reboots, it shows the Samsung logo and than cuts to a black screen and I'm back in TWRP. Not sure what's going on, I tried doing this 3 times now and I get the same result everytime. I'm also trying this on Tweaked Rom (which I'm new too) but I didn't think it'd would be a problem since it seems like that's the Rom your (OP) using, right?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
Yes I am on tweaked ROM as well.

If you only did this to /system then you need to flash the kernel in the OP that just has "sys" in the zip file name. The directions in OP are lonnng but they are clear and accurate.

The ONLY kernel zip files you can flash are the ones I posted. All others will not work unless you modify their RAM disk.

Try it again.

Go to recovery

Back up your system(or in your case don't because you already did)

Settings>check "format with rm -f"

Go to terminal, type the command "mke2fs /dev/block/mmcblk0p13"

Restore system back up

Flash the kernel I provided - the one that just says "sys" in it... NOT "sys cache data"

Reboot.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
Well, that was fun. Reformatted so sys is now ext2, debating the rest.. lol Might as well go for broke (no pun intended) I'll let you know how it goes.. Fun s***

Thanks for the well laid out instructions. .
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theboss23:
So this time it didn't send me back into TWRP, however it's stuck at the Samsung logo. It's been at the logo for like 5 min now, not sure how long it takes or if this is normal? One thing I noticed is that under Settings it says "Use rm- rf instead of formatting" instead "Format with rm -f ", I think that might be the problem. I'll try updating TWRP and see if that changes anything.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
No, that's fine my TWRP Ver 2.5.0.0 say's "use rm -rf instead of formatting" No issues

Did you leave a space after typing mke2fs (SPACE) / ? Other than that pretty straight forward, not sure that would cause you any issues, just something I wondered as I was typing the command.. To clarify, I left the space there... lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
Don't update twrp.... There were a lot of changes and some bugs reared their heads. Those guys are good at what they do so give em a bit.

I would recommend 2.5.3.0 version of twrp for this... As some of the settings have changed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] theboss23:
Alright, I'll try 2.5.3.0 and see how it goes.

And yes, I left a space after "mke2fs" the command didn't seem to work if I didn't put the space there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Admiral Sir Manley Power:
Yes there needs to be a space there.

Also... I may have worded the option in settings a little different than what it actually says. Lol...

I'll fix that. The important thing is that you are formatting with rm -f and not mk2fs in the settings because the default is "mke2fs.ext4" .... Which is self explanatory.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Steve Lazarus:
To be clear, when I move on to the second half and go to mount and uncheck data and cache, is it okay to leave External SD card checked?:confused: