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[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] calvin4000:
That's true, but Sprite backup has a special feature called 'Device upgrade mode' to

http://www.spritesoftware.com/en/personal/products/windows_mobile/pocket_pc.htm

I used it on my S100 and everything works fine.... :) for the moment...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] vijay555:
you could also do a selective restore and choose not to restore windows folder, but do restore everything else?

V
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] berdt:
After getting a license for 30 dollar I used Sprite backup to use a full backup and a full restore using the option "Enable Device Upgrade mode".

Worked perfect for me!

Another nice thing about Sprite backup is the scheduled backup function.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 Software Upgrading] calvin4000:
Happy 4 you, then :D
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
I am new with data2sd.

I read from another discussion that in order to use data2sd on my TF700 tablet I have to create two partitions on my external SDcard (partition1 = FAT32, while the secod partition is ESXT4). I am using Samsung SDXC 64GB class 10 card. For some reason I could not format the EXT4 successfully. I have tried MiniTool partition and GPart USB and Disk boot.

With latest GPart I receive error "Input/Output errro during write on /dev/mmcblk0" with header message "Libpart Bug Found!".

I tried to leave the first partition empty then format the 2nd partition EST4 as well but it made no different.

Finally I ask a frined to format the card from his Apple laptop and he said he did it. However I am still unable to detect the 2nd paritition.

This time the Gpart softare has shown a Warning message as shown in the attachment.

Can anyone help me? Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I have heard that MiniTool has corrupted a few users SD when they use it. If it is still new, you can get the exchange from where you bought it.

Otherwise, you could try this to see if it works out for you.

You can use a card reader and plug it in your window pc. You need to reformat your SD with extfat. If everything works, then you can use gparted to format two partions, fat32/ext4, to use for data2sd.

If it is still not working, you can go to the SD card associate website and download the format4.0 tool. You need to install the software on your pc and use it to format your SD. In the pull down option, you need to select the "overwrite" option in the menu and hope that they can repartition your allocation table in order for your SD to work again. Good luck... :fingers-crossed:
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
Finally made EXT4 partition successfully but still fail on DATA2SD

I finally able to format my second partition with EXT4 using TWRP software. However my TF700 tablet is unable to mount the EXT4 or read it under storage menu. I read another forum saying the SDXC UHS-1 card cannot be used for my tablet. Is this true?

Can anyone confirm this? Thank you
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
EXT4 success but DATA2SD is still failing

Hi, thanks for your comment and advice.

I finally able to format my second partition with EXT4 using TWRP software. However my TF700 tablet is unable to mount the EXT4 or read it under storage menu. I read another forum saying the SDXC UHS-1 card cannot be used for my tablet. Is this true?

Can anyone confirm this? Thank you

Note: When flashing using that4 DATA2Sd kernel, the screen hung at Asus logo. Tried using Hunsbuah kernel too but no luck. I am using CROMI-X 4.7.0.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
Is it a micro SD you are trying to use? The full sized SD in the dock won't work for data2sd.

You must use gparted to format the card. There is no other way.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
Take the microSD out and check if it boots normally. You may have corrupted your card with Mini Tool...
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
I am currently using an exactly the same SD as your. It is working for me. Something may be wrong your end.. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
Got the partition working and NOW is the mounting problem...

Finally i got my second partition working. The formatting worked after I recreated the partition table using gPART.

Now my ASUS TF700 could not mount the second partition of my Samsung card. It only read th first primary partition. After flashing ROM with CROMI-X 5.0 and select that_4 kernal (DATA2SD), it loop at initial Asus boot logo and then reboot repeatly and endlessly. Is there any step I am missing here? Thanks for any help here.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
am using MicroSDXC UHS-1 card 64GB

Hi,

I am using Samsung 64GB microSDXC UHS-1 card and I inserted it into the tablet directly. The tablet could read first FAT32 partition but not the second one (EXT4). I could see the second partition using Mini Partition Tool as well as GPART though.

I am thinking hard now on how to let my TF700 read the EXT4 second partition on my card. ANy idea? Thank you
[Asus Transformer TF700] flatlenin:
Hi,

I've the same problem. I tried everything but my TF700 don't like the ext-partition.

SD-Ext Size : -1 MB on the first page of the installer is normal?
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Can you tell us all the steps and what tools did you use during the data2sd process? It is helpful with more details. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] flatlenin:
I try :D

1. I bought a SanDisk Extreme with 32 GB

2. I have used gparted to partion my SD Card. First with 4 GB Fat32. Second with Ext4. Both are primary.

3. I flashed the new TRWP 2.6.1.0 on my Tab.

4. Reboot the recovery an flash mount-data2sd.zip

5. flashed the Cromi 5.0.1 odex and use _thats data2sd Kernel

6. I flashed data2sd-jb42-intmedia-that1.zip

My Tab runs with this but i can't use the Ext4 form my SD-Card.

Pics go to the internal storage.

regards Erik
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
That's what "intmedia" does. :)

The ext4 partition should contain your apps and app data.
[Asus Transformer TF700] flatlenin:
Thanks _that :good:

But one problem remains:

Wipe cache and davilik doesn't work correctly. After the wipe my tab don't update the apps during the boot of the rom.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
You have to use the mount-data2sd.zip from the data2sd thread to temporarily switch your recovery to use /data on the microSD card.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
Hi, do you mind giving me tips on how to solve my problem? I am thinking if my tablet could not read the 2nd partititon on extenral MicroSD card, I will not get DATA2SD works no matter how. Please correct me if I am wrong. I have also installed mount-data2sd.zip from TWRP 2.6 and then flash Cromi 5.0 ROM using built-in DATA2SD kernel by that_4. the outcome is still negative.

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
May I ask how do you try to read your ext4 SD? Did you flash _that's data2sd zip file? I don't recall that I have ever gotten any problems with the exactly SD that you have... :confused:

Edit: If you use _that data2sd kernel, then you don't need to flash _that's data2sd zip file.. However, it is not a bad idea to flash it again to see how your tablet responses..
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
Hi, the way I checked is when I goto storage option, i could only see the internal and first partition on my external SDcard so I assume the 2nd partition is not recognized? Also using ES Explorer, I clicked "MicroSD" option and it only showed the content in the first SDcard partition.

These are the steps I did:

1- From TWRP 2.6.0, I flash a separate mount-data2sd.zip

2 - still in TWRP, once the above flashing complete, I flash CROMI-X 5.0 deodex and select that_4 data2sd kernel

3 - wipe cache and dalvik cache

4 - reboot system

5 - I got message there is no OS in the internal parition/disk do you want to continue? Since I got no choice, I clicked yes then the screen hang at initial Asus logo screen.

Luckily I have TWRP backup prior so I managed to restore my complete /data, /system and /boot or recovery.

Plz help and advice my misunderstanding or missing steps here. Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
First, can you tell me what rom and kernel you are running? I don't think that you can see your ext4 on your external sd unless you are using data2sd.. For now, you can use gparted to see if there is a second partition with ext4..:) I need to understand your system a little more in order to help you set up data2sd..;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
hi, I am using Cromi-X 5.0, TWRP 2.6.0, Samsung SDXC UHS-1 class 10 64GB MicroSD card. No keyboard dock used. Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Let create two partitions on your sd with gparted, not minitool.

1. The first partition is fat32, primary partition.

2. The second partition is ext4, also primary partition. Please use gparted tool.

3. You need to download _that v4 and data2sd patch from _that OP.

4. You also need mount-data2sd.zip file

When you have everything ready, then we can start the process to see if it works... :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
can you verify?

When you said data2sd patch from _that OP, does it refer to below link?

CleanROM 3.2.2: http://d-h.st/sCa - WORKS WITH CleanROM 3.3!

I assume _that v4 you mentioned is the ROm with _that v4 data2sd kernel. Are these correct?

thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
You will have a better understanding with this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2230059

You can try one of his autodetect zip file for the second partition of ext4. If you set both partition correctly, you will see the second ext4 when you install his data2sd-jb42-intmedia-that1.zip. let me know if it helps after reading his post.. :)
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
HI,

I have reformatted my SDcard usinig GPARTED but am still having problem with the 2nd EXT2 access.

These are what I did:

- wipe /system, /cache, /data , /dalvik

- flash CROMI-X 5.0.1 deodex and selected that_4 data2sd kernel

- flash mount2data-zip

- flash the sdcard auto detection plug-in (data2sd-jb42-intmedia-that1.zip). I also tried another DATA2SD plug-in :(

- reboot. This time I could reboot straight without error saying no OS installed so it seemed better now

- the Asus BIOS boot run and then Cromi-X Asus logo came out with circle process sign below it. That's all, my screen stuck on this for more than 15min.

Since I could not get into the system, I removed my external SDcard and reboot again. After that I could access to the system as normal.

Next I inserted my SDcard and the Android storage could show my 1st SD card partition.

my SDcard partition setup is as follow:

1. 2GB FAT32 rounded to cylinder - set primary

2. abt 60GB EXT4 available space (system reserved/ or something else consume abt 1GB) rounded to cylinder - set primary and no Journal (use "-O ^has_journal" in the mkfs.ext4 command line)

I am thinking if my problem has something to do with requirement to flag the 2nd partition with boot/ active? Can you please enlighten me again. Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
This is why I don't use or support data2sd. It's such a hassle to setup and maintain and you haven't even had problems with data corruption yet :)

You should flash the mount2data.zip first.

You don't need the data2sd-intmedia file as it is baked into CROMi-X

You should have a fat32 first partition and a second ext2 or 4 partition - NOT LOGICAL.

This should get you working.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
If you want to disable journal, you need also specify your partition..:) you can disable journal any time after your device is running. First, you need to get your device up and running. You can try these step by step:

1. Prepare your external sd, first partition with primary fat32/ second partition with primary ext4.

2. Back up all your personal data to your external sd if you need them

3. Wipe System, both caches, and data.

4. Format your data partition

5. Install cromi x with _that kernel v4 without data2sd.

6. When it is finished, then reboot your system for it to setup and let it sits for a few minutes

7. Boot it back into TWRP

8. Install the mount-data2sd zip

9. Install _that kernel v4 again

9. Install _that data2sd-jb42-that0.zip

10. Reboot your system

I think that all. You can use any rooted file manager to see all three patitions, one is your internal sd, external fat32 and ext4.. BTW, I use FX file manager and it is free from the store.

Good luck...
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
1. Obviously important, and use a Linux-based partitioning software. MiniTool on Windows is known to not work (but not exactly in which way it doesn't work)

2. Always good.

3. Wiping system is redundant and not recommended (by me at least). Installing a ROM will format it anyway.

4. Will kill all data - only useful if the filesystem is corrupted and you want to start from zero.

5. You can install _with_ data2sd immediately.

6. Simply don't insert your microsd card for the first boot after installation. It will use the internal data partition.

7. Not needed.

8. Not needed.

9. Not needed.

10. Insert your microsd card and reboot. :)

You can always install the kernel with the data2sd patch - as long as your 2-partition microsd card is not inserted, the auto-detection will just skip data2sd.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
_that;45385589]1. Obviously important, and use a Linux-based partitioning software. MiniTool on Windows is known to not work (but not exactly in which way it doesn't work)

2. Always good.

3. Wiping system is redundant and not recommended (by me at least). Installing a ROM will format it anyway.

4. Will kill all data - only useful if the filesystem is corrupted and you want to start from zero.

5. You can install _with_ data2sd immediately.

6. Simply don't insert your microsd card for the first boot after installation. It will use the internal data partition.

7. Not needed.

8. Not needed.

9. Not needed.

10. Insert your microsd card and reboot. :)

You can always install the kernel with the data2sd patch - as long as your 2-partition microsd card is not inserted, the auto-detection will just skip data2sd.[/QUOTE]

[MENTION=5043811]ciscozest[/MENTION], _that knows what he is talking about. If you follow his steps, you should be fine.. you need to make sure to remove your external sd before the first boot. I can not exceed data2sd install in one session. Maybe I did not remove my sd.. :(

@ _that, l said above. I can not get it to work with one session and the only thing difference is that I didn't remove my sd. I will try your method next time when I run data2sd again. :) I know that the steps above work for me and it maybe redundant because I don't know a better method but it works haha.... ;) Thanks again and I need to chat with you more to gain more knownledge on android OS.. ;)
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I actually never installed a data2sd setup from scratch myself. What I really did was:

1. Install my kernel and the preinit script for data2sd auto-detection

2. Using the recovery via adb, mount both the internal storage and the microsd card's second partition and copy everything from internal /data to the new external /data

3. Reboot

From memory (don't kill me if it doesn't work exactly like this):

mkdir /datax

mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /data

mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /datax

cp -a /data/* /datax
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Thanks _that. I know the first three commands but I am not sure the last command does. I guess that I can search for it.. :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
It copies the contents of your current data partition to the new one you just created on the ext partition.
[Asus Transformer TF700] LetMeKnow:
Thanks Sbdags. You save some searching time for me... :good:
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
Still FAILED with DATA2SD :(

I tried but still failed.

1. I flashed CROMI-X 5.0.1 DEODEX DATA2SD ROM (either using Hunds / _that kernel),

2. reboot and my system is up and running

3. inserted the SD card and then reboot again - my system could not boot properly (stuck at Cromi-X Asus boot process.

3. if I removed SDcard, my system could boot properly

When I flashed mount-data2SD.zip or the add-on to detect SDcard's EXT4 partition, my system could not boot properly (stuck at Cromi-X Asus boot process. But this one is worse because removing my SDcard still could not boot my system back so to fallback is using full restore.

I am worry if my SDcard partition is not seup properly so I attached the screenshot if you can have a look and advice me if my partitions are OK.

the second partition is listed as Linux system in /dev/mmcblk0p2

Plz help and thanks for responding to my query.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
are "Disabled fsync & cache2sd" supported with DATA2SD?

I got a feedback from another user saying disabling FSYNC and cache2sd MUST be disabled if using data2sd. Is this correct?

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Your partitions are not aligned to megabyte boundaries but to ancient cylinder boundaries. This should theoretically not prevent it from working at all, but it may have a big negative performance impact. Even better would be to align partitions to 4 MB boundaries (multiples of 8192 sectors).

I'd repartition the card and also make the fat32 partition larger - the ext4 partition is only used for apps and app data with the latest data2sd add-on, not for media files.

In case of any hangs at the boot animation, it is essential to get an adb logcat to see what's wrong.

No. Disabling fsync just increases the risk of data loss in case of unexpected system crashes or reboots, but that's the same on internal or external storage. And enabling cache2sd on data2sd should work too, it's just completely pointless.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
I think the errors from tntfs and exFAT are normal as it simply tries to mount with all filesystems until one of them matches.

The other log has strange line breaks which makes it a pain to read (please post a proper text file next time) and shows that system programs are crashing but no indication why - is this the whole log?
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
adb logs as attachment and updated ROM

Hi,

My apology for the long txt logs. The more complete logs is attached. I tried to capture all but I am not sure if my DOS prompt window did the logs from beginning. I hope this time the attached logs give an idea of the root cause.

I just tried flashing CROMI 5.0.2 deodex and these are the processes:

1. after flashing the Cromi 5.0.2 Deodex with _that kernel + data2sd, i got the system worked (without SD card yet)

2. Reboot to TWRP and flashed the add-on for data2sd

3. Inserted SDcard into my tablet and reboot

4. the system stuck and Cromi-Asus boot process again (same) - the ADB log showed crash for some reason.

4. I removed the SDcard and reboot

5. The system worked fine (this is diffferent behavior from 5.0.1 but whenever my SDcard is inserted and perform system reboot, boot process kept stuck.

Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Sorry this is still quite unreadable due to line breaks. Please create the file next time using command redirection (adb logcat > output.txt), not by copying from your window.

Step 2 should be redundant if you already selected the data2sd add-on in step 1 (but harmless).

How did you format your ext4 partition? Did you repartition the card as I suggested earlier? Did you reformat the partition properly before the last unsuccessful attempt? If not, try that. You don't need to flash anything.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
Hi,

I tried to output that into the file adblog.txt. Please let me know if yoyu find something unusual. I believe my SDcard partition was done properly but I will do screenshot later to confirm. Thanks
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
my new partition from gparted view

i am not sure why the sector size is still 512 bytes altough i had selected to MB align during format step.

I remember I had many problem formatting :

- tried to format ntfs on first partition but always failed - suspected gpart bug

- many times i got error saying "input/output error with sync

so i tried many times with formatting and eventually success with gparted. Also sometimes from gparted GUI, it could not detect my sdcard partitions but from terminal always worked fine.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Alignment is a multiple of the sector size - in your case now 2048, which is much better than 63.

Maybe your card is bad?

Your logcat indicates that your tablet thinks that your ext4 partition is encrypted, so there appears to be a problem with it. Move it back to your Linux machine and run fsck -f /dev/mmcblk0p2 to check if the ext4 filesystem is OK.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
I run the fsck command you suggested and saw bad magic number error, then I clicked Y to fix all the problems. The outcome is my SD card is not detectable anymore. It seems I need to buy a new card :(

I am not sure why this could happen, FAT32 is always good but not EXT4 for the sake of DATA2SD.
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
No, you didn't. Your screenshot clearly shows that you ran fsck on the complete card (mmcblk0), not on the second partition (mmcblk0p2) as I suggested.

You should be able to fix this by running gparted, create a new "MSDOS" partition table, and create new partitions. Be sure to also format them.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
Hi,

I tried that earlier and got same error saying magic number ..... then I got many prompts to fix by pressing "y" so I did it and then my /dev/mmcblk0p2 partition never been detected anymore. Since this happened I thought I had to do the same for whole disk in order to fix the magic number error etc so I did that to /dev/mmcblk0p1 too resulting no card detected at all. When I use "sudo fdisk -l" from GPARTED, using Mini tool and Windows Disk Mgmt, all could NOT detect my sd card anymore so I guess my SDcard became dead. Unless there is a way to show /dev/mmcblk0 in my computer then I think I can safe my SDcard.. Plzx correct me if I am wrong :(
[Asus Transformer TF700] _that:
Trying random stuff without reading and understanding documentation is sometimes a bad idea.

Insert the card and post the last few lines of the output of the command "dmesg". You should get at least some mmc-related messages. If not, the card is most probably dead.
[Asus Transformer TF700] ciscozest:
i bought a new card SANDIsk class 10, 30Mbps and it worked straight. I formatted it using Mini Tool Partition and then disabled journal from GPART. No error at all while formatting. So the earlier issue seemed to be bad SD card or incompatible since the Samsung SDXC card could run at 70Mbps read speed. cheers,
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
It's too late now but I wouldn't use minitool. It kills cards. Stick with gparted. If you have any problems with the card you'll know why anyway.
[Asus Transformer TF700] leafwarbler:
using minitool partition wizard to format the 2nd parition ext4( minitool pw cannot support EST4), set it as primary partition.
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
I wouldn't advise using minitool - it causes issues.
[Asus Transformer TF700] mnomanstory:
Please help me i want to install cwm on my rooted gts5570 froyo using mobile odin lite
[Asus Transformer TF700] sbdags:
You are on the Asus Transformer TF700 forum.

Just wanted to point this out incase you didn't realise.
[Asus Transformer TF700] mnomanstory:
Ok sorry bro

send from my GT s5570 froyo..