yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theyellownerd:
david

I did partition it using ubuntu first. And that didn't seem to work either. All I'm trying to accomplish is getting my phone to be in the automatic state where apps just go to the sd card instead of my phone. Any help with that? And the reason I tried is because I saw that the creator of the post was on cyanogen so I thought maybe things had changed since the post was originally made. Its not like I've made progress other than having a rooted phone...and a partitioned sd card. Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
did you reflash your rom after partitioning your sdcard? that is required to for apps2sd on cyanogen's roms to be activated.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theyellownerd:
ic

Reflash....meaning wipe and reinstall the whole os again?

P.S. Man I suck at this...just started all this phone rooting stuff like a week ago. I work on deisels for a living and imports for a hobby....in the process of finishing an rb26dett swap into my 98 s14 right now. But this stuff on this little device blows my mind...so again thanks for the help...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
don't wipe unless for some reason you want to. no wipe just reflash the rom to activate it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theyellownerd:
last question...i hope

Cyanogen is on my old 1gb sd. The new stuff (apps2sd...) are on my new c6 8gb. Do I need to put cyanogen on the new one for everything to work right? Or just pop in the other sd card, go into the boot menu and reflash? If I'm way off just let me know.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i would put it on the 8gb card and just flash it, then if you don't want it on your card afterwards go into terminal and type

su
rm /sdcardxxxxxxxxx.zip

replace xxxxxxxxx with file name, or if you have astro or some other file manager you can delete via that. i just like to the terminal or well i use adb shell, but equates to about the same thing.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theyellownerd:
Thanks man...you're a trooper for putting up with me. I am now that much more ready to take on the task in the morning and possibly a little bit smarter, while you my friend...sorry to say....having dealt with me for a short period of time might want to check your iq score again, I tend to lower the peoples I have come in contact with. :) thanks a lot.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
it was no problem helping you after i got the initial flame out lol. I have guided people through worse mires then this, actually you just had a few misunderstandings, some people want you to practically tell them every command and step and when to breathe. at least your question wasn't "which hero rom is the best/fastest" i hate those threads.

if you ever need any more help feel free to pm me and if i will do my best to help in any way i can:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasa3791:
hi guys,

i did partition with this method and got all ok.

then i install ROM from xda "Elite V0.5**Aug-27** "Haykuro's 1.79.482.3 hero_release by Drizzy" Full Build v0.2, and all's ok again,

but, when i install apps2sd i cant launch it, there's said i have to go on xda forum, nothing else......

what is that and wheres i wrong?

any help pls
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
did you read the part in drizzy's thread where it says apps2sd is automatic? reflash your rom for apps2sd to be activated.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasa3791:
yes i did!!!

u think i don't need apps2sd.apk to install on phone......

could u tell me how can i view an manage my installed aps on sd card?

only i can see in sd card settings is:

total space: 7.089mb

available space 6.978mb

and in

Interna phone storage

available space 70mb

thx
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
If you get root explorer from the market it will let you view /system/sd which is your ext2/3/4 partition.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasa3791:
yea there i can view:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (r/w)

app

app-private

app_s

lost+

swapfile.swp

is that ok.....
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
yes that is ok
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasa3791:
i found on other thread that must be in sd card settings something like this:

SD Card Total space is 6,905 MB

Available is 4,726 MB

SD card Secondary

Total space 849 MB

Available 762 MB

Internal phone storage

Available space 285 MB

i have this only:

Total space: 7.089mb

Available space 6.978mb

Internal phone storage

Available space 70mb

so, whats that now?

can u explain me pls
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
in cyanogen's rom it displays how much memory is available in your second partition, also that looks like those figures are from a mytouch 3g because of the large available space under internal memory.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JMVI:
help?

i did everything except format ext3, but the sdcard memory and secondary memory doesn't show up(says unavailable); there's also a notification on the status bar saying "The SD card is blank or using an unsupported file system" did i do something wrong? or do i just need to reformat the sd card.

*i did have cyanogen 4.0.4 & the recovery file before installing apps2sd if that matters >.<
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
go into parted in the recovery console

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

then type

print

and see what it shows for your partitions.

If something looks wrong you will most likely need to re-partition your sdcard
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfereddie:
Help! I'm on 4.0.4.img I'm not sure I was supposed to use AppstoSD2 with this version.

I kinda went through with some problems. It asked to allow or deny a line of code. I had to force close after choosing wait 3 times. Now all i get at power on is G1 then Android and then it stops. Should I attempt to flash 4.0.4 again? I'm thinking that is my only option.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
hey nephron, i know the apps2sd 2 app is the easiest to partition a card for noobs, but can you explicitly state that you do not need to run apps2sd 2 after you partition your sdcard. that the only reason you need it is to partition your sdcard. some people are not getting that.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t2wave:
Alright, so I picked up a 8GB PNY micro SD so I could do apps2sd. I already had Cyanogen's laterst recovery image and CM 4.0.4. So I went and installed APS2SD as instructed. I did not put CM on the SD before hand though. Now, after having run APPS2SD and partitioning the SD, my G1 will not read the card. I may have missed a part of the instruction but my PC will not read the card either. What do I need to do to get it to a functioning state again?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sasa3791:
U dont need to install app2sd, it's implemented in Cyanogen 4.0.4 boot start.

if yr pc or phone cant read sd card, u missed to do "upgrade_fs" at the end when u partitioned yr sdcard in recovery. Do the process again and at the end of the recovery u have to convert ext2 to ext3/ext4, type "upgrade_fs".

thred is here" http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=534714
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t2wave:
Oh, sorry. No I did the upgrade_fs. So even if the phone can't read the card I can do it over?

Let me try this again. I was trying to partition my new micro SD so I could use apps2sd. I used APPS2SD2 to partition the SD and used "upgrade_fs" in the recovery console to upgrade the ext2 to ext3. But now my SD will not mount to the G1 and my PC does not recognize it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i kind of wish nephron would take down the apps2sd 2 for sdcard partitioning. I have noticed it not to be the best thing.

In the recovery console you will most likely have to re-partition your sdcard. pm me if you can't figure it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t2wave:
I can deal with the SD card. Just might take a little while.

So then, what would be the best way to partition a new SD card to use apps2sd with Cyanogen 4.0.4?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
if you have cyanogen's 1.4 recovery image the best way to do it would be through the recovery console. nephron has a guide floating around in the Q&A section that has good instructions to do it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotoRooted:
PLEASE HELP!? Apps2sd via Cyanogen 1.4 Recovery

I have been searching the forums for the day trying to figure out how to set up apps2sd partitions on my G1. I am running Cyanogen Mod 4.0.4 along with the Cyanogen 1.4 recovery image. The forums have me all confused. I am trying to determine if I can do apps2sd partitions with the Cyanogen 1.4 recovery image...if so how? A link to a good guide or video would be appreciated.

I have read a number of "How to Apps2sd" guides that are catered to earlier Cyanogen Mods that require using the Apps2sd app and ADB to set up an ext/3 partition. However some forums state that with the Cyanogen 1.4 recovery image you do not need to use the Apps2sd app or ADB...is this true?

I need some direction on how to set up apps2sd with Cyanogen 4.0.4 and the Cyanogen recovery image 1.4. Also how much memory should I dedicate for each partition? I am expecting a Transcend 8gb class 6 card anyday, but want to try the apps2sd process with one of my class 2 cards for practice. I am familiar with the rooting process so have some basic knowledge. The whole Apps2sd process is somewhat foreign to me.

Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance! -RotoRooted
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
just do what this guide says and don't worry about anything else you have read
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RotoRooted:
To david1171

Thanks a million david1171. That guide is exactly what I have been looking for. Off to give it a whirl now. There are a ton of other outdated guides that should be archived and forgotten about. What could one do to get this one stickied.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
the little red triangle at the top right hand corner of the post. click it on the first post of that thread and request that it needs to be a sticky. if enough people do it then the mods might make it one. i usually just bump it every few days lol.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulikid:
I'm an an absolute noob in rooting my phone and just want to give a big "THANK YOU" to this forum... with the latest guides for "1-click-rooting", flashing the Cyanogen 4.0.4 and partitioning the SD-card for enabling the integrated Apps2SD everything worked absolutely perfect!

Great work guys!!!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
you should get like an automatic bump from junior member to member. you managed to do all of this and not post a single question. :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paulikid:
Reading the guides answered all my questions. ;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
if only everybody else could do that, but then where would i be with my minimal knowledge of how to do things lol.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
Alrighty then.

Been running cyanoges 4.0.4 had everything working.

Now all of the suuden all my apps force close. So I go into settings and see that my sdcard reads unavailable. secondary says the same thing.

I figure from this thread I need to re-format the sdcard. So I go into terminal emulator and try the parted thing. Low and behold..."permision denied"

Oh and same thing for the original sdcard. no differance there.

I did notice when choosing "apply any zip from sdcard" in (Cyans recover image) i can see radio.zip and update.zip leftover from the last flash but for some reason nothing else reads the sdcard.

Im thinking my only two outs are gonna be buying a card reader or adb (scary)

any thoughts G1 gurus??
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
you use parted in the recovery console not the terminal emulator. and adb isn't scary, it is the android gods gift to man(and to politically correct woman).

try it in recovery console and tell me the results
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
Oh Man....now im bummed!!

everything looks as it did when your tut got me through partitioning.

I have 3965MB

sector size (logical/physical) 512B/512B

partition table msdos

1. start 512B end 3500MB type primary fat32

2. start 3500MB end 3965 size 465MB type primary ext3

not quite like that but im pretty sure i covered it.

Thanks David :thumbsup:

oh and BTW....mind telling me the diff. between terminal emulator and recovery console?? link maybe?? LOL
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i don't have any links sorry. i think the main difference is that in recovery terminal nothing has been mounted yet, and also some of the things in the recovery image are things that cyanogen put in there so they will only work in the recovery console for the recovery image. hope that helps a little.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
I got ya:rolleyes:

Ummm. so what are you not saying bud?? should i be calling t-mobile playing stupid. or just keep reading and playing?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
what do you mean did you mess up your phone? try to repartition your entire sdcard
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
well it works but as i stated earlier.....

Now that im in the console i guess ill repartition. sorry...was having a brain fart.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
let me know how it turns out
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
did it with main and ext2 partition. you can see it working as it writes. type exit. get a long list of crap that looks like "help" commands.

same thing for reboot_recovery command.

tried it again....this time even going for a 32MB linux swap:eek:

same thing....cant exit or any steps after that.

when I do a "print" the only thing i see wrong (i just noticed) is a "1ba" under the flag colum? dont remeber that being talked about.

here are the steps i was taking.....variables cganged to fit my card
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
you have to type quit not exit to get out of parted and to get the /# prompt again
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TainT:
Not 1 single LOL in that reply??;)

Lunch is on me bro....just a soon as i swipe the wifeys debit card in the morning:D

Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
i figured i would save the lol's for a later date lol:p
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maek_it_happen:
Partitioning the sdcard with cyan's recovery

:confused::eek: Re: Partitioning the sdcard with cyan's recovery

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derrick

Ugn its no good, it lets me type parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 but after that no matter what command I type in it says "No Implementation: Partition 1 isn't aligned to cylinder boundaries. This is still unsupported"

im gettin the same any suggestions , i got a 1 gig do i need bigger sd,
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brokensafety867:
Quick question. If i already have cyan and his recovery image running but never partitioned my card back when i installed (stupid me) how would i go about using the auto a2sd? Anyway without reflashing anything always scares me im still noobish. Thks for any help.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
after you partition your sdcard, you reflash the rom (you don't have to wipe or anything just flash it) and reboot the phone, thats it.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brokensafety867:
Thank you much appreciated.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j0k3rn2o:
how to do a2sd with jacheroskiv2.1. i have apps and wen i flashed from 2.0 to 2.1 i had to reinstall all my apps. however, i just had to go to download in market and all my apps are there just not installed. how to check if the auto a2sd worked. i connected my phone 2 vista pc and cant find the apps i downloaded
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
you cannot see a linux based file system on windows. try the ls command to see if you can find your ext3 partition (referred to on the phone as /system/sd or /dev/block/mmcblk0p2).

or just check and see how much free space is on the phone...
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j0k3rn2o:
i cut off my phone and put it back on. the internal memory and sdc are the same as wen i first downloaded the apps. which is the same as before i downloaded the apps
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j0k3rn2o:
nvm, i check using ls /system/sd/app/* and i see my apps are moved
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j0k3rn2o:
i just deleted an app and the internal mem increased? shouldnt the sdc mem increase not the internal mem?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trystlore:
Code:

su (wait for a screen to popup and press "allow")

flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.3.1.img

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

i get to the su type it in and wait SU white board pops but no buttons for allow or deny so any ideas?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
if you have adb use

adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.3.1.img

if not try rebooting and typing su again
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trystlore:
many thanks that got it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
thats good, glad to hear
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deafptl4ever:
16gb

Whats the settings for a 16GB card for partitioning? I tried getting it over 9GB but it wont work so I stuck partitioning only 9GB of it. I need the whole thing as my Sign Language mp4 Bible requires 8GB and would need the other GB for the other stuff. Someone gave me the settings for a 8GB card and said to take it from there but I am not good at all in figuring out what the numbers should be after 32 fat and all the other stuff. Lets suppose I start with 15.4GB then go to 15.4 to 15.9, then 15.9 to 15.58? Do I also have to put GB on the end of the numbers? Thanks from a not so math wizard.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
ummmm i would assume you want a 500mb ext2 and a 32mb linux-swap

16000mb - 32mb = 15968mb

15968mb - 500mb = 15468mb

so try for fat32 (if it has to be .00) 0 15.47gb or 15.468gb (if you can do .000)

ext2 15.47gb 15.97gb (or if possible 15.468gb 15.968gb)

linux-swap 15.97gb 16.00gb (or if possible 15.968gb 16.000gb)

something like that. use that formula i gave you if the reading from typing print (look at the Disk size /dev/block/mmcblk0) is different then 16gb. like it could be 16.1gb or 15.95gb you know, just check it with the print command then change the gb to mb then change the mb to gb after you do the math.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fingerlickin:
Here is the user.conf file I'm using, It seams to work best for me.

No compcache

Swap partition is 96MB with swappiness set to 60.

Just in case someone wants to try it, plus I need to attach it to a post so I can put it in my sig MUHAHAHA
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deafptl4ever:
Thanks

Thank you SO MUCH for your help. I have tried as well as I found out others too but they tell you everything but what you want. Guess some feel annoyed by a simple question.

:)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david1171:
no prob, yeah sometimes seeing the same question over and over can get to be a drag, but eh, i hadn't answered your exact question before

also it depends on how my day has been and if i am in a good mood (like now i am a good mood bc i finally got my theme ported to 4.1.11.1 and got stericsons lockscreen working good
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bert269:
FAt32 partition on SD is write protected.

I followed the instructions to create three partitions on the SD card - FAT32, EXT2 & Linux-swap. All three show when I go to terminal and do print (after mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0)

When I power down the phone and remove the SD card to copy files form my PC onto the FAT32 partition, it shows 'write protected'........There is no physical 'write protection lock' on!

Even when I try to format the card under windows, it shows write protected....What's going on?

Thanks guys!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] igorski88:
sd card

so i mounted my phone. copy pasted all the content off of my sd card into a file(backed it up) i reboot my phone. press home+power it boots into RAv 1.2.1G recovery. i do the "format sd: fat32+ext2+swap" option. then i mount the phone back and put all the files back onto my sd. I reboot and wipe(at separate boots). when i turn the phone back on, all my apps are gone. what did i do wrong? please keep in mind i was using cm 4.1.11.1 before the format so all my apps should be on the sd card. right?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackinches:
got it fixed.

ok well i followed the steps. i have a 2gb class unknown sd card.

i have .999 cyanogen mod installed, etc.

when i go to:

Partition Fat32/Ext2 with App2SD

i go to this part:

rebooted and when i go into the rom it said 'SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem'

assumed it was normal and proceeded to reboot into recovery(1.4.img) and go to console to enter 'upgrade_fs' it did it's thing then i typed reboot and loaded into the rom again and still have the 'SD card blank or has unsupported filesystem'. my SD card is showing as unknown, etc in the settings..

any idea?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] embracelb:
Partitioning Using Amon Ra's Recovery v1.2.3

if i run sdparted v0.5.3 from Amon Ra's Recovery v1.2.3 , which of the 2 methods do i apply?

GOAL: fresh start, wipe 8gb SD clean, end up with 8gb microSDHC with swap=32M ext4=512M fat32=remaining free space

REFERENCES:

Amon Ra's Recovery v1.2.3

Amon Ra's Recovery v1.2.3 Options Display Photo

SDparted v0.5.3

METHOD 1

STEP 1. Turn off phone

STEP 2. Put into Recovery mod [Amon Ra's Recovery v1.2.3] by holding "HOME+END" key

STEP 3. GO TO CONSOLE

STEP 4. press ENTER then type "sdparted"

STEP 5. type "mount /sdcard"

STEP 6. then type "mv /sdcard/sdparted.txt /sbin/sdparted"

STEP 7. then type "chmod 755 /sbin/sdparted"

STEP 8. last step is to type "sdparted -efs ext4"

STEP 9. type "reboot" from console

-phone will reboot normally like i originally had it with the flashed 4.0.4 CMrom & work properly. Then i just drag the existing files that I copied on my desktop back onto my SDcard?

OR

METHOD 2

STEP 1. Turn off phone

STEP 2. Put into Recovery mod [Amon Ra's Recovery v1.2.3] by holding "HOME+END" key

STEP 3. GO TO CONSOLE

STEP 4. press ENTER then type "sdparted"

STEP 5. type "sdparted -efs ext4"

STEP 6. type "reboot" from console

-phone will reboot normally like i originally had it with the flashed 4.0.4 CMrom & work properly. Then i just drag the existing files that I copied on my desktop back onto my SDcard?

QUESTIONS

QUESTION 1: Are my steps correct considering i'm using SDparted from the Amon Ra's Recovery v1.2.3?, IF NOT may you please list the correct steps.

QUESTION 2: Is that all i do? Meaning I've wiped the card clean because once i start sdparted v0.5.3 it automatically wipes it &by applying those steps I now have an 8gb microSDHC with swap=32M ext4=512M fat32=remaining free space on my microSDHC card, correct?

QUESTION 3: Is it alright if i'm using a SANDISK 8gb microSDHC class 2 card? I plan to get a A-DATA or TRANSCEND 8gb microSDHC Class 6 this weekend.

I would just use these options that automatically come up on the recovery but i'm not quite sure what order or steps to do the process.

-Wipe ext partition on SD-card

-Wipe Dalvik-cache on SD-card (NOT on /data !)

-Partition SD-card : 500MB Ext2, 32MB Swap, remaining Fat32

-Repair ext filesystem

-Convert ext2 to ext3

If you would like to help in using these STEPS over using the STEPS in console to use the SDparted script please be free to HELP and list the steps.

CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP, DETAILED INFORMATION WOULD BE GREAT. POST A REPLY OR SEND A MSG. THANKS IN ADVANCE!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonchalant_joe:
it took you longer to make that post then it would have to use parted in the recovery console and do it yourself, no one is going to give you a hand out. it is called trial and error for a reason.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infernofalcon:
Grah

I am rooted with partions running the latest cm build, but the apps are still going to the internal memory!

How do I enable apps2sd?