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[EVO 4G Android Development] alxbsl96:
guys, i think i made a small mistake in flashing apps2sd...i took a back up of my sd card...and followed the procedure to flash app2sd....but in the steps its written that after wiping all things restore the backup of sd card and then flash app2sd....but what i did is flashed app2sd after wiping and restored after booting ...means just copied my back up data through mounting the mass storage after booting the phone...is there any problem due to this? pls help...
[EVO 4G Android Development] thunder2132:
So I'm running into a weird error here. I recently installed firerat's scripts and was using those in conjunction with dta2sd. It worked fine on Synergy Kingdom and Mik's Supersonic3D, but on Prime it didn't work anymore. Thinking fr scripts were at fault I uninstalled them (first tried to recover the nandroid of my recovery, then flashed the recovery from the bootloader) did a full wipe, and reinstalled Supersonic3D and dta2sd. It still doesn't show my ext partition in titanium, in the a2sd gui it shows that the apps are on the SD, but then I go to system info and there's nothing there (no bars)

Re-partitioned my flash drive, and re-downloaded the dta2sd zip. Then loaded up synergy kingdom again (no more firerat) and still no working a2sd. Under the terminal emulator (after asking for superuser privs) if I do a2sd reinstall it says it can't reinstall because it can't mount the partition.

I've now re-partitioned twice, and fixed permissions. Any ideas?

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I just flashed clockworkmod rather than RA, re-re-downloaded the latest dta2sd, re-partitioned with clockwork rather than RA, then re-flashed. Now, it is finally working again.

*whew*
[EVO 4G Android Development] aaanadie:
dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04 is the best app2sd for evo 4g, works ok on aosp and sense roms. I tried link2sd app and works but not so good.

phone: HTC EVO 4G hwr 0004

hboot: 2.16.0001

radio: 2.15.00.08.08

wimax: 27243

pri/nv: 2.15_003

recovery: recovery-ra-supersonic-3.07-gnm

a2sd: dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04, A2SDGUI (app), Swapper Configuration (app)

rom - kernel - gov:

- AOSP: CM7 nightly #253 - Tiamat_Evo-v4.1.0-sbc - smartassV2

- Sense: SOS_v1.9.0.5-swag - More-Freedom-v0.9-UNIVERSAL - interactiveX

Working everthing OK, right now on CM7 (I switch to SOS sometimes to update profile & prl).

Thank you very much.
[EVO 4G Android Development] aaanadie:
I tried dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04 on some roms and works without any issue. Best results on fresh-evo-4.3.3.

- ChopSuey-v.9.2.7-UNIVERSAL, SetCPU, interactiveX 998-245, etc.

- dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04

- V6_SuperCharger_for_Android-update9_RC4

- GoLaucherEX, GoContacts, GoDialer, Go SMS Pro

Very fast, no lags at any moment, no reboots, no FCs and everything working perfect.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] Chewieez:
I'm using dtapps2sd on Senseless Synergy RLS 1. Everything checks out and seems to be working but I only have 43 mbs of internal storage left. Is this normal?

I ran a2sd help command and a2sd reinstall. I cleared dalvik cache and rebooted and it's still showing 43mbs of internal storage left.

I'm reading your #2 answer above. I tried using Root Explorer and went to my /data directory and entered the app directory. It listed all my apps but still showed that I was in the /data/app directory.... not the /system/sd/app directory. I wonder if some apps are in both locations, on internal storage and the sd card. Could this be possible?

What's also strange is that when I try to go to /data from the Astro app, it says the folder is empty.
[EVO 4G Android Development] magnumstg16:
I formatted and partitioned my new 32gig class 10 sd card, copied all my programs over to my sd card, ran 2.7.5.3 and moved dalvik cache over and i'm down to 139/426 which I have never seen before but my phone is still choppy as if the internal memory is still full. Any suggestions cause this is such a tease! Edit: I've ran Car-O-Dope's tweak as well

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] johntheman:
I am having the same problem on all Sense 3.5 ROMs where I try to install darktremor -- low memory warning, apps are showing up in both "system/sd/app" AND "data/app" (already moved davik to sd). I'd be grateful for any advice...
[EVO 4G Android Development] magnumstg16:
Is there a particular way to go from one Rom to another? I was going to go back to CM7 but when i flashed it and tried to restore my apps using mybackup root they didnt get restored. Do I need to reflash a2sp zip or what? Thanks for the help!
[EVO 4G Android Development] kgbedge:
You can try boot manager on the market, you can boot btwn 5 ROMS is very nice
[EVO 4G Android Development] magnumstg16:
Cool app, but there has to be a route to installing new roms after using darktremors a2sd
[EVO 4G Android Development] DreamingWolf:
You will have to run a2sd help for the commands, but what you would need to do when going from one rom to another that you don't plan on having dta2sd on is:

1. In a2sd move all apps and private apps back to internal memory.

2. Backup apps with your favorite program (I prefer Titanium Backup)

3. Reboot into recovery wipe everything and flash new rom

4. Boot into rom

At this point you should be able to restore your apps without having dta2sd installed.
[EVO 4G Android Development] magnumstg16:
Thanks for the help. When I moved all my apps back to internal memory I backed them up with mybackup root. Then I nandroided, wiped and flashed CM7. I just ran mybackup root restore and got this message:

"Error: I/O error: unable to wrtie to sd card. make sure the sd card is inserted properly, is not connected to pc and is not full." So i'm still stuck not being able to back up and restore my apps with my sd card partitioned and darktremor's a2sd
[EVO 4G Android Development] DreamingWolf:
OK, now I'm confused. Why would it be trying to write in order to do a restore? It should be trying to read. But I don't know mybackup so....

What you might try is remove the card and attach it to your pc with a card reader. Open it up in whatever file manager you use and use system tools to check it for errors. Then tell the system to unmount (linux) / eject (windows) and make sure that process completes successfully. It might be that in the flash process the card got left 'open' and so your backup app is thinking it's in use by another program. If that is the case, then this should fix your problem.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mcwups1:
I need help.

I need to un-partition.

I've read up on it and saw setting heap to 0 and ext2 to 0 would fix it. It did once before, and now that I've tried it again, I'm not getting my full 16GB...instead, I'm at 14.8GB.

I've tried Windows, I've tried MiniPartition Wizard, and AmonRa again in recovery, but it still shows 14.8, not 16 like it's suppose to.

Any help?
[EVO 4G Android Development] CRIME INC.:
Back up ur SD card and format it to remove the partition.
[EVO 4G Android Development] mcwups1:
I did that. Twice. I've done it in AmonRa recovery, after setting heap and ext2 to 0, and then again.

I then tried putting miniSD in SD converter Card, and formatting on Windows. Still says 14.8GB.
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
Use a free program called MiniHome Partition Wizard Home Edition.

Use a card reader, if you have one, although just turning on USB Connect in Recovery should work fine
[EVO 4G Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Instead of formatting, WIPE the sdcard.
[EVO 4G Android Development] buckhunter:
The 14.8 is the actual available free memory. You never get the full amount.

Edit: check here
[EVO 4G Android Development] nbock01:
Okay, first you need to grab all of the files you want to KEEP off the sdcard and copy to harddrive or flash drive. I will attach screen shot so you have an idea of what this procedure looks like. :)

EDIT: on my 16gb Flash, I have 15.1 usable space. so go into disk part and list your partitions out, you may just have 14.8 for usable space after index is created on your drive.

- Open command prompt

- Diskpart (might have to authorize with windows UAC)

- List disk

- Select disk 0 (look at the list of drives shown and grab the number assigned to your sdcard)

- List partition

- Select partition 1 (again, look to see what you have listed)

- Delete partition (repeat previous 2 steps and this until there are NO partitions left on disk, when none left continue)

- Create partition primary

- Format quick

- Exit

You will now have only one partition on the drive. If you are looking to re-size your partition i would use your recovery to do so at this time.

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[EVO 4G Android Development] xfullmetal17:
Because of the way companies word things, you're actually about at the full space you can use. They define 16GB as 16 billion bytes, when really it should be 16*2^30 bytes (2^10 bytes = 1KB, 2^10KB = 1MB, 2^10MB = 1GB).

@dcharleyultra: Generally formatting the SD in recovery *does* wipe it anyway.
[EVO 4G Android Development] HipKat:
When you use Mini Home Partition Wizard, after you delete the partition and add it to the Fat32 partition, you do hit apply changes at the top of the program, right?

Just checking
[EVO 4G Android Development] mcwups1:
Guys, I tried all that including the program listed (mini partition), and it only shows 14.8GB available on Windows, but in Titanium Backup, it showed me having 15.9GB.

So, after all this, I repartitioned, and TB shows what it should be, 14.8GB Free, and 1.97GB SD-EXT, but now in Windows, it's showing I only have 12.8 GB of free space.

Something is not right.

Also, I tried the disk manager in windows, and it didn't show my partition last night....the one I was trying to get rid of before re-partitioning.

It may sound confusing, but I promise, something isn't right.

I'll post screens of both soon.

TB shows 13.8 total available, while Windows is only showing 12.9.
[EVO 4G Android Development] nbock01:
Do disk part and who partitions on the disk. Post the output
[EVO 4G Android Development] dcharleyultra:
Windows File Explorer/Disk Manager will typically show only the first partition (which is NOT the extended partition).
[EVO 4G Android Development] buckhunter:
Did anybody checkout the link I posted a few posts back??
[EVO 4G Android Development] mcwups1:
I know that, but with an SD card it's usually pretty darn close if not right on spot.

Edit: Or maybe I'm just having a stupify moment. I could have sworn that it said I had 15.8GB available space when I inserted the card. It was a while ago, so maybe I can't remember. You may very well be correct. I know HDD's are that way, but didn't think SD cards were too.

---------- Post added at 06:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:12 PM ----------

Thanks for that write up. I did it, it worked and I still have the same results. Maybe that's all I really do have to use....14.8GB.
[EVO 4G Android Development] buckhunter:
I cant remember exactly what mine was before I created an ext but I thought it was around what you have. I know comp are alittle diff but just checked my laptop that has a 120 and it says 106 avail.
[EVO 4G Android Development] blaz1nr:
get mini partitioning wizard. it can un-partition and format sd's and also re-partition them also.Its free and badass you can get it here.....http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html. this is easier than windows if your not really sure how to do this in windows.
[EVO 4G Android Development] fiddy619:
Beta 04 link is broke, can someone post a link???

Nevermind, a google search fixed it, found a mediafire link...

Only question i have now is what formats of ext are known to work with cm7? I thought i read somewhere that cm7.2 doesn't play nice with ext4, but that is what i've formatted my sd to already.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ocnbrze:
do you have a link? i used this one:http://www.mediafire.com/?l9dxdz3y38q5u7j
[EVO 4G Android Development] shawn718:
Works fine for me.
[EVO 4G Android Development] shawn718:
Skanky
[EVO 4G Android Development] fiddy619:
Has anyone got swype to work?

Sent using my Cyanogized Monster EVO via Tapatalk 2
[EVO 4G Android Development] fiddy619:
Never mind, just had to uninstall both the installer, and swype, then re-download the installer, and re-install Swype, so all is good now, and running great...

Sent using my Cyanogized Monster EVO via Tapatalk 2
[EVO 4G Android Development] ianmb:
I want to go from ext2 to ext3 running jmz CYANOGEN 9 ICS can I just do that in recovery without wiping SD card? Will it move my apps to ext3 without damaging or losing any data? What are the proper steps without having to copy SD card and reformatting?

ANYBODY!!!!!

sent from a rooted EVO 4G running Radiance RLS-ONE SENSE 3.5 Anthrax kernel infected!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] Soap:
There is no way to partition your SD card without wiping. Just copy all your files to your computer, partition, then move them all back. It's actually less of a hassle than it sounds.
[EVO 4G Android Development] buckhunter:
+1 You can also use the program teracopy to make the copy/move faster
[EVO 4G Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
FYI - GParted can resize the partitions while preserving data.

However the above method is more reliable.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ianmb:
Card was already partitioned just wanted to up it from 2 to 3 but I already did it thanks for the help!

sent from a rooted EVO 4G running Radiance RLS-ONE SENSE 3.5 Anthrax kernel infected!!!!
[EVO 4G Android Development] philipjacobs:
How do you actually use this once it's flashed? Is there an app? a system setting or what? I thought it was working but i can't tell if the apps are installing to the ext or to the main memory. It seems like they are going to the main memory :(
[EVO 4G Android Development] Mikestony:
Do you have Terminal Emulator app?

If so type

su

a2sd check
[EVO 4G Android Development] videokid14:
installing darktremors

instead of flashing dt can it be installed manually like in terminal?? every-time i flash the dt file, my phone wont boot??
[EVO 4G Android Development] jlmancuso:
Well what rom are you flashing this too? Which recovery?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ravx25:
Is this currently down on the facebook page for instructions? i am using CM10 and would like to be able to store my apps on the SD card rather than the phone and I'm not having any luck using Link2SD.
[EVO 4G Android Development] Active_Matrix:
Cm10, on the evo, or u mean the Evo Lte?
[EVO 4G Android Development] ravx25:
Argh, you know what, I linked to this forum from a link and didn't pay attention it was an Evo forum. I'm using a Galaxy S2 actually, but shouldn't it be the same difference more or less?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Active_Matrix:
I tried the links in the OP for Facebook and they don't work. Try googling, or I believe darktremor has an actual web site too. I would try those.
[EVO 4G Android Development] ltracte:
once ive got fresh evo installed, and darktremor, as well as setting up the ext3 partition, i have a few questions:

How do i move existing apps to the SD card?

How do i make sure new apps are installed to the SD card?

If i have apps backed up with titanium, how do i install those to the SD card?

Any help would be greatly appreciated
[EVO 4G Android Development] ltracte:
ok, well i got the partition set. and i moved all my apps over to the partition using terminal, and the command a2sd install.

now my phone doesnt work at all. keeps cycling a htc sense force close message. im goign to reflash the rom, but maybe someone can tell me what might have gone wrong
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
1. Apps should move to the SD card automatically.

2. Easiest way is by using a File Manager. Go to the /data directory and enter the app directory. If you automatically switch to the /system/sd/app directory, then your apps will be on the SD card.

3. I'm not sure about Titanium Backup, but you may be able to restore the apps as long as the symbolic link for /data/app is active.
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
Best thing to do is not to move the apps to the SD card on your own...let the program do that for you.

You should not have to type a2sd install unless you had previously ran a2sd remove. The program will do that automatically.

Now, you could be boot looping because the rom you are running may not support apps2sd. Apps2SD requires two components to work...the part you downloaded is the program itself. The rom has to include code to launch the Apps2SD during startup. If it doesn't have the codes in the boot image, your ext partition will not mount (nothing is telling it to mount).
[EVO 4G Android Development] deadpieface:
ran in to a prob.

i am running fresh evo 1.0.1 with gOdmOdE-OC-UV. i enabled Davlik JIT. while it is backing up critical files it says

"cannot create '/data/davlik-backup/app/htclockscreen.apk' : no such file or directroy

then it removes htc lock screen for stability. after i get it restarted it will force close htc sense everytime. it also brings up vanilla lock instead of htc lock screen obviously. i can run launcherpro somewhat. it pops a force close everyonce in awhile. are the benifits of JIT worth it not being able to use sense or is there away around the FCs?

thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
I do believe flipzmode is attempting to work through the JIT issue.

Here's the problem with JIT...it simply doesn't play well with anything that HTC makes (i.e. SenseUI). Actually, HTC's programs don't play well with JIT...Android itself and other apps work just fine.

JIT was added for those who wanted to play with it (oddly there was a demand for it). I've never been fond of that add-on and I probably should have never added it.

I'm researching the issue, but I don't anticipate this being fixed to work with HTC Sense anytime soon.
[EVO 4G Android Development] deadpieface:
thank you and thanks for darktremor...i also like all the extras to mess with for the record...

edit

i have it working now. i have to use launcherpro but it works. i uninstalled launcherpro then got off marketplace. I selected it as default then applied JIT. for what it is worth. i ran linpack quite a bit at different configs previously and got around 6.5 or so. after jit enabled i am getting around 9.2 mflops. so i am using jit enabled.
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
Hi, I am running fresh 0.3 and have updated to preview fix 4a, and all is well. However, when I try to use the cachepart command to move the dalvik-cache, everything force closes indefinitely after the reboot is complete. Is this a problem with fresh's 0.3 ROM or is moving the dalvik-cache to the cache partition on the EVO just a bad idea?

Thanks :)

PS: Having the dalvik-cache on the SD card is fine though. Using the cachepart command to move the cacle appears to have completed successfully, as a reboot is caused, BUT nothing is erased from the dalvik-cache on the SD card. So, i'm assuming there is two dalvik-cache folders; one on the cache partition and the other on the SD card. Would this be a reason for all the force closes?
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
Try this. Type a2sd resetcache. That will clear the cache and force it to rebuild.

It's very possible that this rom doesn't like dalvik-cache be9ng on the /cache partition. If that the case, run a2sd cachesd or a2sd nocache.
[EVO 4G Android Development] furrelkt:
help

I am new to this so please let me know what or if i am doing anything wrong. i dont see any apps in the /system/sd folder... i am running latest Fresh (1.0.1).

I get this when i check:

C:\adb\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
# a2sd check
a2sd check
[ ] Apps2SD is launching...
[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD
Version 2.7.5 Preview Fix 4a
[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD in check mode
[ ] Running Apps2SD Check Program.
[ ] Searching for Mount Point...
[*] Mount point /system/sd located.
[ ] Checking for ext partition
Darktremor Apps2SD Status Report
===============================================================
Partition -
[*] Mounted as EXT3
Apps - [ ] Linked to SD Card.
[ ] File .noa2sd not found.
[ ] Programs run from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd remove
Private Apps - [ ] Linked to SD Card.
[ ] File .noa2sd not found.
[ ] Private Programs run from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd remove
Dalvik Cache - [ ] Regular directory.
[ ] File .dalvikcache not found.
[ ] Dalvik runs from Int. Storage.
To run from SD card, type a2sd cachesd.
To run from /cache partition, type a2sd cachepart.
Swap - [ ] Partition present.
[ ] File .noswap not found.
[ ] Swap starts.
To deactivate swap, type a2sd noswap
ZipAlign - [ ] Running at boot.
Dalvik Heap(MB)- 24m
(Blank is default value)
Property Patch - [ ] File System Ready property
found.
[ ] Boot image init.rc patched.
[ ] Setting File System Ready property to 1.
#

what do i need to do in order to have the apps be moved automatically or do i need to move them myself. I have been going back and forth with rom manager to my saved rom's after i installed the App2sd, i didn't flash the 1.0.1 alone. is that my problem? thanks for any help guys/gals. :-)
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
You won't see any apps in the /system/sd folder. You will in the /system/sd/app folder.

/system/sd will have at least two folders in it related to apps2sd:

app

app-private

...and if you move the dalvik-cache to the SD card, it will have a third folder:

dalvik-cache
[EVO 4G Android Development] furrelkt:
thank you for your reply...seems to be all working correctly i guess...

i still see this when running the check... nothing has a * next to it except "

[*] Mounted as EXT3" is that correct please?

C:\adb\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
# a2sd check
a2sd check
[ ] Apps2SD is launching...
[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD
Version 2.7.5 Preview Fix 4a
[ ] Starting Darktremor Apps2SD in check mode
[ ] Running Apps2SD Check Program.
[ ] Searching for Mount Point...
[*] Mount point /system/sd located.
[ ] Checking for ext partition
Darktremor Apps2SD Status Report
===============================================================
Partition -
[*] Mounted as EXT3
Apps - [ ] Linked to SD Card.
[ ] File .noa2sd not found.
[ ] Programs run from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd remove
Private Apps - [ ] Linked to SD Card.
[ ] File .noa2sd not found.
[ ] Private Programs run from SD card
To run from internal storage, type a2sd remove
Dalvik Cache - [ ] Regular directory.
[ ] File .dalvikcache not found.
[ ] Dalvik runs from Int. Storage.
To run from SD card, type a2sd cachesd.
To run from /cache partition, type a2sd cachepart.
Swap - [ ] Partition present.
[ ] File .noswap not found.
[ ] Swap starts.
To deactivate swap, type a2sd noswap
ZipAlign - [ ] Running at boot.
Dalvik Heap(MB)- 24m
(Blank is default value)
Property Patch - [ ] File System Ready property
found.
[ ] Boot image init.rc patched.
[ ] Setting File System Ready property to 1.
#
[EVO 4G Android Development] furrelkt:
anyone??? is this output correct please???

Thanks
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
What does the text say? I wouldn't go by the little markers on the side, as they can change from version to version. The only marker that is important is [X], which indicates something is wrong.
[EVO 4G Android Development] furrelkt:
i am sorry for the n00b questions, and no i don't see anything with an [x] but i am just compairing other screen shots i have seen when doing the a2sd check. just wanted to make sure that it's all working properly. thank you for your help. :)
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
Long awaited 2.7.5 RC1 is finally out. Let's see how it works for your phone.
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
Thank you :). Installed and running!
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
Strange error when trying to use sysinfo or lowmem options...
[EVO 4G Android Development] tkirton:
Download and flash again...I had to re-edit the starta2sd. This time, it should work.
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
Thank you. Trying now
[EVO 4G Android Development] freeza:
By the way, what are the lowmem options for :)