yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] MikeChelen:
Haha, well I am glad you did! It meant the guide was available for me a little sooner. Score another point for stubborn resolve :)

It was more than clear enough for me to follow, hopefully the edits will help newer users though.

It might also be worth noting that ANSI is not an encoding itself, but a set of encodings? The normal Linux text editors seem to use US-ASCII or UTF-8 and these should probably both work.

Assuming other users don't have any problems, hope this gets added to the Aria sticky topic ^_^

Thanks again everyone!
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ken3317:
I've been trying repeatedly to get this to work. When I reboot after step 7 my EXT2 partition does not automount. How do I get it to automount. It will not install due to this and really have no idea what i'm doing wrong. I'd rather go this route until the Froyo build gets all the bug worked out.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
Let's just check a few things first.

#1- did you mount /system in recovery using clockwork and move the shell script and the rest of steps 1-6 while in recovery. If the answer is no, go back and re-read the tutorial and try again. If yes, move on to number 2.

#2- if you are absolutely certain that you followed these directions to the nth detail, I need you to check and see if /system/sd is present in your /sd folder. If it is, then then we know it is a problem with the shell script and mounting process probably due to chmod-ed correctly. Are you sure you saw it mounted as

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0

when you typed #mount? If the answer is no, post back here and we will see what we can do.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ken3317:
Yes I'm sure i've followed the steps 1-6 exactly as you've outlined.

when I hit mount this first go around it comes up like this below.:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 (rw,errors=continue)

not like this: /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0

not sure why the difference.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
Ok, that's a promising sign, Ignore the difference as its essentially the same thing. This means that it is automounted and you should proceed to the next step, which is

a2sd install

and go on from there. Let me know if a2sd throws any flags at you.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ken3317:
It's not automounting though. It just shows that when I initially do the first steps

When I reboot and go into shell to mount, the line does not show up. I've tried to just do the a2sd install and it quits says the EXT Partition is not mounted.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
It sounds most likely like a problem in the installation of recovery-install.sh, either in the chmod-ing of the priviliges which is not allowing it to run on boot or perhaps a problem with the file itself like encoding. Can you tell me what text editor you used to create the script and what exact encoding you used?

I'm inclined to place money on the second option. Try pasting the code into a different editor and go with utf-8 and I bet it would clear this whole thing up.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] muskratt:
all went well until i rebooted the phone at the very end... now im stuck in boot animation... it just keeps repeating.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
Curious one. I would suggest recovering from your nandroid backup and repeating the process in precise detail. There's nothing inherent of the process that should disable your phone like that, but that is always a possibility when you assume the mantle of superuser. If it fails a second time, let me know and we'll collectively scratch our heads until we find an answer.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] muskratt:
i did a recover.. i will try again tomorrow.. maybe there is something i missed... everything was the same.. however the same thing happened with me as with ken3317 i got:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 (rw,errors=continue)

instead of /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue 0 0

not sure if this did anything...
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ken3317:
I used TextPad to create the install-recovery.sh script.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
I would go with wordpad or notepad++ next time.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] demo_guy69:
Out of memory error

I keep getting out of memory error when i run the mkdir command. Any suggestions?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
Sounds as though you don't have /system mounted in clockwork. The first five or so steps have to be done in recovery with /system mounted. If you attempt to push or modify files outside of recovery or mounting you will get the message you described.

I would just reboot into recovery, or just reboot recovery, and try again.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] demo_guy69:
Actually, it is only when I mount /system that i get this error. When I skip that step, it moves forward to halt at a later step.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
@ demo_guy69, ken3317, and muskratt

If you guys are still having trouble just pm me with your messenger of choice and I'd be happy to help you work through it.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Malfore:
I've been trying to get this to work as well, and I am running into the same issue as others with the partition not auto mounting after reboot. Any help would be great, if not I guess I can just wait until CM6 camera issue is fixed and use that ROM instead.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Malfore:
Ok i just finish getting a2sd to work on my phone with mosamjc's help. It was painful, took me an hour something to figure everything out with mosamjc, but it definitely works. I have 93 megs free on my phone right now. Here are some of things we figured out that helped.

In step 3 where you are suppose to mount the system, you have to make sure you have the new updated clockworkrecovery v2.5.0.1. If you download ROM manager and did a partition already, do a download/flash clockworkrecovery. Its the first option in ROM manager when you open it up. Once you have flashed it, choose reboot into clockwork recovery from ROM manager. Do no power down and then boot into clockwork recovery by holding the volume button.

In step 4, where you make the install-recovery.sh file, the unix/dos formatting will most likely screw up. I tried to make the file in notepadd++ and UltraEdit, and it didn't turn out well for me. mosamjc had to send me his file. mosamjc has uploaded that file here: <forum won't let me post links, see mosamjc post for the link> so go download that and save that to your android-sdk-windows/tools folder.

Once you have booted into clockwork recovery through the ROM Manager (from step 3), you can then do step 5 where you push install-recovery.sh (the one you downloaded above) onto the phone. If your push works and there isn't any errors, it should be smooth sailing from here on out.

Once you finish step 11 and your phone has rebooted, all your widgets and some of your shortcuts will be messed up on your home screens. This is normal, just delete them from the home screen and re-add. Your phone should have a lot more memory now.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
Malfore did an excellent job of summing this up. Nearly everyone's difficulty so far has been due to an out of date version of clockwork recovery, easily fixable through Rom Manager, or a shell script with bad characters/encoding. You will find mine here http://www.mediafire.com/?w81i1cll7tpdsao.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] hi2u2:
Thanks mosamjc for an excellent guide. 2.7.5rc1 works just great on liberated aria b5.

As an aside, placing dalvik cache on sd card should be perfectly fine if your card is class 4 or faster. I have a class 6 installed and my apps are running perfectly with dalvik on sd.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Gorilla800lbs:
Just installed it using MikeChelen's instructions. Big ups!
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] tkirton:
Great work...glad to finally see Apps2SD working for the Aria.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] muskratt:
now i am getting an error when trying it again. it is saying: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: no such file or directory

any idea what is happening??

repeated several times, followed all directions precisely.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] hi2u2:
have you gone over these?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7509167&postcount=37
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] muskratt:
i did it that way and just got stuck in the boot animation once i powered down..(again)
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] maevro:
Sweet. I love you guys. Years of improving WinMo and now heres to years of improving Android!
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] ycode90:
Got mine setup and running great . Thanks to all the devs and thier hard work .
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] friedice:
Would this work on a rooted Stock ROM?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] hi2u2:
yes

10char
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] projectDz:
I'm getting ready to try this out and was wondering if I would have to uninstall all the apps in my phone and then reinstall them into the sd card? Or is there an easier way?

Thanks :D
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] tkirton:
If it works the way the Darktremor A2SD/Apps2SD normally works, then the apps will transfer to your SD card if the EXT partition is mounted at boot (it works most of the time, but there are still some roms and phones I've been fighting with [i.e. Desire] to get Darktremor to work).

Dalvik-cache is another story. That will not automatically relocate to your SD card (that is done for stability reasons).

Let me know if you have any issues (I'll try to look at this thread more often than I have been).

Note: Newer version of Darktremor Apps2SD 2.7.5 RC3: http://www.darktremor.info/files/a2sd/dtapps2sd-2.7.5-rc3-signed.zip. It may help if you have issues (especially since RC2 and RC3 have logging...that should help track down issues).
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] projectDz:
Thanks for replying. I will post up if I have any issues.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] hi2u2:
tkirton,

After flashing from 2.7.5 RC2 to RC3 on the Aria, my ext partition (and hence a2sd) is no longer able to mount, according to a2sd check.

I don't remember the exact error message, but it was something like "mount point found, ext partition found but unable to mount." I suspect it has to do with the mount point being changed from system/sd to data/sd.

Any ideas?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] xlei01:
good stuff!

Hello,

I would like to first thank all who have made this work on the Aria! Awesome work.

I just have a quick question - now that i have this working on a 2GB card, what's the safest way to do a sd card upgrade (since all the apps have been moved to the sd card)?

Thanks!
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
All you need to do is follow my original instructions but modify the shell script to read

!#/system/bin/sh
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sd

instead of the original that mounts /system/sd as the path. Remember: save it as UTF-8 encoding or the unix ninjas will kill you. Then you'll just need to complete step 5 of the original with this deviation

cd /system/etc/
chmod 555 install-recovery.sh
mkdir /data/sd
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sd
mount

Give it a go and see how it works for you. Give me a shout if you need anything. I haven't abandoned the forum, I promise (I'm just much busier than I was a month ago since I started my first real post-college development gig [yay for money]).
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] hi2u2:
Sorry doesn't work. The phone just bootloops after rebooting from recovery.

However, the partition does mount fine, as a mount command results in the following output:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue

I will nandroid restore, then install new a2sd, then do your instructions, and report back. EDIT: no luck
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
Cool. Let me know how it goes. If I need to I'll reload my old 2.1 backup tomorrow night after work and see if I can reproduce success or failure. I'm hoping it works out for you though, since I really don't want to go back to the stock rom (cm6 kicks some serious ass, and supports darktremor app2sd out of the box, which is far better than froyo's regular apps2sd).
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] cdinz:
Hey Guys...

Does the latest 2.7.5 RC3C work on the Aria?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] hi2u2:
2.7.5 RC2 is the latest one that will work if you install following the instructions on this thread. RC3 changes the mount point to /data/sd, which renders the phone unbootable. The fix is probably simple but I'm not smart enough to figure it out on my own. mosamjc where are you!!

@mosamjc:

BTW, the instructions should be modified..........replace all instances of 'ext2' with 'ext3', which will allow the ext partition to mount as ext3. Worked out perfectly for me.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
RC 3 works fine (I installed it tuesday) without a hitch. However, if you all ready have it installed you must do a few things first. First you must download the zip for new install found hereat the darktremor site. Place it on the root of your sd then reboot into recovery. In clockwork, mount /system. Once mounted run

/system/etc/install-recovery.sh

to remove the original install-recovery.sh which automatically mounted the ext2 partition on our stock kernel. Now you're ready to run through the original tutorial, which is largely the same except for the following places. First, make or modify install recovery to read

!#/system/bin/sh
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sd

Next, you'll need to boot into clockwork and mount /data in the partitions menu and /system. Push the new install-recovery.sh like so

adb push install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

then adb shell into your aria and run:

cd /system/etc/
chmod 555 install-recovery.sh
mkdir /data/sd
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sd
mount

Once completed, install the new RC you put on your sdcard root in clockwork, reboot, and you should be good to go. I'll modify the how to over lunch.

Oh, and changing the instances to ext3 doesn't make it ext3. It just means that the kernel is smart enough to read a mislabeled file system.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Gorilla800lbs:
Just wanted to chime in again to remark what an awesome piece of software DarkTremor is. Gotta luv the Android community. Followed the installation instructions to the "T", and never had an issue. Just gobs of free space for apps on my HTC Aria.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] clickclickpc:
2.7.5 Final working on Liberated R004
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] goxy01:
Doesn't work for me

It doesn't work with Liberated R006.

Everything went good step by step with tutorial. When I reboot for the last time in normal mode I've lost some applications.

On mount command it gives me no errors like in the tutorial, but when I install apps it gives me "out of memory" error.

Also on Settings>SD &phone storage it gives me only 158 MB on internal phone storage even if ext2 is 1,5 GB.

When I go to adb shell, i can go to /system/sd, but not in the /system/sd/app od /system/sd/app-private folders. Does it mean thos folders aren't created?

Any sugestions?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] mosamjc:
Apps2sd now included in Liberated Aria R007

Darktremor 2.7.5 final is now baked into Liberated Aria R007, which means my method is now officially deprecated. It still works with a little spit and polish, but I would suggest flashing R007 for the sake of simplicity. Thanks to Attn1 for finally integrating tkirton's awesome work (even if it is about two months since I first suggested to him. C'est la vie)
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] Flixoman:
Ok guys n3ubka3k warning.

Fresh loaded LiberatedR10 with karma wipes. I used the ROM manager to partition my SD. Mounted it in clockwork. Verified that it is there (the partition) using a system info program...but I can't figure out how to save my apps there. Could someone hit me with a stick or kick me in the right direction?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] lijingwei:
It's not working on my Aira .

In "adb shell" type "mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sd" it works .

But after reboot the install-recovery.sh will not mount the ext2 automaticly.

I tried 3 time got the same Result.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] webbdh2003:
I've attempted doing this and have read through all 7 pages.

I continuously get this message:

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd ext2 rw,errors=continue

I've downloaded mosamjc's install-recovery.sh file, pushed it, and everything works fine just that last step doesn't work correctly.

When I reboot it does not auto-mount.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] willfull04:
i have the Liberated FR release on my rooted area and typed these into the terminal emulator to move the dalvik cache - but returned a bunch of "permission denied" errors as it tried to make directories and move the cache. I've already partioned my SD card with rom manager, am i doing something wrong? i thought a2sd was supposed to work with the FR series of liberated.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] G1-8701:
this looks sorta complicated, might need help, but quick question, i'm running cm6.1 and i see the option in the setting to move my apps to my sd card, so what's the difference from that method and this one?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] IsraelR:
It works fine on my phone running FR006. Did you type "su" into the terminal first to get superuser access?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] imnotknow:
I got this to work, however my widgets no longer load when I start my phone. I know Android wants to load them before mounting the SD card. Is there any way to specify which applications go where with this?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] WhiteAsIce:
I'm at step 5, and I get this:

C:\sdk\tools>adb shell

~ # cd /system/etc/

cd /system/etc/

/system/etc # chmod 555 install-recovery.sh

chmod 555 install-recovery.sh

/system/etc # mkdir /system/sd

mkdir /system/sd

mkdir: can't create directory '/system/sd': File exists

/system/etc # mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd

mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: No such file or direc

tory

/system/etc # mount

mount

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)

tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=600)

proc on /proc type proc (rw)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)

/dev/block/mtdblock4 on /cache type yaffs2 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime)

/dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system type yaffs2 (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime)

/system/etc #

Any help for this part? I read through this entire thread, and it seems that I keep getting stuck with No such file or directory

Using FR008, if that matters.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] armyengineer51:
Pardon my noob-ness, but aside from being able to move dalvik to the sd card (which appears to not be the best idea on the Aria), what advantages does this have over the normal a2sd in Android 2.2? I've given up my Aria in favor of the Nexus one (needed a little more horsepower!), and am unsure as to why I would want to use this when the OS does it already.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] FFXTDS:
i think FROO8 has it already in it you just have to go to terminal emulator and type " su " then hit enter and then type " a2sd check " to see it its installed and then type " a2sd reinstall "
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] WhiteAsIce:
Tried that, it now says:

Your rom may not be set up to run Apps2SD.

Check with your rom developer if the boot image

is programmed to run Apps2SD.

Your partition may be using an EXT4 partition,

but your rom may not support EXT4. Repartition

your SD card to use EXT2 or EXT3.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] FFXTDS:
It supports EXT4 that what I used.

When you type su then enter then a2sd reinstall what does it say. Attn made a fr008 with it all ready enable its at the bottom of the first post
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] WhiteAsIce:
I tried Attn1's method in his post, it didn't work.

After a2sd reinstall, I see

Ext partition not mounted.

To protect the integrity of the boot

process, the REINSTALL command cannot

move applications to the SD card

unless the ext partition is mounted.
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] FFXTDS:
this is what i would try.

i would do a nano backup of your current ROM and do a fresh install of FR008 and try that
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] hurcon1:
trying to do this on stock 2.1

the problem i'm having right now to having the ext2 to stay mounted... after i do all the 1-6 steps and when i reboot, i do adb shell/mount and that line that i'm suppose to see never shows up. i've done it many times, no luck.

I'm using clockwork 2.5.0.7, and this isn't my first time messing with SDK.

Angry birds take so much memory :(
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] pa0lo25:
I followed the steps to the letter but I always get this error when issuing mount command

mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: Invalid Argument

Where did I go wrong?
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] pa0lo25:
nevermind guys. I figured it out.
[EVO 4G General] phillycreamboy:
I have noticed that the new version of Yelp runs a background service that listens for push notifications regarding check-ins. In standby for 90min this service was responsible for 98% of a 7% decrease in battery.
[EVO 4G General] nhutpham:
I think I noticed something along these lines, the stock battery use page showed a whole lot of usage by "Maps" and when I turned my gps off it didn't anymore. Very high, like 89% or higher more than once.
[EVO 4G General] randymac88:
I can confirm this - noticed it this weekend when Yelp destroyed (not literally) my battery life. It didn't seem like there was any option to turn it off, either. Very un-Yelplike.
[EVO 4G General] berardi:
Uninstalling. Thanks for the heads up.
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
Yelp appears fine on mine. No excess drain.
[EVO 4G General] jacc1234:
Does 2.0.2 still have this issue? I noticed an updated today but don't really know how to check to see if its still doing the push. I have uninstalled but an update from someone would be appreciated.
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
Not sure, but None of the yelp 2.0 updates had this issue, then again I didn't have my login information in yelp until Saturday so maybe that's why I was ok.

I actually checked my wake ups with the dcpowertop command and I only see 86 and I have 3 gmail accounts syncing with facebook, twitter, and newsrob running.
[EVO 4G General] PLESTIUC:
had this problem with "Maps" few times already. tried shutting down the maps/navigation program but it did not work.

monitoring now after I turned off the GPS
[EVO 4G General] SiL3nTKiLL:
oh ****, thanks for telling us! i didnt konw it stayed open lol
[EVO 4G General] donatom3:
I don't think it does for everyone.
[EVO 4G General] PLESTIUC:
shutting GPS off didn't work. "MAPS" is still using 89% of battery. WTH???
[EVO 4G General] diomark:
Just turn off notifications in yelp. The newest version comes with them disabled by default.

-mark
[EVO 4G General] phillycreamboy:
Turning them off does not stop the process from running even though they are disabled by default or I wouldn't have made the post.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffrimerman:
Is there something worth playing on this platform? Is there something with good graphics and sounds to play?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 063_XOBX:
N.O.V.A it even has online
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffrimerman:
ok awesome

I'll check it out. Is it in the market and is there a free trial version to see if I like it? Thanks
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] VoXHTC:
Heavy Gunner 3D - You'll play nothing else. It's incredible
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jeffrimerman:
I see it on the market, but I wanted to try it out first. I wonder if there is a trial on their website.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] newone757:
if you buy you have 24 hrs to try. You get a full instant refund if you want
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] shawnathan9:
I just downloaded EXZEUS and its pretty bad ass.

I'm thinking of Heavy gunner but the price is pretty steep IMO....
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] gsx62391:
I like sniper vs sniper ( has single player or online multiplayer) and i also like icommando. niether one can be found in the market, have to get them from developers sight. But google it and you should find them.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Geniusdog254:
Thats strange. I got both from the Market. Good games.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ChrisAC84:
It's not an instant refund. I am still waiting on the refund I requested Sunday night (it's Tuesday morning)