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[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] androidfanboi:
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I did the commands in the end thru terminal on the device all went well apart from it could not locate busybox which was extracted as stated onto root of sd. The phone restarted and basically will not load past the sonyericsson swirly logo. checked on logcat and its crashing due to being unable to mount applog partition.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] mbrad_26:
So the entire Sdcard need to be format as Ext2 or as mutch as u want , let say around 1 Or 2 GB?

Witch one need to be primary and witch need to be logical?

thx
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] wolfilein:
yes you must make a

"second" patition with ext2 wich is a primary partition
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] mbrad_26:
The same story with me....:eek:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] The-Lord:
Cool. Thank for the information. :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] vicky300374:
App2SD WiFi and Bluetooth not working

Hi wolfilein,

Thnaks for the Great app, I have 2.1 Generic, Installed App2SD with the same steps all looked ok till the X10i Rebooted, there were no colors shown on LED just normal boot, after the startup WiFi and Bluetooth not working, the SDCard Linux Partition shows couple of apps so seems like App2SD working but can u fix the WiFi/ Bluetooth Issue, cant live without the same. :)

I Created 3 Partitions, of a 8GB SDCard, 1 is 5GB Fat32, 2 is 1.4GB EXT2, rest for Swap.

let me know if something i did was wrong.

Thanks again in the meanwhile.

Regards,

Vic

SE-x10i 2.1
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
I don't know what went wrong on your side, my wifi and blutooth are working fine. I can even streaming some music files from my daughter's china phone to my x10i as well as transferred some mp3s to hers....
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HyperDarkness:
hey guys

thanks for great structure wolfilein

i can't use of 2.1 version of App2SD

my FW is Nordic 2.1 by Bin4ry with Root method (SuperoneClick)

& when i use 2.1App2SD, i have this error

mkdir failed for /system/sd, File exists

busybox is /system/xbin/busybox

& after this line 'finished rebooting now' & rebooting, my phone will not load

So, what's solution?

thamks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] wolfilein:
it seems you have tried to install app2sd over an existing version ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HyperDarkness:
No dude

i just do these 3times:

1. Flash Nordic 2.1 FW

2. Format & Repartition SDcard (for App2SD)

3. ROOT with SuperOneClick

3. try to App2SD

but What's wrong with these method?

thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
Maybe you can try these steps. This is how I did to my phone.

Prepared my sd card. I made 2 partitions on my Kingmax Class 10 8GB micro sd card. For the 1st partition I've made 6GB FAT32 as primary and for the 2nd partition, I've made 1.4GB ext2 as primary too.

1. Reinstall 2.1 fw again but this time try to use SEUS instead of Bin4ry flash tool.

2. Root your phone using SuperOneClick.

3. Install busybox (stericson.busybox.1.17.1.apk).

4. Run the app2sd procedure.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erreesse:
one question, with app2sd working, when i connect phone to pc via usb cable and allow use of sd card, what happen to phone??

the app on sd don't work, but when i disconnect cable all start working?

sorry for my bad english! i hope someone can understand and answer.

thanks in advance!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
I think that I know what you were trying to ask. Whenever you connect your phone to your pc (which is normally running Windows), it will only detect the FAT32 partiitons where you put all your data into it. Whereas the app2sd is using the ext2 partition (all your phone applications are installed into this partition), so you phone can still be used like normal.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
I've just tried.. yes, it works..

I think Android does not umount /sdcard partition, simply let it available from USB access.

So, Apps are still available.

ps: si', funziona tranquillo :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erreesse:
ok, thanks to all!

p.s. grazie mille, appena posso provo! vedo che siamo vicini! ciao
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erreesse:
some question:

swap partition is usefully?

is used from app2sd to "improve performance" ?

i have class4 micro sd, maybe not really fast.

on 8gb SD, suggestion about size of ext2 partition?

thanks in advance!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
If you read the first post on how to create the FAT32 & ext2 partitions, you don't really need the swap partition. A faster card is really needed if you want performance, that is why I'm using a Class 10 card.

It's recommended to partition not more than 1.4GB for ext2 partition. I've tried before partitioning the ext2 to 3GB and ended up with unstable performance and eventually lost everything. Since then I only partition the ext2 to 1.4GB only.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zoz33:
I've been getting this error consistently now:

+___________________+

|********************|

|* Menu *|

|* *|

|*[0] install app2sd*|

|*[1] remove app2sd *|

|*[2] exit *|

|********************|

+--------------------+

[0]

busybox: not found

mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists

rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh, No such file or directory

+________________________________+

|********************************|

| finished going reboot now |

|********************************|

+--------------------------------+

Here's what I do:

1. Install Nordic 2.1 fw using SEUS

2. Root using SuperOneClick.

3. Install busybox using titanium backup.

4. Run the app2sd procedure.

The phone goes into an infinite boot loop and never succeeds to boot. Have to re-flash!

Any idea what's going wrong here?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
cat /sdcard/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox

MAYBE this is the command that fail returning the error.

Did you copy (using adb push) busybox file into you sdcard?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
In step 3. try to install a standalone busybox, preferably ver 1.17.1 get it here (http://d01.megashares.com/dl/pe5Hj9N/stericson.busybox.1.17.1.apk)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zoz33:
I copied it after mounting the SD card using windows, I don't think that makes a difference, does it?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
no no difference but try to manually install busybox.

Read tot31 cute post, too ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zoz33:
I installed busybox 1.17.1 and still it failed:

+___________________+

|********************|

|* Menu *|

|* *|

|*[0] install app2sd*|

|*[1] remove app2sd *|

|*[2] exit *|

|********************|

+--------------------+

[0]

busybox is /system/bin/busybox

rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh, No such file or directory

+________________________________+

|********************************|

| finished going reboot now |

|********************************|

+--------------------------------+

Any idea why "rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh"?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zoz33:
Ok, so here's what I did, I did the steps one by one from the shell, all were successfull, I checked for the effects of each step (sh-sh_bak, etc..)

Then I rebooted, guess what, the same, no LED colors on bot and just an infinite loop of rebooting.

Anybody faced this before or can see what's going wrong?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zoz33:
OK, got it fixed, the problem was, as expected, ME!

Didn't follow the instructions when it said to format and recreate ALL partitions on the SD card, instead I resized the FAT32 partition and created the ext2 partition after it.

After removing all partitions on the card and creating them again, AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS, it worked like a charm.

Moral of the story, RTFM!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
Don't worry, actually it does not fail. I also got the same message and I also thought it failed but when install all the apps and check using Minitool Partition Wizard and Linux Reader for windows, all my applications are installed into my card (see my previous post with screenshot).

If you look through the app2sd.sh script, command rm /etc/mount_sd.sh means remove/delete the mount_sd.sh file from /etc folder, since that file does not exist in the fresh install phone, it gives this error message but continue with other commands..

rm /etc/mount_sd.sh

mv /system/bin/sh /system/bin/sh_bak

cat /sdcard/sh.sh > /system/bin/sh

chmod 777 /system/bin/sh

busybox cp /sdcard/mount_sd.sh /etc/mount_sd.sh

echo "

+________________________________+

|********************************|

| finished going reboot now |

|********************************|

+--------------------------------+

"

sleep 1

reboot

You can edit the app2sd.sh file and remove that line i.e rm /etc/mount_sd.sh and do the steps all over again and you'll get no errors.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HyperDarkness:
guys plz help

i do this again & again! but i have to Update using SEUS anytime! or Flasher

ok, i did this method:

1. Update to 2.1 Nordic FW using SEUS

2. Root with SuperOneClick

3. BusyBox 1.17.1

3. try to App2SD two times

but this error & phone doesn't load:

busybox is /system/bin/busybox

rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh, No such file or directory

& i tried this method, editing & removing two lines as "rm /etc/mount_sd.sh"

but, this time, i have this message:

busybox is /system/bin/busybox

& again after reboot, my phone does not load

help :(

becuase i tried all ways for App2SD & my phone ...

thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zoz33:
What exxactly happens? What do you mean by my phone does not load?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HyperDarkness:
my phone falls in an infinite loop of rebooting :confused:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
I think you should try to uninstall app2sd, then:

1) Check if root is properly installed

2) Check if busybox is properly installed (if not, install it)

3) Run the install of app2sd MANUALLY, in a $ root shell.

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock0 /system
[I](check this .. mtdblock0 or mtdblock3.. do a mount or df command in shell to verify where /system is mouted)[/I]

mkdir /system/sd
mkdir /data/appbak
[I](folders could be already created)[/I]

mount -t ext2 /dev/block//vold/179:2 /system/sd
mv /data/app/* /data/appbak/
busybox cp -a /data/appbak /system/sd/app
rm -r /data/app
ln -s /data/appbak/ /data/app
rm /etc/mount_sd.sh
[I](if there is this file)[/I]

mv /system/bin/sh /system/bin/sh_bak
cat /sdcard/sh.sh > /system/bin/sh
chmod 755 /system/bin/sh
busybox cp /sdcard/mount_sd.sh /etc/mount_sd.sh
sync
reboot

ps: all app2sd files must be unzipped in /sdcard...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] zoz33:
I suggest removing all partitions on SD card then re-creating them, formating then copying your files back.

That helped me with the infinite rebooting problem. To check if it's going to help with yours, trying booting without the SD card inserted, reboot loop should not persist.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ChilliBo:
until im trying to install it comes

rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh, No such file or directory

what i need to do??
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] HyperDarkness:
ok .. thanks guys

i did it, this time:

1. Root (with SuperOneClick)

2. BusyBox

3. use App2sd (for 2.1 Eclair)

& this time, again this error:

busybox is /system/bin/busybox

rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh, No such file or directory

but, phone works correctly after rebooting

ok

how can i understand App2SD has been done?

in App2SD for Dount 1.6, we have a folder as "appback" for backups! & i don't have this folder now?

is it ok?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
read my post number #203 regarding this matter...

Another way to confirm, I just updated my Titanium Backup to v3.5.7.3, it can show app2sd partition..here's a screenshot from my phone.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] aljahwari:
After almos 15 trails getting this result:

busybox is /system/bin/busybox

rm failed for /etc/mount_sd.sh, No such file or directory

finaly your manual way worked with me

thanx to all of you
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Ragespeed:
Hi,

Can someone explain this

3. Step

open and adb shell with

from which application SuperOneClick ? to shell root?

where to open adb shell ?

thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] thanhss:
Can I do it directly on the phone?

----

I can do it directly on phone by Android Terminal

thanks!

P/S: I dont see LED notifications (no blue/purple or red ...) but I see /data/app with (~45Mb used and ~955Mb free - root explorer)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] stanleycup:
May be a stupid question but not really clear on this. I see app2sd in Titanium, so when I install new apps from market, it will install automatically to the SD card?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
Yes, all apps will be installed automatically into the sdcard, no option to choose.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] wolfilein:
today or morining i will check the lights :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
how can i modify the path of my app, if i want it installed on the phone itself???
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
after i reboot my phone, the apps that are installed in the phone are not displayed on the menu, and when i try to install new apps it is directed to internal memory.... :( help please... my root is still intact though...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
solved: i uninstalled the app2sd,check the root, then reinstall it, poof!! no more problems... :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
487 internal? :confused:

R you using a swap partition? ;) With app..? Did you notice speed gain?

Another question: How did you do to recognize to Titanium backup latest busybox pkg and not its busybox 1.16.1 (it could be located in private app ..)

thanks :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] citsym:
Ok. I partitioned my card and ran the shell script. Unfortunately, I had very little ROM space and go multiple errors and the procedure failed. Now, I can't even start adb shell. I get the error:

What do I do?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] androidfanboi:
i have root titanium and root explorer say so but i get permission denied on 2.1 any ideas? rooted via superoneclick

i tried again after gaining root shell temporarilly also thru superone click then

it stated not enough space this time round, i created a 1 gig ext2 partition, is this not large enough?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] hnkumar:
After app2sd installed, getting cannot able to get into ADB shell

Hi,

I've updated my X10i to latest version (Android 2.1) after that I rooted my phone. Installed busybox.

Then I've partitioned my sdcard like 6.5GB as FAT32 (Primary) and 1.2GB as EXT2 (Primary) then 300Mb as swap.

I've pushed files as mentioned then I ran app2sd.sh. After a few errors it is closed. I've closed my shell prompt then again I tried for shell prompt but i'm getting below message.

exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Exec format error (8)

I checked with root explorer and i found that sh is not ZERO bytes. I cannot able to rename that file also :(.

Please let me know how to get out from this error.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] citsym:
Someone please help. Now, I can't even get into flash mode.

Edit: Got into flash mode, and currently reflashing.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sahil4u:
that was the only solution for u to reflash, and if reflashing too doesnt work then you will have to reinstall via seus. good luck and leave this app2sd from now on untill you are confident of the procedure. ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] booyaga:
took a while to get back, but hey your right, my bad;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sahil4u:
lol thought i was the only one??? same problem here thatz y i :rolleyes:

seems not for us unless wolfien describes in detail.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
well no harm done... :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
i am having "force close" dialog box, when i start my phone, this starts when i restarted my phone.... gosh... help...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] hnkumar:
I'm still waiting for an answer :(. Due to this I cannot able to move applications to SD Card :(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] monsterday2002:
i am hitting the same issue...

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Exec format error (8) -

anyone has a solution pls.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Billx84:
hi everybody

I have an error,

app2sd.sh is not found, but the file is correctly at the top of the sdcard

Did I Do a misteak?

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
try umount sdcard partition (charge only is the right option when a USB cable is attached)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
ls -l /system/bin/sh

can you do this in a # (best $) shell using adb?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] h.boushi1987:
i got error busy box not found then some another errors then restart then nothing happened i just transfered 5gb 4 times for nothing:mad:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] philipp01:
i did everything like in your first post.

but then i got an error, something like "cp ....... no space left"

then i wanted to give it another try, but now i cant even open an adb shell:

"- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Exec format error (8) -"

if someone can help, please share!
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Crowds:
it works perfectly with me like this.

make sure you have root

follow the 1st post commands

when you install any app make sure you have it on the root of your card

you will see through TB that your "app2sd" partition will be fulling
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] saltorio:
Nice tutorial tot31!

A few questions (sorry if any of these have been answered already):

1. Has anyone applied Apps2sd with JIT? If so, what's the best order to do so (flash firmware, root, then?)

2. So with Apps2sd applied, all apps installed will be on the SD (rather than the phone memory)? Is there any option to install to phone memory instead?

3. How does a Titanium backup (already made) handle restoring onto a phone with Apps2sd? Does it restore the apps to phone memory or SD?

Much thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
thanks saltorio,

Here are my answers to your questions :-

1. I applied JIT after the app2sd installation and so far no problems on my phone.

2. I've answered this question before..so there's no option to install into the phone memory. All applications will be installed into the sd card.

3. I never try this before. What I do is, I'll copy everything from /system/sd/app to my pc.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
i successfully installed the app2d.sh but i keep having force close in all applications that are installed in the sd card, =(

please please help....
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
Please do a fresh install (I mean reflash your phone first then install app2sd) and then install back all your apps one by one. With this method I got no problems with all the apps.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] kishen80:
can anyone help me? ...do i beed to format the sdcard first? :confused::confused::confused:
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] pshdo:
Hi forum.

I´ll try to ask here, as my thread was removed last night...:confused:

I have app2sd and JIT002 installed on my phone, and ït works fine. (i think)

I have no crashes, and no other problems, other than...

I can do root commands just fine, but when i try to mount from adb shell, i get a mount permission error.

I can´t figure out how to get past this.

Can you pleace help, as i am not able to do this:

@adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system

So at the moment i´m not able to push .apk to my phone...:(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
1. Me too!

2. Sure.

3. I think TB restore apps into /data/app , so into SD Card. How can it restore them into memory? There's a link to SD :)

I'm developing a script to move dalvik cache dir into sd card... :D Now I'm testing it but seem we can add a mount point to sd ext2 partition and a symbolic link like app folder..
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
i just hope this will work.... :)

*reflashing and installing all my apps.... :(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] jackzxl:
How can I root， when I had install app2sd
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] pshdo:
The "alternative rooting metod" works...

Sent from my Commodore 64, with Dolphin Dos B-)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] hebigakure:
how to tell app2sd already work in my phone?

if i reset from my phone do i still rooted and app2sd?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
please read my previous posts...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] The-Lord:
I installed app2SD and I guess it got configured correctly. After restoring application backups from titanium backup, I see that the phone memory usage also goes up along with the ext2 partition. Is it using both locations?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] wolfilein:
@sry i havn't so much time this week

i've already found out how to at the rgb light working for the script and i will add that the dalvik cache moves to sd-card

theoretically you can yoose what apps you wan't to copy to sdcard (you only need to make a symbolic link) but to keep this easy i need to develop a android app

and i can't develop java programms :(
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] jimbo77:
Ok.. Guys i'm sorry for the Question but i'm not an expert in this kind of things and i do appreciate the step by step guide, it seems to be really easy but also it seems i'm doing something wrong... The thing is that i don't know how to start the adb shell... I've done a lot of things... I've installed the drivers from the SDK etc... but whenerver i write "adb shell" on the CMD it returns an error saying "Device not found"... What do you suggest me to do.. Thanks for your help and i'm sorry for the nub question.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
well i am crossing my fingers to have this project successful... :cool: but why cant you develop a java program?....
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] minjiet:
after app2sd, my internal memory raise from 121mb to 213mb....

how to get more internal memory?

which files can i delete?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Xperia21:
The Proof by Root Explorer!

Its working and you can check it with ROOT EXPLORER!

THANKS
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] mclaudio:
Hi,

can anyone tell me if i can install applications on SDcard with my X10mini ?

1- if yes will i loose any applications or data already installed ?

2 - Will the phone be slower after?

3 - is if reversible ?

4 - what happens if i take off sdcard?

5 - will all default applications installations be installed on sdcard?

6 - is anyone developing an applications that simplies all this process ? it seems a little complicated.

Best regards?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] oversim:
0. Read previous posts, the answer is YES ;)

1. I suggest you a backup using Titanium backup PRO. If you don't want to modify the script, uninstall more apps as you can. Then, you can restore them (to sd)

2. Read the previous posts. Class 6 - 10 = NO SPEED ISSUE

3. Yes. But If you'll install a lot of app, they won't fit to internal memory

4. I don't know, but why extract sd while phone is turned on? :)

5. YES

6. It's not easy, but possibile. And with a link when updating an app moved to sd, this will be installed on memory. So, I think this solution IS THE BEST for android < 2.2

:D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] mclaudio:
Thanks a lot for you answers ! you're the best

i just didn't understood answer regarding if i will loose installed information and applications or not.

Thanks in advance
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] wolfilein:
if you take out your sd-card before boot,

it will use a failsafe and boot normaly with all apps you've installed before install app2sd

but please see for the mini here :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804574
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] revernchang:
After brushing I found wi-fi has always been a problem (good reception, but the IP could not addressing)

Once again setting the wireless base station (WEP turned off) to re-find cell phone were still no solution

So now brush back to the normal state without app2sd use wi-fi

Could you please help about this

Thanks~~
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] erick_o:
i lost my sh file.... when i try to access adb shell it says
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] JeK87:
tried everything... followed every instruction.. and it didnt worked out for me... sigh >,<
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] tot31:
If you read my tutorial (pls go through a few pages back), you won't go wrong...means you must install it from a fresh flash phone..