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[Android Apps and Games] XavierNovella:
OBB linking not working

[MENTION=3258861]bakpinar[/MENTION]

Same problem, same manufacturer!

I am a Pro User of the app.

I have a Huawei Honor 7 (Rooted, stock, Lollipop 5.0.1)

I have partitioned SDCard to ext4 (the only type that worked).

I was able to link other applications, but, when it comes to OBB folders. The links just don't work.

The main example, Angry birds, has around 50 MB OBB. I can play it when all files BUT OBB are linked. When I link it to first/second partition of the SD, ther occur 2 things. One: AngryBirds or whichever game has the obb linked ceases to work. Two: Link2SD does not reconize the OBB files as it's whole anymore... instead of showing the 50MB, it indicates that the OBB is 32kb. When I remove the symlink, Link2SD indicates again the real size of the obb and the game works again.

Is there somebody with the same issue? Is there anything I can do to change this links? I have tried to link the OBB to first and to second partition of the SD, but none worked...

I am lost... Can somebody shed some light? I have tried to contact with the devoloper but he must receive many queries and mine may have been overlooked.

I hope somebody can help,

Cordially,

Xavi
[Android Apps and Games] Eversmile23:
problem of mounting 2nd partition.

I had left LInk2SD for 2/3 months. I am on marshmallow. I found that 'Apps2SD' by Vickybonik was doing quite 'normal' until a few days back. I observed that the app sometimes failed to get root access and sometimes fail to do the assigned task, like disabling a particular app before linking/unlinking, which tends to get corrected after a reboot. When I tried to reuse 'Link2sd', I found 2nd partition mounting by 'Link2SD' always failed, but when i took help of 'Apps2SD' then 'Link2SD' worked perfectly. What does this imply? Does it mean the you should update/modify your mounting script? Another peculiar thing I observed is : clearing dalvik cache inside 'Link2SD' produced zero improvement, while it was always a positive result when 'Apps2SD' was used. Why is this so? I am really confused. Please clarify.
[Android Apps and Games] bg260:
If you are on MM, can't you use the adoptable storage feature instead of taking a risk with this app?
[Android Apps and Games] XavierNovella:
deprecated app?

Hello,

Does somebody know if this app has been deprecated?

Last update was a year ago and last activity of the developer was even before... Does somebody know an alternative... (i paid for the obb feature about a month ago... had I known better...)

Thank you,

Xavi
[Android Apps and Games] Eversmile23:
Try Apps2SD

Just try 'Apps2SD' by Vickybonik. You can find this app on XDA forum by searching. I also feel the development for Link2SD has got minimal or stopped. It does not work perfectly on android with marshmallow.
[Android Apps and Games] XavierNovella:
Link2SD to App2SD - Process?

Eversmile23,

I have read in this thread that you used Link2SD and now are using App2SD by Vickybonic.

Would you be so kind to explain me how to go from one app the other? The symlinks for Link2SD work for this one too? (I do not know if Android "SymLink" has a ISO or standard, so that any app compatible with the feature would be able to use them...)

The most logical process I thought was to "unlink apps from Link2SD" (batch unlink or 1 by 1 + uninstall 1 by 1, if I got further than the allowed memory for my device :P), and then install the other and start the process. :(

Would you be so kind to help me?

If Link2SD app is deprecated it would be useful and helpful to have an icon or information added in the thread or the Store advising from this... I was fooled :(

Cordially,

Xavi
[Android Apps and Games] lee99:
Hi.

Open link module and update mounting script directly from apps2sd. Reboot you phone / tablet and you are ready to go.

Best regards
[Android Apps and Games] Eversmile23:
See for yourself-- is the key.

hen I was using 'Apps2SD' by Vickybonik, I had kept 'Link2SD' frozen. When I came across the problem of 'Apps2SD' not responding to a task sometimes, I un-froze Link2SD and found Link2SD doing the same task easily. But Link2SD always showed 2nd partition not mounted error, and this got corrected when I took help of 'Apps2SD' to remount 2nd partition(without reboot). That means, For me at least, the script used by 'Link2Sd' for mounting 2nd partition is not perfect as far as 'Marshmallow' is concerned. Whatever I had linked in 'Apps2SD' also showed up in Link2SD. But 'Link2SD' showed failure in improving memory when 'dalvik cache' is cleared inside the app, while 'Apps2SD' produced positive improvements. Link2SD did not fail to link OBB or external data to 2nd partition.

I hope, I had explained a bit to your satisfaction. Now I use both, as I see problem and advantages on both the apps.
[Android Apps and Games] XavierNovella:
Thanks for the answer. As some features failed with Link2SD in my phone (the main feature for which I paid) and I am almost sure that App2SD will work (or the developer will be there to help me if not), I will give it a chance.

Thanks. Have a nice day!
[Android Apps and Games] kh34d:
Yes try it, developer there answer every question [emoji4]
[Android Apps and Games] MarcoPLs:
i want to ask newbie question.

my system is read-only because of some huawei security or whatever it is, so i cant instal partition mount script, i found script in link2sd data folder but im not sure if i can just move it to init.d (with twrp file manager) and what permissions should it have. is there any flashable zip (ext4) in that case?
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Perms 755.

As long as that script has the right stuff in it, it shouldn't be a problem copying it over in Recovery mode.

Sent from: SGS5 - MM 6.0.1 / SGS4 - LP 5.0.1
[Android Apps and Games] ashish1989:
I have 512mb ram phone and the prob is playstore and play services auto updates itself

Can I move them to sd card so that I can have free space for apps by links2sd
[Android Apps and Games] kh34d:
My advice is.. Don't do this.
[Android Apps and Games] sonickles9:
Which Android version? if you're on kitkat and later, you can use microG( an alternative to core Google crap) and it is much more low-ram friendly

(actually it works on 4.1 and up but not fully)

Enviado do meu GT-S5310B
[Android Apps and Games] ashish1989:
I have ICS 4.0.4 and my phone sucks when using any app

Then any sol how to keep it memory free and lag free
[Android Apps and Games] Dovidhalevi:
It can be done and will work. Do it all the time.

Keep a smaller, older version of the playstore on /system/app or /system/priv-app where it came on the ROM. Updated playstore and play services go the user-space anyway and link2sd can link them. Playstore needs the priv-app version for permissions, even though the updated version is what actually gets run. Play services need not be on system and not having it there frees up mucho space.

Problem is that newer play services upgrades are nigh-impossible to stop and are wreaking havoc on my phone. That is another problem, nothing to do with the question presented above. (Actually, maybe it is--I might try a nice old, SMALL, gmscore from my ROM for which there may still be space, maybe that will help? Anyone did this?)
[Android Apps and Games] NAZUnlimited:
Try using an alternative to google play services like micro core gms or try disabling some unneeded google play services using myandroidtool
[Android Apps and Games] Dovidhalevi:
I defeat the auto-upgrade and keep an older more-stable gms version by disabling Play's SelfUpgrade ... service using the DisableServices (root) app. Problem is the after one or two days, Play itself will not (manually) upgrade anything. Have to start the whole cycle over.
[Android Apps and Games] NAZUnlimited:
i replaced only the core of google services with this

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/app-microg-gmscore-floss-play-services-t3217616

i still keep the playstore and updates, gmail, youtube, push notifications, etc. instead of having a large (apk size and ram eater) google play services, my phone is using an very lightweight alternative
[Android Apps and Games] ashish1989:
But guys micro gms is for 4.1+ devices

And I have 4.0.4 what to do now
[Android Apps and Games] stillnoexpert:
Orignal message from 25th June 2013, 06:14 AM |#3856

You can try to mount the 1st partition manually at boot tine (root required)

Depending on your phone model and android version find an appropriate script.

Try for example

/etc/install-recovery.sh

and fill in lines like

"unmount /mnt/extsd

mount -t vfat -o rw /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/extsd

mount -t vfat -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/extsd

"

That helped in my case to mount the correct root folder of the 1st partition in the right place.

The 179_1 subfolder disappeared.
[Android Apps and Games] Dovidhalevi:
Yeah. Have been following this but resisting so far. Most seem to use it with a "fake-store" or use Play "read only." Have also seen battery complains.

How, step by step, did you install it as succeed with "normal" playstore functions, etc.?? Only gapps I have are the store, Google Now (looks for relatively recent gms version), and Maps (works without it). Do not use gmail which could be the most troublesome.
[Android Apps and Games] DanxThea:
bug on lenovo p1m

I have purchase link2sd pro.

I'm using stock ROM AOSP lollipop 5.1 64bit.

Its bug when using link2sd on my phone

1. Some app is fc.

2. When phone rebooted, its always load "upgrading android" and counting how many app that linked using link2sd, its took long time,,usually 10 mnt

Even im freeze first the app then im link the app, bug above is still

Please fix this bug, so annoying..
[Android Apps and Games] Dovidhalevi:
I am getting "syntax error" when cleaning dalvik cache, for example. Seems to work anyway. This is not a new problem.

Running Kitkat Omni-based ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] Ikarus01:
Hi. I have an interesting software or hardware bug. I'm relatively sure it isn't related to the app itself because i re-rooted with new binaries and reinstalled Link2sd. I made an ext4 partition a while back. The partition is 5GB and SD capacity is 32 GB(of which 29 GB usable). I started an app Sleep as Android couple days ago and a family member took it for Facebook or Candy Crush(which heat up the device a lot). I can access files on SD on phone and in Windows explorer, but i can't mount it, or see it in Mini tool - partition and whole flash memory. 2 days ago it appeared in Mini tool then vanished. SD card also takes much slower to load files.

I wrote about it here

and Stack exchange

If you had a similar problem or know the solution, please post it. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Your sdcard is dead or dying.

Sent from: SGS5 - MM 6.0.1 / SGS4 - LP 5.0.1
[Android Apps and Games] Ikarus01:
I see. That is what I've been dreading of. It has appeared 2 days ago in Mini tool, and every time i pop it in the slot for a re-scan it verifies the integrity(that checking SD card notification).

Could there be any way of manually relocating the partition to another card.
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
You can use R-Studio or similar to recover the data from it.

Sent from: SGS5 - MM 6.0.1 / SGS4 - LP 5.0.1
[Android Apps and Games] NAZUnlimited:
used link2sd to remove googlecontactssyncadapter, google backup transport, google feedback, google login service, google one time initializer, google partner setup, google services framework, google play services ( <- these are the core of gapps, the others arent needed to remove). i leaved untouched the setup wizard apk , gmail, youtube and playstore.

in this webpage, downloaded latest	play-services-core-xxxx.apk,	gfsproxy-xxxxx.apk, fakegapps-xxxx.apk.

renamed play-services-core-xxxx.apk to GmsCore.apk and gfsproxy-xxxxx.apk to GsfProxy.apk. put both in the folder where googlecontactssyncadapter, ......., google partner setup, google services framework, google play services were (in my case, in priv-app folder).

extracted the libs for my phone from the play-services-core-xxxx.apk and moved the 2 .so fles to system/lib folder.

reseted the phone.

after 1st boot, the google setup wizard ran like normally would. configured it and didnt add the google account.

installed the xposed framework and installed/activated fakegapps-xxxx.apk. rebooted phone.

opened and configured microcoregms.

connected to net, inserted my google account, waited for sync to end. let phone rest leaving it connected to net for 5 minutes.

opened data/app or use link2sd (save a backup link2sd app in the sd, it can become handy in this step) to check if the google play services didnt update itself overwritten microgms settings.

if yes, use link2sd or other to uninstall this update and just maintain the stock version (microgms)., after reboot again and configure again microgms.

open playstore app (the google app) and set it up like you normally would.
[Android Apps and Games] sonickles9:
No need to worry about GMS self-update, the signatures are different so it wont install Also, in the official microG thread there are preview builds and a way of setting up auto-update for microG. :)

Sent from my GT-S5310B
[Android Apps and Games] NAZUnlimited:
actually, in one of my phones, gms self-updates, even with diff signatures. it does it everytime after a complete wipe and the 1st time it is connected to the internet. it beats me why but it is only once. after uninstalled the update and re-setting the microgms, it wont do that again.

not really a concern but just one thing to remember when configuring the OS after wiping.
[Android Apps and Games] Dethfull:
How can we umount /data/sdext2 and do e2fsck (checkdisk and fix errors) via terminal emulator, on the proper phone? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
ADB would be my first guess. Assuming you mean remotely, otherwise you just do that from the su terminal.

Sent from: SGS5 - MM 6.0.1 / SGS4 - LP 5.0.1
[Android Apps and Games] Igneom:
Question

So i linked almost anything, and have a lot of apps now, if i do a firmware update, will it re-link the apps after the update, or will it mess up everything?

x10 mini pro here!
[Android Apps and Games] smg72523889:
i read that some people solved this issue with a piece of paper to add more pressure to the card...

maybe it helps 4 you - just try
[Android Apps and Games] markisioful:
... right now i changed the second partition to FAT32 and i am waiting to see does that was the problem ... If the problem is still there I will try whit the piece of paper.... tnx for the sugestion ;)
[Android Apps and Games] sasa g:
For me too, but i think that is because the firs partition is FAT 32. When i put 4GB card and format firs partition to FAT everything is OK.
[Android Apps and Games] markisioful:
Tnx for the help..

I thought about that.... but on 8GB card can't make FAT partition ... now my partition are: firs FAT32..and second is FAT32.... and for now link2sd works very well....

But I'm not sure is this ok for the phone and for the sd card???? Is there enything wrong about my partition ??!?
[Android Apps and Games] sasa g:
Yes, becuse that i replace my 8GB card with 4GB.

If Link2SD works without problems then is OK for phone and SD.
[Android Apps and Games] markisioful:
Ty for the information ..... fala ;)
[Android Apps and Games] mibuwolf:
Help please. I have just bought the x10 mini pro and with some mods made to it like z4root I keep experiencing alot of force closes and its driving me mad, please need advice urgently.
[Android Apps and Games] nikctsh:
why use z4root ? Android universal root(androot) did better in my opinion because in my research , z4root works on android 2.2 , but no idea about android 2.1 . Unroot it then try android universal root (use it at your own risk,just give you suggestion as it works well on my xt720 android 2.1) . Bless you good luck:rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] Igneom:
Bump!!!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
A normal update does not wipe /data/ so your apps, contacts, etc... aren't touched. You have to run Link2SD and reboot to recreate the mount script though, so make sure Link2SD is in the internal memory before upgrading.
[Android Apps and Games] Igneom:
well if i remember well, every firmware update i've done, erased everything on my phone, and when i mean everything, it's really everything, and as it says in the description of Link2SD, it doesn't copy the folders only the apks thats why i'm curious to know if after a firmware update and installing Link2SD again it will recreate the folders on the internal memory and relink the apps.

Has everyone done something like this before??
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
I've updated from Android 2.2 to 2.2.1 and from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 and the update process never touched /data/. When I updated to 2.2.2 I already had Link2SD and the only thing I had to do was run it and reboot. I'm somewhat new to Android, so what I say is only based in my experience.

If your update process wiped /data/ before, you had to reinstall everything? Apps, contacts, etc...? That doesn't make any sense to me...
[Android Apps and Games] Igneom:
that doesn't make sense to you, and doesn't make sense to me too, but that's what happened, done 2 firmware updates, and every time is the same thing, complete phone wipe, nothing remained untouched, everything gone.

as i already said, i'm using the X10 mini pro (read "experimental android joke of sony ericsson") and that's the way it works on my phone and if i ain't wrong in every phone from the x10 family, everything doesn't make sense with these phones.

So if i said that, it's based on true experience on my phone, it could be different with yours, but that's the question again, does Link2SD relink the apps after a complete wipe of the firmware?
[Android Apps and Games] szabof1:
The same situation on Samsung Galaxy 3.

We should create a batch script that installs all the APKs from the 2nd partition of the SD card, then deletes the APK from /data/app and creates the link to original SD card APK.

It would be great if this process could be integrated into Link2SD.
[Android Apps and Games] necrohades:
i think i know what you guys have been talking about.

x10 mini pro's update actually erased everything on the phone, and that includes /data/app.

that was the case from all my updates from 1.6 to 2.1 (2.0.A.0.504) to 2.1 (2.0.2.A.0.24).

but my last update from 2.0.2.A.24 to 2.1.1.A.0.6 actually left my other data intact. and if i happened to have Link2Sd before the update, of course it will be left untouched.

generally, updating fw erases EVERYTHING. so it is really a must one do a backup first.

and no, as per my experience, apk's on the ext2, doesn't get relinked after a full wipe. if you just update /system then it is possible that all your apks will still be linked.

cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Igneom:
now that's exactly the info i was looking for.

now i know i will have a lot more work to update, but thanks anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] matthack:
Zipaligned apps?

hey hey i got a question, been reading and reading here and around the forum but just tooo many posts to go through and search dont wanna work again so if im repeating a question allready answered feel free to bump me over to the correct thread;)

here goes what happens if i use link2sd on apps installed from a custom zip that are zipaligned? will that just kill the whole idea with zipalign?

since zipalign as ive understood it so far makes a slimmed serial install with multiple apps linked so android will have a easier time on each appstart and start faster and need much less RAM then what would be needed if i install each app by itself? so if i have that and i use l2sd in my mind that would "break" the zipalign when you move the .apk to another section or am i all wrong thinking like that??
[Android Apps and Games] matthack:
Have you tried making the second partition in FAT32 and set it as primary also? dont know how different rootapps handles 2xFAT32 partition but im on my sweet SE X10 running [ROM] kX10 R2B001 and that worked like a charm first time i tried it:D
[Android Apps and Games] Dethfull:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3408521

Link2Sd [Nevermore PC need for fix corrupted sdcard sdext2 partition]

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I still never ad android 5, my last was a 4.4.2, but i don't like, i regret to ICS, i believe the same debuggerd is still present on 5+, now being more necessary becauses the new hw haves much more partitions, than the old...
[Android Apps and Games] Marty_Since87:
I recently just had to reset my phone after bricking it and is there a way for me to clear the data that's been used? Or will I have to reformat my memory card in order to get that space back
[Android Apps and Games] ch3mn3y:
Link2sd has option to clean/format ext partition.

If You have newer phone and used linking feature, just delete linked folders.

Sent using XT1562 - Resurrection Remix/Squid Kernel
[Android Apps and Games] SantiagoBC:
Hey Crashdump!

I read your post and I'm having the exact same warning when I try to open Apps2sd

It says it couldn't mount the script and I've alread formatted in all the possible filesystems.

Since this post is from a year ago I was hoping you could give me an insight on how you solved this problem. I get this warning:

"Your device use "sdcardfs" filesystem for internal SD card.

This does not support dirctory binding so you can not move obb and ext. data.

Link2SD can fix the issue by activating Android's standard "fuse" filesystem."

Thanks in advance ;):good::good:
[Android Apps and Games] Marty_Since87:
Thanks, I plan on flashing cm12.1 so this'll come in handy.
[Android Apps and Games] skezza:
Are there any known issues with CM13? I've tried to use it with a 2GB Ext4 partition on a Samsung 32GB Class 10 Micro-SD and as soon as I link apps, strange things begin to happen. I linked about 42 apps and the phone started running incredibly slow. It was basically useless. Totally unusable in fact. It would take 20-30 seconds to just open a web page in the browser. I unlinked all the apps and the phone was running insanely slow and the data transfer rate was through the floor. Since then however, the phone has been fine, because no apps are linked.

I will try with an ext2 partition perhaps that would help? or f2fs?
[Android Apps and Games] Dethfull:
You are using ext ? 4 ? Simple! Use vFat never use ext4 for nothing.

This chitty filesystem will be purged

soon.

The famous (infamous) "sudden death" that all ext4 devices (88% samsung devices) shows on all internet, are simply because they are ext4 filesystem.

This chitty filesystem is responsible of damages in emmc chips, like live sql on sdcards or pendrives or ssdc disk too, ext4 is only for circular magnetic hard discs...
[Android Apps and Games] skezza:
Switching to f2fs has certainly improved the performance a lot and I think it's okay now, but would you recommend switching to fat then? I can move the apps back to my internal then format then move again?
[Android Apps and Games] Dethfull:
Yes. For example, because your phone is an ext4 device, vfat is more usefull. VFat is not fat32 or fat16, is Linux VFat, you congrat this formatation using Aparted. In my case, i use EXT2 because my device is yaffs2 .

Conclusing, the journaling, are doing the funtion only in the ext2 partition, your device, will be done only on your system.

:cool:
[Android Apps and Games] skezza:
Cool. I'll try vfat then. I've been finding that link2sd is unreliable. The card is unmounting and remounting etc and because of this it's just generally all over the place. That said, Apps2SD (All in One) is utterly dreadful. It seems to grind to halt after a while. I'll try vfat then
[Android Apps and Games] skezza:
I can't mount fat unfortunately, link2sd doesn't mount anymore on MM :(
[Android Apps and Games] Dethfull:
You can't create vfat partition, sorry

You will get vfat only with aParted app.

When the app prompts you what to do with second sdcard partition, you will set ext2 (this is not real ext2)

After formatting with aParted, link2sd will mount as "ext2"

:D

Note, download you, the aParted old versions, not these new, ok?