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[Android Apps and Games] :
Ok guys, I am having trouble with mine, and there is 215 pages on this thread that I cannot find an answer, so please don't yell at me if Im asking a noobie question.

I installed the app, Links2SD, and started moving my apps over, I didnt partition the SD card at all yet. Do I have to do this still, and is there an app on the market to help me with this, but now everytime I restart my phone, I loose all my shortcuts set up on my home page, and I have to reinstall my keyboard.

Can some one please help me with this ?

Thanks A
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
Make sure you don't have sensitive apps (such as the launchers) on the SD card. What ROM are you using? Linking them to an ext partition will not affect apps as much and it'll keep widgets too. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Maaja:
Dosn't work with my HTC Tattoo, OS 1.67.405.70

"Mount script cannot be created.

:cannot create /system/etc/install-recovery.sh: not enough memory.

The phone is rooted, though I am unable to install busybox correctly, it force closes.

My interntal memory really is almost full, 2mb free out of 150mb. Cleaned caches, made factory resets, used SD maid,etc nothing helps.

Actually I tried to uninstall some system apps that I don't use: youtube, twitter, browser, mail....but when I reboot the progams are back again. Is the program not deleting or do they get reinstalled?

I have a reference to another HTC Tattoo phone which is used only for "calls" and the internal memory there is around 10mb free out of 150mb.

Any idea how to free memory or is 2mb really not enough get link2SD working?

Any idea what to do? Thx!
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
HTC devices also need to be S-OFF or you can't change anything in /system.
[Android Apps and Games] nikctsh:
Dear developer ,

erm...i'm still using my old phone xt720 but recently attracted to CM6 rom , but i was so worried that i don't dare to flash , because i afraid i would have to sacrifice link2sd for CM6 . I don't rely on apps2sd provided by the rom , i prefer link2sd since it is always my best apps . So does link2sd compatible with cm6 ? Can i use it normally after i flash the rom ? I can't afford to lose link2sd really .

Or anyone has tried on cm6 ? Is there anything i need to do first b4 i can use link2sd (running 'new' script again ?) ?
[Android Apps and Games] Maaja:
But I can not find an S-Off for the an old HTC Tattoo phone. Or is there none?

And that is not the same as having a goldcard on my sd is it?
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Sorry, I never had a HTC device so I have no clue. You'll have to search.

All I know is S-OFF is needed. Then you can install Link2SD, Busybox, uninstall system apps (this will not increase the user internal memory free space), etc...
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
Before flashing CM6, make a recovery backup using Clockworkmod Recovery. It should backup your data and ext partition. Link2SD should work on CM6, but I think that answer should be from a CM6 user.
[Android Apps and Games] nikctsh:
Thanks . But the Clockworkmod recovery is the one available from RomManager is it ? The developer of cm6 ask us to use the open rocovery.apk provided to flash the rom , I'm not sure whether Clockworkmod recovery is usable or not . By the way , wipe data in OR will wipe away sdext2 data as well ?
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
Open ROM Manager and select 'Flash Clockworkmod Recovery'. Select your device. After you flashed recovery and got the CM6 recovery zip, do a backup via recovery. First select, 'Reboot into Recovery'. You'll have to use the volume keys to move the selection and a specified button to select. You'll see an option named 'Backup and Restore'. Select it and then select Backup. Make sure you have enough space. You'll find an option to install the zip and wipe data.

Wiping data shouldn't wipe the ext2 partition. But do make a backup before doing anything.
[Android Apps and Games] nikctsh:
Got it ! thanks
[Android Apps and Games] DarkKnight62:
i'm using link2sd on my lg optimus t with the next ported oxygen ROM with a fat32 partition. i am able to link the partition and link apps but whenever i restart i get a mount warning that states:

"since the 2nd partition is not mounted during boot time it has been mounted after the system finishes booting. therefore your linked apps are not visible to the system at the moment. to make them available again, please try 'quick reboot'".

is it a problem with the ROM or the app? also in that message available is actually spelled "avaliable".
[Android Apps and Games] hispanico957:
I have a galaxy ace 2.3.5 rooted and a sd 8MB, with partition 1md reserved. Every time i launch Link2sd i received this message:

Mount script error

Mount script cannot be created

mount: mounting /dev/block/vold/179:2 on /data/sdext2 failed: device or resource busy

How i can solve it ?

Thank

Hispa

SOLVED follow this post n. 482:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=919326&page=49
[Android Apps and Games] dimedevil:
I try to use Link2SD on LG Optimus 2x...

The Link2SD app runs well, but I cant see or browse my external SD Card's 1st partition. The phone just read the 2nd external SDcard partition.

In Optimus 2x, it has Internal storage, Internal SDCard (which is like secondary internal storage), and external SDcard which is using microSD card slot. is there any chance Link2SD to support Optimus 2x?
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
Do you have a FAT partition available? You should delete the FAT partition and remake it using all the unallocated space. You could also reformat the entire SD card and see if it work then.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Can you post the outputs of the following commands?

mount

cat /proc/partitions

cat /sys/block/mmcblk0/device/type

cat /sys/block/mmcblk1/device/type

cat /sys/block/mmcblk2/device/type

ls -l /dev/block/

ls -l /dev/block/vold
[Android Apps and Games] hch.kor:
I have exactly the same problem. And i wanna know what may cause this. Someone says it's not a rom or kernel bug but it result from superfast booting time of the new rom. But i think script during boot must not dropped reguardless of the short booting time. I'm confused and know the possible cause..
[Android Apps and Games] dimedevil:
Sorry to ask because I'm new at these, so I should put those command in terminal emulator?
[Android Apps and Games] hch.kor:
You should... don't forget to type "su" first~
[Android Apps and Games] dimedevil:
Done... here you go...

Edit: When I change the 2nd partition into ext2, Link2SD detects the 2nd partitions while the phone also detect the 1st partition... Seems that we cant use the same partition type on both partitions when using this phone
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
dimedevil, do you really need Link2SD? Doesn't your phone have like 1GB of internal memory?
[Android Apps and Games] dimedevil:
heheheh... actually internal 1.3 GB left and internal SD about 5 GB (3 GB left)...

Using Link2SD just to make sure that I have all the storage for Game data. Games like Tintin requires 1.5 GB on my Internal SD and I cant (legally) move the data into external SDCard. My wife forbid me for deleting those games even ater she saw the ending and my wife kinda find new hobbies for buying games on Android Market :)
[Android Apps and Games] mrbenbiz:
experiencing little problem or bug

Hello guys,

I think i'm experiencing little problem or probably it is a bug (don't know). I don't know if it's LINK2SD fault or SD CARD fault (8 gb class 10). The thing is that the app is working flawlessly, i have created a 1GB partition as described on 1st page ext3 and LINK2SD working flawlessly no errors. What i have noticed few days ago is that if i connect the phone via USB and i TURN ON the SD mode, and before that i have made a picture with the phone or i have copied some file from /system to the SD CARD root or any other folder from it or i make a folder, in the SD CARD mode when i press TURN ON and the SD CARD is shown in Windows as removable the "data" (picture or any other copied file to SD CARD before to connect to PC) is not shown. If i unplug the phone and explore the SD CARD from phone with Root Explorer or Thinkfree Office the files are there on the SD CARD, this problem i have it only if i connect the phone with PC. The only solve that i found by my self for this problem is to UNMOUNT the enitre SD CARD from Settings - Storage and mount back and after this operation the 1st session with the PC is working it's showing me the files that i copy or pictures i make before to connect with the PC but starting with the 2nd session if i don't unmount and mount back the SD CARD from settings i getting back in the same problem. Is anyone experiencing the same problem that i have? is anyone that has a solution for this problem?

I have LGP500 stock rom (not deodexed) + customer kernel franco.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Link2SD will not help with that. It just links stuff in internal memory not in the (internal) SD.

1.5GB just in one game? Wow! I've never seen anything bigger than 150MB...

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That's not Link2SD fault. It happened to me, even before I used it. I think the problem is disk cache related.
[Android Apps and Games] durdur:
Hi,

Thanks for the app. I am using it since the beginning.

I wonder if there is a way to move data of some selected apps with are consuming space.

Another way to free more space on internal card would be to move the dex files of system apps.

Thanks

Paul
[Android Apps and Games] maxxik2010:
Dear Bakpinar

I started to use MiniCM7-2.1.4 (based on GB + app2sd) on my SE X10 mini and I have a question how to use Link2SD on GB + app2sd enabled.

After flashing and first reboot I can see on my /data :

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Nov 17 20:36 app -> /sd-ext/app

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Nov 17 20:36 app-private -> /sd-ext/app-private

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Nov 17 20:36 dalvik-cache -> /sd-ext/dalvik-cache

drwxrwx--x 1 system system 2048 Nov 17 20:36 data

first three symlinks obviously have been created by app2sd script.

My question is - what is the best practice to use Link2SD there - should I remove those symlinks manually ? (will them be recreated again by app2sd script ?) will link2sd recognize that ?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Both are on my "to do" list and will be added in a future version.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
If you decide to use Link2SD it's better to disable app2sd. You can do this by executing following command.

chmod 640 /etc/init.d/05mountsd

This will prevent app2sd script from running at boot by removing its execute permission. Boot your phone and run Link2SD.

You can enable it again whenever you want with the following command.

chmod 750 /etc/init.d/05mountsd
[Android Apps and Games] maxxik2010:
Thank you ! that is exactly what I was looking for.
[Android Apps and Games] piens:
Thank you for your great app. This is good news for people using their phone as navigation device. Maps are very space-hungry :)
[Android Apps and Games] fallensoldier:
been testing this out, partition etc worked good but i install a app and link to the partition but my internal storage remains the same. any ideas
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
I have a question: when app installs it extracts the entire lib folder or the system creates the folder and only lib files are extracted into lib folder?If it is the first case when you add data linking of the entire app folder(ex. /data/data/com.opera browser)when android recreates the libraris on boot where it will extract them?On the phone memory or on the ext partition?Is this means that if you add data linking there will be no need for data relinking because gingerbread will extract lib folder directly to the already linkled app folder(ex. /data/data/com.opera browser)?
[Android Apps and Games] lerkin:
Wow, those are super great news. Thank you very much!
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
UPDATE:

1.9.7:

- moved filter and sort functions from menu to title bar

- added an indicator icon which shows the apps that can be moved to SD with native apps2sd (a small icon in upper right corner, for Android 2.2 and higher)

- added "Movable" filter option which lists the apps that support moving to SD with native apps2sd (for Android 2.2 and higher)

- added "Clear data" to clear user data from the app

- added "Clear cache" to clear the app cache

- added "Cache size" sort option

- added ability to clear cache on all apps at once

- added "View in Market" for applications

- added an option to turn "auto link notification" off

- added Dutch, Serbian, Indonesian, Vietnamese translation

- fixed bug in recognizing the 2nd partition on some devices

- updated some translations

- some minor fixes and tweaks

Hope you enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] romualdrichard:
Question

What is the difference with A2SD+?

Can we use ext3 or ext4?
[Android Apps and Games] reaperzero:
.... damn i wish i noticed this thread earlier before i re flashed my phone last week
[Android Apps and Games] mhyke13ph:
I can confirm this is working for X8 and Class 2 4g micro SD card without Problems

One of the Best Solution for Android not having 2.2 Update :D

Very Easy to Use with User Interface

Thanks a Lot
[Android Apps and Games] Destroyer-XDA:
Like to try this but cant partition sdcard. The drive shows up but windows doesn't see the card, only 'Please insert disk' rubbish. Same in Ubuntu. Yes there is one in the phone, I have no problems adb push/pulling from it.

I also tried clockwork with black rom and 0.3.1 kernel but when I try to go into recovery all i get is scrolling text.

This is really doing my head in arrrrrg! :(
[Android Apps and Games] sahilahuja:
can ayone please tell me the size of ext2 for a 2GB sd card???
[Android Apps and Games] Destroyer-XDA:
Ok partitioned after seeing the notification and clicking yes to mount it. Not sure why I haven't seen that before......... :o

Still a problem with clockwork but as soon as I get over 10 posts i'll ask in the dev forum.

Looking forward to getting this app working. :)
[Android Apps and Games] asyhad:
if i have already using app2sd how to install this app?

somebody help me to uninstalled my app2sd

i googled every where, and the only thing i could find is how to install app2sd, not how to remove it

max 1.4gb, imho for 2gb sdcard 600-800 mb space is more than enough
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
UPDATE:

1.3.0

- added uninstall feature which deletes apk file also from ext2 for linked apps

- added launch and manage buttons

- added detailed size information of applications

- added support in detecting and mounting ext2 partition for some roms

- some minor bugfixes
[Android Apps and Games] newbieprogrammer:
ok, now i have the solution

i re-format my sdcard into fat32 and ext2, both primary.

(i got error whent the partition is fat non fat32)

and it works!!
[Android Apps and Games] SrMoure:
Great update !! Still getting low memory message when I have 95% of the apps in the ext2.

Any idea how to check which apps are consuming the memory?

Thank,

Srmoure

Sent from my Motorola StarTAC
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Thanks.

With latest version you can see the total size of applications.
[Android Apps and Games] Eeitam:
Better than froyo's Apps2SD?

Hi all!

I'm going to root my phone for one reason: I'm just sick with the

no-space-for-apps

problem on my phone.

Apps get bigger and bigger every new version and this is normal, i believe, but it's really making still excellent phones like HTC Desire or Nexus One to grow old at hyperspeed...

Reading from Post #1:

The biggest problem with Froyo's native move-to-sd-card is that applications keep wasting internal phone's memory even if they are moved to SD, which limits the amount of installable applications on the device.

It's almost impossible to keep more than 50 applications installed on my stock Desire.

Could Link2SD improve the situation with that? Would I go better with the "old" A2SD solutions to solve this problem?

Thank-you in advance! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] clemme01:
Hey i cant get my phone to mount the SD, card after i made the ext2 partition. why?
[Android Apps and Games] hardKNOXbz:
Gr8 work bakinpar finally got this working after a week or so. ur the man
[Android Apps and Games] aletango:
Hi I have followed the whole procedure but the porgramma after few seconds he/she is closed with this error:

processocom.buak.Link2SD

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ElDanny77:
Hi guys,

this app is really great idea but unfortunately I have a problem. After I create 800 Mb ext2 partition on my SD and when I start the link2sd app, it shows error message: cannot create /system/etc/install-recovery.sh: not enough memory

Then my phone restarted and then when I start link2sd app it shows N/A instead of ext2 partition size and in pc it shows me that the partition has used 800 Mb of 800 Mb. I tried the procedure twice and same result everytime.

I'm newbie, I rooted my Desire today so pls tell me what does it exactly mean? And what I have to do to make it working?
[Android Apps and Games] Ryuuzakil:
I'm getting the Automount script error :(

"mount: Stale NFS file handle"

anyone with the same problem? i've searched the whole thread (i guess).

I'm using an 8Gb card..800mb ext2.

Superuser permission is granted to link2SD.

Help plz

EDIT: I think this is caused by a corrupted partition..it's working with a different SDcard.

Thank you for this app ^^
[Android Apps and Games] Destroyer-XDA:
This app is working great, woohoo!!!

A BIG THANKYOU!!! :D
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Can you look at logcat logs with any logcat viewer application or from terminal and check if any Link2SD tagged line related the force close error exists?

It may help to find out what is wrong on your phone and make a fix.
[Android Apps and Games] mauka:
Thank you, that would have looked like as 2.2, ie without creating et2 because on katah 2 class is poorly. Although it is good.

Sorry, I write Google translator.
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
Can someone upload the update my market says there's an update but no update button. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] tobashadow:
One feature I would love to see is the ability to select apps no matter what even if it updates it won't auto link to sd that you want to leave in internal memory.

Example: if you move market and titanium backup to your sd ext and you have a error with link2sd as much as I love it it happens, you lose access to the market and your backup program to restore your phone without doing a full wipe.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] fallensoldier:
so no one can help me with this
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
It has been said here a few times that the free space doesn't increase immediately, it takes a while.
[Android Apps and Games] doggydoo12:
Dropped phone-bumped SD card...Link2SD issues uh oh

Hiya!!!

Love my rooted LG GT540 Optimus!!! And also LOVE Link2SD!! Made my phone so super duper user friendly. thank you so much!!

I'm just a little stuck now, I dropped my phone, which obviously bumped the SD card out of place, and now I cannot use/open/access ANY of the apps I had linked to SD.

I can open the Link2SD app, which works fine as it is not linked....but if I 'unlink' an app, I still cannot use it. EG: Swype keyboard. Guess its my fault for linking such an important app...woops...

Has anyone else done this and found a way to fix it??

I have an app that needs full internet access...called KidTV which is linked...I turned on Wifi, connected and attempted to open it, the error that pops up states: 'You must have INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions in AndroidManifest.xml.' Is that also an issue to do with me dropping the phone and shifting the memory cad?

Any insight to this would be awesome, I HATE the factory keyboard haha

Many thanks,

Goldie
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
Unmount your SD card physically and then remount it. Is your SD card accessible from a file manager? The error that is showing while opening 'KidTV' may be happening since the contents of the SD card is corrupted or inaccessible, therefore the permissions (which are in the AndroidManifest.xml file) are broken or missing. Link another app to the SD card and see if that app works. If not, you may need to re-format your SD card, deleting all linked apps :( .
[Android Apps and Games] Skataaaa:
Hi yall.

I don't know if its the right place to post this so please dont flame.

I have a Samsung GT I 5510 and I recently updated it with the leaked official Gingerbrad ROM from sammobile (2.3.4, XWKP5). Since then Link2sd says "mount warning"

every time it starts up and I have to quick reboot it. I've tried everything,

from different file systems for the second partition to reverting back to Froyo.

At the same device with froyo Link2sd works perfectly, but no luck with 2.3.4.

Any ideas?

Have I missed something?

Thanks for your time.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Yes, you missed this!
[Android Apps and Games] doggydoo12:
Hi,

Thanks for your help...the SD card was visible in my file manager, but my 2nd partition was not (though I thought I have never been able to see the 2nd partition)....anyway, I tried linking another app, no luck. reluctantly formatted mem card, made 2nd partition again, re-installed all apps from a backup on my computer and all is fine again.

What a mission haha, thanks
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
On Swiftdroid ASIS, I wasn't able to mount an ext2 partition so I used an ext3 partition. Are there any difference in speed between the two file systems?
[Android Apps and Games] Dolphin Fairy:
I wanted to create partition for my 8gb SD card. I'm using the software mentioned in the 1st post, but there always an error window pop out, I don't know how to solve it.

"Failed to execute the following command:

ResizePartition DiskIndex:1 PartitionIndex:1 NewstartingLba:8192

Error code:16

Disk I/O error"

I've tried format my SD card, still the same... Anybody can help?? :(
[Android Apps and Games] Skataaaa:
Wow, I really missed it!

Thanks a lot.

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Didnt get a chance to make it work the way I want so I havent used it enough

to offer you any help,sorry:(
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
Thanks anyway. I'll maybe try with an ext2 partition someday :D
[Android Apps and Games] Armacham:
Is there a way to copy or backup the second partition? I'm buying a larger SD card to use and I was wondering if there was an easier way.
[Android Apps and Games] lerkin:
You can make a nandroid backup, than restore sd-ext part on new partitioned sd card.
[Android Apps and Games] manan001:
1.9.7:

- moved filter and sort functions from menu to title bar

- added an indicator icon which shows the apps that can be moved to SD with native apps2sd (a small icon in upper right corner, for Android 2.2 and higher)

- added "Movable" filter option which lists the apps that support moving to SD with native apps2sd (for Android 2.2 and higher)

- added "Clear data" to clear user data from the app

- added "Clear cache" to clear the app cache

- added "Cache size" sort option

- added ability to clear cache on all apps at once

- added "View in Market" for applications

- added an option to turn "auto link notification" off

- added Dutch, Serbian, Indonesian, Vietnamese translation

- fixed bug in recognizing the 2nd partition on some devices

- updated some translations

- some minor fixes and tweaks

the above latest version has problem as i m not able to select install location "internal or external "as when i select on external i get could not get root access ... this error i m getting ... in earlier version 1.9.5 and so was not happening . please solve...

i m using samsung galaxy ace gingerbread2.3.4 india....