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[Android Apps and Games] tazzz811:
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Hey buddy... I knew data2sd way back galaxy spica.... And a friend of mine used to make one... he's ungaze and I know many from lg Optimus one p500 is familiar with him....

Moving forward, im just requesting the dev of link2sd if it's possible to add the feature of binding the sd card partition with the internal storage and not asking for a recommendation.

Link2sd is so far the easiest app to use... And has the option for Fat16/32 which some Android phones do not have Ext support....
[Android Apps and Games] i_rnb:
may u could add an option for symlinking /data/app & /data/dalvik-cache for direct install & uninstall.. :)
[Android Apps and Games] sushdroid:
I have a 16gb sd card and i'm tired of internal memory problems. I want to install as many apps as possible. So what should my EXT2 partition size ideally be? How about 2-4gb?! Please do suggest!
[Android Apps and Games] miazza:
2Gb is more than enough.

miazza
[Android Apps and Games] decmk:
Im back to v1.9.10. I reboot my phone today after 40 days and i found this bug.

Version 1.9.11, 1.9.12 and 1.9.13 do not relink lib files at boot. Option auto relink is activated.

I try three times with each version and lib files stays on data partition.

With 1.9.10 everything is work after reboot.

Gingerbread 2.3.3 RUU Rooted S-Off with Link2SD partition 512MB
[Android Apps and Games] giosaxda:
Hi,

Thanks for your time and dedication!

Could you please, make an option to change background color to white and tex black. Because I use your app on Sony PRS T1 and it has white background and I can hardly see apps list. Thanks man!
[Android Apps and Games] SnoopHTC:
Link2SD

Hello Bakpinar and all ;)

I test your app on IceCreamTosti ROM and working very very well, Many thanks for your work!!!, i have 2 little questions (or a suggestions of update :)): When i make a full wipe (task29,...etc) and i want all apps from sd-ext, i use rootexplorer and re-create link by link from /data/sdext2 to /data/app, reboot phone and re-link apps cache and apps libs, reboot and all working fine but lot of work... :):) There is a simple way to do this please? Maybe a script.sh with "for x *.apk in /data/sdext2 do link in /data/app" from an HyperXDADevs? ;)

the other suggestion, in some app info (under link2SD of course ;)), i see /Data/Data/xxx, a chance to have a link for that too? ;)

Thanks in advance for the answers :) @++
[Android Apps and Games] g0rnex:
hello,

i have a htc chacha and i had cm7, where i could install apps on xt3 with the cyanogenmod app "s2e". that way i use no internal memory at all.

Now i flashed to superdroid and can't use CM7's app "s2e" i tried ap2sd but that moves not evrything to sd card. Is this the same with link2sd?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Sure, can you post a screenshot to see how your issue looks like?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
I will add "relink application files from ext" in a future version.

Meanwhile you can execute the following script instead of re-create links manually from /data/sdext2 to /data/app (run it as su).
[Android Apps and Games] Mickets73:
Too many apps = slow phone? / Sometimes Links corrupted?

Bakpinar,

Been using [donated] Link2SD for some months now. A wonderful app!

My phone: Xperia X8, Android 2.1, rooted.

Two questions:

1) Apps/cache on SD move back to internal storage, "flooding" it

Sometimes, after the phone reboots, the phone reports practically zero storage space. It's as if the apps (or maybe their cache?) that are linked to the SD suddenly got moved to internal storage, which is "flooded" and filled.

A great number (most) of the apps don't work anymore. It's like the internal storage was filled up to its (small) limit, and the apps whose information was put in to internal storage work, but the ones that didn't fit in internal storage don't work (because they're not there).

In Link2SD, I can see that the apps are in the SD partition, as it reports "x Mb can be cleaned".

And, strange: some apps that are installed on internal memory don't work anymore either. It's like their space was "taken" by apps/data coming from the SD card, whose links got lost/broken. A couple of times, even Link2SD got broken!

I previously tried some options in Link2SD to try and "repair" this, but it never worked - Could only solve it by restoring a backup via xRecovery. In xRecovery, I tried Advanced Backup, restoring data-only, then system-only, etc, to try and find out exactly what part got corrupted (and try to avoid a full restore).

Any idea of why this happens, what exactly is happening, and how to fix it?

2) Phone performance very slow with large number of apps installed?

Since I can install a huge number of apps on the SD, I install even apps that I seldom use but may need/want some day. I always imagined that this was OK, since the apps are installed but just aren't being loaded in to RAM all the time.

But when (1) above happens, and the phone no longer sees any apps from the SD, the overall performance and responsiveness of the phone increases immensely. I wish my phone always responded as well as in these situations.

So then I started to think: even though all those apps are on the SD partition, and aren't loaded in to RAM, not used at all, they somehow decrease the phone's performance.

Could this have to do with the apps' cache? But the caches are all linked to SD as well. Is this the right approach? How can it be that unused apps are influencing the phones' performance if app and cache are on the SD card, and aren't in use by the system?

I tried changing the VM heap value from 24Mb (default) to 32Mb, but performance decreased. Trying now with lower value, 16Mb.

I use ADW Launcher EX, installed on internal RAM, and it frequently reloads or gets slow.

Average free RAM available is ~20Mb. When I kill unused apps and free RAM to ~30Mb, performance increases quite a bit. When problem (1) happened, I noticed free RAM was around 45Mb.

THanks for any help,

Michael
[Android Apps and Games] giosaxda:
Thank you again for reply. Here's my ebook reader screen shots.

On the reader screens this looks even darker, so main screen is unreadable. Would be fantastic if main screen also looked like storage info and create link screens. FYI there's also screen how my android main settings look. I don't mind support you with a small donation if you could fix it in the next update. And one more I've 8 GB micro-SD, so Total 1.41GB total storage seems to be incorrect. I think Thank you so much and keep good work up.
[Android Apps and Games] OttoDeFe:
Quick question - I recently updated my ROM to a newer version (BobZhome's IHO to Jerry's BACKside IHO) and I did a full wipe and flash. Link2SD is failing and saying /data/sdex2 is read only. I have tried to remount it as R/W through root explorer and resetting the permissions. I have remade the scripts and never receive the warning after reboot. I did once receive a warning when remaking the scripts after a re-wipe that the resource was busy.

Any clues to getting this working again?

##edit##

It would appear that my ext4 partition became read only? The log for link2SD says the mount failed - resource unavailable or busy. I can access /data/sdex2 as R/W without issue up until I actually try to use the app than I get the error and the folder becomes permanently R/O. If I can give any more info that would point to a solution let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
I'll fix this in the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] giosaxda:
Thanks man!
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Your new ROM might be mounting the ext partition if it has A2SD support.
[Android Apps and Games] OttoDeFe:
Hrm... how would I check that? I can see it in Clockwork. Is my card perhaps failing? Hate seeming so noob but I'm groping in the dark.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Usually RO indicates a dirty file system, but "resource unavailable or busy" indicates that the partition is already mounted.

To check run the following commands in a terminal emulator or adb shell and post the output:

su
mount
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
No, the ext partition isn't mounted. Not by A2SD or Link2SD. Therefore I can't understand how you can access it before using the app like you said.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Yes it does. The file system must be dirty. There is somewhere in this thread a post that show how to clean it but I can't find it.

If you are willing to repartition use ext2 if your device supports it. ext4 benefits aren't used in Link2SD operations (write once read many) and the disadvantages are many.
[Android Apps and Games] bsoplinger:
Somewhat depends. On my HTC Evo View 4G tablet I currently have almost 5G of apps and almost that much on my Transformer tablet. But for a phone 512k would double the storage almost any but the newest phones so 2G should be a good amount as a general guideline.

Sent from my HTC Flyer P512 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] OttoDeFe:
I got it to work... I (kinda foolishly) booted into recovery, formatted the sd-ext twice and rebooted. I went into the folder with root explorer and was able to set it as rw, deleted the folders and files that were there. Moved and app, rebooted, checked again and all was working.

##edit##

It every once in a while will flip to RO again while restoring apps from TB, but a reboot fixes it.
[Android Apps and Games] inzikmafia:
[Q]:about Galaxy Wonder having problem with Link2SD

Link2SD is the BEST app ever!!! :)

[Q]:about Galaxy Wonder having problem with Link2SD

Phone: Samsung Galaxy Wonder (GT-I8150)

What i already know: i know how to use Link2SD with my OLD Galaxy Mini!

1. partition SD with 2 primary parts 1 FAT32 and 2nd Ext2 for extension!

2. plug into unit and install Link2SD and it will automatically read the 1st partition as SD Card and the 2nd Partition as SD Card 2nd Part.

now i bought a new phone Samsung Galaxy Wonder WHICH HAS A BUILT IN 1.70GB USB Storage.. (THIS IS MY PROBLEM using Link2SD)

now my problem is how do i fix this...

i partitioned my 16GB SD Cards into 1st Partition 30GB(fat32) and 2nd Partition 2GB(ext2)

BUT WHEN I PLUG IT IN Galaxy Wonder and RUN LINK2SD, Link2SD Reads the 1.7GB built-in phone USB Storage as the SD Card and 2nd partition 2GB(ext2) from the actual SD Card as it should be...

instead of reading the 1st partition of the actual SD card which is 30GB AS THE SD CARD!! hayyyy help....

Reason i need to fix this..

When i install HD games into my Galaxy Wonder WHICH NEEDS a 450MB "PATCH" (Ex. GTAIII 10th Anniversary) it automatically goes into the 1st partition SD CARD... so i need Link2SD to read the 14GB from my SD Card to be the actual SD Card read instead of the Built-in 1.7GB USB Storage of the phone..

coz when i LINK programs it only transfers the apk, dex (dalvik-cache) and lib into the 2nd Partition.. but the "450MB Patch will stay on the 1st partition...

So How do i MAKE LINK2SD read my 30GB 1st partition from the SD Card "AS THE SD CARD" and not the 1.7GB built-in USB Stroage of the Phone

Thank you very much and God bless!!!

PS.

may i make an upgrade suggestion??

is it possible to make an OPTION to choose which storage will the Link2SD recognize as the 1st partition??

coz my phone has 3 types of storage...

1. 1GB internal memory

2. 1.7GB Built in USB Storage

3. 30GB 1st & 2GB 2nd partition of my 32 GB SD CARD

so my phone selects the "1.7GB Built in USB Storage" as the default SD CARD and the 2nd partiton of my SD Card as the 2nd Partition..

sir Bakpinar is it possible can we make an option that the Link2SD program ask the user which will it recognize as 1st partition?

coz if i set the Link2SD the default installation path to "External" in Galaxy Wonder, it goes into the 1.7GB Build in USB Storage and not in the 1st partition of the SD Card...

Another suggestion if it is possible sir can we not only Link the "apk, dex (dalvik-cache) and lib" files of an application but also the "PATCH" Files that are being downloaded for some HD Games or programs? Example. "GTA3 10th Anniversary"?? it would really be a complete SUPER AWSOME app of all time if there 2 suggestion would be granted ^_^
[Android Apps and Games] mobilis2009:
Agree !

Agree with you man this should be a must to have, recently I installed Copilotlive and it took 14MB of /data/data internal storage - no sense.

The great idea will be able to select witch apps should be linked to SD or not.

Many thanks bakpinar for this awesome apps do you think that the suggestion above is realistic? :)
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
Move Copilot's data with root explorer.This is the only solution for now.
[Android Apps and Games] youngsta2010:
I'm having a slight problem with this app, basically I have DT a2sd built into my ROM but I wanted control over which apps went to sd-ext so I deleted the a2sd script from init.d, rebooted then went to install this from the market but it wouldn't install, it would download but when it went to install the phone would soft reboot. When it had booted link2sd wasn't installed but all my apps were borked, so I restored nandroid then tried to install it without removing the a2sd script and it installed fine and has been working great the only problem is I'm getting the mount warning on every hard reboot and I have to soft reboot after. Does anyone know what the problem is could it be the a2sd script? Thanks in advance for any help.

Edit: It seems that the link2sd script disappeared from init.d, recreating the mount script fixed it for now. If there is a problem in having both scripts can someone let me know? Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
You can't have both scripts. All your apps and dalvik-cache already are in the SD card because of a2sd. You have to move them back to internal memory and then you can do what you want with Link2SD.
[Android Apps and Games] youngsta2010:
You have to tell it to move them it doesn't do it on it's own. I also moved them back first and like I said link2sd is working fine it was just the mount warning but recreating the mount script seems to have fixed that. Can you explain why deleting the a2sd script (04dtapp) from init.d link2sd would reboot the phone on install and mess up my apps?
[Android Apps and Games] bsoplinger:
Where can you move it to? And what else must you do so that CoPilot will see the moved data?

Sent from my HTC Flyer P512 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
I don't know why it reboots, but it messes the apps because, like I said before, they are all in the SD card and when you delete the script the phone can't find the apps anymore.

Read this post to see how to move all the stuff back to internal memory. You will need a terminal emulator or adb shell.
[Android Apps and Games] youngsta2010:
I already did that, they were not on the SD card! I said I moved them back first!
[Android Apps and Games] rence1234:
help

will it delete the content of my sdcard when i make a partition?
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
With root explorer(latest version) move the folder /data/data/com.alk.copilot to a newly created folder in /data/sdext2(your second partition).For example/data/sdext2/moved.Then long tap on com.alk.copilot folder and from the popup menu select "link to this folder".Then go back to /data/data and press create link.Thats all.When you update copilot you dont have to do anything.When you want to uninstal copilot first delete the symlink from /data/data and then the folder from /data/sdext2.Finaly you can uninstall copilot normaly.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Sorry. My diagonal reading sometimes fails. :o

Did you reboot after moving everything back? AFAIK the a2sd script at boot time moves everything to SD if it finds the stuff in internal memory.
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
It depends of the way you will create the patrtition.

If you resize your fat parition first and then create the new one on the non-allocated space the content of your sd card will remain.

But if you delete the partition and then create new two partitions everything will be deleted.

Sometimes it is not possible to resize the fat partition.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Can you post the output 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

cat /sys/block/mmcblk3/device/type
[Android Apps and Games] youngsta2010:
I did yes, I checked /system/sd, which is the sd-ext on my phone, after and it was empty so I then deleted the dta2sd script, rebooted and attempted to install link2sd. The thing is it's working fine all the apps I've moved are in /system/sd and the ones I haven't moved are in /data/app. Thanks for the help anyway I'm just going to leave it as is for now.
[Android Apps and Games] ArmorD:
I've been using this app for couple of weeks now, and I really like the concept. I don't have to install apps to SD anymore(obviously I mean 'the pain in @ss' method).

Yet I have one problem. I found some serious lagging and unresposivness, and I though that is it this app's fault. I'm addicted to apps, and I almost have 1GB partition full :p

Would really appreciate if someone could help me :)
[Android Apps and Games] khankll:
just few questions,, have ideos u8150,, and 4gb generic card of class 6,, its write speeds are 7mb/sec and read at 18mb.sec,,

i have 2.3 gb fat32 and rest as ext3 second part,,

npow my question is what should be the format of seconda partition,, my cell only supports ext2 and ext3 , i tried ext4 but was not working,,

so now i m using ext3 and heard thast due to the jpournaling nature of ext3 its noyt good for the longivety of sd cards?

whats the real issue with it?

and secondaly do i need APP2SD ( not apps2sd) with this app?

and how to interpret app2sd when this is installed?

what the softwares in various tabs then mean after using link2sd?

i m talking of the tabs 'on phone' , 'on sd card' 'phone only'?

i m talking of this app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.app2sd
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
@ArmorD: Many apps have the nasty habit of start running at boot time, or having some service running. The more apps you have installed the more of them are consuming RAM and CPU.

@khankll: Journaling file systems increase the number of writes (at least 2x I think). Flash memory has a limited write cycles. Can you see the problem? Journaling file systems also use more RAM and CPU. ext3 is also slower than ext2 because of the extra writes.

You don't need that app, just Link2SD. And the correct use is "Create link" option, not "Move to SD card" option which is just the native A2SD.
[Android Apps and Games] OttoDeFe:
What does the "Lost + Found" folder do? It showed up again and the ext partition won't write again.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
That's a folder where are stored any files found in a filesystem check.

Try reformat the partition as ext2.
[Android Apps and Games] OttoDeFe:
Thanks - will do this weekend. I may replace it as I bought a faster (class 10) card which should help with some of the lag the class 4 in there now.
[Android Apps and Games] khankll:
ok now i have a lot of softwares on my second ext3 partition, i would like to convert its fs to ext2.what soft can i use to do so without losing data ?

is there any way i can mount second sd partition in xp then copy data and then format it to ext2?

does ubuntu natively supports second sd partition?
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Converting ext3 to ext2 is very easy but I don't know if you have the tools to do it in Android.

If you have an Ubuntu box do it there. You can't easily mount it in XP.

Follow this guide.
[Android Apps and Games] enotar:
Do someone use it wth Acer icnia 500 ICS

I tried and all works fine but when I check data/app application that I moved still there not the symlink so I think there is no gain at all in memory even if application is in data/sdext2 too.

Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] amolpingle:
How

Kindly help in rooting my samsung galaxy y pro duos.

I have the required update.zip but I am unable to boot my phone in

recovery mode. VolUp+Home+Power button combination is not working.

Pls help.
[Android Apps and Games] xisini:
Merhaba Bülent Bey,

Need your help about a problem with your app. I partitioned my sd card to ext2 after flashing and updating my Samsung Galaxy Mini to CyanogenMod 7.2.0 RC 5.6 but unfortunately partitioned space that i created for link2sd doesn't mount on startup.

I don't know what i did wrong , can you please help me out ?

Selamlar,

Baran
[Android Apps and Games] Anderson2:
Backups on and off the phone

I just discovered link2sd and installed it on my rooted LG Optimus Q (android 2.3.4) with a partitioned sdcard. It works

great!

and gave me back a lot of phone memory. Thank you.

I have one concern however. How to do a

complete

backup?

Backup to pc

When I connect the phone to my Windows 7 PC, it only sees the first FAT 32partition. So how do I backup all the files on the 2nd Fat 32 partition?

Backup on phone

Root Explorer does not seem to see the second partition. So, even though I use Titanium Backup for my backups, I am not sure what it would be backing up now since it may not be able to read the second partition either.

Any suggestions? Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
It does. That's what I use.
[Android Apps and Games] OttoDeFe:
I reformatted the partition to ext2 and it seems to work beautifully so far! Thanx for your help!
[Android Apps and Games] optimuswhite:
bakpinar should update 1st post to give tutorial for everyone who wants to switch SDCard to a new one.
[Android Apps and Games] decmk:
Some visual bugs

Gingerbread 2.3.3 RUU Rooted S-Off with Link2SD partition 512MB
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Clear data of Link2Sd
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Merhaba Baran Bey,

Did you try with FAT32?

Format your 2nd partition as FAT32 and then recreate mount scripts.

Saygılar
[Android Apps and Games] turtledroid12:
Hello everyone. Is there a way to view the contents of the second partition thru pc? If it can, what is the name of the program? Thank you. :)
[Android Apps and Games] OttoDeFe:
Oops - I miss read...

I found this article, but it seems complicated.
[Android Apps and Games] Anderson2:
That page conatins a trojan. Beware.

---------- Post added at 10:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:46 PM ----------

I went to that page. It contains a trojan. Beware.
[Android Apps and Games] khankll:
internal storage still decreasing,,despite all apps linked

bro i m using huwaei ideos u8150, its internal storage is 140mb free when it came brand new fresh,,,

now i installed link2sd and have 4gb class6 card,, 1.5gb ext3 part,,rest fat32,,

i installed some 187 apps,,very small apps,,and i have set link2sd to automatically link all the three components,, but my internal storage is droping with every instalatiuon,, now its 20mb from 144mb ...

my settings are like:

autolink checked..

in auto link settings all the three boxes xhecked,

autolink notification checked

install location set to automatic..

[what should i set it to for max iternal free storage?]

i have no pics.sounds,videos on internal storage,,

dont use gmail,,infact my account has only few emails,,and not synched,no fb,no twitter,,

i tried clear all apps cache,,rebooted twice no difference,,

now in the app link2sd when i filter by "on sd card" there are 0 apps..

on internal there are 11 apps all those that came with set,,default apps,,

on linked there are 116..

system 60..

i do not know y my internal storage is decreasing?:mad:

how can i verify where my storage is going?
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Apps data!
[Android Apps and Games] fatchick1o9:
I like Disk Usage

Disk Usage