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[Android Apps and Games] jonboyo:
optimus 3d p920

Optimus 3d p920 ver 21a(LGs official), phone rooted -problem.

My 15GB external SD card cannot be used in link2sd under "storage".

It is listed as empty and it is fat32 and wiped clean).

Without installing a new firmware can I sort this problem out.

Is the optimus 3d particularly tricky or something, my old Sony Ericcson x10i linked to the external SD with no issues.

Using "mini tool partition wizard"

My external SD shows up as "DISC 3"-

G: capacity 14.91 Fat32 Primary Active

is there something is this program I must do to get it linked to.

eg quote from p1 "* Some phones lack the ext2, ext3 or ext4 file system support and you may get mount errors like "no such device", "invalid argument". These phones need a matching ext2.ko or ext3.ko modules and even some additional modules to be able to mount.

Using FAT32 on the second partition will eleminate such problems, because FAT32 is supported on all phones."

Please help I've been fiddling and searching for >2 hours now.

Thanks

Update-my sd card gets detected and usable by link 2sd if I split it into 2 fat32 partitions,1 being only 1gb and detectable. Now though the phone is unable to detect the other 14gb (in es file explorer). My pc can find and read it but the phone can not :(

Whats the maximum size for this extra readable by phone partition? please

Update 2- I managed to splice it into 2x 7.5GB, but essentially I lose 7.5GB which can't be detected by the PC or phone.

The other 7.5GB is my left over external SD which I can use Linktosd but my PC cannot read this partition only the phone can with es file explorer.

Therefore I gave up and after a day of effort have decided it's best to revert to 15GB where I can store movies, music etc and use the internal sd as best I can by deleting a lot of apps.

Mini tool partition wizard does warn you that a PC is incapable of opening a 2nd partition on an SD card essentially throwing away 7.5GB for me!

Any solutions? or someone just telling me you can actually have an external SD with 99% of the partition usable by the mobile and that partition can also be read by the PC, will make me at least know what I wanted was possible.
[Android Apps and Games] dragondgold:
Hello, i am using MiniCM7 ROM and every time i have to update it to a newer version it flash the system (it wypes system and cache i think) so when that happens i lost my linked applications, they are still on SD Card but i dont have their icons on launcher, i tried using Relink Lybrary Files but doesnt work what can i do? Is there anyway to make Link2SD scan SD Card and relink applications again ?

Thanks you :)
[Android Apps and Games] fulloflove:
previously I used CM7 and link2sd works prefectly. Recently I tried Lewa ROM and it cannot automatically mount the 2nd partition at boot. How can I solve this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
UPDATE:

2.0.1

- added the ability to convert system apps into user apps

- added the ability to convert user apps into system apps

- added "Updated" mark to show if the app has been install as an update to a system (built-in) app

- added "Updated" filter option

- added the ability to integrate "Updated" system apps into system

- fixed freeze/unfreeze bug on some ICS devices

- improved ICS compatibility

- optimized link/unlink/move operations and speed improvements

- some fixes and UI tweaks
[Android Apps and Games] webtax:
hey

tried moving thinkfree office from system to user , but after the reboot it disappeared from the app list (sent you an email a couple minutes ago about the issue)

is there a way i can revert it back or fix it with a file manager?

scratch that

seems like titanium backup has also problems with this (thats what google showed up)

so i decided to just delete rest of the stuff and find a new thinkfree apk
[Android Apps and Games] musicman100:
Problem with root with new version

Hi I have just updated to the new version and it has stopped working on my phone It is a san Francisco running the orange stock rom 2.1. I have gone back to version 1.9.9 (60) which works fine.

The error was that it kept saying

'link2sd could not gain root access'

which of course it could!! It was listed in superuser permission.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Can you post the outputs of the following commands, I think wrong su binary is called.

type su

ls -l /system/bin/su

ls -l /system/xbin/su

Are you facing any problems in using the other apps that request superuser?
[Android Apps and Games] musicman100:
Hi,

Can I first say fantastic app!! Once I sorted the right formatting on the sd card but it made so much difference to me using the phone.

I have not noticed any other problem with apps using superuser for example I used titanium backup fine.

Sorry where do I type su?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Install "Android Terminal Emulator" app from Google Play and execute these commands in the terminal.
[Android Apps and Games] musicman100:
Hi,

When I type these

Is: not found - same for the other commends.

Is it capital I or something else?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
It is "l" (lowercase of "L")
[Android Apps and Games] andreas__:
its a small L

http://www.mediacollege.com/linux/command/ls.html
[Android Apps and Games] musicman100:
type su

ls -l /system/bin/su

-r-sr-x--- root system 26264 2011-03-08 17.51 su

ls -l /system/xbin/su

-rwsr-xr - x root root 26264 2011-04-06 01:37 su

hope that helps
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Can you execute "type su" as well (type is a command which shows the

path of the given binary)
[Android Apps and Games] musicman100:
It says su is /system/bin/su
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
please pm your email, I'll send a beta version to you.
[Android Apps and Games] bsoplinger:
I've moved to using SuperSU instead of superuser. I too had the could not gain root access error. What was odd was that about 30 seconds after link2SD have the error I got the toast from SuperSU telling me it was granting root permission to link2SD. After setting that, I tried a third time and that worked just fine. The su binary is where it belongs with valid permissions, I checked.

Just another data point for info.

Sent from my PG41200 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] darklord20k:
Great app ever!!! but after i'am flash a new kernel then wipe dakvil-cache, the internal memory is full and i have to reinstall all of my apps @@

Do you have any ideas?

p/s: sorry for my poor English:D
[Android Apps and Games] drajax:
I've faced the same prob with my sd, but strangely this doesn't seem to happen when I use paragon partition magic! It worked perfect! Guess it's the minitool partition error/bug, but ofcos I may be wrong. Why don't u try with paragon & chek if the issue persists! Gud luck mate! :thumbup:

☞★sent from drajax's Galaxy SL!!! *♂ツ Hit thanz if I helped! ;) :P
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
UPDATE:

2.0.2

- fixed bug in obtaining root access on some devices

- updated translations
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
dalvik-cache files are being recreated and filling up your phone internal memory.

Keep selecting More > Link dalvik-cache files and rebooting until it says "Found no files to link".
[Android Apps and Games] msahin061:
This is the most powerful and useful app moving software.

Users must not look for another app.

Congratulation...;)
[Android Apps and Games] ricsonham:
try to reboot normally instead of quick reboot.i faced the same problem b4,normal reboot work for me.:)

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hi, i used Link2sd b4 and it worked perfect in my milestone xt720 stock rom,however it bricked my phone after my phone switched off because of out of battery.i think this happened because i linked my launcher pro to the sd where i set the launcher pro as default.

well, lessons learned,i rsd it to singapore rom again and flash it to cm6 (as stock rom 2.1 not support many apps i want to use though it is smooth enough) and then try to repartitioning my sd card for link2sd purpose.

it shows that i have to delete all partitions to create a partition in my sd card.but it still fail to create partition, so i try to wipe the partition in zero and in one.yes it success to create the partition,but when i put it in my phone,it shows that the sd card is damaged,and need to format it in order to use it.means that the second partition is gone.

so i wonder is it my sa card's problem, or cm6 does not support link2sd (as the kernel version varies or something like that).i need to figure it out as i need to solve the problem so tat i can use link2sd again.anyone of u have any idea of this?please help:(

sorry for my english as i'm not good in essay.:o
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
bakpinar, Link2SD still links lib files not previously linked when updating apps. Does it happens only to me?
[Android Apps and Games] dnle71:
Happens to me too, using cm9..
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Dear Kierrok, I can not reproduce the issue.

Is this your scenario?

- the app is linked but lib files are not linked (just apk and/or dex file linked)

- when you update this app Link2SD links lib files along with the apk/dex file
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Yes, that's it. Link2SD still says lib files are not linked, but they are in the filesystem.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
I can not reproduce the problem by doing this steps.

It works as it should, it doesn't link lib files after updating the app.

Any detail I missed?
[Android Apps and Games] mehdi.moha:
you are #1 :D

thank you sooooooooooooooooooooooo much for your great apk

i'm xperia play owner and you saved our xperia owners life :D
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
OK, I had to try a few (many) times because I also couldn't reproduce it normally and I have some apps that behave correctly (ie: Titanium Backup).

I found that this problem happens when, for some reason, an old version of the lib files still exist in /data/sdext2/data/<appname>/lib.

Does Link2SD decide which files to link by checking if an older version of them already exist in sdext2? If this is the case then it explains the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Yes
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
It's explained. I've cleaned the remaining directories so it will not happen again. Don't even know why they were there...

And I have a suggestion: remove all old lib files in the target directory before linking the new ones. While trying to replicate the problem the old app installed 3 lib files. The updated one also installed 3 lib files, but their names didn't match the old ones so I ended up with 6 lib files in /data/sdext2/data/<appname>/lib and only the newer ones were needed.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
UPDATE:

2.0.3

- fixed force close at startup on some devices

- updated translations
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Done in 2.0.3

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] famewolf:
If I do a "clean install" of a new rom what happens to all the apps previously moved by link2sd? Will they still be available?
[Android Apps and Games] s1m4an:
don't know if this has been reported before, but on my Samsung Galaxy S running CM9 nightly, the app doesn't see the second partition.

Am i supposed to partition my SD card to hold two partitions, or something else is the problem?
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
You didn't read the 1st post, did you?
[Android Apps and Games] sensejstg:
This is my favorite program for the ext partition.

Good work!
[Android Apps and Games] dnle71:
All i can say is :beer::beer::beer:
[Android Apps and Games] khankll:
excellant app

hi

its ewxcellant app.. can u integrate it with another free app DiskUsage ?

i have written on the diskusage googleplay web pag in user comments on what i mean..

i recomend u to have a look at the diskusage app and then read this comment which i am quoting here

the above review ws written for Diskusage but it applies to this app aas well..

imlewmenting this feature will makeboth apps more robust..

also is it possible to link all the private data with link2sd ?

i have installed a lot of apps linked all the three parts lib,dex,apk but still i have few mbs of that app data in my /data partition,, which i linked with root explorer.. using this method my free space went from 20 Mb to 72 MB .. fresh devise gave me 144 MB of free internal storage ..

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i alswo went through same issues but buying new braned class 6 card solved the issue,, used minitools fre version..

most class 2 cards give this sort of nasty iussues,, just try another card your issure will be solved
[Android Apps and Games] asphaltsnatch:
Hi guys,

I've a probleme with link2sd on my Moto Fire XT311.

I've rooted it of course, and I've an error on L2SD (I've a 8Gb MicroSD class4 with 2partitons in fat32 [7.2/800m] )

I've this message : " write : no space left on device"

I've also try with ext2/3/4 partition and it's the same

I use Easeus to create partitons.

Is there a way to make it work ?

Thanks guys (and link2sd is already a great app without link working on my phone :D )
[Android Apps and Games] chillout23:
Hi...got problem with this tool :(

Oxygen ROM, stock HBOOT, 8GB Transcend Premium class 6 card, 6,5GB FAT32 and 1,5GB EXT4

When install Link2SD and run app, said don't work and force close all apps on device. All icons goes green/white android icons and can't run any app..after restart I removed app. Did it twice.

Is problem in EXT4 perhaps?
[Android Apps and Games] durdur:
Hi,

I am using this great app for more than a year.

I have an HTC Desire with ext2. After the last update (version 2.0.3), I tried the new function "Convert to user app" but I always get the error "pkg:/appname.apk Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT]. In any system app.

What should be the problem? And to correct it?

If this work like it should be, will I gain more space in my data partition? Because after all, we all try to have more space in this partition. And the main bottleneck is data.

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
The latest version 2.0.3 doesn't remove the files(apk,dex) from the ext partition when uninstalling linked apps.I have to manualy use the"clean the 2nd partition" option.
[Android Apps and Games] agismaniax:
great app! i don't need app2sd/data2ext/mount2ext again.
[Android Apps and Games] wolski:
This app is a one big crap and it doesn't work.
[Android Apps and Games] dnle71:
Dude, don't insult this great and free app:), if you don't know how to use it then leave or you could just ask politely!!:mad:
[Android Apps and Games] Anderson2:
Grow up.
[Android Apps and Games] Old User:
Well, I really need help, because I spent a lot of time trying to make this app works on my phone, and reading the thread also.

The problem is that when I link the apps (all three components) to 2nd partition, they work until next reboot, when I get factory reset (it is happening if I link only a few apps, minor, non system apps).

When I install Link2SD again, in a ’’storage info’’ option I can see ‘‘SD Card 2nd Part.‘‘, and it has data.

I do not know what to try else. Thanks in advance.

Regards.

P.S. Before restart, I get message "process.com.google.process.gapps has stopped unexpectedly - force close". Also, I get the message from other apps which I didn't move - "force close".
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
UPDATE:

2.0.4

- fixed relink lib bug introduced in 2.0.3

- added Catalan and Macedonian translations

- updated some translations
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
What about this bug?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
I could not reproduce the problem, what is your exact scenario?

Anybody else with the same problem?
[Android Apps and Games] petru.tomsa:
Is a great app and work perfect for me. Only one remarc: sometimesmy phone don't know how much internal memory have. I have to go in app setting and lock for 4-5 times to instaled apps and the space on the device change to normal i think!
[Android Apps and Games] aka70:
If i update my linktosd 1.9 to 2 maybe my app linked ,break ?
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
it happens with office suite.Today i tested with the latest version of link2sd and it is working for now.I will test with another apps and if i succeed to reproduce the bug i will post the exact scenario.
[Android Apps and Games] stone.pilot:
Problem with coverting system app to user app

I tried to use the option to convert system app to user app with 03 games that came with my Xperia Play (Bruce Lee, Tetris and Crash Bandicoot).

It seemed to work fine. But then, when I restarted the phone, the apps where gone. They are not listed anywhere.

How do I reverse it? They're not listed within the app nor any other place on the phone.

My phone:

Xperia Play R800a

Android 2.3.4

Version: 4.0.2.A.0.42

2.6.32.0-DoomKernel #10
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Happened to me just now. I was trying to update Angry Birds and the new version didn't want to upgrade so I had to uninstall the old version and Link2SD didn't delete the linked files.

That's odd because I already tried to replicate this bug report and the app was correctly uninstalled.

Dunno if this helps but this time I used Android App Manager to uninstall AB.
[Android Apps and Games] coolhof:
Great app,i love it.

It's easy to install and no problems with linking apps.

Only when i convert system apps to user apps the apps are gone.

Test it with the calculator and dual clock.

No problem with that i don't use it until its fixt.

You doing a great job with this app.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] omarfaieq007:
Well I tried all the possible suggestions and everything seems fine and the application mounts the second partition with no problem but always get the segmentation fault error and fail to move applications..it sux really and I tried everything like changing file system types and sizes..etc,I give up...
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Can you post logcat output?
[Android Apps and Games] dimebagdan65:
Awesome app! Works like a charm!
[Android Apps and Games] salt79:
nice application. I made a translation in Macedonian :D
[Android Apps and Games] AbduL_PT:
Great aplication, very useful on mine u8160. No problems with it.
[Android Apps and Games] Comraddm:
Very often during installation new progs or updating I have an error about i/o error to the sdext2, so that f.e. libs are already moved (linked), but the apk and dex files still not.

Then after rebooting I see that internal space is less than I expect.

I go to link2sd and it shows me that prog among linked apps, but apk and dex are without -> sign.

So I have to link this prog again and it links missing parts too.

I suggest that link2sd should show "partially linked" progs by marking them some way or having a separate group for them, because sometimes we cannot understand where's our space.
[Android Apps and Games] d3athr0w:
thanks a million applause

thanks sir, its nice to have your app
[Android Apps and Games] agismaniax:
i use CM72RC1 based, init script 05mountsd prevent /sd-ext to be mount by link2sd. i chmod 640 to that script before link2sd to work flawlessly.

# cat 05mountsd
cat 05mountsd
#!/system/bin/sh
#
# mount ext partition from sd card

BB="logwrapper busybox";

if [ "$SD_EXT_DIRECTORY" = "" ];
then
SD_EXT_DIRECTORY=/sd-ext;
fi;

# find SD Card
for MMC_NUM in `seq 0 9`;
do
MMC_TYPE=`cat /sys/block/mmcblk$MMC_NUM/device/type`
if [ "$MMC_TYPE" = "SD" ];
then
# 2nd partition of sdcard should be the sd-ext if exist
SD_EXT_PART=/dev/block/mmcblk${MMC_NUM}p2
break
fi
done

if [ -b "$SD_EXT_PART" ];
then
log -p i -t mountsd "Checking filesystems..";

# fsck the sdcard filesystem first
if [ -x `which e2fsck` ];
then
e2fsck -y $SD_EXT_PART
e2fsk_exitcode=$?
else
echo "executable e2fsck not found, assuming no filesystem errors"
e2fsk_exitcode=0
fi

# set property with exit code in case an error occurs
setprop cm.e2fsck.errors $e2fsk_exitcode;
if [ "$e2fsk_exitcode" -lt 2 ];
then
# mount and set perms
$BB mount -o noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1 -t ext3 $SD_EXT_PART $SD_EXT_DIRECTORY;
if [ "$?" = 0 ];
then
$BB chown 1000:1000 $SD_EXT_DIRECTORY;
$BB chmod 771 $SD_EXT_DIRECTORY;
log -p i -t mountsd "$SD_EXT_DIRECTORY successfully mounted";
else
log -p e -t mountsd "Unable to mount filesystem for $SD_EXT_DIRECTORY!";
fi
else
log -p e -t mountsd "Unable to repair filesystem, disabling apps2sd";
fi
fi
[Android Apps and Games] stone.pilot:
What about the missing apps when you convert system apps to user app?
[Android Apps and Games] Jadax:
Started using this app with my Galaxy Ace modded with cm9.

I had a couple of questions though - if I need to update apps can I just update them without moving them back to my phone's internal memory?

Secondly, if I update the rom will I need to reinstall these apps onto my SD card or will they be there already?

thx
[Android Apps and Games] WARP ItSelf:
Sorry, but I have the following problem. I use Apps2sd for .apk movement (I have to, no space for ROM system apks overwise). And I'm not the sure it is a reason. And the problem: when I use autolink it doesn't link the .lib files. It shows 0 kb size for libs even in programs which do use libs (such as Adobe Reader). So these apps do crash. If I link these programs one by one without autolink, then everything is ok and apps are linked. It seems these is an error in libs file search algorithm with autolinking. Hope it will be fixed, it's hard to link all the programs one by one.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Bakpinar, another glitch: When updating a linked app Link2SD said:

Failure, create_link.de.android.telnet: /system/bin/mv: not found

EDIT: But the app seems properly linked...
[Android Apps and Games] d12unk13astard:
Hey bakpakinar, love your link2sd app been using it past couple phones (mt4g,g2x) I have noticed that link2sd doesn't detect my external sd card with 2 partitions on my current samsung epic 4g touch. I'm thinking it's because of the way the phones internal memory is partitioned(11.5GB usb storage + 1.5gb for device memory apps/games)

I'm gonna try to add some init.d scripts to my phone and see if that helps but the main problem i think is that my external sdcard is being mounted as ext_sdcard on my phone and not /sdcard which is where link2sd expects to mount the partition correct?

Edit: on a future update, is there a way link2sd can have a feature where it can search what sdcard has the partition instead of automatically trying to mount /sdcard. That would be awesome!

Edit2: My external sdcard mounts on my Samsung epic4g touch as /sdcard/ext_sd..

Thats gotta be the reason its not picking up my external sdcard with 2 fat32 partitions right?
[Android Apps and Games] karanrajpal14:
Hi,

I'm currently using my HTC explorer which is rooted. I'm having problems using link2sd and i hope you can help me out with it. I have a 8gb sd card out of which i've created a 1gb second partition. First, i tried using ext2 but link2sd said that the mount script cannot be created and then i formatted the 2nd partition to fat32 and now it says invalid argument. Can you please help me out with this? Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] d12unk13astard:
Which tool do you use to partition, I'd reccomend either minitool or easeus. Try making your fat32 partition first, then create the ext2 partition that should work. Make sure your setting it to primary instead of logical as well.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
HTC devices need to be rooted and S-OFF.

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Post the result of these commands with the SD inserted:

mount

cat /proc/partitions
[Android Apps and Games] dimebagdan65:
Hmmm... Then I'm curious as to how this is working flawlessly for me being that I'm on an HTC Unlocked Evo 3D hboot 1.5 S-On... No need to be S-Off, folks...
[Android Apps and Games] dimebagdan65:
Number one, stop using app2sd AND link2sd... Had the same problem, the two don't play well together. Link2sd completely replaced the app2sd functionality for me.