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[Android Apps and Games] spocko:
Thanks. No need to apologize, my searching turned out to be fruitful. I found another tool from the same author as the one I mentioned earlier which has more features, including the ability to convert apps between user and system. I just tested using it to convert google search from a user app to a system app and it worked great. It's called System Application Manager by Flaki.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flaki.systemappmanager

I also tested the one that you mentioned and it also works fine.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SystemCleanup.Inteks.org

The one that I mentioned first is a little smaller and simpler, so I'll probably use it for now.

I think the moral of the story here is that with Link2SD v3.1.2, if you are running Jelly Bean, it is not advisable to use Link2sd to merge updates into system apps or to convert user apps to system apps. For those tasks, use one of these other tools.

Thanks again tobbbie for your help!
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
It has nothing to do with JB. Link2SD doesn't know the system APK file name of updated system apps (the package manager only returns one file name), so it won't delete/overwrite it leaving two APKs for the same app.

File names for APKs in Android are arbitrary, so Link2SD doesn't bother figuring out the APK file name in the system app directory while other apps written specifically for this do.

That's my experience, anyway.

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[Android Apps and Games] at41man:
Install Location?

Hello what should I do with Install Location on settings?

after doing your steps, I just can do "Move To SD"...

I can't make any Link.. :eek:

but in settings-->storage info, there is my 2nd partition. (I use 2 GB for second partition) is it to big?? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] dedalos91:
I have an x10 mini, KERNEL 2.6.32.61-nAa-jb-06 and ROM JB 4.1.2 PureSlim R4

I have 3 partitions (fat32, ext2-3-4-fat32 and swap)

I install the link2sd.apk (the kernel support ext2-3-4) with this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2126363 and i have some problems:

- only with ext4 option i can create script

- and 2nd partition not mounded correctly

- some apk not auto or manual connected on 2sd partition e.t.c. but only in sd....

- problems with file system of second partition ext2, ext3 and ext4, only fat32 works but with same problems again.

Must delete the files "05mountext" and "10apps2sd" from etc/init.d ?

And must have installed the busybox ?

Any help please....

edit

the file system remain as make it but the partition id change like magically,
[Android Apps and Games] xaverg:
I have been using Link2SD on many different devices - without any problem.

But on my new Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 Ed. running Jelly Bean 4.3, Link2SD version 3.1.2 seems broken.

The device is rooted 'de la vega'.

1) Recreating mount scripts does not work. Error: can't unmount /data/sdext2: invalid argument. For me, the only way to recreate mount scripts is to complete uninstall Link2SD and then reinstall.

2) Link2SD claims it is only able to make a mount script for ext4. For all the other file systems ext2,3 and FAT, trying to generate a mount script, Link2SD produces error messages.

3) When using ext4, Link2SD will actually move/link apps to the external SD`s ext4 partition (as one can check by transfering the SD card to any linux box),

HOWEVER, THE APPS WON'T EXECUTE.

In fact, after invoking the app from the external SD, it will take some time, the devices's screen will go black, and then a stop message pops up. Moving the app back to internal SD, the app will execute again.

4) As a side remark Link2SD now also has an issue with the apps icons, which will not show properly anymore in its app list.
[Android Apps and Games] dedalos91:
maybe a full (data+cache before) uninstall and install again of link2sd apk is a solution....

maybe the answer is here

http://www.link2sd.info/faq
[Android Apps and Games] shikhar623:
[MENTION=3258861]bakpinar[/MENTION] shall we expect the much awaited feature i.e. linking the data directory of the apps any soon?

Thanks

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[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
That will break a lot of apps. It is unlikely Link2SD will ever include that option.

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[Android Apps and Games] Draky50110:
Tested it with my new Wiko Iggy (same as Micromax A74)with JB 4.2.2...

Used it before with a ZTE Blade Crescent, without any problem.

But for now... even if I didn't create any link, it makes apps "force closing" :(

It happened after the "script reboot" (first time use).

So I uninstalled it and now... all is ok and no more force close...

Any tip ?

---------- Post added at 12:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:29 PM ----------

Tested it with my new Wiko Iggy (same as Micromax A74)with JB 4.2.2...

Used it before with a ZTE Blade Crescent, without any problem.

But for now... even if I didn't create any link, it makes apps "force closing" :(

It happened after the "script reboot" (first time use).

So I uninstalled it and now... all is ok and no more force close...

Any tip ?
[Android Apps and Games] fattox:
For sure I did the perfect procedure of partitioning and everything goes wright till I start for the first time an app: the phone freezes and it needs to reboot plus if I try to unlink an app/game I get this error: (see attached file)

Why? Maybe because I'm just rooted but still with stock ROM and Kernel? I lost all my games because of this :crying:
[Android Apps and Games] timthetoolman666:
idk man

I used EaseUS Partition Master my first partition is 1gb (fat32) and my 2nd (ext2/3) is 7gb

My device recognized the fat 32 but I'm trying to use the ext2 to install my apps on. Did I do it backwards? :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
The one you want to use with Link2SD is the second partition. The first one will be mounted by the system for your SD card. And it looks like it's in the right order. Check your Menu/Storage info from within Link2SD.

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[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
And if you try to link an app?

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[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Kit Kat? I think they buggered mounting in Kit Kat. If it is, then I have nothing more to offer. I haven't even touched Kit Kat.

If not, check for the following files: /system/bin/debuggerd, /system/etc/init.d/12link2sd (I think it's 12, but the number prefix is unimportant), or /system/etc/install_recovery.sh.

At least one of those should be a plain-text file. If not, try Recreate mount script.

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[Android Apps and Games] jemail:
I am using CM 11 Nightly 14.01.2014 on Samsung GT-S5670.

I am experiencing the following problem.

Link2SD (latest version) will create links for dex files successfully. However on reboot Android will optimize apps recreating the dex files in dalvik cache. This mean no space reductions actually occur on the /system partition.

Is this a CynogenMod 11 problem?

Regards,

jemail
[Android Apps and Games] jen97:
Can anyone please tell me how to fix this problem?

I had P769 V20d rooted with lgpwn apps. The link2sd ver 2.4.4 apps works fine with ext4 partition (16gig micro SD) on my first P769, however I just bought another P769 and flash with tmobile stock rom V20d - rooted with lgpwn apps (32gig micro SD) and use the MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition to create ext4 partition. I install the link2sd from google play store ver 3.1.3., but the link2sd had an error "Mount Script cannot be created". I also tried to install the old link2sd V2.4.4, but it had the same error "Mount Script cannot be created".
[Android Apps and Games] Crematory:
Hello,

Link2sd works perfectly and all my games are linked to sd card.

I've 2 primary partitions of 29 go FAT32.

But when i'm looking at my tablet storage,i don't see any difference,because all apps are still installed in intern memory, and we can't delete them.

Do we have to wait intern memory is full, and then Link2sd will install future apps in all free space of sd card..?

Thanks for helping me about that, because i actually don't see the real interest of this app..:confused:

Sorry for my english:o
[Android Apps and Games] Crematory:
solved

I solve it using Mount Folder Root. Now i've lot of space in intern memory!

Great app!
[Android Apps and Games] jemail:
Hi,

I am using this CyanogenMod 11 (KK) Build: cm-11-20140121-NIGHTLY-beni.zip

from: http://jenkins.androidarmv6.org/view/Android/job/android-experimental/765/

Link2SD installs correctly and seems to be functioning correctly, other apps are placed on the my sd-ext2 partition (Ext4) and linked.

However, after a reboot Android optimizes the newly installed app and a duplicate is created in the dalvik-cache

eg: the names of the link and the recreated file are the same except for see next:

data@app@... <- this is the app Android recreated an optimised.

data@sdext2@... <- this is a symbolic link

Unchecking relink at boot makes no difference. Android will recreate the dalvik-cache .dex file.

I don't know if this is a problem of Link2SD or the latest CM11 (KK) build. Is the dalvik-cache file being created because Link2SD did not name the symbolic link correctly and hence Android recreates the missing .dex file?

Regards,

jemail
[Android Apps and Games] n756gkj:
I love this app. Hands down, IMO, the most valuable tool on my devices!

I've e-mailed the dev a number of times asking to have an ad-free 'paid app' -- $10, $20, I really don't care.

I understand that there are 'foreign payment' issues, and that -- perhaps only in the meantime -- ad revenue is the dev's chosen alternative.

But talk about horribly instrusive ads in the latest versions! Flashing icons, same ads over and over, to companies I've NEVER heard of and am not about to click on ...

... and the seemingly conscious display design to make it impossible for fat-fingered-folks like myself to NOT end up inadvertently clicking on one of those damn things!

[MENTION=3258861]bakpinar[/MENTION], with an ad-free PaidApp I'll have multiple licenses for multiple users. No complaints, and recommendations to everyone I can find.

With these ads, link2SD gets added to the "annoying, possibly hostile" app bucket 'round here.

+10 for an ad-free version!
[Android Apps and Games] SigitCGumilars:
I can’t Linked Dalvik cache in CM11 ROM Legacy Xperia, I still get my internal memory is full after installing some applications. How Fix It.....

My Device :

ST15i (Smultron-Xperia Mini)

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Captain_Throwback:
I'm seeing this same behavior on my CM11 ROM. I can go into Link2SD settings and clean up dalvik-cache, but on reboot, the dex files are recreated in /data/dalvik-cache, even though I have the linked versions on sd-ext already.

I'm using ART, so I don't know if that's the issue, or if it's just a matter of how the files are being symlinked.
[Android Apps and Games] hkfree:
seem it is the naming problem, i go into the /data patition and check there are a lot of dalvik file still unlinked to sd ext
[Android Apps and Games] Captain_Throwback:
If those dex files are linked using the app though, you should be able to use the "clean up dalvik cache" option to remove them. The issue is on reboot, where they get recreated even though they're also linked.
[Android Apps and Games] hkfree:
That mean even we link those Dex, it also recreate?
[Android Apps and Games] Captain_Throwback:
Correct. And that may go back to the naming issue, or it might be related to at what point in the boot process that the secondary partition is being mounted.
[Android Apps and Games] Noidy312:
I had this problem with every rom I tried and in the end I moved to mounts2sd and never looked back. It is better in every way.

The dex links are named incorrectly so are regenerated every reboot if you delete the duplicates. I tried making links to the links... The scripts created by link2sd need fixing somehow.

Anybody whining about the adverts doesn't deserve to (though they are irritating). You can get rid of the ads with AdAway. After all you do have root access because you are using link2sd...
[Android Apps and Games] n756gkj:
(1) Link2sd works just fine for many.

(2) The ads are bundled in Link2sd. AdAway won't do a thing.

(3) Instead of communicating to the dev that you'd rather pay a reasonable price for an ad-free app, your solution is to suggest stealing from the developer? Who doesn't deserve ... ?
[Android Apps and Games] dirtyl0lharry:
I have already read FAQ , and i dont know how to ( in automatic way ) link the apps to the 2nd partition of the SD , which option should I check and which one not ?

Enviado desde mi GT-I8160
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Click app. Click "Create Link". Done. There's no automation except if you set automatically relink libs and dex at boot and auto link new apps.

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[Android Apps and Games] MitsG7:
hello there.

i onw a s3 mini.i downloaded the app and tried to follow the steps to create a second partition on the sd card.but i didnt manage with the mini toolkit cause my sd card is not appearing in the window of the tookit,any help to do it properly?thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Use an adapter instead of your phone.

MTP mounts the phone itself rather than the SD cards.

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[Android Apps and Games] spocko:
There is an app called "aparted" in the play store that you can use to do the partitioning right on your phone. If you Google, there is a guide that walks you through the setup using aparted and link2sd.

Edit:

I think this is the guide that I followed when partitioning my SD card.

http://androidforums.com/metropcs-t...e-lg-optimus-f3-apps-sd-card.html#post6357334
[Android Apps and Games] iPusak Gaoq™:
Hmmm...please fix lib autolink after reboot...i'm using PAC v4.3.1 and every time i reboot my phone, the lib get unlink...i have to manually re-link those lib after reboot (yes i do tick relink lib files at boot) and it never work...
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Without logs it is impossible to fix your problem.

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[Android Apps and Games] iPusak Gaoq™:
which log you want me attach here?
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Unless an app makes its own, there's only the logcat.

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[Android Apps and Games] fattox:
problem linking

Hello, I love this app but was always unstable to me.

Almost everytime I connect the my device to the pc or randomly when I boot my phone, happens sometimes that the SD isn't mounted by default.

Sometimes it's mounted but Ihave Apex launcher crashing (forcing me to reboot).

Sometimes it's mounted without showing my linked apps...

I a bit a disaster.

My SD it's almost new and always woked before partitioning for Link2SD.

Any advice please?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] rakijaman:
Try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted
[Android Apps and Games] fattox:
Thank you, I've used MiniTool Partition as suggested before.

Do you think this is a better solution?
[Android Apps and Games] rakijaman:
Mini tool is not good, don't use it. Only aparted

Sure it's better. I used that tool to create my 2nd ext4 partition few months ago and since then never had any single problem :)
[Android Apps and Games] indiffereddie:
I really loved this app, very convenient one on my ex Alcatel OT 990. Now I am an owner of an LG Optimus G and I don't really need this app (cause I have 32gb of internal storage so no need for ext partition), but I use it, however, because of some cool options, such as to freeze apps or to uninstall stock ones :)

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[Android Apps and Games] dedalos91:
thanks for this very useful app!!!

but...

auto relink at reboot not working for me and for most apps (biggest apps, f.ex. sygic) on my phone....

try many ideas for solution but nothing...

what is the "20link2sd" on etc/init.d ?

Must delete the files "05mountext" and "10apps2sd" from etc/init.d ?

busy box is necessary ?

ps

[Phone] x10 mini

[ROM] [JB-4.1.2] JB Mini Project | Release 4

[KERNEL] 2.6.32.61-nAa-jb-06
[Android Apps and Games] antonio.mzrl:
Irritating problem at every boot

As it's been pointed some days ago dex files are linked using incorrect names and so they are relinked at every boot.
[Android Apps and Games] kotey:
Sounds scary! Which version did that?

I see that dev (bulakpinar) stopped updating this thread since 2.4.4 (last version without ads).

i'm not sure if emailing him suggestions is better or publicly here on forums.

I didnt read the whole 400+ pages thread so, excuse me if i missed something,

i was on 3.1.4 but now reverted to 3.1.3...

v3.1.4 has a new option: delete external cache. not an 'option' exactly. it now deletes external cache, no option can be set to tell it not to. this is bad, since some app/game actually downloaded those '200mb cache' and by cleaning those files, basically you'll be 'reinstalling' apps on next run (or worse, fc). what i think is, this feature should be made optional, or better undo it just as previously.

i think this 'upgrade' is the 3rd time the dev has made a bad decision (the first being bundling ads, the second being v3 utilizing the free but bulky/crappy actionbarsherlock which grew the app double the size, just for menu ffs)

oh, i guess i've made my point (complaints) there...

if you ask me, i'll say stick to v2.4.4, or if you think you need some 'bugfixes' then 2.4.10 will do.

newer versions (3.x) looks/smells bad imho but, what do i know, i'm still on 2.3.6, 4.0.3/4 and 4.1.2 so i dont really care about 4.4, maybe another year or device
[Android Apps and Games] iPusak Gaoq™:
Hmm...did you even try to clear all cache (including external cache) and view the detail (what will be deleted) before you wrote this?

If you haven't then you should...new features including cleaning external cache is clever than you think...it doesn't clear cache from games...those cache were excludes from cleaning...there nothing to worries about having to download the games data again and again...

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[Android Apps and Games] antonio.mzrl:
link2sd problem loop

I've been adb'ing and logcat'ing using last version (3.1.4) and here is the cause problem: When link2sd copies .dex files to second partition invariably the destination file at /data/sdext2/dalvik-cache is emty, so next boot dexopt must recreate it.
[Android Apps and Games] kotey:
actually i did. read the changelog, installed the update while prepared. tried on the spot, didnt like what i see (it wants to delete some 900mb of stuff, and i've cleaned the cache using previous version just before updating) so i replicated some apps and games on my vm android, tried and some are really gone. as i said in my post before, i said 'some' not 'all'.

have a court day tomorrow, cant retest, will retest and report the particular apps later (hard though, i have 500+ apps on the real device, so i have to pick some again, last test was random)
[Android Apps and Games] kotey:
i gave it benefit of the doubt so...

now that my 900mb+ cache was down to 200mb+ (did some cleaning few hours ago) so that i can get a clearer picture of "what will be done", i guess you are right, it indeed are quite clever...

but still...

i would like to keep some of the cache, specifically gallery, quicpic and mx player, because regenerating all the thumbnails is not going to be fun... i have thousands of pictures amd clips in multitude of directories on the 32gb external card (and internal too)

which goes back to my original quest:

it should've been made an 'option' instead of being forced (since you can't actually make selection)

so for now i have to refrain from using link2sd clean cache function, and use es task manager instead to clean 'internal cache' only, which is a pity, cause i like link2sd all these time...

attachments:

1. link2sd v3.1.3 found no more cache

2. link2sd v3.1.4 found external cache, and its details.

will test my other "gaming device" later, just for peace of mind...
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Your thumbnail cache is not touched by this app. *Only* the dalvik cache, libs, and APK.

Edit: Sorry, I thought you were referring to linking not clearing the cache. :/

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[Android Apps and Games] tobbbie:
I must say that the new strategy to also clear the /sdcard/Android/data/<app>/cache directories is a bad move.

The whole purpose of link2SD is to save space on the device memory - and so cleaning up the cache in /data partition is a good idea. I don't care about cleaning up things at sdcard - at least not on a bulk level where I cannot control what to delete and what not.

So if you want to keep this, then please add a configuration option to get back to the old logic.

A much better move would be to permit (finally!) the linking of the data-directory of each app individually as well to the sdext2. THIS would be the best action which link2SD is missing.
[Android Apps and Games] antonio.mzrl:
Same I thought. Can't believe link2sd hasn't this option. So I moved bigger /data/data directories to partition2 using a small script such as:

busybox mv /data/data/com.whatsap /storage/sdcard0/somwhere

busybox ln -s /storage/sdcard0/somwhere /data/data
[Android Apps and Games] tobbbie:
Thanks, I know I could do it with scripts, but so far even my tiny Xperia Ray (420MB on /data) can manage to survive with link2SD with my use-pattern. Also there are tools that generically link /data to sdcard, but link2SD is still my favorite just because of its flexibility. I wish that this flexibility stays and would include the link of /data per app.

I am ready to even pay for such a premium version (also to get rid of advertisements) - but it seems not an option for the author.
[Android Apps and Games] kotey:
Really, that is what I'm going to post, again. (leave external sdcard to the user, or at least as option)

Man, you beat me to it. :victory:

Hear, hear.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
The cache cleaner function in the latest version cleans cache files from the external storage (note that this is internal emulated SD on some devices).

This is same as system's clear cache functionality. Clearing cache from the system app manager removes those files as well. And also, those files will be deleted if you go to system settings -> storage and touch "cached data" to clear cache for all apps (Android 4.3+).

I can make it optional in Link2SD.
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
The first command will fail. Linux won't let you move files across file systems. You have to copy first, then delete, then link.

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[Android Apps and Games] antonio.mzrl:
Un linux mv works across fs sort of a decade prior to link across fs. Try it or bet a do en beers.

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[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
mv fails when moving files across file systems on Android. Maybe not "real" Linux, but definitely on Android.

u0_a28@android:/ $ export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH
u0_a28@android:/ $ su
root@android:/ # mv /sdcard/moo.txt /data
failed on '/sdcard/moo.txt' - Cross-device link
255|root@android:/ #

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[Android Apps and Games] antonio.mzrl:
Try this:

# busybox mv /sdcard/moo.txt /data

This way is how I discovered busybox, trying to find why some commands behave like old-old unix.
[Android Apps and Games] egingell:
Yeah. That worked and it doesn't really surprise me given that the "busybox mount" command works when the "mount" command would throw invalid argument errors.

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