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[Android Apps and Games] bigtom624:
This is a great program. Thanks. I keep having a problem on my Cliq XT running CM7. Sometimes when my phone wakes up after sitting for a while, my screen will go black and I cant see anything on it. I have to boot into recovery and wipe cache partition and davlik then fix permissions for it to work properly. Its been getting worse lately. It seems to have started when i created an EXT 4 partiton. Any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] pen²:
Ack. That would be nice. Atm i flash titanium backup from recovery and restore only s2e. Then i reboot and restore the rest.
[Android Apps and Games] remifr:
Internal partition doesn't mount anymore

hi,

after opening S2E and closing it (no change of any setting), i lost the partition corresponding to "On the phone"

I moved everything to SD with S2E (cache, apps, dalvik), because I have an HTC Desire and I was always stuck with the low memory problem.

Now, my SD apps are still loading, but I don't have S2E, Market, widgets, and all apps that cannot be moved.

What can I do ?
[Android Apps and Games] cmstlist:
Just tried this on my CM7.1 RC1 Nexus One. Much easier than messing around with Darktermor scripts, thank you!

Odd note: One app, Grindr, crashes massively and frequently if I store it on "internal" (ext3) but seems to be stable when I move it to "SD" (native Android Apps2SD). I have no explanation for this but at least I can get it to work.

Question: I created my 1 GB partition in CWM latest version; when I placed the SD into a reader to restore my backup on my desktop, I noticed using Acronis Disk Director that it can see the ext3 partition. If I need to shrink/grow the ext3 partition, do you think it's safe to resize using Acronis? Will it boot properly if the sizes have suddenly changed?
[Android Apps and Games] shiyou:
im using darktremors script now with ext2 and that gives me ****loads of problems

s2e doesnt support ext2 so i need to upgrade it to ext3/4

will i lose everything on mine ext2 when i upgrade it?
[Android Apps and Games] Meaple:
Having issues of not being able to install the script. I have tried ext 3 and 4 but still doesn't detect the partition. I am running CM7 7.1.

Swyped...
[Android Apps and Games] cmstlist:
I've noticed one of my calendars is failing to auto sync after using this script. If I wipe calendar data and resync it updates, but still fails to auto sync next time something changes.
[Android Apps and Games] nuumuun:
hey there!

i love this app and would like to try it on some other roms.

not all of which have a /sd-ext mount point and i would rather not mess with the boot.img :o

could you please add an option to choose the path of the ext-partition?

many thanks :D
[Android Apps and Games] bigtom624:
I formatted my SD card and created an ext 3 partition and it is working fine again. Also I made it 512mb instead of 1gb. That might have been the problem I was having.
[Android Apps and Games] adnanasim80:
Unable to see EXT3 Partion

HTC Tattoo (CyanogenMod 7.1.0RC1 2.3.4 Gingerbread)

Rooted and installed Recovery using this method

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=644279

Tried to partition 2GB card using both recovery (From previous link and using Rom Manager 3.0 recovery)

But I am unable to see my EXT 512MB (0MB Swap) ext3 partition in S2E. When I open S2E all options are grey. I cannot select anything.

Settings ---> Advanced mode (ticked)

Settings ---> Mount As ext4 (ticked)

May I ask what I am doing wrong? Any help will be appreciated.

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] shiyou:
good question
[Android Apps and Games] adnanasim80:
Can someone plz post the link of latest 1.2.0 s2e.apk.

I dont want to download from market.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Rimher:
I've been searching and googling around, but I haven't found a satisfactory explanation. Which are the differences between this and a2sd? Which one is supposed to be more stable?

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] nuumuun:
i would suggest making a nandroid backup (including the ext partition). possibly even backup all your data on the fat partition in case something goes seriously wrong.

then upgrade to ext3. as far as i know you shouldn't be losing any data but in case you do you can recover with the nandroid.
[Android Apps and Games] postwarbreakout:
this worked totally fine for me, but after performing a full wipe, I can't get the script to work anymore. everything except downloads is greyed out.. i didn't change anything on the sd card. please help, i can't restore my apps otherwise cause they're needing way more storage then i have :(

//okay I fixed it with formatting my SD again..
[Android Apps and Games] jawz101:
I thought it was an issue with how my ROM handles mounting the ext partitions at boot but it might be this app because lately it's been flaky on me

to those having issues can you go to adb shell & type

mount -o rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd-ext

then try seeing if the options aren't grayed out anymore? It works for me but doesn't stick after a reboot (so don't actually move anything- just see if the checkboxes aren't grayed out anymore

logcat shows it tries to mount very early in the boot process before some ext implementations have mounted the partition and checked the drive

I/mountsd ( 91): Checking filesystems..

I//system/xbin/run-parts( 59): e2fsck 1.41.10 (10-Feb-2009)

I//system/xbin/run-parts( 59): /dev/block/mmcblk0p2: clean, 11/32768 files, 4206/131072 blocks

I/busybox ( 97): mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /sd-ext failed: Invalid argument

I/logwrapper( 97): busybox terminated by exit(255)

I/busybox ( 100): chown: /sd-ext: Read-only file system

I/logwrapper( 100): busybox terminated by exit(1)

I/busybox ( 102): chmod: /sd-ext: Read-only file system

I/logwrapper( 102): busybox terminated by exit(1)

I/mountsd ( 104): /sd-ext successfully mounted

I/busybox ( 119): S2E: Initialization...

I/busybox ( 119): S2E: /sd-ext not mounted... Exit!

I/logwrapper( 119): busybox terminated by exit(0)

I/logwrapper( 59): /system/xbin/run-parts terminated by exit(0)
[Android Apps and Games] plerzelwupp:
thanks a lot for this great app!

One little question: Is there a way to make an exception for an app to start from phone (before sd is mounted)?
[Android Apps and Games] eug89:
Just a couple of question:

Does anyone know if, with this app/script, it's possible to move just the dalvik-cache to the sd and leave the app on the internal storage or in the sdcard but using android's app2sd method?

I'm asking this because with the android native method we're able to move app's lib files and save some extra space.

Each time we flash a new nightly at the first boot the ext partition won't get mounted and we need to relaunch the app in order to copy the script or everything works fine even after a new flash?

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] momomok:
Yes. The options for moving apps and davik cache is separated.

Everything is fine when upgrading nightly, though it takes a lot longer on the first boot.
[Android Apps and Games] lhinsz:
Here's the apk for s2e 1.20

Here's the newest apk for ya!;)
[Android Apps and Games] lhinsz:
I don't think the size is a problem; mine is 1.5 GB and it works fine, but I created it as an EXT4 using GParted...
[Android Apps and Games] lhinsz:
See my post below for the .apk...
[Android Apps and Games] heywtf:
I downloaded an app from the Market and Android installed it to the SD card (Froyo way). When I select the option to "move to phone" it gives an error about storage space being too low. What gives? Simple2ext is set up, so there's 150mb free on /data and 700mb free on /sd-ext.
[Android Apps and Games] cmstlist:
Have you tried using Titanium Backup to force-move it?
[Android Apps and Games] salahzantout:
hey

back in time i had s2ext making my internal memory totally free, now its not since i got back to cm7.1 version after trying different previous rom

i dont remember how i configured it, i tried urs and its not making it fully free...

any idea ??
[Android Apps and Games] heywtf:
I hadn't. Didn't think of that, thanks.

Titanium just successfull moved the app, but still shows the option to move app data to internal memory. If I select that, Titanium force closes...

Interestingly I just tried to move the app back to SD from Android's settings to see what would happen, and got the same low storage error. So something is clearly buggered :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] cmstlist:
The option to move the app to internal memory (ext in your case) versus android-secure on SD isn't the same as the option to move data to ext or internal. Titanium offers both as options.
[Android Apps and Games] Raiden8816:
So I got the partitions correct thanks to RM. Now my big question to the community is that I selected applications and dalvik cache only. Should I select anything else?

Secondly in settings extended partitions info is automatically selected, do I also mount as ext4 and enable both advanced mode and set read buffer?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] texas-saluki:
Internal Only setting and a few other questions

All,

I am having a problem when I set to "internal" in the CM7 settings. A few programs will not install from the market and just give an error. The one I tried last that did this is Titanium Backup. When I change to Automatic is seems to be working fine. Any idea what is going on?

A few other questions that I have not seen answers to that would be helpful. If the context maters I am running CM7 RC1 on a N1

Is there an optimal size for the EXT partition? I see lots of people have 512 Mb but I configured 1G but have read comments on bigger

Is there a performance disadvantage of using "automatic" in the CM7 settings?

I am struggling with the difference between EXT3 and EXT4 and the performance improvements and possible problems with future upgrades. Is EXT4 a ton faster or more reliable (or both). I read some potential problems flashing a new ROM and I am guessing it is because the main memory kills the links to the file...but this is a guess. I read the EXT4 wiki but did not provide a lot of insight... if anyone has a link to better information and/or opinion on the advantage it would be great.

Some I have noticed have asked how to create the partitions. There maybe other ways but I used Gparted http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] RevengeFNF:
People i have the last CM 7.1 RC on my LG P500.

I use Darktremor App2sd. Is there any advantage in using Simple2ext over Darktremor?
[Android Apps and Games] nrlatsha:
I did many searches, but couldn't find the answer.

I have S2E installed, and everything except moving the Dalvik cache worked. It just continues to say Reboot is required, and it's been months and many reboots, but still not Dalvik moving love.
[Android Apps and Games] jdolmen:
Hi,

congratulations for this fantastic program. It works perfect on

my HTC desire.

I moved apps, dalvik cache and data apps (this one is usually

the guilty when you observe some slowness).

I've read in many posts that using a uSD card of class 6 or 10

improves the speed. However I've to disagree with this. I've

tested many uSD cards and sometimes a class 4 can be much faster than a class 6 or 10.

It depends on the memory controller, it might be the case that for

a single file write/read speed a class 6 or 10 may be faster than

a class 4.

However when you need to write/read to many small files

at the same time is another story.

So far, the best for me is the sandisk mobile ultra class 4 of 4Gb. (The one of 8 Gb is slow !) With

this one I was able to move the data app with an almost negligible performance impact.
[Android Apps and Games] wind0zer:
best

I partitioned via clockworkmod 4.x on nexus - 1gig ext, rest as storage, no swap partition. Simple2ext would freeze after restart option. Then after minimizing/force closing simple2ext, i'd manual reboot and stays in reboot (circle waiting) forever. I remove battery and restart, then simple2ext and titanium backup stop showing/seeing ext partition/free space. Then I "wipe to defaults". I repeated this like 3 times without success. : /

After I put the sd card in a usb reader and saw it is ext3 with no label. I used a free windows partition manager (minitool, easus etc) to format it as ext4 with label "sd-ext". I even chose the ext4 cluster size as 1kb just for performance experiment. Finally, started on fresh cyanogenmod nightly, installed simple2ext, chose mount as ext4 without journal, 2mb read cache, /data to sd, and "restart" option worked like "BAM", so quick. Instantly rebooted and I'm on the fast lane : )

(PS: I can't allow clockworkmod to format sd-ext coz it turns out to be ext3 and therefore doesn't work for me with simple2ext.)

Titanium backup shows the sd-ext info. As far as performance is concerned while using default "move to sd" ./android_secure, the apps' icon has a delay to show on my screen after boot. With sd-ext, my boot is seamless as if everything is in internal storage...plus all the apps with widgets can be used unlike the stock method. : )

Thankyou very much OlegKrikun.
[Android Apps and Games] momomok:
Which card are you using? My Adata C10 16GB is painfully slow...
[Android Apps and Games] pramodahanya:
hi this is really good app it works very well on htc wildfire cm7.

as keeping lot of free space in phone memory is waste. hence is there any way to move only selected apps to sdcard.
[Android Apps and Games] kccl:
The option to move application data to sd partition is greyed out - can anyone tell me how I can get round this please?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] brigon:
Enable Advanced mode in Settings.
[Android Apps and Games] psyke83:
OlegKrikun,

I'm just writing to say a big thank you for your excellent simple2ext app/script. I've recommended it for the users of my CyanogenMod port (for the Samsung GT-I5500), as well as using it for myself.

I have a little question for you re: CM7 integration. I edited the default /system/etc/init.d/05mountsd script and changed the mount parameter from ext3 to ext4 (since my kernel only uses ext2/ext4, and ClockworkMod formats to ext4 by default). With that change, your script won't be responsible for mounting the drive, but it seems to be working fine nevertheless. I'm just curious, will it cause problems for simple2ext? For example, if users click the advanced option to mount as ext4? I've tested and found no problems, but I just want to be sure.

Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] wind0zer:
I"m using a sandisk 16 GB. I don't know what class of card it is, but i installed an sdcard testing app, and my reading and writing speeds were 6~ and 4~ MB/sec.
[Android Apps and Games] eMoon:
When started to use it on my wildfire, it was working great. However after switching to another SD card (made ext3 partition like it was on my card before) it couldnt detect sd-ext partition (all options gray, titanium backup couldnt see it too). Finally I got it fixed by enabling mount as ext4 in S2E options, removing ext3 and making ext4 partition (have Windows, used Minitool Partition Wizard).

That problem is probably because Cyanogen stops mounting sd-ext on boot (when /data is moved there it will result in boot animation loop)

Thx for this great app
[Android Apps and Games] kccl:
Thanks.

It says in the option that 'advanced mode' is not recommended for moving to sd-ext (broken english?). What's the worst that could happen?
[Android Apps and Games] brigon:
Slower performance if your sd card's throughput isn't fast enough (see previous posts in the thread for more info).
[Android Apps and Games] cez10:
ok guys ive got a little problem here,

I moved the app data to sd and now i cant run any apps and s2e wont work either, and of course I have no backup.... any ideas how can I fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] maverick_1200:
This has worked great for me for months. I finally got my phone working perfectly so I made a backup, as soon as I re-started the phone (which I never do) it has reverted back to CM7 Stock. My theme and all my apps have gone. Ive tried to restore and that doesnt work, If I reinstall my theme and S2E, then reboot it goes back to stock.

I have ext4 2gb partition. Off the top of my head, I had everything ticked apart from application data and I havent changed anything in advanced settings.

Just when Im happy with my phone everything breaks! Can anyone help? before I throw my desire out of the window.
[Android Apps and Games] tintin814:
Work great on my CM7 R14, except an issue. Every time when I boot up the phone, all my apps must lost until I wipe the delvik-cache, then all apps will be back. It's quite annoying as some tasks need to redo after a wipe. Any solution?
[Android Apps and Games] yoe_cu:
You can do this project adacte to the MIUI ROM. Please would be very interesting to have an excellent aplication like this in MIUI. Thank you very much for your dedication. Greetings.
[Android Apps and Games] cmstlist:
Doesn't MIUI come with built-in apps2ext support? Or at least the versions posted at miui.us do.
[Android Apps and Games] nrlatsha:
No suggestions? Suppose I'll have to find a script that works on my hardware.
[Android Apps and Games] flacoff:
are you using CM7, do you have app install location set to "internal" in CM settings?
[Android Apps and Games] 1seven:
OK, I've just read through the entire thread, every post (a summary of quick instructions might be a good idea the next time the first post is revised.) Still trying to clarify a few things, if someone would be so kind.

First of all, HUGE thanks to OlegKrikun for creating this and sharing it with us for free. After months of constantly bumping up against that silly 10% memory free thing the stock Evo does, I love that there is such a simple solution to avoid that going forward.

I have an Evo 4G, CM7, build 7.1 rc1. 16GB cl10 μSD partitioned via AmonRa 2.3: 32mb swap, 2GB ext3. I flashed CM7 & Gapps, then S2E, set Cyanogenmod Settings > Application > Install Location to Internal only, and have "Allow application moving" unchecked.

1. Advanced Mode (Enable NOT recommended item for moving to sd-ext)

I haven't seen this definitely stated, but from reading the discussion--it appears that this simply enables moving Application Data, is that correct? Or does it do something else? I see many, many posts advising to enable this, but the language is really confusing--the whole point of the app is to move to sd-ext, so why would enable NOT be recommended? Is this just meant to be a poorly-worded warning that a performance hit may result from moving data, or does it do something else?

2. I see nothing that definitively explains the "mount as ext4" option--why should we select (or not select) this? Is it redundant if sd-ext is formatted to ext4, or is ext3 format preferred with the mount-as option? I understand ext4 is supposed to provide a performance boost, but find nothing pro/con as it relates to this tool, and am curious what this switch does--is it as simple as disabling journaling? Just trying to learn!

3. I did not see this one posted anywhere in this thread, and it really has me scratching my head. Several posts say to confirm s2e is working, we should go to settings > applications > manage and verify nothing listed under the > sd card heading. But over half of my apps are listed there, including Appbrain, Google Goggles, Root Explorer, TiBackup... BUT, each and every one, when I click on it, shows it is in internal memory (iow, the "move to SD card" button is available.) Is something wrong? Nobody else reports this, so I'm puzzled.

My system seems to be working OK, but some of the information is conflicting, and I'd like to gain a greater understanding of how this works. Thanks to anyone who can help fill me in.
[Android Apps and Games] flacoff:
im in no way an expert but these are my answers basedon using this script since the beginning.

1; you're initial thought appears to be correct. Enabling advanced just enables data2sd. It's just a warning because moving data can run into issues with card speeds. I don't move data or caches so I leave it unchecked.

2: can't for sure say on way or another. I have ext4 and that setting checked with no issues. IMO ext4 is the way to go. Used among RA to get ext4 and have had no problems with "mount as ext4" checked

3: as long as everything under the SD heading in application settings is not checked, you are good. Another test I do is to install an app and see if the "ext" amount has decreased.

Some other points: using latest cm7 nightly with wildmonks kernal. Also confirmed working on the Oxygen rom as well. Using a class 10 32gb card with swap size of 0.
[Android Apps and Games] 1seven:
Thanks for the reply! Leads me to a few more thoughts:

If I convert my sd-ext from ext3 to ext4 (AmonRa), I will lose my apps and have to reinstall, correct? And a nandroid likely won't help due to the different file system?

And another thing, I'm going to be trying different roms here. As long as I include sd-ext in my nandroids, I can use the partition with other ROMs, and come back to each just as if the scripts weren't being used, right?

Thanks again....
[Android Apps and Games] flacoff:
both of your questions I cannot confirm through experience. I don't have The greatest understanding on the technical side of things. The first assumption seems correct, although on the second point I think switching between cm7 based Roms you will most likely be OK. If you switched to an asop rom like Oxygen you will not be able to restore properly.

Flashing new cm7 nightlies will be fine.

I havehad strange restore issues in the past. I make sure to keep my SD contents backed up on my computer along with every nandroid with ext just in case I have to repartition in amon RA and start over.

That doesn't answer your question on upgrading ext3 to 4 and losing data. Maybe a search will yield more knowledge on what amon RA,s upgrade actually does to your current data
[Android Apps and Games] kyrillos13:
I use CM 7.1.0 RC1 (Android 2.3.5) but i can only move Download cache. I cant see information about the sd-ext partition (ext4, 1.2gb). Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] flacoff:
under cm settings is app install location set to internal? then i ususally restart.
[Android Apps and Games] DeTool:
Does this still only work on cm7? Anyone got it working on miui?
[Android Apps and Games] nrlatsha:
Yes and yes.
[Android Apps and Games] momomok:
Which tool did you use to create the ext4 partition?
[Android Apps and Games] nrlatsha:
Good question, let me go back and look.

Would the tool make a difference if my apps were installing on the card with no problem? Just the Dalvik is having issues.

I am ready to try anything before wiping and starting over. Again.
[Android Apps and Games] momomok:
Hmmm, you say "my apps were installing on the card with no problem". Is that refering to Froyo's app2sd way?
[Android Apps and Games] nrlatsha:
No, I mean using S2E. The apps move good, just the cache doesn't want to move.
[Android Apps and Games] momomok:
Interesting. I suspect filesystem got damaged somewhere in the ext4 partition.

Try to run fsck -f to check and see if any error is found. (You will need a Linux live CD to do this)
[Android Apps and Games] Google REQ Xanax:
c m 4 d x

what is required to partition sd card as ext 3 or ext 4 entirely

for use by cyanogenmod mod 7