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[Android Apps and Games] aamzalag:
problem im not sure what to do

Hey so i used link2sd and im not sure what happened, maybe some1 can help. I have an ext2 partition and fat partition on my sd card. So i linked a few games like angry birds to the sdcard usnig links2sd. However after a reboot, the game no longer shows up in my app drawer. and also doesnt show up in link2sd anymore, hjowever link2sd shows that my ext2 partition now has 30% filled up. Any1 have any ideas as to the problem?> I am on a droid 1, using cmod7 nightlies

When i try to mount the partition like in the /etc/ sd file, i get a response from terminal statin, "mount: cant read /etc/fstab: no such file or directory". I hope this helps more...
[Android Apps and Games] Lint6:
Same question, but sub ext4 instead of ext3..

and what about gingerbread?
[Android Apps and Games] kobolt99:
Sorry if I look stupid, but could someone provide a little more of information of how exactly we have to make that partition?, I already downloaded the app for windows but I see too many options that have no idea what they are for...

My android is already rooted and the apk downloaded just don't understand how the partition goes...

Thanx
[Android Apps and Games] eris-:
i tried the partition and every time i mount the card back in the phone it says the sd card is corrupt and needs formatted. any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] ddarvish:
well i just use the partition program and sucessfully created the partitions but when i reboot the phone the phone says it is checking the sd card for errors and its already been 10 mins.. it has yet to mount the sd card.. what could have gone wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
SD card should have two partitions, first FAT32 (or FAT16) and second ext2. Order is important.

Alse both partititon should be "primary".
[Android Apps and Games] totalcmdext:
This is working for EXT4 in 2.2 rom?
[Android Apps and Games] desqae:
Thanks...Will tried on my GT540
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
No, ext2 is required.
[Android Apps and Games] vanguard7:
Hi bakpinar,

very nice app. i like it very much.

but i receive the following message when i try to move an app:

chown: unknown user/group system:system

any ideas?

i am using the folling ROM on HTC Leo

[20 JAN] NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.1 NAND [App2SD+][720p][Kernel: tytung_r2_oldcam]

Best Regards
[Android Apps and Games] dpthakar:
hi,

i am using samsung galay 5801 (rooted),

i already have created fat32 & ext2 partition.

fat32 is being mount as /sdcard but ext2 partition is not mounted.

also app is unable to mount ext2 partition.

can anyone pl tell command to mount ext2 partition on android device using any terminal ?
[Android Apps and Games] stewi:
It's time to tell about the first impressions:

App is working good

Widgets must be removed from home screens and re-added, then they are working as expected

Problem: the Market-App doesn't see applications tgat have been moved to sdcard. You won't get an update notification

It would be nice if updated system apps like google maps could be moved to the sdcard
[Android Apps and Games] Jokertpt:
Same here!any solution?I realy need this app!
[Android Apps and Games] xCookie:
S**T!

Hmmm... it's working on stock 2.1 but not working on CyanogenMod 6.1.2/Froyo 2.2.1 :confused:

Why, oh why?

It state that script is created (must reboot) - then again, script created... etc.
[Android Apps and Games] Christov:
Just rooted my phone (HTC Desire, running 2.2 froyo) and sadly link2sd isn't doing what it should be .......... as far as I can tell!

I have partitioned the sd card to have an fat32 partition and ext2 partition, both are set to primary.

When installing the link2sd app, it asks for SU access, but doesn't ask to create any scripts, or ask for a reboot. Manually rebooting the phone does nothing to help this issue and I continually get the error:

"ext2 partition can not be mounted. Make sure you create ext2 partition and have root access."

After reading through this thread I've noticed people talking about an ext2 folder within my sdcard/data/ folder, which isn't present when I try to view this folder with ES file explorer... not sure if that's the cause or whether the scripts link2sd is supposed to create simply haven't been?

Would appreciate any help anyone could offer as this app sounds like a fantastic idea, and something I definitely want to be able to use!

EDIT: Is busybox required? I'm not 100% sure if I have it, Titanium backup seemed to install *something* but the busybox app on the market says that it can't install to my phone?
[Android Apps and Games] KreAch3R:
Why do you want to run this app on froyo? It's kind of built in...
[Android Apps and Games] roirraW "edor" ehT:
The only reason that approaches compelling that I can think of is so that you can move apps with widgets to your SD card while still being able to use the widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] KreAch3R:
Oh, I see... thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] ronnbon:
same with me- I set fat32 and ext2 as primary, I have busybox, I did move the ext2.ko file to appropriate place and run the script for my xt720 and got always this message like you... can not be mounted...

I cannot use apps2card for the same reason- ext2 partition cannot be mounted.. I am absolutely out of internal space and need a solution- why does it works for other xt720 owner and not for me? :(

Of course I am on stock ROM 2.1 like everybody with a xt720... :mad: and have a 8GB class 6 card
[Android Apps and Games] MrEzzzkiel:
Amazing! THX!!! :D X10 mini pro
[Android Apps and Games] dani_edw:
thanks you

it's work like a charm on my xperia x10 mini pro.:D

Thanks you very much bakpinar
[Android Apps and Games] lcalero:
I have the same problem with the same phone. What i've found is that the problem is that the ext2 filesystem is not mounted because the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh script is not created. If I mount it manually with

mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext2 then link2sd works perfect.

The problem is that if I try to create the /etc/install-recovery.sh script with Root Explorer, it just won't allow me. I try to create a new file, type the name and although it says creation successful, it doesn't create any file and the phone reboots 10 seconds later.

Any ideas or different methods to try to create the script?
[Android Apps and Games] raiderkilo:
Link

Works Perfect

THX
[Android Apps and Games] lcalero:
More info: Tried to mount -o remount,rw /system, it remounts the filesystem read/write but still can't create the file with Root Explorer.

Created the script in /sdcard and tried to mv /sdcard/install-recovery.sh /system/etc : doesn't work, cross device error. Same when trying to ln -s /system/etc /sdcard/install-recovery.sh, cross device link...
[Android Apps and Games] Christov:
For this reason, and the ability to move more apps to the sd card. However since posting I've found an app on the market that will enable far more apps to be moved to the sd, so link2sd is less useful now to myself.

However, I'd still like to get it as I am keeping a few things on my phone that unmount when I connect the phone as a disk drive.
[Android Apps and Games] xCookie:
I must repeat myself:

it's working on stock 2.1 but not working on OpenSwift4.4/CyanogenMod 6.1.2(Froyo 2.2.1)...

Is there any solution? :o
[Android Apps and Games] kousik:
Well it won't let you move cross device but you can always copy. Try "cp /sdcard/install-recovery.sh /system/etc" and it should work. Later you can always rm /sdcard/install-recovery.sh. Also for symbolic link, the order is reverse, "ln -s /sdcard/install-recovery.sh /system/etc". But are you sure a link will work ... will sd card be mounted when recovery kicks in? The first method will be safer.
[Android Apps and Games] lcalero:
Problem is I can't find the cp command. There's mv, and there's ln but no cp.

I've tried the following: Copied install-recovery.sh in /data (I can write there), remounted /system with -o remount,rw,nosuid and tried to cat /data/install-recovery.sh > /system/etc/install-recovery.sh

Error: out of memory and the phone reboots... :(
[Android Apps and Games] newbieprogrammer:
i've got a problem with this link2sd.

when i open the app, it says

"ext2 partition can not be mounted. Make sure you create ext2 partition and have root acces"

sure i got my phone rooted and created ext2 partition.

but it can't mount the ext2

is there any way to fix it?

*maybe, do i need minimum size for ext2?

btw, i've tried with .ko file. but same with posts before, it doesn't work
[Android Apps and Games] clase1993:
I have a 16 gb sd card and am using a coby kyros with root privileges, I did what you explain the card dividing equally fat one for 32 and another one for ext2. but when connecting the table with the pc only recognizes the internal memory and not half the fat32 partition.
[Android Apps and Games] newbieprogrammer:
how do you do it? i also use x10 mini. but the link2sd can't mount the ext2
[Android Apps and Games] necrohades:
Have you partitioned your card correctly? The first partition should be FAT (if you are using 2gb) or FAT32, and the next one should be ext2, both of them should be set as primary. I used the minitool partition wizard.

For root, you can double check by installing titanium backup, or if you will need to root, use the superoneclick found on the x10 mini pro forums
[Android Apps and Games] wsgaskins:
Auto-linked a system app... now what?

With the recent auto-updates of quite a few of the google built-in system apps, I decided to use the Titanium Backup PRO feature to bake in the update to my ROM ("Integrate updates of system apps into ROM" feature), to remove the extra 'updated' copy from my phone's limited available memory.

But when I did this the first time to an app (gmail), then Link2SD, which is set to "Auto Link" newly installed applications, claimed to have linked the gmail to SD. And since it identifies the gmail as a system app, it won't let me "unlink" it.

Are there any solutions to this? I don't think that I want gmail really to reside on the SD card, but I'm not even sure if it's possible for Link2SD to replace an app that is supposed to be in the ROM with a link, so I don't really know what happened here. This seems like a bug to auto link anything identified as a system app.

---------- Post added at 09:50 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:27 AM ----------

I feel that I should note a few specifics here about my situation:

Phone: Optimus V

OS: 2.2.1

Link2SD v 1.9.2
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Yes, it is a bug in auto linking. I did not previously tested that Titanium Backup's function. I fixed it and going to release a new version (1.9.3).

In your case, only dex file should be linked. You can check this by looking '->' symbol on the labels of Gmail files.

If you delete the dex file from /data/dalvik-cache directory and then reboot your phone it will be regenerated and link will be removed.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
I am working on linking system apps but only dex files can be linked for system apps.

But I will also add "convert to user app" (and vice versa) function. In that way, you can convert the system app into a user app and then link its all files.

I think it is safer than directly linking a system app.
[Android Apps and Games] wsgaskins:
I'm not sure everywhere that I should look, but I poked around a bit with Android Commander and found:

/system/app/Gmail.apk -> /data/sdext2/Gmail.apk

/data/dalvik-cache/system@app@Gmail.apk@classes.dex -> /data/sdext2/dalvik-cache/system@app@Gmail.apk@classes.dex

And I noticed pretty quickly that the icon I had for gmail on my home screen was missing. I am still able to use Gmail, but I haven't tried rebooting my phone since this started. I'm a bit worried to do that until I know if this will break things further, or if I should go into an su-shell and delete those symlinks and move the files back manually from the /data/sdext2 location.

Are there any other files I should look for?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Yes, you can go into an su-shell and delete those symlinks and move the files back manually from the /data/sdext2 location, there are no other files you should look for.
[Android Apps and Games] wsgaskins:
Well, darn.

I started a shell with Android Commander, opened the terminal window, typed "su" to get the root prompt, removed the symlink (rm /system/app/Gmail.apk) and then it wouldn't let me move the file from the SD card (mv /data/sdext2/Gmail.apk /system/app/Gmail.apk). It kept failing with a warning about some kind of cross-device link. So I tried recreating the symlink with "ln -s" and that seemed to put the .apk file (link) back into /system/app directory, but still my gmail app was gone from the home screen and even the app list.

I rebooted and then the Gmail icon came back. <whew>

So I guess I don't know how to get it fixed. Any advice?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
try

cat /data/sdext2/Gmail.apk > /system/app/Gmail.apk

instead of

mv /data/sdext2/Gmail.apk /system/app/Gmail.apk

for cross-device link error.
[Android Apps and Games] bsoplinger:
I just got to update my Dell Streak 7 Honeycomb. Since I had about 1.5G of apps in the .Android_secure directory from the Froyo app2sd I desperately wanted something that would work similarly under Honeycomb. A bit of searching turned up link2sd.

I believe I properly formatted my SDHC card into a 30G FAT32 partition and a second 2G ext3 partition. But nada, zip, zilch. No second ext3 partition gets mounted. Am I doing anything wrong or is there a bug with the latest release and Honeycomb?
[Android Apps and Games] kretos:
@bakpinar

Hello

I'm not sure if you have seen my post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=16909855#post16909855

In RC4 and RC5 of CM7 by Mur4ik there's an error with mounting second partition (because CM mounts by itself with another name). Can you please add a workaround for this?

Thanks again for great app.
[Android Apps and Games] NunoRCC:
Hello there,

Been using this app since I had an SE X8; now I have a Samsung Gio and installed the app again; when I use this app to uninstall programs, it will reboot automatically my phone, just after i click "unnistall"... any explanation/solution?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Apps and Games] wsgaskins:
Perfect! That worked. I noticed that there was no "cp" command available, but I hadn't considered using "cat" as an alternative for copy. I'll be waiting for v1.9.3 before I try this again.
[Android Apps and Games] franklampard:
Same problem that I am facing. Some1 help!
[Android Apps and Games] dnyan2007:
Sori 4 late reply... here is the link

http://www.postiar.com/post/25584/applications-on-the-sd-with-link2sd-froyo-and-gingerbread.html
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
No, modify/delete 05mountsd or revoke its execute permission.

Or you can use ext2 or FAT32 for the 2nd partition, in that case it can not be mounted by 05mountsd since it requires ext3.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Uninstall a user app or a system app?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
UPDATE:

1.9.3

- added "Recreate mount scripts" menu to recreate mount scripts manually when you change fs type or rom

- fixed bugs in "Quick reboot" and setting "Install location" on some devices

- some minor fixes and tweaks
[Android Apps and Games] Captain_Throwback:
Great app. I've been using it since its inception, on and off.

Would it be possible to have an option to disable the notification for when apps are installed and automatically linked?
[Android Apps and Games] tour93:
Hello,

I thought this app was moving newly installed apps to sd. I can see the notification every time :"app linked to SD card".

Does this mean that the app is on sd card? or do I need to move them manually?

When I use Manage Applications, I don't see them on SD card.

What does it mean, the app is linked to SD?
[Android Apps and Games] bsoplinger:
I'm new to Honeycomb and using Link2SD. The new addition to the latest version gave me an error but also useful info. Perhaps I can figure out why its not working for me. The error told me that I didn't have a 2nd partition and that /dev/whatever did not exist. Also told me to make sure I had 2 primary partitions. If I mount my SDHC card under Linux or Mac OS they both mount 2 partitions. I think that indicates I've formatted the card right and it points me to the card not mounting properly. Can someone point me to a thread that might help me? I've tried searching but I think I'm missing something I need to know so haven't searched for the right phrase to find anything that seems to be helpful.
[Android Apps and Games] kaiserpc:
Hi, 1st thanks for a great app :-)

I am having a problem since moving to gingerbread 2.3.5 on my acer liquid metal. For some reason after reinstalling link2sd after upgrading from froyo to gb, link2sd can only see 1gb of my 2gb second partition. It reports Total 1gb Used 280mb Free 1gb. using terminal df reports the same thing. Previously to upgrading it was working fine Total 2gb used 280mb free 1.72gb.

I've tried recreating the 2nd partition (which is fat32 by the way), re-formatting the entire sd card, creating the 2nd partition as ext2, reinstalling link2sd etc - but nothing works - it never sees more than 1gb :-(

If I create a 2nd partition smaller than 1gb - it reports that correctly. Help!
[Android Apps and Games] heinz_pt:
Hello, I was formatting my SD Card, using MiniTool Partition and in the end the SD is not recognized by my phone or the PC.

Is there a form to retrieve or recover the SD card?

Thx
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
Use the hp format took then use recovery to do the partitioning.
[Android Apps and Games] tour93:
I don't get this app.

what does link to sd mean?

When I install a new app, it automatically link to sd, ok but my internal memory keep decreasing.

So do I need to move the app to sd manually after that?

In settings what is the "install location"?

Sorry for these maybe dumb questions, but I'd really like to understand.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] heinz_pt:
Sorry what is "hp format"? And were do I do this? Mounted on the phone or remove for the phone and mount on the pc?

Thanks for the help.
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
You can get it here

http://www.eocfiles.com/bdc86eb1ed2989c30dcd1902e84939ae/bootdisks/SP27608.exe

Mount you sdcard in windows once you phone says it mounted run the tool select your sdcard and pick quick format then click format. That will wipe your sdcard and remove all paritions.
[Android Apps and Games] jajalove:
great app! it saves my internal memory

thanks! :)
[Android Apps and Games] turbo789:
I have exactly the same problem. Did you find out the solution?
[Android Apps and Games] kaiserpc:
No joy yet :-( Was hoping I would get an answer on here. I am just using a .99 gb 2nd partition at the moment.

Any ideas anyone?
[Android Apps and Games] turbo789:
I accidently deleted both the partitions, thereby starting with a unformatted 32 gb micro sd card. I created two primary partitions (the second being 2gb), both in FAT32 format. Inserted the card in the phone and rebooted. Now, link2sd sees and reports 2 gb second partition.

I don't know the exact reason why it worked.

EDIT: I lost both the partitions when I erased the sd card through the phone itself. When I did this, it couldn't format the sd card. It just deleted both the partitions resulting in a unformatted sd card.
[Android Apps and Games] rausNT:
This program does not mount partition using firmware MIUI without rapid reload. Give that to do?

sorry for bad english...
[Android Apps and Games] maxxik2010:
Hi !

Is it possible to add one more filter ?

Now I see "All, System, User, Linked and On internal" which is good but when I link only *.dex to sdcard (*.apk lies on internal memory) I see the app only in "Linked" category.

I think it would be good to have one more filter - for ex. keep "Linked" for fully linked applications and add possibility to filter "Linked dex only"...

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] thyl_:
I´ve been trying to use your app, but I´m stuck in this error:

__________________________________________________________

Mount script error

Mount script cannot be created.

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

_______________________________________________________________

The phone is a Wildfire with latest CM 7.1.0.1 ... every time I reboot I have to do a quick reboot again from within link2sd... I tried the three ext2,ext3 and ext4 but I think it´s the Wildifre´s S-ON problem...

is there anyway to workaround this ?

may be I can install the script in a zip from the recovery ?
[Android Apps and Games] rwhite4761:
link2sd please help

I installed link2sd and partitioned my sd with 512 ext and 0 swap. I have tried to run link2sd for a few hours now in-between reading all of these posts on the subject and i'm still getting the classic mounting/dev/block/vold/179:2 on /data/sdext2 failed:invalid argument". Ive tried the options ext/2/3/4/and fat32 but link2sd still gives the same error. I was on chevysno1 kernel but thought possibly switching to p3droids would help with no success. Im on lgb 3.0 and am dumbfounded
[Android Apps and Games] dilligaf56:
Excellent app - you've given my OG Droid a new life - thanks!!
[Android Apps and Games] insiemes:
Hi !

Is it really necessary to have root permission to use this application?

I have Xperia X8 E15i with official 2.1 firmware and If i root my phone will it void my warranty.
[Android Apps and Games] jhonnyx1000:
I think you can always un-root. Don't see any way of working without root privileges.
[Android Apps and Games] dimcho:
Optimus One

Strange thing happened, suddenly app stop working saying that second partition is read only so I couldn't link no more apps.

Solution: Power off, battery out, wait a while, battery back, power on and everything back to normal.

This app is lifesaving for my Optimus One. Thx man!!! :D
[Android Apps and Games] djhyperd:
Hello friends,

I'm from Brazil, so I used the google translator to send this message, I'm sorry for that.

I have a Samsung Galaxy Mini Gingerbread with 2.3.4 installed and latest version of Link2sd, but every time I turn on my phone it can not mount the partition EXT2 and asked to give a quick reboot to mount the partition.

Is there any method to fix this?

Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] vleutmans:
Hmm I once got same issue with quick reboot to be able to mount the partition.

Since i installed busybox + created directory /etc/init.d "before" I install link2sd it worked for me though.... give it a try.
[Android Apps and Games] WishFinder`:
Hi. I couldnt get pass this stage. When I want to create, it says this

"MiniTool Partition Wizard cannot create a new partition on this removable disk. If you like to create several partition on this removable disk, you need to delete all partitions first."

what should I do now??

4gb SD card class 2.
[Android Apps and Games] vleutmans:
try only one step first to shrink your current (first) FAT(32) partition, and press apply.

afterwards:

next step is create your second partition, ext or fat32.

press apply.
[Android Apps and Games] WishFinder`:
Thank you so much. It worked. ^_^

edit: Oh, I moved my apps using apps2sd. I found out there are some remaining data in the phone. Are those data : dalvik-cache (.dex) file and lib files (.so) ? Or those are the game saves data. So, if i use Link2SD, i can completely move those data to sd?

edit2: Mm.. It seems to show an error.

my 2nd partition is on fat32
[Android Apps and Games] vleutmans:
Hmm googled a bit, and found the following thread :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1157339

Not sure about your rom..is it cyanogenmod there?
[Android Apps and Games] WishFinder`:
YEs. CM7 KANG

from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1263292

mm what should I do now?
[Android Apps and Games] Dimmz:
Hi, my link2sd is stuck giving me the 'read only file sys' error. It also can't create mount script or clean the second partition.

this all happened when I switched my SD card and reinstalled a previous recovery. Thing is, i had used that card before so its not faulty. Any ideas?