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[Android Apps and Games] cala1900:
This is interesting. Does it mean that for HTC Desire users, it is not enough to just root the phone and install link2sd + 2nd partition on SDcard, but also the additional steps you mentioned above?
[Android Apps and Games] bagusyp:
I have been linked a lib file but after reboot my devices the link had gone, any solutions?

My device is SG Ace with Link2SD v1.6.0

Thank in advanced :)
[Android Apps and Games] kazuive:
I have installed link2sd and work well, Thanks!

but one question, i created two partition on my sd card, 3.2GB for data and 500mb (ext3) for apps.

Link2sd can move apps to the 2nd partition but i can't see info of my 2nd partition in storage info, only showing "N/A", is it normal??
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
bakpinar, Link2SD just check the lib folder to find the lib files, right? What about lib files that aren't in that location?

The app with the biggest lib (10MB) I have does that. The lib file is located in the app root folder. Is this common practice?
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
There is a bug in storage info on some phones.

It will be fixed in the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
No, it is not common practice. Normally native shared libraries are located in /data/data/<appname>/lib directory.
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Google only allows developers from a limited number of countries to publish a paid application on the Android Market.

If you do not live in these countries, you have no chance of publishing your applications as paid on the market.

And I don't live in a Google approved country!
[Android Apps and Games] kazuive:
Roger that! Thanks.

I am using N1.
[Android Apps and Games] fabricioemmerick:
Has anyone managed to install this on COBY KYROS MID7015, this is impossible, does not recognize the partitions.
[Android Apps and Games] acsher:
Hey bakpinar or any one who could help, I am new to all this stuff so despite learning alot in these few days I get confused every now and then

Just wanted to know as to whether I will be able to reinstall all my linked application by simply reinstalling link2sd and accesing the apks through it which are already saved in my sdcard?..that is, if I change roms?

Or is it just an application to save internal memory by transferring the files on sdcard?

Also I will appreciate it if somebody could explain to me the significance of delvic cache files as well as lib files

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] acsher:
Just in case, did you remember clicking the "apply" button...that is if you used mini tool to make the partition?

This is something very easy to ignore.

I ignored it myself and was facing the same problem as you
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
I've checked all the .so files and you're right, gladly. Then I manually linked the offending lib but the result was FC every time I ran it. Took me a while to figure out that I had to change the link owner to the app owner.
[Android Apps and Games] acsher:
Guys please tell me if this application works as a kind of back up to my apps? I.e that I wont be needing to install them through the market and could just install them by link2sd everytime I changed the roms?

Or is it just an app to save internal memory by transferring files to the SD card?
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
It's "just" an app to save internal memory by transferring files to the SD card.

What you might need is Titanium Backup.
[Android Apps and Games] carloslopescj:
Hey, i need some help over here.

I installed Link2SD and used it without problems for 2 months. Yesterday, I updated my sony ericsson x8 software and bought a new 8GB SD Card. I've done the partitions (Fat32 with 5gbs and Ext2 with 2gbs) but then, when I link the apps to the card, they just disappear (not all apps, just some, like ninjump, angry birds etc).

I reboot, and nothing...
[Android Apps and Games] fabricioemmerick:
Hello friend what is your tablet? Would this procedure works in mID7015? Would you like to do a more detailed tutorial?
[Android Apps and Games] acsher:
Lol so much hard work and that too for nothing ...those who change rom hardly care for things like memory ...I almost ruined my card thinking that it is an app

That is much better than titanium back up
[Android Apps and Games] JavierArends:
I'm a little confused with this app.

see understand that it is a wonder in mobiles with low memory for installing apps.

I do not understand the reason for using this app on a x10 which has 1GB of space to install apps.

at least in my case I just install the app that I need and are usually about 280MB free data / app and system / app about 150 and 180MB free.

"This clears the system unnecessary apps / app"

Now I wonder if x instance I'm using the rom to 2.1 and 2.2 to install optional aftermarket link2sd I will not have to reinstall all apps and configure them again.?

the link2sd would do that automatically?

if this app would do so if an option for me at least.
[Android Apps and Games] Jason Black:
i made a partition using Amon Ra and it clearly not showing the sdext2 in the data/ (even if i clearly click the option to convert that to ext3 after i partitioned it), but link2sd keeps telling me that it cant get su permission. I dont get it.....

any help?
[Android Apps and Games] acsher:
Forget me for my ignorance but I am a little confused here I was just going through the link2sd app and noticed that while it completely ignores those apps which could be transfered to SD card (froyo way), even the ones which can't be transfered and could hence be linked by it only end up losing 1 or 2 megs of their size

So my question is that isn't this sounds too much an exercise for a trivial amount of data?
[Android Apps and Games] fabricioemmerick:
Hello friend already did that and nothing, still not recognizing the partitions
[Android Apps and Games] Jason Black:
When i use EASEUS..I see that i have an SDEXT3 partition...but link2sd is still not getting su permission....why? :(
[Android Apps and Games] Jason Black:
nevermind..i got it to work.
[Android Apps and Games] sw99:
I would like to suggest the ability to link .dex files to the /cache mount as this would load apps faster than the sd card.
[Android Apps and Games] AfroLoots:
I freed up no less than 100Mb. I don't think that is a trivial amount.

Sent from my X10a running EW Jet ArcEx V005.5ex
[Android Apps and Games] sw99:
and for the record, the froyo way only moves the .apk file. In many cases most of the bulk of the app is in the .dex, lib and data files.
[Android Apps and Games] sandroleal:
Maybe it´s a SD card problem. I´ve had this issue too (apps dissapearing after boot) and after all it was because of a bad/damaged SD card, problem in writing/reading :(

Test with your previous SD card and see if the apps still keep disappearing.
[Android Apps and Games] ainomx:
link2sd and x5a-g tablet

I have a X5A-G tablet and had the no sd card issue.

After reading most of this thread and thanks to MongooseHelix suggestions there, seems to be working now.

The problem is that the tablet indeed recognize the partitions but doesn't automount them, but you can still do manual mount (the mounting points are /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 and /dev/block/mmcblk0p2)

I automated the process using install-recovery.sh in /system/etc/ with this commands:

#!/system/bin/sh
mount -o rw -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard
mount -o rw -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext2

A little advice, I'm using windows :p and install-recovery.sh was buggy if i created/edited with notepad or wordpad, use notepad++ instead.
[Android Apps and Games] enotar:
Thanks so much Aino, this is fantastic.........

I still cannot believe it is working with no issues.

You are the man
[Android Apps and Games] MongooseHelix:
Glad you got it working and some suggestion of mine was useful :). It's been a lot of frustration for enotar so it's great you've found the solution for him too.
[Android Apps and Games] enotar:
Yeap..... it is so great!

Thanks to you too... and to bakpinar to bring us this fantastic software :D
[Android Apps and Games] pshadoww:
Bug report on 1.6.0

On 1.6.0 there's a bug on new function.

If automatic linking option is on, when you want to move a program back to internal memory, Link2SD will try to move it back to SD card. As a result the program will disappear and you cannot reinstall it via market.

I use AVG antivirus on phone. Don't know if this matters.

Thank you for your hard work, this program is amazing~ much better than app2sd
[Android Apps and Games] kazuive:
do i need to move back all apps to internal memory before ota update?
[Android Apps and Games] azcv:
The same thing happens to me sometimes.Especialy when update some apps.Is thehe any solution for this? It is related only to lib files.The other links remain untouched.

P.S. Will there be a new version with possibility to link data also?
[Android Apps and Games] Almighty1:
I can confirm this too as two days ago, I updated Twitter and Amazon MP3, both which are system apps on my phone, as soon as I do the update/install, link2sd moves it to /data/sdext2 and there was no way I can manually move it with root explorer as it will simply move it back to /data/sdext2 until I turn the automatic linking option off and then manually move both the data, dalvik-cache to where it belongs. I thought link2sd doesn't support System apps yet but apparently in this case, it did.
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
It supports the updated system apps because they are installed in /data/app/. The original ones in /system/app/ aren't touched.
[Android Apps and Games] Almighty1:
Not in this case, you are right about when it first installs that it goes to /data/app but what I did even after it moved it to /data/sd2ext was used root explorer to move it to /system/app and the next thing I know, Link2SD moves it to /data/sd2ext.
[Android Apps and Games] danceswithbongs:
OK this will cover several previous posts from the last few pages.

-When updating a system app it must bee integrated into the system, otherwise you will have two versions, one on system/app and one on data app. Titanium Backup has a function, filter select system apps only. The ones updated will have the word updated written in white, next to the name of the system app. Press down and hold for a second or two on that app. Sub menu will pop up and at bottom is option to integrate updated app into ROM, choose that. It will move the new version into system/app and remove the older deprecated version.

-You can link any app that is froyo app to sd compatible, you just can't link them if they have been moved to sd via froyo. Just move back to internal and then link. Don't knock an app you don't fully understand. And if it was a waste of your previous time, you are in the minority.

-ROM Manager has worked for me both times I've partitioned my SD. Once maybe before the new year and again the other day when I decided to make my linux swap position smaller and wanted to reformat the SD, as I've found that keeps things running smooth.

Just remember to backup what you have on the SD card first as RM will reformat the entire card before out makes the partition.

-People, come on, at least make an effort in looking to see if there is already an answer to your question. Literally I've seen questions that are posted 3 posts below the very answer on the same page. Don't make everyone else waste their time, which is just as valuable as yours, to answer a question that has been addressed. It's getting ridiculous, especially the ones with the answer right on the page the question is posted or one page back.

And lastly this

-Someone asked was bakpinar looking for donations. It read like it was meant as an insult, regarding how it was worded. If it wasn't an insult then my apologies and please ignore the following. But if it was; you have no class.

Bakpinar clearly isn't looking for donations. I have requested several times that he add a donation link to the OP, as I wanted to show my thanks by more than just typing in six letters. Since bakpinar had put so much time and effort not only on the creation and improvement of the app itself, but also in the countless attempts to help everyone so that they to could user the app.

Initially bakpinar didn't add the donation link after I requested a while back. It was only after my latest attempt and several posts in agreement, saying they too wanted to give some monetary appreciation, that bakpinar actually put up a donate link.

So if you take issue with it, take issue with me and not bakpinar. Everyone who had been on this thread for some time will back me up that the last thing bakpinar is in this for is money.

Again if the statement was not meant as a bit of an insult, please disregard my prior sentences.

If it was, let me also add, I think you suck and you're part of what's wrong in this world, where bakpinar is clearly part of what is right.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.

walkin the walk while tappin the talk

danceswithbongs
[Android Apps and Games] Almighty1:
Obviously you didn't read either. The automatic linking was introduced in 1.6.0 both Twitter and Amazon MP3 are system apps on my Original Droid. I am using Titanium Backup but the issue is that I install using market, Link2SD moves Twitter and Amazon MP3 apk and the dalvik-cache to /data/sd2ext. I use root explorer to move the apk and dalvik-cache back to /system/app and /data/dalvik-cache after manually deleting the links in /data/app and /data/dalvik-cache, link2SD immediately moves the .apk and dalvik-cache back to /data/sd2ext again. Titanium Backup because of what link2SD did doesn't even show Twitter and Amazon MP3 in the list of applications, neither does the application dock in Launcher Pro, the only way around this is to first turn off the Automatic Linking in 1.6.0 and then use root explorer by first deleting the dalvik-cache and apk links and moving the actual .apk and dalvik-cache back to /system/app and /data/dalvik-cache manually and ofcourse without a reboot it won't work. I was hoping link2sd didn't do the link so I could just long press and integrate into ROM in Titanium backup so your response was pointless as that is only if it worked correctly since Titanium Backup will move the stuff from /data/app to /system/app, that will not work if link2SD already did the link for both the dalvik-cache and the /data/app and moved the file to /data/sd2ext on it's own which even happens if I move the file from /data/sd2ext back to /system/app, it will still move it to /data/sd2ext and do all the linking. And just to answer your question, there was a system app that link2SD did not move but as soon as I did the Titanium backup integrate into rom, link2SD ran and moved it to /data/sd2ext for both the .apk and dalvik-cache, it's basically Google Goggles I am referring to.
[Android Apps and Games] danceswithbongs:
Slow down brother.

It's possible that I misunderstood what was written, but I did read it.

Just as I have read the post you just made.

As far as I know, google goggles is not regarded as a system app. I very well may be mistaken.

Maybe link2sd only recognizes system apps that are from bakpinar's phones system apps, since that is the phone he tests it on.

I can't figure out why link2sd is moving the file you pasted in system apps. It has never done that for me. Is it possible that you paste it and then hit install? Since there is no need to install it after pasting it and that would definitely cause link2sd to link it again.

Another thing that you wrote is that you paste the dalvik into data/dalvik.

If that is the case, every ROM I have used keeps the dalvik for system apps in a different folder. For me they are in cache/dalvik. And that could be the issue. But it could be stored in a different file with whatever you are currently running.

I'm not trying to be a d%ck, I'm trying to help.

Also do you change the permissions with root explorer after pasting the apk so it matches the other system apps' permissions?

Let me know, as I only wrote the paragraph you quoted above to try and help.

I don't have ESP, so how do I know who already knows what information? I know in the past I've mentioned the integrate function to some long time TIBU users, and they weren't aware of that feature.

If I did, then it would have saved me from trying to write that so I could be of some help. As out clearly would have been of zero help.

walkin the walk while tappin the talk

danceswithbongs
[Android Apps and Games] adazamim:
HTC HD2 + (app2sd) INCREDIBLE S ANDROID

Dear Bakpinar,

Your app is really brilliant,

I hope to know wither it's possible for me to use or not.

I have an HTC HD2, with the following Android ROM Installed,

MAGLDR v1.13

+ Clockworkmod Recovery v1.3 (310M for v2.0 partition)

+ Qaliza's Incredible S [v2.0][ARABIC][app2sd][kernel Rafpigna 1.8 OC]

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1022108

I have, already, created a

1GB EXT2 partition

on my SD Card, for this ROM to fit on my EU HTC HD2.

Now, the tough cookie, is it possible to use your app on my device on the same EXT partition?

I'd appreciate having your answer. :o

Note:

As you may have noticed, on this Rom's thread, the developer has created three versions with following techniques:

v4.0 data2ext

v3.0 RAM

v2.0 app2sd

I have tried all of them, the last one (app2sd) seemed to be my cup of tea :)

v2.0 is the smoothest, the mot responsive and the most snappy version.

Only problem is that I am left with 48 MB of free internal storage memory :(

I had to un-sync my Facebook and Twitter apps to overcome the ever growing "Contact Storage" size :(

Thanks in advance,

And wish I had a native Android phone to try your app :)
[Android Apps and Games] Almighty1:
danceswithbongs:

Don't take it the wrong way, I was just trying to clarify it.

Google Googles is a system app on the Motorola Droid 1 since this was the phone that the 3 companies (Verizon Wireless, Motorola, and Google) introduced that really made Android a major competitor with the iPhone. I am running a stock ROM that's rooted which is 2.2 FRG83G.

No idea why it's moving the file pasted in system apps and no, I didn't hit install because I did it more than once just to see what would happen and it did the same thing. Hitting install is actually a bad idea whenever the .apk is in /system/app as it would just install another copy of the .apk in /data/app, all it takes is a reboot and the system will recognize the .apk in /system/app. What I haven't figured out is if there is a way for the system to recognize the .apk in /system/app without rebooting since Titanium Backup is able to integrate into the ROM and the system will recognize it as being there. If I manually moved it to /system/app, the app drawer will look for the thing in /data/app pretty much. The Motorola Droid 1 keeps the dalvik for system apps in /data/dalvik-cache as it's always system@apkname for example, every phone is different. /cache is used completely for something else. Yes, I did change the permissions with root explorer so it's the same as the rest of the other /system/app files but as long as it has the same or more permissions, it would still work since this is unix after all, the only thing I couldn't change was the owner and the group of the file which is a function that I recommended to the root explorer author but has yet to be implemented as of yet.

I know about the integrate function for TIBU because I used TIBU before that feature was introduced and I always read the changelog in the market before

the upgrade and even the changelog screens when I run it the first time after the upgrade since the long press is something I always had to do, to force attach to market, move to SD before I discovered link2SD and also to hide a app from the app drawer.

I know you were trying to help but I think what happened was that you were trying to basically consolidate a bunch of posts into one single reply and forgot some details of the original post so it cause a misunderstanding as the only reason I posted was because someone else was reporting some linking issue and I did too so that it would be more of a bug report since as I mentioned, turning off the automatic linking already solved the problem as a workaround so it's no biggie for me as I prefer to manually link anyways. Besides, your original response was trying to address a few posts/issues at the same time by consolidating a reply. No hard feelings.
[Android Apps and Games] danceswithbongs:
Great, as I was bummed that I thought you thought I was throwing attitude your way.

Good point in regards to the fact I tried to deal with multiple posts all in one post. I will try to keep from doing that on the future, as I can see how one answers "voice" can bleed into the tone of the post overall, i.e. the final part where I addressed the post that sounded like it was insulting bakpinar. The voice from that part could easily cloud the entire post as a whole.

It just really bothered me that out of the blue someone seemed to be knocking bakpinar having the donate button.

As for the dalvik storage for system apps, every ROM I have run has had the system dalvik on cache/dalvik. But once I had rooted I really stopped using stock from then forward. So I can see how I may never even have looked on the stock with root explorer to see how dalvik was stored with system apps.

Though that is odd about not being to fully alter permissions.

Had this occurred with anything else? I do know that a few times something has caused superuser to stop working correctly, maybe that is the cause.

It will become obvious if you start using apps that the su toast pops up, and it no longer will our just for some.

If that is what ends up being the underlying cause, the solution is pretty easy. In settings app management, I just force stop su app and then clear data, back to home and just reopen root su apps and they are again recognized and you just have to re accept allowing them su rights.

I don't really know the why behind it, but I've read that its has happened to many others as well.

Good thing is you didn't lose root, as I've heard of that randomly occurring and that is obviously a much more annoying task to have to root again.

Glad we got everything smooth as I've seen these types of misunderstandings take over entire threads with bickering due to fragile egos.

Heck it seems to be like that, over time, with many ROM developer teams. Too many leaders in one team, refusing to ever be led by one of the others.

That has destroyed some of the better ROMs that have been out there in the past.

walkin the walk while tappin the talk

danceswithbongs
[Android Apps and Games] danceswithbongs:
Almighty 1

I forgot to mention that when you wrote about always reading the change log, I started dying laughing.

Hopefully you watch South Park, especially the premiere the other day.

Basically it had to do with people in general not reading things like terms of service before signing.

3 characters had just agreed top the latest i tunes update.

Accepting the agreement that this time said that they were giving apple the rights to use their bodies to create the new I technology Jobs wants to release. Part of the agreement said apple is allowed to sew my mouth to another persons ass and possibly sew my ass to another persons mouth.

Read twice sign once

walkin the walk while tappin the talk

danceswithbongs
[Android Apps and Games] Kierrok:
Did you tried unlinking the app before moving it to /system/app?
[Android Apps and Games] King_Rat:
Greetings

I use Move2SD Enabler ^^

What's the difference between your app & what I currently use??

regards,
[Android Apps and Games] bakpinar:
Yes, you can use Link2SD with the same partition.