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[Motorola Milestone Android Development] brysonwong:
Still, i cant use app2ext?

Here's what i did.

I formatted my SD into partitions, FAT32 and EXT2 via Minitool partition windows home edition.

I fully wiped my phone, applied Cyanmod R2 > Gapps > app2ext.zip.

I installed Titanum Backup and check and found out that i couldnt see any "SD(app2sd)".

Is there something wrong i did?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
I used Minitool partition to make ext2 partition as well. Just make sure that ext2 is primary also.

The procedure is correct. Is the app2ext file you used from this? http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10994672&postcount=226

If yes you need to go to console and type "mkdir /system/sd" and then reboot after you apply app2ext.zip.

If you use app2ext_cm7 I think it automatically enable the function after you apply the zip.

Edit: Just tried out - need to mkdir /system/sd in console after apply zip file either app2ext or app2ext_cm7. By the way, I didn't do any wipe.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] brysonwong:
Thanks alot! Now app2ext is working on my phone! :D
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
Done Accordingly. I put these files in the updates folder

" https://github.com/downloads/nadlabak/android/update-cm-7.0.0-RC2-0.07-11.02.23-Milestone-signed.zip "

And the Google apps for cm7 was not available for milestone so I downloaded Google apps for Droid mentioned on the website " http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps "

I run Cm7.zip file from sdcard , it completed successfully and again I run the Google Apps.zip from the Apply update and it run successfully too.

I downloaded CM6 Google apps for Droid as cm7 version for droid or milestone was not available.

I rebooted my device and then the bootloader popped up with an arror just below the bootloader version saying

" Error : A5,69,4E,00,23 "

Phone doesnt start up after that , though I was able to perform a nandroid backup after that.

Can anyone suggest whats wrong ?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
@virus: You seem to have followed a more complicated approach.

All you need to do is follow what the 1st post in this thread says. Use Androidiani OR. It (And sklirax's OR) has the best compatibility with CM.

If you read the 1st post carefully, you should be able to see a link for our Gapps.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
I did follow the post quite carefully . I have Openrecovery installed.

The google apps for CM7 is not available, they are only available for cm6 version . So I downloaded that and applied it. Do you think that might be the problem ? installing wrong google apps?

But then it wouldnt give a boot loader error , isnt it ?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
Okay I got the Files for CM7 :) Sorry I dint see the later part of the website. So do you think installing cm7 google apps will solve the bootloader issue?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
If you're stuck at the CM7 bootup, then yes, the wrong Gapps may cause that.

But if you're stuck at the "m" bootup, all I can advise is nandroid, full wipe, reflash, and hope for the best.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
Yeah the google apps were causing that sort of problem :) thanks for the help :)

And its pretty smooth , might restore my applications and check how responsive it is to them.

And btw it is overclocked at 1ghz right ?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Fekish:
Hello,

Could someone give me a link to download ext apps for CM7, as I am on the mobile now, and I can't find anywhere a download location...
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
If you meant Google apps then here it is

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version#Google_Apps

Search for your device on the left hand side and download accordingly :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] brysonwong:
How do I transfer "data/data" into the ext2 partition?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
You can find the app2ext_cm7.zip in the post #851 from this thread.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
There's what I've been searching for quite a bit of time. I've tried to do it by Linux command but just success on moving data/data to /sd-ext but failed to link and mount them up.

I hope some of the experts can come up scripts that can move data/data to ext2 which is already done for HTC device (so-called data2ext).

And I'm not success on applying with ext3 partition which improves a lot in performance compared to ext2.

Still lots of stuff to play with for my milestone :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] brysonwong:
I tried to use app2ext_cm7.zip, my apps went "missing" in the drawer.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
@virus: CM is by default, overclocked at 900MHz @ 60vsel.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
What launcher are you using? Did you backup the config? Once you restore the config the apps will show up again from the drawer.

I use GO launcher EX. I applied app2ext_cm7.zip with no wipe and reboot the device. The icon for the apps missing and the name of apps just mess up from the drawer. After I restored the launcher config all the stuff are back to normal.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
Kool , thank you :):)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ezeygtr40:
is the GPS working in this ROM?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Babis_ECE:
It works flawlessly. ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
So... which one are you using???

Cos' my GPS is working, but i can't make SYGIC MOBILE MAPS 10 work! I can't even open it. Everytime i want shows me FC.

Any ideas??

Tnx

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[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Babis_ECE:
I am using MotoNav and Navigon 3.5.4 and they both work just fine. :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
Everything works normal except the messaging app which is by default.

Everytime i get a new message , it doesnt display it in the bottom of the page which it should actually do and rather it goes on the top of the messaging contact.

Like this

xxx message

xxx message

xxx message ( the latest message )

my message

my message

my message ( the latest message)

Is there a bug or is it built that way?

Coz its getting frustrating . Though i dont have many messages at the moment so its fine , but when i have like 100s of messages then i will need to scroll all the way up to check the recent message which i got.

And for some strange reason , handcent sms app doesnt work , I tried reinstalling it twice but still face force close everytime and android process closes.

Can someone look into this.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] salisbury_steak:
@sdtaddey: perhaps you have alot of widgets/apps open and the available RAM simply cannot support a resource-hungry app such as sygic? (Or any map app for that matter.)

@virus: please back read, kabaldan himself gave a fix for that issue around Feb 23 or 24. (That semi-bug started happening on the RC2 release.)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] latino147:
I was trying to learn how to create an ext3 partition on my SD but I still don't understand a few things.

- First of all you need to create a partition. I can use the MiniTool partition for that.

But I guess I need to connect the phone and open the SD normally so I'll get a driveletter?

-What happens with my stuff on the SD (8GB), will it al be lost or will it just use the free space for the ext3?

- I already have several apps on my SD with the builtin apps2SD, do I need to reverse this apps back to the phone BEFORE running the script?

- what is the exact order to complete everything:

1 create ext3 partition on SD

2 app2ext_cm7

3 go to console and type "mkdir /system/sd"

4 reboot

and all your apps have moved automatically to ext3?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
You will lose your data in sdcard. It is better to remove the card from the phone before you create the partition. The procedure would be as follows.

1. Copy data from sdcard to your PC

2. Create your partitions( Fat32 should be the first partition followed by others )

3. Copy data from PC back to Fat32 partition

4. Put card back on phone and reboot to recovery.

5. Apply apps2ext

6. Create sd directory

7. Reboot
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] 5nickers:
where did you get navigon 3.5.4? cause it's not in the market yet :(
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
S2E (simple2ext) works only with CyanogenMod7!

S2E (simple2ext)

Anybody tried this app b4?

https://market.android.com/details?id=ru.krikun.s2e&feature=search_result

S2E (simple2ext) works only with CyanogenMod7!

ONLY USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

BEFORE USING MAKE A FULL BACKUP, THE APPLICATION CAN HARM YOUR DEVICE.

The application install a script, that allows you to move applications and some cache in sd-ext partition. In application can specify what needs to be moved.

Usage:

1. Create ext3 partition on sdcard (via Recovery or Rom Manager).

2. Install S2E and configure it.

3. Reboot.

Changes:

[0.2.3]

- Remove ROM check

- Support Android 2.3.3

- Fix FC on script check

[0.2.2]

- Fixed stupid mistakes

[0.2.1]

- App: change cert - Google baned platform cert =(

- App: fix for CM7 check

[0.2.0]

- Script: completely rewritten for future functions

- Script: fix for download cache (AndroidMarket mistake)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] cool bean:
Can predictive texting be added? Thanks for a great rom
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
I dunno. In all my research in using Ext2, most of them recommend first making the partition for Fat32, then followed by Ext2 and then allocate at least 64Mb for Linux Swap.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
Don' t think so, cos' i don't have so many app and not widgets either.

I know anyway that running Ginger in a device with 256 MB sucks, but... i can open heavy games like splinter cell without any problem, so i guess :

1 this app is not supported by CM7

2 this app is not supported by gingerbread at all.

But thank you anyway!

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[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=11258901&postcount=73
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
If u dont mind can u please link me to that post if u can , coz you see there are so many pages out here , atleast you have an idea where it was , which will make it easier for u to pass it over:)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
So that's what i thought,

Thank you so much my friend, :)

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[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Babis_ECE:
I think it already is, at least in greek language. :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
It's never been success for me no matter it's ext2 or ext3 partition with milestone. I can see many people use S2E work like a charm with either ext2 or ext3 but seems none of them are using milestone.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
I saw an app called Swapper 2 in market. It states that it will degrade the sdcard life. But still don't know what it actually do.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] latino147:
Hmmm, I came as far as 5, wanted to reboot to create the dir but I get a CM bootloop now :(

Tried to reflash CM7 several times but it's kaput!

IS there a way to create the SD dir from within the OR?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] :
Use console as mentioned earlier.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
Do u want to create Ext2 on your SD card? If u want to create the partition from your PC, then I would recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition.

I am using MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition on my Windows 7 for making the Ext2 and Linux Swap partition.

http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
My guess is that Linux Swap partition is for people who want to move their Dalvik cache to their SD card. As u know, apps will move files in and out of cache very often and all SD cards have a max number of read and write.

For me, I would rather keep my Dalvik cache on my internal memory as I believe internal memory would still be faster than my Sd card.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
Source: http://urandroid.com/2011/02/13/android-cm7-apps2sd-script-–-simple2ext/

Thanks to XDA member OlegKrikun, CM7 users now have a great script to move apps to their devices SD Ext3 Partition. This allows for no loss of app data when switching between ROMs, most of the time when you flash a ROM you have to wipe data, which loses app settings and data. With this script for CM7 users, you can now save all content and load the latest nightly builds. The usage is pretty simple as shown in this excerpt from the OP:

Usage:

1. Create ext3 partition on sdcard (via Recovery or Rom Manager).

2. Install S2E and configure it.

3. Reboot.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] latino147:
thanks, I did just that. I made it primary partition too

I guess that's not necessary anymore if I use S2E (simple2ext): app2sd for CyanogenMod7?

I'm gonna make a Nandroid backup first now ;)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ozzmanj1:
For me that s2e does not work. I had to use the apps2ext for cm7. I saw the s2e about a week ago, and have been trying to use it. If anyone has had any luck let us know.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] latino147:
I've just installed the S2E.

I had prepared the 1GB ext3 (of which I am only using 8MB now :()

Then I set CM7 to install to the internal memory

I ran the app and checked the first two options (no dalvik and downloads cache)

reboot

everything was *really* slow starting up, but after a few minutes it seems to be working. There seems to be a little performance hit though.

I guess this is only interesting if you have a lots of apps installed.

Edit: Oops a new side-effect. After the screen goes dark (timeout) turning it on gives you a black screen :(

Only a battery-removal works....damn....back to the drawing board....
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] o2xygen:
I am also on the same ship! I had the apps2ext on CM7 working alright after I used the goodwin_c zip..

I flashed the one for CM7 afterwards above the goodwins one and I got a bootloop!

Now, I am on a nandroid without apps2ext, just an empty ext partition and I am trying to install either the one for CM7 or the one from goodwin and I end up always on a bootloop! talk to me about bizarre sh*t
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Fekish:
I was in a strange situation in the past hour: opened Google maps and the phone freezed and had to take out the battery...

Then when I opened Tapatalk and was writing in another forum, the phone suddenly restarted! Arghhhh!
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] etoy:
i don't know if it was already told,but i finally noticed what causes the 3d drawer of launcherpro going so bad with cyanogenmod. i simply removed the overscrolling function from CM menu and now it goes like a charm! the launcherpro 3d app drawer has got itself an overscrolling function,and it probably does interfere with the CM7 overscrolling feature,if enabled. i only left the "beam" feature and i'm done! :) hope that helps
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ozzmanj1:
With Telus Lite my old ROM I used Fat32,Ext3,Linux Swap. I find that with CM7 If I use all three it bootloops, and yes I did use the Apps2ext for CM7. But if I just use the fat32,Ext3 with Apps2ext for CM7 it boots fine. However, even though the apps2ext is working as soon as I reboot everything is gone. I have no idea what is going on and why I lose everything when I reboot. Any suggestions?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bijixda:
What partition number is ext2? it have to be 2nd and primary

If you got bootloop try to wipe dalvik-cache and cache partition.

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[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ozzmanj1:
I am familiar with the steps to get apps2ext. I have my first partition (fat32), second Ext3. In CM7 if I leave it with the two above partitions it boots but anything I install and then reboot I lose. Its like it goes back to a fresh install. If I do the two above with a linux swap partition it bootloops and wont go past the "M" logo. Any suggestions? I dont understand why I lose everything I've installed when I reboot. My old ROM was Telus Lite v4 and I did the three partitions and everything worked great and I could reboot without any issues.

Oh and I the phone is laggy. It tells me I have around 125mb internal memory. System memory is around 20-35 (probably the reason for the slowness)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] arttree:
Milestone spec said Memory/Storage capacity RAM: 256 Mb & ROM: 512 Mb.

but the phone show total RAM around 154Mb & total internal storage is around 197Mb?

Can any smart guy explain?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] BryanChung:
My phone does get quite laggy after some heavy usage ... like opening Map, Facebook, Twitter ... then it lags all throughout the day. When I open to compose a SMS, my Swype takes forever to response to my swipe ... :( I check my memory ... I have like 25MB available out of 226MB. :( That sounds low right?

I am using interactive governor at 1000/800/550/250 MHz.

Anything you feel I can change to improve my situtation?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bijixda:
256MB (marketing)

244MB (real)

So, free memory is 244 - kernel memory
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
Same here. I trief numerous time but not even one time I got it run without problem.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Menelkir:
I have a similar situation here, and also after the last update my phone reboots lots of times a day. The last time I checked the logcat, I see something related to gki (I will take the log next time).

The usage of memory is ok, since free ram is wasted ram and your phone isn't fully loaded with cpu usage all the time.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
Exactly same problem I came across so I already gave up on this
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] BryanChung:
I'll take note of the aLog too.

And as for the RAM usage, yeah I agree free ram is wasted ram. Just afraid if too much ram being use that may cause the laggy-ness.

But anyway I've switched to the older beta kernal as suggested on the first post if I am getting those freezes and random reboot. Will see how it goes. There's a new O2 kernal released though on iceandfire topic.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] ozzmanj1:
Don't mean to go off topic. I was looking at possible ways to gain more system memory and I came across an article for the original Droid and it mentions something called compcache and how it significantly increases the phones performance. I know the droid has an unlocked bootloader and is capable of a lot more hacks and tweaks, while the Milestone is locked bootoader. But does anyone know if compcache is possible on our Milestones? I could not find anything so I guess not. But just curious.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] kabaldan:
I'm using Sygic on CM7 without issues.

You have to upgrade Mobile Maps 10 to version 8.24 that is compatible with 2.3.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] kabaldan:
It will be fixed in the next build by this commit:

https://github.com/CyanogenMod/andr...mmit/f1df5d9d3fc04b6d0e8268102eb3bc9c27937fac
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Azhad:
Charging to 100% with the phone off, removing the battery, waiting for "?" to appear and reinserting the battery, plus wiping /data/battd really did the trick.

Now I'm getting 30+ hours with a full charge!

(Using tasker to switch to 2g with the screen off and when wifi is on)

Sent from my Galaxy Tab
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] etoy:
wipe /data/battd = delete the whole "battd" folder? with full or empty battery?

i always thought that battery wipe was simply deleting /data/system/batterystats.bin.. am i wrong?

and last question,will you ever update Androidiani OR with that "battery wipe" feature?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
As app2ext will move app, app-private and dalvik cache to SD card already, the Linus swap will then provide another dalvik cache to move within SD card. Would that just duplicate?

I don't know what's the speed of read/write for internal memory but if the speed of SD card with class 6 or above is faster than the one with internal memory, does it mean the device will go faster? :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] sdtaddey:
For real?

That's fantastic!

Thanx, I'll give a try and report afterwards.

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[Motorola Milestone Android Development] Azhad:
Don't delete the folder, just the content of the folder.

In /data/battd there are the battery stats data, /data/system/batterystats.bis is the program that create the stats.

And yep, I will soon update the recovery with that, cm7 mods and some other things.

Sent from my GT-P1000
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
Glad it works for you. Wow! 30+ hours?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] HUELK:
im using darktremor apps2ext for around a week now without any problems, maybe anyone wants to try it out too.

EDIT:

ok having problems moving /data/data to sd so dont try
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
What's the different between darktremor apps2ext and app2ext_cm7?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
When I try to move applications to sdcard using app2sd or even using the Applications> Manage Applications , it gives error saying "Failed to move application. There is not enough storage left "

Is it a bug ? anyones looking into it ?

And a strange probelm too.

I downloaded Minimal RSS widget , but when i click on the home screen to add the widget , the option of minimalist widget is not there . I thought it had to do something with the software it self.

And today i downloaded Simi Clock widget and even this widget is not there in the widget section .

Is there any glitch in the widget section with this new RC2 build ?
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] andeelym:
The disappearing widgets is due to the Android OS, you should not move apps to SD if you wanna use the widgets.

Move the apps back to phone memory and reboot your phone.
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
Something interesting

I was doing some research on lag fix for some friends using the Samsung Galaxy S when I came across this an article ( http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/how...ng-galaxy-s-with-the-voodoo-lag-fix-50002228/ ) which said the following statement:

The reason for the lag is that Samsung opted to use a file system called RFS. The fix converts the portion of the phone's storage where the OS and apps are stored to the super-fast EXT4 system. It seems Google agrees with this decision, because from Android 2.3, the file system will reportedly be EXT4 on all phones. That means, once 2.3 gets released, there'll probably be no need for any of these fixes.

I wonder how true is this about Gingerbread favouring EXT4?

Here are more articles:

http://nexus404.com/Blog/2010/12/28...mance-speeds-with-yummy-dual-core-processors/

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODkwMA
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] bnwg:
This is true that most of the lagfix for SGS (Samsung Galaxy S) is to convert the RFS to ext4 (e.g. voodoo, speedmod, tegrak). But I just don't understand why there's no such "lagfix concept" apply for others (like moto milestone :) ). Maybe it is unique problem to Samsung Galaxy S.

By the way, I used this for lagfix. It really improves alot. :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920711
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] virus_spreade121:
YEah I was possible to load widget by doing so . Thanks man :)
[Motorola Milestone Android Development] pcphobic:
Anybody tried Link2SD?

Anybody tried Link2SD?

http://software2tech.com/2011/01/24...lication-from-phones-storage-to-sd-card-free/