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Root How-to A2SD for Galaxy & Behold 2 Rom's

OK i got Paragon Partition Manager installed and for some reason I can only get it to do 1 extended partition. From watching the gparted video above it has 2. Do I need to have 2 extended partitions? and one fat 32 partition or can i just have the one extended and one fat 32?
 
bluey123 said:
OK i got Paragon Partition Manager installed and for some reason I can only get it to do 1 extended partition. From watching the gparted video above it has 2. Do I need to have 2 extended partitions? and one fat 32 partition or can i just have the one extended and one fat 32?
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Adding a a third partition outside of the ext2 and the fat32 is pointless. The third one is usually a swap one but right now the kernal does not support swap so it would go to waste. Also Swap is pointless on this phone considering the amount of ram this device has. It had purpose on the G1 since it had a minimal amount of ram but unless your running a hundred apps at once swap shouldn't be a priority.
 
bluey123 said:
OK i got Paragon Partition Manager installed and for some reason I can only get it to do 1 extended partition. From watching the gparted video above it has 2. Do I need to have 2 extended partitions? and one fat 32 partition or can i just have the one extended and one fat 32?
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No, you only need one fat 32 partition and one ext 2 partition. I'm going to make a video pretty soon on how to create partitions using paragon.
 
I don't want to break any eggshells by asking stupid questions, but I've searched around, and still am not understanding what the benefits are for partitioning the SD card. The instructions are very clear as to how to do it, but I'd like to have a little better understanding of why, before I go ahead.

Thanks!
 
deecampp said:
I don't want to break any eggshells by asking stupid questions, but I've searched around, and still am not understanding what the benefits are for partitioning the SD card. The instructions are very clear as to how to do it, but I'd like to have a little better understanding of why, before I go ahead.

Thanks!
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From my understanding, it means your are stored and run on your sd card
 
the apps you download from the market install onto the phone itself so if you run a2sd the apps will be stored on the sd card instead of the phone so you get more storage space
 
ok, i'm gonna be the designated idiot, but I must be missing something. do i need to partition the SD card to install/make use of A2SD? I'm a noob with this particular phone, but am pretty computer literate so I can probably get it going with some simple to follow instructions (step by step preferrably) Let me be clear, I want to install/use A2SD but the OP directions are Greek to me and I do not even know where to put the commands. I tried running thru the command prompt on my comp but it tells me that "ADB is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." (yes I have all the drivers installed)
 
steelerdynasty said:
ok, i'm gonna be the designated idiot, but I must be missing something. do i need to partition the SD card to install/make use of A2SD? I'm a noob with this particular phone, but am pretty computer literate so I can probably get it going with some simple to follow instructions (step by step preferrably) Let me be clear, I want to install/use A2SD but the OP directions are Greek to me and I do not even know where to put the commands. I tried running thru the command prompt on my comp but it tells me that "ADB is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." (yes I have all the drivers installed)
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This is how I got it working, it may not work for you but give it a try.
I copied both the adb and fastboot into My Computer\ C:\Windows\
Then I just open command promp and it shows up as
C:\Users\drag4k>
Then I type adb devices, just to make sure that my phone is recognized and I get the following
*daemon not running. starting it now*
*daemon started successfully*
List of devices attached
T939 online

Then I go in to type the commands. Hope that helps you.
 
steelerdynasty said:
ok, i'm gonna be the designated idiot, but I must be missing something. do i need to partition the SD card to install/make use of A2SD? I'm a noob with this particular phone, but am pretty computer literate so I can probably get it going with some simple to follow instructions (step by step preferrably) Let me be clear, I want to install/use A2SD but the OP directions are Greek to me and I do not even know where to put the commands. I tried running thru the command prompt on my comp but it tells me that "ADB is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." (yes I have all the drivers installed)
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[HOW-TO] ADB for Dummies(How-To Learner's Guide) - xda-developers

Try this! ;)
 
ok i tried using paragon and i get this while trying to follow the video tutorial. any idea how i can fix this?
2mmbg1t.png
 
i have never partitioned my sdcard, and i see that the new 16_twix version (which i have installed and am loving!) includes a2sd. my question is whether or not a2sd is functional on my phone since i have not partitioned? and if so, how do i know? ie, how do i know where an app was saved?
 
Hello all. I am new to the android scene and am trying to a2sd my stock rooted behold 2. I have done all of the steps (partitioning, running commands listed above, etc.) How can I tell if this is working or not? Or where can I look for the answers? Thanks.
 
Okay guys, I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong but I have my sd card formatted correctly (8gb card with 6.9gb fat32 partition and two 246mb ext2 partitions on the galaxy 1.6 R8 ROM). I'm probably going to reformat the ext2 partitions into a single ext2 partition. The problem is apps don't seem to be installing to the SD card (installs to internal card). Am I missing a step? Is there a way to verify the settings? Any input/help/screenshots would be appreciated.
 
BH_Man, if we use option 2 and unzip the file to SD card do we still have to do the adb push? I downloaded the the file and am holding off on the update till I find out thnx man your work is awesome.
 
RavenWulf said:
BH_Man, if we use option 2 and unzip the file to SD card do we still have to do the adb push? I downloaded the the file and am holding off on the update till I find out thnx man your work is awesome.
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Option 1.
 Quote:
adb push ( Folder Location ) /system/bin
adb shell
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo_real
Then Reboot the Phone


Option 2.
un-zip to Samsung USB card or adb push ( Folder location ) /sdcard
 Quote:
adb shell
cat /sdcard/playlogo > /system/bin/playlogo
cat /sdcard/playlogo_real > /system/bin/playlogo_real
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo_real
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo
Then Reboot the Phone
 
BH_MAN said:
Option 1.
 Quote:
adb push ( Folder Location ) /system/bin
adb shell
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo_real
Then Reboot the Phone


Option 2.
un-zip to Samsung USB card or adb push ( Folder location ) /sdcard
 Quote:
adb shell
cat /sdcard/playlogo > /system/bin/playlogo
cat /sdcard/playlogo_real > /system/bin/playlogo_real
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo_real
chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo
Then Reboot the Phone
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Do you have to do the adb push everytime you change ROM? For example, I did the adb push when I changed the ROM to TWIX do I need to redo it when I upgrade to DOTS?
 
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