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NyteRukh said:
i went into cwm and under mounts and storage i went to format /sd-ext
and it comes back with an error
formatting /sd-ext...
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs fablock/mmcblk0p2
error formatting /sd-ext !

any ideas?
or is this the wrong thread
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Its cwm.
But I think you just need to create a partition first.
 
Still getting low space warning on status bar when trying to reinstall my apps.
I don't else to try.
Anyone else have this issue?
 
x432hz said:
Never mind. I tripped over the hidden spot on the first page. I guess ill never know the joys of it all since I'm not an advanced user. You guys suck. lol.
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Sorry for the late response, I was partying too much last night and I've just got out of bed, also time zones.


Personally, I'm not considering myself an advance user but, a good reader.
Got my prevail last November and start messing around when it run out of memory, like two hour later, lol...

Finding these forums is the best things that can happen to an Android user.

When the Master (Kouma) said go and read and find the hidden clues that are in these threads. That is when the apprentice is tested and some day will become Master.

Sorry if I make you mad :mad:, but it will be like backstabbing Kouma if I give you just like that the way to do it...:cool:
 
i used cwm to partition the sd card after i installed the cwm update fix once i partioned the card i formated the sd-ext now after having reinstalled ctmod3.2 and kk2.0 i went into system/applicatioins/manage applications
under all it shows 41mb used 119 free and on the sd card it shows 71mb used and 11gigabyte free so im pretty sure that means its working
 
NyteRukh said:
i used cwm to partition the sd card after i installed the cwm update fix once i partioned the card i formated the sd-ext now after having reinstalled ctmod3.2 and kk2.0 i went into system/applicatioins/manage applications
under all it shows 41mb used 119 free and on the sd card it shows 71mb used and 11gigabyte free so im pretty sure that means its working
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count up your downloaded apps and compare it to what is says is used at the bottom of the screen. I'm willing to bet you get only 3-4 apps down before the apps add up to more than what shows as used.

Earlier in this thread and in the CTMod thread there is a lot of detail on how to check your actual usage and if things are mounted correctly.

I'd find a link to it for ya but I'm about to run out the door to nab some lunch.

Cruise around and take your time and try things out. Most of the df and mount stuff through consoles just spit back info so it's safe.

Have fun and learn all you can!
 
yea im cruising this thread cdtmod3.2 thread as well as the cwm thread i tried downloading a couple apps and they werent moved to the sd card and when i tried to manually move them the option was blacked out...hoping to find someone who has similiar problem
 
NyteRukh said:
yea im cruising this thread cdtmod3.2 thread as well as the cwm thread i tried downloading a couple apps and they werent moved to the sd card and when i tried to manually move them the option was blacked out...hoping to find someone who has similiar problem
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that's the thing. if you have your sdcard partitioned right, then there is no move to SD. Apps will be installed to the SD-ext, not to the SDcard. They will install there automatically and you will never need to micromanage a thing.
Your problem isn't a problem with your phone or setup. The problem is your understanding of how it works.

Let me try a quicky learner course for you.
Lets say you have an 8gig sdcard. so under normal circumstances the layout might look like:
|__________________vfat_____________|
now you partition that in CWM under Advanced > partition SDcard and you pick 1024MB for ext and 0 for swap, your card would then look like:
|______vfat_____________|___EXT4____|
when your phone boots, KK2.0 will insert the ext4 partition into your /data filestructure such that all your aps (*.apk) will be stored in the ext4 partition.

When you then try something like going into Settings > Applications > manage applications and try clicking "move to SDcard" on an app, all you're doing is moving it from the ext4 side to the vfat side, and leaving a link on the ext4. this is wasting your time, and wasting space because a link takes up about 7 bytes each that doesn't need to be there.

When you look at your usage of internal storage, it will only show you the amount of internal storage used. What you will find is that a 64MB apk file will generate somewhere around 30MB of data (settings, dalvik cache, etc) to your internal usage, but the 64MB file will actually be on your SDcard. If you don't have you card partitioned, a 64mb apk will take up about 100Mb on average. (64MB is an exaggerated example most apps are 1/10th that size. I just tried to keep the numbers round and whole)
my setup shows 163768k (160MB)of total internal storage, 39MB used. But I have 111MB of apps installed. Across those 111MB of apps, they generated 100MB of Dalvik cache files that I have stored in a third sdcard partition. So my apps take up 250MB of storage, considerably more than the internal could hold on it's own
 
I've checked the internal storage readout in the storage usage in Applications and the apps sizes when added together don't match up with the "used" space. So I'm to assume the EXT4 partitions are doing their job. :D

Also, I got my animation working perfectly. Boot sound comes at correct time now and fixed the aspect ratio of my boot screen, turns out I didn't have to flip the images on their side like the other boot animations seemed to be doing. I don't hold the phone sideways when powering it on/rebooting it anyway. :P

I even forgot to convert some of the images to JPG. So looks like the phone supports boot images in BMP format. (but converted them back to JPG anyway just for safe measure)

I'll do a Odin backup of it now. :D

Now I just need a way of removing CarrierIQ but I can live with that if there's no easy way of getting rid of it. Can't have everything I suppose. :P
 
So a few days later, and my Beautiful Widgets problem has returned. The skins are downloaded but their picture isn't showing up next to their name, and the current skin is the default one. I have no clue as to why its doing this or how to fix it. My current idea is to move the app to internal memory and see what happens. What would be the best way to do that? Use the APKinstaller.zip? Move the file in root explorer?
 
Apache Thunder said:
I've checked the internal storage readout in the storage usage in Applications and the apps sizes when added together don't match up with the "used" space. So I'm to assume the EXT4 partitions are doing their job. :D

Also, I got my animation working perfectly. Boot sound comes at correct time now and fixed the aspect ratio of my boot screen, turns out I didn't have to flip the images on their side like the other boot animations seemed to be doing. I don't hold the phone sideways when powering it on/rebooting it anyway. :P

I even forgot to convert some of the images to JPG. So looks like the phone supports boot images in BMP format. (but converted them back to JPG anyway just for safe measure)

I'll do a Odin backup of it now. :D

Now I just need a way of removing CarrierIQ but I can live with that if there's no easy way of getting rid of it. Can't have everything I suppose. :P
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FA19 doesnt have CIQ
 
If you were able to mount / to the SD then would an ICS port be possible? Apart from hardware issues, isn't size the limiting factor?
 
Secret Mod WHAT ??? Who's got 154mb's of internal storage is me !!

Thanks Kouma for helping me AUTOMAGICALLY convert my filesystem . This is bad2thebone :D

Thanks go out to Guspeed too for discussing partition sizes . Thanks Bro
 
after reading to find out if its working or not i typed "df" in the terminal with out the quotes and it comes back with a whole bunch of info, but the line i care about is this

/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 3936568 171672 3764896 4% /data/app

if i interpret correctly i got about 4gig total using 171megs and 3.75gig free for a total of 4% used in the data/app folder so im correct in assuming that kk2.0 is doing its job :}

also i downloaded file expert just to tell me the size of the /lib/modules/dkd.ko file which is 232.25 kb which i assume is also correct for kk2.0

id like to thank kouma for explaiining it to me and basically telling me to get off me butt and read lol
 
wetbiker7 said:
Secret Mod WHAT ??? Who's got 154mb's of internal storage is me !!

Thanks Kouma for helping me AUTOMAGICALLY convert my filesystem . This is bad2thebone :D

Thanks go out to Guspeed too for discussing partition sizes . Thanks Bro
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Isn't this KK 2.0 sweet or what??? :D:D:D
 
i havent figured it out...closest i come to figuring out the third partition is that its the swap partition..dont know how to change that one from swap to ext 4 unless i need a linux box
 
Ya gotta search for the "hidden" instructions in this thread . Trust me , they're in here . I'll give ya a hint , start on the OP of this thread . ;)
 
ok now that i see it...where can i get a adb shell program for the computer
update i downloaded oneclick root from shaby it has adb shell in it
see if i can get the top secret mod to work
guess im not an advanced users cant adb shell into the phone.
 
i boot into recovery, then i hook the usb to the phone and in cmd type adb
i just cant figure out how to get to the phone lol guess thats what he meant by advanced user
 
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