Quadraphone
Newbie
Hi all -
Here's what worked for me:
Make sure to back up your SD card first!
First - I followed the sticky on how to root the Prevail 2 - it worked like a charm, but then I RTFM
I did Google "Framaroot" and downloaded the latest version 1.9.4 (which includes SuperSU), but otherwise I followed the directions in the post and it worked.
Second - I downloaded AParted which is an Android partition manager not unlike GParted. I rebooted my phone just to be safe.
Third - I launched AParted (and confirmed that I want to grant it root access in the SuperSU pop-up) and I partitioned my SD card into 2 partitions:
Fourth - After saving/applying, I rebooted my phone just to be safe.
Fifth - I launched Link2SD, confirmed that I want to grant it root permissions in the SuperSU pop-up, and started moving (Link2SD calls this "Linking") apps to the third partition I created.
I found that the phone was noticeably faster after moving applications to the SD card - I'm not sure why this is, but it was noticeably faster after freeing up some room on the phone.
Hope this helps!
I would post some helpful links, but I'm on newbie lockdown. I Googled "how to use AParted", and "how to use Link2SD".
Here's what worked for me:
Make sure to back up your SD card first!
First - I followed the sticky on how to root the Prevail 2 - it worked like a charm, but then I RTFM
I did Google "Framaroot" and downloaded the latest version 1.9.4 (which includes SuperSU), but otherwise I followed the directions in the post and it worked.
Second - I downloaded AParted which is an Android partition manager not unlike GParted. I rebooted my phone just to be safe.
Third - I launched AParted (and confirmed that I want to grant it root access in the SuperSU pop-up) and I partitioned my SD card into 2 partitions:
- The first partition is for media (the partition your phone will be able to see), I formatted it as FAT32 so Windows and the phone would be able to read it.
- The second and final partition I created is for applications - so I chose to format it with EXT4, which is a fast and journaled file system.
Fourth - After saving/applying, I rebooted my phone just to be safe.
Fifth - I launched Link2SD, confirmed that I want to grant it root permissions in the SuperSU pop-up, and started moving (Link2SD calls this "Linking") apps to the third partition I created.
I found that the phone was noticeably faster after moving applications to the SD card - I'm not sure why this is, but it was noticeably faster after freeing up some room on the phone.
Hope this helps!
I would post some helpful links, but I'm on newbie lockdown. I Googled "how to use AParted", and "how to use Link2SD".
