apps to SD

[tersoth]

okay I've been trying to figure out how to do this for the last 5hrs and I'm about to give up. I've googled and read 5-6 threads on how to do it, but I can't seem to get it working to save my life. I'm rooted and have MoDaCo's custom ROM installed. If someone could please write and idiot's/detailed step by step guide on how to get it working I would greatly appreciate it (it took me 7hrs to get the thing rooted ). I have no idea what a "terminal emulator" is or anything, I'm a complete noob at linux/android so please speak in terms I can understand. Thanks in advance.

[princem131]

I'd be interested in this as well. What are the benefits of using apps to sd? Obviously it frees up space on your phone but does that make your device faster? Also what are the cons? When I looked at the app in the market place it had a warning that it may shorten the life of your sd card how much of a concern is this?

[notrock]

I guess it's supposed to be automatic. Just partition your card in the recovery menu. I didn't think it was working ether, so after I installed my apps I hard reset and they came back ( I wouldn't recommend doing this)

This post helped

I followed what that guy said and I guess it's working. But sometimes I wonder.


Look up terminal emulator in the market, a lot of us didn't know these terms until Saturday.

[STILLSPRINTIN]

Originally Posted by notrock

I guess it's supposed to be automatic. Just partition your card in the recovery menu. I didn't think it was working ether, so after I installed my apps I hard reset and they came back ( I wouldn't recommend doing this)

This post helped

I followed what that guy said and I guess it's working. But sometimes I wonder.


Look up terminal emulator in the market, a lot of us didn't know these terms until Saturday.

Im rooted and running madaco, if i partition my sd card through nandroid, will it erase everything that is on my sdcard right now??

[thacounty]

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On modaco: Back up as card. Boot into recovery. Partition sd: fat 32, Ext2, swap. Boot up put files back on as card. Look in settings>sd&phone storage at bottom is a number should b in or near 70s. Look in my Sig at the tips thread its in there too.

[jonnythan]

Originally Posted by STILLSPRINTIN

Im rooted and running madaco, if i partition my sd card through nandroid, will it erase everything that is on my sdcard right now??

Yes, so be sure to make a backup of everything first.


Basically, the process is:

Root the phone [while doing this, also do a 'rm /data/btips/core*' to delete any core dump files from BT crashes].
Install the recovery partition.
Nandroid backup of entire phone.
Copy all files off SD card (this includes the nandroid backup).
Partition SD card (fat32 + ext2 + swap).
Copy files back to SD card.
Apply MoDaCo ROM.
Reboot.
Reboot again.
Turn on USB Debugging Mode in Settings -> Applications -> Developer [for SU permission access for apps]
Enjoy. Your apps are now on the SD card.

[tersoth]

Originally Posted by thacounty

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On modaco: Back up as card. Boot into recovery. Partition sd: fat 32, Ext2, swap. Boot up put files back on as card. Look in settings>sd&phone storage at bottom is a number should b in or near 70s. Look in my Sig at the tips thread its in there too.

when I run "Part SD:fat32+ext2+swap" i get
"Partitioning : .

Error : run sdtools.sh via console!"

I did a google search for sdtools.sh but just landed up getting some threads where people were having the same problem but no one seemed to answer their question on what was wrong

[tersoth]

Is there a limit to the size of the card you can use? because I was trying it with an 8GB card and I kept getting the error above, but I just tried doing it with the 2GB card it came with and now it works. But 2GB isn't a lot of storage for all my media.

[thacounty]

Originally Posted by tersoth

when I run "Part SD:fat32+ext2+swap" i get
"Partitioning : .

Error : run sdtools.sh via console!"

I did a google search for sdtools.sh but just landed up getting some threads where people were having the same problem but no one seemed to answer their question on what was wrong

Try backing up the sd card, Settings>SD&Phone Storage>Unmount SD Card, then format the sd card. It will remount itself. Then power down, retry the partition, then put files back on if it worked.

[notrock]

Originally Posted by thacounty

Try backing up the sd card, Settings>SD&Phone Storage>Unmount SD Card, then format the sd card. It will remount itself. Then power down, retry the partition, then put files back on if it worked.

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Just congratulating thacounty on his Vipness


As you were.