So, has anyone made or found a custom .pit file to repartition the internal memory to a larger /data partition?
Any ideas?
Would LOVE that as opposed to using external SD.:silly:
demoncamber said:
So, has anyone made or found a custom .pit file to repartition the internal memory to a larger /data partition?
Any ideas?
Would LOVE that as opposed to using external SD.:silly:
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No. That's the simple answer.
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demoncamber said:
So, has anyone made or found a custom .pit file to repartition the internal memory to a larger /data partition?
Any ideas?
Would LOVE that as opposed to using external SD.:silly:
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Just use a partition swapper or something like that, though I don't understand why, this device does OK with internal storage and a 32gb SD card
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soupysoup said:
Just use a partition swapper or something like that, though I don't understand why, this device does OK with internal storage and a 32gb SD card
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I thought it would be too... but add a few games and 94 apps later, you're dangerously close to the "low space" warning... /data is only 1.9gb of space... Kind of absurd if you think about it. I already have a 32gb sdhc card, why shouldn't I be able to extend the /data partition to take up some of my unused space on internal memory?
Plus, if the partition were on the internal memory, it would be faster and more optimal than an sdhc card...
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hi dev, is it possible to merge internal memory and sdcard memory into 1 partition? Or by using emmc method to swap sdcard with external flash but use the sdcard 2gb as a swap space for android system which possible speeding up SGW since i notice SGW has very limited ram memory to play around with 384mb.
Actually I've been meaning to discuss that with Arco but I don't think it's possible.
Our phone has 512RAM but about 200MB are always reserved for the android system, and the 384MB left are for us. However I can never seem to have more than 191MB.
if i'm not wrong the 200mb was reserved for the dalvik machine. i'm still new so everything is guessing. please correct me if i'm wrong. I'm trying to learn and hopefuly can contribute to the community too. cheers
From what I understand, they are 3 separate devices, with different capacity. Maybe we can mount them to different path? Before using the decades swap, I was using an application called directory bind created by a member of xda. Basically it automates the mount -o bind command. I have no idea what to use the internal memory for.
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I think the internal mem is for the apps we download , please correct me if i'm wrong , cheers
DarthJonathan said:
I think the internal mem is for the apps we download , please correct me if i'm wrong , cheers
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SGW hardware is build with 512MB RAM. 4gb internal memory which work just like ordinary computer hard-drive however samsung did a partition on this 4gb internal memory and it become 1gb internal and 2gb sdcard the other 700mb was for the rom. For the microsd we slot in will become external memory. if we do the swap thingy script as mention by adlihebat above it will change the 2gb sdcard to external memory and the microsd to sdcard. So my question is, is it posible for the dev to merge the 2gb sdcard back to the internal memery. or they can make use of this 2gb as swap space for the android system. because SGW is really lag of ram maybe by doing this will help SGW gain some performance.
Used to have a great app Link2SD when I was on Froyo which used to move dalvik cache, lib and .apk files to external SD but doesn't work on Gingerbread unfortunately.
arusage said:
SGW hardware is build with 512MB RAM. 4gb internal memory which work just like ordinary computer hard-drive however samsung did a partition on this 4gb internal memory and it become 1gb internal and 2gb sdcard the other 700mb was for the rom. For the microsd we slot in will become external memory. if we do the swap thingy script as mention by adlihebat above it will change the 2gb sdcard to external memory and the microsd to sdcard. So my question is, is it posible for the dev to merge the 2gb sdcard back to the internal memery. or they can make use of this 2gb as swap space for the android system. because SGW is really lag of ram maybe by doing this will help SGW gain some performance.
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Sounds feasible, i think in theory this need to be done in recovery mode. Modify the partition table as we want it. But need a new rom that will recognize/take advantage of the new partitions. I wish i have time to do all this.
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I have a few general and a few specific questions regarding storage:
1. Why did Samsung create 2 directories for internal storage? It has regular internal storage and "SD" storage but both are really internal storage. Why not just make one big partition and SD storage is actually your removable SD card (this is how it was on the OG EV) Someone please explain this to me if you know the answer.
2. On CM9 rom how do you save apps and their data to a external SD card? I'm trying to install a Gameloft game but it's saying I don't have enough space available which I certainly do.
3. On TW based ICS roms how do you save apps w/ data on the actual external sd card? Possibly planning on trying out Rujelus' rom so I'd like to know before hand.
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I have a few general and a few specific questions regarding storage:
1. Why did Samsung create 2 directories for internal storage? It has regular internal storage and "SD" storage but both are really internal storage. Why not just make one big partition and SD storage is actually your removable SD card (this is how it was on the OG EV) Someone please explain this to me if you know the answer.
2. On CM9 rom how do you save apps and their data to a external SD card? I'm trying to install a Gameloft game but it's saying I don't have enough space available which I certainly do.
3. On TW based ICS roms how do you save apps w/ data on the actual external sd card? Possibly planning on trying out Rujelus' rom so I'd like to know before hand.
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The OG evo didnt have an emmc partition. It had internal storage dedicated to things like app storage, same as any other phone. You cant mount internal storage to your PC so combining these would be a waste of space.
You might be able to push game data from emmc to the sd card and they might still locate it but I have never tried as I never fill up my emmc, I just keep everything else on the sdcard. But worth a shot.
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The OG evo didnt have an emmc partition. It had internal storage dedicated to things like app storage, same as any other phone. You cant mount internal storage to your PC so combining these would be a waste of space.
You might be able to push game data from emmc to the sd card and they might still locate it but I have never tried as I never fill up my emmc, I just keep everything else on the sdcard. But worth a shot.
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I don't quite get your reply but to make things easier for myself what is the best way to format the SDcard. I am talking about the internal SDcard not my actual removable micro SD card. I know there is an option in storage but I don't know what SD card its referring to.
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I don't quite get your reply but to make things easier for myself what is the best way to format the SDcard. I am talking about the internal SDcard not my actual removable micro SD card. I know there is an option in storage but I don't know what SD card its referring to.
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Just remove your external then hit the format option in storage. And if you move back to the fd16 kernel on cm9a3 you will be much happier with the way the storage is handled.
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Hey guys just got my Galaxy Nexus for Verizon. It obv does not come with an SD card, something I am not accustomed to.
I am wondering if there is some way to maybe partition the internal memory so when doing wipes and installing roms, that partition of memory is not affected.
Thanks for any help!
Doing wipes and rom installs doesn't affect the sdcard, only the internal memory that holds the os/apps gets wiped, so there's no need to partition anything. Its only when you format the sdcard is when you lose everything on it.
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Doing wipes and rom installs doesn't affect the sdcard, only the internal memory that holds the os/apps gets wiped, so there's no need to partition anything. Its only when you format the sdcard is when you lose everything on it.
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I think he's asking if there is a way to make the internal memory set up to have a portion of it look like an external ad card... ie splitting the partition one says internal memory the second would be fake sdcard memory
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I think he's asking if there is a way to make the internal memory set up to have a portion of it look like an external ad card... ie splitting the partition one says internal memory the second would be fake sdcard memory
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If virtual sdcard had its own partition it would theoretically then be possible to treat it as a real usb mass storage device like a real sdcard.
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Hey guys, I'm looking to clean out my SD card, I know to format it with FAT32 and 64k but I've been seeing a lot about partitioning it properly, I'm using 4EXT recovery. (FYI - I do have a PC to transfer music, pictures etc)
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Also looking for the best way to partition my internal storage
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Hey guys, I'm looking to clean out my SD card, I know to format it with FAT32 and 64k but I've been seeing a lot about partitioning it properly, I'm using 4EXT recovery. (FYI - I do have a PC to transfer music, pictures etc)
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Add sdext partitions, make them both 512mb, that will give you a gig of space to have system files in to free up internal storage
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Add sdext partitions, make them both 512mb, that will give you a gig of space to have system files in to free up internal storage
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what about swap partition is it necessary?
Hello can someone help me with a init.d script to bind internal storage to external SD on JB. I managed to do it fine on GB but it doesnt seem to work on JB. What I am not asking is to swap the internal and external using vold.fstab.
Also I want a RAM swap partition. I can partition a Linux Swap on the SD but need help on a init.d script to turn the Swap partition on without using any third party apps. Thanks in advance.
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Hello can someone help me with a init.d script to bind internal storage to external SD on JB. I managed to do it fine on GB but it doesnt seem to work on JB. What I am not asking is to swap the internal and external using vold.fstab.
Also I want a RAM swap partition. I can partition a Linux Swap on the SD but need help on a init.d script to turn the Swap partition on without using any third party apps. Thanks in advance.
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hmm ill just ask im not in for a help.. is the sense you make external and internal memory will read as one as internal?
Yes that's correct. I would rather have one big storage than one with a measly 1GB storage. So i don't mind not even having the internal storage at all.
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Yes that's correct. I would rather have one big storage than one with a measly 1GB storage. So i don't mind not even having the internal storage at all.
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i will search it.. hmm im quite interested
Gizmotech said:
Yes that's correct. I would rather have one big storage than one with a measly 1GB storage. So i don't mind not even having the internal storage at all.
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Good!