thanks a lot dan! i copied that line off this thread - [ROM] [15/11] Pre-rooted Stock Froyo (2.10.405.2) [Optional mods] - xda-developers ..might bother u some more if i face some trouble!Where did I say that?
But yes, thats what it means. Wipe data in recovery.
Dan,thanks a lot dan! i copied that line off this thread - [ROM] [15/11] Pre-rooted Stock Froyo (2.10.405.2) [Optional mods] - xda-developers ..might bother u some more if i face some trouble!
Dan,
Any chance that u could tell me how exactly this wipe can be done?
How do I get to recovery?
From off, Hold Volume down and press Power. This boots you to the Bootloader. There is a recovery option here. You need to use volume up and down to navigate the menu, then power to select the recovery option. This then loads your custom recovery. Now you can use the track ball to navigate the recovery menu
So what is all this about wiping? Do I need to?
Maybe. If you go from one stock ROM to a custom ROM, or one Custom ROM to another, the settings may not be compatible. You can wipe from ClockworkMod Recovery. - Wipe data/factory reset.
If the ROM is stuck in a boot loop for more that 10 minutes, you may have to back to recovery and do a wipe of the Data partition
Take a nandroid backup, then copy data to pc.
Insert new card. Boot and partition. If it won't boot, wipe data.
Partition with Rom manager.
Copy data back to card.
Nandroid restore.
That's a very interesting thread! It makes sense really, making a gold card changes the details of the card itself, not the data on it. So formatting will wipe data and create partitions but the edited gold card sectors remain unchanged.
Dan, I've seen the size of app data in Internal memory grow in size if I try manually moving them to sd with the built in Froyo option in a ROM which has A2SD+, meaning when I try A2SD in a ROM with A2SD+. Yes I know I shouldnt do that, and that A2SD+ is automatic, but do you know what's going on? When the script moves the data automatically to ext, apparently Froyo doesnt get that info, and it tries moving it too. In some cases, the size in Internal remains same, but in others, it increases. Why?
Honestly don't know the answer.
A2SD+ is a script which moves apps and dalvik cache to ext. Android doesn't see it as anything other than the phones internal memory. This is why froyo still allows it to be moved.
I believe a2SD+ moves the entire app and dalvik cache. Froyo just the app. Since you have already moved the dalvik cache, there should be only app cache on internal memory.
Perhaps a2sd leaves a minute part of the app behind?
Perhaps app cache is partly wiped.during the move?
Perhaps its a mistakes?
How much does the space increase? What happens on ext?
Just press back
App cache for individual apps cannot be moved by any method.
Things like map cache for google maps, emails from the email client, contacts storage, calendar storage etc...
Have a look in Manage applications and see what is taking up so much.
I've used up 55MB, with 80 Apps. I dont use the email app and my contacts arent huge.
How do I check it has worked?
Download "quick system info from" the market. It will show you an "a2SD" total size and free space.
If the free space is less than the total, the partition is being used for apps and it is working.
It says "Information Unavailable" What's going on?
This means that 1 of 2 things are not working.
1) The Partition is not working correctly.
2) A2sd+ is not working correctly.
If 1) download a partition manager onto your PC, mount the SD card as "USB Storage" from Clockworkmod recovery and see what the partitions read as. Personally I use MiniTool Partition Wizard
Note, do not try to repartition the SD card from a PC. You can use this software to reformat and delete partitions.
You could download a GPARTED live CD and boot your PC into that to fix / repartition however.
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