Root [MetroPCS] SD card Hack to increase Internal Memory

ksjd0414 · Nov 28, 2014

No because your data won't be in the new one

ksjd0414 · Nov 28, 2014

You would have to do the hack again

orion2323 · Nov 28, 2014

frosthax1 said:
Little advice. If you use apps that need to attach to the sdcard like xposed installer install them before this hack and also make sure supersu is flashed in twrp. Then go to settings carbon fiber persistence and check everything. SuperSU will mount settings properly as well as xposed. If you install these things later I've noticed it blocks things like saving photos from Facebook. Just a little glitch fix I found. Did this the wrong way before I realized that. Now no error writing to cards or saving from Facebook

I have a problem with Copilot GPS, it just won't start, some error that flashes briefly, script missing, couldn't find a file

Can I do this after installing the hack ?
How could I fix it ?

Thanks!

orion2323 · Nov 28, 2014

ksjd0414 said:
No because your data won't be in the new one

What if I clone the original partition to the new card using a backup manager (Easeus partition manager) ?

ksjd0414 · Nov 28, 2014

U can try that but I don't know to be honest if it works lemme know

orion2323 · Nov 28, 2014

ksjd0414 said:
U can try that but I don't know to be honest if it works lemme know

Sure will
I just bought a 64GB Samsung microSD Pro (Super fast...) and will give it a try
I've done something similar with other devices where I just clone the EXT2 partition when upgrading to a newer sd card, and it has worked just fine
We'll see

clsA · Nov 28, 2014

orion2323 said:
Thanks for the guide
I was able to use the space hack and now have 2, 15GB partitions, EXT4 with 15GB and a regular Fat32 with 15GB as well

What would happen if I buy a new microSD card ?
Let's say a 64GB, partition using the same names and the same 15GB size for the EXT4 ?
Can I just swap them ?

No, that's the bad thing about these hacks. If you every want to remove the sdcard you have to undo everything and start from scratch with the new card. Unless you have some way to clone the old card to the new one.

clsA · Nov 28, 2014

orion2323 said:
Sure will
I just bought a 64GB Samsung microSD Pro (Super fast...) and will give it a try
I've done something similar with other devices where I just clone the EXT2 partition when upgrading to a newer sd card, and it has worked just fine
We'll see

Please explain in detail how this is done

orion2323 · Nov 28, 2014

I use EaseUS Free Partitioning Master software (I haven't done this with EXT4 yet, only with EXT2) (Maybe Minitool partition wizard can be used in this case since Easeus doesn't allow partitioning to EXT4)

Create an EXT in one of my hard drives (shrink and create the EXT partition)
I use the same size, in this case 15GB (Don't know if re-sizing is possible)
Plenty of information on this, could be done using a Linux live cd and Gparted, maybe with Minitool partition wizard, again, I haven't tried this myself, but seems doable

Remove sd card from device and clone the EXT partition in PC, to the created EXT partition
Partition the new SD card, with 2 partition, EXT, and Fat32
Then clone from PC to the new card,
I also use an app called Foldermount pro to move the biggest apps (DATA) to the fat32 partition
This keeps the system partition free, it creates a link between the 2 partitions

Before the space hack, I was using the same 32GB card with the same partitions
I would use Link2SD to move most data to an EXT2 partion
And FolderMount Pro to link the DATA to a FAT32 partition

I have the same setup with all of my other devices, TF101, Galaxy Tab 2 7" and 10"

The only thing that's changed right now is the direct 15GB EXT4 partition with this hack,
so I'm not using Link2SD, only Foldermount (Not really needed, but since the card was partitioned in this manner, I had no choice

1st time with this Rom and hack, I wish I had done it differently

Oh well

clsA · Nov 28, 2014

orion2323 said:
Remove sd card from device and clone the EXT partition in PC, to the created EXT partition
Partition the new SD card, with 2 partition, EXT, and Fat32
Then clone from PC to the new card,

The only thing that's changed right now is the direct 15GB EXT4 partition with this hack,
so I'm not using Link2SD, only Foldermount (Not really needed, but since the card was partitioned in this manner, I had no choice

1st time with this Rom and hack, I wish I had done it differently

Oh well

My problem is with the cloning ...my windows PC doesn't see the ext4 partition's

orion2323 · Nov 28, 2014

When I get the new card, I think I will try creating a 45GB EXT4 partition and leaving a 15GB partition for the FAT32 partition to be used with movies, pictures, music....

orion2323 · Nov 28, 2014

clsA said:
My problem is with the cloning ...my windows PC doesn't see the ext4 partition's

You should be able to see the partition with Easeus Partition master and Minitool partition wizard, both free
I can see any EXT partitions. Just created a test 20GB EXT4 partion using Minitool

WarrantyVoider · Nov 29, 2014

orion2323 said:
What if I clone the original partition to the new card using a backup manager (Easeus partition manager) ?

Yes, it's possible, but I don't know whether any Windows-based partition imaging program allows you to resize. On Linux, you can use GParted or similar programs, or just do file level copying with tar, cp, rsync, etc.

I've been using the same base of data files (with additional apps installed on top of them, of course) since the day I developed the hack. I've since changed to a faster, bigger card, moved the partition, and changed the file system. If you keep your old card intact, you should be able to experiment on the new card without losing data.

clsA said:
No, that's the bad thing about these hacks. If you every want to remove the sdcard you have to undo everything and start from scratch with the new card. Unless you have some way to clone the old card to the new one.

That's the good thing about this hack. It makes your data "physically removable" from the phone. This was part of JVene's idea, to allow changeable data. In my implementation, I chose to leave the internal storage intact to make the phone operational without the expanded storage. That makes the internal data and the external data independent. So relatively speaking, moving to a bigger and/or faster card is as straightforward as copying all files and folders (and their attributes) from one card to the other.

clsA · Nov 29, 2014

Very cool... thanks for setting me straight

peachrings · Nov 29, 2014

ksjd0414 said:
You can use a partition app from the play store

I'm able to partition my SD card. But I have the "new" twrp and when I try to "check" SD ext. It just highlights the option by DOESN'T check it and remains as an empty unchecked box.

Edit:
Here's the twrp I'm using.
http://androidforums.com/threads/lg-f6mt-twrp-2-8-testers-needed.883100/

frosthax1 · Nov 29, 2014

ksjd0414 said:
No because your data won't be in the new one

If that was response to mine xposed installer attaches in a certain fashion.if you do this then the hack it still retains its function. You wouldn't have to redo a hack o_O

on a more interesting note my sdext will format now without RM checked. It just doesn't check in mount. This happened when I tested the later twrp then went backwards to previous one. Everything works as intended now though. No error thus far

paco4315 · Nov 30, 2014

it works fine and shows the storage on both internal and sd card, but the problem is it doesnt let me download apps that download "additional files" and thats sort of the point of why i did this whole hack thing. how can i fix this? i used the new twrp since i couldnt find the old one and have been using cwm.

ksjd0414 · Nov 30, 2014

I dunno I never had that issue

paco4315 · Nov 30, 2014

ksjd0414 said:
I dunno I never had that issue

do you think if i try the process from scratch again itll work?

paco4315 · Nov 30, 2014

i see now what i did wrong, word of advice make sure you flash gapps first before going ahead and doing the hack lol!

LoopyD · Nov 30, 2014

Mount data through mount point using adb, then map it in Windows to a drive. Your partition manager will see it. Then clone it using diskpart, you don't need bloatware to do your dirty work.

jckwpt · Dec 1, 2014

frosthax1 said:
Little advice. If you use apps that need to attach to the sdcard like xposed installer install them before this hack and also make sure supersu is flashed in twrp. Then go to settings carbon fiber persistence and check everything. SuperSU will mount settings properly as well as xposed. If you install these things later I've noticed it blocks things like saving photos from Facebook. Just a little glitch fix I found. Did this the wrong way before I realized that. Now no error writing to cards or saving from Facebook

My phone was running fine until I updated my SuperSU directly and didnt use the TWRP flash method. Afterwards, I ran into the same problem as you with my Twitter app: no pics. I uninstalled the update and reinstalled the update this time via TWRP flash after reading your recs however still have the same Twitter problem.
Im using Xperion ROM and assume youre on Carbon ROM. What are the "settings carbon fiber persistence" youre referring to? I think nothing has worked for me cuz of these settings. Can you elaborate on these?

Raptor_Jesus · Dec 1, 2014

orion2323 said:
Sure will
I just bought a 64GB Samsung microSD Pro (Super fast...) and will give it a try
I've done something similar with other devices where I just clone the EXT2 partition when upgrading to a newer sd card, and it has worked just fine
We'll see

LG F6 technical specs say it can support microSD upto 32GB. Can you confirm it see the whole of your 64GB card?

orion2323 · Dec 2, 2014

I can be an idiot sometimes
Got the cards I ordered today and managed to order regular SD cards and not microSD....can't explain it
Then got on the PC quickly to copy the partitions and somehow clicked DELETE on the original phone microsd card,
killed the data, pulled the card, now the card won't work
Just wow....

Krlypumaa · Dec 2, 2014

Raptor_Jesus said:
LG F6 technical specs say it can support microSD upto 32GB. Can you confirm it see the whole of your 64GB card?

It works i hav a 64gb sd (old fashion) n i have it partition in 32/32

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