menu settings sd card and phone storage format sd card, thats assuming you want all of it fat32. and you dont have anything on it.can anybody guide me in the easiest direction to partition my 4 gig sdcard
thanks
If you have a custom recovery, just back up the card onto pc, then boot into recovery and find the partition option.
Tell us what your trying to do, and we may have a way to do it, just plain partition one full sd card as fat32 can be done multiple ways, if your trying to make a extended sd card partition for a2sd that too can be done multiple ways.i was in recovery when i click on partition it gave an error message about adb not found.??
i just did the sense rom and it says about the =A2sd support: Create a partition using custom recovery to enable a2sd. Make sure that partition is on ext3 format. Make partition before flashing rom. **Backup your sdcard because during partition it gets formatted.**Tell us what your trying to do, and we may have a way to do it, just plain partition one full sd card as fat32 can be done multiple ways, if your trying to make a extended sd card partition for a2sd that too can be done multiple ways.![]()
ok, which custom recovery do you have? the getitnow one? or the one by joneidy?i just did the sense rom and it says about the =A2sd support: Create a partition using custom recovery to enable a2sd. Make sure that partition is on ext3 format. Make partition before flashing rom. **Backup your sdcard because during partition it gets formatted.**
yes the joneidy? ok i think i have but before i click partition what should my swap size be.???on a 4 gig sdcardok, which custom recovery do you have? the getitnow one? or the one by joneidy?
when you go into custom recovery and go to the partition menu it asks about adb? that is strange.
Do you have linux on a computer, or even just download a live dvd and run that, do you have a sd card reader or usb adapter then you could format using the computer.
or if no linux available they do have programs that can format sd cards in many file systems. if you have an sd card reader of course.
get the all in one recovery,yes the joneidy? i did format the sd card now i need to partition it no.???i have sdk on my puter wxp
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-optm-2.2.1-GNM.img
sync
with android you dont want swap at all. so put it to 0mbyes the joneidy? ok i think i have but before i click partition what should my swap size be.???on a 4 gig sdcard
with android you dont want swap at all. so put it to 0mb
The problem with swap on android phones, if you enable swap space the phone will use it, and if it writes to swap it takes longer to reinitialize the swap then to open the app from a closed state.False. Our phone does not YET support swap. You could add it in there and the you won't have to repartition again when someone compiles a swap kernel. 32mb is fine...
GNM's Recovery Instructions
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-optm-2.2.1-GNM.img
http://androidforums.com/getitnowmarketing/330813-all-one-recovery-thread.html
and if you use these in adb or terminal emulator it will work. after you put flash_image and recovery image on sd card of course.
Joneidy's Recovery Instructions
After the # symbol type:
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image
# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-optm-2.2.1-GNM.img
For gnm's use the ones I listed, they are all thats needed.Which way is correct way to type instructions in. GNM's above has line one only once - Joneidy's Instructions below repeats line one again towards end, see below. Want to make sure, cus I did this last night (for clean start) using GNM's download link, but typed instructions using Joneidy's below. TIA
for apps downloaded from market you go to market, sign into gmail and then hit menu, depending on which version of market you have you will get a menu with My Apps, or Downloads, click it and it will show you all your apps you can then redownload them.ok now that i have [ROM] [THEME] Sense Rom Optimus M how do i get my original apps that i have before upgrading.??
how doi transfer my phone contact from my sdcard to the phone.???for apps downloaded from market you go to market, sign into gmail and then hit menu, depending on which version of market you have you will get a menu with My Apps, or Downloads, click it and it will show you all your apps you can then redownload them.
when you sign into gmail all your contacts are restoredhow doi transfer my phone contact from my sdcard to the phone.???
thanks to all that have replied
For gnm's use the ones I listed, they are all thats needed.
sounds like you still have the old recovery
Free File Hosting Made Simple - MediaFirethanks for quick respond (as always) - how do I get the new one
Edited to add: I did download from GNM's site - can someone post a link please to correct one - TIA