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Redirect local WhatsApp directory to second partition ext4 in microSD in Android 10
I have googled from a month ago about on how to reach my goal, and I have found only How to bind mount a folder inside /sdcard with correct permissions?
My goal is to link the WhatsApp directory in ...
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Mounting an extra partition as a fake external SD card
Nowadays, phones don't have SD cards anymore, but some have a ton of storage. So, I was thinking of creating a fake external SD card using an extra partition to be able to store all of your zip ...
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Some music metadata/tags dissapeared after copying to micro sd
I tried copying my large music library from my internal storage to my external micro sd card, only to find 50% of my album art went missing, some artist and album info is gone, while the songs ...
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How to mount external µSD card partition filesystems on Moto g Power?
A µSD card has several partitions, but the phone mounts only the vfat partition, not the ext4 partitions.
I see that there are existing internal ext4 filesystems, so it can handle that type.
Is there ...
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How to create and use multiple partitions on external SD card with different filesystems (Ext4, exFAT, NTFS)?
I want to create 4 partitions on external MicroSDcard through ADB shell commands, not on Windows or Linux. Also want to show all partitions in Android GUI (SETTINGS > STORAGE > SDCARD) and make them ...
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How to move 7GB ext4 partition on external SD card to 30GB partition on another SD card?
I had rooted my Android Lollipop 5.1.1 phone and installed Link2SD and linked installed apps on ext4 7GB 2nd partition of external SD card of 16GB size . The apps installed occupied 6.5GB space and I ...
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How to merge /data and /sdcard on Android 4.4?
Is it possible to use two partitions as one storage on a MediaTek device?
AFAIK, it is already implemented in Samsung Galaxy S III, may be.
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Inserting incompatible SD card?
I have an Android phone which supports 32GB SD card. So, if I insert a 64GB SD card, I know that the device will not recognize it. But, if I create two partitions in the 64GB SD card (32GB each), will ...
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SD card had bad sectors after chkdsk. Is that Logical or physical ?and path from here
This is about data corruption on android . The primary issue relates to bad blocks / clusters and it happens to be android platform. So this is a super user and NOT android enthusiast question. ...
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Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro 2017 (SM-J730GM) doesn't seem to support partitioned SD cards
I have a Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro SM-J730GM purchased at a Sanborns shop in Mexico, running Telcel's stock ROM, rooted, with TWRP recovery and Link2SD. A couple weeks ago I repartitioned my SD card in ...
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Phone doesn't see SDCard after doing 2nd partition
In this topic I mentioned that I'm going to change a phone. And it happened. I bought new SDCard and inserted it into new phone. My new Samsung saw this card perfectly. Using MiniTool Partition Wizard ...
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Can't create a primary, not a logical partition in SD Card
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I can't set primary, not logical partition in my SD Card.
After my attempts, I can't write anything to SD Card.
2. Hardware and software
2.1. Smartphone
ARK Benefit S401,
Android 5.1.1,...
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Erase external SD card via adb
Is it possible to perform "Erase external SD card" action via adb?
To be clear, my goal isn't to manually call partitioning/formatting tools such as newfs_msdos from command line. I want to get ...
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How do I change permissions of a file on SDCard?
I am making an image file of the partitions on my phone's internal memory. The images are being stored on the phone's SD card (for obvious reasons, I can't store them on interal memory).
I'll need to ...
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Prepare SD card for removal from Cyanogenmod 13 HTC Desire HD A9191
I installed CM on the above phone. I wanted to remove the SD card, but when it boots up again the phone says 'Encryption unsuccessful'. It works again if I put the card back in and reboot the phone.
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SD Card not working after partition
I was falling short of memory on my Samsung Galaxy S5 16 GB running on Android Marshmallow 6.0.1 rooted and TWRP recovery so I bought a new 32 GB Micro SD Card and made partition with this Command a ...
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Micro SD card stopped functioning after inserted when phone on. Android and Windows recognize the card, but can't read it. Can I recover my data?
Android and Windows say I have to format the card in order to access it, but I don't want to lose my data. I have tried to read the card with Recuva and iCare Card Recovery Pro, but they can't access ...
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My SD card is missing 2 GB of space
i have a 16 GB samsung SD card (~14.8 GB of usable space). As i have a rooted phone, i tried to partition my SD card into a 2GB ext4 and rest as the FAT16 partition, using MiniTool Partition wizard.
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Link2SD: mounting /dev/block/vold/179:66 on /data/sdext2 failed: No such file or directory
I am using a rooted Xperia Z5 Compact E5823 with the latest stock Android 6.0 ROM.
I am trying to use a 2nd partition with Link2SD but so far I always get the same "No such file or directory"...
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Can we explain Android in terms analogous to a PC?
I am familiar with computers. With computers, we have BIOS. BIOS is something like memory and hard disk. It's attached to the motherboard straight. It is, for all practical purposes, like a hard disk. ...
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How to have Android use one ext3fs partition instead of going rogue with virtual partitions for apps on the external sd card?
As this answer pointed out, moving apps to your external sd card decreases your overall system performance due to the tens or hundreds of partitions created for those apps. Now I wonder, is there any ...
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Can't access external SD Card in TWRP after Link2SD
Ever since I partitioned my SD card for Link2SD, TWRP has been unable to read it. CyanogenMod 12.1 views it fine, but TWRP just shows the card as being 0MB, and freezes when you try to select it.
Is ...
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Link2SD error- "mount: Operation not supported on transparent endpoint"
So I just rooted my Concord II, and installed Link2SD. I partitioned my SD card with MiniTool, and made a Fat32 and a ext2, both primary. But when after opening Link2SD and giving it root access, it ...
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How to partition SD card on Android 4.1.1 using Linux?
Hi I have a HTC Desire X and this device has a SD CARD with 16 Gb. I want to extend my memory using Link2D. I read I have to make partitions on my SD Card. The problem is that I do not know how. If I ...
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Questions about Link2SD and SD card partitioning
I have a Samsung S3 mini, no support for SD cards so i had to root it, and install Link2SD, spent the last 3 days hacking my phone making it better.
But i have questions, in all the tutorials ...
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What's the maximum size for a second partition for moving Apps to a SD card?
What's the maximum size for a 2nd. primary partition that can be used for App2SD?
Specs: 32GB microSD + 4.1.2 JB + LG Optimus L5
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Format SD card after playing with fdisk (No card reader)
After playing with partitioning using FDISK (from busybox) i finished and now i want to format it back to whatever is usable under Android.
Using same FDISK via Android console i deleted all ...
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SD Card Multiple partitions USB access
I want to split my SD cart in 2 partitions: one for android, and one containing a bootable OS used from computers through USB or by inserting in card readers. I can't access the second partition from ...
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SD card not recognized if I create second partition
I need to create a second partition on my SD card to use Link2SD to store apps on it, but every time I make a second partition the phone says there is no SD card at all. I've tried it a few times with ...
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Why is it that whenever I partition my sd card outside CWM it doesn't get recognized by my phone?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace, running on its official CM7 ROM. I have an 8gb sd card and I just want to make a clean install of everthing starting with the sd card's partition.
I've had sd-ext ...
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Problem partitioning SD [duplicate]
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SD card partitioning? why? how?
I am trying to partition my sd card on my Samsung Galaxy Ace because I want to extend my memory using the app link2sd but I have some problems ...
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How to partition SD card in HTC One X?
I was trying to create ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions on the SD card. I tried ClockworkMod recovery and it didn't work. Nothing seems to have happened.
I also tried using MiniTool and that also failed. I ...
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Swap partition not working on Huawei U8160 running CyanogenMod 7.2
I have a Huawei U8160 (also known as : Vodafone 858 Smart) which is running CyanogenMod 7.2 (which was released by MADTeam in 2/7/2012).
After updating to the 2/7/2012 update, I found an option to ...
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Partitioned sdcard not working with link2sd
I have a 4GB SD card which is partitioned into 3GB and 1GB (Well it's not 1GB it's approx. 750 MB) (I used it through my phone 'cause i didn't have a reader and i used mini tool partition wizard) then ...
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Apps missing after upgrading sd card
I have been searching for how to properly upgrade to new sdcard, and I did as this posts suggests. How to upgrade / swap SD card without losing data and installed apps?.
But when inserting the new sd ...
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How to switch sd cards when using a data2whatever (d2w) custom ROM?
I'm currently running MIUI XJ (Gingerbread 2.3.5) with d2w on my HTC Desire with the 4GB sd card it was shipped with, but as I found the joy of the occasional ROM-switch, I found myself running out of ...
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Can I format SD to FAT32 from FAT16?
I saw that my SD card is FAT16 formatted. In order to improve performance, can I reformat it as FAT32? What filesystems does Android support for external storage?
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Is my ext3 sd partitioning correct?
I've read a bit here on Android Enthusiasts and I've been able to partition my sdcard.
A partition FAT32 and another one ext3, using the AmonRa Recovery for Acer Liquid Metal.
Everything looks fine ...
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SD card partitioning? why? how?
I am going to install cm7 and it seems to me that is 'good' to partition my SD card.
I did some reading but I am not sure if ext partition will become accessible as mass storage when an Android phone ...
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