SD mount swap!

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Hey everyone, i prefer stuff saved on my external sd and im to lazy to keep editing apps to save to /sdcard2 (if they even let you!) instead of the usual /sdcard, so i made a zip to flash in recovery that swaps mount points. internal mounts at /mnt/sdcard/ext_sd and external is at /mnt/sdcard.

enjoy this guys! it took me like a day solid to figure out how to swap it and then learn how to make a flashable zip :P be nice to me i had never done this before yesterday/part of today
This has been tested on Ineffabilis (gb version) with dsb OC kernel. should work on any GB rezound rom, and unless something changed that i didnt notice it should work on ICS roms. ill edit this as soon as i check, but it will be tomorrow night before i get a chance
flash SwtichMount.zip to switch
flash RestoreMount.zip to restore to original settings

theoretically this should work on some other phones, shoot me a pm with your phone model and any rom for it (or even better the vold.fstab file in
/system/etc) and i can tell you if it should work/edit it to work for you!

Changelog:
v2.1: adds support for some roms

I have done this as well by editing the vold.fstab file and rebooting. The only problem I had was that after making the change I was unable to mount the internal storage as USB drive. The SDcard mounted fine however. So what I have been doing is copying over the original file that I saved on the SDcard if I needed to copy files over to the internal.

Does your method allow for the internal storage to be mounted as a USB drive?

yea it shows up, it seems to take an extra minute or 2.

i had a different way to do it that mounted internal on /mnt/sdcard2 but it had to do with editing ramdisk and was a pain in the a$$

So the internal ram is mounted as sdcard/ext_sd? Is there any way around this? Does the name ext_sd have some significance? I mean you have a mnt/sdcard which is sdcard dir and mnt/sdcard/sd_ext which is sdcard2 dir. Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!

Originally Posted by maniac2k

Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!

+1!
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Originally Posted by maniac2k

So the internal ram is mounted as sdcard/ext_sd? Is there any way around this? Does the name ext_sd have some significance? I mean you have a mnt/sdcard which is sdcard dir and mnt/sdcard/sd_ext which is sdcard2 dir. Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!

If you go to the root directory of the phone you will see sdcard and sdcard2. sdcard2 is the exact same folder as mnt/sdcard/sd_ext. The folder mnt/sdcard/sd_ext is basically like having a shortcut to that sdcard2.

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By the way pwnwolf117.... I flashed your zip and the changes did not stick. I still had to use my method of copying over an edited vold.fstab file that I created to the /etc folder. I am running BAMF gingerbread ROM.

I understand that and explained that in my original post so I wouldn't get an answer like yours. Please reread my previous post again. My point is, why should internal ram (in this case, ext_sd which isn't external sd) be mounted inside the sdcard folder?

Originally Posted by maniac2k

.Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!

I'm working on getting that but I need yo figure out a script that will create /mnt/Sdcard2 on bootup. I know where to put the script but something isn't mounting properly. I'll try to finish it tonight but since I originally posted I've been taking midterm exams or at robotics practice or a competition which im on my way home from now (8pm here) and I left at 5am so I'm exhausted but I'll see what I can throw together. if anybody understands how to add a script to /etc/init.d/ please pm me or reply! and so you all realize this is my first Android phone EVER which I've had for obit a couple months as well as I have no programming experience. so this was a personal project that I released for those who want to try it.


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Originally Posted by maniac2k

I understand that and explained that in my original post so I wouldn't get an answer like yours. Please reread my previous post again. My point is, why should internal ram (in this case, ext_sd which isn't external sd) be mounted inside the sdcard folder?

because that was the one place I KNOW it will mount on the system correctly, but also will mount as USB correctly. /mnt/Sdcard/ext_sd is the default mount point for the external so I just swapped the internal and external mount points

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Originally Posted by maniac2k

.Why can't ext_sd (internal ram) just be mounted as mnt/sdcard2? Thanks!

I'm working on getting that but I need yo figure out a script that will create /mnt/Sdcard2 on bootup. I know where to put the script but something isn't mounting properly. I'll try to finish it tonight but since I originally posted I've been taking midterm exams or at robotics practice or a competition which im on my way home from now (8pm here) and I left at 5am so I'm exhausted but I'll see what I can throw together. if anybody understands how to add a script to /etc/init.d/ please pm me or reply! and so you all realize this is my first Android phone EVER which I've had for obit a couple months as well as I have no programming experience. so this was a personal project that I released for those who want to try it.

Originally Posted by maniac2k

I understand that and explained that in my original post so I wouldn't get an answer like yours. Please reread my previous post again. My point is, why should internal ram (in this case, ext_sd which isn't external sd) be mounted inside the sdcard folder?

because that was the one place I KNOW it will mount on the system correctly, but also will mount as USB correctly. /mnt/Sdcard/ext_sd is the default mount point for the external so I just swapped the internal and external mount points

Originally Posted by mrcrusha829

the way pwnwolf117.... I flashed your zip and the changes did not stick. I still had to use my method of copying over an edited vold.fstab file that I created to the /etc folder. I am running BAMF gingerbread ROM.

hmm im wondering if its a permissions thing, im dling BAMF gb and ill install it and see what i can do as soon as i have a chance!