[Q] how to WORK/enable/use ext4 in MERRUK kernel

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anyone help is appreciated,, thnx in advance,,

Originally Posted by kawe42

Preparation

(1) Backup all apps with Titanium Backup
(2) Backup sdcard to the pc
(3) Fullwipe
(4) Flash stock rom to get rid of all possible points of failure
(5) copy Madteam cwm to sdcard
(6) start stock recovery -> start cwm via update.zip
(7) partition sdcard with cwm -> ends up with sdcard fat32 partition and 1024MB ext3 partition (as I chose)
(8) copy sdcard backup from pc to fat32 partition, including merruks 2.0 kernel
(9) flash merruk 2.0 via cwm

Setup
(10) boot up phone, initial setup, install link2d
(11) choose link2sd mount script ext3
(12) after reboot there is a link2sd script in /etc/init.d
(13) modify script: add 2 lines at the end of the script:
rm -r /sd-ext
ln -s /data/sdext2 /sd-ext
this links link2sd standart path /data/sdext2 to /sd-ext
(14) Install and restore all apps with Titanium Backup
(15) use link2sd to move apps to second partition -> "Create Link"
(16) check /sd-ext with root file explorer to see if apps get moved correctly

as for mine i stop at step 11 because it worked already without modifying scripts..

my point is ext4, i just read in merruk you need to flash ext4 using CWM,, because ext4 is a zip file,,
is ext4 is same as ext3 ext2,,
i have already ext3 running using a2sd,

Originally Posted by kimerika

my point is ext4, i just read in merruk you need to flash ext4 using CWM,, because ext4 is a zip file,,
is ext4 is same as ext3 ext2,,
i have already ext3 running using a2sd,

Its not for the sd card.. Your mentioning ext2/3 for the 2nd partition of sd card.. Flashing ext4.zip wipes data and cache and converts it to ext4 from rfs.. It increases performance but a noticeable little battery drain..

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Originally Posted by hitme987

Its not for the sd card.. Your mentioning ext2/3 for the 2nd partition of sd card.. Flashing ext4.zip wipes data and cache and converts it to ext4 from rfs.. It increases performance but a noticeable little battery drain..

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thats what i need can u give link or TUT how to work it,

Originally Posted by kimerika

thats what i need can u give link or TUT how to work it,

Its simple. After having your desired custom ROM flashed you can apply merruk kernel with ext4.

1) Flash the merruk kernel using kernel updater or using odin(refer merruk topic)
2) Flash ext4 . It wipes the data and cache.
3) You need to flash your custom rom/stock ROM now as youll get boot loops
4) If you still encounter bootloops after flashing stock/custom ROM, flash the merruk kernel again.
5) Reboot and check the kernel version in settings->About phone and make sure its merruk 2.0
6) Thats it. Profit