[Q&A] Mounts2SD - Storage & Memory Management

jackson0829 · Feb 27, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
Do you get an error message in the recover?

No, and I checked /system/etc/init.d in the Root explorer did not change
after installed the "Mount2SD" file and /system & /data memory space size
same as before ??

DirkStorck · Feb 27, 2012

Hi. I have used your script with an ICS ROM. Now I jumped back to my old Gingerbread ROM (CM7) and wonder if I can use your script with that ROM too

?

dk_zero-cool · Feb 27, 2012

jackson0829 said:
No, and I checked /system/etc/init.d in the Root explorer did not change
after installed the "Mount2SD" file and /system & /data memory space size
same as before ??

When does it quit the install?

DirkStorck said:
Hi. I have used your script with an ICS ROM. Now I jumped back to my old Gingerbread ROM (CM7) and wonder if I can use your script with that ROM too ?

Sure it does

jackson0829 · Feb 27, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
When does it quit the install?

Sure it does

I do not know whether it is "quit the install" or just "did not start to install"?
There are not any message during install??

By the way, Can I directly to add on the scripts (in Mount2SD.zip) to the bin/etc/lib/xbin of root explorer ?

dk_zero-cool · Feb 27, 2012

jackson0829 said:
I do not know whether it is "quit the install" or just "did not start to install"?
There are not any message during install??

By the way, Can I directly to add on the scripts (in Mount2SD.zip) to the bin/etc/lib/xbin of root explorer ?

I think know what the problem is.
I used the aroma installer from my ICS Rom as base, and in that I exit the install if anything other than Bravo/Desire devices uses the ZIP. Forgot to remove it

Sorry, I will update the ZIP right away

EDIT
Looked at the updater script, and it is fine. No device checks or anything. You can use root explorer to copy the files yes, and I will add a regular update.zip as extra in case the aroma does not work.

jackson0829 · Feb 27, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
I think know what the problem is.
I used the aroma installer from my ICS Rom as base, and in that I exit the install if anything other than Bravo/Desire devices uses the ZIP. Forgot to remove it

Sorry, I will update the ZIP right away

EDIT
Looked at the updater script, and it is fine. No device checks or anything. You can use root explorer to copy the files yes, and I will add a regular update.zip as extra in case the aroma does not work.

Thanks for your answers and also awaiting update.zip file ASAP

jackson0829 · Feb 29, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
Mounts2SD - An All-in-one to sd-ext script

Mounts2SD is a customizable sd-ext control script that can be used to move content to and from the second sdcard partition known in Android as sd-ext. These scripts comes in many variants with different purposes. Mounts2SD has most of these, and more, build into one single script with controls to set it up after most needs.

Features

Graphical installer with configuration options and auto deletion of almost any existing app2sd script

Control script to manage configuration from shell

SWAP Support

Link Apps from data as system apps

Move Apps to sd-ext

Move Dalvik-cache to sd-ext

Move Apps Data to sd-ext

Move system linked apps to sd-ext

Move Cache to data, sd-ext or tmpfs

Internal nand and sdcard readahead optimization

Handles slow sdcards that takes time to initiate

Support for extended partitions

Checks filesystems for errors on boot using e2fsck

Let's you use whatever linux filesystem supported by kernel

Able to revert any prev. options

Fix permissions

Internal/External storage optimization

How to install

Note that you need to have a custom ROM installed which supports init.d scripts.

Download the ZIP file in the download section

Copy the ZIP file to your phones SD-Card

Boot you phone into recovery

Make sure that recovery does not check ZIP's signature as the ZIP is not signed

Choose to install ZIP from SD-Card

Select the ZIP file you copied to the SD-Card and fallow the installation process

After installation, you can change any settings you choose during install, by using the shell command 'm2sd <option> <value> from an adb shell or a terminal app on your phone. You can type 'm2sd help' in the shell to get a list of available options and values.

You can also read more about the different option below.

Code:

2.1.3 ----- * Fixed e2fsck * Added noatime option to optimize speed * Fixed other small issues * Added permissions check/fix 2.1.2 ----- * Fixed some configuration * Added /(data/sd-ext)/app-system that will link apps as system apps * Added Aroma Installer with configurable options during install * Added automatic search/deletion of existing app2sd scripts [/LIST][/QUOTE] Thanks for prompt update mounts2sd-2.1.3_aroma.zip & mounts2sd-2.1.3.zip files , unfortunately after I installed both zip file in my IDEOS C8150 (thru CWM 5.0.2.7) still got installation aborted: (1) Installed mounts2sd-2.1.3.zip files thru CWM 5.0.2.7 : ----> Without any error message even though did not show out the "M2SD Change Log" format??? (2)Installed mounts2sd-2.1.3_aroma.zip thru CWM 5.0.2.7: ---->show out the " "M2SD Change Log" format but got beneath error message no matter use default or options presetting: -------------------------------------------- AROMA INSTALLER version 1.50 (c) 2012 by amarullz xda-developers ROM Name : Mounts2SD ROM Version : 2.1.3 ROM Author : DK_Zero-Cool Device : All Start at : Wed Feb 29 01:44:06 2012 Installer Error (Status 0) End at : Wed Feb 29 01:44:06 2012 ---------------------------------------------- Whether I have to install the " AROMA Installer" ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1461712) in advance ? (3)Original I plan to copy the scripts in your latest mounts2sd-2.1.3.zip to bin/etc/lib/xbin by root explorer ,but worry to damage the system , So hesitate to copy them so far??? Thanks for your efforts and look forward any advance solutions ASAP. DEVICE-> IDEOS C8150 SDCARD -> SanDisk 16gb Class 6 Ext4 1gb ROM-> FUSIONideos v2.7.10 Android 2.2.2 (rooted with Link2sd(ext)+ OC) RECOVERY-> CWM 5.0.2.7

iwan.booster · Feb 29, 2012

I hope it can work perfect on my wildfire,
Download now n testing

khankll · Feb 29, 2012

hi
i m total noob to android,,
i have Huawei Ideos U8150. it has intewrnal storage of 150 mb,, i installed app to sd and whenever i install any app i move that to sd ,, i hafve 8 gb fat 32 class 2 sd card,, but it tests out as class 4 on most softwares,,also it can writ upto 6 MB /sec in windows,,

so far i have rooted my ideos, its default everything,

i m getting low storage like error..

now i want to be able to use a partition on my sd card as internal storage,, for that i tried minitools to partition may card as first 4 gb as fat32 3.5 gb ext2 , rest as swap,, but the minitools cant partition this sd card it just shows the percentage as 0 percent even after 2 hours.. whareas on youtube u watcghed videos where the percentage goes quickly within two minutes,, imy card was totally empty,,

so i cant partition sd card,

now suppose i do partition it will i be able to use this feature? on stock rom? how do i know that my rom supports custom boot scripts?

i have tried rom manager but that cant find any recovery for my ideos,,

dk_zero-cool · Feb 29, 2012

khankll said:
hi
i m total noob to android,,
i have Huawei Ideos U8150. it has intewrnal storage of 150 mb,, i installed app to sd and whenever i install any app i move that to sd ,, i hafve 8 gb fat 32 class 2 sd card,, but it tests out as class 4 on most softwares,,also it can writ upto 6 MB /sec in windows,,

so far i have rooted my ideos, its default everything,

i m getting low storage like error..

now i want to be able to use a partition on my sd card as internal storage,, for that i tried minitools to partition may card as first 4 gb as fat32 3.5 gb ext2 , rest as swap,, but the minitools cant partition this sd card it just shows the percentage as 0 percent even after 2 hours.. whareas on youtube u watcghed videos where the percentage goes quickly within two minutes,, imy card was totally empty,,

so i cant partition sd card,

now suppose i do partition it will i be able to use this feature? on stock rom? how do i know that my rom supports custom boot scripts?

i have tried rom manager but that cant find any recovery for my ideos,,

First of. sd-ext partition should not be more than max 1.4gb

Second, to see if you support init.d (which stock do not), you can enter an adb shell and type "cat init.rc | grep sysinit" and see if anything is printed. If not, then no support.

Also check /system/etc/ to see if the init.d directory exists.

dk_zero-cool · Feb 29, 2012

jackson0829 said:
Thanks for prompt update mounts2sd-2.1.3_aroma.zip & mounts2sd-2.1.3.zip
files , unfortunately after I installed both zip file in my IDEOS C8150 (thru CWM 5.0.2.7) still got installation aborted:

...

Try downloading the new Aroma version. I changed the original update-binary with a newer one. I think it was an issue with the old one on your device.

The legacy version will not work as it uses the old binary. Just in case of devices not supported by the new one.

jackson0829 · Feb 29, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
Try downloading the new Aroma version. I changed the original update-binary with a newer one. I think it was an issue with the old one on your device.

The legacy version will not work as it uses the old binary. Just in case of devices not supported by the new one.

Hi,dk_zero-cool:

Thanks for your prompt update new zip files and Finally I have successful
to install "Mounts2SD-2.1.4_aroma.zip" and confirmed all the scripts
in "Mounts2SD-2.1.4_aroma.zip" have already updated & added in
system/bin or /etc/init.d or /lib or /xbin of root explorer !!

But something strange happen: Afterward I double checked the RAM/system
space still 127MB used/42MB free & RAM/ Data space 79MB used/87MB free ??
(no matter installed from "default" or "customize" of M2SD change log)
I am wondering RAM system& data still did not move to 1000MB SD-ext partition?

I checked the original Link2SD script in etc/init.d already removed
but all linked apps still keep in Link2sd assigned locations??

for your reference and help me to find the solution!

P.S: I try to install another "Mounts2SD-2.1.4_legacy.zip" thru CWM5.0.2.7
and got installation aborted!!

dk_zero-cool · Feb 29, 2012

jackson0829 said:
Hi,dk_zero-cool:

Thanks for your prompt update new zip files and Finally I have successful
to install "Mounts2SD-2.1.4_aroma.zip" and confirmed all the scripts
in "Mounts2SD-2.1.4_aroma.zip" have already updated & added in
system/bin or /etc/init.d or /lib or /xbin of root explorer !!

But something strange happen: Afterward I double checked the RAM/system
space still 127MB used/42MB free & RAM/ Data space 79MB used/87MB free ??
(no matter installed from "default" or "customize" of M2SD change log)
I am wondering RAM system& data still did not move to 1000MB SD-ext partition?

I checked the original Link2SD script in etc/init.d already removed
but all linked apps still keep in Link2sd assigned locations??

for your reference and help me to find the solution!

If you want to check available space, use "df -h" in terminal.

But try to give me "m2sd status", "m2sd log" and "ls -la /data/app"

Remember to type "su" first to gain super user rights.

jackson0829 said:
P.S: I try to install another "Mounts2SD-2.1.4_legacy.zip" thru CWM5.0.2.7
and got installation aborted!!

And it should. That one still uses the old updater binary that gave you problems before. I only updated it in the aroma version.

jackson0829 · Mar 1, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
If you want to check available space, use "df -h" in terminal.

But try to give me "m2sd status", "m2sd log" and "ls -la /data/app"

Remember to type "su" first to gain super user rights.

And it should. That one still uses the old updater binary that gave you problems before. I only updated it in the aroma version.

Due to too much wording after "df -h" & "m2sd status ...Can you teach me how to copy the wording from "terminal Emulator " to PC ,then I can show you
error messages?

dk_zero-cool · Mar 1, 2012

jackson0829 said:
Due to too much wording after "df -h" & "m2sd status ...Can you teach me how to copy the wording from "terminal Emulator " to PC ,then I can show you
error messages?

Well in my linux terminal I mark everything I want to copy using the mouse. Then I right click with the mouse and choose "Copy" (Keyboard shortcut will not work).

jackson0829 · Mar 1, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
Well in my linux terminal I mark everything I want to copy using the mouse. Then I right click with the mouse and choose "Copy" (Keyboard shortcut will not work).

As beneath are my error messages:

(1) df -h:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
sh-3.2$ su
sh-3.2# df
/dev: 91184K total, 12K used, 91172K available (block size 4096)
/mnt/asec: 91184K total, 0K used, 91184K available (block size 4096)
/system: 174080K total, 130476K used, 43604K available (block size 4096)
/data: 170624K total, 88932K used, 81692K available (block size 4096)
/cust: 20480K total, 10628K used, 9852K available (block size 4096)
/tmp: 43008K total, 24K used, 42984K available (block size 4096)
/data/sdext2: 984280K total, 195360K used, 788920K available (block size 4096)
/cache: 170624K total, 88932K used, 81692K available (block size 4096)
/mnt/sdcard: 14513136K total, 5677648K used, 8835488K available (block size 8192)
/mnt/secure/asec: 14513136K total, 5677648K used, 8835488K available (block size 8192)
/mnt/asec/com.opensrc.phoenix.sim-1: 2088K total, 92K used, 1996K available (block size 4096)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2) m2sd status & logo & ls -la /data/app:

---------------------------------
sh-3.2$ m2sd status

Status:
-------
Mounts2SD []
- Apps []
- SysApps []
- Data []
- Dalvik []
- Cache []
- SWAP []

Device info:
------------
SD-EXT device []
Cache device []
- Location []
Swap device []
-------------------------------------------
sh-3.2$ m2sd log

v/Initiating Mounts2SD (v:2.1.4) [Thu Mar 1 07:45:31 CST 2012]
v/Initiating the props system...
v/Checking configurations...
v/Remounting /system with noatime...
v/Waiting for sdcard to initiate...
v/Running e2fsck on sd-ext...
e/Error while checking sd-ext. e2fsck returned exit code 0!
v/Umounting /cache to make the directory ready for linking...
v/Linking /cache to /data/cache...
v/Mounts2SD has been loaded!

Registered properties:
----------------------
[mounts2sd.cache.device]: [/dev/block/mtdblock6]
[mounts2sd.cache.location]: [/cache]
[mounts2sd.cache.status]: [loaded]
[mounts2sd.sdext.device]: [/dev/block/mmcblk0p2]
[mounts2sd.swap.device]: [/dev/block/mmcblk0p3]

Mount Points:
-------------

sh-3.2$ ls -la /data/app
-la: No such file or directory
opendir failed, Permission denied
-------------------------------------------------------------
For your reference and find the solutions

dk_zero-cool · Mar 1, 2012

jackson0829 said:
As beneath are my error messages:

...

There is something strange with this. Seams that something else is using the sd-ext partition.

Try going to a terminal and type "su".

Not type and copy the fallowing commands here.
1: "busybox.m2sd df -h"
2: "ls -la /etc/init.d"
3: "ls -la /etc/sdext2"

This time type the commands exactly as I wrote them.

jackson0829 · Mar 1, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
There is something strange with this. Seams that something else is using the sd-ext partition.

Try going to a terminal and type "su".

Not type and copy the fallowing commands here.
1: "busybox.m2sd df -h"
2: "ls -la /etc/init.d"
3: "ls -la /etc/sdext2"

This time type the commands exactly as I wrote them.

Follow your comment and got beneath messages:
----------------------------------------------------------
sh-3.2$ busybox.m2sd df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 89.0M 12.0K 89.0M 0% /dev
tmpfs 89.0M 0 89.0M 0% /mnt/asec
/dev/block/mtdblock4 170.0M 127.4M 42.6M 75% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock6 166.6M 81.3M 85.4M 49% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock7 20.0M 10.4M 9.6M 52% /cust
tmpfs 42.0M 24.0K 42.0M 0% /tmp
/dev/block/vold/179:2
961.2M 192.4M 768.8M 20% /data/sdext2
/dev/block/mtdblock6 166.6M 81.3M 85.4M 49% /cache
/dev/block/vold/179:1
13.8G 5.4G 8.4G 39% /mnt/sdcard
df: /mnt/secure/asec: Permission denied
/dev/block/dm-0 2.0M 92.0K 1.9M 4% /mnt/asec/com.opensrc.phoenix.sim-1
-------------------------------------------------------------------
sh-3.2$ ls -la /etc/init.d
-la: No such file or directory
fbfix
FUSIONboost
12FUSIONremix
10mounts2sd
--------------------------------------------------------------------
sh-3.2$ ls -la /etc/sdext2
-la: No such file or directory
/etc/sdext2: No such file or directory
--------------------------------------------------------------------
RAM/System and RAM/data space still not move to SD-EXT??
I confirm my original Link2sd still using the sd-ext partition,
(I can find /data/sdext2 folder and all link2sd apps inside)
maybe I have to move back all apps from SD-ext to RAM in advance??

P.S: I could not download latest Mounts2SD-2.1.5_aroma.zip ???

dk_zero-cool · Mar 1, 2012

jackson0829 said:
...

You have a script in your init.d folder that mounts sd-ext to /data/sdext2. This is a problem. What does this folder contains? And what does /data/app contain?

"busybox ls -la /data/app"
"busybox ls -la /data/sdext2"

jackson0829 said:
P.S: I could not download latest Mounts2SD-2.1.5_aroma.zip ???

Download links has been fixed

jackson0829 · Mar 1, 2012

dk_zero-cool said:
You have a script in your init.d folder that mounts sd-ext to /data/sdext2. This is a problem. What does this folder contains? And what does /data/app contain?

"busybox ls -la /data/app"
"busybox ls -la /data/sdext2"

Download links has been fixed

EDIT: Beneath are correct messages from Terminal

-----------------------------------------------
sh-3.2$ su
<ybox ls -la /data/app
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Mar 1 06:19 .
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Feb 29 23:45 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 37 Feb 27 02:41 aming.app.NewsBook-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/aming.app.NewsBook-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 44 Feb 27 02:36 app.demo.iTaiwanWifiByChe-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/app.demo.iTaiwanWifiByChe-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 37 Feb 27 02:33 app.real.sweettube-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/app.real.sweettube-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 38 Feb 27 02:33 au.com.phil.minepro-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/au.com.phil.minepro-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 32 Feb 27 03:33 com.ClockofAV-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/com.ClockofAV-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 47 Mar 1 02:13 com.acer.inputmethod.chewing-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/com.acer.inputmethod.chewing-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 34 Feb 27 02:31 com.app.HDPFans-1.apk -> ....
....
.....
.....
.....
....

lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 39 Feb 27 02:35 tw.com.nexttv.rtnews-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/tw.com.nexttv.rtnews-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 43 Feb 27 02:39 tw.com.sharpdaily.reader-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/tw.com.sharpdaily.reader-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 36 Feb 27 02:33 yesmobee.idoltube-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/yesmobee.idoltube-1.apk
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 45 Feb 27 02:35 zapDroid.ChineseNewsOnline-1.apk -> /data/sdext2/zapDroid.ChineseNewsOnline-1.apk
-------------------------------------------------------------------
<ybox ls -la /data/sdext2
drwxr-xr-x 5 0 0 4096 Mar 1 06:19 .
drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Feb 29 23:45 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 883459 Feb 27 02:41 aming.app.NewsBook-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 85045 Feb 27 02:36 app.demo.iTaiwanWifiByChe-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 223284 Feb 27 02:33 app.real.sweettube-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 157125 Feb 27 02:33 au.com.phil.minepro-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 368683 Feb 27 03:33 com.ClockofAV-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 426325 Mar 1 02:13 com.acer.inputmethod.chewing-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 703606 Feb 26 10:25 com.advancedprocessmanager-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2234067 Feb 27 02:31 com.app.HDPFans-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 3095462 Feb 27 02:42 com.chaozh.iReaderFree-
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 1538681 Feb 27 02:32 com.latedroid.juicedefender-1.apk
....
....
....
....
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 112558 Feb 27 02:33 yesmobee.idoltube-1.apk
-rw-r--r-- 1 0 0 2064952 Feb 27 02:35 zapDroid.ChineseNewsOnline-1.apk
sh-3.2#

---------------------------------------------------
I can find /data/sdext2 folder and all link2sd apps inside.
maybe I have to move back all apps from SD-ext to RAM in advance??

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