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When i do a nandroid backup it says no sd-ext to backup.

Did i do something wrong when i rooted it?

Originally Posted by bowlfan1223

When i do a nandroid backup it says no sd-ext to backup.

Did i do something wrong when i rooted it?

No you didn't do anything wrong. There is no sd-ext to backup simply because you have no sd-ext, and that's okay. Lol

Ext is a filesystem type, and sd-ext would be an ext partition on your sd card. I think it is mostly useful on phones with very low internal memory, such as the Nexus One with less than 200MB available for installing apps. I never used it with my N1 but if i understand it correctly, the sd-ext frees up internal memory by allowing you to mount system partitions to your memory card.

I don't think we really would need one with this phone because we have much more internal memory available from the start.

Originally Posted by phburks

No you didn't do anything wrong. There is no sd-ext to backup simply because you have no sd-ext, and that's okay. Lol

Ext is a filesystem type, and sd-ext would be an ext partition on your sd card. I think it is mostly useful on phones with very low internal memory, such as the Nexus One with less than 200MB available for installing apps. I never used it with my N1 but if i understand it correctly, the sd-ext frees up internal memory by allowing you to mount system partitions to your memory card.

I don't think we really would need one with this phone because we have much more internal memory available from the start.

Yup...sd-ext is just a partition created for Apps2SD basically. You only have one if you partition your SD card for Apps2SD and enable the moving of all apps to the SD card...it's kind of like a second (and unnecessary) data partition. All in all, you did nothing wrong and your phone will still make good backups

sweet, thanks guys