Custom MTD partitions

[TheGrammarFreak]

Hello world! I have no new information to provide, but if you're S-OFF and feeling brave THIS works on the Legend. I use CWM 3.0.1.9 and CM 7.0.2, I haven't tested it on any other versions.

I chose a 150MB system partition and a 20MB cache partition. I now have a 295MB data partition. Enjoy! ( echo "mtd 150 20" > /sdcard/mtdpartmap.txt )


Resources:
ClockworkMOD 2.1.0.7: http://www.mediafire.com/?l3c3kacbp8w0phm
ClockworkMOD 3.0.1.9: http://www.mediafire.com/?eldxgcsdb813zze

If this is in the wrong place, and I apologise if it is, I'll get it moved

 

[snakehult]

Good idea

tnx

 

[fatthumb]

I'll be trying this out after my exam tomorrow since my Legend is only "sitting" around nowadays

Thanks for the info TGF!

 

[Kwen]

Gonna try this myself too, will report back

 

[Messatsu]

Thank you dude !

Is it better than S2E ? In terms of speed I mean.

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

Thank you dude !

Is it better than S2E ? In terms of speed I mean.

Err... It's probably slightly safer in the long run, as the internal memory in the Legend is designed for constant rewrites, whereas the SD card isn't (not in such small chunks anyway). Obviously changing the partition sizes like this is never safe though.

I don't think either is any faster, but this method saves you SD card, but carries the risk of completely bricking your phone.

 

[Kwen]

You can't brick your phone with an S-OFF bootloader and a recovery lol
Working great, moved away from my customised sense to CM7.1, allocated 160/2 so data is 303.1MB now (CM bind mounts /data to it automagically)

Have 5.7MB free on /system with gapps on it
98.1MB free with all my apps installed back, none on SD, faster bootup and SD mount/unmount

 

[TheGrammarFreak]

You can't brick your phone with an S-OFF bootloader and a recovery lol
Working great, moved away from my customised sense to CM7.1, allocated 160/2 so data is 303.1MB now (CM bind mounts /data to it automagically)

Have 5.7MB free on /system with gapps on it
98.1MB free with all my apps installed back, none on SD, faster bootup and SD mount/unmount

You can brick it still, I can assure you. But yes, it is harder to do. ;-)

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