[Q]Darktremor A2SD not working on HTC ChaCha!

[Jorinde123]

Hi there,

I'm trying to use A2SD, since the HTC ChaCha has a ridiculously small amount of internal storage... After following the instructions thoroughly (Partitioned with MiniTool Partition Wizard, 1 partition Fat32, 1 partition EXT2 of 1024MB and then i flashed the A2SD zip through the CWM Recovery)
I installed Quick System Info Pro to check whether it's working. But the A2SD shows "no information available". My Application Manager tells me I only have 86MB left (I haven't installed much, yet, because I want A2SD to work first)

So after searching the internet for I few hours, I couldn't find anything like my problem. I tried the a2sd diskspace command in terminal, which gave me the errors "Darktremor Apps2SD may not have ran during boot. Cannot read a2sd.mountpoint" and "SD Card not mounted".

I can access my SD card with no problems at all. What's going on?

Can somebody help me? T.I.A.!

 

[Alex C.]

As far as I know the SD partitions only work if you create them with CWM. I'm pretty sure there was someone else posting a similar problem with a partition created using linux.

Try partitioning with CWM and check if that works.

 

[Jorinde123]

I've tried partitioning via CWM before, but A2SD didn't work. Therefore I tried using MiniTool...

Well, did the whole thing over. Partitioned via CWM. Flashed A2SD zip again.

QSI: "A2SD-storage: No info available"

I ran a2sd diskspace in terminal again. This time I get the errors "No a2sd.swap environment variable found" and "Darktremor Apps2SD may not have ran during boot. Cannot read a2sd.mountpoint"

If I try a2sd reinstall i get the "DarkTremor Apps2SD may not have ran..." and "No SD mounted"

 

[faizkalwar]

Darktremor A2SD working on HTC ChaCha but only for ext2

I dnt knw reason but i tried ext3 it dsnt work..(Partitioned with MiniTool Partition Wizard)..but when i tried ext2 it worked again Partitioned with MiniTool Partition Wizard...

but in command a2sd partlist it shows that my rom support ext2 and ext3 but dsnt support ext4.

But actually it is not supporting ext3 as well..

 

[Jorinde123]

Doesn't CWM make a partition as EXT2 by default?

 

[faizkalwar]

NO

Doesn't CWM make a partition as EXT2 by default?

No only make partition as EXT3 by default.


i'm using latest version of CWM 5.0.2.8..

 

[Jorinde123]

Anyway.

First I partitioned with MiniTool 1 Fat32 and 1 Ext2. Didn't work.
The second time with CWM partition Ext3 it still won't work.

Anyone?

 

[faizkalwar]

if ext2 is found during installation it will work without do anything
to check if it works type a2sd check
if ext2 is created after install type a2sd check then a2sd reinstall
(execute using adb shell ex. adb shell a2sd check)

 

[Jorinde123]

Nope, didn't work. Maybe it's because i was using the stock rom, and the rom might refuse.
I installed CM7 now, but it's not really satisfying... I JUST WANT MY CHACHA WITH MORE THAN 150MB SPACE.

Sent from my HTC ChaCha A810e using XDA App

 

[faizkalwar]

try to create ext2 partition after installation. because during installation CWM by default format SD ext partition and convert ext2 partition to ext3 partition (you select option to format SD ext or not but it 'll format SD ext partition during ROM installation). you can check it in (Mini Tool Partition Wizard) it 'll show 2nd partition as ext3 after ROM installation .. So try to convert ext3 to ext2(Mini Tool Partition Wizard) after ROM installation then open terminal in your mobile or use adb shell enter command a2sd check then a2sd reinstall.. i had same problem but solved it by this method now its working perfectly..

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Nope, didn't work. Maybe it's because i was using the stock rom, and the rom might refuse.

I think stock ROM does not support ext2 partition. but custom ROM are available that based on stock ROM and support a2sd and ext2 or ext3 partitions.

Can anybody confirms that Does stock rom support EXT2 partition.?

 

[Alex C.]

That's a negative. Stock ROM does not have support for extended partitions at all.
Latest SuperOSR released has an updated kernel which includes ext partitions support.

 

[r2b2]

I'm using a modified stock ROM (removed a few useless APKs). On one ChaCha I have Link2SD working with an EXT3 partition, but with another it refuses to work.

The software version I'm using is 1.57 (the HTCdev one). Does this means that this version supports EXT2/3?

 

[Alex C.]

Valid and working properly on latest SuperOSR build. Screenshot attached.

 

[faizkalwar]

The software version I'm using is 1.57 (the HTCdev one). Does this means that this version supports EXT2/3?

its not about ROM but kernel and official htc kernel only support ext2. no supprt for ext3 and ext4

 

[e.japonica]

To enable a2sd, after flashing the ROM go to market & download terminal emulator.
Follow instruction below:
Key in:
su
a2sd check
a2sd reinstall
Phone will reboot once.
su
a2sd check
a2sd zipalign
a2sd cachesd
Phone will reboot again & woot! app2sd+ enabled
If you facing problem for a2sd not detect the ext partition was ext4 but not ext2/ext3, after flashing ROM please re-partition your ext again. This should fix the issue. <<< hope this solve your issue.

 

[Jorinde123]

I think stock ROM does not support ext2 partition. but custom ROM are available that based on stock ROM and support a2sd and ext2 or ext3 partitions.

Can anybody confirms that Does stock rom support EXT2 partition.?

Yes! I'd like to know! Because the stupid unstable CM7 is driving me crazy! I don't know what irritates me more, the lack of storage or the lack of a proper working phone...

 

[Alex C.]

How is CM unstable? What do you mean by that? Do you have any problems with it? FC's?

 

[Jorinde123]

How is CM unstable? What do you mean by that? Do you have any problems with it? FC's?

* Camera doensn't work, I know about the issue of the front camera, not working, but rear one doesn't work either.... (And no other camera app will...)
* No longer WiFi tethering HotSpot.
* Facebook App keeps signing out
* My Gmail no longer syncs (and since I can't delete my gmail account to add it again, i can't do anything about it)

 

[Alex C.]

1) Up until now you are the only one who reports rear camera not working.
2) There are apps for Wi-Fi tethering.
3) Facebook App - Not using it, unable to find out if the ROM is the issue or other factors.
4) Same as 1) - Have you tried a factory data reset?! That deletes your gmail account.

 

[Jorinde123]

1) Up until now you are the only one who reports rear camera not working.
2) There are apps for Wi-Fi tethering.
3) Facebook App - Not using it, unable to find out if the ROM is the issue or other factors.
4) Same as 1) - Have you tried a factory data reset?! That deletes your gmail account.

Well, there you have my point. I don't want to factory reset it every time it doesn't work well... And there is a status bar widget for WiFi tethering, but I can't configure it...

Oh! And I remebered another weird thing. When my phone turns off due low battery, and I charge it. I can't turn the phone on. The LED turn on, orange. And if I disconnect the charger, the LED stays on, and the phone doesn't do anything. I have to remove the battery to be able to turn on my phone...

Edit:

Sorry for being a bit harsh about CM7 not working well and all. Of course I want to put some effort in it to make it work right. It's just... Well I want a super-duper-brilliant working phone! I'm just one lucky cookie to be a trouble shooter, when it comes to being the one GETTING the troubles! I hope you can do something with those issues, let me know if you need more info or logs or whatever!