[REPARTITION][CWM-ZIP] Get 1.9 GB extra for user data on N7100!

[ninekaw9]

Excellent script, working as the op wrote. I don't know if after repartition can use psndna88's scripts for formating as f2fs all partitions. If anyone knows or tried it let inform us pls

Sent from my GT-N7100

You can use agni kernel and format to f2fs partition. Your phone will be a lot faster. But unreliable , I had partition corrupt 2 times that I cant boot tbe phone. So I stick with ext4.

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[mbl007]

well i could make such script but cant test

I would really appreciate it sir. Because i live in a place where internet connection is really slow and i cant download big files. Im welling to test for sure. Thanks a ton

 

[psndna88]

I would really appreciate it sir. Because i live in a place where internet connection is really slow and i cant download big files. Im welling to test for sure. Thanks a ton

try this

 

[mbl007]

try this

Thanks a ton sir! I really appreciate it.
I just wanna know has anyone tested it yet or not? Im gonna test it soon but if someone already did I'd appreciate a feedback.

 

[mbl007]

try this

Hello sir. I just wanna tell you that i tried your file and i lost the extra space. But is there any way i could know if everything is back to original? How can i check?

 

[red_hanks]

Thank you. Works perfectly on my Note 2 running AC Eclipse ROM :good: :good: :good:

 

[the_naturat_com]

Phantom v13.0 XEO TNC Edition
Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip

 

[_jis_]

Phantom v13.0 XEO TNC Edition

Thank you for your screenshot. I have just bought DiskInfo PRO

 

[Rickav]

Curiously enough, this is my DiskInfo:

The strangest thing there is that I only have 13.7GB of total space available. And I'm not entirely how I got it that way either.

On the other hand, I can't particularly complain as I'm nowhere nearing making use of all the space available currently regardless. Still, I'm open to anyone's ideas as to why it's displaying less than 15.8GB or so. Note, I use (unofficial) CM roms strictly so I'm happy to shrink the other partitions as much as safely possible in order extend the user data space available.

EDIT: This was the last partition script I flashed... Someone else may like to open it up & have a look at the numbers.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3619986&stc=1&d=1453581398

 

[StyLoPrinCe]

If anyone could make this for note 4 910g?

 

[StyLoPrinCe]

Hello everyone

This is CWM-Zip script to repartition our N7100 to gain 1.9 GB more for user data partition.

This script is originally from http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/guide-extra-1-3-gb-user-data-t2762594 It’s for GT-i9300. Made by @forumber2 :good:. Thanks to him, without his easy simple script, I wouldn’t be able to port this script.

This is how Samsung partitioned N7100

After running the script

Please note that this script is not suitable to ROMs that require storing big files in CACHE and PRELOAD or HIDDEN, notably Official ROMs, as you can see that CACHE and PRELOAD got shrank.

I’m not sure if there are some custom ROMs that store files in CACHE and PRELOAD, so check the ROMs installation zip first before using this repartition script. Check by reading update-binary in META-INF and observing folder structure inside the zip file.

I’m using DN3 v5+ and it doesn’t store any files.
I checked Omega v29, it doesn't use PRELOAD to store files, even wiping it before install.
X-Treme v2.1 is safe to install, even wiping PRELOAD before install.

BIG UPDATE 1
For some ROMs like Phoenix ROM requires storing data to PRELOAD, but not CACHE.
Use partition script "Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip" instead of "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip"
It will partition PRELOAD to size of Stock 587 MBs.
CACHE remains 100 MBs, and SYSTEM remains around 2 GBs. GAINED USERDATA FREE SPACE IS AROUND 1328 MBs.
If your ROM .zip installer doesn't store files in PRELOAD, use "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip" instead.


FYI, Big CACHE partition is used to store official Samsung OTA updates file, if you are on custom ROMs, then you can’t use Samsung OTA updates anyway. Big cache partition is practically waste of free space, but it is still required for Google Play APK downloads. (Max Google Play APK size is 50 MBs) In fact, Google Play apk downloads are stored in /data/com.android.providers.downloads/files/, cache partition is used to store apk downloads in old Android version. This script will partition CACHE with size of 100 MBs. For any Google Play apps that are bigger than 50 MB, they will use expansion files called .obb to help, those obb are stored in "Internal SD Card/Android/obb".
Samsung Apps APK downloads sometimes can be seen large to something like 300 MBs, but these APK downloads are stored in "/data/data/com.sec.android.app.samsungapps/files" So it won't break Samsung Apps downloads.

PRELOAD or HIDDEN is used to store Samsung crap stuffs like ringtones, Wonders of Nature video, starter beautiful images, VODB folder that is used for S-Pen stroke recognition. When user make a factory reset, all data in internal sd card gets deleted, then stuffs in PRELOAD gets copy to internal sd card. That’s why after factory reset Wonder of Nature video comes back.

ALL USERDATA AND INSTALLED OS ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED, SO BACKUP FIRST!

So let’s get started. You will use "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip OR Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip OR in the attachment

1.Backup of course, if you don’t do System Nandroid backup, be sure to have ROM installer zip ready in external sd card, if you do Nandroid backup or Titanium Backup, make sure to back up to external sd card because this process will erase internal sd card too.You may backup your internal sd card to external sd card, USB-OTG, or Windows PC.

2.You need to use PhilZ Recovery, it doesn’t work with TWRP, TWRP lacks of “parted” binary required for repartitioning.

I personally used PhilZ Touch 6.25.0 on my N7100. 6.41.6 reported to work as well.

3.Install the ZIP and the script will run, after it finished, it will reboot recovery again.
4.We are not done yet, this script still has some bug that formatted partition can’t be mounted. You can see that you can’t mount some partitions or maybe all, weird.
5.We need to fix mount problem manually by go to Mounts and Storage, then format System, Data, Cache, Preload or Hidden one by one, then go to Power Option and reboot recovery once. DO NOT FORMAT BOOT, MODEM, STORAGE/SDCARD1 (external sd card).
6.We have repartition successfully. Now restore data, install ROMs.

How to restore original stock partition table.
You will need to do this if you want to install stock official firmware.
1 - Download "Odin3_v3.07_with_PIT_16GB_GT-N7100.zip" and extract it somewhere
2 - Download any stock ROM from sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com and unzip it.
2 - Open Odin, click "PIT" button and select " PIT_N7100_16GB_20121102.pit"
3 - Click "PDA" and select official ROM that you've downloaded
4 - Click "Start"
5 - After installation, phone will be stuck at bootanimation, don't panic.
6 - Pull out battery, boot to recovery (you can see some mount errors, don't worry)
7 - Select "wipe data/factory reset" in recovery menu
8 - Select "reboot system now"

I recently update 4.3 MJ5 to 4.4.2 ND3 bootloader via odin successfully, just to inform that after repartition, bootloader update still works. If it fails, make sure to try new usb cable. Mine failed first time because of bad usb cable.
See ND 4.4.2 bootloader here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472270 CTRL+F in the thread and find bootloader.

For some people who curious how to output partition table in Terminal.
First you need to install "parted" binary to /system/bin/
parted binary is in attachment,
then use these command in terminal

su
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print

Also programs to show partition tables in Google Play can't show partitions offsets, but this command could.

UPDATE 15/10/2014
I found out that in fact, Google Play apk downloads are stored in /data/com.android.providers.downloads/files/, cache partition is used to store apk downloads in old Android version.

UPDATE 24/10/2015
I also uploaded a new partition script cwm-zip file for AOSP users that will repartition system to size of 1 GB, preload 15 mb, cache 100 mb.
This will gain 3 GB of more userdata space.
Please note that once you have repartition with Repartition AOSP N7100 System 1 GB.zip
You will not be able to install Touchwiz based ROM, Touchwiz based ROMs are bigger than 1 GB.
You will have to repartition again with Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip OR Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip, note that all userdata will be deleted.
Note that I personally don't use Note 2 anymore, but this script should work. It's just simple script editing from previous files.

1 GB system partitioning for AOSP/CM is not working as
psndna88, AGNI kernel maker, tests
"it seems we cannot change SYSTEM size, else the bootloader boots only into download mode"

Can u make this for note 4 910g

 

[smrezvani]

How can I change this script for gt-n7000

Hello everyone

This is CWM-Zip script to repartition our N7100 to gain 1.9 GB more for user data partition.

This script is originally from http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/guide-extra-1-3-gb-user-data-t2762594 It’s for GT-i9300. Made by @forumber2 :good:. Thanks to him, without his easy simple script, I wouldn’t be able to port this script.

This is how Samsung partitioned N7100

After running the script

Please note that this script is not suitable to ROMs that require storing big files in CACHE and PRELOAD or HIDDEN, notably Official ROMs, as you can see that CACHE and PRELOAD got shrank.

I’m not sure if there are some custom ROMs that store files in CACHE and PRELOAD, so check the ROMs installation zip first before using this repartition script. Check by reading update-binary in META-INF and observing folder structure inside the zip file.

I’m using DN3 v5+ and it doesn’t store any files.
I checked Omega v29, it doesn't use PRELOAD to store files, even wiping it before install.
X-Treme v2.1 is safe to install, even wiping PRELOAD before install.

BIG UPDATE 1
For some ROMs like Phoenix ROM requires storing data to PRELOAD, but not CACHE.
Use partition script "Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip" instead of "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip"
It will partition PRELOAD to size of Stock 587 MBs.
CACHE remains 100 MBs, and SYSTEM remains around 2 GBs. GAINED USERDATA FREE SPACE IS AROUND 1328 MBs.
If your ROM .zip installer doesn't store files in PRELOAD, use "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip" instead.


FYI, Big CACHE partition is used to store official Samsung OTA updates file, if you are on custom ROMs, then you can’t use Samsung OTA updates anyway. Big cache partition is practically waste of free space, but it is still required for Google Play APK downloads. (Max Google Play APK size is 50 MBs) In fact, Google Play apk downloads are stored in /data/com.android.providers.downloads/files/, cache partition is used to store apk downloads in old Android version. This script will partition CACHE with size of 100 MBs. For any Google Play apps that are bigger than 50 MB, they will use expansion files called .obb to help, those obb are stored in "Internal SD Card/Android/obb".
Samsung Apps APK downloads sometimes can be seen large to something like 300 MBs, but these APK downloads are stored in "/data/data/com.sec.android.app.samsungapps/files" So it won't break Samsung Apps downloads.

PRELOAD or HIDDEN is used to store Samsung crap stuffs like ringtones, Wonders of Nature video, starter beautiful images, VODB folder that is used for S-Pen stroke recognition. When user make a factory reset, all data in internal sd card gets deleted, then stuffs in PRELOAD gets copy to internal sd card. That’s why after factory reset Wonder of Nature video comes back.

ALL USERDATA AND INSTALLED OS ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED, SO BACKUP FIRST!

So let’s get started. You will use "Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip OR Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip OR in the attachment

1.Backup of course, if you don’t do System Nandroid backup, be sure to have ROM installer zip ready in external sd card, if you do Nandroid backup or Titanium Backup, make sure to back up to external sd card because this process will erase internal sd card too.You may backup your internal sd card to external sd card, USB-OTG, or Windows PC.

2.You need to use PhilZ Recovery, it doesn’t work with TWRP, TWRP lacks of “parted” binary required for repartitioning.

I personally used PhilZ Touch 6.25.0 on my N7100. 6.41.6 reported to work as well.

3.Install the ZIP and the script will run, after it finished, it will reboot recovery again.
4.We are not done yet, this script still has some bug that formatted partition can’t be mounted. You can see that you can’t mount some partitions or maybe all, weird.
5.We need to fix mount problem manually by go to Mounts and Storage, then format System, Data, Cache, Preload or Hidden one by one, then go to Power Option and reboot recovery once. DO NOT FORMAT BOOT, MODEM, STORAGE/SDCARD1 (external sd card).
6.We have repartition successfully. Now restore data, install ROMs.

How to restore original stock partition table.
You will need to do this if you want to install stock official firmware.
1 - Download "Odin3_v3.07_with_PIT_16GB_GT-N7100.zip" and extract it somewhere
2 - Download any stock ROM from sammobile.com or samsung-updates.com and unzip it.
2 - Open Odin, click "PIT" button and select " PIT_N7100_16GB_20121102.pit"
3 - Click "PDA" and select official ROM that you've downloaded
4 - Click "Start"
5 - After installation, phone will be stuck at bootanimation, don't panic.
6 - Pull out battery, boot to recovery (you can see some mount errors, don't worry)
7 - Select "wipe data/factory reset" in recovery menu
8 - Select "reboot system now"

I recently update 4.3 MJ5 to 4.4.2 ND3 bootloader via odin successfully, just to inform that after repartition, bootloader update still works. If it fails, make sure to try new usb cable. Mine failed first time because of bad usb cable.
See ND 4.4.2 bootloader here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2472270 CTRL+F in the thread and find bootloader.

For some people who curious how to output partition table in Terminal.
First you need to install "parted" binary to /system/bin/
parted binary is in attachment,
then use these command in terminal

su
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print

Also programs to show partition tables in Google Play can't show partitions offsets, but this command could.

UPDATE 15/10/2014
I found out that in fact, Google Play apk downloads are stored in /data/com.android.providers.downloads/files/, cache partition is used to store apk downloads in old Android version.

UPDATE 24/10/2015
I also uploaded a new partition script cwm-zip file for AOSP users that will repartition system to size of 1 GB, preload 15 mb, cache 100 mb.
This will gain 3 GB of more userdata space.
Please note that once you have repartition with Repartition AOSP N7100 System 1 GB.zip
You will not be able to install Touchwiz based ROM, Touchwiz based ROMs are bigger than 1 GB.
You will have to repartition again with Repartition_N7100_16GB.zip OR Repartition_N7100_16GB_PreloadStockSize587MB.zip, note that all userdata will be deleted.
Note that I personally don't use Note 2 anymore, but this script should work. It's just simple script editing from previous files.

1 GB system partitioning for AOSP/CM is not working as
psndna88, AGNI kernel maker, tests
"it seems we cannot change SYSTEM size, else the bootloader boots only into download mode"

I have a Galaxy Note(gt-n7000) 16g and my phone's usb is broken. So I can't use pit file.
I want change this script for gt-n7000. Cold you please tell me how should I do that?
This is my phone partition:

Regard.

 

[zabaknilesh]

try this

Can some one confirm that flashing @psndna88 script without need of downloading original stock firmware will work ..as I need to revert to stock partitions ??

Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

 

[RiderRicky]

Does this works on N7105

Is the partition table same for N7100 and N7105?

 

[mattamito]

Does it works or R.remix?

 

[AndryForGalaxyNote]

Problem after re-repartition

First time that I used the script for remove preload and reduce cache partitions everything work fine. When I had the wonderful idea to try a stock based rom ( hyper rom) i used the order script for increase the preload, everything ok. After that I prefer revert to the lineage but after the flash of the first script (no preload.......) and the general performance of phone decrease and also the memory, besides you can see from the screen allegate the two empty partition /Dev and /mnt.
I tried some times to use the script, also use Odin with stock pit and rom flash. How I can solve this problem with memory? Now also the phone not be appear in pc for files management, only with twrp recovery mtp protocol I can copy files. Help me please...

 

[fuyun1965]

restore to original partition.

i have successful repartition to large size. recently the screen suddenly out of order, and cannot get into recovery as well. i have to restore to manufactury rom first. so i need to use your restore pit file and samsung's rom to get restore. i just want to know if i need to select "re-partition" option when i use odin to flash the rom.

 

[ishtiak02]

i have successful repartition to large size. recently the screen suddenly out of order, and cannot get into recovery as well. i have to restore to manufactury rom first. so i need to use your restore pit file and samsung's rom to get restore. i just want to know if i need to select "re-partition" option when i use odin to flash the rom.

You can flash the pit file first, exit Odin and flash the stock ROM afterwards.

 

[fuyun1965]

You can flash the pit file first, exit Odin and flash the stock ROM afterwards.

I try it. but unsuccessful. I think the emmc memory chip may be damaged. Not worth to repair for replacement ic chip.

thanks any way.

 

[tahuboto]

this normal?