[ROM][3.4 Kernel][4.4.4] Unofficial SlimKat 9.1 (pyramid)

[der_laufer]

LordNerevar
concisely and clearly, exactly what I needed. thank you

 

[Saakshath]

So here is how my SD card is currently set up:

*Have 32 sandisk class 10 ultra.
*Out of 29gb, 4gb is sd-ext, 256mb swap and remaining( 24.7gb) is fat32.
*Been using ivanich's cm12 rom and also hinxnz 1.5v mod.

So my question is will ur ROm wil work for the above setup.?

 

[saldymhmd]

I still don't understand about using data/media for primary storage, can you explain more? Also, I curently having about 2 Gigs of SD-ext partition, it is enough? Or maybe you can tell us how much the SD-ext size should be.

 

[LordNerevar]

Think of it this way. Everything that ROMs normally write to your SDCARD will now be written to SD-EXT in /data/media. This is what it means to be the primary storage location. The only thing that will ever be written to the VFAT partition of your SDCARD will be data that you manually put there. Both partitions will be available via MTP when you connect to your PC. You will see "Internal storage" (F2FS - primary storage) and "SD card" (VFAT - secondary storage).

So, let me ask you this in order to answer the question whether 2GB or 4GB enough for the SD-EXT partition. Would you buy a new phone today that didn't have an SDCARD with only 2GB or 4GB for user data? If the answer is no (which it should be), then this ROM is probably not for you. At least not until you repartition your SDCARD for a larger SD-EXT partition.

Hope that clears it up a bit.

 

[Saakshath]

So u mean other then apps, all other things like pics taken, any downloads we did etc will be saved in SD-ext rather then VFAT..?

 

[saldymhmd]

Think of it this way. Everything that ROMs normally write to your SDCARD will now be written to SD-EXT in /data/media. This is what it means to be the primary storage location. The only thing that will ever be written to the VFAT partition of your SDCARD will be data that you manually put there. Both partitions will be available via MTP when you connect to your PC. You will see "Internal storage" (F2FS - primary storage) and "SD card" (VFAT - secondary storage).

So, let me ask you this in order to answer the question whether 2GB or 4GB enough for the SD-EXT partition. Would you buy a new phone today that didn't have an SDCARD with only 2GB or 4GB for user data? If the answer is no (which it should be), then this ROM is probably not for you. At least not until you repartition your SDCARD for a larger SD-EXT partition.

Hope that clears it up a bit.

Okay thanks for explanation Just repartition my Sandisk 16GB with this setup
-SDEXT (F2FS) as Primary Storage about 12GB
-SWAP 256MB
-Remaining vfat as Secondary Storage about 2,8GB

But please note if anyone want to move to other rom, Please backup first and don't wipe your SDEXT partition or you will lose all of yours.

This is now my daily driver Hope you will still update this rom, thank you very much

 

[LordNerevar]

So u mean other then apps, all other things like pics taken, any downloads we did etc will be saved in SD-ext rather then VFAT..?

Yes. Precisely.

Okay thanks for explanation Just repartition my Sandisk 16GB with this setup
-SDEXT (F2FS) as Primary Storage about 12GB
-SWAP 256MB
-Remaining vfat as Secondary Storage about 2,8GB

But please note if anyone want to move to other rom, Please backup first and don't wipe your SDEXT partition or you will lose all of yours.

This is now my daily driver Hope you will still update this rom, thank you very much

Very cool! That seems like a good configuration.

@saldymhmd makes a very important point above. Do not wipe your SD-EXT partition as it will wipe your photos/downloads/etc! This also means do not do a "Factory Reset". When I update the ROM, only do advanced wipes of /system and /cache.

 

[Harakhti]

Yes. Precisely.


Very cool! That seems like a good configuration.

@saldymhmd makes a very important point above. Do not wipe your SD-EXT partition as it will wipe your photos/downloads/etc! This also means do not do a "Factory Reset". When I update the ROM, only do advanced wipes of /system and /cache.

CWM on ancora allows separate wiping of /data and /data/media and it may be possible to implement that for TWRP as well. I'm just not sure how it was pulled off at the moment.

 

[der_laufer]

how f...k to, read / write to f2fs on Windows 10 X64 ????

 

[LordNerevar]

CWM on ancora allows separate wiping of /data and /data/media and it may be possible to implement that for TWRP as well. I'm just not sure how it was pulled off at the moment.

Possibly. An update script could suffice until then. Something like:

/sbin/busybox mount /sd-ext
find /sd-ext -maxdepth 1 ! -name 'media' -exec rm -rf "{}" \;
/sbin/busybox umount /sd-ext

I'll create a zip with that and test it out next time I need to wipe /data.

how f...k to, read / write to f2fs on Windows 10 X64 ????

MTP isn't working in Windows 10? It works fine in Windows 7. Make sure MTP is checked (Settings->Storage->Settings (3-dot)->USB computer connection).

 

[Saakshath]

Cool thanx man..
Will backup first and then try ur ROM.

 

[der_laufer]

MTP isn't working in Windows 10? It works fine in Windows 7. Make sure MTP is checked (Settings->Storage->Settings (3-dot)->USB computer connection).

it works, but if I start to copy files from PC to an SD - error

edit: Now it works as it should. I do not know why it did not work before

 

[Harakhti]

Do keep in mind that Windows 8.1/10 comes with a driver stack that can cause enumeration failure on several devices.

 

[gc2712]

Do keep in mind that Windows 8.1/10 comes with a driver stack that can cause enumeration failure on several devices.

Originally Posted by ivanich View Post
Why do you people still have S-ON on your 4 years old phones? It's stupid, go spend 10 minutes for the S-OFF procedure and stop complaining about bootloops, flash errors and other crap.

Is there a straightforward way to S-Off my Sensation which is rooted, hboot 1.27, with last build of this ROM and 4Ext recovery? Preferably using Linux? Any links to method greatly appreciated. Then I'll upgrade to this SD-external with F2fs. Glad there is continuing development. Love this phone.

 

[tom0769]

Google for 'joupunutbear'.
Then you'll find all you need for s-off.

 

[Harakhti]

Is there a straightforward way to S-Off my Sensation which is rooted, hboot 1.27, with last build of this ROM and 4Ext recovery? Preferably using Linux? Any links to method greatly appreciated. Then I'll upgrade to this SD-external with F2fs. Glad there is continuing development. Love this phone.

Refer to the post above mine, Rumrunner also works if you don't want a replaced HBOOT

 

[gc2712]

Refer to the post above mine, Rumrunner also works if you don't want a replaced HBOOT

Google for 'joupunutbear'.
Then you'll find all you need for s-off.

Many thanks. I'll follow up with this.

 

[sunanulh]

Is Ultra Sdcard fast enough or should I buy Extreme Sdcard for the partition?

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[Harakhti]

Is Ultra Sdcard fast enough or should I buy Extreme Sdcard for the partition?

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Class 10 works fine, but if you can afford an UHS card, that would obviously be on your side with performance, especially if you plan on using larger applications or games.

 

[sunanulh]

Class 10 works fine, but if you can afford an UHS card, that would obviously be on your side with performance, especially if you plan on using larger applications or games.

Can this method be implemented on the other rom or just this rom?

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