101 replies to this topic

[uosiek]

Hi,
I'm using Coldfusion Alpha 3 and I was fighting for two whole days to get A2SD working. Link2SD wasn't satissfiy me. Here's my receipe:

Create file 05sdcard with content:

#!/system/bin/sh
/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /
/system/bin/mkdir /sd-ext
/system/bin/mount -o remount,ro /
if [ -e /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 ];
then
	/system/bin/mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /sd-ext
fi;

then
adb remount
adb push 05sdcard /etc/init.d/
adb shell chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/05sdcard

Then download  ICS_simple2ext.zip   178.24K   1199 downloads, unzip it to /sdcard with preserving directory structure (META-INF in .zip is /sdcard/META-INF etc)
Next:

adb shell
And copy-paste into adb shell window:

mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/etc/init.d/10apps2sd
cp /sdcard/system/app/s2e.apk /system/app/
cp /sdcard/system/etc/init.d/20userinit /system/etc/init.d/
chmod 0644 /system/app/s2e.apk
chmod 0755 /system/etc/init.d/20userinit
mount -o remount,ro /system

reboot, setup s2e according to Your preferences, reboot (watch adb logcat, this boot should take longer)
If everything works go to fridge and open Cold Beer of Winner

Credits: uosiu (myself → this how-to), (tlexul → inspiration from THIS POST/XDA-Developers) and OlegKrikun/XDA-Developers for S2E application.

Edited by uosiek, 20 March 2012 - 12:36 PM.

[Amphoras]

Thanks for posting this. I was trying to get this to work the other day, but hadn't included the 20userinit file. The lack of S2E support was the only thing keeping me from using it, so now I can again .

[tilal6991]

Great job. Any way you could make a flashable zip?

[cristi12]

Hi, total noob here... please help

I've tried to follow the instructions... never used adb before

- installed android sdk
- opened adb in a cmd window
- made a text file called "05sdcard" and pasted the first part in it.
- did
adb remount
adb push 05sdcard /etc/init.d/
adb shell chmod 0755 /etc/init.d/05sdcard
-extracted the zip file on the root of the sd card
-did
adb shell
-copy pasted the second pard in the cmd window and hit enter
-rebooted
-s2e is installed but doesn't see my partition ( i had an ext4 1gb part. beforehand )
-rebooted in cwm and tried to partition from there,
-s2e still doesn't see my part.

help please?
Thank You!

[uosiek]

 cristi12, on 20 March 2012 - 05:21 PM, said:

-s2e is installed but doesn't see my partition ( i had an ext4 1gb part. beforehand )
-rebooted in cwm and tried to partition from there,
-s2e still doesn't see my part.

help please?
Thank You!

adb shell
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

 tilal6991, on 20 March 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

Great job. Any way you could make a flashable zip?

If you tell me how, I'll try to do that

Edited by uosiek, 20 March 2012 - 05:35 PM.

[tilal6991]

 uosiek, on 20 March 2012 - 05:33 PM, said:

adb shell
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0




If you tell me how, I'll try to do that

Basically if you have cm 9 on your computer, unzip the file and delete any lines which say format or are to do with boot.img in meta-inf/google/android/updater-script. Then get rid of all the files on the system dir and replacement them with the hierarchical equivalent of the files you are pushing. Then zip the metainf and system folder. Don't zip the root folder but the actual metainf and system folders inside.

[uosiek]

 tilal6991, on 20 March 2012 - 05:40 PM, said:

Basically if you have cm 9 on your computer, unzip the file and delete any lines which say format or are to do with boot.img in meta-inf/google/android/updater-script. Then get rid of all the files on the system dir and replacement them with the hierarchical equivalent of the files you are pushing. Then zip the metainf and system folder. Don't zip the root folder but the actual metainf and system folders inside.

http://stuff.uosiu.i..._test_build.zip
Try this out, I'm not sure did it is exactly what should be.

[cristi12]

 uosiek, on 20 March 2012 - 05:33 PM, said:

adb shell
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

Thanks for the reply!
This is what i got:


1|root@android:/ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7822 MB, 7822376960 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 951 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

              Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks  Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1               1         698     5606653+  c Win95 FAT32 (LB
A)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2             699         947     2000092+ 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3             948         951       32130  82 Linux swap
root@android:/ #

[Amphoras]

 tilal6991, on 20 March 2012 - 04:50 PM, said:

Great job. Any way you could make a flashable zip?

Not tested it yet as I haven't had time to flash CM9 and get it all set up properly, but if anyone wants to try it, here is one with the scripts I made before but including the 20userinit file. It doesn't have S2E in it, so you'll need to install that separately.

 apps2ext-cm9.zip   172.7K   1360 downloads

[cristi12]

 Amphoras, on 20 March 2012 - 10:11 PM, said:

Not tested it yet as I haven't had time to flash CM9 and get it all set up properly, but if anyone wants to try it, here is one with the scripts I made before but including the 20userinit file. It doesn't have S2E in it, so you'll need to install that separately.

apps2ext-cm9.zip

This worked for me! Thanks!
S3E now sees my ext partition and after reboot everything was moved there

EDIT:

For some reason, random apps won't install, saying "insufficient storage space"
for instance i can't install this:
https://play.google....sdroid.cerberus

Though it was an issue with the store so tried installing the apk manually, but still no.
Other bigger apps (Opera, etc) install ok.

Edited by cristi12, 20 March 2012 - 11:48 PM.

[ZafaelSR]

same problem as cristi12
I will attach logcat when I arrive home...

Edited by ZafaelSR, 22 March 2012 - 10:42 AM.

[droidbittin]

big thanks for this

[alfonex]

 Amphoras, on 20 March 2012 - 10:11 PM, said:

Not tested it yet as I haven't had time to flash CM9 and get it all set up properly, but if anyone wants to try it, here is one with the scripts I made before but including the 20userinit file. It doesn't have S2E in it, so you'll need to install that separately.

apps2ext-cm9.zip

Perfect for me. It's working fine. I'll keep using coldfusion.

Thank you very much!!

[ZafaelSR]

here is promissed logcat:

I/DownloadManager( 6329): Initiating request for download 55
I/DownloadManager( 6329): Initiating request for download 55
I/qtaguid ( 6329): Failed write_ctrl(u 58) res=-1 errno=22
I/qtaguid ( 6329): Untagging socket 58 failed errno=-22
W/NetworkManagementSocketTagger( 6329): untagSocket(58) failed with errno -22
D/Finsky  ( 5816): [1] DownloadQueueImpl.notifyProgress: com.boidforandroid.appb
eta: onprogress 643937/643937 Status: 200.
D/Finsky  ( 5816): [1] DownloadBroadcastReceiver.onReceive: Intent received at D
ownloadBroadcastReceiver
D/Finsky  ( 5816): [1] DownloadImpl.setState: com.boidforandroid.appbeta from DO
WNLOADING to SUCCESS.
D/Finsky  ( 5816): [1] DownloadQueueImpl.onComplete: com.boidforandroid.appbeta:
 onComplete
D/Finsky  ( 5816): [1] DownloadQueueImpl.remove: Download com.boidforandroid.app
beta removed from DownloadQueue
I/installd(  229): free_cache(0) avail 1619709952
D/dalvikvm(  377): GC_CONCURRENT freed 671K, 26% free 10896K/14535K, paused 4ms+
6ms
D/dalvikvm( 5816): GC_CONCURRENT freed 1052K, 13% free 15054K/17287K, paused 5ms
+31ms
W/ActivityManager(  296): No content provider found for permission revoke: file:
///data/data/com.android.providers.downloads/cache/downloadfile-2.apk
D/dalvikvm(  377): GC_CONCURRENT freed 317K, 24% free 11047K/14535K, paused 4ms+
12ms
D/dalvikvm(  296): GC_EXPLICIT freed 176K, 16% free 16562K/19591K, paused 8ms+23
ms
D/Finsky  ( 5816): [344] 1.packageInstalled: Package install status for "null" i
s -4
D/HardwareRenderer( 5816): Disabling v-sync
D/Finsky  ( 5816): [1] InstallerTask.cancelCleanup: Cancel running installation
of com.boidforandroid.appbeta
D/memalloc(  224): /dev/pmem: Allocated buffer base:0x413fc000 size:491520 offse
t:3072000 fd:25
D/memalloc( 5816): /dev/pmem: Mapped buffer base:0x5369c000 size:3563520 offset:
3072000 fd:65

[chipmap]

Hey guys, I'm a n00b too, where do I create the 05sdcard file?

[HumaDroid]

i cant install s2e from play.... can someone upload the .apk please?

[brookergray]

 HumaDroid, on 30 March 2012 - 05:25 PM, said:

i cant install s2e from play.... can someone upload the .apk please?

It's inside the zip in the op.

[uosiek]

 chipmap, on 25 March 2012 - 07:31 PM, said:

Hey guys, I'm a n00b too, where do I create the 05sdcard file?

create it on you PC and then upload via ADB

[kimomini]

Hey i flashed the apps2ext-cm9 zip through CWM and then installed s2e but it doesnt seem to work, when i open s2e everything is greyed out except the download cache option the ui of s2e is confusing how do i use it?

[Markiv]

 brookergray, on 30 March 2012 - 05:40 PM, said:

It's inside the zip in the op.

noob here. unable to find the .apk inside the zip...