G1: Application on SD Card to regain free Memory
First: What do you need to do this: Root Access, a SD Card and a ROM with APPS2SD feature. In my case I have the G1 with 8GB SD and Cyanogen 4.0.4!!!
Guys, do not use the APPS2SD.APK you can download in the Android Market. I did it and had some trouble to get the G1 up and running again. Just in short: After using the app, the G1 did not boot anymore!
Better do in manually, it is not that crazy as you may think. I used the XDA Developer Guide, and this one is bullet proved.
Step by Step as I did it:
1. Turn off your phone and Enter recovery by holding Home + Power, scroll Down and press on Enter Console or press alt+x, Press enter
2. As I have a 8 GB sdcard (in the XDA forum are parameters for other card sizes as well) I used the following:
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
rm 1
rm 2
mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7499
mkpartfs primary ext2 7499 7948
quit
upgrade_fs
reboot
This gives you:
7499MB FAT32 Partition
449MB EXT3 Partition
Matthias
U rock this is 2 hot 2 be true
ace
8. September 2009 at 15:30
Its really a good work but I have only one question about it. That is ” Is it safe to do with your mobile which has still warranty period going on. want it void warranty?”
bluetooth maus
16. September 2009 at 14:14
There are different opinions on it, if you google the net… Try yourself, I not want to lead you in any direction.
Matthias
17. September 2009 at 12:43
I have a question… I ended up using the same app (APPS2SD.APK) and same thing happened to me. My phone doesn’t want to start up anymore. What did you do?
Richie
21. September 2009 at 12:22
You still should be able to boot into recovery mode by holding Home + Power. If you are there than scroll Down and press on Enter Console or press alt+x, Press enter. You can now execute the commands under 2). If you not get into recovery, take your SD and reformat using a PC with a SD card reader. And btw: You G1 should fire up if you insert any other SD card.
Matthias
21. September 2009 at 13:02
Yes… It does let me get into recovery, but how do I command it to refomat my SD?
Richie
21. September 2009 at 13:22
Just grabbed the feed… thanks for posting this.
32gb SD Card
6. November 2009 at 03:21
With “parted /dev/block/mmcblk0″ you get access to the sd file system, now “rm 1″ and “rm 2″ to delete the faulty partitions. Now you can start to create the new partitions using “mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7500″ and “mkpartfs primary ext2 7500 7948″. Leave with “quit” and “upgrade_fs” “reboot” and your are done.
Matthias
21. September 2009 at 13:24