Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Derek Trotter 
The tablet is one of those Nextbook things that Walmart was selling last 
year for $70.  I've looked and not found support for it in any of the 
android apps that let you modify partitions.  If I could find something 
that would, I'd use it to expand the partition used for installing 
apps.  Do android devices have four partitions on the internal storage? 
Also are android devices limited to the four partition limit on one 
storage device?


On 04/26/2014 11:18 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:
well if you have root, busybox, and adb you can use terminal commands 
on any partition you want. In addition i think clockwork recovery has 
some partitioning tools also.


there is also android partition manager looks like you can push images 
with it. and Diskinfo looks useful for gathering information. I dont 
really see any one app to rule them all, most of the real work is 
still done via ADB/Fastboot.




On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Derek Trotter 
mailto:expat.arizo...@gmail.com>> wrote:


Thanks, but I tried this once.  It comes with some annoying
adware.  Also the manual they say is available isn't.  I get an
error message whenever I try to download it.

On 04/26/2014 07:35 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted

Is the first thing I have found. Looks interesting.

On Apr 25, 2014 10:48 PM, "Derek Trotter"
mailto:expat.arizo...@gmail.com>> wrote:

I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so
there's room to install what I want on it. This works fine,
however I have to have the ext3 partition with the same data
on multiple sd cards I use in the tablet.  I once heard about
an app that creates an image file on the part of the internal
sd card the user has access to and mounts that image file
instead of a partition on the external card.

Does anyone know of an app that will do this?  I have looked
for weeks and not found it again.  Also how would I go about
creating the image file myself and configuring the tablet to
use it?

I would like to be able to change sd cards without having to
shut down the tablet or having to repartition them.

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Derek

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Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Stephen Partington 
well if you have root, busybox, and adb you can use terminal commands on
any partition you want. In addition i think clockwork recovery has some
partitioning tools also.

there is also android partition manager looks like you can push images with
it. and Diskinfo looks useful for gathering information. I dont really see
any one app to rule them all, most of the real work is still done via
ADB/Fastboot.



On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 10:38 AM, Derek Trotter wrote:

>  Thanks, but I tried this once.  It comes with some annoying adware.
> Also the manual they say is available isn't.  I get an error message
> whenever I try to download it.
>
>  On 04/26/2014 07:35 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:
>
> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted
>
> Is the first thing I have found. Looks interesting.
> On Apr 25, 2014 10:48 PM, "Derek Trotter" 
> wrote:
>
>>  I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so there's
>> room to install what I want on it.  This works fine, however I have to have
>> the ext3 partition with the same data on multiple sd cards I use in the
>> tablet.  I once heard about an app that creates an image file on the part
>> of the internal sd card the user has access to and mounts that image file
>> instead of a partition on the external card.
>>
>> Does anyone know of an app that will do this?  I have looked for weeks
>> and not found it again.  Also how would I go about creating the image file
>> myself and configuring the tablet to use it?
>>
>> I would like to be able to change sd cards without having to shut down
>> the tablet or having to repartition them.
>>
>> Thanks to anyone who can help.
>>
>> Derek
>>
>> --
>> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I'm 
>> not there, I carry on as usual."
>>
>> Patrick Moore
>>
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Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Derek Trotter 
Thanks, but I tried this once.  It comes with some annoying adware.  
Also the manual they say is available isn't.  I get an error message 
whenever I try to download it.


On 04/26/2014 07:35 AM, Stephen Partington wrote:


https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted

Is the first thing I have found. Looks interesting.

On Apr 25, 2014 10:48 PM, "Derek Trotter" > wrote:


I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so
there's room to install what I want on it.  This works fine,
however I have to have the ext3 partition with the same data on
multiple sd cards I use in the tablet.  I once heard about an app
that creates an image file on the part of the internal sd card the
user has access to and mounts that image file instead of a
partition on the external card.

Does anyone know of an app that will do this?  I have looked for
weeks and not found it again.  Also how would I go about creating
the image file myself and configuring the tablet to use it?

I would like to be able to change sd cards without having to shut
down the tablet or having to repartition them.

Thanks to anyone who can help.

Derek

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Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Stephen Partington 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted

Is the first thing I have found. Looks interesting.
On Apr 25, 2014 10:48 PM, "Derek Trotter"  wrote:

>  I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so there's
> room to install what I want on it.  This works fine, however I have to have
> the ext3 partition with the same data on multiple sd cards I use in the
> tablet.  I once heard about an app that creates an image file on the part
> of the internal sd card the user has access to and mounts that image file
> instead of a partition on the external card.
>
> Does anyone know of an app that will do this?  I have looked for weeks and
> not found it again.  Also how would I go about creating the image file
> myself and configuring the tablet to use it?
>
> I would like to be able to change sd cards without having to shut down the
> tablet or having to repartition them.
>
> Thanks to anyone who can help.
>
> Derek
>
> --
> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I'm 
> not there, I carry on as usual."
>
> Patrick Moore
>
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OT android question

2014-04-25 Thread Derek Trotter 
I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so there's 
room to install what I want on it. This works fine, however I have to 
have the ext3 partition with the same data on multiple sd cards I use in 
the tablet.  I once heard about an app that creates an image file on the 
part of the internal sd card the user has access to and mounts that 
image file instead of a partition on the external card.


Does anyone know of an app that will do this?  I have looked for weeks 
and not found it again.  Also how would I go about creating the image 
file myself and configuring the tablet to use it?


I would like to be able to change sd cards without having to shut down 
the tablet or having to repartition them.


Thanks to anyone who can help.

Derek

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