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numberman · 03-13-2011, 07:05 PM

Hi,

I have swapped the internal card with a larger one, but to my surprise, I noticed that the available memory has not changed, so I have since read some of the posts on this forum. If I understand correctly, there is no point of increasing the internal card to a larger one, the only and therefore the proper way is to use an large external SD card and use a2sd to install app to the exteranl sd card.
I have not yet install a2sd, but I have also read that the SD card should be formatted with 2 partitions, one FAT32 and the other Ext 3, I think, now I don't understand why it needs to have 2 partitions and format as such.
Did I understand this correctly? Can someone please explains?

Thanks!

03-13-2011, 07:05 PM	#7
numberman Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: IQ	Hi, I have swapped the internal card with a larger one, but to my surprise, I noticed that the available memory has not changed, so I have since read some of the posts on this forum. If I understand correctly, there is no point of increasing the internal card to a larger one, the only and therefore the proper way is to use an large external SD card and use a2sd to install app to the exteranl sd card. I have not yet install a2sd, but I have also read that the SD card should be formatted with 2 partitions, one FAT32 and the other Ext 3, I think, now I don't understand why it needs to have 2 partitions and format as such. Did I understand this correctly? Can someone please explains? Thanks!