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Tarzo · 09-23-2011, 11:36 PM

Thanks for the great walk-through but I think I went wrong somewhere on my PE. I created a partition on my 16 g card using minitool partition wizard so that the main part is 12.5 g FAT32 and the remaining smaller partition is ext3. Both are primary. I replaced the void.fstab.internal and .external files with the modified ones and installed link2sd and fought with it for a while until I read further to the part about installing the install-recovery.sh file and then re-modifying it after link2sd got setup. When I open link2sd and look at storage info it lists the internal storage, SD card, and SD Card 2nd Part. I made sure all my permissions for the 3 files matched those in post 42 of this thread. I have a /data/sdext2 folder that I did not have to set up manually that only contains an empty lost+found folder. I have rebooted/powered off countless times since I did all this. The card was brand new and I did not format it at any point
Now here is where I am confused. When I try to use link2sd to move an app to the sd card "failure"occurs every time. Am I supposed to be moving the apps using root explorer and just using link2sd to create a link? I primarily use amazon market to install apps. If I set up all of the above correctly should the apps still get put in /data/app when I install them? Or did I mess up somewhere in my setup?
The main thing that prompted me to go through this is trying to get one of my Amazon apps (I have an android phone too) to work on my PE. From other thread posts I have read I am suspicious that lack of storage is not the issue but I figured I'd give this a try anyway as it will be handy for the future. I am trying to install Moo, Baa, La La La which is an interactive ebook (to be read on the lcd side) of one of my toddler's faves. The app fails to install without giving a reason. If I try physically removing the sd card as suggested in another thread I get the error message that an sd card is required to download the app. I tried using the terminal emulator to unmount the card but I get "unmount: not found" which I was thinking was because of altering how the PE sees the sdcard with the link2sd setup but again I am not sure.
Would there maybe be file(s) for the Moo, Baa app on the microsd card from my phone that I could copy to the microsd card for my PE to get it to work? My phone (MT4G) is not rooted (my PE is)- I was waiting to do it since the official gingerbread update is supposedly rolling out any day now and I wanted to check it out first- so I can't see all the files. I couldn't find any files obviously associated with this app using my PC to explore the sd card but I may not know where to look.
Thanks for any advice and sorry for so many questions. I have successfully rooted and flashed a new rom on my old android phone (G1) but not by completely understanding all of this but by following the instructions of others.

09-23-2011, 11:36 PM	#79
Tarzo Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: Pocket edge dualbook	Thanks for the great walk-through but I think I went wrong somewhere on my PE. I created a partition on my 16 g card using minitool partition wizard so that the main part is 12.5 g FAT32 and the remaining smaller partition is ext3. Both are primary. I replaced the void.fstab.internal and .external files with the modified ones and installed link2sd and fought with it for a while until I read further to the part about installing the install-recovery.sh file and then re-modifying it after link2sd got setup. When I open link2sd and look at storage info it lists the internal storage, SD card, and SD Card 2nd Part. I made sure all my permissions for the 3 files matched those in post 42 of this thread. I have a /data/sdext2 folder that I did not have to set up manually that only contains an empty lost+found folder. I have rebooted/powered off countless times since I did all this. The card was brand new and I did not format it at any point Now here is where I am confused. When I try to use link2sd to move an app to the sd card "failure"occurs every time. Am I supposed to be moving the apps using root explorer and just using link2sd to create a link? I primarily use amazon market to install apps. If I set up all of the above correctly should the apps still get put in /data/app when I install them? Or did I mess up somewhere in my setup? The main thing that prompted me to go through this is trying to get one of my Amazon apps (I have an android phone too) to work on my PE. From other thread posts I have read I am suspicious that lack of storage is not the issue but I figured I'd give this a try anyway as it will be handy for the future. I am trying to install Moo, Baa, La La La which is an interactive ebook (to be read on the lcd side) of one of my toddler's faves. The app fails to install without giving a reason. If I try physically removing the sd card as suggested in another thread I get the error message that an sd card is required to download the app. I tried using the terminal emulator to unmount the card but I get "unmount: not found" which I was thinking was because of altering how the PE sees the sdcard with the link2sd setup but again I am not sure. Would there maybe be file(s) for the Moo, Baa app on the microsd card from my phone that I could copy to the microsd card for my PE to get it to work? My phone (MT4G) is not rooted (my PE is)- I was waiting to do it since the official gingerbread update is supposedly rolling out any day now and I wanted to check it out first- so I can't see all the files. I couldn't find any files obviously associated with this app using my PC to explore the sd card but I may not know where to look. Thanks for any advice and sorry for so many questions. I have successfully rooted and flashed a new rom on my old android phone (G1) but not by completely understanding all of this but by following the instructions of others.