Questions tagged [ext4]
a journaling file system for Linux, and successor to ext3
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Redirect local WhatsApp directory to second partition ext4 in microSD in Android 10
I have googled from a month ago about on how to reach my goal, and I have found only How to bind mount a folder inside /sdcard with correct permissions? My goal is to link the WhatsApp directory in ...
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simg2img silenting failing to convert Fairphone 4 super.img?
I want to mount super.img from Fairphone 4's factory images. > file super.img super.img: Android sparse image, version: 1.0, Total of 1572864 4096-byte output blocks in 229 input chunks. I ...
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How can I copy files from an ext4 partition on my USB drive to a fat32 partition on the same drive?
I tried mounting the ext4 partition as root, but it didn't work. My phone is rooted, but as it seems no one has managed to do what I want to do. I couldn't find any solution, that worked for me. How ...
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Cloning encrypted ext4 partition
I have a micro SD card adopted by an Android 8 Oreo phone as internal storage extension, so it has two encrypted ext4 partitions: android_meta and android_expand. I've cloned those partitions into the ...
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Shrinking encrypted ext4 partition
I have a micro SD card adopted by an Android phone as internal storage extension. While being adopted it was partitioned/formatted by the phone with two ext4 partitions: android_meta and ...
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How to mount external µSD card partition filesystems on Moto g Power?
A µSD card has several partitions, but the phone mounts only the vfat partition, not the ext4 partitions. I see that there are existing internal ext4 filesystems, so it can handle that type. Is there ...
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Will dumping the partition to enable `oem unlock` and flashing back the edited partition work for unlocking the bootloader on Huawei devices? [duplicate]
I'm trying to unlock the bootloader/FRP of several Huawei devices. But it is difficult because there is no support from the manufacturer and the oem unlock is not present in the system. So, I have ...
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Mount ext4 formatted sdcard on Lineage 18.1
I currently have Lineage 18.1 (20211007-microG-pioneer) loaded on a phone with Magisk 23. I have tried inserting an sdcard that has an /dev/sda1 partition formatted with ext4. In the past I've used ...
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mount multiple ext4 partitions manually
I have rooted android phone running android 10. I have one ext4 partition created using : # dd if=/dev/zero of=/sdcard/ext1.img bs=1M count=1024 # mkfs.ext4 -F /sdcard/ext1.img which I mount ...
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How to create and use multiple partitions on external SD card with different filesystems (Ext4, exFAT, NTFS)?
I want to create 4 partitions on external MicroSDcard through ADB shell commands, not on Windows or Linux. Also want to show all partitions in Android GUI (SETTINGS > STORAGE > SDCARD) and make them ...
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How to read ext4 filesystem without mounting on a non-rooted device?
I perfectly know it is not possible to mount an ext4 partition from a USB key without root. But in my case, I just need to read a password inside a .txt file (I don't have a PC right now and in the ...
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how to extend support for EXT4 file system for microSD cards in stock or non lineage / CyanogenMod ROMS
As I am aware after Android 4.4 or some sort your storage card is no longer eXposed directly and needs to be carefully interfaced through specific Mount points that need to be aware through vold ...
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Does Android 8 has journaling enabled in its ext4 files sytem?
Android 8 uses stackable file sytem called sdcardfs, which emulates FAT32 on ext4 on the data partition. Does sdcardfs recognize the ext4 file system and journaling? In other words, files written ...
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app2sd link2sd nightmare ..all Fully Linked apps disppear
One advantage in using app2sd ( or link2sd ) was that if all your apps are totally linked when you swap out phones you would hope to 'carry' your apps with you and of course space savings to /Data ...
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mounting multiple ext4 partitions in Android 7+
I am doing away with exFat for my Microsd card after all my pictures decayed , corrupted and the directory was locked. I cant seem to write into a specific directory. chkdsk will just plain abort ...
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