Intro:
If you?re like me, you?ve come from the ThunderBolt or a similar phone where most of what you save/did was saved on the ACTUAL external SD card, and not the phone emulated SD card. This will show you how to trick our phones to where the external SD card and the internal ?SD card?, are swapped.
This will be especially helpful if you plan on switching over to a new ROM in the future, and will help prevent data loss if something happens to your phone.
** Before proceeding, I am NOT responsible for damages that occur to your phone. If your phone magically grows legs and sleeps with your significant other, becomes a nuke bomb, or ends up being your housemaid, I am in no way responsible for that. **
Prereqs:
1) You MUST be rooted, and chances are, if you?re looking at this you are. But? the guide to that can be found here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...how-vzw-gnote2-root-rom-via-odin-w-video.html
2) Your boot loader MUST also be unlocked. The guide to that can be found here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...our-note-2-bootloader-let-thy-phone-free.html
3) Clockwork Mod recovery MUST be installed (Download ROM Manager from Google Play)
4) You MUST be running the stock, rooted ROM.
Before proceeding, you need to determine which format you want to put your external SD card in. (Fat32 or exFat)
A note about exFat: Unfortunately, Clockwork Mod Recovery does NOT recognize the exFat format (as of 12-26-12). This may be an issue if you create regular nandroid backups, or if you plan on flashing other roms. [I myself chose Fat32 format for this reason]
After choosing which format to place your SD Card in, download the correct file below:
Fat32 (modified, and repackaged by me)
View attachment extsd2internalsd_i605_fat32.zip
exFat (made by ang3l12. Original post found here.)
extsd2internalsd_i605_exfat.zip
Process:
1) After downloading the file, place the file under a folder on your external SD Card (such as the ?Downloads? folder)
2) Reboot into recovery mode
3) Choose to install a zip file from the SD Card, and then choose to install from external SD Card
4) Navigate to the folder you placed your file in, open it, and select ?Yes?
5) Reboot and enjoy the larger amount of space!
* If you have issues, try this! * (I had to use this process for my phone)
1) Download SManager, or Script Manager from Google Play
2) When you start it for the first time, choose to navigate with Root access
3) Navigate to the ?/system/etc/init.d? folder
4) Choose the ?11extsd2internalsd? file
5) Click on the ?SU? and ?Boot? icons, press save and reboot.
6) That SHOULD fix the problem
Also, in the original guide, mattiadj suggests you format the SD Card, but I don't think its a necessary process.
After rebooting, wait about 30-60 seconds, navigate to ?Settings->Storage? and you should see this!
Credits:
I DID NOT make this mod, I simply edited and repackaged the exFat version ang3l12 made (which was based on mattiadj's script found here.)
This guide was also based off of the guide found in mattiadj's post on XDA.
If you?re like me, you?ve come from the ThunderBolt or a similar phone where most of what you save/did was saved on the ACTUAL external SD card, and not the phone emulated SD card. This will show you how to trick our phones to where the external SD card and the internal ?SD card?, are swapped.
This will be especially helpful if you plan on switching over to a new ROM in the future, and will help prevent data loss if something happens to your phone.
** Before proceeding, I am NOT responsible for damages that occur to your phone. If your phone magically grows legs and sleeps with your significant other, becomes a nuke bomb, or ends up being your housemaid, I am in no way responsible for that. **
Prereqs:
1) You MUST be rooted, and chances are, if you?re looking at this you are. But? the guide to that can be found here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...how-vzw-gnote2-root-rom-via-odin-w-video.html
2) Your boot loader MUST also be unlocked. The guide to that can be found here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...our-note-2-bootloader-let-thy-phone-free.html
3) Clockwork Mod recovery MUST be installed (Download ROM Manager from Google Play)
4) You MUST be running the stock, rooted ROM.
Before proceeding, you need to determine which format you want to put your external SD card in. (Fat32 or exFat)
A note about exFat: Unfortunately, Clockwork Mod Recovery does NOT recognize the exFat format (as of 12-26-12). This may be an issue if you create regular nandroid backups, or if you plan on flashing other roms. [I myself chose Fat32 format for this reason]
After choosing which format to place your SD Card in, download the correct file below:
Fat32 (modified, and repackaged by me)
View attachment extsd2internalsd_i605_fat32.zip
exFat (made by ang3l12. Original post found here.)
extsd2internalsd_i605_exfat.zip
Process:
1) After downloading the file, place the file under a folder on your external SD Card (such as the ?Downloads? folder)
2) Reboot into recovery mode
3) Choose to install a zip file from the SD Card, and then choose to install from external SD Card
4) Navigate to the folder you placed your file in, open it, and select ?Yes?
5) Reboot and enjoy the larger amount of space!
* If you have issues, try this! * (I had to use this process for my phone)
1) Download SManager, or Script Manager from Google Play
2) When you start it for the first time, choose to navigate with Root access
3) Navigate to the ?/system/etc/init.d? folder
4) Choose the ?11extsd2internalsd? file
5) Click on the ?SU? and ?Boot? icons, press save and reboot.
6) That SHOULD fix the problem
Also, in the original guide, mattiadj suggests you format the SD Card, but I don't think its a necessary process.
After rebooting, wait about 30-60 seconds, navigate to ?Settings->Storage? and you should see this!
Credits:
I DID NOT make this mod, I simply edited and repackaged the exFat version ang3l12 made (which was based on mattiadj's script found here.)
This guide was also based off of the guide found in mattiadj's post on XDA.
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