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1. Get ADB (Android Device Bridge) running on your PC or Mac
2. Root your phone
   1. See myTouch3G Rooting
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      for instructions
3. Make sure you have Amon Ra’s Recovery Image installed, or another option is Cyanogen’s Recovery Image, go to myTouch3G Rooting
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   for instructions 
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
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     (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
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4. Back up your data, partitioning will erase everything on your SD card
5. Unplug your phone from your PC
6. Power down your phone
7. Enter "Recovery Move" on your phone by holding down Home and Power buttons until the recovery screen comes up
   • It has a bunch of text on a black background
8. Once your phone has entered Recovery Mode select and click "…fat32+ext2+swap"
9. Once that is complete select and click "Convert ext2 to ext3"
10. If you want to upgrade ext3 to ext4 continue on, if not, you are done
11. Plug your phone back into your PC using a USB, while the phone is still in "Recovery Mode"
12. Use ADB to connect to the phone by launching the command prompt on your PC
13. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory and type "adb shell"
14. Check that the conversion and partitioning looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
15. Type "print" and Enter
16. Assuming everything looks good type "quit" and press Enter
17. Upgrade to ext4 by typing "tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter
18. Complete the upgrade by typing "e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter to complete the ext3 to ext4 process
19. Again, check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
20. Type "print" and Enter
21. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, done

1. Get ADB (Android Device Bridge) running on your PC or Mac
2. Root your phone
   1. See myTouch3G Rooting
      small payday loans
      for instructions
3. Make sure you have Amon Ra’s Recovery Image installed, or another option is Cyanogen’s Recovery Image, go to myTouch3G Rooting
   small payday loans
   for instructions 
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
     small payday loans
     (32A)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
       small payday loans
   • Amon Ra’s Recovery Image
     small payday loans
     (32B)(Updated 11.18.09)
     • See post on Check Your Phones Hardware and SPL
       small payday loans
4. Back up your data, partitioning will erase everything on your SD card
5. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable
6. On the PC launch the command prompt
7. At the command prompt go to the ADB directory, for example c:\android\adb\
8. On the PC again type "adb shell reboot recovery", press Enter
9. Open the partition on your SD card by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", press Enter
10. View the partition information by typing "print", press Enter
    • Do this to make sure your card if formatted correctly
11. Make note of how much space you have on your card, in the steps that follow I have 7969 available
    • Work backwards from the total space available, 7969 (8GB card), to determine how much to allocate in the next steps
      • For example: 7969 – 32(swap file) = 7937(ext2) – 512(to be allocated for ext2) = 7425(available for fat32 storage)
12. Create a new fat32 partition by typing "mkpartfs primary fat32 0 7425", then press Enter
    • The fat32 partition will be used for storage and can be any size as long as you leave enough space for at least a 32mb linux swap, created last
13. Create an ext2 partition by typing "mkpartfs primary ext2 7425 7937", then press Enter
    • This partition is for app installation and also can be any size as long as at least 32mb is left for the next step
    • You can convert the ext2 to ext3 then ext4 using a different command available further down in these instructions
14. Create the swap file by typing "mkpartfs primary linux-swap 7937 7969", then press Enter
15. Check the partition on your SD card by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", press Enter 
16. View the partition details by typing "print", press Enter
17. If everything looks good, type "quit" and press Enter and proceed to next step, if not go back to step 12 and try again
18. Upgrade the ext2 to ext3 by typing "upgrade_fs" and press Enter
19. Check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
20. Type "print" and Enter
21. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, if not go back to step 18, proceed to the next step
22. Upgrade to ext4 by typing "tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter
23. Complete the upgrade by typing "e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" and press Enter to complete the ext3 to ext4 process
24. Again, check that the conversion and partitioning still looks good by typing "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0", Enter
25. Type "print" and Enter
26. If everything looks good type "quit", Enter, and if not go back to step 21