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(Tweaks) How to format sd card ext without using PC

This is a step by step tutorial on how to format your sd card's ext on your galaxy y phone without having to use a computer.

Since not all of us are gifted to have a computer, you can use this steps to get your sd card set up for partitioning by using your galaxy y phone to format it.

Just follow the simple steps to do this correctly.






You need to have terminal emulator installed on your galaxy y phone.

You can download terminal emulator on this site. Just search!



1. Download terminal emulator
2. Open terminal emultor

Type once it is open on screen,


su (press enter)
mkdir /data/sdext (press enter)
mount -t ext2 -o nosuid,nodev /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext (press enter)


Then use root explorer and go /data/sdext
Delete all in it. : download root explorer here


Open terminal emulator and type


su (press enter)
umount /data/sdext (press enter)


Reboot phone



Note: 1. if you are using ext3 then use code
mount -t ext3 -o nosuid,nodev /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext

If you are using ext4 then use code
mount -t ext4 -o nosuid,nodev /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /data/sdext



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