TopoResize Tool – Resize Your Android data.img File (ext2, ext3 and ext4)

TopoResize Tool

Resize or create your own data.img file for any Android SD build without Linux/Unix distro or command prompt editor, with TopoResize (toporesize-0.7.1.zip) you can do that straight from your Windows PC! With this tool you can create a brand new data.img or add/subtract space from an existing data.img – ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are supported.

For example:

You can take a 256MB data.ext4 and make it convert to a 2GB data.ext4 , maximum space possible shown is based on the HDD or SD space left. So you could create a 100GB data.img if the drive had 100GB free space, TopoResize is completely safe to use and won’t do anything to damage an existing data.img file.

Download TopoResize – click here.

toporesize-0.7.1.zip – THIS VERSION WORKS ON WINDOWS 10 X64.

More info from the author @ XDA-Developers forums:

You will need WinRar or 7zip to extract the .RAR for this download.

WARNING!: DO NOT MAKE YOUR DATA.IMG Larger than 2GB because Android will not recognize the SD Card after. I will test this later.

1024 = 1GB
2048 = 2GB
4096 = 4GB
8192 = 8GB
Just double the #!

Screenshot:

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How to make a NEW(Fresh) Data.img:

NOTE: In order to start NEW you must have wiped your SD card or removed every file or folder such as: .REC, Cache, Android, OLD Data.img & any apps that took a folder on the card.

1. Open TopoResize
2. Select “Create New”
3. Select Save destination such as the SD Card & name it data
4. Select “Create File”
5. Select ext2 or ext3
6. Hit Ok & it will autorun.
DONE!

How to add space to an existing Data.img:

1. Open TopoResize
2. Select “Find File”
3. Locate file & select it
4. Use the size slider to select the extra space
5. Select “Resize File”
6. It will autorun
DONE!

How to subtract space to an existing Data.img:

Same instructions apply to add space just use the slider to go down & select resize file.

How to read the system.ext2 & transfer it over to the desktop:

1. Open Ext2explore
2. Select File & Open Image
3. Goto the system.ext2 & select it
4. Select Save
5. Select a destination to save it to. (Save it to a folder is preferred, so make one.)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CREATE A NEW or MODIFY EXISTING DATA.IMG via Command Prompt:

1. Open Command Prompt
2. Goto the directory of Data.img Maker
3. Enter dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=XXX >> data.img (XXX = Amount of Space for NEW such as 256MB is 256. Also if file is 256 already add 256 to make modified data.img = 512MB)
Alternative method! Instead of dd. You can use the following (only for new data.img):
Enter tfile data.img XXX (XXX = Size of MB ex. 1024 = 1GB. For new data.img only)
Alternative method! Instead of dd. You can use the following (only for modify data.img):
Enter Resize2fs -p data.img XXXXXX (1024*512MB=524288, always use 1024 times amount of space like 1024MB=1GB, so 1024*1024MB=1048576 for modify data.img only, can skip dd & just run this command for modify!)
4. Enter Mke2fs data.img (This will actually partition it so it doesnt come out as a bad read, MODIFY DATA IMAGE DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS STEP!)
5. Enter Resize2fs -f data.img (This will resize it for MODIFY ONLY! NOTE: can skip if you did the alternative method for existing!)
6. Enter E2fsck -f data.img (This checks to make everything is correct)
DONE!

Creating NEW Example:

d:\Software\DATA.IMG Maker\DATA.IMG Maker>dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=512 >> dat
a.img
rawwrite dd for windows version 0.6beta3.
Written by John Newbigin <jn@it.swin.edu.au>
This program is covered by terms of the GPL Version 2.

512+0 records in
512+0 records out

d:\Software\DATA.IMG Maker\DATA.IMG Maker>mke2fs data.img
mke2fs 1.40.6 (09-Feb-2008)
data.img is not a block special device.
Proceed anyway? (y,n) y
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=1024 (log=0)
Fragment size=1024 (log=0)
131072 inodes, 524288 blocks
26214 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=1
Maximum filesystem blocks=67633152
64 block groups
8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group
2048 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
8193, 24577, 40961, 57345, 73729, 204801, 221185, 401409

Writing inode tables: done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done

This filesystem will be automatically checked every 25 mounts or
180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.

d:\Software\DATA.IMG Maker\DATA.IMG Maker>e2fsck -f data.img
e2fsck 1.40.6 (09-Feb-2008)
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
data.img: 11/131072 files (9.1% non-contiguous), 18858/524288 blocks

Alternative examples:

Using tfile to create fresh data.img instead:
D:\Software\DATA.IMG Maker\DATA.IMG Maker>tfile data.img 512
data.img
sizeMB= 512

Using resize2fs only to resize w/o anything else:

D:\Software\DATA.IMG Maker\DATA.IMG Maker>resize2fs -p data.img 524288
resize2fs 1.40.6 (09-Feb-2008)
Resizing the filesystem on data.img to 524288 (1k) blocks.
Begin pass 1 (max = 30)
Extending the inode table XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
The filesystem on data.img is now 524288 blocks long.