This topic describes how I resized my user partition in my Modded Homey Pro (Early 2023) This was necessary (because I wanted :wink: ) as the Replaced CM4 Raspberry Pi Compute module I placed had more Flash memory than the Default 8 GB eMMC Flash. Modding of Homey voids the warranty and can hav…

question for me, I have everything at home for the cm4 change. and I understand what I need to do but do I need to resize the partition first and than put the backup back? or do I need to restore my back up and then resize/extend my partition? maybe it can be both ways but Idk

Good morning! Good question. When restoring homey, the default partition sizes will be restored. So, at any moment AFTER a factory reset you can adjust the partition size. (Swap CM4, factory reset and then you can resize. Or restore the backup, use it and when you have time, resize the partition t…

[image] Ranney: But I cannot give any reason why. Homey is simply not using / don’t need more flash. A good reason is because we can :muscle: or when u get a warning on the timeline that ur Homey’s low on memory like I got few days ago

[image] danone: memory Flash is storage and is not the warning on the timeline about memory (RAM)…

Bah! Thanks. Then only reason because we can.

[image] Ranney: Important note; a USB backup is different. Then you have to resize the partition AFTER the restore. With one caveat: If the USB backup you restore was taken after resizing, then you don’t need to resize again after the restore. The USB backup contains the partitions and their …

That is correct. I see now that my info is not complete. I wrote the info for the specific situation. Thanks for the correction! Summary: If you factory reset your homey, it is always restored to the default partition size If you restore from the cloud, the current partition is not adjusted. (So …

Hello everyone. If I want to save myself the route of partitioning and use the CM4108008. Is that possible, or how should I proceed?

Do you mean without modifying / resizing partition ? Yes, it is, you will only restore USB backup.

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