Hi there, just a quick question about phone memory.
I have a rooted Legend running a baked Rom with Apps2SD, but I am hovering around 20mb of free space on my phone, even though I have deleted most of my apps and moved others to SD.
I have had a look around the root folder, but is there something else I should be deleting to free up space?
My best guess is you did not wipe and install the custom ROM. You installed it over the earlier ROM which is occupying space.
I am using the Synergy RC1 rom . It comes with a2sd already built in. I have an 1024mb ext3 partition setup on my SD card. My SD card is a class 8 and I have used with success on other roms that supported a2sd. I repartitioned the card and cleared all caches multiple times before flashing the ROM. When I use Quick System Info it shows me how much space I have left on my ext3 partition so I know it is there and readable. The davlik cache is stored on the SD card by default with this particular iteration of a2sd (it is based off of CyanogenMod)
The problem that within a few hours of flashing the rom and installing a couple of apps (I have installed different apps each time so it is not a particular app that cause this) all of a sudden my internal storage starts dropping on its own. No more apps were installed, but every couple of minutes when I check there is less and less internal storage available. The memory drops even when the phone is not in use. I was doing some stuff on my phone and when I put it down it had 260mb free. I pick it up 10 minutes later and it is down to 118mb. I do not understand why this is happening. If anyone has any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated.
Earlier today on the Synergy thread it was said that using a 2 gig EXT3 should work better, than the 1 gig most of are used to using. I know I'm going to reformat mine tomorrow and repartition it to see if I can get this going.
Worked perfectly on MikG, but I guess Synergy just puts more into internal memory.
Also, you did use the Synergy Updater to flash A2SD, right?? Because flashing the DT Zip file could cause problems, I hear....
Thanks for the reply.
I still had space in my ext3 partition. About 640mb I believe. I will reformat and reflash to see if a 2gig partition will help. I did not download and install the DT a2sd mod. I have used the built in a2sd in myn's roms for a while without issue. Should I use DT's instead?
Nope. seems that in Synergy, A2SD is not built in, but in the Synergy updater, you can flash a version that was created FOR synergy. Now, when you do this, it doesn't format your card, it only assigns the partitions.
On MikG, with DT A2SD built in, using my 64MB Swap and 1 gig EXT 3, I'd have over 300MB free internal storage.
With Synergy, same partitions, using the flashable A2SD, I only have 124MB free internal, my apps ARE on the SD Card, but when I try to enable swap (Terminal SU, A2SD Reswap) it fails to start Swap.
I think it was DougJamal that told me to try and reset my EXT to 2 gigs
I see. I was under the impression from the OP that a2sd was built in. I saw my ext3 partition being used as I installed apps. Everything was working I believe. When I first flashed the rom I had 386mb of free internal storage.
alkataz said:
see if a 2gig partition will help. I did not download and install the DT a2sd mod. Should I use DT's instead?
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DT's works good for me. running MIUI.1.6.24
Yes, DT's is great, but apparently, there's a script that conflicts with Synergy, so I was told to use the flashable in he Synergy Updater.
It's DT, but it's got a mod that works better with the ROM, and believe me, that was a very layman's way to describe it
I was out so I could not repartition and reinstall the rom using the 2 gig partition, but I had repartitioned and reinstalled just before I left my last response and it has happened again. I looked at my phone a couple hours aftr install and internal storage went from 354mb to 177mb. I looked at it 10 minutes later and it was down to 54mb. By the time I reached home I was getting a low memory warning and 511kb free. This is weird.
I did a full wipe and everything. I have never experienced this on any ROM and I have used a2sd on almost all of them. I have read that there was a issue with the GB release updates that caused the phone to incorrectly report free internal storage space. Maybe this is the cause of this, but I have reinstalled the ROM like 3 times and redownloaded the ROM each time.
alkataz said:
I did a full wipe and everything. I have never experienced this on any ROM and I have used a2sd on almost all of them. I have read that there was a issue with the GB release updates that caused the phone to incorrectly report free internal storage space. Maybe this is the cause of this, but I have reinstalled the ROM like 3 times and redownloaded the ROM each time.
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Yeah, I ran /system/bin/ a2sd reinstall which re processed all my apps but when I ran a2sd reswap, it failed again and my memory is wicked low.
I DO still need to reformat and redo my ext3 partition, but I'm not feeling too confident.
I have Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and some time ago I installed successfully Hyperion 9 ROM. Then sometime later, an update has been released and following the instructions, I installed the update. After the reboot, the system showed that I had small space on internal memory. I tried everything to get some space but I couldn't do anything so I reinstalled Hyperion 9.1. When I installed the apps I had again the same problem. After deleting some apps, I have now 25 MB free space on internal memory but I cannot either install or update apps from Google Play Store.
Now the question. Can something be done to free space on the internal memory?
Note: Before and after the update, I had the same apps
Note: I have installed Link2SD and I have linked the apps to the external partition.
Note: Before the update, I had about 50MB free space
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I have Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and some time ago I installed successfully Hyperion 9 ROM. Then sometime later, an update has been released and following the instructions, I installed the update. After the reboot, the system showed that I had small space on internal memory. I tried everything to get some space but I couldn't do anything so I reinstalled Hyperion 9.1. When I installed the apps I had again the same problem. After deleting some apps, I have now 25 MB free space on internal memory but I cannot either install or update apps from Google Play Store.
Now the question. Can something be done to free space on the internal memory?
Note: Before and after the update, I had the same apps
Note: I have installed Link2SD and I have linked the apps to the external partition.
Note: Before the update, I had about 50MB free space
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re-install ur rom+update... or else make a backup of ur apps and then wipe ur system... hope this will work..
yagnesh97 said:
re-install ur rom+update... or else make a backup of ur apps and then wipe ur system... hope this will work..
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I did it but still I have problem
In titainium backup, it shows 150mb free of 2.60 gb in system rom.
I've just rooted the stock oxygen os 3.1.0.
Is it because stock 3.1.0 file zip is 1.1gb big?
Or is it because of the google apps?
Also, how should I clean stuff for more space?
I feel the nandroid backup I've created (2.5gb) is in the system partition but this makes no sense.
Also, installing Xposed modules and other apps, will they consume this System rom space or not?
Is 150mb more than enough and normal or will I need or space?
I've got a lot of space in Internal memory, around 46 gb.
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You could use a debloat zip but it won't change the fact all apps that were system will use the data space... If save space is your thing integrate updates to system
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It's oxygen os that takes the space don't worry it's normal
I had some issues with my Galaxy S8 and I had to reflash the firmware, then TWRP, then Magisk. But there's a problem: I lost some storage space. Before that, my total internal storage space was 53.96 GB, and now it's just 53.53 GB. There's also a preload partition in TWRP's Wipe menu that wasn't there before. Is there any way to get the storage back without having to reflash everything again? Yes, I know it's just 0.53 GB, but I want it back anyway. Also, I'm not a developer or a hacker, just a particularly tech-savvy guy, and I don't know how an awful lot about terminal comands and things like that, so a step-by-step guide would be nice.