I was just wondering how many apps can u flash to the internal memory or how much space does it have total
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Is that big apps, or little apps??!! :-/
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Total /system memory is about 145MB. An average ROM install will take up from 130-135MB of that, though it varies from ROM to ROM.
I haven't moved any new apps to the /system/app directory, but by moving updates of stock Google apps from /data/app to /system/app, I've been able to save a lot of memory space. Titanium Backup Pro's ROM integration feature for updated system apps has made this a lot easier than doing it manually. The updated apps I've moved into /system/app are
Maps
Market
Goggles
Gmail
Voice Search
YouTube
I wasn't able to move the apps that originally had a .odex component but found that simply deleting the .odex file after doing the ROM integration fixed the force closes I was getting.
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let's say if the apps such as rom mangers,superusers are preinstalled into the /system/app of android, if there is a newer version, does android overwrite the apps in the /system/app or create a new one in /data/app?
/system/app, but what system apps get moved to /data/app? cause if it were preinstalled into /system/app and updated, it can't be uninstalled anyway since it would be already installed in system app? im not sure about all of this anyway xD or maybe like the youtube app which is now in the market so it can be moved to /data/app when updated?
but why is this thread stated that apps update goes into data/app even they are system apps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841598
i search around the forum and saw many said that too...sorry i just need a confirmation
any help guys?
i am trying to move some apps to /system/app from /data/app to free up some space since they have different partition in the phone internal memory (correct me if im wrong)
if new system app update will create another entry in /data/app that would be troublesome since i have to move the new updated app to /system/app again..
or is there anyway that i can trick android system to merge partition of /system/app and /data/app?
I'm currently running cmylxgo stock desire rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=901576 and am loving it but have one issue. Lately I've been getting alerts that my phine is low on space. I delete any unused apps but pretty soon ill have to delete ones I use. Is there a way to be able to download as many apps as I want or delete any of the stick apps ill never use like facebbok, twitter etc.....or does anyone know if any of his other roms allow for more space?
Lots of different apps in the market for this mate do a search.
jonny68 said:
Lots of different apps in the market for this mate do a search.
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I've tried that. Searched freespace, apps, phone memory. Any other suggestions?
bx10r said:
I've tried that. Searched freespace, apps, phone memory. Any other suggestions?
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Search for 'move to SD'.
Search the Market for App 2 SD
App to sd opened up about 25% more memory. Thanks guys
You can also try Darktremor a2sd script. It should allow you to move not only apps that can be moved to SD card but every apps along with the dolvik cache and user data files.
I haven't tried it on my HD2 yet and I know its still in beta, so I can't guarantee you whether it will work or not. But at least it worth a try. If u wanna try it do a nandroid backup first, just in case it mess something...
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You can also try Darktremor a2sd script. It should allow you to move not only apps that can be moved to SD card but every apps along with the dolvik cache and user data files.
I haven't tried it on my HD2 yet and I know its still in beta, so I can't guarantee you whether it will work or not. But at least it worth a try. Do a nandroid backup and try it if u want, just in case it mess something...
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Thanks, i wish there was a way to delete unused stock apps. For example...i dont use facebook or twitter so y have it. That would free up room too.....i'll ride with app2sd for now til something else pops up later.
bx10r said:
Thanks, i wish there was a way to delete unused stock apps. For example...i dont use facebook or twitter so y have it. That would free up room too.....i'll ride with app2sd for now til something else pops up later.
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My rom doesn't come with facebook or twitter pre installed. Anyways, u can delete those from /system/app
bx10r said:
Thanks, i wish there was a way to delete unused stock apps. For example...i dont use facebook or twitter so y have it. That would free up room too.....i'll ride with app2sd for now til something else pops up later.
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You can delete unused stock apps by purchasing an app called 'Root Explorer' from the market (or install any root-enabled file explorer really, i just like root explorer the best lol) and delete the .apk file of whatever app you don't want from /system/app directory of your phone. If your rom loads the system to ram memory, you also will have to delete the .apk from /system/ram/app directory or it will re-appear
-HD2 Android-
huggs said:
You can delete unused stock apps by purchasing an app called 'Root Explorer' from the market (or install any root-enabled file explorer really, i just like root explorer the best lol) and delete the .apk file of whatever app you don't want from /system/app directory of your phone. If your rom loads the system to ram memory, you also will have to delete the .apk from /system/ram/app directory or it will re-appear
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I got root explore and did the following. clicked on root explorer then went into sysytem then app and deleted the facebook and twitter apk. They still appear in my apps though. Is there something elseim supposed to do?
Still no instructions on how to delete stock apps via root explorer? I found this on the thread to my rom but dont know how to install it. I got it on my desktop but now what?Can anyone help?
If you wish to gain an additional 27MB for apps in /data/ you can install the my new partition layout MAX[Build.v1.1.7]. This is NOT required and you can use any of my other partition layouts with build v1.1.7. However if MAX[v1.1.7] partition layout is used with older builds your Phone will not boot. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
I got stock Motoblur launcher for ICS&JB including Widgets, after I installed it, the launcher config disappeared and I tried copying HomeConfig.apk to /system/app and it said that it had no space left. I also wanted to copy some of the features from Razr M's MotoBlur and i cant because adb says that /system/app is at 100%.
I'll try with a fresh installation and see what happens.
Look at link2sd, but you need to be root on your device...
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Try removing any built in apps that you are not using. I suppose you've been pushing a lot of stuff to system partition? Most apps (except launchers which need to put widgets) work just as well from data partition, afaik. Try moving some apps from /system/app/ to /data/app. But be careful, coz now you'll be able to uninstall them from Settings->Manage apps.
Navigating through my root tree, I´ve stumbled at so many bloatware files I just want to delete to save some storage space (16GB version here) but I´m a little afraid of. They are on the /System/App folder and for every .apk there´s a .odex file, so I would like to delete them both. Is it safe? Is there any verification process at boot of these files? Some of them look like really system apps that I´ll never touch, but others are for other phone carries in my country, social networks I´ve never heard before etc.
There´s another folder called /System/Apps/Bootup that I would love to delete files from, there´s a lot of LG crapware in there that I think are loaded at boot but I have the same fear of bootloops...
Any solution to my urge to free some memory?
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Delete some apps in /system/app not gonna free up your "sd card" storage... You always will have the same free amunt of memory available on your 16 Gb...
It's normal to have an .odex file under eachs system apps, your rom is odexed (search on Google if you don't know what is it).
You can delete some system apps but be careful at what apps you delete, make a backup first.
Some system apps are alright to delete along with the .odex ones too. There's a list in the general section I believe that lists off apps that can be deleted with no issue.
Problem is though unless you plan to store stuff in your system partition, deleting apps doesn't really increase your usable storage.
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Yes there is a (brief) list here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456974&highlight=list or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521066.
Like SupaSwag said when you delete an app, delete the .odex file too. If you don't know what you are doing I recommend you to leave the system apps as there are to avoid any kind of issues. At best you'll gain a little free RAM and maybe a little battery life without some apps runing/connecting to the network in background but in any case you will not gain more usable storage. At worst some function will not work at all, Force Closes, bootloop, etc...
In any case backup first (backup in recovery if something goes wrong and you encounter a bootloop) or at least a backup with an app like Titanium Backup (and make an uptade.zip in Titanium).
And what do you think of the apps in the bootup folder?
And then, how van I free some space for my mp3s? Coming from a S3 with a 64gb microSD card.
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And what do you think of the apps in the bootup folder?
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It's some LG apps, the name of the apps say all: TaskManager, FileManager, etc... Nothing very important it's LG stuff but it depends of you... I deleted all the apps in the /system/apps/bootup because I don't need them with my use, but you?
I think the best is to freeze those apps with Titanium Backup, use your phone as "normal" for a few days and if you don't have any issues or if you realize that you don't need them, then delete them...
Another solution is to rename the apps you don't want with the .bak extension, in case you need an app you can rename it by removing the .bak extension, reboot and the app is here
So I'm a neat freak on my smartphone and don't like having unnecessary apps that I never use, are bloatware, or that just take up space.
My phone is rooted and I could easily uninstall it but want to see if its a good idea before I even do.
The reason why I want to remove it is because I have es file explorer and delete files I do not need from the actual downloads folder. Therefore have no need for the downloads app. The downloads app also does not catch all my downloads anyway such as apk's downloaded from sites and files moved from my computer to the downloads folder.
Its pretty much useless but I have to go in there every once an a while (because I'm OCD) and clear out the list of files it displays (as most of them have actually been deleted by me from the downloads folder but are the pointers to the nonexistent file)
Long explanation, simple question lol
Thanks!
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just hide it.
if you're rooted freeze it with titanium backup. if **** breaks, unfreeze.
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