Database Users

are you losing space on your storage card? this may be why

so, i noticed that my 16gb storage card was filling up, and i had no idea why. silly windows 7 won't let you organize folders by size (files yes, folders no), so i couldn't tell what folder what so ginormous. i thought it was either my music or my movies folder, but neither one of those was over 3 gigs.
i picked up a program called tree size off of cnet. it showed me everything.
my nandroid folder was HUGE, because i've been backing up everytime before i do something potentially stupid. the thing was well over 4 gigs.
anyhoo, just a reminder to those of you that use nandroid regularly to go through and delete those older dates you may not use.
this may be common knowledge to most of you, but i wasn't aware.

Oh yeah, this can definitely fill up your SD card rather quickly. I have a folder on my computer and just transfer from backups there every now and then.

timothydonohue said:
so, i noticed that my 16gb storage card was filling up, and i had no idea why. silly windows 7 won't let you organize folders by size (files yes, folders no), so i couldn't tell what folder what so ginormous.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
In case others might find this useful, this is a great program:
http://windirstat.info/
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Awesome topic, found the nandroid folders in astro and found the backups, deleting them gave me over a gig back... awesome

excellent irony
is that you're...
1 deleting backups
2 using winblows to delete backups, and a GUI @ that
3 not using du -sh
sweet

ohgood said:
is that you're...
1 deleting backups
2 using winblows to delete backups, and a GUI @ that
3 not using du -sh
sweet
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
re: 1 ) i don't need every backup i've ever made. i've made a ton
re: 2 ) i spend half my time on winblows, half my time in linux. but, what i don't know about linux would fill a warehouse, admittedly
re: 3) not everyone is familiar with unix commands
the recommendation i made, and apparently the other one, are both useful utilities for examining folder size, among other things. i would wager most people in here aren't unix wizards, like yourself. but, i may be wrong. i was only trying to help

Low memory issue

I have just flashed an EnergyROM having the GTX Sense theme. After flashing, I checked out the task manager, and this is what I saw:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
This is what it says when tapping on the 85% icon:
Why is the program memory so low? I have tried searching for other posts regarding this problem, but I couldn't find anything similar.
I would also like to mention the fact that lately, my device has been acting very weird. I leave my place with my HD2 being alright, and after walking for 10-15 minutes, I get it out of my pocket only to see that it is completely shut down (or at least it doesn't respond to any commands). The power/end key does nothing, and the only solution is to reset it via the dedicated button on its back. I have realized that the phone is actually on, but the memory usage is so high that it simply cannot answer to any commands.
PS: Right now it says 88%.

you should install cleanram as it helps free some ram...also get cleartemp as it'll show you what's eating your space up so you can delete them easily...and finally don't forget to soft reset
one more very important thing which saves a LOT of space if you're on stock rom or your cooked rom doesnt have it(highly unlikely) is moving the album cache...read the thread here and look out for 4tune's cab
Edit: i just noticed your total program memory is at 197.91mb but mine is at 336.37mb...thats something to look at as well i think?

hi try try this program this is the trial if works pay for it
is all in one software

You definitely need to check into the amount of total program memory. It should be as damnshah stated - well over 300MB for a 512LEO device.
Perhaps trying re-flashing and see if the amount of program memory is still <200MB.

Have you solved?

Salvestro said:
Have you solved?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I had to flash another ROM, so I decided to go for the GTX themed ChuckyROM. It looks better, feels better, and the memory status says:
Total: 453.6 MB
In use: 184.2 MB
Free: 269.4 MB
Anyhow, the phone is working flawlessly now! Thank you all for your support!

[SOLVED]Problems after removing bloatware apps

Ok, here's the issue.
I've deleted bloatware apps, including both clocks since i didnt need them and force moved all my apps to sd.
I have 2 problems:
1) After removing them screen was clean but i cant place anything in their places
Here's what happened
I had the clock there but when i try to place something else there i can't.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2) After moving all apps to sd, widgetlocker and system info widget was removed from the places i added them, plus when i restart my phone widgetlocker doesnt autostart. [This one fixed already, i moved it back and voila]
Suggestions?

Settings > applications > manage applications > all > Sony Ericsson Home > clear data.
You should now be able to set up your home screen from scratch.
Sent from my rooted Xperia arc

Awesome, thanks for the quick reply!

Have any more of your apps complained at being moved to SD? I do use a ton of apps and would like to move some of the less critical ones to SD so I'm not bulging at the seems anymore!
Also, anyone used any of the market apps like app2sd for this task, how did you get on?
Cheers.

I used titanum backup to force move them all apps to sd.
I had issues only with widgetlocker, sms unread count and system info widget.

Retrosid said:
I used titanum backup to force move them all apps to sd.
I had issues only with widgetlocker, sms unread count and system info widget.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for reply.
Have you noticed increased battery drain or reduction in speed with all of that SD card read/write activity since moving them?

thintin said:
Thanks for reply.
Have you noticed increased battery drain or reduction in speed with all of that SD card read/write activity since moving them?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No, since i moved all my apps to sd, it wasnt a big deal for these 3 apps to consume battery. The speed is just fine for my class 6 16GB micro SDHC card.
The battery life is obviously better after moving all of them on my card. Im on 4mAh right now, i guess its fine

[Q]Don't know where to next

I'm new to WP7 devices. I just bought an HTC Surround from eBay and it seems to be in some kind of bricked or semi bricked state. It used to be in an eternal reboot cycle but i managedd to fix that by some how (miraculously?) formatting the internal SDHC card. Now the device doesn't rebbot like it used to but insted turns on and stops at the connect to computer screen. I have tried syncing with Zune but got the 10100 error saying that there wasn't any backup. What do I do? Do I have to reflash the stock? If so which one and where is it? I have posted which mode the Surround ends up in and the tri-color screen for the SPL version if it is needed for the ROM. Thanks!
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

deleted

Ok so i have flashed the rom already. But, how long is it supposed to stay at the HTC screen? It seems to be as if it were stuck or something.

deleted

Thanks! Just as you said it was the dumb SDHC card. I have been reading somewhere else here on XDA that quite a number of Wp7 phones have this same problem too, some cards aren't just fast enough despite their class. Sure enough I removed the card and finally it booted up. I'm checking the card out so far and it seems pretty slow to me for a class 2, what a bummer. Oh well looks like I'll have to spend some more. I was expecting to resell this thing.

deleted

Not so much, at least for me. All you have to do is pretty much remove the backing of the surround and click he card out of the slot that is next to the SIM slot. What makes it hard is removing the back case because it in two parts but an iPhone opening tool makes it easier to open it.

deleted

Damn, this isn't good. After looking closely turns out that the PCB that holds both thebSIM and microSD slots is missing some resistor/fuse thingies. I tried to bridge them but somehow it still doesn't work with any card at all. This fixing thing is starting to suck. I tried googling for the part but I just can't find it. If you know of where to buy it or maybe have a spare one that would be great. I'll post some pictures later of how the part looks like.
[EDIT] I have uploaded some pictures and highlited where the resistors are missing.

deleted

I reinstalled the part and put in another card. (class 4) and it doesn't even recognize that there even is a card installed, it also warms up really bad. Bootloader reports SD NONE, i think it fried or something.

IndexService files using up all my internal storage

Is anyone else getting this issue?
Recently, my phone has been telling me that my internal storage space is running out. I have hardly anything stored in my internal storage.
I used an app called DiskUsage to find out what was using up the space and I discovered a load of files in the folder called .MyFilesContentSearch. There are several files with the extension .prx that can be up to 3GB each, and some .frq files that can be up to 1GB each. There are also several cfs files measuring just over 400MB each. What on earth is this app doing?
The full path to this folder is /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.samsung.indexservice/files/.MyFilesContentSearch
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I know there have been threads complaining about CPU usage, overheating and battery drain related to IndexService, all of which I experience whenever IndexService is running, but I haven't seen anyone else mention this specific issue of excess storage space being taken up.
I did try resetting my phone and reformatting my 32gb storage card, but the problem won't go away. Even if I take out my SD card, the folder fills up.
I have seen claims that this has to do with a corrupt pdf file, but I'm not convinced. I deleted all the pdf files that I could find on my device, but the problem remains.
I have found that I can delete the files without any problems, but the folder will just fill up again after a day or two. It's not the end of the world, as I have a spare battery and can close down IndexService and delete the files, but it's an annoyance to have to do this so often.
I know there are things I can do to solve this if I root my phone, but I am not willing to do that just yet, so please don't offer suggestions that require rooting. I intend to send a bug report to Samsung, but before I do that I would like to know if anyone else has this specific issue.
My phone is a UK n9005 from Three and the ROM is XXUDMJ6.
Has this affected anyone here? If so, does anyone know if it gets fixed in later ROM editions?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk

columbo said:
...
Has this affected anyone here? If so, does anyone know if it gets fixed in later ROM editions?
Sent from my SM-N9005 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=247055706
You might have a file on your phone that crashes the Samsung indexer service.

Get Android assistant or even without it, force close applications you downloaded around the time the problem came out and just see when the problem goes away, since I also think it's something interacting with indexer. Come to think of it why not wipe cache first and if not fixed, factory reset? If factory reset doesn't work I would send it back for repair.