It's extremely annoying that the internal sdcard is the default sdcard! All the data and backup stuff goes into the sdcard that is extendable on a wipe... every time I load up a new rom, and I wipe, my backups are gone.
I can manually move stuff each time I backup, but that's absurd.
Is there any way to fix this?
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Assuming that you are using titanium to back up, there are options to set the preferred backup location.
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There are and thank god for that. But I'm talking about market apps that backup to sdcard.
For example few are...
Acar for fuel/mileage tracking
My work clock for keeping track of hours
Launcher pro settings/pref backup
Those are just to name a few
You can change this by change the symbolic link in / to sdcard so it links to /mnt/sdcard-ext. Just be careful, it might broke some apps that have their data on the internal card. If you have ash problem you can change the symbolic link back.
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Or alternatively create a little "script" to copy the contents from sdcard to sd-ext. Or to save space, you could prolly "tar czf /sd-ext/backup.tgz /sdcard"
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It appears that HTC made the app storage on this phone limited to ~150 megs and I see a lot of people deleting apps or clearing data from apps to fix. Does any custom partition utility exist for this phone? App so files are killing me. Thx for any pointers.
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notenoughspace if you're feeling risky. learn it before you use it otherwise you'll be SOL if you didn't make a backup. useful to move data to emmc instead of sd. otherwise cleaners like one click or sd maid are for routine cleaning if you wish to be safe
Cool, thx for the tip!
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Check out link2sd on the market. It allows you to move apps dalvik and libraries to a ext2/3/4 extension. It also has a setting to automaticly move new apps to the extension. I have about 55 apps installed and have about 113mb free.
Do these affect the standard apps2sd, or get wiped in a flash? When I ran into this,it was a game with "additional content " , which gave the option of storing on the sd instead.
I was wondering why I was having those low space notifications. I'll try these out.
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Notenoughspace doesn't work (well) with GB but GB native app2SD moves the app lib folders which I don't remember previous versions doing this. Still I'm low space even though I have 580 megs free on internal storage. Wish there was a way to resize these partitions but I know this is very tricky. Just a pain to deal with space issues when I have so much free internal space that is unused.
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To clarify notenoughspace works for cache/databases/files but doesn't work with lib data on GB since it recreates these on reboot so still a really nice utility.
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I've been using NotEnoughSpace with the Business GingerSense 3.0 ROM with no problems. It's great for those apps that store lots of databases and files in the /data/data partition.
Yeah, moving cache to /cache seems to work with most but moving databases and files seems to break a lot of apps. Also, remember to backup apps if you use this since nandroid backups don't include the /cache partition.
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I eliminated my low space issues by doing the following:
FACEBOOK: Clear cache / Deleted Data
FACEBOOK for HTC SENSE : clear cache / Deleted Data
ADOBE AIR : Uninstalled
ADOBE FLASH: Uninstalled the Updates
HTC MAIL: Clear cache / Deleted accounts / Deleted Data
This solved my problem... I installed K9 mail and allowed Flash to update and the issue has not returned.... yet!
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Yeah, Adobe's a huge culprit. No app2sd and huge lib's. Also, AIR apps are sensitive to even moving cache. If you look you'll see AIR cert/sigs in data cache for these.
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If I have apps stored on SD will clockworkmod backup/recovery take care of these - ie will it restore the apps back to the sd card after a recovery?
Thanks.
You mean sd-ext? Yes it will backup everything except photos,music things like that......
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You mean sd-ext? Yes it will backup everything except photos,music things like that......
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ok, thanks
Yes it backs up all the apps on sdcard. Both the sd-ext apps and the .android_secure folder apps.
During restore of a nandroid backup it will first format the sd-ext and .android_secure folder and then restores their contents to it. So it will not mess up the things generally (unless u use the advanced restore to restore the contents to a different rom).
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So this would work to backup apps on Sd, then restore them back to the Sd? I got a tun of apps on installed on my Sd card.. i've been wondering the best way to backup/restore them between flipping back and forth with different mods.
Thanks in advance!
Do the contents of my sd card have any effect on rom or after downgrade. I think i understand that some apps require 2.3.4 for compatibility reasons. After downgrading, rooting, can i use my previous sd card?
The contents of the sdcard can, but normally do not affect the ROM. Unity does store some stuff on the sdcard and android creates a few hidden folders for data. If the other ROM doesn't use the same storage, there should be no adverse consequences.
If your sdcard has multiple partitions; fat, ext, swap; then it will be more likely to cause issues. If you are just using it for storage then it shouldn't be an issue.
Be sure to move any PD15IMG files to a subfolder and you should be fine.
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Hopefully the PM was alright. I'll be sure to move the PD15IMG.zip to another folder. When using titanium backup for the apps i saved the data also. If, after rooting redownload the app and having the dropbox account and having saved the titanium backup data folder - should i be able to restore each app + data without having to save each data folder? I appreciate your help.
If you copied the titanium folder from the sdcard after running the backup, then yes, your data is saved too. Some apps will act a little funny if you do a restore of "app + data". With those, I restore the app only, then restore data only.
You may find it easier to put the titanium folder back on the sdcard before you download the app again. Then when the app initializes it will see the folder is already there and use the information in it.
Google's backup feature has been hit and miss with me when switching ROMs. Sometimes it installs all my apps from the market, some times only a few of them and usually none of them.
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Ive been fooling around with my phone, by that i mean rooting and such. But really recently ive noticed that my internal storage is almost completely full no matter if i factory reset my phone and wipe all caches. The sizes don't even add up, the biggest thing is clockwerk recovery at 2gb but somehow there is another 7gb of something that i can't see. Is there files hidden somewhere that are causing this huge usage of space?
HELP
Use ES file explorer, enable to show hidden files. That should answer your question.
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I see a lot of **** in lots of folders all over my device but im afraid to delete stuff. Would it let me delete important files?
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I see a lot of **** in lots of folders all over my device but im afraid to delete stuff. Would it let me delete important files?
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Use clean master from the play store, it will detect what is not needed and ask if you want to delete it.
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Use clean master from the play store, it will detect what is not needed and ask if you want to delete it.
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even that doesn't help there is still 80% of storage taken up by something, could my CWM backups somehow be ending up on my internal storage instead of my SD because it seems that way
Use es file explorer to move any important files from internal storage to external storage (like cwm backups or photos) then wipe internal storage. After that you should have about 9 GB free on your 16 GB s4.
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The nandroid backups were what was causing the huge space problems, I moved them to my sdcard and deleted them off my internal sdcard and I now have all my space back.
So I'm trying to get BB Apps on my OP2, So far I have the KB, Hub, Launcher, Camera, This requires me to put files in the /system partition, it's currently 2.72 GB filled out of the 2.72 GB.
I'm rooted, unlocked obv, running the stock rom.
Is there anyway I can resize the partition?
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Of course you have ways to resize any partition on your PC.
You can resize it using your disk management but only when there is unallocated space adjacent to the partition you want to resize. If there is no unallcated space next to the partition, theoretically, you can not complete this action. Because the function of "Extend Volume" is grayed out. Then you can generate one unallocated space from other partitions. However, you are unable to move that unallocated space because Windows built-in disk management has no function of "Move Partition".
But don't be sad. You can turn to a 3rd-party software to perform this task. Many free hardware(according to your computer's type) can be searched on the website. For example, Partition Assistant, released by AOMEI Tech, has free edition(Standard, for home and commercial use) and paid edition(Professional, Server, for business use).
Banterlel, If it is your personal computer, I suggest you use free version, because it is totally enough.
He's taking about repartitioning the phones internal storage and not the PC:s. However just as you've pointed out, there has to be free space adjacent to the partition you want to make bigger, which in the case of this phone would require to delete the data partition, resize the system partition and it's file system and then re-create the data partition (which means losing all user data/factory restore). Also there might be other consequences by doing this.
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God dangit. Well I'll just enjoy the other apps :/ so long DTEK by Blackberry.
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Why don't your delete Google apps that can be downloaded from playstore (almost every app)
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Nono..only system apps are stored in the /system partition. The gapps are located in the data folder or somewhere else, definitely not the system folder tho.
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Nono..only system apps are stored in the /system partition. The gapps are located in the data folder or somewhere else, definitely not the system folder tho.
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Not unless you remove them and reinstall. All stock roms and gapps packages install them to system partition
Will do that, thanks a lot, problem solved!
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Will do that, thanks a lot, problem solved!
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Next time flash a smaller GApps package. The GApps package installs all google apps to the system partition. This saves space on the internal storage (data partition). If you flash a smaller GApps package, you can install the other google apps (excluded from the GApps package) separately through the play store onto the internal storage and saves space on system.
Stock rom bro
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Really dangerous operation, you can use in recovery with adb, parted.
I don't recommand you to try it. Send me the Package you want to merge with the main ROM