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[Q] Defy internal memory lost from 2GB to 128MB

Hello Everyone!
I was very happy Defy user, lately I've start checking new ROM's and finally I'm stuck with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127085 but then I've found out this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152377 and everything was back to normal... at least that what I was thinking...
I've start download my favourite apps and then I saw first warning, that there is not enough available memory on my Moto... I've start checking and I could'nt belive my eyes, internal memory is only 128MB...
I have no idea how this happend, so if there is anyone, who have similar situation, let me know please, how did you solve this...
Thanks
gajdem

yeahhh, had the same problem when accidently flashing the leaked gb rom and trying to get back to froyo via shadows' guide. i thought i was f***ed when i saw the decreased internal storage. but no problem just full wipe via stock recoevery and everything is back to normal.

I've got the same problem, but hadn't solved it yet. I've tried all the ways but cant get 2gb memory again, always 128mb, no matter the rom i flash, the wipes i do...
if someone knows how to solve it...thx

hi there guys,
i'm having the same issues as you guys...
did anyone solve it yet?

CaKiTarZ said:
I've got the same problem, but hadn't solved it yet. I've tried all the ways but cant get 2gb memory again, always 128mb, no matter the rom i flash, the wipes i do...
if someone knows how to solve it...thx
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I don't think you would get 2GB of memory on every rom you flash. The most you would get is 1.3GB as off the rest was used by the system data files. This is what they called it share memory. And only froyo and gingerbread has the build in app2sd ability to conserve internal memory space by putting some off your app in sdcard. You must perform cache/data wipe whenever you're flashing a rom or sbf to eliminate any junk files in the memory.
Sent from my awesome Moto Defy: Stock Rooted Gingerbread 2.3.3 - XDA Premium

Same problem!
I'm having the same problem even after installing multiple versions of the android 128MB internal memory keeps appearing. does anyone have any solutions?

I solved this doing a Factory Reset, in Settings > Privacy.

i doubt it's that easy...
but i'll give it a shot

I've had the same problem. I think its from following this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14762402&postcount=143 .
Tried to do a factory reset from MIUI. Didn't work. Then I restored the nandroid backup from the post above and tried a factory reset from that and it seems to have fixed the problem. Well I have 1.15 gb instead of 80 mb anyway. Hope that helps

skeetan said:
I've had the same problem. I think its from following this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14762402&postcount=143 .
Tried to do a factory reset from MIUI. Didn't work. Then I restored the nandroid backup from the post above and tried a factory reset from that and it seems to have fixed the problem. Well I have 1.15 gb instead of 80 mb anyway. Hope that helps
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Will I not mess up because in the instruction it has said to boot straight into recovery after flashing the nandroid and flash the fixed sbf?? Plz give the detailed procedure of how you managed to get 1.15 GB??
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rafaeloliveira00 said:
I solved this doing a Factory Reset, in Settings > Privacy.
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This works! Thanks man
If you have downgraded from the FULL GC SBF FLASH(instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982)
after you flash the fixed sbf after downgrading do a factory reset and voila you will get 1.17 GB internal space!!!!

read, read again, and again.
i missed this information, that Factory reset must be done after Fixed sbf.
i did it at the end with cm7, no help.
biswashyub said:
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This works! Thanks man
If you have downgraded from the FULL GC SBF FLASH(instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216982)
after you flash the fixed sbf
after downgrading do a factory reset!!!!!
and voila you will get 1.17 GB internal space!!!!
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also for me, the Beginners Guide did not work.
the only way i found after 10-times doing it:
Method 2: (BIG thanks to Jebrew again for this one)
NOTE: You are going to need CM7 for this one. CM7 Stable version recommended.
Download this SBF and Flash it.
!!!now i did Factory reset and got back my 1,24GB memory (Y)
Root your phone.
Download 2nd Init 1.4.2 and Install ClockworkMod Recovery.
Reboot to CMW recovery, and wipe Data/Cache.
Install CM7 then install Google Apps.
!! here my defy 525 red lens did not go there => Reboot an go into Stock Recovery (using the vol- button, not from Bootmenu).
Do a Data/Cache Wipe or you won't have any space when you're done.
(but it makes the same, as Factory Reset in the Fixed rom, i think)
also CM7 did not boot up, stuck on Google logo.
Flash this Fixed SBF
Reboot into your nice new rom.
Do not Wipe Data anymore or you will have to start again.

Lost Email and other apps after installing a new ROM

Hi,
I am new to tablets so please bear with me
I downgraded my 3.2 A500 to 3.0.1, root it and than installed a custom ROM Thor 3.2.1 (v12) using Acer Recovery Installer.
1) I've noticed that Email (exchange + others) is gone and no way to put it back
2) Other previously installed apps like Acer Folders are gone too.
3) The tables is slower than before although people keep bragging about how fast this Rom is.
I've seen couple of posts saying that Email is lost because I didn't full wipe the tablet. What is full wipe? is it factory reset? is more than that? is a program that I have to run? I've also seen people talking about clear data + cache? What is this command?
Please advice how can I get a custom rooted ROM to be as close to the stock one?
At this point I should factory reset the tablet to get my email back or I have to start all over again?
Any idea in this myriad of terms an acronyms would be highly appreciated!

danix said:
Hi,
I am new to tablets so please bear with me
I downgraded my 3.2 A500 to 3.0.1, root it and than installed a custom ROM Thor 3.2.1 (v12) using Acer Recovery Installer.
1) I've noticed that Email (exchange + others) is gone and no way to put it back
2) Other previously installed apps like Acer Folders are gone too.
3) The tables is slower than before although people keep bragging about how fast this Rom is.
I've seen couple of posts saying that Email is lost because I didn't full wipe the tablet. What is full wipe? is it factory reset? is more than that? is a program that I have to run? I've also seen people talking about clear data + cache? What is this command?
Please advice how can I get a custom rooted ROM to be as close to the stock one?
At this point I should factory reset the tablet to get my email back or I have to start all over again?
Any idea in this myriad of terms an acronyms would be highly appreciated!
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When you flash a new ROM, especially a custom ROM based on Asus, and not Acer (like the Thor ROM), you generally retain nothing after the flash, unless you'te merely upgrading from one version to the next.
Before flashing a new ROM with CWM, proper formats and wipes should be done to clean out all residuals of the previous ROMS.
Wipes menu
1) Wipe cache
2) Wipe Data, Factory reset
3) Wipe dalvik cache
4) Wipe battery stats
Mounts and storage menu
5) format system
6) format data
7) format cache
8) format flexrom
Install zip from sdcard
Choose zip file
Flash ROM
reapeat steps 1-4 (not 5-8!)
Reboot, and follow setup in your new ROM.
Some people will consider this redundant, and overkill, but rest assured that you'll not have half the problems that most people have after flashing a new ROM that don't do a proper wipe, and format.
Doing this by memory, will reboot, look at the menus again, and correct if I missed anything in a minute.
EDIT: Just rebooted into recovery, and checked. Method above is correct.
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If you want a ROM that is close to stock as possible, hit the DEV section of this forum and choose a Stock rooted 3.2 ROM.
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As to your comment about the Thor ROM being slower. I found that while the transitions were much smoother, boot up lagged and was slower than others, and shutdown took longer as well.
On the plus side, I've never gotten GPS lock so quickly in my life, nor with as many sats as I did with the Thor ROM. I had a look through the ROM, and there are many more files and folders that are Asus specific related to the GPS hardware that Acer doesn't include, thus the horrid GPS performance on the A500.

Thanks a bunch!
Just couple of question: Given the fact that I am already in the situation of having Thor ROM what do I do now?
Or on the alternative given the situation, if I choose to install a rooted stock ROM will all come back to normal?
Note: I don not try to preserve the existent data, just to get the tablet back in a good working state.

danix said:
Thanks a bunch!
Just couple of question: Given the fact that I am already in the situation of having Thor ROM what do I do now?
Or on the alternative given the situation, if I choose to install a rooted stock ROM will all come back to normal?
Note: I don not try to preserve the existent data, just to get the tablet back in a good working state.
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Do a complete wipe, format, and install a pre-rooted Stock 3.2 ROM if you want it as close to stock as possible. This is what you want if that's the case.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290318

I didn't initially followed the instructions and I got a rooted stock ROM that seemed fine at the beginning until I've realized it doesn't have the Android Market app
However I've followed strictly the instructions and now I got it all working !!! Many thanks!

danix said:
I didn't initially followed the instructions and I got a rooted stock ROM that seemed fine at the beginning until I've realized it doesn't have the Android Market app
However I've followed strictly the instructions and now I got it all working !!! Many thanks!
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Good job, glad it all worked out for you!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS POST!!
I had this problem on my rooted HTC Sensation and went mad. Rebooting, reflashing - you name it, did not work. This saved my life, and in case this happens again (dont count on it haha), i'm safe now. Thank you for posting this.
My first post on this forum goes to thanking you!

For all new to flashing make sure, you always study the directions, and do not attempt till you fully understand each step. Once you do a few flashes, it all will become easy. This is a good thread for the new comers.

[Q] I cant get xoom back to stock

Ive downloaded this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278214 but It still keeps the old Big DX Red theme I had aswell as the old wallpapers. basically I want to go to complete stock but still have CWM and Root. Anyone have any suggestions?

Tell us which steps have u follow.

renton82 said:
Tell us which steps have u follow.
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wipe cache, flash rom, reboot. lol.

http://developer.motorola.com/products/software/
Here is a link where you can get instructions and all of the .img files you will need to return your xoom to stock. A little heads up, you will have to create a username (email) and password, but what you need is there.
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Just saw this thread, this could be of use as well:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049485

Next time make sure you make a CWM backup of a fresh stock 3.2 rom for you dont have to bother flashing the .img files on your sd card.

[Q] Galaxy S5 G900F + TWRP 2.8.3.0 + CM11 = wrong date & time

Hi, I have some weird behavior with date and time in CM11 and CM12 - through settings i try network time and then manually but after reboot it reverts back to 1st January 2014 - Very Strange and anoying!!!
Then if i connect wifi or data on phone, the time goes correct!
Another strange thing that in TWRP time is total different from actual and that reverted in CM11. So I have three "times": original we live in, for CM11 or CM12 after reboot and for TWRP What can i do?
What i have tried:
Factory reset
Tried CM11 and CM12
Other versions of TWRP
Tried ktoonsez kernel.
Im out of options, what i need to do? Im very very upset and tired of this problem.

Please help guys

That is a cyanogen open issue, find it and try a solution that's there about setting time one hour ahead. It worked for me

P4k1t0 said:
Please help guys
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52681863&postcount=3284
This is the solution that worked for me

venereo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52681863&postcount=3284
This is the solution that worked for me
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I have tried that like 5 times now, and nothing
Also tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52742566&postcount=5
And nothing also.
The problem is i have allready make a factory reset, and time on TWRP is also wrong!!

Did you try flashing stock back?

venereo said:
Did you try flashing stock back?
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No, i have tried Factory Reset by TWRP: Wipe data, cache and dalvik cache.

Any reason not to try it?

venereo said:
Any reason not to try it?
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I will have a lot of work, for just a 'stupid' bug

Flashing through Odin it's a lot of work? You had most of the work already
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P4k1t0 said:
I will have a lot of work, for just a 'stupid' bug
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first set correct time then delete time_daemon from system/bin, reboot!
Try this

venereo said:
Flashing through Odin it's a lot of work? You had most of the work already
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first set correct time then delete time_daemon from system/bin, reboot!
Try this
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Thanks for your reply, yes also tried that, nothing
Also tried changing TWRP to CWM like @loudambiance said there: http://www.reddit.com/r/cyanogenmod/comments/2r0bwm/galaxy_s5_g900f_twrp_2830_cm11_wrong_date_time/
And nothing.
Also restored my phone to one backup i have from 2014-07-03 - OmegaV11, and the problem was solved, reboot sucesfull and time was ok, but when i change to CM11 or CM12, the problem happens again!

P4k1t0 said:
Thanks for your reply, yes also tried that, nothing
Also tried changing TWRP to CWM like @loudambiance said there: http://www.reddit.com/r/cyanogenmod/comments/2r0bwm/galaxy_s5_g900f_twrp_2830_cm11_wrong_date_time/
And nothing.
Also restored my phone to one backup i have from 2014-07-03 - OmegaV11, and the problem was solved, reboot sucesfull and time was ok, but when i change to CM11 or CM12, the problem happens again!
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Flashing with Odin will get stock recovery back, maybe you could restart from there

venereo said:
Flashing with Odin will get stock recovery back, maybe you could restart from there
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Yes, but then i have to re-root again, install an recovery so i can install CM right? And what if the problem get back again?

P4k1t0 said:
Yes, but then i have to re-root again, install an recovery so i can install CM right? And what if the problem get back again?
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What do you want me to say? It is a CM problem, you either install CM and live with it's problems (they are well known) or you keep tw from sammy

venereo said:
What do you want me to say? It is a CM problem, you either install CM and live with it's problems (they are well known) or you keep tw from sammy
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Yes i know, lets see if anyone have a new solution for this.

P4k1t0 said:
Yes i know, lets see if anyone have a new solution for this.
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I understand, but as you saw already it keeps unsolved in cm forums. That's a bad sign

If you do experience this issue, make sure to REPORT IT on the cyanogenmod bugtracker or at least vote for the issue so that someone will eventually look at it. https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-4915

Need help restoring from Nandroid backup

Hi, it's my first time posting so I do apologize if I posted this in the wrong thread.
So I recently flashed the latest CM12 Nightly Rom for my S4 I9505. But I realised I needed to restore my backup (which I did with Nandroid before I flashed the ROM). So I went to CWM Recovery, tried to restore with the backup I did.
Everything was fine until I got this : "Error while restoring /system". I thought maybe the one in the phone was corrupted so i copied the one from my PC and still i get this error.
I'm hoping someone can help me on this.
Thanks!

just follow the following steps
1. full wipe data+dalvik cache
2. copy your backup to pc
3. open nandroid.md5 in notepad
4. delete everything and save it
5. now copy the backup to sdcard and restore it.
Enjoy
Hit thanks if I helped you.

chaos03 said:
Hi, it's my first time posting so I do apologize if I posted this in the wrong thread.
So I recently flashed the latest CM12 Nightly Rom for my S4 I9505. But I realised I needed to restore my backup (which I did with Nandroid before I flashed the ROM). So I went to CWM Recovery, tried to restore with the backup I did.
Everything was fine until I got this : "Error while restoring /system". I thought maybe the one in the phone was corrupted so i copied the one from my PC and still i get this error.
I'm hoping someone can help me on this.
Thanks!
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I hope the nandroid backup (you did before flash the custom ROM) wasn't of one STOCK Rom :fingers-crossed:.

Joku1981 said:
I hope the nandroid backup (you did before flash the custom ROM) wasn't of one STOCK Rom :fingers-crossed:.
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Oh it was.. does that mean I'm kinda screwed?

there is no issue in restoring nandroid backup of stock roms.
but recovery may be an issue.

yourshubhamkansal said:
there is no issue in restoring nandroid backup of stock roms.
but recovery may be an issue.
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Well, i don't agree with you sorry.
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chaos03 said:
Oh it was.. does that mean I'm kinda screwed?
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Don't be.
1. Reflash stock Rom via ODIN, root and custom recovery.
2. Flash Custom ROM then again. But don't restore the backup you did before.
3. Done.

I may be wrong , but I have restore nandroid backup of stock roms many times.
I didn't even faced a single issue.

yourshubhamkansal said:
I may be wrong , but I have restore nandroid backup of stock roms many times.
I didn't even faced a single issue.
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Hi, I tried what you suggested, deleting everything in nandroid.md5. And I manage to restore it.
But now there is another problem. this message "unfortunately the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped" pops up almost every 5 seconds. Any idea how to fix this?

yourshubhamkansal said:
I may be wrong , but I have restore nandroid backup of stock roms many times.
I didn't even faced a single issue.
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Sure? Restoring nandroid backups of stock roms to CUSTOM ROMS?? I don't think so bro . Anyway you can help @chaos03 better than me . Good luck :highfive:

First, remove your Google account (no big deal, you can sign back in in a few minutes). Then, go to Settings>Apps>All> Scroll down to the G's until you get the first thing that has Google in it's name. The first one on my phone (galaxy nexus, CM) is called "Google Account Manager". Click on it and hit "Clear Data". Repeat this process for everything Google in the list. Now sign back into your Google account. You should never see that message again!
Hit thanks if I helped you!
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clear cache and data of all google apps
as well as signout and signin your google account again!

yourshubhamkansal said:
First, remove your Google account (no big deal, you can sign back in in a few minutes). Then, go to Settings>Apps>All> Scroll down to the G's until you get the first thing that has Google in it's name. The first one on my phone (galaxy nexus, CM) is called "Google Account Manager". Click on it and hit "Clear Data". Repeat this process for everything Google in the list. Now sign back into your Google account. You should never see that message again!
Hit thanks if I helped you!
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clear cache and data of all google apps
as well as signout and signin your google account again!
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I'm trying to do as you said, but the problem is the message pops up again the moment i dismiss it, and i cant even do anything else (only able to switch the phone on and off). And I also notice that some apps are starting to crash too.. is it possible to first flash an official Stock Rom and then do a restore?

maybe or maybe not
but I will suggest u to restore it once again and then do a factory reset , maybe it will work.
restoring it after installing stock will be always an option, but can't guarantee that you will not face the com.gapps.... has stopped working error.
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r u recieving this single error or there are more apps crashing
?

This error and also error messages for some of the apps that say the apps stopped working.
I'm just worried that the backup is corrupted (Praying hard that it isnt the case)
Oh btw I'm using a CWM from ROM Manager version 6.0.4.7, I did some reading and they say there's a chance that it doesnt work well with Samsung phones. Do you think I should use another?

there is one more option also, which I think may work
just download gapps package from the given link and flash it using recovery
make sure you choose the right package as per your android version
http://www.android.gs/download-install-and-flash-google-apps-for-android/