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I had my Epic in my pocket with the display asleep, and I wanted to check the time. When I pulled out the phone I noticed that the bottom row of buttons was lit for some reason, and the power button didn't appear to be doing anything. After waiting for a few seconds to see if anything would happen I finally gave up and pulled the battery.
The phone rebooted fine, but after reboot it started telling me that the internal memory was low. Since then I've deleted some applications, cleared my text history, etc....but it still gives me the warning. It claims that I now have 16 megs free....but I don't know how that's possible as I don't have that many apps installed (I'm guessing around 100-150megs).
Do the Sprint built in apps really use that much space? Is there a way for me to see the physical files that are on that chip rather than just a list of installed applications? I'm thinking it might be an app writing a bunch to internal memory...but I don't know how to determine that (new to Android).
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated. I'd be fine if it just wasn't letting me install anything (like the Pre used to)....but the fact that it's rejecting my text messages is a major issue.
I uninstalled Google Earth for now and it's now at 36 megs free...but it's still complaining that the memory is low and rejecting text messages saying the text message memory is full.
How big are these text messages anyway?
Do you have any games installed? Asphalt 5 is 100M (the first time you run it, it warns about that.) Another potential offender is email, especially is you have emails with attachments.
Thanks for the reply!
I do have Asphalt 5 on here (came with the phone I believe)...but I don't see it in the application list. Where/how can I remove it if it's not there?
If I remember right the evo got over 100 mb's free with sprint software removed. You can always try one of the sd card lag fixes and use the sd card as your storage. I think this is the best method since there is not enough internal storage.
The thing that's really driving me nuts now is that its showing nearly 50 megs free at this point....yet it keeps warning me and rejecting text messages. I've tried rebooting after I deleted a bunch of apps but that didn't do any good. Does anyone know what the threshold is for free space before it will operate normally again?
I'm also confused how I can have Asphalt 5 installed...but it isn't showing up in my application list. Is there a secondary application list that I'm not seeing?
If I am not mistaken, Asphaly 5 does not use that much space on the internal memory since on the first launch it downloads a 100mb of data to the SD card not the internal memory,
I deleted a few more apps in the interest of getting the phone operational as a phone again before I contine using it as a toy.
I'm now showing 55.33 megs free and things seem to be working again...so for future reference I'm guessing the threshold is 50 megs before it starts throwing a fit (I was at about 47 megs free before). I finally got the text messages that it's been rejecting for the past 2 hours...so that's good at least.
I'm still not sure what's using all the space though....is there anyway I can look at the actual files stored in internal storage?
Gipionocheiyort said:
I deleted a few more apps in the interest of getting the phone operational as a phone again before I contine using it as a toy.
I'm now showing 55.33 megs free and things seem to be working again...so for future reference I'm guessing the threshold is 50 megs before it starts throwing a fit (I was at about 47 megs free before). I finally got the text messages that it's been rejecting for the past 2 hours...so that's good at least.
I'm still not sure what's using all the space though....is there anyway I can look at the actual files stored in internal storage?
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Yes but I think it only works with root but I not sure. Let me see if i can find the commands to list internal storage apps for you.
Edit: you do need root to do this
su
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system (mount system)
cd /system (change to system dir)
cd /system/app (change to app dir)
ls (list all apps in the dir)
adb pull /system/app/filename.apk (save the file)
adb pull /system/app/filename.odex (save the file)
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm filename.apk (remove the file)
rm filename.odex (remove the file)
Example
su
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cd /system
cd /system/app
rm Sprint_App_Updater.apk
rm Sprint_NASCAR.apk
rm Sprint_Navigation.apk
rm Sprint_NFL.apk
rm Sprint_Promotion.apk
rm Sprint_Qik.apk
rm Sprint_TV.apk
rm Sprint_VVM.apk
rm SprintTVWidget.apk
Try going to:
Settings => Applications => Manage applications => (menu button) => Filter => all
Not all apps are listed by default.
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shep211 said:
Yes but I think it only works with root but I not sure. Let me see if i cna find the commands to list internal storage apps for you.
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I've got root so I'll give those a try. Thanks!
Stresa said:
Try going to:
Settings => Applications => Manage applications => (menu button) => Filter => all
Not all apps are listed by default.
Sent from Samsung Vibrant
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That explains the missing apps...it was set to only show downloaded. Once I do that I'm able to see Asphalt 5 and a few others that were missing before. Asphalt 5 is only showing as 2.06mb fwiw.
Thanks so much to all of you for your help. I'm totally new to Android and my Linux skills are mediocre at best...so this is definitely a learning process for me.
Gipionocheiyort said:
I've got root so I'll give those a try. Thanks!
That explains the missing apps...it was set to only show downloaded. Once I do that I'm able to see Asphalt 5 and a few others that were missing before. Asphalt 5 is only showing as 2.06mb fwiw.
Thanks so much to both of you for your help. I'm totally new to Android and my Linux skills are mediocre at best...so this is definitely a learning process for me.
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It takes time to get use to android. I was a long time wm user and cook and I am still trying to learn cooking for android and i have been working with it for over a year. I am sure someone will make a update.zip that will remove sprint software for you. Its a lot easier then using adb. If you do want to try to use adb before someone makes a app or update.zip to do it for you use the commands I posted and it should work. Here is some info on adb commands. If you do try to use adb to remove apps this may be useful.
basic ADB commands
adb push - sends a file to the phone over ADB thru USB - adb push c:\test.apk /sdcard/test.apk
adb pull - receives a file from the phone over ADB thru USB - adb pull /system/app/Test.apk c:\Test.apk
adb shell - starts a shell connection with the phone
adb reboot - restarts the phone
adb reboot recovery - restarts the phone into recovery
adb reboot bootloader - restarts the phone into the bootloader (white screen)
adb remount - remounts the file system
adb install - installs an application - adb install c:\swype.apk
basic Linux commands to run through ADB shell
cd - changes directories - works through stock android toolbox - cd /system/app
ls - lists all files in the directory - works through stock android toolbox - ls /system/app/
cat - copies files - works through stock android toolbox - cat /system/app/Test.apk > /sdcard/Test.apk
rm - removes files - works through stock android toolbox - rm /system/app/Test.apk
mv - moves files from one location to another - works through stock android toolbox - mv /system/app/Test.apk /sdcard/Test.apk
cp - copies files - functions similar to cat - uses busybox installed by the EVO-recovery.zip into recovery mode - cp /system/app/Test.apk /sdcard/Test.apk
mount - loads the file system (usually auto loaded except sometimes in recovery) - mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
unmount - unloads the file system - umount /system
So the disc space issue kept creeping up even after removing all of the Sprint crap, and I kept uninstalling other apps to compensate for it...until yesterday when I basically ran out of apps to uninstall and gave up.
I did a full wipe back to the stock image, installed the Andromeda rom, and restored all of my apps from Titanium...and now I'm showing 350megs free (with all of the same apps installed plus some extras that I've reinstalled after removing them for space before).
So basically there was either something majorly wrong with the space calculations before, or there was some program in the background using up a ton of space and not reporting it to the app manager. It seems like this first started to happen after I did the one click root when it first came out...not sure if it could be related or not though.
Just thought I would mention this in case anyone else is having the same issues.
I had this same problem with the Epic 4g's internal memory. But it also caused a myriad of other issues beside just the notification:
- Android Market wouldn't download any new apps, just stuck on Starting Download....
- I couldn't receive any text messages, I got the error message Couldn't receive the text message because there is no memory space (or something like that...)
- General laggy slowness
I've been on the fence with flashing the phone with a custom ROM but after reading Gipionocheiyort's post that doing so might solve my issues I attempted to do so. However, I couldn't because I couldn't download the update for Titanium Backup so I could back up my apps. I uninstalled some of Sprint's bloatware and it still didn't help. My free "memory" (I'm almost positive it's talking about storage and not RAM) was at about 24mg which seemed fine to me but apparently that's not enough to fit the 1kb of a 140 character SMS.
Anyway, I just bit the bullet and uninstalled a bunch of apps, got my free storage up to 64mg, rebooted and bam! My download queue started up instantly and I got all my day's text messages in a flood.
If Gipionocheiyort was having problems with 50mg free, maybe around 65mg free is the sweet spot? There must be a gross miscalculation of storage space for the storage, or maybe the OS just needs a lot of space to stretch it's legs? I have no idea...
Just wanted to put this up to help people if they are having this problem as well.
I woulda wiped the cache and the dalvik if i were you guys and experienced this problem though i never have. But you did have some calculation error and wiping the cache prolly woulda fixed it easily. these phones are suppose to use a lot of the ram. it helps it to be faster as the stuff you access the most is sitting in ram and it can recall on it very quickly.
you might also check your facebook sync if you have it...ive fixed several phones that had like 150 megs worth of data in Contacts, which im guessing was a result of like 15k friends, it downloaded all their pictures and stuff and took up all that space. you might look out for that as well.
hello
all my files gone after i installed stock factory image .. is there anyway to recover them ?
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Hello,
If the files you mean was on an external sd card, take that one directly out and use your pc to rescue the files. Google for sd card undelete. There are so many programs out there...
It's really important to keep in mind, that you can only rescue that files that sectors are not overwritten by new stuff. But you will see that by using such a software.
A good one is "runtime get data back for ntfs & fat" search for it.
And remember to push thanks if I can help you - sorry for my bad english.
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SGS2
Nova Prime Launcher
Kernel: latest Dorimanx
merlin21 said:
Hello,
If the files you mean was on an external sd card, take that one directly out and use your pc to rescue the files. Google for sd card undelete. There are so many programs out there...
It's really important to keep in mind, that you can only rescue that files that sectors are not overwritten by new stuff. But you will see that by using such a software.
A good one is "runtime get data back for ntfs & fat" search for it.
And remember to push thanks if I can help you - sorry for my bad english.
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SGS2
Nova Prime Launcher
Kernel: latest Dorimanx
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thx but nexus 4 have internal storge not external
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Don't know if it works when you connect to pc as mass storage device?! Perhaps..
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SGS2
Nova Prime Launcher
Kernel: latest Dorimanx
refer to this thread:
works for N4, but you must find the correct number. think is mmcblk0p23 instead of mmcblk0p12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
merlin21 said:
Don't know if it works when you connect to pc as mass storage device?! Perhaps..
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SGS2
Nova Prime Launcher
Kernel: latest Dorimanx
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Nexus4 doesn't not have mass storage device mode, it uses MTP.
ngsngn said:
refer to this thread:
works for N4, but you must find the correct number. think is mmcblk0p23 instead of mmcblk0p12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994705
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I tried this for build JDQ39. It did not detect any file. I guess *evil* google is zeroing out the data now.
-juanito- said:
hello
all my files gone after i installed stock factory image .. is there anyway to recover deleted files in Nexus 4 ?
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You can try the Myjad Android Data Recovery to recover deleted files on Nexus 4.
Step 1: First you need to connect your Android phone to computer, just via a USB cable.
Step 2: When the program detects your Android device, press the "Scan" button to start scanning all lost data including photos, videos, audio files, etc.
Step 3: After the scanning, all the fount data are categorized by file types, you can preview the photos, click the "Recover" button to get back files one per time or in batch.
armstrongcobb said:
You can try the Myjad Android Data Recovery to recover deleted files on Nexus 4.
Step 1: First you need to connect your Android phone to computer, just via a USB cable.
Step 2: When the program detects your Android device, press the "Scan" button to start scanning all lost data including photos, videos, audio files, etc.
Step 3: After the scanning, all the fount data are categorized by file types, you can preview the photos, click the "Recover" button to get back files one per time or in batch.
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For some reason, Myjad Android Data Recovery and other recovery programs I have tried don't recognize my phone. Any idea why that is and/or how to resolve the issue?
AcePrimed said:
For some reason, Myjad Android Data Recovery and other recovery programs I have tried don't recognize my phone. Any idea why that is and/or how to resolve the issue?
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An old thread, but the app diskdigger worked very well for me with the help of coreFTP on the PC
Just Google Android Data Recovery to get a program to help you recover
If you flash the stock image, your data partition including the internal sdcard gets overwritten. That's why the recovery tools are not working.
They might only work if the filesystem gets corrupted, you accidentally delete stuff our quick format the partition - hence the data is still there but not referenced in the filesystem table anymore.
Data recovery, Nexus 4
Sad to say but if you are on Android 4.3, Build JWR66Y, Google has enabled 'TRIM' for managing data on the NAND flash drive for your nexus 4 memory, and recovering data from a TRIM enabled drive is almost impossible as of now.
Though, if you are on Android 4.2, there are some softwares to recover data but is tricky for an unrooted Device as one cannot recover data via MTP/PTP.
Hi
plz Help
I lose my data after stock flash. any way to recover??
pmazny said:
Hi there, I once accidentally deleted my sdcard and I used DiskDigger to get my stuff back. Its such an amazing app as it got all my music and images back.
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It does not work for me!
not other way? no one?
memi_pt said:
It does not work for me!
not other way? no one?
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Sorry to say this again, but if you flashed the factory image without changing the flash-all script, the answer is no. It's called "image" because it contains a mirrored image of the whole system, not just individual files. So flashing it completely overwrites your memory from first to last bit.
How recovering deleted files usually works:
When you delete a file the system just marks the place where it's stored as free. It doesn't actually delete it. So until that place is taken by another file it will still be there and can be recovered by said software. Once it gets actually overwritten it's finally gone.
Before try an recovery app named DiskDigger. If it doesn't work try the second method (with cygwin and recovery pc-app) recovery more files (follow the link below). In addition , block meemory of data partion, you can use on many differents programs of recovery (recuva, photo rec,...) to succed recovering your files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
the method is roughly this:
-install cygwin in c:\cygwin. Don't forget installing pv and util-unix packages
-copy adb drivers and unzipped ncat in c:\cygwin\bin.
adb drivers are in \adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130717\sdk\platform-tools
the link for zipped ncat: http://www.daemon.de/idisk/Apps/netcat-openbsd-cygwin/netcat-openbsd-win32-1.10.2.3.tar.gz
-follow the method describe on http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705. But be careful to apply these modifications:
-replace mmcblk0p12 by mmcblk0p23 in this line
/system/bin/busybox nc -l -p 5555 -e /system/bin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12
-replace nc by ncat in this line:
nc 127.0.0.1 5555 | pv -i 0.5 > mmcblk0p23.raw
for recovery program in windows, i try recuva and photo-rec. Photo-rec is better:
Select "Msft Virtual Disk".
In menu options, switch Paranoid and "Keep corrupted files" to YES
Select for partition "Unknown [Whole disk]".
Select système files ext3.
and select where in your computer the program must save the recovery file
this method is not efficient in 100%. It's better than nothing and we can keep hope.
But with luck, faith and speed (use it just after an error deleting) we will recovery your important files (photo, music, video)... perhaps
I find all thes informations on two forums:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...de-internal-memory-data-recovery-yes-t1994705
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/16...s-en-mémoire-interne/?hl=+cygwin#entry3025139.
Thanks to its authors.
CoreFTP
floepie said:
An old thread, but the app diskdigger worked very well for me with the help of coreFTP on the PC
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Hey, could you please tell me how to use the core FPT with the diskdiggeer to recover lost photos and data from my Nexus 4.
Thanks in advanced.
You can use this command,, :
/system/bin/busybox nc -l -p 5555 -e /system/bin/busybox dd if=/dev/block/vold/mmclbk0
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after you type su command on cygwin terminal.
IT WOrk's...
For those getting an insufficient storage error in the Google play store or when side loading, which only affects specific apps (not all apps, which has been discussed elsewhere) the following may work for you.
The error is caused by application data folders, which you will have to delete and then reinstall the app. Steps to fix are below:
1) Uninstall the app in the app manager
2) Using your favorite file explorer with root access navigate to /Data/app-lib/
3) Find the folder, which corresponds to the package you have having issues with (for instance com.adobe.reader-1 for adobe reader) and delete it
4) Reinstall from the android market
5) OPTIONAL - restore backup of your data from titanium backup.
Hopefully this will prevent you needing to reflash the ROM and format storage, which i was about to do before rooting around in the app-lib folder and noticing the folders for uninstalled apps that I could not re-install were still there.
Dav_prime said:
For those getting an insufficient storage error in the Google play store or when side loading, which only affects specific apps (not all apps, which has been discussed elsewhere) the following may work for you.
The error is caused by application data folders, which you will have to delete and then reinstall the app. Steps to fix are below:
1) Uninstall the app in the app manager
2) Using your favorite file explorer with root access navigate to /Data/app-lib/
3) Find the folder, which corresponds to the package you have having issues with (for instance com.adobe.reader-1 for adobe reader) and delete it
4) Reinstall from the android market
5) OPTIONAL - restore backup of your data from titanium backup.
Hopefully this will prevent you needing to reflash the ROM and format storage, which i was about to do before rooting around in the app-lib folder and noticing the folders for uninstalled apps that I could not re-install were still there.
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Many thanks , cause i,ve tried everyhting, lucky patcher, clear devil-cache, system-cache, clear market , everything, but this solutions was the only one that works. Now i can install the app
The real problem is a permissions issue. There's a more elegant solution which doesn't involve deleting a folder nor deinstalling an app.
a) With your favorite terminal program navigate to /data/app-lib (/data, not /Data, case is very important). I do this from my Linux box, accessing the phone remotely with the help of SSHDroid.
b) Then, do an "ls -la" to see the files inside this directory along with their permissions. In my case, I see this:
Code:
/data/data/berserker.android.apps.sshdroid/home # cd /data/app-lib
/data/app-lib # ls -la
total 1089
drwxrwx--x 135 system system 8192 Mar 26 17:11 .
drwxrwx--x 25 system system 4096 Mar 26 22:55 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Feb 18 17:28 ND.filter-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 4 17:20 aolmo.WifiCrackWLAN-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 26 08:06 at.sapps.applauncherdashclockextension-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Feb 26 19:18 berserker.android.apps.ftpdroid-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 10 08:25 berserker.android.apps.sshdroid-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 10 08:26 berserker.android.apps.webdroid-1
...
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 21 22:55 pl.baggus.barometr-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 16 21:08 robj.any.dash-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 8 16:21 ru.gloom.SMSExtension-1
drwxr-xr-x 2 system system 4096 Mar 2 19:10 stericson.busybox-2
As you can see, every folder belongs to system:system and has the "drwxr-xr-x" permissions. If, for whatever reason, the folder corresponding to the non-working app looked different, the fix is easy:
1) If it had a different user or group, run this command:
Code:
chown -R system:system [I]name.of.the.folder[/I]
2) If it had different permissions, run this command:
Code:
chmod -R 755 [I]name.of.the.folder[/I]
That's it!
Of course, if the problem lies inside a folder other than /data/app-lib, just navigate to the corresponding folder
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This may work for some people, usually when there is a .odex file left over from some previous processes. For me it did not work, which is why I had to do it the way I posted in the OP.
Just clear data
None of the above worked for me. I saw on another site to go in the App Manager (Settings > Apps) and "clear data" for the troubled app(s). This worked for me.
Dav_prime said:
For those getting an insufficient storage error in the Google play store or when side loading, which only affects specific apps (not all apps, which has been discussed elsewhere) the following may work for you.
The error is caused by application data folders, which you will have to delete and then reinstall the app. Steps to fix are below:
1) Uninstall the app in the app manager
2) Using your favorite file explorer with root access navigate to /Data/app-lib/
3) Find the folder, which corresponds to the package you have having issues with (for instance com.adobe.reader-1 for adobe reader) and delete it
4) Reinstall from the android market
5) OPTIONAL - restore backup of your data from titanium backup.
Hopefully this will prevent you needing to reflash the ROM and format storage, which i was about to do before rooting around in the app-lib folder and noticing the folders for uninstalled apps that I could not re-install were still there.
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well.... there's a problem for me, i open up /data, but /app-lib is missing
terrybear2k said:
well.... there's a problem for me, i open up /data, but /app-lib is missing
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Which /data directory are you in? Did you navigate up to root first?
Good looks! Gonna try this next time I get a 'insufficient storage' message.
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Which /data directory are you in? Did you navigate up to root first?
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i guess its root, the content is different from my sdcard's, (eg. acct, app-cache, cache, config, data, dev) with es file explorer. but then i use sd-maid, i can see the contents inside "data". guess es stopped 1/2 of the support for browsing root folders?? weird... but still, when using sd-maid the app-lib still missing. i can see "anr, app, app-asec, app-private, audio"
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Which /data directory are you in? Did you navigate up to root first?
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I also do not have /data/app-lib, and I'm certain I nav'd up to root first. any suggestions would be most welcome. I'm unable to install *any* new app, either from Play, or as a side-load.
tia, RA
rrtid54 said:
I also do not have /data/app-lib, and I'm certain I nav'd up to root first. any suggestions would be most welcome. I'm unable to install *any* new app, either from Play, or as a side-load.
tia, RA
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found a fix that worked for me, and others here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32155340&postcount=12
Yeah there are a lot of causes for these errors so this may not be the fix you need.
I have the app-lib folder on my nexus4 running stock 4.4.
What devices and roms are you running?
Dav_prime said:
Yeah there are a lot of causes for these errors so this may not be the fix you need.
I have the app-lib folder on my nexus4 running stock 4.4.
What devices and roms are you running?
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thanks for the reply. device is a VZW Galaxy S3, rooted but stock ROM, 4.1.2. 'link2sd' worked to correct the problem.
be well, RA
I recently started having this problem with hangouts and Google drive, and I can't find the corresponding folders in my app-lib folder. Anyone know where google stores those files?
cliffyb said:
I recently started having this problem with hangouts and Google drive, and I can't find the corresponding folders in my app-lib folder. Anyone know where google stores those files?
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Look in /system/app
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jd1639 said:
Look in /system/app
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I found the hangouts apk in /system/app/ but deleting that just uninstalls hangouts, and attempting to reinstall just gives me the insufficient space message again
cliffyb said:
I found the hangouts apk in /system/app/ but deleting that just uninstalls hangouts, and attempting to reinstall just gives me the insufficient space message again
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I would try flashing the cache.img from the factory image in fastboot
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edmann
OK, thanks dav_prime. /data/app-lib worked like a charm. I used root explorer and instead of fishing through things I deleted the whole file. Reinstalled from play store no error message.
Dav_prime said:
For those getting an insufficient storage error in the Google play store or when side loading, which only affects specific apps (not all apps, which has been discussed elsewhere) the following may work for you.
The error is caused by application data folders, which you will have to delete and then reinstall the app. Steps to fix are below:
1) Uninstall the app in the app manager
2) Using your favorite file explorer with root access navigate to /Data/app-lib/
3) Find the folder, which corresponds to the package you have having issues with (for instance com.adobe.reader-1 for adobe reader) and delete it
4) Reinstall from the android market
5) OPTIONAL - restore backup of your data from titanium backup.
Hopefully this will prevent you needing to reflash the ROM and format storage, which i was about to do before rooting around in the app-lib folder and noticing the folders for uninstalled apps that I could not re-install were still there.
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Thanks!
Dav_prime said:
For those getting an insufficient storage error in the Google play store or when side loading, which only affects specific apps (not all apps, which has been discussed elsewhere) the following may work for you.
The error is caused by application data folders, which you will have to delete and then reinstall the app. Steps to fix are below:
1) Uninstall the app in the app manager
2) Using your favorite file explorer with root access navigate to /Data/app-lib/
3) Find the folder, which corresponds to the package you have having issues with (for instance com.adobe.reader-1 for adobe reader) and delete it
4) Reinstall from the android market
5) OPTIONAL - restore backup of your data from titanium backup.
Hopefully this will prevent you needing to reflash the ROM and format storage, which i was about to do before rooting around in the app-lib folder and noticing the folders for uninstalled apps that I could not re-install were still there.
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Very Helpful! Thanks a lot!
--Rafael
Hey, is there a way to make whatsapp save media to sdcard instead of internal storage?
Whatsapp does not support external SD card for storage.
stluiz said:
Hey, is there a way to make whatsapp save media to sdcard instead of internal storage?
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If your phone is rooted, you can make a link from the normal whatsapp folder to the sdcard
make a whatsapp folder on your sdcard, move all of your content and delete the old one and then in console or adb as root type :
ln -s /storage/ExtSdCard/whatsapp /storage/sdcard0/whatsapp
reboot your phone and that should do it.
WarDrake said:
If your phone is rooted, you can make a link from the normal whatsapp folder to the sdcard
make a whatsapp folder on your sdcard, move all of your content and delete the old one and then in console or adb as root type :
ln -s /storage/ExtSdCard/whatsapp /storage/sdcard0/whatsapp
reboot your phone and that should do it.
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I'm not that good with android and entering codes, how can I run the command using the phone?
I tried using folder mount but all it did was move the files and after that I couldn't open new media that came to me.
thanks a lot
stluiz said:
I'm not that good with android and entering codes, how can I run the command using the phone?
I tried using folder mount but all it did was move the files and after that I couldn't open new media that came to me.
thanks a lot
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If you want to enter the command in the phone directly you'll need to download a terminal emulator from the play store and enter the same commands on the phone, while on the fodler where the original whatsapp folder was located at.
WarDrake said:
If your phone is rooted, you can make a link from the normal whatsapp folder to the sdcard
make a whatsapp folder on your sdcard, move all of your content and delete the old one and then in console or adb as root type :
ln -s /storage/ExtSdCard/whatsapp /storage/sdcard0/whatsapp
reboot your phone and that should do it.
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Are you sure this will work? Linux doesn't normally allow cross-device symlinks. Does android behave differently in this regard?
BLuFeNiX said:
Are you sure this will work? Linux doesn't normally allow cross-device symlinks. Does android behave differently in this regard?
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soft links work on linux, it's hard links that are restricted, and even then, since the whole storage procedure is now emulated in android, it shouldn't be a problem
however, you just made me think of something, he'll need to re enable 3rd party write access to the sd card or he'll just keep getting I/O errors, that's disabled on KK by default, i used "NextApp SDFix" from the play store to do it on mine.
WarDrake said:
soft links work on linux, it's hard links that are restricted, and even then, since the whole storage procedure is now emulated in android, it shouldn't be a problem
however, you just made me think of something, he'll need to re enable 3rd party write access to the sd card or he'll just keep getting I/O errors, that's disabled on KK by default, i used "NextApp SDFix" from the play store to do it on mine.
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Ah, you're right. I should have known that, otherwise how else would mount points work in general?
I am running out of room on the internal drive (available only 1.5 gig of the 32 gig available) and I wish to find the offending program(s) or file(s) that are taking up so much space. When I use an explorer type program, nothing is showing up as very large at all. But something(s) are just eating up space.
Is their an app that would allow me to see which folders or files are the largest ones?
I do know that for a Windows computer, there is a program called Disk Pie that shows in a pie chart which file or folders are taking up space. This program only looks at hard drives though. I tried to navigate the program to my phone's internal drive but it doesn't allow it. Any help would surely be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
are you rooted or stock?
for root (in a terminal app or using ADB)
su
cd /data
du -sk *
summarizes by folders (in addition to any individual files which are at the top level of the /data folder).
From there you find the biggest (folder), "cd" in to it, and repeat until you located the folder using the most amount of space.
If you are not rooted, you can do the same thing in "/sdcard" if that is what is taking up the greatest amount of space., e.g.
cd /sdcard
du -sk *
etc
The built in Android stuff (Settings -> Apps -> etc) will tell you how much *private* data storage is being used on an app-by-app basis, but if your apps downloaded a ton of stuff to the (internal) /sdcard area, it won't show up in that summary.
Thanks for your quick reply! I am rooted but I am not very good with a terminal app or for that matter ADB . I was hoping for an app from the Google play store. I guess I have to bone up on both a terminal app and ADB.
laserbiz said:
Thanks for your quick reply! I am rooted but I am not very good with a terminal app or for that matter ADB . I was hoping for an app from the Google play store. I guess I have to bone up on both a terminal app and ADB.
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The du command is harmless (it only reads, never writes), so you should be able to use what I showed you above in a terminal emulator with confidence. The only commands you need to understand are "cd" (change directory) and "du" (disk usage).
Solid Explorer (w/ root privileges) seems to summarize storage usage by folder (top down, everything under that folder) with a "long-press -> Properties". But it's hunt-and-peck like you were trying rather than "give me the (top-down) storage used underneath of all the folders in the current directory right now". I'm using the paid version, but there might be a trial or free version that does the same thing.
As is typical, the command line will give you the answer you want in about 1/100th of the time of hunting and pecking.
There might be an app to do what you want though if you want to do things the slow way.
laserbiz said:
I am running out of room on the internal drive (available only 1.5 gig of the 32 gig available) and I wish to find the offending program(s) or file(s) that are taking up so much space. When I use an explorer type program, nothing is showing up as very large at all. But something(s) are just eating up space.
Is their an app that would allow me to see which folders or files are the largest ones?
I do know that for a Windows computer, there is a program called Disk Pie that shows in a pie chart which file or folders are taking up space. This program only looks at hard drives though. I tried to navigate the program to my phone's internal drive but it doesn't allow it. Any help would surely be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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There's an easier way. Settings->General->Storage and then tap on the Misc storage line.
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