I have about 60mb free in the /system/apps and would like to move my apps that are on the /data/apps partition to the system memory... so that way I don't have to worry about memory going down on the apps i know I want to keep..
Currently running cyanogen 6.0. I tried using root explorer to move the apps to the system but when i install them they aren't actually in the /system/app...
Thanks,
-Nigel
If you're using root explorer you don't actually "install" them. You just move them to the /system/app/ dir. After you do that you'll probably have to change the permissions on the file. To do that:
long press the .apk
select permissions
select all of the boxes on the 'read' column (left column)
select the 'user' 'write' box (top middle)
uncheck the other 5 if needed
You'll most likely have to reboot afterwards and you might need to clear the cache/davlik in recovery if you're getting FC's
If they're still not showing up fix the uid apk permissions in recovery or terminal
Recovery:
other > fix uid mismatches
Terminal emulator:
Code:
su
fix_permissions
Get Titanium backup for root -> Under "Batch" operations you have an option to move apps to SD and vice versa. You can select apps that you would like to move and run it.
Thanks for the reply.
The above method worked perfectly fine!
I think my problem was that I didn't reboot or wipe the chache...lol I just expected everything to be updated and when I checked it it still didn't chnage I was a little confused.! Awesome. Just freed up about 40mb!
I have titanium backup but dont' want to install apps to the SD card... I don't see that as a benefit.. when there is space else where that will never get used. Where as the SD cardw will keep growing due to music and things like that..
thansk for the help!!
-Nigel
Hey Guys whenever i download any apps from market i get the error Install Unsuccessful .... Insufficient storage ...
What to do :-/
Rom Hell Fire v7.2
UOT Kitchen Flashed 1
Overclocked 729 Mhz
Wildfire
delete apps or move some to SD card? If your memory is full it's logical you can't add apps
Sounds to me that a2sd is not properly set up.
I been having some issues running out of storage internaly. and after some fiddeling around with a2sd it was ok. And how to do it is posted in this rom's explanation on how to install it.
ruymanca said:
The ROM takes about 10 minutes to start for the first time since the beginning makes for a facility, I recommend formatting the memory trageta do a clean install or possibly delete the folders: ANDROID, LOST DIR ANDROID as these folders SECURE conflicts created by data from the old roms
I recommend making partitions ie swap64mb ext512 and the rest as fat32 mind too expensive or necessarily recommend formatting the card will memory or possibly delete the folders in the same android, haer all the wipes, the Rom takes a few minutes to make first start since being installed all the extras on the first boot takes 3 to 5 minutes, once this echo this start and made previous settings obligation is to do a reboot for full functionality telefeno
Installation of the rom:
1. reboot in recovery mode
2. we wipes all
3. selected to install update sip
4. restart the tlf
5. enter the terminal console and register the following:
his press enter
# a2sd cachesd or enter
the phone will reboot and have about 150 megs of free internal memory
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nope dint workk :-/
Type "su" first (Without Quotes), then try the a2sd command.
Can u mention it Step by Step?
Hi all, i have same issue.
Yesterday i finally rootat my Wildfire and put Cyanogenmod 7.0.3.stable on it.
Its very nice!
BUT cant allways install apps from market. I have 87mb free on inside memory and 1,7gb in sdcard... So what is problem?
What i need to do? I can full wipe all my data from telefone if somone tell me how i can do this..
Can somone help?
Use dalvik wipe from xrecovery to clean ur phone data..
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try istalling darktremor a2sd script (need to be istalled from recovery if not already integrated into your rom) and download a2sdgui from market, it's a gui for the script mentioned earlier. into recovery you have to partition your sd card too (advanced) 1024mb ext and i suggest 64mb swap, then open the app I told you (a2sdgui) and move everything to ext, dalvik cache too.
I agree with the poster above.
if you have issues with a2sd, I recommend installing A2SDGUI from market. (I assume you already have darktremors a2sd script installed). I had darktremors script working fine, but after flashing a zip file, it was not working. So I installed the A2SDGUI from darktremor and fixed the script. Now it is working. Just search the market and install it. It is great. Now I have around 168 MB free after all the installed apps.
Hope this helps,
SOLUTION TO INSUFFICIENT STORAGE:
1. Use FROYO+ default apps2sd. It gives the option to force moving of 95% of the apps to sdcard. Even root is not necessary. You can move 95% of apps only after using the adb command "adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2". This command is not even needed in cm7. And this method uses the fat/fat32 partition of sdcard not the ext partition. Specifically apps will be installed to .android_secure folder in the root of sdcard.
2. This method includes creating ext partition on sdcard and using an app called "link2sd". This is a root only app. No scripts are needed. That app has option to even link individual apps to ext partition. Also links dalvik cache.
3. Creating ext + swap partition and using dtapps2sd script. Root is required. Also custom recovery is required for flashing the script. This might be the toughest one but it is pretty awesome. Moves apps , data, dalvik cache to ext partition. Everything can be done with commands from the terminal emulator. Or you can use the "a2sdgui" app for graphical user interface.
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The GUI for the script is much more user-friendly than emulator terminal. And you can undo everything you did if it's not as you tought faster than from terminal.
I am not aware of how Hell Fire works. But yes for Cyanogenmod 7 I know there is a issue downloading a large application from the market. It won't download. Problem is the space.
Fix for this is few steps:
1. In Terminal type the following commands.
2. su
3. mkdir /sdcard/download-cache
4. cd /cache
5. mv download download.bak
6. ln -s /sdcard/download-cache download
Done... Now Go to market and download anything you won't get such errors..
If It Helps Don't forget Press Thank Button.
Thanks a lot!
I just get my new sd-card( 16 Gb) and install darktremor a2sd script + a2sdgui.
Works just like it says!
No more thinking what program van install and what not....
Well I just installed the MOdd Again ... and I was done
Though i bought Samsung Galaxy ace as its my second time the Touch Panel doesn't work ... first in Tattoo and den in Wildfire
So ... Thanx a lot guys for Helping
DestinyAwaits said:
I am not aware of how Hell Fire works. But yes for Cyanogenmod 7 I know there is a issue downloading a large application from the market. It won't download. Problem is the space.
Fix for this is few steps:
1. In Terminal type the following commands.
2. su
3. mkdir /sdcard/download-cache
4. cd /cache
5. mv download download.bak
6. ln -s /sdcard/download-cache download
Done... Now Go to market and download anything you won't get such errors..
If It Helps Don't forget Press Thank Button.
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Working perfectly fine for me Thanks!
So I've searched around and found that others have had this issue as well but no resolution yet. I am on a T-mobile Galaxy Tab 7 running Overcome 7 Series v 4.0 and I am unable to download apps larger than what appears to be about 25mb or larger. I keep getting an error saying that I have insufficient space available though I still have over 1gb of storage available. I ran into this issue while running Overcome Kratos as well.
Is anyone else still having this issue? If so, post here which version tab you have and what rom your running.
The problem lies in the new Android market place app. It is quite buggy from what I hear. A work around is to uninstall the update via the settings -> applications menu. This will revert you back to the old market place version.
Alternativly, I hear there are updates that you'd have to install manually that patch the bug.
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I have tried both to no avail.
You can fix if you have root in you tab.
First download and install Bloat Freezer Free from the market.
With this you can freeze the Market Updater.
Later uninstall the new Market app.
Maybe it's something completely different.
I had quite the same problem ("database full, please delete some contacts/messages") and couldn't find anything.
UNTIL ... i got the idea to check the trash of the Samsung email client.
I used email via POP3 and "delete" doesn't delete a mail, it pushes it to the trash bin (which isn't shown by default).
So I found out that I had one year's email and SPAM blocking my database (which did not show in any tool.
Unfortunately (again) there's no "empty trash" option, so I deleted the POP3-user and am now using IMAP without any problems.
Perhaps this helps someone.
Any news on this? Just installed Overcome today and is experiencing this issue.
If you have clockwork recovery clear dalvik cache
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The problem lies in the default cache partition, which is small. If you're rooted, here's a fix that worked for me.
prerequisites:
root
Script Manager (ads version works ok), or any Terminal app
1. run script manager and bring up the Console
2. Type ’su’ (minus the quotes. approve root permission request if it pops up)
3. Type ‘cd /’
4. Type ‘umount /cache’
5. Type ‘mount -o rw,remount -t rootfs rootfs /’ (set read write permissions)
6. Type ‘rmdir /cache’ (delete cache folder)
7. Type ‘mkdir /sdcard/cache’
8. Type ‘ln -s /sdcard/cache /cache’
(to link cache folder to /sdcard/cache for a bigger partition size)
now your cache will sit on the /sdcard/cache folder, so your cache size is as large as your sd card's free space. I just found this fix somewhere, i forgot where exactly but props o whoever came up with it.
This doesn't seem to stick after a reboot, so maybe you can write a script file and run that at boot using Script manager. I prefer to do it only before I have to install something big, which is not very often anyway, so just run the script when you have to so you can keep default settings at bootup.
CyanogenMod's file manager seems to be stuck in safe mode, even though I have a rooted device and even have a modified kernel. I've not been able to figure out exactly what's happening. It says that only the accessible file systems are the storage volumes.
Anyone else have this problem, or does anyone know how to fix it?
RogueSly said:
CyanogenMod's file manager seems to be stuck in safe mode, even though I have a rooted device and even have a modified kernel. I've not been able to figure out exactly what's happening. It says that only the accessible file systems are the storage volumes.
Anyone else have this problem, or does anyone know how to fix it?
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The default for the CM file manager is for root access to be turned off. With the file manager open go into settings and allow root access. Once you exit settings you'll have full access.
Nut_House said:
The default for the CM file manager is for root access to be turned off. With the file manager open go into settings and allow root access. Once you exit settings you'll have full access.
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That's the problem. It won't allow root access, even though the phone has root access. The menu for the access mode is disabled.
RogueSly said:
That's the problem. It won't allow root access, even though the phone has root access. The menu for the access mode is disabled.
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Have you tried clearing cache and Dalvik and fixing permissions? The other thing to try, if you haven't already, is downloading the latest nightly and performing a clean install rather than dirty flashing. Good luck.
If you accidentally refused root access the first time you have to go into the SU app and clear out the File manager permission and start over.
Nut_House said:
Have you tried clearing cache and Dalvik and fixing permissions? The other thing to try, if you haven't already, is downloading the latest nightly and performing a clean install rather than dirty flashing. Good luck.
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I've already tried installing the latest nightly version and ran a permission fix on it, but end up with the same result. I'll try clearing cache, dalvik, and then fixing again.
gharlane00 said:
If you accidentally refused root access the first time you have to go into the SU app and clear out the File manager permission and start over.
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The file manager doesn't have any permissions in SuperSU and never asks for any since it's not in root access mode. :\
Nut_House said:
Have you tried clearing cache and Dalvik and fixing permissions? The other thing to try, if you haven't already, is downloading the latest nightly and performing a clean install rather than dirty flashing. Good luck.
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Yeah, still the same result. Clearing dalvik and cache didn't work.
Just grab es file explorer.
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RogueSly said:
Yeah, still the same result. Clearing dalvik and cache didn't work.
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same problem.
tried to install supersu, reinstall busy box on bin and xbin, fix permissions, no luck, option still greyed out.
file manager always worked for me as root, both on cm-based ROMs and aosp.
this time it is not working with the combo saberMod and matrix on N4.
(i think this is a device-independent issue)
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After a lot of tentatives I solved it.
I am not 100% sure of which change made it though
I think it was by using ES root manager and resetting system as R/W.
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Alternate fix
I also had the same issue and resolved it by tapping the menu button on the top left corner. when you do this, another menu button appears in the top right corner. Hit that, then settings, and choose root mode. Took me a while to figure out!!!
solved...
Installing busy box should resolve the issue...
Sorry for bumping, I have busybox and su installed, init.d support as well, but Cyanogen's File manager still cannot access root (option is grayed out). I'm on a stock Prestigio rom. It worked previously, but I reflashed firmware and now it doesn't work on this new firmware. Any thoughts?
Hi terirem and everybody,
I had this issue recently and I've managed to fix it. This is what You should do:
Short run:
Type in rooted phone terminal:
su
am start com.cyanogenmod.filemanager.ics
done
Long run:
1. Of course You need rooted phone, I've installed also BusyBox but I am not sure if it's necessary.
2. Install Terminal application
3. Install (if it's not installed yet) and run cyanogenmod file manager then minimize it by pressing home button (make sure You don't do anything else on Your phone to don't kill file manager process, it needs to be alive for 4th point)
4. I will make all commands bold for easier reading. run your terminal app and type: top -n 1 (this command will list all your running applications just once).
5. Find cyanogenmod in last "name" column, mine has name: com.cyanogenmod.filemanager.ics (if you can't find it you can try the one I had for 7th step, should probably work)
6. Type: su You will be asked to give superuser permissions to terminal, agree. Now instead of $ an # should appear, this means all commands from now on have root privilage.
7. Now we will finally rerun filemanager again with superuser permissions, type: am start com.cyanogenmod.filemanager.ics (if you had different name of filemanager just write the one you got after am start)
8. Go to cyanogenmod filemanager general settings and change access mode to root (it should be finally available, if not make sure again You typed am start with root permissions in terminal, if still doesn't work then forget about point 9).
9. Give me a beer, or actually simple thanks is enough, I need to stop drinking.
My SuperSU is kept auto-granting and system storage is kept read-written, also I cleared the every caches.
The CM file manager is still not shown a root mode to me.
I have J-rummy’s ROM toolbox as an alternative root explorer, but sometimes is less readable than CM file manager.
There is a guy forgetting to let the system storage read-written to remind him.
I did this with CM file manager - make sure you have root access not just safe mode in general settings. When you open filemanger it is granted super U access and then you can edit and save without issues
CM Dev Settings
In Dev options is Root access set to Apps and ADB?
For anyone else still having this problem, just erase the File Manager data (Settings | Apps | File Manager | Storage | Clear Data) with SU turned on in developer options. Then press the hamburger icon in the top-right of the app, press the settings icon on the bottom, click on General settings and you will see Access Mode
bsevcenk said:
For anyone else still having this problem, just erase the File Manager data (Settings | Apps | File Manager | Storage | Clear Data) with SU turned on in developer options. Then press the hamburger icon in the top-right of the app, press the settings icon on the bottom, click on General settings and you will see Access Mode
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I am on CM13, now with SuperSU installed since I couldn't get the root option there to work well with some other apps for some reason.
File Manager now doesn't show any option for 'safe mode' or otherwise at all in settings. I cleared the data. I started it as in the earlier post. Nothing.
In the Developer options root is allowed, although only for ADB (the apps option has gone).
passtim said:
I am on CM13, now with SuperSU installed since I couldn't get the root option there to work well with some other apps for some reason.
File Manager now doesn't show any option for 'safe mode' or otherwise at all in settings. I cleared the data. I started it as in the earlier post. Nothing.
In the Developer options root is allowed, although only for ADB (the apps option has gone).
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same here for me.
I'm working on a fix for now.
EDIT
If you're on a systemless SuperSU, use a terminal or ADB shell to input the following lines:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
ln -s /su/bin/su /system/xbin/su
id74em8 said:
same here for me.
I'm working on a fix for now.
EDIT
If you're on a systemless SuperSU, use a terminal or ADB shell to input the following lines:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
ln -s /su/bin/su /system/xbin/su
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Apologies, but I'm no expert at these things. What is a 'systemless' SuperSU?
Is making a link as you suggest safe?