What is 'system data'? - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Can any one shed some light on what system data is on my N4s storage?
I assumed it was the os but that's partitioned and I then have the 5.8gb that's available...
Thanks!
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Most likely the OS.
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The OS takes up part of the 8gb to leave me with 5.8 though.. Anyone else?
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adaimespechip said:
The OS takes up part of the 8gb to leave me with 5.8 though.. Anyone else?
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Are you using CWM and if you do, what version are you using?
When I just got the phone, I had the same problem as you after I install a buggy version of CWM. Basically CWM made a backup to some folder that there's no way for you, CWM, or the system to tell where the heck it is.
I got rid of that by restoring my phone to stock then started using TWRP (try it, you'll like it)
Edit: Also, look at /data instead of /sdcard
/sdcard is an emulated folder, /data is more accurate since it's where stuffs are actually stored.

thats HUGE for system data. i only have 270MB used for it

Yeah I did but that was so long ago.. It could be that I guess. You suggest erasing the whole thing and restoring my apps?
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Well, I got that back in CWM 6.0.1.6, which is like a month a go. A life time for the Nexus 4. There is a way to trace these folders using ADB, but I wiped my entire phone before I read the post so I don't know if the method works.
What I did was wiping everything (including system) then restore to stock. It was a little bit overdone, I guess restore to stock would do the trick. Just remember to back up /sdcard to your computer.
Edit: I was so annoyed by that wasted 1.7MB that I basically nuked the phone lol
bassmadrigal said:
If you are rooted and have adb set up on your computer, you can find out what folders are using the most space by using the commands below, then change into that directory and run the command again.
Code:
adb
su
cd /
du -hd 1
--find the largest folder and change directory (cd) into it - if you find you no longer want to continue in the folder you are in, you can cd .. to get to the previous folder or cd / to get back to the root of the filesystem--
Code:
cd large_folder
du -hd 1
rinse
repeat
????
profit
This will allow you to find what folders are using the most space and can eventually lead you to any large files and can then let you find out if you can delete them or if you need to keep them.
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What application are you using to get that information?
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netsyd said:
What application are you using to get that information?
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DiskUsage 3.4
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DiskUsage 3.4
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What he said - one of my must have apps..
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KyraOfFire said:
Well, I got that back in CWM 6.0.1.6, which is like a month a go. A life time for the Nexus 4. There is a way to trace these folders using ADB, but I wiped my entire phone before I read the post so I don't know if the method works.
What I did was wiping everything (including system) then restore to stock. It was a little bit overdone, I guess restore to stock would do the trick. Just remember to back up /sdcard to your computer.
Edit: I was so annoyed by that wasted 1.7MB that I basically nuked the phone lol
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Thanks! Will try when I'm back home!
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Okay no luck - Have totally reset the device and still have 1900mb of system data showing....
EDIT: Fixed - Flashed new CWM recovery and it WAS a backup i'd taken weeks ago.. deleted it and now have 200mb system data.

adaimespechip said:
Okay no luck - Have totally reset the device and still have 1900mb of system data showing....
EDIT: Fixed - Flashed new CWM recovery and it WAS a backup i'd taken weeks ago.. deleted it and now have 200mb system data.
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So is it safe to assume that the space is from backups? I posted my situation here

There didn't seem to be a clear answer here so :
System data is the space taken up by files outside of the special sdcard directory.
Android is treating the emulated SD card as being 8Gb/16Gb (- the hidden partitions) and not taking into account space taken up by files outside of the special directories.
In the Settings > Storage screen you will also notice that the free space and used space do not add up, this difference is the 'system data'.
Apps from Google and those with root access commonly write to directories outside of the sdcard.
Google Music is particularly guilty of taking up space without reporting it properly, from the Settings > Apps menu you can see how much space the music application is taking up, and clear it if desired.
Backups are also likely to be eating a large amount of that space, from CWM or TWRP or another source.
These are outside of the sdcard to prevent you from accidentally deleting them.
They can normally be move/removed from within the application that made them, or with a root file manager.
You probably want to keep some working backups, I generally store them on a cloud service or external disk with only the latest on the phone.
You will not get the 'system data' down to 0 as some space is for actual system files, you should be able to get it below 500Mb easily, or just be happy once you know where the space has gone.
I hope that helped.

Related

DTAPPS2SD

I have seen alot of people asking where to get dtapps2sd on various ROMS so I am posting a Link.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35700484/dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip
Instructions:
-Download dark tremors apps2sd and place it on the Root of your SD Card
-Boot your phone into Recovery
-Select Flash zip from SD
-Flash dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip
-Reboot Phone
-Open up terminal Emulator (if you dont have it get it from the market its free)
-In Terminal Emulator type SU hit Enter
-Type in a2sd reinstall, your phone will reboot
- *Optional* once rebooted you can go back into Terminal Emulator and type in SU hit enter and then type in a2sd datasd and let it run and reboot.
You will then notice a major difference in Internal Space.
If this has helped you all I ask is you please hit the thanks button
Green Bay!!!!!
Thanx dude
will this work on CM7
kendotelie said:
will this work on CM7
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Yes
Edit:you have to partition your sd card for this to work
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evo4gnoob said:
Yes
Edit:you have to partition your sd card for this to work
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And make sure to back it up first or you will lose everything on it.
There's a dude over in the evo shift section who has a great a2ext patch. I really wish it could be ported over to the evo. But DT will have to do
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Just dl'ed and ran script and it gave me 70 mb! Didn't need to partition sdcard.
Edit: I ran a benchmark and that increased from 959 to 1369! Forum rules won't let me post screenshot
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Saints775 said:
Just dl'ed and ran script and it gave me 70 mb! Didn't need to partition sdcard.
Edit: I ran a benchmark and that increased from 959 to 1369! Forum rules won't let me post screenshot
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Wow, I need someone with more knowledge than myself to explain this one to me.
Thanks for sharing...been using for a while and works great!
So I'm running dta2sd on evodeck. I've never had to restore a nandroid with dta2sd installation. I'm wondering if there's a different restore procedure? I would assume the following
1) restore nandroid
2) reboot
3) enjoy
But do I need to flash the dt script aftet restoring the nandroid backup ( I wouldn't think so since the nandeoid would include my current install of dt)?
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Greubin said:
So I'm running dta2sd on evodeck. I've never had to restore a nandroid with dta2sd installation. I'm wondering if there's a different restore procedure? I would assume the following
1) restore nandroid
2) reboot
3) enjoy
But do I need to flash the dt script aftet restoring the nandroid backup ( I wouldn't think so since the nandeoid would include my current install of dt)?
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I don't think so, the only thing I've found is that you'll want to make sure to include the SD-EXT as part of the back up if you're using Amon Ra.
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I don't think so, the only thing I've found is that you'll want to make sure to include the SD-EXT as part of the back up if you're using Amon Ra.
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And if you do partition your SD card before running the script, you won't be able to restore a non-partitioned nandroid. Don't know exactly why, but that's what I've read in other forums.
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Here is a well written guide to setting up a2sd.
http://therootofallevo.com/2011/04/10-step-guide-properly-set-darktremors-a2sd/
I have a class 4 sandisk SD and using the beta4 of dta2sd i have 436mb free on my internal storage and no lag using the set up in in my signature
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Yes
Edit:you have to partition your sd card for this to work
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sorry for the noob ?, but i read the info, sound simple, but then its this partition part? why can i just use an app like app 2 sd pro? or just flash and use this tut, like everything else, what benefits i'll get from partition and non-partition SD
Keyz450 said:
sorry for the noob ?, but i read the info, sound simple, but then its this partition part? why can i just use an app like app 2 sd pro? or just flash and use this tut, like everything else, what benefits i'll get from partition and non-partition SD
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A2sd sort of tricks your phone into thinking that the partition is part of the internal memory
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Not to brag buuuuut...
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jayshocka said:
A2sd sort of tricks your phone into thinking that the partition is part of the internal memory
Read the guide I posted a few up. Also allows for apps that can't be put on SD by a2sd pro
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coffeehandle said:
Not to brag buuuuut...
(W/ 23 apps installed)
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133 apps installed.... How do you have 700+ internal memory?
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[Q] (Bootloop) Is it possible to save my data before wiping?

My Stock Rom N7 is stuck in a bootloop for the 2nd time.
Background:
This is the 2nd time my device has become stuck in a bootloop. First time detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088035
After the first crash detailed above, I thought that I had rooted my device with a one-click method presented here: http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
But after using my 'supposedly rooted' N7 for a while I discovered that several of the rootcheckers available on the Play Store all reported that I didn't have root access. So now I'm not sure if it was rooted properly.
Details about the 2nd crash: A few months ago (yes, I was so disgusted that I just put the N7 back in it's box and have actively ignored it for about 2 months) I was using my N7, which at the time was my 'daily driver' for internet access / email / etc, and I suddenly started getting error messages saying that programs had crashed. One after another after another. Like an idiot I forced a power-off by holding the power button down. That's the last time it booted. FWIW, I am not into pirating or warez. I got burned about 12 years ago on my PC and swore it off. So I didn't have any software installed from rogue websites. All of the apps either came from the Play Store of the Amazon Android Store. I might have had one or two utilities that I got here on XDA but maybe not.
Where I am today: I can boot into the bootloader which is unlocked. The only way I can power the device off is to get into the bootloader and select 'Power off'... Otherwise it will just display the animated X forever.
If I try to go into recovery mode I am present with Clockwork Mod 6.0.1.0
In anycase, here is what I am asking for help with today...
I had progressed pretty far in several games (temple run 2, Real Racing 3 and a few others) and would like to try to retrieve my gaming save files before wiping the device. And yes, I know that RR3 NOW backs saves up to the cloud. My N7 crashed about a week before that feature was released... 8 > (
I know that ADB has a method to copy data off of a device via the command ADB GET PULL. I don't know what directories the data that I want is stored in and ideally would like to grab ALL the data off of the tablet except the OS (Android). I don't know who the partitions are laid out or if ADB GET PULL allows a wildcard to grab all directories? And lastly, given my impaired root state, I don't even know if I can access the partitions where the gaming save files are stored.
To be clear, I was signed into Google so all my other stuff was backed up. Just wanting my gaming save files.
Can anyone provide any tips/points or advice?
NOTE: I'm not above paying someone locally to help me if I could find such a person in the Denver area. I'm not sure if anyone will relate to this, but this has totally turned me off on mobile gaming. The first time my N7 crashed I was deep into several other games and lost all of those save files. It sucks. And I know that Google is moving in the right direction with the newly announced Play Games APIs, but each game developer has to implement it. But I yearn the transparent saving of my data like already happens with the native Google apps.
Many thanks!
Doug
boot into Clockwork mod.
connect to computer
adb pull /data
that will pull everything from your /data partition where your CWM(nandroid) backups, game data, installed apps, everything is stored
root access is only applicable to the booted OS and you automatically have root access in ADB in custom recovery....so it doesnt matter what state your OS was in when you are in recovery.
Pirateghost said:
boot into Clockwork mod.
connect to computer
adb pull /data
that will pull everything from your /data partition where your CWM(nandroid) backups, game data, installed apps, everything is stored
root access is only applicable to the booted OS and you automatically have root access in ADB in custom recovery....so it doesnt matter what state your OS was in when you are in recovery.
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Ok, so will I then see different directories where my save data lived for the different apps (games)?
Thanks!
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Looks like it couldn't create a file on my PC that likely had a name that was too long for windows or had some character in the name that Windows didn't like ?...?
I don't care about Chrome anyway... need to exclude the chrome directory from the PULL...
If some files fail its normal. They are typically files in use that are locked. You should still be able to get the rest in the folder
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It's easier to use Titanium Backup for per-app backups if you can get into the system. Otherwise I would do a backup (I use TWRP so I can unpack the backups if needed), and it's easier to pull a single compressed file than it is multiples. (plus the backup of that type gives you an easy way to restore from recovery).
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It's easier to use Titanium Backup for per-app backups if you can get into the system. Otherwise I would do a backup (I use TWRP so I can unpack the backups if needed), and it's easier to pull a single compressed file than it is multiples. (plus the backup of that type gives you an easy way to restore from recovery).
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If by getting into the system you mean booting my N7, no I cannot. The intent of this thread as outlined in the op is to get help because the N7 was stuck in a bootloop...
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If by getting into the system you mean booting my N7, no I cannot. The intent of this thread as outlined in the op is to get help because the N7 was stuck in a bootloop...
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But you don't need to wipe everything if all you are going to do is wipe system, cache and dalvik-cache (and only those three) and re flash the same rom over it without adding anything like custom kernel. The /data will be intact and if it's the same rom it'll just boot up like normally.
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But you don't need to wipe everything if all you are going to do is wipe system, cache and dalvik-cache (and only those three) and re flash the same rom over it without adding anything like custom kernel. The /data will be intact and if it's the same rom it'll just boot up like normally.
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Ps: if stock I personally would just use fastboot to flash the stock system.img which won't wipe data either.
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Also use a custom recovery next time, it helps a bit and twrp can even install superSu and su for you if it detects an unrooted system before you reboot out of recovery. Twrp can also be easily flashed from fastboot.
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System storage growing out of control

Any idea of how to fix this? I am safe strapped running Hyper drive.
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Any idea of how to fix this? I am safe strapped running Hyper drive.
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It has to do with the partitions. You can check ur correct storage by going into file explorer
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Life saver because I was just going nuts. Finally I can go back to watch the Pats/Broncos
Here is something I've done just FYI. I am running Beans build 2 and I've been tinkering with different things. Once I've seen that everything has been running good and I have everything flashed that I like then I made a nandroid and then I flashed it on my stock ROM slot. Once I did that I still noticed that I only had 4gb left on internal, I went into ROM slot 1 and deleted, not just wipe. Same on ROM slot 2. I now show 14gb of internal memory thru my standard settings. Everything is still running fine as well.
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omnia38 said:
Any idea of how to fix this? I am safe strapped running Hyper drive.
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This is normal. It has to do with the way the partitions are created. First time I seen it I was confused as well. If you boot to Stock your storage space will read normal or as someone else said use a file manager to see how much space is left. Mine currently says I have 2gb of free space left when I have more like 20.
Normally this wouldn't bother me... But I am getting out of space errors. Yesterday I couldn't even stream Google music until I deleted the cached data.
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I took a capture of my storage and gave some details. The key is to start with a large slot. Think of it as your sandbox. The larger you make it the more you can put into it. If I remember right I did 4 gigs for data. The slot acts like a mini internal drive. It includes the custom rom the apps and data. You could save space by moving apps and downloads to the ext sd card or other parts of the internal drive. The apps would need to be done by normal means in settings so you don't loose functionality. Downloads and other files by way of root explorer.
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Thanks danthepunman.
I bumped my data storage up to 4gb....however, is there a way to get it even higher? I stream google music all day long at work, so my cache is a bit of a space hog. Plus I like to have my phone stocked full of all kinds of apps.
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omnia38 said:
Thanks danthepunman.
I bumped my data storage up to 4gb....however, is there a way to get it even higher? I stream google music all day long at work, so my cache is a bit of a space hog. Plus I like to have my phone stocked full of all kinds of apps.
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In regards to the size I think that is set in stone. It's larger than what we had in on the Bionic. I would defer that to Hashcode's expertise.
With Google music it says it only uses space as it is available. In the app you can clear the cache or uncheck the cache. If you want to personally delete the files they can be found through root explorer:
/datamedia user 0 comgoogleandroidmusic files music
each file is 6 to 15 mbs. there can delete the select ones you want. If someone was good at scripts you can probably funnel that folder to your SD card.
Hey I found this on Beans tonight . It's in exposed under download section. I don't Know if it will work but you might want to give it a try.
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No SD card detected issue/error

Hey,
My phone was working fine until this morning, now I can't use camera, download anything, use the gallery or other things that require storage however i can take screenshots use snap gallery instead of stock...
How would i fix this?
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Probably gonna need a factory reset, maybe a full flash to stock.
Well, considering the nexus 4 doesn't have an external SD card but rather a partition on the internal storage called sdcard there should be a way to fix this on the software side. Are you rooted? If yes use es file explorer and try to access your storage from the root directory (/sdcard/).
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DrFredPhD said:
Probably gonna need a factory reset, maybe a full flash to stock.
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Oxious119 said:
Well, considering the nexus 4 doesn't have an external SD card but rather a partition on the internal storage called sdcard there should be a way to fix this on the software side. Are you rooted? If yes use es file explorer and try to access your storage from the root directory (/sdcard/).
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Yes, I'm rooted. I'm on Paranoid Android 4.3
I've used Solid Explorer (like es explorer) and I can access sdcard and all my files are still there
So it seems the partition is not broken. I think the /sdcard/ path is a symlink. The actual destination on my device is /storage/emulated/legacy. Maybe the link to /sdcard/ is broken. Usually apps just access /sdcard/, might be the reason why it's not working. I'm not familiar with that kinda stuff, though. Maybe someone else can shed some light.
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Oxious119 said:
So it seems the partition is not broken. I think the /sdcard/ path is a symlink. The actual destination on my device is /storage/emulated/legacy. Maybe the link to /sdcard/ is broken. Usually apps just access /sdcard/, might be the reason why it's not working. I'm not familiar with that kinda stuff, though. Maybe someone else can shed some light.
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Yeah /sdcard/ is a symlink hopefully someone can reply with advice
Due to the fact that you can access the symlink with a file manager I doubt the problem is the symlink itself but maybe the permissions?
This is what mine look like. I've used script manager app because it shows permissions and symlinks easier.
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Dirty reflash the ROM from recovery, should fix the problem.
Lol your code signature is not very good, are you a beginner? Delphi?
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Dirty reflash the ROM from recovery, should fix the problem.
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Hmmm, I'll try that in a bit.
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Lol your code signature is not very good, are you a beginner? Delphi?
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Seriously... a signature is limited on characters and this is just a simple little if statement; it's not supposed to be good code and clearly you're the beginner if you don't know what language it is and question if it's delphi.
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Hmmm, I'll try that in a bit.
Seriously... a signature is limited on characters and this is just a simple little if statement; it's not supposed to be good code and clearly you're the beginner if you don't know what language it is and question if it's delphi.
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still done in a kinda lame way.
Still nothing
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Still nothing
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Try flashing a stock firmware to see if it solves the problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2527142
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Maybe of interest
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/external-storage-error-t2037141/page3
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GPE System Partition almost no free space after 5.0.1 OTA

So it seems they messed up. The system partition after the OTA has only about 7.5MB free.. If you root and install busybox then you'll only have 216 KB yes.. KB free..
It was reported in the Conversion thread and I thought maybe somehow the system image got jacked when I pulled it so I flashed back to 4.4.4 and took the OTA. After it updated 7.5MB free..
Can someone with a real GPE (not converted) who took the 5.0.1 OTA do something quick?
Use terminal emulator and run the command df. Tell me what it reports as the parition size and free space size for /system. I'm betting it's the same with like almost no free space. I hope they fix this in another OTA and make the system partition bigger
By the way, the main point of this thread is just so people are aware that the system partition will be pretty much full after the update. I've seen a few people not be able to modify the system and not realizing it's because the partition is almost full. I didn't even realize it until someone reported it in the RUU thread and confirming for myself after multiple tests.
I'm running SkyDragon 4.2.0 without Play Games, Books and Movies and have 72mb free with busybox installed!
Says system size is 1gb.
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Yes i noticed this too
But for the time being i removed some GAPPS from system memory.
Elisha said:
I'm running SkyDragon 4.2.0 without Play Games, Books and Movies and have 72mb free with busybox installed!
Says system size is 1gb.
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fcukmayank said:
Yes i noticed this too
But for the time being i removed some GAPPS from system memory.
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That's why you have more.. because of the removed google apps.. but in cases where people convert to get OTA's it sucks for them because the OTA will fail if you remove those apps. If you don't plan on taking OTA's it doesn't really matter you can delete away.
Noticed the same when I tried enabling adaway and it told me I didn't have enough space for the hosts file. Just will have to move most GAPPS out of system then to make room.
Edit: System Partition is also showing 1006.7 Mb with 1006.5 used.
Good find. Seems they ballzed this up a fair bit!
Why is this an issue?
Any one wanting to modify the /system can just delete some Google apps to make room for anything else.
exocetdj said:
Good find. Seems they ballzed this up a fair bit!
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Seems more like a android 5 thing. Its the same on my nexus 7, system partition its full as well. Its like grafixnyc said they don't want us to mess with system anymore.
Ronaldo_9 said:
Why is this an issue?
Any one wanting to modify the /system can just delete some Google apps to make room for anything else.
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Well look at the issue I had above I didnt even have enough space to install an ad blocking hosts file to system. Also if you want to install a battery stat app that needs to be either moved there or the add-on for Gsam you won't have room without deleting some GAPPS. Won't be much of an issue for people who really don't modify or root thier phones.
Not a major issue really as data is fine, but a slight inconvenience for us nerds. On my Nexis 5 running lollipop its a 1009.3 mb but only 861 is used cause I deleted most of the GAAPS out of there. Interesting its slightly bigger than the M8's
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Well look at the issue I had above I didnt even have enough space to install an ad blocking hosts file to system. Also if you want to install a battery stat app that needs to be either moved there or the add-on for Gsam you won't have room without deleting some GAPPS. Won't be much of an issue for people who really don't modify or root thier phones.
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I was able to free up 104 mb in the system buy converting 7 apps to user apps using link2sd
Cloud Print - Docs - Sheets - Slides - Hangouts - Email - and HTC Photo Edit
It should be simple enough to convert them back for an OTA update ( have to flash back stock recovery also so just one more small step)
I described the whole process here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=57297835&postcount=1888
I already did the same.
Nice catch. Just noticed this using AdAway as well. I'll symlink the hosts file to data for now.
So does anyone have a list of apps to delete in order to get some of that space back. I am sure there are things (live wallpapers for me) that many don't use which could be deleted. I just don't want break functionality by randomly deleting stuff.
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So does anyone have a list of apps to delete in order to get some of that space back. I am sure there are things (live wallpapers for me) that many don't use which could be deleted. I just don't want break functionality by randomly deleting stuff.
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All the gapps like G+ etc.. Other apps try freezing them first in Tibu and if it doesnt break anything then you know you can delete it (I would keep copies of all the apks you delete though just in case)
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All the gapps like G+ etc.. Other apps try freezing them first in Tibu and if it doesnt break anything then you know you can delete it (I would keep copies of all the apks you delete though just in case)
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Thanks I'll try some this evening and try to report back. I see things like "android work assistant" that are small but add up.
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So does anyone have a list of apps to delete in order to get some of that space back. I am sure there are things (live wallpapers for me) that many don't use which could be deleted. I just don't want break functionality by randomly deleting stuff.
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See my post one page back .. I just converted 7 apps to user apps and free up 104mb
How will this affect the performance of custom ROMs?
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This was helpful. The /system partition was stopping me from getting all the features in ElementalX 3.00 working properly. I deleted Play Videos, Magazines and Games, reinstalled the kernel and all is right.
I'm about to convert my M8 to GPE 5.0.1. Can someone please explain what are the outcomes of this "bug"?
I don't want to have any problems after converting.
Thanks.
Was this a mistake or a deliberate repartitioning on their side to prevent modifications to the system? Xposed, rooting, busybox, etc etc. If there aren't space for it then it "can't" be done, yea?
Wouldn't surprise me if they did this on purpose, it's Google after all. The same company that deliberately removed SD card slots, prevented writing to SD cards(As a made up security flaw) just to push people into buying into their Cloud/Drive $$$$$$$$$.

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