I've seen this work for the Droid X2, but I just can't find a modified vold.fstab file for the Droid X, so I can access the internal memory as SD.
I've provided the file from my phone in a .ZIP file. If anyone can modify it for me, I would be most grateful. It's extremely important.
Anyone?
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hi
i wanted to know if there is any way to expend the folder "/system"
when i see the folder on Root Explorer it say
"309.66mb used, 1k free, r/w"
and it wont let me to copy more files
i got 16gb memory card so i guess mb is not the problem
what can i do?
silverbluem said:
hi
i wanted to know if there is any way to expend the folder "/system"
when i see the folder on Root Explorer it say
"309.66mb used, 1k free, r/w"
and it wont let me to copy more files
i got 16gb memory card so i guess mb is not the problem
what can i do?
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You can have a 16Gb memory card but the /System folder is actually part of your data.img so will have a limited size. It's also a vital part of the Android subsystem so messing about in there can break everything.
If you want to copy files into it, the easiest thing to do is hook up your phone via usb and use Droid Explorer or a similar ADB file system utility.
If you want to copy files into it, the easiest thing to do is hook up your phone via usb and use Droid Explorer or a similar ADB file system utility.
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so basically i need to change the image from 1gb to 2gb from the startup
and the system folder will change aswell?
and im copying apk files to app folder
but cant put to many because room limit
That may not work, I am pretty sure the System folder has a limited size (think of it as a partition, rather than a folder). Someone else maybe able to correct me on that though...
Huawei 8800 pro using android 2.2.2
I can't locate my Notepad files (on SD or internal storage) using File Expert or File Manager. I need to find and copy/ back-up them.
Where/ how do I look for them?
Thank you
When in. File managers there are multiple paths for my external sdcard and my internal storage.
For example just for my external sdcard there is /external_sd, /ExtSdCard, /storage/sdcard1.
For my internal storage there is /sdcard, and /storage/sdcard0.
Is there a reason for this ?is it taking up more memory ? Can I consolidate these somehow?
BTW I'm rooted and flash a lot of ROMs both touchwiz and aosp
I believe it is to ensure compatibility with older apps that were written for specific paths. As Android evolves the External SD card seems to get a different path name with each flavor.
No extra space is used as they are just symbolic links to the true path.
Yeah, like gharlane00 said, there's only one real path, the rest are links. You'll notice that they'll show something like "->somePath." That arrow indicates a link, sort of like a shortcut in Windows. It's aggravating when browsing, that's for sure. I've been trying to figure out how to get Root Explorer to get the proper path to my SD Card when I click on Storage.
I am trying to use this application since 2 days but without success. My device (a Galaxy S4 clone, with mtk 6572) has a system partition and a little internal sdcard. I use an external 8gb sdcard, but i am not competent enough to swap using this app. I join you my vold.fstab file, could you have a look at it and tell me what to do exactly to swap my partitions so that i can use my external sd with link2sd?
Thanks a lot in advance.
Hello,
I really like my G2 but i have one annoying issue:
When using one of those great custom roms i end up with pretty much free space on internal storage (system partition).
Since i'm having the 16GB-version i have ~10GB of usable space and currently ~7GB wasted space.
When using OSM-Maps 10GB is not much so i hope there is a way to utilize the free space on internal storage.
I have several ideas but i'm no dev and i hardly know about linux and even less about android.
So thats what i thought of:
Idea 1: Change partition size.
Well i think not a good idea but on my old HTC HD2 i could choose how the storage is partitioned. Don't know if this is possible on G2 and if changes there are not to risky.
Idea 2: Create a virtual SD-Card.
I know that this is possible somehow because i can do that with androidx86 on my tablet. So why dont write an app or zip-File-Patch that creates a custom-size virtual sd-card on internal storage/system partition. Problem is that i can't do that. Help of a dev would be needed.
Idea 3: Redirect folders.
On Linux and Windows it's possible to create "virtual folders" that are just links to the real folder that is stored somewhere else. Pretty handy on windows to move music-library to sd-card with full functions for example.
I think i've seen such things on android too when browsing my device. So why don't move for example the DCIM-Folder and others to internal storage this way?
But again a dev would be needed.
Idea 4: Copy some stuff with root and file explorer.
Thats maybe the simpliest way but i don't know how and where i can copy things. For example i've around 4GB of music on my device and if i can still access it i would have no problem to move it to internal storage somewhere. Maybe to ringtones folder or something like this.
But i'm not sure where i should put it to be on internal storage and access being still possible.
It would be great to further discuss this ideas with you and find some kind of solution.
Well i was able to evaluate on Android 4.2.2 that you can put your music folder into the system/media folder but it was only possible with aroma file manger in recovery.
Then the free space on internal storage gets decreased and the available storage gets increased. This means my files are now inside the system partition.
But there are problems:
Even with root total commander was not able to write things to this directory and even after setting permissions in aroma-fm after reboot i cant write there. So handling is painful.
The music app doesnt find the music now
Found that tool then to create a "link" on sdcard that links to the folder in system/media but that fails because it cannot link to this path.
Tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/themes-apps/tool-directorybind-data-to-externalsd-t1410262
Overwhelming interest ...
Wrong section??
Well I've found your thread! Did you get anywhere with this?