4.2.2 storage problems - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

android has changed storage mount points.
/mnt/sdcard is the internal card
/storage/extSdCard is sdcard
I have been looking at, init.* files and fstab without success, it seems it works a little differently than previous android versions. so if anyone has a solution for this that would be appreciated.
also with root now enabled on our S4s comes the ability to install system apps.
I attached a photo; I was trying to install this app, which I assume will be installed to system partition.
it seems I have run out of space there.
my normal storage points have space as shown..
so I think my questions for this thread would be:
how do I swap extSdCard and sdcard?
is it possible to expand internal partition?
would it not be better to remove all internal partitions and have all system, dev ect.. within main user partition (except recovery... of course) to make full use of the space? then just mount extSdCard as /storage/sdcard
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Atrix 4g rooted w/ epinter cm10.1
Samsung galaxy s4 (MDM) rooted w/ official status.
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Atrix 4g rooted w/ epinter cm10.1
Samsung galaxy s4 rooted w/ official status.
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wrong section. ops please move.
we wait for developer to come with it. temporary please user foldermount.
thank you.

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conmeo said:
wrong section. ops please move.
we wait for developer to come with it. temporary please user foldermount.
thank you.
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Sorry but all apps like apps2sd and foldermount no longer work as:
Apps2sd move apps to /mnt/sdcard
Foldermount seems to have an issue mounting if there are subdirectories within mount point, which is understandable, but as Android/obb wont allow me to delete it, its impossible to use for what I suggested.
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Motorola Atrix 4g __ epinter cm10.1
w/ root w/ bootloader unlock w/ sim unlock
Samsung Galaxy S4 __ stock rom
w/ root
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plz help
I have rooted my atrix device & unlocked bootloder every thing I have done whatever I need to install the cyanogen mod and I have downloaded cm cm 10 and cm10.1 It is working fine but I can't mount internal storage mu atrix 4g is having 16GB internal storage but after installing cm version it is showing only 1.97GB when I go in recovery mod to format emmc its showing error formating emmc plz help me with this...

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I tried to search, but found no answer...
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amoromete said:
I tried to search, but found no answer...
Yesterday I rooted my stock NC with MN5.08.20. I finally decided today to flash cm7.2 (which seems to be stable, judging after the forum discussions) to fully "unleash the FORCE" of my NC because I'm very angry: I cannot fully use the /data folder. I mean, I can put there my books/music, but I can't read them. So, I have only one issue not solved yet: will I be able to fully use the 5GB of internal storage with cm7.2? Is there a menu/option or a box to check which allows mounting the internal storage as visible and usable? Will I be able to read the books deposited there?
Or does the cm7.2 repartition the device with 1gb /data and 5gb /media? If not, please recommend me a ROM which does this thing.
Please answer me!
Thanks in advance!
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CM7 does not re-partition anything. You are a little confused about /data and /media. All books and other media must be stored on the /media (emmc in CM terms) or on your sdcard. /data is only used for storing applications. So if you are using a root file manager to put books there, no application on any ROM will be able to read them.
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