So where do I start....I'm new and as such I obviously have a question.....Hey all!
I've been following this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369130&page=36) for a while regarding rooting and flashing android 4.3 on my S4 (International LTE). I have done so and I love it.
My question is why can't I access all my internal memory (16GB of it), It only shows at 9.25GB ish free. I know the stock S4 used a lot of memory, but why, after a wipe/reset can I still not access it? I would have thought it would be gone.
Is it a case of it being needed for use by my newly flashed 4.3 ROM (is the ROM using it as the stock one did), or is it just sitting there being wasted? How could I wipe it and what are the implications of doing so?
If this has been asked before I haven't looked hard enough, please link me to the relevant thread and I'll dispose of this one.
Many Thanks
Anthony
You can't use it because it is the system partition. It is reserved space.
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OK thanks for the reply
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I have tested 2 of the google roms myself for the ATT US SGH-i337 device. You can find which ones in my tested rom thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
If anyone wants to add to the cause, please start posting your input. Thanks
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I have tested 2 of the google roms myself for the ATT US SGH-i337 device. You can find which ones in my tested rom thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
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So - I just switched to android after having ALL the iPhone's since the 3G. I also have the ATT US SGH-i337. So far, have not missed the iPhone after a month...at all.
I do have a couple noob questions...I rooted and installed TWRP with that casual installer that you mentioned (did that less than a week after having my phone, where I never jailbroke any of my iPhone...I traded the 5 for my SG4). I was waiting for the GE Rom to come out and just flashed that yesterday with this one version 1.2 at the time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
So, I thought I'd get closer to 12-13GB available storage after switching because of all the bloatware...but I only got an extra 500MB or so. Second, I don't know how to mount my SD card to move picture or have the gallery view pictures that are already on it.
Thoughts?
Thanks for being so helpful!
It should have auto mounted the extsdcard, so you can not see the sdcard within the google os? when you were on the stock rom, did it see it ok? What size is the sdcard?
Also, as far as space, you are not going to see any more than 12gig, give or take a gig, samsung allocated 4gig, depending on if you have the 16gig version device. And that is with any rom you flash, I may be wrong, but I have not seen anywhere where we can grab back some of that space.
Noob to Android. Will there be a way to flash the Google Edition ROM to Samsung Galaxy Active?
FtrV8 said:
Noob to Android. Will there be a way to flash the Google Edition ROM to Samsung Galaxy Active?
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Now this is a real good question. I do not have the answer to that, but hopefully someone will come along and have an answer. I do not have that device, but I bet it would work.
Afaik there is not a way to get a custom recovery on the Active. You'd need that before you could flash the rom.
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jd1639 said:
Afaik there is not a way to get a custom recovery on the Active. You'd need that before you could flash the rom.
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Thank you sir, you are a gentleman.
I did not know this.
TheAxman said:
Thank you sir, you are a gentleman.
I did not know this.
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They're not currently able to root it or get a recovery on it. Hopefully it's only a matter of time.
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I have the S View case for my GS4. Can anyone confirm if it still works with the GE Roms?
AutoUnion said:
I have the S View case for my GS4. Can anyone confirm if it still works with the GE Roms?
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I can confirm the S view case functions as normal on GE
I have a stock ROM (att S4-i377)with superuser granted. I want to in install the Google ROM but do not know where to begin. Please help. Thanks
Galaxy S4
ricosuave1313 said:
I have a stock ROM (att S4-i377)with superuser granted. I want to in install the Google ROM but do not know where to begin. Please help. Thanks
Galaxy S4
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since you are apparently unlocked and rooted,
>make a backup in custom recovery
>down the ROM (gapps is included) and loki-doki zip and place them on device/micro sd card
>full wipe in recovery
>flash ROM
>flash loki-doki zip
>reboot. let device boot up fully and sit for a few minutes. reboot and set it up.
The new camera in the ROM will only save to internal storage, unlike the previous camera Google used in older versions of Android. I have a 16 GB S4 with a 32GB SD card, so saving to the SD is very useful. Is there any way to force it to save pictures to the external?
ThePerson98 said:
The new camera in the ROM will only save to internal storage, unlike the previous camera Google used in older versions of Android. I have a 16 GB S4 with a 32GB SD card, so saving to the SD is very useful. Is there any way to force it to save pictures to the external?
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The 4.3 GE ROM I was running the camera worked with the SD card for me.. Didn't think to try it on the 4.2 GE ROM though
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rcklss1 said:
The 4.3 GE ROM I was running the camera worked with the SD card for me.. Didn't think to try it on the 4.2 GE ROM though
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Interesting of them to do that. Was it the new camera and all?
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Interesting of them to do that. Was it the new camera and all?
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The 4.3 ROM had the new camera
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If you are stuck on the boot screen after flashing the ROM and rebooting, go into the recovery and wipe the cache partition and dalvik cache partition 5 times then reboot. Every reboot after this should be fine.
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The 4.3 ROM had the new camera
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I just pulled the GalleryGoogle.apk out of the 4.3 ROM and put it into my 4.2, and it still doesn't have the option to save pictures to the external SD. It might be something built into the 4.3 ROM, but since it apparently can't be rooted at the moment, I guess I'll just have to be patient in order to find out.
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I just pulled the GalleryGoogle.apk out of the 4.3 ROM and put it into my 4.2, and it still doesn't have the option to save pictures to the external SD. It might be something built into the 4.3 ROM, but since it apparently can't be rooted at the moment, I guess I'll just have to be patient in order to find out.
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Im almost positive as soon as I opened the camera it asked if I wanted to save to my SD card so maybe it is ROM related I'll double check in the AM and report back whether I'm right or wrong
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i am unable to find an answer to this, i have a galaxy s4 i337m from rogers
i used cf-auto root to root,
then used the one click tool to install CWM Touch 6.0.3.2
and then in recovery did a full wipe and reset
and installed [ROM] Google Edition 4.2.2 [Clean][Slim][280MB][2013.09.07]
everything is working well (great)
but free space was only just under 9 gigs, i thought google edition phone has over 12gb of available space, is this normal, is there something i can
do to get more space, did i miss something?
please don't recommend sd card as i already have one, i am just concerned where is my phone memory going?
That's how the S4 is partitioned. User-accessible amounts are not rom dependant. Cheers
devils-haven said:
i am unable to find an answer to this, i have a galaxy s4 i337m from rogers
i used cf-auto root to root,
then used the one click tool to install CWM Touch 6.0.3.2
and then in recovery did a full wipe and reset
and installed [ROM] Google Edition 4.2.2 [Clean][Slim][280MB][2013.09.07]
everything is working well (great)
but free space was only just under 9 gigs, i thought google edition phone has over 12gb of available space, is this normal, is there something i can
do to get more space, did i miss something?
please don't recommend sd card as i already have one, i am just concerned where is my phone memory going?
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I would also like to know im having the same issue and was just going to make a post asking the same thing, and i have an sd card as well but i cant seem to move apps to the sd card like you can with with touch wiz 4.2.2. I used twrp so im wondering if there is a problem with that?
xBeerdroiDx said:
That's how the S4 is partitioned. User-accessible amounts are not rom dependant. Cheers
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Any way to repartition? Or will this case problems when u need to restore phone back to stock?
devils-haven said:
Any way to repartition? Or will this case problems when u need to restore phone back to stock?
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No you cannot repartition.
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after the main instal and everything i only have like 7 gigs available for use
First of all, i recently rooted using cf autoroot and afterwards installed cwm recovery. I'm on 4.3.
After the things listed above i am completely clueless on things regarding flashing and things of that nature.
My first question is how do i backup my phone to my pc without the need of a external sd card, because mine is only a 1gb i cant backup to it.
2nd question is how to verify if i am on mf9, mdl, or whatever else. From what i have read it seems to matter regarding roms.
3rd and last question is once i am all setup and have chosen a rom how would i go about flashing it.
I'm sorry for my extreme case of noobness regarding androids and flashing, any well detailed links would really help and would love to be recommended roms.
Once again i have a Sprint Galaxy s4 running jellybean 4.3.
EDIT: Also the difference between Touchwiz and AOSP roms and kernels would help.
1. Not sure. I use Dropbox so I'm of no help here.
2. If you are on 4.3, you are on MJA. You can verify this from the About screen in System Settings.
3. Download your desired ROM to your phone. Turn off phone. Boot into recovery holding power and volume up. Flash away.
EDIT: Touchwiz is Samsung's Android interface. AOSP is closer to pure Android. Basically a user preference thing. Try them both.
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frostedunit said:
1. Not sure. I use Dropbox so I'm of no help here.
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Thanks but on the above did you backup with cwm and then post to dropbox?
As far as flashing a ROM goes, follow whatever instructions the OP has posted. Read through all their initial posts on their ROM before you flash.
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Buy a bigger sdcard!! What are they like $10 for a 16gb now.
I recently updated my Sprint S4 to NA7 at a Sprint store. I rooted it, but now the apps can't backup with TB. There seems to be a read/write problem which I've never experienced until now. Does anyone know how to correct this issue so the Internal storage (phone) can "communicate" with the SD Card? Thanks in advance.
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I recently updated my Sprint S4 to NA7 at a Sprint store. I rooted it, but now the apps can't backup with TB. There seems to be a read/write problem which I've never experienced until now. Does anyone know how to correct this issue so the Internal storage (phone) can "communicate" with the SD Card? Thanks in advance.
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This has been discussed a whole lot in the past few days. Check the dev section. There IS a solution. Just involves adding a line to a file
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I really appreciate the response. I've been through a couple of developers threads (unknown forces, etc.) and couldn't find it. That's why I was hoping someone would provide a link to it. Once I get there, I will also have to teach myself how to add that line (or any for that matter). Thanks. I'm not a noob, but sure feel like one. This is the very first time I've had to ask a question. It's very humbling.
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what version of titanium are you using though?
The sd write fix is posted in unknownforce's stock NAE thread, post #238 I believe
Thanks for the help...whatever the latest version is for TB.
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Thanks. Accomplished what I needed to do. Your assistance was/is truly beneficial!
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MrSamEpic said:
Thanks. Accomplished what I needed to do. Your assistance was/is truly beneficial!
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No problem. Glad I could point you in the right direction
I just got a new N3 about 2 days ago. I've rooted by using the safestrap and installed JellyBeans ROM that I loved from my Note2. With only a couple apps installed, I'm getting conflicting data.
Application Manager says 16GB free and my largest app is Chrome at 73mb.
Storage also says 16gb free with applications of .94gb. However it also says I have Miscellaneous files at 6.77GB.
So I have a 32gb phone, and 1gb of apps leaving about 31 gb. I'm sure there is probably 6gb for the OS. I'm still missing roughly 6-8gb of storage.
I think it is because the Safestrap keeps the factory ROM in place and I put JellyBean in a virtual drive??? I have two roms maybe? But ROMs are only about 1.2Gb.
I'm not very high speed on this stuff.
Thanks for any explination you can provide.
Bingo. Safestrap essentially loads a new rom over stock (unless you flash in the stock slot), so that storage is not available.
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Wrong forum section bro. Q A is where this belongs.
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serpa4 said:
I just got a new N3 about 2 days ago. I've rooted by using the safestrap and installed JellyBeans ROM that I loved from my Note2. With only a couple apps installed, I'm getting conflicting data.
Application Manager says 16GB free and my largest app is Chrome at 73mb.
Storage also says 16gb free with applications of .94gb. However it also says I have Miscellaneous files at 6.77GB.
So I have a 32gb phone, and 1gb of apps leaving about 31 gb. I'm sure there is probably 6gb for the OS. I'm still missing roughly 6-8gb of storage.
I think it is because the Safestrap keeps the factory ROM in place and I put JellyBean in a virtual drive??? I have two roms maybe? But ROMs are only about 1.2Gb.
I'm not very high speed on this stuff.
Thanks for any explination you can provide.
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How large did you make your ROM slot? Even though the compressed ROM isn't that big, the ROM slot can be up to ~8gb. Also keep in mind storage reporting tends to be inaccurate while booted into a ROM flashes onto a SS ROM slot.
BTW, for future reference questions should go in the Q&A subforum.
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