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A few questions to start with.

1. Can someone link me a flashing tutorial for this phone for Android?
2. Whats the difference between NAND and SD Method? Please explain in Detail.
3. Is there any official Stock firmware of Android for this phone? If yes, where do I get them?
4. Is Cyanogen Mod available phone this phone?
5. Is this completely safe for Android flashing?
6. I would be a lot happier if people don't reply "Use the search function instead".

[email protected] said:
1. Can someone link me a flashing tutorial for this phone for Android?
2. Whats the difference between NAND and SD Method? Please explain in Detail.
3. Is there any official Stock firmware of Android for this phone? If yes, where do I get them?
4. Is Cyanogen Mod available phone this phone?
5. Is this completely safe for Android flashing?
6. I would be a lot happier if people don't reply "Use the search function instead".
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It doesn't matter what you want, the 'use the search button' response is the most helpful because these are all questions which can be answered by that magical thing. Stop being lazy, and search in order to learn.

[email protected] said:
1. Can someone link me a flashing tutorial for this phone for Android?
2. Whats the difference between NAND and SD Method? Please explain in Detail.
3. Is there any official Stock firmware of Android for this phone? If yes, where do I get them?
4. Is Cyanogen Mod available phone this phone?
5. Is this completely safe for Android flashing?
6. I would be a lot happier if people don't reply "Use the search function instead".
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1.
Go to android nand section and see the sticky thread linking to some tutorials.
2. Nand rom is flashed to internal memory (nand .) and sd rom will have all files on sd and will load things in ram etc (you need it if you want to stay with win mobile or using it with wp7)
3. No but there are many different roms for every taste
4. Yes see the nand section
5. If you follow the tutorial etc you will never have any problem (did about 50 rom flashes and no problem)
6. Hope I get a thanks for not posting :use the search function
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Thanks mate you get a "Thanks"
So I am guessing the NAND one would be safer....
EDIT:
1. Whats the latest supported Android version?
2. Are there any tiny little bugs with all Android ROMs like suppose Camera not work or stuff like that?

[email protected] said:
Thanks mate you get a "Thanks"
So I am guessing the NAND one would be safer....
EDIT:
1. Whats the latest supported Android version?
2. Are there any tiny little bugs with all Android ROMs like suppose Camera not work or stuff like that?
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Yeah
1. Latest android version is 2.3.5, but there are mainly customized and optimized roms but that's what a community is for
2. There are some bugs in sense 3.0roms (only low quality recording).
But for example the nexus rom has nearly no bugs.
Depends on how much new things you want etc.
Read some threads and decide which fits best for you.
Cheers
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jonas2295 said:
Yeah
1. Latest android version is 2.3.5, but there are mainly customized and optimized roms but that's what a community is for
2. There are some bugs in sense 3.0roms (only low quality recording).
But for example the nexus rom has nearly no bugs.
Depends on how much new things you want etc.
Read some threads and decide which fits best for you.
Cheers
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Thanks again
I haven't been around the HD 2 forums much
Anyways here come a few more question
1. I want the 2.3.5 Android version with Cyanogen Mod. There are many Cyanogen Mod thread ( Seems a lot of people have ported it for this phone their way.)
So which is the best Cyanogen mod with the most less bugs?
2. Is there any official Cyanogen Mod?
3. I haven't even used HD 2 once and I want to know after I install a version of Cyanogen mod how much space would I get to install apps?
Cause I don't wanna partition my SD Card.....
NOTE : I don't have HD 2.... Am Flashing HD 2 with Android for a friend of mine and need to get as much as possible info before I flash it....

[email protected] said:
Thanks again
I haven't been around the HD 2 forums much
Anyways here come a few more question
1. I want the 2.3.5 Android version with Cyanogen Mod. There are many Cyanogen Mod thread ( Seems a lot of people have ported it for this phone their way.)
So which is the best Cyanogen mod with the most less bugs?
2. Is there any official Cyanogen Mod?
3. I haven't even used HD 2 once and I want to know after I install a version of Cyanogen mod how much space would I get to install apps?
Cause I don't wanna partition my SD Card.....
NOTE : I don't have HD 2.... Am Flashing HD 2 with Android for a friend of mine and need to get as much as possible info before I flash it....
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1. I don't use cyanogen mod so you will have to decide. But most of the roms are based on nightlies so they are probably not the stablest. Find a stable one by reading the threads.
2. No they are mostly based on cm7 of desire etc.
3. You will be able to install about 30 apps (depends on if they can be moved to sd via the normal app2sd way)
Good luck
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[email protected] said:
6. I would be a lot happier if people don't reply "Use the search function instead".
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all what you are trying to do is covered alreadyin the forums, use the search and you will get this information or do you want peole to spoonfed you the information because you cannot be bothered doing it yourself?

jonas2295 said:
1. I don't use cyanogen mod so you will have to decide. But most of the roms are based on nightlies so they are probably not the stablest. Find a stable one by reading the threads.
2. No they are mostly based on cm7 of desire etc.
3. You will be able to install about 30 apps (depends on if they can be moved to sd via the normal app2sd way)
Good luck
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Ok thanks.....
I will check out all the threads....
BTW I am asking how much amount of space is available for installing apps?
Can you state it in like "MBs"?

I used to have about 100mb (sometimes about 200mb) free space.
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Alright....
Thanks for all this info mate....

Mike's ICS ROM

Before I say anything, I know this is probably in the wrong place, but it wouldnt let me post in the development forums because of my low post count, I also know this ROM is in a pre-alpha stage and will have many broken features and bugs, this is not what I am asking about.
I just want to know if anyone knows how big the ROM is, I want to try it out to see what it could be like, the download is 167MB, but is that how big the installed rom is? I have resized partitions in my flash memory, therefore if its bigger than 150MB I will need to resize again.
Also (I know basic question) will I still beable to boot to CWM to restore a nandroid backup of Swiftdroid? I know that atleast Wifi and GSM dont work, as long as the info on Mike's web page is up to date, this alone will mean I will need to roll back after I have had a look around, so a nandroid backup will be the best way.
I only ask the last question because I have only used swiftdroid so I need to make sure.

the download contain the recovery version and fastboot version in the one zip the system is about 140MB

Thanks, my system partition is just big enough, do you have any sugestions on a reasonable size for my system partition? Mainly for when more is working and I upgrade perminantly 10MB isnt enough for any updates imo.

delsus said:
Thanks, my system partition is just big enough, do you have any sugestions on a reasonable size for my system partition? Mainly for when more is working and I upgrade perminantly 10MB isnt enough for any updates imo.
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I would suggest 160 system partition!
BTW it seems like u finally joined xda developers!
It is much better than androidforums!

androidboss7 said:
I would suggest 160 system partition!
BTW it seems like u finally joined xda developers!
It is much better than androidforums!
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I have known about XDA for awhile, and just had some questions about mike's ICS rom, I like android forums cos there alot of people that need help on there

Sorry for posting here but i have the same problem as delsus..was just wondering how stable is ics on your phones because is very unstable on mine it keeps rebooting after about a min or so

cippi21 said:
Sorry for posting here but i have the same problem as delsus..was just wondering how stable is ics on your phones because is very unstable on mine it keeps rebooting after about a min or so
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Mikegapinski had to go through 17 hours of Rom Compiling! It is only a beta at the moment and fixes are coming,
So far mike has now fixed (Not Uploaded yet)
- Keyboard
- Camera
- GSM (Full Fix)
Also It is all on his website, go and watch on his twitter too for new news

cippi21 said:
Sorry for posting here but i have the same problem as delsus..was just wondering how stable is ics on your phones because is very unstable on mine it keeps rebooting after about a min or so
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I dont get any rebooting on my phone, and barely any force closes except things confirmed not to work.
If you have resized system and data partitions, I changed my system partition to 170MB because there is alot to come to the rom and it could get alot bigger, I can always lower it if needed.

delsus said:
I dont get any rebooting on my phone, and barely any force closes except things confirmed not to work.
If you have resized system and data partitions, I changed my system partition to 170MB because there is alot to come to the rom and it could get alot bigger, I can always lower it if needed.
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yea i have mine resized im gona change it thanks
airbus360 said:
Mikegapinski had to go through 17 hours of Rom Compiling! It is only a beta at the moment and fixes are coming,
So far mike has now fixed (Not Uploaded yet)
- Keyboard
- Camera
- GSM (Full Fix)
Also It is all on his website, go and watch on his twitter too for new news
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I know hes working hard and i appreciate everything hes doing and i do keep an eye on hes website but i only asked because i saw that only one person had this problem with ics thank u anyway

I changed the system partition to 180MB, and I have 204 megabytes for applications. I suppose that it will be fine for work with more ROM's

sajdlik82 said:
I changed the system partition to 180MB, and I have 204 megabytes for applications. I suppose that it will be fine for work with more ROM's
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This ROM is about 140MB but it has alot to be added to it, which is why I changed mine, anything from 160+ should be enough, I just wanted some leyway lol

delsus said:
This ROM is about 140MB but it has alot to be added to it, which is why I changed mine, anything from 160+ should be enough, I just wanted some leyway lol
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delsus can u point me to a good tut on how to change the partition i tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171531 but it didnt work and i cant ask for help anywhere else
edit: I resize it by using effortless`s sub-tutorial

sajdlik82 said:
I changed the system partition to 180MB, and I have 204 megabytes for applications. I suppose that it will be fine for work with more ROM's
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how do you partition the system to 180MB? I also have the same problem of restarting .. however there are problems with the keyboard and I found the official ICS only by the number of posts I am unable to post it on the official post .. so if anyone wants to take this job I can ask in PM the link (because of the number of posts I'm not insert link) (PS: this keyboard would solve many problems; D)

riku-dark said:
how do you partition the system to 180MB? I also have the same problem of restarting .. however there are problems with the keyboard and I found the official ICS only by the number of posts I am unable to post it on the official post .. so if anyone wants to take this job I can ask in PM the link (because of the number of posts I'm not insert link) (PS: this keyboard would solve many problems; D)
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if you want to repartition click on the link in my post

i made it from this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298420
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the same size with mur4ik rom... would be sufficiant i guess

It works on default size
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Default size of partition is around 230MB and 150MB for apps. I think.
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[GUIDE] How to keep the old CM10 partition layout & stay up to date with changes

OK, so the debate over partitioning in CM10 is all but done and I'm not going to discuss it here.
I've been building CM10 for my own use with the partition layout change reverted and this works nicely for me. But what about people who can't compile the source for themselves (for whatever reason)?
That's why I'm posting this brief guide to what I'm calling "fudgedating" (its like updating). Using the method below you will be able to stay up to date with all the CM10 nightly updates (except kernel changes) without compiling or doing anything difficult.
ALWAYS MAKE A NANDROID BEFORE FLASHING
I'VE TESTED THIS WITH CM10 NIGHTLIES FROM 23082012 & 22082012 BUT IF IT FAILS TO WORK FOR YOU THEN I'M SORRY, THAT'S LIFE. RESTORE YOUR BACKUP & MOVE ON
What you'll need:
1. My cm-10-20120918-FISHEARS-galaxysmtd.zip file (my nightly that has a working kernel with the old partition layout)
2. Any current Nightly zip of CM10
3. A computer with a Zip-capable archive tool
What you need to do:
1. Make a copy of cm-10-20120918-FISHEARS-galaxysmtd.zip and call it something like CM10-FUDGEDATE.zip
2. delete the /system folder from within CM10-FUDGEDATE.zip (or whatever you called it)
3. extract the /system folder from your official CM10 Nightly
4. add that /system folder to your CM10-FUDGEDATE.zip (or whatever you called it)
Now you have a CM10-FUDGEDATE.zip (or whatever you called it) containing the kernel and partition layout from cm-10-20120918-FISHEARS-galaxysmtd.zip and the system from the CM10 Nightly.
Copy CM10-FUDGEDATE.zip (or whatever you called it) to your SD card and flash it in CWM.
Reboot & profit
NOTE: currently you can NOT flash any custom kernels because there aren't any that support the latest CM10 while still having the old partition layout.
Whenever you want to repeat the process for a new Nighly, just do steps 2,3 & 4 again and flash it as before.
Please don't flame this thread. If you think its a bad idea then please state only technical objections to support your view.
All credit to Team Hacksung & Pawitp for the awesome effort that continues to go into CM10.

Well... old partition nightlies worked very good for me.So I will try this.
Anyway I noticed there are some jb ROMs with less changes than yours calling theirselfs stable so far etc.
Will you make thread of cm10 (or call it like you want) with old partition and newest nightly?
Thanks. Sorry for poor English.
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Thanks but I don't want to start the hard work of maintaining a ROM thread. This is just instructions to stay up to date.
I do compile my own CM10 which you can download by clicking on my signature. Again, I won't be starting a thread for this as its really just for me but I don't mind sharing.
I will change the thread title though.
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Well.works good for me no deference betwin this or other layout.Thank you very much
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slaj76 said:
Well.works good for me no deference betwin this or other layout.Thank you very much
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That's good to know. I think we both must have phones with the faster NAND because I didn't see any improvement when the official partition layout changed.

fishears said:
That's good to know. I think we both must have phones with the faster NAND because I didn't see any improvement when the official partition layout changed.
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2011.3.10 my phone's production date.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818372
You can check your's.
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slaj76 said:
2011.3.10 my phone's production date.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818372
You can check your's.
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Yeah, mine was made April 2011. No reason for us to lose all that data space
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thanks for sharing this with us
i'll try this

fishears one more question can i flash your latest rom without wipe?
Thanks.

slaj76 said:
fishears one more question can i flash your latest rom without wipe?
Thanks.
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No need to wipe.
If you are flashing a new build over a previous one then you also don't need to reflash gapps

fishears said:
No need to wipe.
If you are flashing a new build over a previous one then you also don't need to reflash gapps
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Thanks.

thanks

Lorog said:
thanks
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Hit thanks to fishears.
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Managed to install your rom, and I got what I want. However I have a probler with Adaway said: /data/data/host not enough spare. Try Adfree solve the problem. Anyway thank you for the idea and rom.
Edit: Just discovered that System had only 300k free space out of 350MB. Maybe I have to delete some not important apk (like those live wallpapers) & unused ringtones.
Edit2: After deleting Chinese & Korean fonts Droidsansfallback , MTL* & Nanum Gothic, I got 12MB free space and Adaway runs smoothly.

sawari said:
Managed to install your rom, and I got what I want. However I have a probler with Adaway said: /data/data/host not enough spare. Try Adfree solve the problem. Anyway thank you for the idea and rom.
Edit: Just discovered that System had only 300k free space out of 350MB. Maybe I have to delete some not important apk (like those live wallpapers) & unused ringtones.
Edit2: After deleting Chinese & Korean fonts Droidsansfallback , MTL* & Nanum Gothic, I got 12MB free space and Adaway runs smoothly.
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Good I also deleted cmwallpapers and DSP manager.
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slaj76 said:
Good I also deleted cmwallpapers and DSP manager.
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I usually have around 15mb free on /system after deleting only Exchange & Movie Studio
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fishears said:
I usually have around 15mb free on /system after deleting only Exchange & Movie Studio
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Never mind, your released rom should be as is, let us delete whatever we want. Easier for you and less trouble for us.TQ
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sawari said:
Never mind, your released rom should be as is, let us delete whatever we want. Easier for you and less trouble for us.TQ
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That's fine. I think pawitp might get a bit lazy with the system size now that his build has a 2gb /system
Maybe I'll have to trim it down in the future.
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A rom more in line with the Slim Bean philosophy (about 280mb system with google apps) would even allow you to create a larger datadata partition (at the expense of unused system partition space, circa 80mb) and improve usability. Using this mind-frame i guess we could gain some 50mb to datadata while still keeping 30mb free in system for people who want to add some removed system apps.
Nevertheless, this is your rom and ultimately your decision.

AlexandreT said:
A rom more in line with the Slim Bean philosophy (about 280mb system with google apps) would even allow you to create a larger datadata partition (at the expense of unused system partition space, circa 80mb) and improve usability. Using this mind-frame i guess we could gain some 50mb to datadata while still keeping 30mb free in system for people who want to add some removed system apps.
Nevertheless, this is your rom and ultimately your decision.
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Its a good idea & perfectly possible. Pawitp just asked for some chip id data in the CM10 thread. It looks like lags could be associated with phones having the older Samsung MoviNand chip. Newer devices have a Sandisk iNand (same as Nexus S). I have the Sandisk so that's why the new partition layout made no difference to me. I'm not sure that increasing datadata would help. I don't use it because I don't see any gain in practice.
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Space usage of latest ROMs on a 8GB Nexus 7

I'm still using my 8GB Nexus and I'm currently on a 3.x version of Clean ROM. I'm looking to upgrade to a newer ROM, since they seem to have a ton of nice features and built-in ways to customize the ROM to an individual taste. My concern is that I can't find any information on how much space a ROM uses. Is this because they are all slimmed down vs stock or is everyone assuming the 8GB Nexus 7 has gone the way of the dinosaurs?
Does any one have a suggestion on which ROMs use the least space?
I'm currently looking to try the following ROMs, any concerns regarding space usage?
- [ROM] [April 20][4.2.2][SmoothROM v5.1]
- [ROM] [May 2][CM10.1|4.2.2] JellyBeer-v4.18
I'm open to other recommendations. TIA!

sfsilicon said:
I'm still using my 8GB Nexus and I'm currently on a 3.x version of Clean ROM. I'm looking to upgrade to a newer ROM, since they seem to have a ton of nice features and built-in ways to customize the ROM to an individual taste. My concern is that I can't find any information on how much space a ROM uses. Is this because they are all slimmed down vs stock or is everyone assuming the 8GB Nexus 7 has gone the way of the dinosaurs?
Does any one have a suggestion on which ROMs use the least space?
I'm currently looking to try the following ROMs, any concerns regarding space usage?
- [ROM] [April 20][4.2.2][SmoothROM v5.1]
- [ROM] [May 2][CM10.1|4.2.2] JellyBeer-v4.18
I'm open to other recommendations. TIA!
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Roms won't take up the storage that you have. It will overwrite the system with the new ROM. That space is reserved only for the rom.
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sfsilicon said:
I'm still using my 8GB Nexus and I'm currently on a 3.x version of Clean ROM. I'm looking to upgrade to a newer ROM, since they seem to have a ton of nice features and built-in ways to customize the ROM to an individual taste. My concern is that I can't find any information on how much space a ROM uses. Is this because they are all slimmed down vs stock or is everyone assuming the 8GB Nexus 7 has gone the way of the dinosaurs?
Does any one have a suggestion on which ROMs use the least space?
I'm currently looking to try the following ROMs, any concerns regarding space usage?
- [ROM] [April 20][4.2.2][SmoothROM v5.1]
- [ROM] [May 2][CM10.1|4.2.2] JellyBeer-v4.18
I'm open to other recommendations. TIA!
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Well, given that nobody has yet managed to crack 'nvFlash in APX' mode, there is as of yet no way of resizing partitions... so I would assume that devs. (regardless of ROM or device) are forced to work within the same 640Mb system partition size limit... which essentially is where the ROM 'lives'.
Checkout this simple diagnostic - DeviceInfo - http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jphilli85.deviceinfo.
Here is what my 16Gb Nexus 7 is showing...
670 826 496 bytes - SYSTEM PARTITION (Around 640Mb)
14 215 020 544 bytes - DATA PARTITION (Around 13.24Gb)
These figures haven't changed from Stock to the ROM I'm currently running.
I suspect your 8Gb Nexus will show an identical SYSTEM PARTITION size to mine, but a smaller DATA PARTITION.
So, I think you're free to flash whatever ROM you want.
Rgrds,
Ged.

scream4cheese said:
Roms won't take up the storage that you have. It will overwrite the system with the new ROM. That space is reserved only for the rom.
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GedBlake said:
Well, given that nobody has yet managed to crack 'nvFlash in APX' mode, there is as of yet no way of resizing partitions... so I would assume that devs. (regardless of ROM or device) are forced to work within the same 640Mb system partition size limit... which essentially is where the ROM 'lives'.
I suspect your 8Gb Nexus will show an identical SYSTEM PARTITION size to mine, but a smaller DATA PARTITION.
So, I think you're free to flash whatever ROM you want.
Rgrds,
Ged.
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Thank you both. I went ahead and installed Smooth ROM and had no issues with free space. Thanks for your help.

Resizing system partition to get more space

Will this work on our beloved g2 as well?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2234515
Thanks max.
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Good Question
Would also be interested if this is possible

WebOS is a different animal compared to Android. And Im sure this wont be possible with a locked bootloader. Messing with the partitions is dumb imo, thats the easiest way to hard brick a device.

Guys I came from an LG nitro and we had several issues with modified system partitions really screwing things up. Messing with your system partition is the fastest way to end up with a shiny paperweight. Don't do it.
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Hutch89 said:
Guys I came from an LG nitro and we had several issues with modified system partitions really screwing things up. Messing with your system partition is the fastest way to end up with a shiny paperweight. Don't do it.
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I can agree with you but it's a total nonsense that I bought a 32gb G2 version and available disk space sis just 24gb... hope lg will release some kind of fix/workaround soon

provolinoo said:
I can agree with you but it's a total nonsense that I bought a 32gb G2 version and available disk space sis just 24gb... hope lg will release some kind of fix/workaround soon
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Why would they? Its partitioned that way to hold the size of their default software...
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Would definitely love for more free space especially since i'm running cm11 and the rom is practically a little over 200MB.

Probably some of the devs can have a look at this
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The system partition is 3.2 GB. It isn't like you can go from 24 to 31 GB free. If your that desperate over an extra gig, you might need to reevaluate what you have on your phone, or invest in a microsd usb card reader.
Also, 200 MB is most likely the size of the zip file, you are using to install the rom. That is compressed size. Mahdi rom (I have on my pc at moment so could check), is 208 MB compressed.. The actual install size is 351 MB. That doesn't include gapps, which also installs to the system partion. The core gapps package is 18MB but installs to be 30 MB. And that is assuming you are using core, the full packages are MUCH larger.
So theoretically, you could free up maybe 2.7GB. Is it really worth a good chance at bricking your phone for that?

This might sound dumb, but I'll say it anyway...
There is media in /system/media, not sure about songs, but certainly ringtones etc
I wonder if one could dump a few gigs of mp3's into /system to make better use of the space, and less use of the media drive (/sdcard).

Henryy97 said:
Would definitely love for more free space especially since i'm running cm11 and the rom is practically a little over 200MB.
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I agree, 1gb system partition should be enough
SupriseMadaafaca said:
Probably some of the devs can have a look at this
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we need to unlock bootloader to be able to resize partitions

It would be nice to be able to shrink the system partition. I've attached a sample screen of my G2 that is running CM11 nightlies.
But yeah, dropping the system to 1GB would leave plenty of room and boost the 24.1GB up by about 2.2GB to 26.3GB (a 9% increase which is fairly significant).
As others have mentioned though there is the issue of the bootloader.

On a second thought...I recall the unroot/unbricking flash tool causing some issues for people related to phone storage sizes.
I wonder if someone creative might be able to create an image with custom partition sizes via this method.

If u cant resize the partitions, IT would be kind a awesome to create a custom recovery like safestrap or boot Menu Manager which can create multiple System Slots so that u have multiple Systems on ur g2. So Let's say a aosp rom and a modded Stock rom at da same time.
Like so that devs See that.
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Does any one have any clue on how to resize the /system? I have been researching on how it's done on other devices but no luck using the same methods.

You can't. Enjoy your phone as it is
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Please ! I know it's possible, but how ?
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I would also apreciate that. Having a 16Gb phone with just 10Gb free is a waste of space.
Stock Roms may be 3.2Gb compressed and inflate to 6GB uncompressed, but I am running on CM11, which only should be 500MB at most, when uncompressed.
Also this phone not having a micro SD card really kind of messes it up.

i have 2 galaxy s variant (epic4g sprint usa & sc-02b docomo japan) both have long journey in development history from cm7 to latest cm-11
the partition size was change several times to accommodate bigger system files in newer version
afaik it can be set in kernel source for both device on mtd samsung onenand driver
I don't know about g2 because I just own this device for 2 days lol
I have 16gb, so find a dev who works on this will be a great news for me

Anybody found anything useful regarding shrinking the partition?