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I'm trying to flash a rom for example http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100707 and requires 260m recovery size and 1gb partition.
My phone currently has a 400m recovery and 1gb partition from previous rom. Would it be possible if I just installed the new rom without changing recovery to 260m?
If possible any side effects?
Googled b4 and no results...
Ok tried it and booted successfully.
Problem was that I had almost no storage space..
calvinfoo said:
Ok tried it and booted successfully.
Problem was that I had almost no storage space..
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Hi,
The point of the correct CWM size is to accommodate the system for the ROM you are using.
It only needs to be a little bit bigger than the actual system itself.
The rest of the space can then be allocated to the internal memory and therfore be used to install apps.
If you use a CWM that is too big,you will have no room for your apps etc. as you found out.
It's not difficult to re-partition your CWM especially now that KSUBEDI has made THIS TOOL (Don't forget to thank him).
hello. i upgraded to 4.3 MJ8 firmware yesterday. although my internal storage should be empty as you can see from the attached 2 pictures i only have 1GB left. not sure what system data is (shown in attachment diskusage) but its taking lots of space, although its shown in green.
attachment storage shows a big grey bar for empty space but below shows only 0.88 GB free space.
i have uninstalled all the bloatware with TB so i dont think its that.
also i wiped all data before flashing the MJ8 FW. Any advise on what is wrong and how i can regain some space back? thanks.:good:
forgot to add that i have flashed 3 files. PDA, modem and CSC. the MJ8 files were located in this thread but OP has removed them .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317105
Solved my issue. Its was 2 cwm backups stored deep in the root folder in the internal memory. Moved the bacup all is well now.
resitm said:
Solved my issue. Its was 2 cwm backups stored deep in the root folder in the internal memory. Moved the bacup all is well now.
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Can you share the locations ... actually i got the same issue currently showing only 1.98 GB frees space even after hard wiping , flashing with pit ..really appreciate it
amanjits said:
Can you share the locations ... actually i got the same issue currently showing only 1.98 GB frees space even after hard wiping , flashing with pit ..really appreciate it
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With a root browser go to root folder=>data=>media=>clockwork
resitm said:
With a root browser go to root folder=>data=>media=>clockwork
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Or maybe easier boot to recovery=>backup restore=>delete. Im using philz touch cwm this option is available
hi,
i have a storage issue that i'll like to ask the gurus.. I've just moved from PSX's v8.5 (4.3) to PSX v3 (4.4) and along the way, I've made numerous backups just in case. after flashing v3 and hellscore b43, i ran into a storage space issue where my N4 told me i had insufficient space to install more apps, to work system functions, anything. Ive attached a screenshot of my storage, but it seems to be there is a good 5-6gb of space unaccounted for? i have v little songs in my phone, no movies, little apps as well. its rooted. can anyone point to as to how i can solve this?
thanks!
to add on, I've used storage analyser to better understand by storage, and it says i have 9.87gb available, whilte the stock storage details shows the number at 611mb.
help pls?
thejiajielee said:
hi,
i have a storage issue that i'll like to ask the gurus.. I've just moved from PSX's v8.5 (4.3) to PSX v3 (4.4) and along the way, I've made numerous backups just in case. after flashing v3 and hellscore b43, i ran into a storage space issue where my N4 told me i had insufficient space to install more apps, to work system functions, anything. Ive attached a screenshot of my storage, but it seems to be there is a good 5-6gb of space unaccounted for? i have v little songs in my phone, no movies, little apps as well. its rooted. can anyone point to as to how i can solve this?
thanks!
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Try flashing SuperSU via the recovery.
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
hi, I've tried that, but to no avail..
ive also realised that system data takes up a huge chunk, more than 6gb. which is where most of the missing storage is. help, anyone?
thejiajielee said:
ive also realised that system data takes up a huge chunk, more than 6gb. which is where most of the missing storage is. help, anyone?
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Have you downgraded to the rom where you don't have this problem?
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)
I only just realised I was having the same issue when I got an insufficient storage available message while trying to update some apps. To solve it reboot into recovery then go on backup and restore and delete any unnecessary backups you have, if the ROM's working now then you could do with deleting all of the old backups and making one fresh one with the new ROM. Also do the 'free unused space' thing in CWM, I had no backups but somehow there was almost 3 gigs of space being wasted by CWM. There's probably something similar in TWRP if you use that
thejiajielee said:
ive also realised that system data takes up a huge chunk, more than 6gb. which is where most of the missing storage is. help, anyone?
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You've got the right app. check your /data directory to see what's chewing up space. I bet it's TWRP or other stuff stored by your recovery manager.
Use this great app to check whats taking up space: Storage analyzer
When u make full backups they won't show up in the system storage scan. Go to the file directly n try deleting an old backup. I guarantee u will see more space available after u do. Each backup is usually about 400-500mb depending on how many apps n other data u have
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Or maybe you got shrinkage problem which is pretty normal when upgrading (seeing that you flashed 4.4.2 rom over 4.3 rom). Your 16gb nexus was shrinked to 8gb. The easiest way to fix it is by formatting your internal in recovery (or flash stock recovery and do factory reset). Do make backup of your things though cause you'll lose them.
So, I downloaded safestrap 3.65 for my MF3 based S4. I opened it up and just wanted to make sure I set things up correctly before I fill one of the custom ROM slots. The default shows the partition size to be 2800 MB, the data partition to be 2500 MB and the cache to be 300 MB (a total of 5.6 gigs). That seems very large relative to the suggestion of the description here:
http://blog.hash-of-codes.com/how-to-safestrap/
(showing 1GB, 2GB, and 3GB, granted it's an older version). I'm assuming this app gives you more control but I'm a bit new so I'm not sure what to use for default settings.
I also only have 2.43 GB free so I'm going to have to remove some things. What kind of preparation do you guys recommend? Wiping phone before creating custom roms? Clearing out all music/picture files, etc?
Any suggestions you can give me for preparing for the custom ROM slot would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, guys!
I believed u can adjust the size is the partition on V3.65. ... For me system 2000Mb. .... data 1800Mb .... cache 300Mb. .... is more than enough to run custom rom and the most I found not more than 1.5gb (1500Mb) ..... and yes move all your music and pictures to External SD Card..... and also u can Uninstall the app that u don't really use. .... using titanium backup .... Goodluck. ...:thumbup:
MOD PLEASE MOVE THIS TO Q&A SECTION. ....:thumbup:
Swyped from MK2 Dark Venom SS Edition
ted77usa said:
I believed u can adjust the size is the partition on V3.65. ... For me system 2000Mb. .... data 1800Mb .... cache 300Mb. .... is more than enough to run custom rom and the most I found not more than 1.5gb (1500Mb) ..... and yes move all your music and pictures to External SD Card..... and also u can Uninstall the app that u don't really use. .... using titanium backup .... Goodluck. ...:thumbup:
MOD PLEASE MOVE THIS TO Q&A SECTION. ....:thumbup:
Swyped from MK2 Dark Venom SS Edition
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How much space does the stock app take to run? I looked at the files on my phone (via explorer on my PC) and I only have 1.5 GB of data on it. I backed out to the root directory in windows and it says I have 5.45 GB of 9.61 GB free. So, where is the remaining 2.6 or so gigs of data being used that I can't see?
For the record, I do have it so all hidden folders are shown so I know that I only have 1.5 GB (that I know of) in that folder. Does Android have a bunch of files being used with unknown/invisible to the PC extensions that aren't being counted here?
Hello all,
Firstly, please bear with me if my question seems simple... I have flashed a couple of roms without problems, have recovered a bricked mobile and have generally messed around without too many disasters - unless you count the many hours spent setting-up my mobile after re-flashing... and this is the point... I will give a background and then questions will follow...
background:
I have finally found the rom for me (Albe 95 v2 btw - highly recommended, the guy did a truly grand job) and since I reckon that sooner or later I will become "restless" again and want to re-flash or mess around, I would like to make a back-up of my complete system... not app-by-app but do the backup in such a way that I get a single .zip file at the end of it all, and no matter how badly I might mess things up further down the road I can always return to my current status with in a flash (sorry for the poor pun)...
should be easy, right? well I've tried following some simple steps with clockwork mod (basically trying some of the functions in the backup directory, where there is an option that says something that amounts to "make a zip") and just now for the second time I've had a failure... after seemingly working and copying files for some 5-10 minutes it suddenly stops, says there was an error, and that's it... time to exit cwm and reboot... and that's when the real problems begin...
upon exiting CWM, i get a weird message (something about maybe losing root, and having to fix it before exiting)... after exiting (I selected the option to "fix it" btw) upon reboot the mobile works fine (rooted and all) except one detail - the sim card doesn't receive signal anymore... this happened just the same way first time round and I want to know what I´m doing wrong.. I did read some guides about making a backup and they seem easy enough when I read them, but then this happens...
so question #1 - can somebody point me to a newbie-friendly, step-by-step, idiot-proof guide for how to reach my holy grail in the form of a zip file?
...all this brings me to question #2:
after installing the new rom, there is some 3Gb left of memory... after a day or so of using, theres about 700mb left... I formatted the SD card and wanted clockworkmod to backup directly onto the sd_card... is there an option for this? there is simply no way I will ever be able to free up space on the internal memory alone...
question #3 - where does all that space disappear??? and speaking of space disappearing, after clockworkmod did its partial backup, the internal storage was reduced from some 700mb to under 300... now even if the phone is strictly speaking working, I cannot so much as update an application, or download a new one... unfortunately this is where my ignorance shows, as I understand that the internal storage is split in two sections, but I have no idea how (if?) I can access the "main" one, where CWM is presumably writing its files and which I guess by now is chock-full... what can I do here? where does CWM hide its backups (and yes, I´ve searched around and read somewhere that its supposed to be in a directory such as Data/Media/clockworckmod, but I cannot find it... and I can see the hidden files...
in fact, out of 9Gb of internal storage, the directories & fiels I can see amount to a pitiful 1,3Gb, and yet if I check space available in system settings I get 300 Gb!!! that means I have a good 7,4 Gb of storage unaccounted for! that's not even considering that total space of internal card is 9gb, not the 16gb that it should be... in other words, I can account for almost exactly 10% of my internal storage... what the hell????? either my internal memory is made of dark matter or I need a charitable colleague on this board to explain to me what is going on... or maybe suggest a link that you learned from back in the day when you were a newbie...
that's it... for now... sorry for the extremely long post, but I am frustrated, as I have to flash this bugger, again...
Thank you in advance for any help, info, and advice...
P.
1. Not in a zip file. The backup feature in ClockworkMod and all other custom recoveries is what we call a nandroid backup. They generally are backed up and restored using the appropriate functions, and not via a flashable zip file.
2. On the Galaxy S4, the internal storage is labeled "sdcard0". Thus ClockworkMod apparently thinks it's a MicroSD card. Looking at another device running a current version of CWM, it doesn't appear that you can select the location. If you want to be sure the backup is made on the MicroSD card, change your recovery to TWRP 2.8.4.0. You can select where the backup goes on that recovery.
3. You likely made multiple backups with ClockworkMod. An odd thing, at least the the copy of ClockworkMod on my tablet, is that if you delete backups, the space itself is still allocated to the backups that no longer exist. To free up this space, in the backup and restore menu is an option to "free unused backup data". Horribly misnamed, if you select this option you should see your space return. In addition, keep in mind that Android stores hidden files and folders on the internal storage. If you download large games, you may find yourself running out of space as the game stores parts of itself on the internal storage in a hidden directory.
Once you get your space back, switch your recovery to TWRP so you can select the MicroSD card.
Thanks for your answer strephon.... but now i need to understand the next steps and to avoid a re-re-reinstall, i would like to ask what version of TWRP should i use?
I have Rashr to help me get this recovery app but i have a list of options to choos from and none seems correct...
if i run Phone Info, it tells me the following:
- device type: jflte
- Product name: kltexx
...but on rashr none of the TWRP versions seem applicable... the closest would be jfltexx (ver 2.8.5.0 )... there is also a ver 2.8.4.0 but also in this case only for jfltexx... is this what i'm after?
Please note that CWM and Philz both have jflte versions... maybe i should try Philz? Does it let me do nandroid backup on my Sd card?
Again, thanks in advance
You probably will have better luck using the TWRP Manager app, but the version you want is 2.8.4.0, for jfltexx. Philz is a derivative of ClockworkMod, but I don't know if it has the same limitations.
Thank you man... got twrp and ran the backup. Looks like just what i was after...
Much obliged ?
...now that i've managed to get the backup done i would like to make sure about one point :
This will work if i mess install a new rom and for whatever reason i want to revert to my backed up rom... but what if i brick my mobile?
Thats happened to me before and i downloaded a rom which I flashed using Odin and with the phone in download mode... is there a way i can merge these files in a zip (or whatever format )that i can then flash with Odin?
If you brick and need Odin, you won't be able to use these files in it. However, if you have to install a ROM via Odin, you can afterward install the recovery and restore from the nandroid backup. The backup would then restore the S4 back to the state it was in when the backup was made.
...but is there no way of doing that in one step only? I mean just as someone prepared that rom to be flashed via odin can i not create one myself? There's gotta be a way. ...
platypus78 said:
...but is there no way of doing that in one step only? I mean just as someone prepared that rom to be flashed via odin can i not create one myself? There's gotta be a way. ...
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What you want is not possible.
You won't brick your phone, it's almost impossible.
If a situation like you describe emerges, then just flash a custom recovery trough Odin and restore the backup.
Damn that sucks ?
But at least its cleared so thanks for that...