I've recently noticed that my phone internal memory getting low (20MB) even though I had partition-ed my memory card to get Apps2SD.
I have a 8-GB card and the setting is (~512 MB EXT3, ~30MB linux-swap) and the rest is FAT32.
have a look at the attachments to analize the the problem.
Did I do something wrong? or this is normal !
regards,
nayyak
It's normal. Data caches fill over time and take up that internal memory. You can regain much of it back by opening up your app manager and clearing the caches of any app that allows, especially things like browsers, gmail, market, etc.
That'll free a bunch up. I highly recommend an app called CacheMate - it does all that with the push of a single button. You can also boot to recovery and clear your Dalvik cache.
Also, if you're rooted and install a bunch or different ROMs without wiping, this will happen.
Thanx for the response
but I've already tried wiping the cache folder and it didn't help coz it gets filled up immediately.
Gameboid was force closing on me, so I uninstalled it. Went to reinstall and I'm getting an installation error, "Insufficient storage available". My internal SD has 750 MB available. My app partition has 600 MB available. My external SD has 6 GB available.
In Root Explorer, I did a search for "gameboid", and deleted any related files. I wiped cache and dalvik in recovery. I tried a reinstall from Titanium, but got the same error. I'm trying to avoid a factory reset. Any suggestions?
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Here are a some fixes that should help with some (most?) of those having
'sdcard' issues (or hoping to avoid them):
The first fix should be applied by everyone. It fixes the fsck_msdos
program. This program is used to check your 'sdcard' for errors before
using it. This program can also correct many of these errors. After
this fix is applied, you should see a notification after booting:
Preparing SD card
Checking for errors.
This notification will last until it is done checking. That will last
around 30 seconds (can vary greatly depending on size of 'sdcard' and
number of files on it, etc.). If this notifcation is replaced with
one that states 'Damaged SD Card', then the fsck_msdos was unable
to correct the errors. Hopefully, with this fix (barring some other
major incident), all of the minor errors on the 'sdcard' will get
fixed before they become major errors that it cannot fix.
The fsck_msdos fix: http://www.mediafire.com/?g52q4zr03c3z1gx
Apply with your favorite recovery software.
NOTE: The fsck_msdos fix should be applied before any of the other fixes.
Also, you should boot at least once after applying the fix to allow it to
check/fix the 'sdcard'.
The other fixes are not true fixes, but work-arounds for the 50+
apps on sdcard issue. One of them allows you to increase the size
of your 'Internal storage' so you do not have to move apps to the
'sdcard'. The other allows you to move these apps back to the
'Internal storage' after you have encountered the 50+ issue.
After the "Preparing SD card" notification goes away, after about
a minute (can vary), do you see the following notification:
Removed SD card
SD card removed. Insert a new one.
If so, that (most likely) means that you have encountered the
50+ issue. To fix it, you will need to move apps back from
the 'sdcard' to the 'Internal storage' (or 'phone').
The next fix/workaround allows you to 'stash' some of the apps
on the 'sdcard' so that the 50+ issue does not come into play.
This will allow you to move apps back from the 'sdcard' without
encountering the "Removed SD card" error while attempting to do so.
Each time you apply this 'fix', it will 'stash' all but 40 of
the apps on the 'sdcard'.
So, apply this fix once. Then move apps back from the 'sdcard' to
the 'phone' (or 'Internal storage'). Note that apps that have been
'stashed' might show with a greyed-out icon with an 'SD Card' symbol
and the letters 'SD' -- do not attempt to move these. After you
have moved the apps from the 'sdcard' back to 'phone' (those that
haven't been 'stashed'), you apply the fix again. Applying the
fix the second time will 'unstash' the remaining apps (remember
that it will not allow more than 40 apps to be 'unstashed') thus
allowing you to move them off the 'sdcard' too.
Get it here: http://www.mediafire.com/?4n3fhag1d33127q
Apply with your favorite recovery software.
The last fix/workaround allows you to increase the size of your
'Internal storage'. This will allow you to store more apps on
your 'Internal storage' and avoid having them on the 'sdcard'.
To check your current 'Internal storage' space, go to
Settings/Storage and note the values under 'Internal Space'.
If the size of the 'Available Space' is not enough to hold
all the apps you are moving back from the 'sdcard' (or apps
that you will install in the near future), you will need
to increase the size of your 'Internal Space'.
You can increase the size of your 'Internal space' (or /data)
in increments of 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB and 2048MB. You apply
these 'fixes' with recovery software (tested with CWM and TWRP),
however, please note the warnings below.
********** PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS BELOW **********
********** PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS BELOW **********
data_plus_256mb: http://www.mediafire.com/?gxqjki8s255lwpw
data_plus_512mb: http://www.mediafire.com/?wh83t6urhnf82ad
data_plus_1024mb: http://www.mediafire.com/?zaeh4fd3pjinaga
data_plus_2048mb: http://www.mediafire.com/?xyxdx7xscee6mex
********** PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS BELOW **********
********** PLEASE READ ALL WARNINGS BELOW **********
WARNINGS:
1) BACKUPS. BACKUPS. BACKUPS. As always, and especially when you
are resizing filesystems, you should have backups. This means
backups of all data (that you would care about losing) on the
Touchpad. These backups should be stored off of the Touchpad.
2) Before attempting to resize your 'Internal space' make sure
you have enough free space on your 'sdcard' to do so. Check
this from Settings/Storage/SD card/Available Space. You should
have enough space plus a very healthy 'safety margin'.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE ALL (OR CLOSE) AVAILABLE SPACE FROM SDCARD.
3) Before applying this 'fix', make sure you have plenty of charge
on your battery.
4) Do not reboot, reset or otherwise interrupt the touchpad while
applying this 'fix'.
5) As soon as this 'fix' is complete, use the recovery software's
reboot command to reboot the system. Do not do anything else
in recovery after applying this 'fix'. This 'fix' does things
that recovery software are not designed to do and does not
expect to happen. REBOOT IMMEDIATELY AFTER APPLYING FIX.
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just got touchpad. i haven't encounter any issues with the sdcard yet. though i haven't installed too much yet. will keep eye on this. i like the tweaking of the partition sizes. seems easier than the webos doctor way.
thank you for your effort,
I was wondering if this can enable the USB host feature as well?
I have the Micro SD to female USB, which works fine with my galaxy S II phone but never with the touchpad. I saw youtube work arounds which are not very practical (using an external source of power)
thanks again
dundroid said:
thank you for your effort,
I was wondering if this can enable the USB host feature as well?
I have the Micro SD to female USB, which works fine with my galaxy S II phone but never with the touchpad. I saw youtube work arounds which are not very practical (using an external source of power)
thanks again
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No, does nothing whatsoever related to USB host.
I have the 32gig unit and over 100apps. And have had zero issues with the SD card... Am i just a lucky guy? Why would we not all have the problems? Not complaining im glad i have no issues but it find it strange how we all run the same hardware and there are only 3 maybe 4 android roms that can be installed.
Is there any explanation as to why some and not others have SD issues?
Ill keep this thread in mind if i should ever encounter issues.
TKG26 said:
I have the 32gig unit and over 100apps. And have had zero issues with the SD card... Am i just a lucky guy? Why would we not all have the problems? Not complaining im glad i have no issues but it find it strange how we all run the same hardware and there are only 3 maybe 4 android roms that can be installed.
Is there any explanation as to why some and not others have SD issues?
Ill keep this thread in mind if i should ever encounter issues.
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Note that the first fix (fsck_msdos) should really be applied by anyone as
it helps prevent minor errors on the 'sdcard' from becoming major errors.
For the 50+ apps issue, it is not the total number of apps installed, but
the number of apps installed to the 'sdcard'. Go to Settings, Applications,
Manage Applications, SD Card ... how many of those have a checkmark
in the boxes on the right?
I got a warning that I was low on internal space today so I ran the 3 fixes; fsck_msdos, stash apps, and then I ran the data plus 1024mb and received a checksum failure 4 after the script ran. I rebooted and the tablet still has 186mb free space. I downloaded the data plus 2048mb zip and ran it in recovery, on reboot I still have 186mb free space and my free space on the sd card went down by 2gb. I'm sure I did something wrong but any help would be great.
bilbo6209 said:
I got a warning that I was low on internal space today so I ran the 3 fixes; fsck_msdos, stash apps, and then I ran the data plus 1024mb and received a checksum failure 4 after the script ran. I rebooted and the tablet still has 186mb free space. I downloaded the data plus 2048mb zip and ran it in recovery, on reboot I still have 186mb free space and my free space on the sd card went down by 2gb. I'm sure I did something wrong but any help would be great.
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I'm not aware of any error that says: "checksum failure 4"
When you ran the "data plus 2048mb", did it say "FAILED" or "SUCCEEDED"?
Please copy the full output from the "data plus" script that you get.
Also, are you 100% SURE that the size of the 'sd card' went down by 2gb?
jcsullins said:
I'm not aware of any error that says: "checksum failure 4"
When you ran the "data plus 2048mb", did it say "FAILED" or "SUCCEEDED"?
Please copy the full output from the "data plus" script that you get.
Also, are you 100% SURE that the size of the 'sd card' went down by 2gb?
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OK I was wrong it wasn't checksum 4 it was fsck cm-data failed rc=4
here is the entire message
preparing tools...
Checking media...
Media 26136=> 24088 cm_data:1536=>35861
media_fs tot=26123 sz=10510 free=15613
checking cm-data...
fsck cm-data failed rc=4
> >failed <<
Yes the free space went from 17xxxmb to 15xxx mb
Bill
bilbo6209 said:
OK I was wrong it wasn't checksum 4 it was fsck cm-data failed rc=4
here is the entire message
preparing tools...
Checking media...
Media 26136=> 24088 cm_data:1536=>35861
media_fs tot=26123 sz=10510 free=15613
checking cm-data...
fsck cm-data failed rc=4
> >failed <<
Yes the free space went from 17xxxmb to 15xxx mb
Bill
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Not sure why your free space went from 17xxxmb to 15xxxmb.
Based on the output you provided, the script made no changes.
If either the "Checking media" or "Checking cm-data" fail, it will
not make changes. This is by design. What else did you do between
the free space being 15xxxmb and 17xxxmb? Did you do a backup?
The "fsck cm-data failed rc=4" indicates that it finds uncorrectable
errors on the "/data" filesystem and it is refusing to do the resize.
Doing a "ACMEUninstall" and the re-installing should fix the errors on
the "/data" filesystem.
Is the fsck_msdos fix specific to the Touchpad or can it be run on other Android phones running CM7?
Prey521 said:
Is the fsck_msdos fix specific to the Touchpad or can it be run on other Android phones running CM7?
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It is only for the Touchpad.
jcsullins said:
Not sure why your free space went from 17xxxmb to 15xxxmb.
Based on the output you provided, the script made no changes.
If either the "Checking media" or "Checking cm-data" fail, it will
not make changes. This is by design. What else did you do between
the free space being 15xxxmb and 17xxxmb? Did you do a backup?
The "fsck cm-data failed rc=4" indicates that it finds uncorrectable
errors on the "/data" filesystem and it is refusing to do the resize.
Doing a "ACMEUninstall" and the re-installing should fix the errors on
the "/data" filesystem.
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damm mine did this also.. ok at least i know what to do.. thx
jcsullins said:
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Thanks for your usual great work.
1- will any of the 3 fixes/workarounds be included in alpha 3.6 so I can just wait for that? If so which ones?
2- The data image resizing will probably not be in 3.6 so if I resize to 2048 what, if any, data will I lose for sure?
I will do a Titanium back up pro of apps & data anyway & copy onto PC as you advised anyway. Thanks again for your work, much appreciated.
wozhere said:
Thanks for your usual great work.
1- will any of the 3 fixes/workarounds be included in alpha 3.6 so I can just wait for that? If so which ones?
2- The data image resizing will probably not be in 3.6 so if I resize to 2048 what, if any, data will I lose for sure?
I will do a Titanium back up pro of apps & data anyway & copy onto PC as you advised anyway. Thanks again for your work, much appreciated.
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The fsck_msdos (sdcard check) fix should be in alpha 3.6. The resizing adds
that amount to what you already have. You typically will lose no data with
the resize if you heed all the warnings.
Thanks JC.
Hi JC,
Using the dataplus 2048 fix on my CM7 now for a couple of weeks and it's working great. Just looking ahead, do you know if this fix will also be applicable with the upcoming CM9? Thanks.
Mike T
I did install the 2GB partition zip file along with the fix file.after a reboot, the total internal space showed me something around 3.5GB, which i think is normal.
But the issue that i'm facing now, is that after installing around 30 apps, i'm not able to install any more apps. It shows me an error message saying that the app cannot be installed. I did try clearing the cache from recovery, but problem is still present. Internal space remaining is showing something around 1.5GB though.
Please help.
Thanks
My Defy is once again throwing "Low on space, phone storage is getting low" error messages. When I view the list of all applications and their storage usage, the bottom of the screen displays 1.26GB used, 5.1MB free. However, if I scroll down the list and add up all of the storage being reported by the system for each app, the total is only about 191MB (I don't have a lot of apps). So, is there some type of internal storage memory leak somewhere?
I've been happily running a nightly CM7.2 build from April, and I haven't installed a new app in months. The last time this error happened, I eventually had to do a factory restore and reinstall everything to fix the internal storage limit. And after restoring all my apps and settings, the total internal storage used by the new build was less than 200MB.
Anyway, I'm throwing this out there for suggestions prior to rebuilding everything, again. I already tried wiping caches and updating to the lastest 7.2 nightly, but I'm still getting the error.
I ended up doing a factory reset and reinstallling apps from backup, but would still welcome suggestions for the next time this happens. I wasn't able to try SDMaid, because even after freeing up 130MB of internal storage, the installation would fail with an insufficient storage error . However, I did install SDMaid on the new build, so now I'm ready.
Hi,
I did a full format and installed cm11 yesterday.
While installing some apps it randomly started saying insufficient storage available but not always and biggers apps could still be installed.
I read about logcat and dumpstate but i cannot dial the number in cm dialpad and with terminal it says /data/logs is not found. Also when i search manually it is not to be found.
I did however find logcat file and dumpstate file in system/bin but they are small files (no folder with logs).
Also lost and found folder is empty.
Already have 4 GB free storage space but still het the error.
I tried many cache cleaner and general Cleaners and also deleted dalvik cache and formated cache partition but nothing helped.
I dont want to Factory reset again cus i already lost a lot of time configuring the phone twice.
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Space
Most of the nightlies I have used (seems to be ever second one) I was getting "insufficient Storage Space" when trying to install/update from playstore, got sick of having to reinstall EVERYTHING from scratch so I went to Goldeneye rom instead, not a problem.
dwarfer66 said:
Most of the nightlies I have used (seems to be ever second one) I was getting "insufficient Storage Space" when trying to install/update from playstore, got sick of having to reinstall EVERYTHING from scratch so I went to Goldeneye rom instead, not a problem.
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Oh really?
Well it's probably the same bug then but others don't seem to have the same isue.
You are the only person i found.
I was thinking of doing a format again and installing the nightly from 8 april (its late D but if you had it with every nightly there is a big chance i will keep getting it
Damn
Try reflashing again the rom sir