My internal storage space is constantly full. But i can't figure out where all the data is:
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I have installed TWRP and done a system root. I suspect there are ROMs, backups and temporary files somewhere that shouldn't be necessary and can be deleted. Can anyone help me remove unnecessary files? On my device i have Total Commander and TWRP.
edit: in fact im pretty sure i made a backup of the 'external' SD with TWRP before i rooted my device. It was a whopping 8GB, containing games that shouldnt have been backed up. Maybe that is still lingering somewhere on the device. I'd like to make a new backup without the unnecessary garbage, or simply move the backup to my external SD.
edit2: my backup was already on the external SD..
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Blackice015 said:
I suspect there are ROMs, backups and temporary files somewhere that shouldn't be necessary and can be deleted. Can anyone help me remove unnecessary files? On my device i have Total Commander and TWRP.
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For a start, I'd recommend making a thorough backup of the INternal storage - you'll need to decide what's worth keeping & what's worth getting rid of: things like personal contacts, text messages, emails, photos, music, videos & similar are worth backing up. You could use something like Huawei's HiSuite for this, as it'll be easy to restore these later when required. What's not worth backing up are apps you installed & their corresponding data (unless you need them for a specific purpose). Downloaded roms & other downloaded stuff can be manually backed-up to the external SD card (with cut + paste after connecting the phone via USB to a PC or similar).
Then, if you'd really like to start from a blank state, in TWRP go to the Wipe section & wipe these after selecting them: Dalvik Cache, Cache, Data, Internal Storage & Custom Storage (do not select System or your phone will not work after rebooting, & do not select External Storage unless you'd like to wipe the SD card as well). This will clear absolutely everything & one cannot realistically get the space occupied by a working phone any lower than this (unless you installed a 'slimmer' custom rom) - but only do this once you've carried out the above backups.
When you reboot the phone for the first time after the clear out, have a look in the HiSuite program to see how much space is occupied by a fresh phone - you're likely to be pleasantly surprised. Then you can begin to restore personal stuff that's very important, & reinstall & update all necessary apps only to keep it as slim as possible. Everything else can remain on the external card or backed up to a PC or similar if the external card is running out of space.
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edit: in fact im pretty sure i made a backup of the 'external' SD with TWRP before i rooted my device. It was a whopping 8GB, containing games that shouldnt have been backed up. Maybe that is still lingering somewhere on the device. I'd like to make a new backup without the unnecessary garbage, or simply move the backup to my external SD.
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What you seem to have done is simply backed-up the external SD card to itself, which isn't really necessary. One usually only makes full TWRP 'nandroid' backups of the INternal storage (boot, system & data partitions) so one has a complete system backup to restore should anything go wrong. But I can understand if this isn't desirable in your case, as it will only restore all the 'rubbish' / unneeded stuff as well. So, my suggestion would be to trim it down the best you can (as explained above), then take a TWRP nandroid internal backup & copy this backup to a PC to save space on the SD card & for safekeeping.
Thanks for the instructions. I followed them and i now have 3,5 GB free. This is after restoring apps, so it's a pretty good result. Also good i backed up even my external apps because the device didn't automatically find them.
Also, gonna try that app suggestion to see if there's anything especially bloaty.
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So, I open EaseUS and there are 4 partitions:-
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I want to extend the first partition (E to be able to put my files on the uSD. To do this, I think I have to make the unallocated space to be adjacent to partition "E:". But I can't do that: I could move the unallocated space to be before the last partition, but then I can't move it to be before the 3rd partition. I think that is because the 3rd partition is EXT3.
So, what can I do to put the unallocated space into the 1st partition (E?
Your 1st partition is your boot partition. You do not want or need to make it larger. Without changing anything else, you can stretch your data partition out to recover the 4.79GB of space. If you want to make the sdcard partition, I do not think that you can drag it backwards to recover the space. Instead, copy all of the files (107.23MB) currently on the sdcard partition somewhere, then delete the partition. That should leave you now with 6.04GB of unallocated space. Create a new sdcard partition and format as FAT32 and then copy the 107.23MB of files back.
I don't see any other easier options... does anyone else?
The "boot" partition is the only one I can access in windows, that's why I want to extend it.
I tried to take the unallocated space to before the boot partition - the boot partition is the first partition, by the way - and then I tried to make a partition out of the unallocated space. For this to work, I had to convert two of the partitions to logical, and so I did.
The result is that whenever I power the nook, it doesn't work. Moreover, I tried to access the files I have put in the newly made partition, and I couldn't anything (i.e. when I open the nook without the SD-card (and then insert it after boot) and go to library, I can't access the SD-card.
The issue with accessing data on the NC won't be fixed by playing with the boot partition.
And honestly, HC is not fully functional anyway. It could very well be an issue with your ROM choice. I recommend the Mirage Kang ROM, since it has no issues whatsoever. HC affords you no benefit of user interface acceleration either.
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The "boot" partition is the only one I can access in windows, that's why I want to extend it.
I tried to take the unallocated space to before the boot partition - the boot partition is the first partition, by the way - and then I tried to make a partition out of the unallocated space. For this to work, I had to convert two of the partitions to logical, and so I did.
The result is that whenever I power the nook, it doesn't work. Moreover, I tried to access the files I have put in the newly made partition, and I couldn't anything (i.e. when I open the nook without the SD-card (and then insert it after boot) and go to library, I can't access the SD-card.
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The rest of the card is available when you plug the Nook into the USB on your computer. You'll see the USB symbol in the notification area and can activate USB sharing. In fact, both the SD card and the emmc are available. You can store and transfer whatever you want in that mode. I wouldn't make the boot partition larger because it isn't easily available to the CM7 system.
I got a Big Problem with [ROM][KANG]IMM76I]
I have it install on my Wildfire after Formating it Complete.
Create a 512mb ext3 Partion on the gb2 SD-Card
I test Some apps but after install the some Google apps i still get "There is insufficient space on the device" apps aren't move to the SD-EXT
Testing S2E but it can't install the Script.
Darktremor Apps2SD Script V2.7.5.2-1 works but not complete.
Some commands not work.
but same after some apps i get again "There is insufficient space on the device"
I need the Apps on the EXT patition for Working Widgets.
Not on the Normal Fat32 Patition (Widgets Would't work)
At Today i Replaced the 2gb SD with a 32gb SDHC Card. now i have Create a 2gb ext Partition.
Maybe any has Create a Flashable zip with the Working script that S2E going to work or has an another way to Get all my apps again on my Wildfire.
With Working moving of Apps, Data and Dalvik to the EXT.
Like S2E has it do on CM7
Sorry i hope have'nt write to much wrong but my english isn't the best on the World.
I Tink i have fix it after a beginning by 0.
I mean with it i have Clean the Complete Phone it has no OS on it and all Folders are Formated.
1.) I load the Update.zip for CWM 5.0.2.0
2.) I Create under CWM 5.0.2.0 the SD-EXT partition
3.) I Format the SD-card and the SD-EXT
4.) Connect the Wildfire in CWM with the PC via USB
5.) I Send Follow files on the SD
Update.zip (CWM 5.0.2.0 u need it later again.
gapps-ics-20120422-signed.zip (Installs Google Play)
dtapps2sd-2.7.5.2-1-signed.zip (Installs Darktremor Apps2SD Script V2.7.5.2-1)
2012.05.10-update-cm-9.0.0-RC0-buzz-UNOFFICIAL-signed.zip (is the Rom
6.) Install the Rom
7.) let the Rom complete Boot
8.) is the Boot Complete reboot in Recovery Mode
9.) Install the Update.Zip
10.) Install gapps-ics-20120422-signed.zip
11.) Reboot the Device and let the Rom Complete Boot.
12.) After the complete boot reboot again in the Recovery
13.) Install again the update.zip
14.) clean the Dalvik Cache and the Cache Folder
15.) Install dtapps2sd-2.7.5.2-1-signed.zip
16.) Reboot the Device and let the Rom boot.
17.) Going to Settings ---> Apps and Notice the Free Space and the Blocked Space.
18.) Start Terminal Emulator.
18a.)Write su and click on acepting
18b.)write a2sd (some Text from the Darktremor Apps2SD Script popsup)
18c.)write a2sd reinstall (this will take a bit time and the Phone Reboots)
19.) let the Rom boot again complete and the boot up takes a bit longer time
20.) Start again Terminal Emulator
20a.) Write su
20b.) write a2sd (some Text from the Darktremor Apps2SD Script popsup)
20c.) Write a2sd cachesd (this will take a bit time and the Phone Reboots)
21.) let the Rom boot again complete and the boot up takes a bit longer time again.
22.) Going to Settings ---> Apps and watch the Space if you have more free Space it has work.)
23.) Have Fun
That's almost exactly how I eventually got it working (apart from the reboots to recovery after each zip installation)
By the way - does anybody know why S2E seems not to work on ICS when it is, in effect, doing the same thing as the Darktremor script (admittedly with fewer options)?
Finally - I'd add a couple more steps to that if I may...
0) Backup everything using Titanium Backup
22a) Restore the missing apps and data from Titanium
(Update - looks like S2E has been updated since I last looked at it, so it might now work. If anybody can clear that up for me I'd appreciate it)
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That's almost exactly how I eventually got it working (apart from the reboots to recovery after each zip installation)
By the way - does anybody know why S2E seems not to work on ICS when it is, in effect, doing the same thing as the Darktremor script (admittedly with fewer options)?
Finally - I'd add a couple more steps to that if I may...
0) Backup everything using Titanium Backup
22a) Restore the missing apps and data from Titanium
(Update - looks like S2E has been updated since I last looked at it, so it might now work. If anybody can clear that up for me I'd appreciate it)
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My last test with S2E was Still Failed but i have get Darktremor Script full work.
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All Work with that. but i have need Hours to Download and install all my apps.
But Appbrain with Fastwebinstall does it for me while i sleep.
So I have installed a good amount of ROM flashes that have you do a format of delete all cache.. blah blah you know the story. There are still files left over from previously installed apps. I think actually running a format on this would be a big problem, but is there anything I can do to truely get rid of everything that was not originally part of the setup before I flash again? After my latest flash, it looked like I was using almost 16Gigs of my internal SD card. Kind of surprised at that.
you may try this.. i copy from civato's post.
go to in recovery enter "Backup and Restore" and click on "Toggle backup and restore of internal storage (/data/media)"
should say enabled....
then go into "Mounts and Storage" and "format /data"
this will REALLY format data and you will loose all you have in the in the internal memory
Thanks, and I definitely tried that already. Instead of restoring some of my apps (winamp in particular) I downloaded them. The app immediately found my music files, which I did have to set it up previously to know they where on the external sd card. Also, a quick scan of the file structure, and I see .XXX folders that have names of apps that are no longer installed on this tablet.
I would have to say that this format was not a truely complete format, but please tell me I am wrong or did something wrong. I would love to get rid of all this junk and start over fresh.
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Thanks, and I definitely tried that already. Instead of restoring some of my apps (winamp in particular) I downloaded them. The app immediately found my music files, which I did have to set it up previously to know they where on the external sd card. Also, a quick scan of the file structure, and I see .XXX folders that have names of apps that are no longer installed on this tablet.
I would have to say that this format was not a truely complete format, but please tell me I am wrong or did something wrong. I would love to get rid of all this junk and start over fresh.
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The above steps only format Internal SD Card. Not Ext SD Card. Many apps keep info on Ext SD. There is an option to format Ext Sd Card, however, unless you really wish this, I would advise against it, unless you really want to clean everything. This includes all recovery backups. Most people, pull the card, copy their recovery folder and format from PC. Just to have backups.
You should understand the partitioning structure in android before messing with advanced features in CWM though.
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I appreciate your insight. I will take a screen shot of what I am talking about and post it here to be more clear.
Thank you.
Steps I followed from civato:
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If you got problems please before posting them do the following.
Performe a REAL format....
here's how to on cwm:
go to in recovery enter "Backup and Restore" and click on "Toggle backup and restore of internal storage (/data/media)"
should say enabled....
then go into "Mounts and Storage" and "format /data"
this will REALLY format data and you will loose all you have in the in the internal memory
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Here are some screen shots that should explain what I am seeing. The highlighted folder names are apps that I previously had installed, before the recommended format, and are no longer installed.
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Based on those images, hopefully you will see that there is still data on the internal SD, that I would think should be gone after a true format of the machine.
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Thanks, and I definitely tried that already. Instead of restoring some of my apps (winamp in particular) I downloaded them. The app immediately found my music files, which I did have to set it up previously to know they where on the external sd card. Also, a quick scan of the file structure, and I see .XXX folders that have names of apps that are no longer installed on this tablet.
I would have to say that this format was not a truely complete format, but please tell me I am wrong or did something wrong. I would love to get rid of all this junk and start over fresh.
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boot into fastboot and use this command 'fastboot erase userdata' that should do what u want
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boot into fastboot and use this command 'fastboot erase userdata' that should do what u want
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That would be in the process preparing to flash a new rom, correct? I am guessing this because it sounds like that will erase the data I also wish to have on the tablet.
After flashing a CM nightly and GApps, and only loading about 30 of my apps, I am showing 2.7 gigs of space left on the internal storage. Did I screw something up with the install? Did I miss a wipe or something? Of the 16GB on internal storage, how many should be used by the CM rom? I'm just wondering what space available should look like after a correct install.
Is there a way to get back the space on the internal storage that ATT and Samsung originally used for the TouchWiz rom?
what kind of wipe did you perform before flashing? did you come from stock or another custom rom?
I wiped the cache partitiion and the dalvik cache. Should I have also done the "wipe data'Factory reset" option?
I came straight from stock TouchWiz after the root.
Yes, you should have done a total wipe when coming from TW.
Wipe your /data and /system partitions.
Make darn sure the internal SD card is wiped because sometimes the folder structure used by TW is not the same as CM and it can cause problems. Not saying that's going to happen, but it is possible and I've seen it before.
After you wipe everything and re-install CM, you'll get close to 10GB of internal space available.
I re-wiped everything and reinstalled. Still showing just 2.66gb "free"
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just to make sure its covered, since we weren't there to see, check these directions below and double check that you performed them all before flashing:
In CWM:
Select Wipe data/factory reset
Select Wipe Cache
Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache
Select Mounts and Storage and format /system
If you are transitioning from 4.1 to 4.2 or 4.2 to 4.1, you must also format /data. You will lose all personal data so back it up first.
In TWRP:
Select Wipe
Select Factory Reset and wipe
Select System and wipe
If you are transitioning from 4.1 to 4.2 or 4.2 to 4.1, you must also select Data and wipe. You will lose all personal data so back it up first.
someone in the s3 forums had this issue today as well. he posted this:
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For anyone who may be experiencing this problem, I fixed it by following xBeerdroiDx's instructions and then by formatting sdcard. Be sure to put the rom and Gapps on an external sd and remove from the device before booting into recovery. After all that's stuff wiped, you may put the external sd back in and load the zip files from the external sd.
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Ok, this has me really scratching my head. I use ClockworkMod recovery to make backups. When backups are made, they go into a folder called clockworkmod/backup and get a name that is a date and time stamp. For some reason, the date is in the past. Lately, my backups get file names like "1970-5-16.10.40.36". Not a big deal...I now rename them as soon as they are made.
Here's the wierd part. I use FX file explorer and the stock file app. If I search for files/folders that contain "1970" I only get 2 hits. I can manually navigate to the folders that contain those backup files. They are real. If I go into ClockworkMod recovery and do a restore, I can choose from internal (default) or I can choose from the external SD card (the microSD card that can be removed). If I decide to go with the external SD card, I have one backup to choose from. I've seen that file on the card. It's there. If I choose to restore from the internal I have 4 to choose from. One that I have seen using file management and 3 others that I cannot find on my card. They have the same file name protocol as the others. All start with "1970". According to CWM recovery, they are in the "sdcard/clockworkmod/backup" folder. Don't confuse that with the external SD card, because the one on the removable microSD card is in "external_sd/clockworkmod/backup" according to CWM.
I have successfully restored to two of those backup files that cannot be found (by file management) on the SD or internal storage. Yes I have "show hidden" selected in the file management apps.
I no longer need those phantom backups, yet I cannot delete them, as they cannot be found by file management. I know they are there. I have proven that by restoring two of them. Backups that I have on my device that can be seen by file management apps take up about 2GB each, so I have about 6GB of storage consumed by files that I cannot delete!
And now the math problem. FX file explorer has a feature where you can sort files/folders by size. My internal storage is showing 9.6GB capacity with 1.3GB free. So I've used 8.3 GB. Easy math. When I analyze the internal storage, my largest folder is the "Android" folder and it is 1.4GB, which shows as 68% of the 8.3GB used. "DCIM" takes up another 25% at 523.2MB. All other folders are less than 1%. The point is that if I take my top two file sizes (1.4GB + 532.2MB = 1.932GB) and they make up 94% of my used 8.3GB, then something is not right. 94% of 8.3GB is 7.802GB. Now take that 1.932GB that is shown and add the (presumed ~2GB per backup of the 3 phantom files) 6GB of lost files...you get...about 7.8GB. Are you with me here?
WTF? Again... I know the files are on the device. I can use CWM to navigate to them. I can restore them and have had no issues using those restore points.
Here's an update. I have plenty of space on the removable microSD card. I created a folder called "stuff from the internal storage" and copied all of the files and folders from internal storage to it. While the copy was happening (using FX File Explorer) it showed it was copying 2GB of data. That is about right if you look at the math above. After copying the files, I deleted everything from the internal storage except the "Android" folder, again using FX File Explorer.
With "show hidden" selected, and having deleted everything else from the internal storage, FX is now saying I have used 9.6 GB with 1.6GB free. And the only folders in the internal storage are the "Android" folder which shows to be 1.4GB and 2 other folders that generated after a reboot. These numbers jive with the stock file management app also.
My next post will be screen shots of FX showing these files and their usage.
The screen showing usage of locatons...
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Showing what is in the internal. Hidden files are shown...this is everything.
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Browse using system (root) to /storage/emulated/0 and see if that shows any extra files or if you can then modify files.
I recommend backing up your important files to an external SD card or computer or cloud and then physically remove your external sdcard and go to your devices' recovery (cwm) and format the internal sdcard from the mounts menu
Then you can selectively restore your files from your backup.
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I found that I could delete those extra backups from within CWM recovery. In the future I will back up to my removable sd card so the files can be renamed.
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