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Fresh 2.0d and apps 2 sd.. Internal space decrease

ok so i did the command in the shell and i got /system/sd/apps which is good.
However everytime i install a app my internal memory decreases... My exact process is Wipe Factory wipe cache wipe ext partion... Then i create partion and convert 2 to 3.. I then flash 2.0d ..install a app ..internal memory decreases....WTF!

You shouldn't have converted the ext2 partition to ext3, as ext3 is a journaling FS.
Anyway, the internal storage is still used for /data/dalvik-cache, /data/data, and others. Only /data/app and /data/app-private are moved onto the SD card. It's normal for internal storage to go down after installing apps with Apps2SD.

i just installed sprint nav and went from 101mb to 93...thats right? Avaliabe space doesnt decrease at all!!
And i read on geekfor.me that your suppose to convert 2 to 3

I had to flash darktremors app2sd 2.5 for mine to work properly

Danokan said:
I had to flash darktremors app2sd 2.5 for mine to work properly
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+1 Danokan
also Mickdubs, .... ext 3 is more stable than ext 2 (less probability of lose of data) so you actually did do the right thing by converting it

is there any where in the process were im going wrong.
im using a a data class 6 turbo seris...8gb....
This is bothering me i already wiped twice now ..and im installing back all my apps and losing space..down to 50 mb right now

Did you do the test to make sure your a2sd is enabled properly?
http://geekfor.me/faq/apps2sd/

thats what my first post said!!
it says its working

mickdubs said:
thats what my first post said!!
it says its working
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your a2sd is working but installing a2sd 2.5 is the only way you will not see significant memory drop on your phone. everything except cache will be stored on your sd by flashing this zip
trust me, I went through the same thing as you til I read up and found this fix

so just flash as zip and be on the way..i apperciate all these quick replys ..xda comminity is strong!

mickdubs said:
so just flash as zip and be on the way..i apperciate all these quick replys ..xda comminity is strong!
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yes, flash through recovery but as always...do a Nandroid backup 1st. let us know how it goes

ok flashed and THANK YOU.... avaliable space is at 141mb... your d man

Every time !! Arghhhh

Okay,, i have a note 10.1 n8010 and EVERYTIME I FLASH a rom i cant install any apps and it says insufficient storage, I do everything step by step, I don't understand, I just don't understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone please explain me why this is, i wipe everything before doing a update etc...

asustf700t said:
Okay,, i have a note 10.1 n8010 and EVERYTIME I FLASH a rom i cant install any apps and it says insufficient storage, I do everything step by step, I don't understand, I just don't understand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone please explain me why this is, i wipe everything before doing a update etc...
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Are you using an external SD Card or just your internal one ?

lsherif said:
Are you using an external SD Card or just your internal one ?
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A external one as well

asustf700t said:
A external one as well
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Try following the below steps as per smaw51 recommendations :
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
mounts and storage/ format /data
mounts and storage/ format /system
mounts and storage/ format /cache
advanced/ wipe dalvik cache
Repeat a couple times for good measure

I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >

asustf700t said:
I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >
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So what`s your internal free storage after installing a fresh rom ?

asustf700t said:
I have already tried those steps as I found them online and it does nothing, I always have to delete everything and then return to stock ... I just don't get it >
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Oops accidentally thanked you for this post.
Anyways, I have found that wiping data from recovery doesn't clear download files and such. Download Astro File manager and see what is taking up most of your internal memory. I found personally that .zip files and a few things like that were taking up oodles of storage space. Also, when yuo do a CWM backup, do the backup to the External SD card, that way it doesn't take up app space.

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So what`s your internal free storage after installing a fresh rom ?
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like 7gb? and external is 4gb because i have a partition, but the partition in my case is irrelevant because before when I didn't know about link2sd I still had this problem, but everyone else seems to flash roms daily with no issues lol?

Jonphinguyen7 said:
Oops accidentally thanked you for this post.
Anyways, I have found that wiping data from recovery doesn't clear download files and such. Download Astro File manager and see what is taking up most of your internal memory. I found personally that .zip files and a few things like that were taking up oodles of storage space. Also, when yuo do a CWM backup, do the backup to the External SD card, that way it doesn't take up app space.
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okay ill thank you back lol, okay I will back it up externally for future reference, but the issue seems to be on every rom i download with my device...but no one else seems to have this issue with the same rom
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i can't it says ive reached my 8 limit today...

anyone?
i also tried the steps in this post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745247&page=3
I believe reading this thread and taking a few tips has fixed everything!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1908711&page=2

I strongly suggest you flash a stock rom using Odin and clear everything. If you still have problems with the stock rom on your tablet return it for warranty repair. My feeling is though it is something you are doing. So once back to stock (out of the box) reinstall apps one at a time - avoid apps to sd and installing them on external memory. I don't believe that can be necessary!

6.0.1 Storage Calculator Error?

Hey all, I have a strange issue, tried all the obvious solutions, cleared caches, data, haven't wiped dalvik yet but eh. Got a storage space almost full error the other day so I linked some unlinked apps to the SD card, cleared cached data, moved images and downloads to folders in SD card and deleted what I didn't need and voila, problem solved, I cleared like 3 GB. I even tapped "Other", clicked "Explore", sorted that by size and delete files from the biggest folder (RAR files in downloads).
Idk if the image uploaded but here's a breakdown of my internal storage as it is right now:
-5.83 GB Used of 9.47 GB
-Apps 5.79 GB
-Images 30.71 MB
-Videos 20.00 KB
-Audio 224 KB
-Other 548 MB
-Cached Data 68.16 MB
NOW if you add all that up you get roughly 6.45 GB, which leaves like 616 MB just floating around. When i went into other and saw those RAR files, they totaled up to like 500-something MB and when I deleted it I noticed it fell off of the "Total Used" counter, but remained in "Other" counter.
Is there a way to reset the "Other" counter? The space is there I THINK, just seeing it there is kinda annoying. Wat Do?

By formatting the internal storage maybe.
You won't lose apps, as those are kept on a different partition.
The only things you will lose are the files on the internal storage and maybe some app settings (for apps that store data there).
TWRP also stores its settings there, so next time it boots it will be like you just flashed the recovery.

GDReaper said:
By formatting the internal storage maybe.
You won't lose apps, as those are kept on a different partition.
The only things you will lose are the files on the internal storage and maybe some app settings (for apps that store data there).
TWRP also stores its settings there, so next time it boots it will be like you just flashed the recovery.
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will try that now, will I have issues with link2sd or have to reflash xposed, gapps or cm?

noozman7190 said:
will try that now, will I have issues with link2sd or have to reflash xposed, gapps or cm?
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nevermind, stupid question I'm tired, seems like a lot of trouble for something that is so strange and isn't really doing anything bad

noozman7190 said:
nevermind, stupid question I'm tired, seems like a lot of trouble for something that is so strange and isn't really doing anything bad
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I've never used link2sd.
But for the rest it's a big fat no.
Formatting the internal storage is exactly the same as formatting the microSD card.
I do recommend formatting it once in a while.
I usually do it at every ROM update.

GDReaper said:
I've never used link2sd.
But for the rest it's a big fat no.
Formatting the internal storage is exactly the same as formatting the microSD card.
I do recommend formatting it once in a while.
I usually do it at every ROM update.
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I'll do it tonight at work, I just cleared data from the unrar app I used for the rar files I had and that freed up about 100mb from the "Other" counter, didn't do anything for the total storage though

@GDReaper Wiping internal storage worked for me, even freed up more space than just the "Other". gr8 m8, I r8 8/8 Thank you!!!

Can't Find Backup

So I downloaded an update for Vemon Rom and went to flash it, I could remember the password I made for TWRP so I restarted my phone and ignored it, But the data on the phone got corrupted, I serarch online to see how to fix it and I saw Formating the userdata helps. So I did but now the phone is back to stock. I made a TWRP backup about a week before the update and now I can't find it no matter where I look, My SD card is merged with the phone memory, not sure if this info helped or am I boned and have to start completely fresh again?

Ragnell said:
So I downloaded an update for Vemon Rom and went to flash it, I could remember the password I made for TWRP so I restarted my phone and ignored it, But the data on the phone got corrupted, I serarch online to see how to fix it and I saw Formating the userdata helps. So I did but now the phone is back to stock. I made a TWRP backup about a week before the update and now I can't find it no matter where I look, My SD card is merged with the phone memory, not sure if this info helped or am I boned and have to start completely fresh again?
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I'm not up to date on SD-Card merged. But formatting userdata wipes internal storage, so it's possible your sd-card got wiped on the process as well.

andybones said:
I'm not up to date on SD-Card merged. But formatting userdata wipes internal storage, so it's possible your sd-card got wiped on the process as well.
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Well I tried looking for the backup before I did the Userdata wipe, also I'm sure it doesnt do internal storage, just system/data/cache its like a factory reset

Ragnell said:
Well I tried looking for the backup before I did the Userdata wipe, also I'm sure it doesnt do internal storage, just system/data/cache its like a factory reset
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Sorry, Yea was thinking of something else.
Anyway nandroid are held in internal or sd-card foldwr: TWRP/BACKKUPS/serial#/name_of_nandroid
I'm sure you know this, however.
Sorry I couldn't be of any help.

andybones said:
Sorry, Yea was thinking of something else.
Anyway nandroid are held in internal or sd-card foldwr: TWRP/BACKKUPS/serial#/name_of_nandroid
I'm sure you know this, however.
Sorry I couldn't be of any help.
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Rather gotten any helpful reply than none, thanks anyways bud

Formatting userdata is formatting the internal storage. If you had the Micro SD card added as adoptable storage, then your internal storage and Micro SD card can't be separated - what you do to one affects the other. So unless I'm misunderstanding something, all your storage got formatted.
Wiping doesn't erase your internal storage, but wiping alone wouldn't have solved your problem.

SD Card empty in TWRP

Hi, i've tried to install lineageos 15.1, it work great but now in TWRP the folder SD Card is empty, i dont know what to do.
Any suggestions ?

ImEraaz said:
Hi, i've tried to install lineageos 15.1, it work great but now in TWRP the folder SD Card is empty, i dont know what to do.
Any suggestions ?
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Sounds like your internal storage is encrypted and you see cryptic named folders that are empty. You can check the "decrypt data"

strongst said:
Sounds like your internal storage is encrypted and you see cryptic named folders that are empty. You can check the "decrypt data"
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Actualy i'm facing an other problem, I restore everything to stock, i unlock bootloader, flash twrp, i boot on twrp, just after without booting on the system. And immediately on the first boot i come back to the stock recovery.
It never happen before ..
On my first boot in twrp when i select storage, 'internal storage' is at 0Mb and in the log i got
Could not mount /data and unable to find crypto footer
Failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
Unable to mount storage ...

ImEraaz said:
Actualy i'm facing an other problem, I restore everything to stock, i unlock bootloader, flash twrp, i boot on twrp, just after without booting on the system. And immediately on the first boot i come back to the stock recovery.
It never happen before ..
On my first boot in twrp when i select storage, 'internal storage' is at 0Mb and in the log i got
Could not mount /data and unable to find crypto footer
Failed to mount /data (invalid argument)
Unable to mount storage ...
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After flashing twrp you need to flash magisk or a custom kernel so the twrp won't be restored to stock recovery. Seems like you missed some steps on the instructions to root your device.

strongst said:
After flashing twrp you need to flash magisk or a custom kernel so the twrp won't be restored to stock recovery. Seems like you missed some steps on the instructions to root your device.
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I feel so stupid, it was just the TWRP ...
The last on TWRP.me is not compatible, i took the last blu_spark and it work well

ImEraaz said:
I feel so stupid, it was just the TWRP ...
The last on TWRP.me is not compatible, i took the last blu_spark and it work well
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Yeah, from the that site it won't work too...

strongst said:
Yeah, from the that site it won't work too...
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Yes, thanks for the help.
BTW do you know how to install lineageos without being encrypted ?
People told me sideload but i don't know what's the difference

ImEraaz said:
Yes, thanks for the help.
BTW do you know how to install lineageos without being encrypted ?
People told me sideload but i don't know what's the difference
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Have a look at here for instructions https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/development/rom-lineageos-15-1-oreo-oneplus-5-t3727228
You need to format internal storage if it's encrypted.

strongst said:
Have a look at here for instructions https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/development/rom-lineageos-15-1-oreo-oneplus-5-t3727228
You need to format internal storage if it's encrypted.
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Yeah i try everything, i think i will wait for an new twrp that can decrypt it.
For now i will just remove the pin when i want to go into twrp

ImEraaz said:
Yeah i try everything, i think i will wait for an new twrp that can decrypt it.
For now i will just remove the pin when i want to go into twrp
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You need to format the storage within twrp

strongst said:
You need to format the storage within twrp
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Already done, nothing change

ImEraaz said:
Already done, nothing change
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If you format internal storage it's nothing shown for sure, that's the purpose of format. After that you can install lineageos along with gapps from USB otg for example.
For DECRYPT data you should not format unless you backed up all to your pc!

strongst said:
If you format internal storage it's nothing shown for sure, that's the purpose of format. After that you can install lineageos along with gapps from USB otg for example.
For DECRYPT data you should not format unless you backed up all to your pc!
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Ahah i know that if i format, my internal storage will be empty, i'm not that dumb ^^
But i tryied what you said and doesn't change ...
It's fine i don't go a lot in TWRP, i prefer magisk
Thanks dude

ImEraaz said:
Ahah i know that if i format, my internal storage will be empty, i'm not that dumb ^^
But i tryied what you said and doesn't change ...
It's fine i don't go a lot in TWRP, i prefer magisk
Thanks dude
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What do you mean by "and doesn't change ..." exactly? Are you not able to install lineageos 15.1? I don't get you what's not working right now.

strongst said:
What do you mean by "and doesn't change ..." exactly? Are you not able to install lineageos 15.1? I don't get you what's not working right now.
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It's working right now, just if i wan't to go in TWRP i need to disable the pins/password

ImEraaz said:
It's working right now, just if i wan't to go in TWRP i need to disable the pins/password
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That's cause of encrypted internal storage imo. But why it's not working for you i don't know...

strongst said:
That's cause of encrypted internal storage imo. But why it's not working for you i don't know...
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Yeap i didn't know too, i followed all the steps.
I started from oos 5.0.4 without any pins or password, i wiped -> factory reset and installed lineageos & GApps ...
At least i can see my sdcard folder right now ^^

Guys, I do the first steps with TWRP, but I see my SD Card empty when I go to install. I don't know what to do.
I have Samsung Galaxy TAB E (SM-T561) and twrp_2.8.7.0_sm-t561
I Don't know what to do... I am stuck.

strongst said:
Sounds like your internal storage is encrypted and you see cryptic named folders that are empty. You can check the "decrypt data"
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Where is this option? I can't find it...

hermeswol said:
Where is this option? I can't find it...
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Ok, I found the solution.
Format and change file system of the SD card inside the twrp, after that mount it in PC, restore the files, and it will be ok.