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Map Hidden Storage 16 MB O2 Xda ATOM!!!

http://en.pdamobiz.com/en/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=410&PN=1&TPN=1

CRC, I can't access the page for some reason, very slow. Could you copy and paste the relevant info here?
Thanks!
V

Not including pictures:
Map Hidden Storage 16 MB O2 Xda ATOM!!!
"O2 Xda Atom" the tiny model that stand in the heart of PocketPCPhone users. It has big storage Storage, but there is another 16 Mb hidden storage. I'll tell you to to make use of it.
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O2 Atom has the storages as the following:
Program Storage (Root) = 22.11 MB
Storage Folder = 43.86 MB
Memory Card = it's MiniSD.
They are big enough to install the some programs. But actually there are hidden storage called "Hidden Partition" 15.55 MB. The main purpose of this storage is to keep AutoConfig , ClipArt , Skins , etc.
How to get inside "HiddenPartition"
We need tools name GSFinder+ .
1. Install GSFinder+ to Atom then open it up.
2. at Address bar at the top input as \_QHiddenPartition then tap Enter at keybaord.
Browsing around, you'll see many folder and files. I suggest to make a backup by copy all files to MiniSD, just for safety.
Those are data that used for Camera and AutoConfig.
In case you delelete them, some program may malfunction such as Camera and Autoconfig
By the way, if you don't use those program you can delete them.
Well we'll make use of it by Mapping as Storage. So that we can use that space.
How to map Hidden Partion to Folder
1. Download PDAMobiz_AtomShowHiddenStorage.zip unzip and copy to Atom.
2. Tap at file name to install at Atom.
3. Soft Reset
4. That's it
You'll see Hidden Storage was newly added. (Memory Card is mine miniSD 512 MB). Now you can use usual file explorer to see new folder.
For anyone who love to challenge new things, but I did not make the program to restore as previous condition, just hard reset to restore it back.
Good luck
Ru Chonburi

I can not access the web page too. Can you please upload the file here? Thanks

http://page.freett.com/todamitsu/file/gsf_ppc104e.zip
http://www.pdamobiz.com/forum/uploads/files/14EA9_PDAMobiz_AtomShowHiddenStorage.zip

Interesting. I wonder if it uses Buzz technique for exposing the Extended ROM to the filing system as a storage device.
V

XDA ATOM EXEC - Autoconfig
Hi,
please help me, how can i delete the file autoconfig.exe (hidden in ROM)
Thanks
Wolfgang from Austria

How can be set Storage Card\My Documents as default folder?

I'd like to save my new docs into the 'My Documents' folder of Storage Card automatically in order to save space in main (RAM) memory. I know it seems to be easy, just go to 'Options' and set 'Save to' Storage Card. I've done it in case of every frequently used program.
Camera and Excel works well, they place the new file into 'Storage Card\My Documents\My Pictures' and 'Storage Card\My Documents'. But Pocket Word and Notes place the new file just into Storage Card root dir.
Any hint how to solve it? Maybe some registry settings?
Thanks in advance
Tibor
(I posted the same message to Magician forum earlier since I have Magician but no answer came so far. - Maybe here...)

Solution
As it was my first request for assistance I thought the community was more helpful...
But no problem, finally I found the solution. (source: support.microsoft. com, article ID: 319616)
Let ME help if somebody has similar problem: you should delete the zero-byte-long 'ignore_my_docs' file from the root dir of Storage Card. This file prevents the built-in applications from using 'My Documents' dir as default/root folder while listing the files in 'Open File' window.
(If you need further explanation, refer to the above-mentioned Knowledge Base article.)
Cheers,
Tibor

Storage Card is a SD card and to save power it's disabled while the pda is off
many applications which run even when the device is off
use my doc dir
if it was located on a unavailable location like the SD card it would cause issues with the device

It's actually Q319516

Installing to Storage Card, Device getting full!

I always install to my storage card but it seems that no matter what i do, my device memory keeps filling up! I ran critically low to 785 KB on a HTC Kaiser. i noticed that the programs put things in /Program Files on my device and on /Storage Card/Program Files
Questions!
In the memory app located in settings it says under the main tab that there is "Storage" and "Program". My "Storage" keeps getting full while my "program" has 39.31 MB free. What is the difference?
Can I simply place all the /program files folders over to my /storage card/program files folder and fix shortcuts or does the programs require to take space on my device itself?
I have NO pictures or videos saved on my device, only storage card, and save all attachments/etc to my storage card aswell. I have reflashed and ran memmaid and no use...

I have tried copying the program files folder over to my storage card. Have 40MB free now but all sorts of broken shortcuts. I have turned off "Shortcut To" in windows via a registry key but when I create shortcuts on the device the pesky "Shortcut to" is still showing. I have decided to flash to the lastest rom and let SAMACHI handle my cab installs...

Other Ideas:
Emails:
I sync my Hermes with a huge Outlook personal folder with lots of emails, tasks and notes. By default, email "bodies" are stored as binary files (*.mpb) in the \Windows\Messaging folder (may vary?). This folder can grow in size up to 10 - 15 MB depending on the number of emails. So in my case it wasn't enough to move the attachments to the Storage Card, I also had to move the emails "bodies" to the Storage Card. You can do this by moving the folder to the Storage Card AND changing the registry as explained in the WIKI (Change the location of email and attachments) to point the new folder location. BUT PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF EMAILS AND ATTACHMENTS IF YOU ATTEMPT THIS. Windows stores email headers separate from email "bodies" so if you move the "bodies" and the registry points to the wrong location, you might get empty emails and loose all data permanently if you sync. BE CAREFUL...​Opera 9.5:
If you use Opera 9.5, you will loose another 10 - 12 MB in the \Application Data\Opera9 folder (may vary depending on opera version). In that case is better to run Opera from the Storage Card and tweak it so that its cache is also in the card.​Themes:
Some custom made themes are in the 100 - 500 KB range and if you have many themes in the \Windows folder it can take a couple of megs of storage space. I moved all my themes to the card and keep only the one I use in the \Windows folder.​

You could add more system memory by using a rom that has Ramdisk in it. In case you are not familiar, Ramdisk is a feature that basically uses Program memory as storage memory. It is similar to wm2003 and earlier, with the difference that you cannot manually allocate it. It has to be a hex edit in the rom itself. Now, regarding your question... program memory refers to the ram that is allocated for program use (as its name specifies). Basically, the more programs you have running, the lower this number gets. This is the memory resource of your device. Storage memory acts as your "hard drive", where you will place all your stuff (installation programs, pics, etc) provided that you do not send it to your storage card.
A lot of programs will install to device memory whether you instruct them to go in memory or not. Now, it should be perfectly possible to put the programs in the card as long as you rework the shortcuts...
I don't know which GPS program you are using (if any). But if you are, make sure that it is not downloading data into your device directly (things like maps, POIs, etc).
Try the first part of my post though. That might help you some.
Good luck!

egzthunder1 said:
You could add more system memory by using a rom that has Ramdisk in it........
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I wouldn't recommend doing so though, you want all the ram you can get.... less ram equals less speed. If you have other space (such as your storage card) then use that.
I reccomend one of garmins rom, they usually come loaded with extra space (dk4 comes with like 110mb)
Certain programs have to be installed to the main memory, but if you install to the storage card.... you should only lose a couple kb to shortcuts and such...... something isn't adding up.
PS: The difference between storage and program:
Storage= Hard drive memory
Program= RAM memory
PSS: There is a program called clear temp you may want to try, it gets rid of alot of you temp files for you.

After flashing my device and reinstalling everything to the storage card, I have came to the conclusion that some programs install to the device anyway even if you select Install to Storage Card. I went from 110MB free down to 78mb, all in the program files folder! Time to be moving these and fixing shortcuts!

Phone Storage

Why is it when i install any program on memory card it goes to the main storage. Anyone has notice that on the HD2, is there a solution for this. Need your help please

buddaking said:
Why is it when i install any program on memory card it goes to the main storage. Anyone has notice that on the HD2, is there a solution for this. Need your help please
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i guess that when you install something on storage card some files like shortcut and registry files are sent in phone storage

mishufac said:
i guess that when you install something on storage card some files like shortcut and registry files are sent in phone storage
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ok....thanks for that info. so unfortunate there is no solution for this.

Errm what.
Hey Budda could you explain what you mean a little more here mate? i.e. how do you know that the application is being installed to the main memory rather than your SD card. Are you checking in 'my device\program files' in explorer (first to see that its in main memory) and then 'my device\storage card\program files' to see if it's on the SD?
Just so that you are aware in order to be able to see shortcuts in either the start menu or sense that shortcut MUST be in main memory in the 'my device\windows\start menu\programs' folder or you wont be able to launch the app easily. - These files are tiny, between 24 - 54 bytes, so very little impact on main memory. To put it in perspective you would need ~18000 of them to take up just 1MB!
The registry also lives in main memory although in all reality doesn't take up much space adding the odd key here and there. (again the odd few bytes)
Some applications NEED to install some files to 'my device\windows' in order to function correctly, again this is not something which can be stopped.
BTW - Any app I install to my storage card does in fact go there (with the exception of parts of the programs I have mentioned above) So in answer to your original question, no I don't see the problem at all.

Prime_Directive said:
Hey Budda could you explain what you mean a little more here mate? i.e. how do you know that the application is being installed to the main memory rather than your SD card. Are you checking in 'my device\program files' in explorer (first to see that its in main memory) and then 'my device\storage card\program files' to see if it's on the SD?
Just so that you are aware in order to be able to see shortcuts in either the start menu or sense that shortcut MUST be in main memory in the 'my device\windows\start menu\programs' folder or you wont be able to launch the app easily. - These files are tiny, between 24 - 54 bytes, so very little impact on main memory. To put it in perspective you would need ~18000 of them to take up just 1MB!
The registry also lives in main memory although in all reality doesn't take up much space adding the odd key here and there. (again the odd few bytes)
Some applications NEED to install some files to 'my device\windows' in order to function correctly, again this is not something which can be stopped.
BTW - Any app I install to my storage card does in fact go there (with the exception of parts of the programs I have mentioned above) So in answer to your original question, no I don't see the problem at all.
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Well that was a bit brutal...
Actually I kind of know what he's saying.. I've found with a few (eg. Experiment 13) they over ride and install to the handset memory anyway. I thought it might be down to it needing the extra speed, might be wrong. I do agree in a whole tho, most apps do install bits 'n' bobs on the handset but hardly worth worrying about (from a storage point of view anyway)

[Q] Nexus 5, internal storage cleaning

Hello, and I have a question about my nexus storage space, I had search to look for my internal storage, it show I have about total of 5.4GB of space is use(include app, picture, video, download and other) but from my calculate and observations I found out there is 2.4GB is unknown, I only find out there is 3GB is used and know who is who belong to who...except for the downloading (which take about 554MB ) I cannot find where is the 554MB come from.
Over all my problem is, there is about 3GB of something that is occupying me space (include the unknown download) and anyone know how to find out those 3GB come from, or give a tool or suggestion to help me out to clean the 3GB space.
Also I have use the ES file explore to see how big is the system file and folder, but the result show to me is, "the whole system include sdcard (the location is →' \ ' )is near about 18GB and I only have a 16GB nexus 5
By the way I have completely check everything in the "sdcard" folder
So does anyone know how to solve this problem or give a suggestions? thanks ~~

Please go to the sticky thread in my signature then read my Nexus 5 data thread within there

Yu-Peng Lee said:
Hello, and I have a question about my nexus storage space, I had search to look for my internal storage, it show I have about total of 5.4GB of space is use(include app, picture, video, download and other) but from my calculate and observations I found out there is 2.4GB is unknown, I only find out there is 3GB is used and know who is who belong to who...except for the downloading (which take about 554MB ) I cannot find where is the 554MB come from.
Over all my problem is, there is about 3GB of something that is occupying me space (include the unknown download) and anyone know how to find out those 3GB come from, or give a tool or suggestion to help me out to clean the 3GB space.
Also I have use the ES file explore to see how big is the system file and folder, but the result show to me is, "the whole system include sdcard (the location is →' \ ' )is near about 18GB and I only have a 16GB nexus 5
By the way I have completely check everything in the "sdcard" folder
So does anyone know how to solve this problem or give a suggestions? thanks ~~
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Try Sdmaid app
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