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insufficient space? jf41 card install..

i keep getting error failed to install insufficient space.. sd storage available 58 mb...
after i installed that steam window app soon after 3 of my apps dissapeared and now im getting that wtf

# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 48.4M 0 48.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 67.5M 64.0M 3.5M 95% /system
/dev/block/loop0 1.5M 1.5M 0 100% /system/modules
/dev/block/loop1 3.1M 3.1M 0 100% /system/xbin
/dev/mmcblk0p2 1.5G 14.4M 1.5G 1% /system/sd
/dev/block/mtdblock5 74.8M 17.4M 57.3M 23% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 67.5M 1.2M 66.3M 2% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 5.8G 876.5M 5.0G 15% /sdcard

i moved my data/data to sd and still says that.. anyeone someone please help.. i did that by diong this command..
adb shell
cp -a /data/data /system/sd
rm -r /data/data
ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data

you try a wipe? that seems to fix all of my problems

haitiankid4lyf said:
you try a wipe? that seems to fix all of my problems
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wipe didnt work.. i re did root process .. again!... installed adp1.1 but i think ill go back to rc 30 soon.. some apps are not compatible.. like droid auto rotate.. and some other ones.. self help is messy same as toggle gps

Smokuevo said:
i moved my data/data to sd and still says that.. anyeone someone please help.. i did that by diong this command..
adb shell
cp -a /data/data /system/sd
rm -r /data/data
ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data
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If you are trying to copy to the SD card shouldn't you use:
cp -a /data/data /sdcard/[whatever subfolder]

foxtrickle said:
If you are trying to copy to the SD card shouldn't you use:
cp -a /data/data /sdcard/[whatever subfolder]
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sd is ext2 part sdcard is fat32....!..

after i installed JF V1.41 i could no longer do move data to sd.
Code:
adb shell
cp -a /data/data /system/sd
rm -r /data/data
ln -s /system/sd/data /data/data
after I did that, I would have to do wipe and I beleive that superuser would give the error 3 or something.
I did the app to sd instead of data and linked cache to sd and working like a charm.

please help me move my apps to sd card

i know theres a thread but i'm confuse about what to install and run to transfer my apps to my sd card.
my sd card is already partitioned to 6gb fat32 and 2gb ext2 and its rooted with jf1.41 as well.
please give me a specific instructions cuz im a noob when it comes to adb shell sdk cmd or whatever computer words.
thanks in advance!

Well i'm a noob as well can't seam to finish the last step myself but i'll try my best.
Just a wild gues u r running Windows right?

yeah im using windows xp but it has vista transformation pack if that will make a difference.

Ok.
Have u got "modified mountd & init.zip (685 Bytes, 475 views)" wich is an attachement at the bottom of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=468959 ???
Download this small zip from http://modmygphone.com/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_ADB . Unzip the files to a desktop and copy it to system folder after that follow this link http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm.
let me know when u r done???
But remember i am also a big time noob but just trying to help as much as i can when no one else will so if i get some thing wrong don't get angry with me just let me know what i told u that was wrong and that way we can help each other out and correct one n other.

Zionator said:
But remember i am also a big time noob but just trying to help as much as i can when no one else will so if i get some thing wrong don't get angry with me just let me know what i told u that was wrong and that way we can help each other out and correct one n other.
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if you copy the modified mount.conf and init.rc files to the SD card at the root then this would be the way in "Terminal":
$su
#busybox cp -a /sdcard/mount.conf /system/etc/mount.conf
#busybox cp -a /sdcard/init.rc /system/init.rc
#mkdir /system/sd
now that the modified files are there you MUST reboot .. this is all done after you have root and after you have done the double partitions on your SD card .. once you reboot you should go back to the "Terminal" to make sure everything's good
$su
#busybox df -h
if you don't see a line like this:
/dev/mmcblk0p2 1.5G 94.4M 1.3G 7% /system/sd
then something didn't mount properly .. so if you DO see this line now you can continue:
#busybox cp -a /data/app /system/sd
#rm -r /data/app
#ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
#busybox cp -a /data/app-private /system/sd
#rm -r /data/app-private
#ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private
now the apps are all on the EXT2 partition of the MicroSD .. happy downloading

I don't know what i have done wrong but eveything i try i keep getting errors and u have been more then help full but i am proberly to stupid to do it my self and i know i can do it if only i could find a video toturial from youtube or so but can't find any so i am stuck here.
But thank you very much for all ur help i would never have gotten to the last step with out ur help.
So now my only option is a help video or remote pc help if that is possible.
Ps. xda should make u a Moderator or Admin cause u r very help full and u know what u r talking about.

Zionator said:
I don't know what i have done wrong but eveything i try i keep getting errors and u have been more then help full but i am proberly to stupid to do it my self and i know i can do it if only i could find a video toturial from youtube or so but can't find any so i am stuck here.
But thank you very much for all ur help i would never have gotten to the last step with out ur help.
So now my only option is a help video or remote pc help if that is possible.
Ps. xda should make u a Moderator or Admin cause u r very help full and u know what u r talking about.
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it's a nice thought .. not really sure i'd want to hold that kind of responsibility tho .. i think it'd be like calling me "Mr. President" when i drive the local garbage truck .. these guys are doing great here .. i'm just glad to lend a hand and hope it helps out

Hey guys just thought i'd chime in.
Firstly just to clarify are you using adb from your windows system or are you trying to do this all on the terminal app because these commands are issued to terminal after replacing both mount.conf and init.rc as described above
$su
#busybox df -h
as above you should see a line "/dev/SOMETHING" "size data" "/system/sd"
if you don't see this line then there's most likely a problem with your card format, did you make sure you had fat32 first then ext2 in that order on the card, fat32 must be first. i find it helps to check if camera can use the sdcard, if it can't, reformat, unmount and check camera again.
Assuming you've gotten this right so far
#busybox cp -a /data/app /system/sd
#rm -r /data/app
#ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
#busybox cp -a /data/app-private /system/sd
#rm -r /data/app-private
#ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private
and hopefully your apps should all work, but not appear as downloaded in the market (don't worry this'll change if you reinstall them from the market)
if you're using adb from windows to try the above the commands will be slightly different:
Procedure:
***********************************************************
- this can be skipped if you've already replaced the mountd.conf and init.rc
adb remount
adb shell mkdir /system/sd
adb shell ls /system
adb push LOCATION OF FILE/mountd.conf system/etc/mountd.conf
adb push LOCATION OF FILE/init.rc system/init.rc
(LOCATION OF FILE = the folder you have the modified files)
adb shell
reboot
***********************************************************
If you've skipped ahead
adb remount
adb shell
busybox df -h
as above you should see a line "/dev/SOMETHING" "size data" "/system/sd"
Again if this line doesn't exist you've missed something, go back
busybox cp -a /data/app/ /system/sd
rm -r /data/app/
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
busybox cp -a /data/app-private /system/sd/app-private
rm -r /data/app-private
ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private
reboot
and hopefully your apps will all work and again, not appear in market.
If this doesn't help please advise what error messages you are getting and exactly where everythings going wrong, maybe we can get you back on track.

just reformated the card from fat 16 to fat 32 as u said hope it works now lol.
And thanks for the help.
Keep u posted.

C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop>adb shell
# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 48.4M 0 48.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 67.5M 67.5M 0 100% /system
/dev/block/loop0 1.4M 1.4M 0 100% /system/modules
/dev/block/loop1 3.1M 3.1M 0 100% /system/xbin
/dev/block/mtdblock5 74.8M 44.6M 30.1M 60% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 67.5M 1.3M 66.2M 2% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1.3G 4.0K 1.3G 0% /sdcard
#
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# busybox cp -a /data/app/ /system/sd
busybox cp -a /data/app/ /system/sd
cp: write error: No space left on device
cp: write error: No space left on device
cp: write error: No space left on device
The list goes on and on. puha need a smoke.
But thanks for help.
why does it say "No space left on device"???
C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\G2>adb push C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\G2\/mountd
.conf /system/etc/mountd.conf
failed to copy 'C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\G2\/mountd.conf' to '/system/etc/mo
untd.conf': No space left on device

Ok might be fine but better safe than sorry your last line says:
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1.3G 4.0K 1.3G 0% /sdcard
That means that you're sdcard in fat32 format is only 1.3gbs in size is that correct? I assume this means you're using the sdcard that came free with the phone (2gb) if your card is larger say an 4 or an 8 something has gone wrong, but if this is correct lets move on.
cool so your sdcard is now partitioned fat32 -1.3gb followed by 0.7gb ext2
better safe than sorry redownload http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=139735&d=1230107855 the files and place them (the 2 files, not the folder) in the same folder as adb (do not mount your usb card)
>adb remount
>adb push mountd.conf system/etc/mountd.conf
>adb push init.rc system/init.rc
>adb shell
#mkdir /system/sd
#ls /system
(make sure a folder called sd exist)
#reboot
When your android reboots
>adb remount
>adb shell
#busybox df -h
Cross fingers, pray, beg, bargain and look for the line
"/dev/SOMETHING" "size data" "/system/sd"
in case this doesn't work i'm going to pm you my email, we can chat on google messenger and try and get this sorted

Quick question are you remembering to "adb remount" when you attach the phone - if you don't the phone wont be writable, which may explain the no space issue here:
C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\G2>adb push C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\G2\/mountd
.conf /system/etc/mountd.conf
failed to copy 'C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\G2\/mountd.conf' to '/system/etc/mo
untd.conf': No space left on device
*********but here you are trying to write to a location that doesn't exist, unless you see the magic line ending system/sd you cannot proceed
# busybox cp -a /data/app/ /system/sd
busybox cp -a /data/app/ /system/sd
cp: write error: No space left on device
cp: write error: No space left on device

Jesus this is killing me!!! yesterday i got all the way to step.12
And yes the sd came with the phone sdcard in fat32 -1.3gb followed by 0.7gb ext2 - yes that's correct.
And in case u where woundering then yes my phone is rooted wich was a pice of pie compered to this lol.
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C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop>adb remount
remount succeeded
C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop>adb push mountd.conf system/etc/mountd.conf
failed to copy 'mountd.conf' to 'system/etc/mountd.conf': No space left on devic
e
C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop>adb push C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\/mountd.conf
system/etc/mountd.conf
failed to copy 'C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop\/mountd.conf' to 'system/etc/mountd
.conf': No space left on device
C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop>

You're not kidding i've done this 5 times (on 3 phones - updates) never had this much trouble!
do you have the same problems if you sit the files on your sdcard and do the following? if so as much as it sucks to lose your data i would strongly suggest doing a wipe before hand (reboot phone holding home and at prompt alt + w)
>adb shell
#busybox cp -a /sdcard/mount.conf /system/etc/mount.conf
#busybox cp -a /sdcard/init.rc /system/init.rc
#mkdir /system/sd

C:\Users\Illuminator\Desktop>adb shell mkdir /system/sd
mkdir failed for /system/sd, File exists

fantastic, well that's something! how about the other two did both copy successfully? and if so does the magic line appear after reboot?

faithnolonger said:
fantastic, well that's something! how about the other two did both copy successfully? and if so does the magic line appear after reboot?
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Just restarting the phone but for some reason all the app are copyed to the fat32 part of the sdcard lol.
oh no for some odd reason the sdcard is not working no more???
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# busybox df -h
busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 48.4M 0 48.4M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 0 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 67.5M 67.5M 0 100% /system
/dev/block/loop0 1.4M 1.4M 0 100% /system/modules
/dev/block/loop1 3.1M 3.1M 0 100% /system/xbin
/dev/block/mtdblock5 74.8M 44.6M 30.1M 60% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 67.5M 1.3M 66.2M 2% /cache
#
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Just wiped the system on the phone and reinstalling the JFv1.31

wow that's not right your apps should not be there:S
ok maybe time to go to real time chat i've got my android next to me, i've pm'd you my email address, you can message me over IM

Ok thanks i am ready in chat mode hehe.

when i type any of the adb command stuff i keep getting error: device not found. i don't know what to do next.

A2SD with FRESH 2.0d

This may be a super n00b question, but I previously ran a MoDaCo ROM, and was able to use the A2SD instructions from code.google.com to get my apps to store to the SD. Today I upgraded to Fresh 2.0d, (which is awesome btw) and no matter what I do, it seems that downloading apps keeps using my system memory. here is the output of busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 95.5M 0 95.5M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 4.0K 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 170.0M 135.4M 34.6M 80% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 159.5M 60.2M 99.3M 38% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.1M 128.9M 1% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 677.4M 71.4M 569.9M 11% /system/sd
/dev/block//vold/179:1
2.9G 2.1G 788.2M 73% /sdcard
Is there a step that I'm missing somewhere? My use% on the /data partition seems to keep going up.
Thanks in advance for the help!!

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I'm sorry, I don't understand.

SchmediumTux said:
This may be a super n00b question, but I previously ran a MoDaCo ROM, and was able to use the A2SD instructions from code.google.com to get my apps to store to the SD. Today I upgraded to Fresh 2.0d, (which is awesome btw) and no matter what I do, it seems that downloading apps keeps using my system memory. here is the output of busybox df -h
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 95.5M 0 95.5M 0% /dev
tmpfs 4.0M 4.0K 4.0M 0% /sqlite_stmt_journals
/dev/block/mtdblock3 170.0M 135.4M 34.6M 80% /system
/dev/block/mtdblock5 159.5M 60.2M 99.3M 38% /data
/dev/block/mtdblock4 130.0M 1.1M 128.9M 1% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 677.4M 71.4M 569.9M 11% /system/sd
/dev/block//vold/179:1
2.9G 2.1G 788.2M 73% /sdcard
Is there a step that I'm missing somewhere? My use% on the /data partition seems to keep going up.
Thanks in advance for the help!!
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1. Remount the drive by typing this command: adb remount
2. Enter the phone shell: adb shell
3. Type ls -l /data to get a directory listing of /data
4. Look for an entry named app. If the following is to the right of the entry, a2sd is running: "-> /system/sd/app"
5. If not, type the following commands:
cp /data/app/* /system/sd/app
cp /data/app-private/* /system/sd/app-private
rm -r /data/app
rm -r /data/app-private
ln -s /data/app /system/sd/app
ln -s /data/app-private /system/sd/app
That should, hopefully, fix your issue.

Wow.. Thank you sooo much. I'm still in the early learning stages of Linux and android, so I needed that direction. I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out^^

tkirton said:
1. Remount the drive by typing this command: adb remount
2. Enter the phone shell: adb shell
3. Type ls -l /data to get a directory listing of /data
4. Look for an entry named app. If the following is to the right of the entry, a2sd is running: "-> /system/sd/app"
5. If not, type the following commands:
cp /data/app/* /system/sd/app
cp /data/app-private/* /system/sd/app-private
rm -r /data/app
rm -r /data/app-private
ln -s /data/app /system/sd/app
ln -s /data/app-private /system/sd/app
That should, hopefully, fix your issue.
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I get the results you said but yet everytime i download an app my internal memory is going down. I also cd /system/sd/app and everything I dl'ed is in there, do i need to redo my sd?

ABNinja said:
I get the results you said but yet everytime i download an app my internal memory is going down. I also cd /system/sd/app and everything I dl'ed is in there, do i need to redo my sd?
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it wont help as it seems to be a bug.

Fresh 2.0d A2SD Apps not being moved out of internal memory
I have HTC HERO, Fresh 2.0d rom, 16gb sd card and RA 1.6.2. I have partitioned sd, created ext2, converted ext2 to ext3 and installed rom and apps. All apps load and function but they are being put into internal mem and copied rather than moved to sd\apps. Memory check shows internal and sd memory decreases with installation of apps.
Here's a screen shot of my command prompt showing that Apps and Apps Private are being reassigned to sd card properly:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\VP>cd\
C:\>cd tools
C:\tools>adb remount
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
remount succeeded
C:\tools>adb shell
# ls -l /data
ls -l /data
drwxr-xr-x system system 2010-04-26 10:55 tombstones
drwx------ system system 2010-04-26 10:08 backup
prw-r--r-- system system 2010-04-23 16:32 gps_nmea_fifo
-rw-rw-rw- media system 12 2010-04-26 00:04 StreamingPacketLost.txt
-rw-rw-rw- media system 2 2010-04-26 12:11 pvcodec.txt
drwxrwxr-x system system 2010-04-26 11:54 system
drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-23 16:28 anr
drwx------ root root 2010-04-26 10:09 agent
drwx------ root root 2010-04-23 16:27 agent_htc
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 app-private -> /system/sd
/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 app -> /system/sd/app
drwxrwxrwx bluetooth bluetooth 2010-04-26 10:09 btips
drwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 DxDrm
drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-26 10:54 dalvik-cache
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 drm -> /data/local
drwx------ root root 2010-04-26 10:07 property
drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-26 10:54 data
drwxr-xr-x shell shell 2010-04-23 16:27 local
drwxrwxrwx wimax wimax 2010-04-23 16:27 wimax
drwxrwx--t system misc 2010-04-26 12:10 misc
drwxr-x--- root log 2010-04-23 16:27 dontpanic
drwxrwx--- root root 2010-04-23 16:27 lost+found
# exit
exit
C:\tools>
Please let me know what I can do to get A2sd working properly on Fresh 2.0d rom whether its a manual or auto version or any other fix. I use lots of apps and I am getting low memory warning from the system.
Thanks

Same problem here. Please help

Easy fix. just flash Tkirton's Darktremor A2SD zip in recovery. Works perfectly. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670087

What do you type in the terminal to make it show that infomation?

4SidedDie said:
What do you type in the terminal to make it show that infomation?
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ls -l /data
That will give you a directory listing.

I installed apps2sd 2.5 and my internal memory went from 50 to 129.

Darktremor A2SD version 2.6.1
I get fielded with a lot of questions that ask "How can I verify if the Apps2SD (or a2sd) is working correctly." And many people, including myself, have written message after message regarding how you can check to see if your data is on the SD card.
I'm not complaining, mind you...I personally like the attention. But, I'm also trained from various programming jobs that require a lot of support (the one I'm currently at is a good example). When I see a lot of people asking the same questions, I think to myself "there's got to be an easier way to do this." That's when I start working on a program solution to the issue.
For those of you who are new to Apps2SD, here's what you do:
1. Follow the installation instructions on the first message in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670087
2. Once you are in the shell, type /system/bin/a2sd check. A report will print on your screen telling you if you have issues with your A2SD setup.
3. If you do run into issues, you can fix them easily by typing /system/bin/a2sd repair.
4. If nothing is setup, try running the installer again: /system/bin/a2sd install
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Now, if you do decide to run the stock A2SD, or any other variant, here's how you check that version (this will also work for any version of Darktremor A2SD):
1. Setup your SD card. (Follow the steps If you have not setup your SD Card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670087).
If you are using the A2SD that came with the kernel, you don't have to do step i. If you are using another version besides Darktremor, follow step i, but put the file you got from the A2SD provider on the SD card).
2. While still in recovery, flash the A2SD you obtained as you would a normal ROM. If you are using the included A2SD for your particular ROM, skip this step.
3. Reboot the phone and allow the phone to completely load.
4. Enter a phone shell by typing in a command window: adb shell
5. Type the following in adb shell:
cd /data/app
pwd
If you get /system/sd/app returned, then A2SD installed correctly. If you get /data/app, A2SD did not move the data.
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You can manually move the data yourself by typing the following commands:
mkdir /system/sd/app
mkdir /system/sd/app-private
chmod 777 /system/sd/app
chmod 777 /system/sd/app-private
cp /data/app/* /system/sd/app
cp /data/app-private/* /system/sd/app-private
rm /data/app
rm /data/app-private
ln -s /system/sd/app /data/app
ln -s /system/sd/app-private /data/app-private

1. Flash the Darktremor A2SD 2.6.1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670087
2. Reboot
3. Once the phone reboots, go into your phone (adb shell) and type:
/system/bin/a2sd cache
That will move the dalvik-cache. Once the move is complete, reboot the phone.
jtology said:
I have HTC HERO, Fresh 2.0d rom, 16gb sd card and RA 1.6.2. I have partitioned sd, created ext2, converted ext2 to ext3 and installed rom and apps. All apps load and function but they are being put into internal mem and copied rather than moved to sd\apps. Memory check shows internal and sd memory decreases with installation of apps.
Here's a screen shot of my command prompt showing that Apps and Apps Private are being reassigned to sd card properly:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\VP>cd\
C:\>cd tools
C:\tools>adb remount
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
remount succeeded
C:\tools>adb shell
# ls -l /data
ls -l /data
drwxr-xr-x system system 2010-04-26 10:55 tombstones
drwx------ system system 2010-04-26 10:08 backup
prw-r--r-- system system 2010-04-23 16:32 gps_nmea_fifo
-rw-rw-rw- media system 12 2010-04-26 00:04 StreamingPacketLost.txt
-rw-rw-rw- media system 2 2010-04-26 12:11 pvcodec.txt
drwxrwxr-x system system 2010-04-26 11:54 system
drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-23 16:28 anr
drwx------ root root 2010-04-26 10:09 agent
drwx------ root root 2010-04-23 16:27 agent_htc
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 app-private -> /system/sd
/app-private
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 app -> /system/sd/app
drwxrwxrwx bluetooth bluetooth 2010-04-26 10:09 btips
drwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 DxDrm
drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-26 10:54 dalvik-cache
lrwxrwxrwx root root 2010-04-23 16:27 drm -> /data/local
drwx------ root root 2010-04-26 10:07 property
drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-26 10:54 data
drwxr-xr-x shell shell 2010-04-23 16:27 local
drwxrwxrwx wimax wimax 2010-04-23 16:27 wimax
drwxrwx--t system misc 2010-04-26 12:10 misc
drwxr-x--- root log 2010-04-23 16:27 dontpanic
drwxrwx--- root root 2010-04-23 16:27 lost+found
# exit
exit
C:\tools>
Please let me know what I can do to get A2sd working properly on Fresh 2.0d rom whether its a manual or auto version or any other fix. I use lots of apps and I am getting low memory warning from the system.
Thanks
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Hey i just got finished installing A2SD 2.6.1 and i have a class 2 16gb sd card and my internal mem is reading like 74/159, is that normal?
I DID install the correct version for class 2 cards
and i did your /system/bin/a2sd check
and it looked like everthing checks ok
In A2SD status report i got this
[*] /data/app link active
[*] /data/app-private link active
[*] /data/dalvik-cache NOT active
No Cache flag file present
[X] Swap partition NOT present
i read that the other guy had 100+ mb free after A2SD and i also remember back on 1.5 when i had tried it out i got similar numbers.
Anything else i can do to maybe check if i did everything alright?
or maybe already know why im getting still such a low internal mem?

you should check out the GUI version of apps2sd http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670098
2.5 just crashed my phone, the GUI version not only fixed all my problems but it sped everything up signaficantly. Im not an expert with computers either so this was very easy to use

You picked up the one that doesn't activate the cache on boot. Just type
/system/bin/a2sd cache in adb shell.
frostrunner said:
Hey i just got finished installing A2SD 2.6.1 and i have a class 2 16gb sd card and my internal mem is reading like 74/159, is that normal?
I DID install the correct version for class 2 cards
and i did your /system/bin/a2sd check
and it looked like everthing checks ok
In A2SD status report i got this
[*] /data/app link active
[*] /data/app-private link active
[*] /data/dalvik-cache NOT active
No Cache flag file present
[X] Swap partition NOT present
i read that the other guy had 100+ mb free after A2SD and i also remember back on 1.5 when i had tried it out i got similar numbers.
Anything else i can do to maybe check if i did everything alright?
or maybe already know why im getting still such a low internal mem?
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tkirton said:
You picked up the one that doesn't activate the cache on boot. Just type
/system/bin/a2sd cache in adb shell.
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Actually i did, and my memory stayed the same at 70~

fallentimm said:
you should check out the GUI version of apps2sd http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=670098
2.5 just crashed my phone, the GUI version not only fixed all my problems but it sped everything up signaficantly. Im not an expert with computers either so this was very easy to use
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Wow...and you didn't even give me a chance to fix it.
Treve uses a GUI to set things up. Other than that, the basic concept is the same (it's based on my earlier Darktremor A2SD, which itself is based on the original Cyanogen Apps2SD). It pretty much follows the same method to move files as I do. His is easier to setup if you are new at this. I try to make mine automatically set things up.
Nothing is wrong with what he's doing...it's definitely a different way of doing it and, as long as it works, more power to him.

HTC Sensation, Cyanogenmod 9.1, /sd-ext Encryption with Cryptsetup

Having encrypted /data, I'd been interested in encrypting the SD card, either in full, or a full partition. As a new poster to xda, posting without citing reference links does prove a bit more challenging, but here goes:
Given an HTC Sensation, rooted, with Cyanogenmod 9.1 (ICS), and Clockwork Recovery, I partitioned (thru Clockwork) the SD card into FAT32, ext, and swap. Your milage may vary on the next step, but using Fedora, I accessed the SD card, deleted the ext partition, and recreated as an encrypted partition, type ext4. (read up on cryptsetup for alternative ways to create this) For the sake of this post, we'll use the password, "ChangeMe".
I installed LUKS Manager from Google Play, which provides lm.cryptsetup, a renamed binary of Guardian Project's cryptsetup. I didn't use LUKS Manager's implementation of creating encrypted folders, instead, the whole sd-ext partition has been encrypted.
To mount the device at startup, I have the script 99sd-extLUKinit, located at /system/etc/init.d/
#!/system/bin/sh
# Not quite sure what these do, but kept them in
sync;
setprop lk.filesystem.ready 1;
# Remount the root file system to allow changes
mount -o remount,rw rootfs /
# Create the mount point and create a symbolic link
mkdir /mnt/sd-ext
ln -s /mnt/sd-ext /sd-ext
# Decrypt the SD card via cryptsetup, device resides on /dev/block/sd-ext
# Hopefully prompt user for password, but for now, echoed in
echo ChangeMe | lm.cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 sd-ext
# Clean errors
e2fsck -y /dev/mapper/sd-ext
# Mount the SD Card via cryptsetup block device
mount -t ext4 -o noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1 /dev/mapper/sd-ext /mnt/sd-ext/
# Remount the root file system to prevent changes
mount -o remount,ro rootfs /
Once verified that the system will automount the encrypted ext4 /mnt/sd-ext partition:
ls /sd-ext
should return with lost & found directory
I moved /data/app and /data/app-private to the encrypted partition:
cp -a /data/app /sd-ext/app
rm -r /data/app
ln -s /sd-ext/app /data/app
cp -a /data/app-private /sd-ext/app-private
rm -r /data/app-private
ln -s /sd-ext/app-private /sd-ext/app-private

Ascend G6 L11 -- use whole internal memory for apps+data

Note: This is probably only helpful for people with a computer science or linux hacking background!
We all know the single biggest issue with this phone is the lack of internal memory for apps and app data. The internal partitioning looks like this:
/system 1 GB
/data 2 GB
sdcard0 4 GB -- lots of space that competes with external SD! Let's use it!
other stuff (tmp, boot, etc.) 1 GB
persona78 provided an excellent mod of the (most recent) stock ROM that gives you root and a working init.d:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/general/root-upadtekinguser-zip-modded-extras-t3349679
This mod also enables to move apps to a new ext4 partition on the external SD card. My experience however is:
dalvik cache and app data (e.g. some social media apps caching videos etc.) will still fill up the /data partition
access to external SD, even a fast one, is much slower
if you also move app data to external SD, the phone becomes unusable (slow)
So I propose the following solution, successfully tested on my phone, that will use just short of 6 GB on the internal SD card for dalvik cache, apps and their data!
This is how to do it:
backup everything important from the phone
unlock bootloader and install the ROM from persona78, linked above. Make sure root works, adb works.
connect to a Linux machine via USB that has adb installed
select mass storage mode on the phone in the USB settings
Now in mass storage mode do the following:
the phone exposes a block device without partitioning (e.g. /dev/sdb) and a block device with partitioning (e.g. /dev/sdc, /dev/sdc1). the former is the internal storage (sdcard0), the latter external storage (sdcard1).
mount /dev/sdb to /mnt/internal and /dev/sdc1 to /mnt/external
rsync -a /mnt/internal/ /mnt/external/
umount /dev/sdb
mkfs.vfat -C /var/tmp/vfat 256000
dd if=/var/tmp/vfat of=/dev/sdb bs=1M (you can delete /var/tmp/vfat after this)
losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb -o 262144000
mkfs.ext4 /dev/loop0
On the phone you can now change back the USB mode to MTP (but not to charge only -- a data mode is needed for adb to work).
Now run adb shell and obtain root in the shell via 'su'. In the adb root shell:
mkdir -p /data/sdext4
losetup -o 262144000 /dev/block/loop7 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop7 /data/sdext4
in /data/sdext4, create two directories called 'data-app' and 'data-data'. Give them the respective permissions and group,ownership as with the current /data/app and /data/data directories.
cp -a /data/app/* /data/sdext4/data-app
cp -a /data/data/* /data/sdext4/data-data
rm -r /data/app/* /data/data/*
mount -o remount,rw /system
edit /etc/init.d/01AOBoot as follows
Content of /etc/init.d/01AOBoot:
#!/system/bin/sh
CONCURRENCY=makefile
# mount sdext4
losetup -o 262144000 /dev/block/loop7 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop7 /data/sdext4
mount -o bind /data/sdext4/data-app /data/app
mount -o bind /data/sdext4/data-data /data/data
# change dalvik permissions
chmod 773 /data/dalvik-cache
# change scaling_min_freq to 300000
echo 300000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
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Now run adb reboot. It is done.
Explanation: Apps and their data need to reside on an ext4 partition. sdcard0 however has to be vfat, otherwise the phone will always complain and ask to format it. We can also not change the internal storage partitioning. Therefore we simply hide a large ext4 filesystem behind a small vfat filesystem on the same partition. Apps will startup fast and run fast, and all media files can be put on the external sd card.
I know this is very exotic to most, but maybe there are a few people like me with the necessary background who would like to follow my example. Happy hacking!

Are you kidding me?
This is a great work that you did. My phone keeps complaining about low disk space but I was gonna use parted to resize the data partition.