I was just wondering how many ppl have the caches, apps, and /data/data, running all on a EXT2 partition. What are your experiences? Pros and Cons?
Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!
i have moved everything to ext2 and everything runs perfect... i basically have unlimited download space as long as the space exsists on my SD card i got a 16gig, dosent run slow or anything. Only thing i had a problem was moving data/data to ext2.. it made process android.process.acore force close alot which made it so i couldnt look at my call log, & make calls properly, the market would also force close sometimes but since i moved data/data back everyting works fine.
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So lately my phone has been really laggy and it was really random. A soft reset doesn't do anything and it continues to be slow. It's so laggy that when someone calls, it ends up freezing up on me that I can't answer the phone on time. I noticed that when I use Oxios CloseApps/Hibernate to free up some memory, it successfully does it making my used ram to about 85%, but all of a sudden it moves up to 95% in a matter of 5 seconds.
I forgot which ROM I'm due to it being a long time, but I know that it does have WizFlo on it and that's pretty much all I know about it haha.
This is generally a problem caused by low space on the internal storage. I find deleting sms's and installing software to SD rather than internal storage helps alot with this. I have noticed that the sweet spot for the wizard is to have at least 20mb free space on internal storage. Backup what you need using Pim Backup and then do a hard reset. Install your fav softwares to storage and off you go. Hope this helps
yep that's a pefect answer ...
cornelha said:
This is generally a problem caused by low space on the internal storage. I find deleting sms's and installing software to SD rather than internal storage helps alot with this. I have noticed that the sweet spot for the wizard is to have at least 20mb free space on internal storage. Backup what you need using Pim Backup and then do a hard reset. Install your fav softwares to storage and off you go. Hope this helps
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Thanks so much, this has definitely helped. And I just realized that it was your ROM that I was using haha
so I cleared my dalvik-cache this morning. first i tried doing it in RA-1.5.2 or whatever, it said it failed. So, then i booted the phone up, adb shell'd into it and did a
Code:
rm -r /data/dalvik-cache
now when I boot up I get a ton of FC's (literally, i get 2000, i counted) They seem mostly to be Sprint, but there are also some google stuff, and some other random ones. The reason I cleared it was to try to reclaim some free space, for some reason I'm around 30mb free on Settings->SD and Phone Storage, after clearing I'm still only around 55. Trying to find the culprit.
BTW: I do have a nandroid from last friday, but I consider that to be a last resort :-/
this problem has come up before seems the best thing to do is reflash whatever rom your running over itself and that seems to fix it.
The recovery doesn't clear the boot cache. You can use the fresh kitchen it has the option to clear cache in the tools and tweak menu..
That worked for me yesterday when this exact thing happened.
@wtphoto i'm running stock sprint, will reflashing it format it and get rid of my stuff?
@thedudejdog do i have to have fresh on my phone to do this?
You did it wrong.
Why were you trying to do this, and what instructions were you following?
That command didn't delete the entire cache folder as well did it?
Like as in you didn't delete the actual folder, just the insides right?
@jonnythan
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537830
The reason I cleared it was to try to reclaim some free space, for some reason I'm around 30mb free on Settings->SD and Phone Storage, after clearing I'm still only around 55. Trying to find the culprit.
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@willowmp
no, the folder is still there and there are dex files in it
EDIT: after reboot, the files are there
Code:
rm -r /data/dalvik-cache
You erased the folder itself, not just the contents of it. Someone who's actually tested will have to speak up and tell us whether Android is smart enough to recreate the folder if something/someone deletes it.
EDIT: Ah, I see someone HAS tested that and Android will recreate it.
The reason I cleared it was to try to reclaim some free space, for some reason I'm around 30mb free on Settings->SD and Phone Storage, after clearing I'm still only around 55. Trying to find the culprit.
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Why is 30 mb a bad number?
idk, i always see people saying they have 100+ free, and for a few months I had ~70, then all the sudden it dropped to ~30
If you remove the dalvik-cache, you have to also remove the boot-cache at the same time to avoid the FCs.
But if you remove the dalvik-cache and boot-cache, they get recreated the next time you boot up. It will "save" space, but the cache directories will just get filled right back up.
As far as I can tell, the only reason to ever delete these caches is if you're having some sort of error/FC condition.
thanks for the fix jonnythan and thedudejdog, clearing boot-cache seemed to have fixed the FC's. All except google voice it seems, but I've always had a boot FC on GV. thanks for the help
Hi,
I could do with some help relating to severe lagging with Cyanogenmod.
I've been a (very) happy Cyanogenmod user for a few months now on a rooted HTC Magic. Some time during December I upgraded to CM 4.2.10.1 (the one with the ext2 bug). This severely slowed down my phone, so I jumped onto xda-dev to see what was up. After reading about the ext2 bug, I decided it was time to partition my SD card, so I created a linux-swap, a ext2 and a FAT partition, then upgraded the ext2 to ext3. Next time I turned on the phone, apps2sd kicked in in the background and I was again a happy CM user.
The next day I was trying to move a file onto my phone from someone else's SD card, so I popped out my own one with the phone on - unaware that I REALLY shouldn't do this. Shortly afterwards, my non-standard apps all started disappearing and the phone started to play up. Realising that apps2sd had moved everything to the SD card I put mine back in and restarted the phone. Unfortunately it seems I'd already corrupted permissions for the apps, so after backing everything up I decided to wipe the phone and reformat the SD card with only a linux-swap and FAT partition so I didn't have this issue again.
After the wipe everything seemed to work very well for a while after reinstalling all my apps, however after a few days things started to slow down again. It's now been 2-3 weeks and even with all the CM updates the phone still lags most of the time although the speed varies. Restarting the phone sometimes helps for a short time, but I often get 'System: Force Close/Wait' screens just after turn on. Flashing new versions of CM does speed things up more after reboot but the performance quickly degrades again.
I could try another wipe, however seeing as the problem came back after trying last time I thought I'd ask for some advice with my problem as I don't want to reinstall everything only to be back to where I am now.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Paul
Food for thought : ive tried using cyanogen since ive got my magic, and it was always like this (Tried .12.2 and .13). And i've never even tried using app2sd. I asked the gang down in irc, they told me to get some bacon :/
OR you could have a damaged sdcard, badsectors and all. Try not using apps2sd for a while.
Yes, I've read the threads. I've done the search.
I have an HTC Aria running liberated FR008.
It's been working brilliantly for as long as I can remember but the error popped up "Couldn't install on USB storage or SD".
There is no "smdl2tmp1.asec" file on my phone, never was that I can tell. That is not related to the problem.
Yesterday, at great expense of time, I removed everything from the 16GB SD card, reformatted it, and put it all back (about 12GB worth of data). This did not fix the problem.
One thing that may be related, I recently was running into the issue of not having enough space, so I moved the dalvik cache to SD using "a2sd cachetosd" or whaver the command is. HTC Aria having limited space for apps is a known major problem that I was trying to fix. Is this related? I don't know. I did this before it began having this new error.
Someone has to know a legit fix for this issue. There is 1.65GB of free space on my SD card and 34.48MB on the internal storage. There should be more than enough space to do updates.
What's the scoop? can someone help?
Anyone have a hint on this? My search ninja skills on the net are not giving me any answers.
Continuing the theme of one hand clapping:
I found for a couple of apps that could not update due to this problem, they happened to be apps installed on the SD. I moved them back to the phone and they updated successfully. I have not attempted to move them back to the SD.
Perhaps this data point aids in diagnosing this issue. If this proves to be a consistent pattern, then I will just apply this work around as long as I have space on the phone to move apps over one at a time and update them that way. Even though the solution to this bug doesn't seem to be at hand, perhaps this is a work around.
I'm running [GT-P31XX][JB][4.2.2] CyanogenMod 10.1, just fyi
So all of a sudden I can't install any more apps... it keeps saying internal storage full.
I've even uninstalled all the "extra's" I've been running.. I went from like 150 or more apps installed down to (what I consider) hardly any and it just keeps saying it.
It's not talking about the internal SD card is it? I have almost a gig or room on that.
I'm at a loss here.
Any apps to clear my memory or something? I've used Allininetool, doesn't help, SDMaid, doesn't help... a couple other that I can't remember the names of, they didn't help either.
bleh!
Thanks i advance for any help.
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I'm running [GT-P31XX][JB][4.2.2] CyanogenMod 10.1, just fyi
So all of a sudden I can't install any more apps... it keeps saying internal storage full.
I've even uninstalled all the "extra's" I've been running.. I went from like 150 or more apps installed down to (what I consider) hardly any and it just keeps saying it.
It's not talking about the internal SD card is it? I have almost a gig or room on that.
I'm at a loss here.
Any apps to clear my memory or something? I've used Allininetool, doesn't help, SDMaid, doesn't help... a couple other that I can't remember the names of, they didn't help either.
bleh!
Thanks i advance for any help.
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same issue is there in my aunts tab 2..on doing a factory reset..all is fine, but after a month only having a bunch apps (consuming max 1gb space), it shows that there is no space! (but doing a factory reset again solves the problem)
planning to take it to the service center!
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same issue is there in my aunts tab 2..on doing a factory reset..all is fine, but after a month only having a bunch apps (consuming max 1gb space), it shows that there is no space! (but doing a factory reset again solves the problem)
planning to take it to the service center!
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I reflashed the rom and cleared cache and dalvik. seems to be ok now but thats curious as to why it happens.
Can't tell you why this happens and After trying to install some large games and apps i ran in to this. I didn't know that you could only install to the internal SD otherwise i would have got the 16GB version.
After a lot of searching i came across this in the general section, it (so far) has worked like a dream for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961097
[EDIT] This only works on 4.1.x versions.
Actually there is no need to reflash ROMs or even factory reset. I have read about such problems and they are usually related to cache. I do not know the exact name or type of cache which cause the problem, but I recall 2 solutions:
1) Install either Quick System Info Pro or ES Task Manager. Use the 'Clear cache' function inside these apps then restart device.
2) If you do not like to install these apps, then you can boot into Recovery mode & select "Clear cache' from the recovery menu.
I have read these solutions on several forums, including here at XDA Developers. I am not certain if they will work as I myself have not encountered such problems. Maybe if anyone does & needs help, do feel free to try these solutions?