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[Q] [i5800] No free internal memory!

Hi there,
I have a Samsung Galaxy 3 i580 device, and whenever I want to put something on my internal (root) memory, I get a 'no space' error.
Now I installed Root Explorer, and it seems that there are A LOT of .apk files in my /system/apk folder.
Am I allowed to delete these .apk's, or are they actually used?
And what else should/can I do to clear my memory?
Note: I still have 40+ mb memory left on the phone to install apps, just not in the root memory.
Thanks in advance for your time!

have you tried to mount system r/w in rootexplorer

You can delete them with root explorer...just be sure you know which you are removing as some are essential for a stable phone
swyped....and I apologize for not proofreading

Yes, the system was in r/w from the beginning.
Question: When I use apps2sd, will my apps still be installed to the /system/app folder on my internal memory?

Most will and app2sd will notify you if they can be moved but some apps automatically install to sd. Angry birds is one example.
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newter55 said:
Most will and app2sd will notify you if they can be moved but some apps automatically install to sd. Angry birds is one example.
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So there is no way to make free space in my internal memory, except for removing apps?

[Q] Some semi-newbish questions

Hi Folks,
I hope I'm not asking questions already covered, so apologies or redirects if I have. I just rooted my phone for the first time last night so I'm a little timid to take steps further without asking a few things.
1) I have both the Clockwork Recovery and Titanium Backup (free version), but TiBackup did its backup on the internal SD while CWR did it on the external SD. Is there a way to have TiBackup redirect the spot it saves its backups to?
2) People recommend Root Explorer to get rid of the bloatware that exists, but outside of paying for either that or TiBackup (that I don't terribly love), is there a free app that does the same thing, or preferably just does a freeze. I'm not concerned with paying for it, but since I'm new to this stuff, I'd rather not waste money on things that don't have longevity or more than just an experimental use if I don't have to.
Thanks for the help

shahp said:
Hi Folks,
I hope I'm not asking questions already covered, so apologies or redirects if I have. I just rooted my phone for the first time last night so I'm a little timid to take steps further without asking a few things.
1) I have both the Clockwork Recovery and Titanium Backup (free version), but TiBackup did its backup on the internal SD while CWR did it on the external SD. Is there a way to have TiBackup redirect the spot it saves its backups to?
2) People recommend Root Explorer to get rid of the bloatware that exists, but outside of paying for either that or TiBackup (that I don't terribly love), is there a free app that does the same thing, or preferably just does a freeze. I'm not concerned with paying for it, but since I'm new to this stuff, I'd rather not waste money on things that don't have longevity or more than just an experimental use if I don't have to.
Thanks for the help
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i have paid Titanium backup, so i know on that you can change the location where the backup is used.
i bought root explorer and titanium back up in november 2010, and have used it on 3 different phones since. i too hate paying for software that i think may not work, but i have used these programs beyond their value, and was 200% satisfied with my purchase. dont hesistate, just buy them. once you root, these programs are priceless. i use root explorer for more than just root stuff, i dont use astro, or even the stock CM file explorer root explorer is just fine and even works without root (will work like astro).
there is an app called app admin that works to remove bloat. i find root explorer easier as it kinda identifys what certain programs are by icon, where app admin you need to know what it is before deleting. app admin tho you can check off multiple apps and delete them all at the same time, where root explorer is one by one, and you will need to do a battery pull after a removing certain apps such as wifi calling, so you may need more than one battery pull, where with app admin it should only make you do one battery pull.
so i say buy the 2 apps you mentioned, it cant hurt and as long as you are willing to stay with android, the value is priceless

shahp said:
Hi Folks,
I hope I'm not asking questions already covered, so apologies or redirects if I have. I just rooted my phone for the first time last night so I'm a little timid to take steps further without asking a few things.
1) I have both the Clockwork Recovery and Titanium Backup (free version), but TiBackup did its backup on the internal SD while CWR did it on the external SD. Is there a way to have TiBackup redirect the spot it saves its backups to?
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You can change the backup location of TB in the preferences menu. Just look for "Backup folder location"
shahp said:
2) People recommend Root Explorer to get rid of the bloatware that exists, but outside of paying for either that or TiBackup (that I don't terribly love), is there a free app that does the same thing, or preferably just does a freeze. I'm not concerned with paying for it, but since I'm new to this stuff, I'd rather not waste money on things that don't have longevity or more than just an experimental use if I don't have to.
Thanks for the help
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You could try using file expert, they now have a root setting in the settings menu, tho I have yet to get it to copy many files over at once without it crashing or stalling. Other then that, you could learn the ADB commands to do the same thing.

I use Super Manager. Its free. It'd look better without the weird color scheme but it works fine as a root explorer and lets you read/write to the system folder.
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McFroger3 said:
You can change the backup location of TB in the preferences menu. Just look for "Backup folder location"
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Cool. I tried redirecting to a new folder on the external SD and it asked whether or not I wanted to port things from the old directory to the new one, which I responded yes. But it didn't do it, and prompted to continue using the old one. Can I just delete the /TitaniumBackup folder that exists now, and have it make a fresh back up on the SD card?
Do I even need a TiBackup if i already have a CWR one on the SD card already? I'm still unsure if they back up the same data differently, or it's the same.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.

shahp said:
Cool. I tried redirecting to a new folder on the external SD and it asked whether or not I wanted to port things from the old directory to the new one, which I responded yes. But it didn't do it, and prompted to continue using the old one. Can I just delete the /TitaniumBackup folder that exists now, and have it make a fresh back up on the SD card?
Do I even need a TiBackup if i already have a CWR one on the SD card already? I'm still unsure if they back up the same data differently, or it's the same.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.
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Titanium allows you to restore your apps across different ROM's and even different phones. CWM can only restore entire ROM's and is only really useful if a newly installed ROM or kernel cause a problem and you need to restore an old one through recovery. Titanium is an invaluable program and I recommended you purchase the paid version.

shahp said:
Cool. I tried redirecting to a new folder on the external SD and it asked whether or not I wanted to port things from the old directory to the new one, which I responded yes. But it didn't do it, and prompted to continue using the old one. Can I just delete the /TitaniumBackup folder that exists now, and have it make a fresh back up on the SD card?
Do I even need a TiBackup if i already have a CWR one on the SD card already? I'm still unsure if they back up the same data differently, or it's the same.
Thanks to everyone for the advice.
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TB is only for apps+data, while Nandroid does a backup of the entire system.
Also with nandroids it creates .img files so you would not be able to get apps back and use on different roms like the previous poster. If you wish to start fresh, just delete current directory and point to the new one on the external SD card.

[Q] Not Enough Internal Storage

Hello,
Infuse 4g. I uninstalled Skype (which is apparently a mistake) because when I try and reinstall it, the phone locks up, black screen, and reboots upon install. The Skype app downloads fine, but will not install with out locking up the phone. Sometimes, I get a message which states I have too little of internal storage, which is at .93GB. Does any body have any suggestions for me about how to install Skype?
The phone is rooted and I have titanium backup, which I tried to reinstall that way to, same problem, the phone locks up.
Any ideas about how to get more internal storage.
Thanks
Charles

Hmm try cleaning your /data partition or going to ics
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Use tibu to move some apps to sd card?
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Check threads about what you can safely remove
I use TiBu and remove youtube, maps, voice apps, news apps, and other crap. I typically try to keep 90 to 100 mb free.
Do a search for things you can safely remove.
Do a tibu backup before removing. If something goes wrong you can easily reinstall it.

well, Ive removed alot of stuff I dont use, but internal storage remains at .91 GB? This is a major drag, not having Skype really sucks. What's odd, is I used to have Skype on the phone, I uninstalled it thinking it would be no big deal to reinstall it...but it will not install. Skype downloads fine, but upon installation, it will lock up the phone everytime and I must reboot. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks

Thanks GoSooners, but you lost me. How do I clean my data partition?

GUZZLR said:
Thanks GoSooners, but you lost me. How do I clean my data partition?
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Well you can wipe your data partition but it'll uninstall your apps and undo anything you've done with your phone. Just move some large apps to sd card. You can do that by going into settings. You shouldn't see that message unless you have less than about 200-300 mb.

I am more than satisfied with the internal storage...
I dont install much apps, just essentials, it also helps when changing roms because u dont have to install all of them everytime...

dogg409 said:
I use TiBu and remove youtube, maps, voice apps, news apps, and other crap. I typically try to keep 90 to 100 mb free.
Do a search for things you can safely remove.
Do a tibu backup before removing. If something goes wrong you can easily reinstall it.
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unrelated that's all on the system partition which is read only and doesn't need free space..
the free space error is a market problem and unrelated to the actual free space. some kernels have a patch for this. i dont really remember the details for fixing it manually but gtg used to have a modified market and a init.d script that fixed it but that was on an old version of the market.
if you can get a current version of the apk you can side load it with a file explorer by either clicking it and letting the install program run or by moving it to /data/app with a root file explorer.
between 1+gb data partition for apps and app data and the apps2sd feature in android and 14gb internal sd storage you shouldn't have storage issues. even if you fill the sd with rom .zips and multimedia you should still never reach the 1gb /data partition because android apps simply arent that big with the exception of a few high end games that i beleive actually install to the sdcard
.93gb is a ton of space for phone apps! but is that the internal sd or the /data partition

Thanks Dani897. If I read you correctly, you believe it's a problem with the app, and not the phone? Which is what I always thought. When I first got the phone, Skype installed fine, now it does not.
Phone Info:
Samsung I-997 Infuse, rooted
Version: Froyo
Go Launcher
Internal SD Card Storage = 8.12 GB available
External SD Card Storage = 6.8 GB available
Internal Phone Storage = .92 GB
Maybe if I could somehow get an old version of Skype, maybe that would work?

Internal Memory Issue

I recently was getting the low internal memory msgs. So I went through and got rid off all the crap apps that I don't really use. Then I went and used Titanium to get rid of a lot of bloatware. I was back up to around 100mb of internal storage.
Then I flashed AntonX's SGS4G kernel with a twist (include Voodoo lagfix, BLN, among others. I'm pretty sure it was right after I flashed this kernel I was literally right back to having low memory. Is this normal? Is there a way to free up more internal mem, besides just deleting apk's and bloatware? Also I recently tried to flash a ROM and it came back with an error could that be because of the lack of memory?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Stock rom with custom kernel?
You can move apps to the sdcard from manage apps then select sdcard/usb storage. There should be boxes that you can check and it will give the option to move to sdcard. Move as many apps as possible however apps that have widgets, the widget will not function properly if at all.
If you are wiping the partitions like you are suppose to then a custom rom will install. There is a chance you have a bad download tho that will give errors.

eollie said:
Stock rom with custom kernel?
You can move apps to the sdcard from manage apps then select sdcard/usb storage. There should be boxes that you can check and it will give the option to move to sdcard. Move as many apps as possible however apps that have widgets, the widget will not function properly if at all.
If you are wiping the partitions like you are suppose to then a custom rom will install. There is a chance you have a bad download tho that will give errors.
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Yea, just about ask my apps were moved to the SD card. I'm just kind of an app junkie and had a huge collection. So I still got low mem warnings.
Although I am still a "noob" to this, so no I didn't know to wipe partitions. Could you explain how to do that, or point me to a thread that will? Thanks man.
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Do you really need all the apps? I mean do you use them enough daily/weekly to warrant keeping them installed? If not use something like Titanium Backup to install and remove them when you need them.
As for wiping the caches, I suggest doing some searching and reading before doing this. I can explain it but honestly you need to learn it from reading. Because my explanation will not be as informative. If you have no understanding of what your doing and why then it wont make sense.

eollie said:
Do you really need all the apps? I mean do you use them enough daily/weekly to warrant keeping them installed? If not use something like Titanium Backup to install and remove them when you need them.
As for wiping the caches, I suggest doing some searching and reading before doing this. I can explain it but honestly you need to learn it from reading. Because my explanation will not be as informative. If you have no understanding of what your doing and why then it wont make sense.
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No, you're right I really don't have a need for ALL the apps. So that's what I did I got Titanium and just backed up the non-essential apps, the uninstalled them.
As for the wiping caches, I have an idea of what I'm doing. I'm learning. I will do some more research on it then. Quick question though, is it done through CWM with the option, "wipe cache" or is it more complicated than that?
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Use titanium backup. There is a function under batch operations. Clear all user and system cache. It will free space and help keep your system in tip top shape. I usually do it once a week. It is normal for your status bar and network your disconnect. It will come back a minute after the batch finishes.
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AOKP M6.4 OS : Link2SD app won't let me create script. Any ideas? I created partition back when I was on GB but it worked before on ICS. Something just doesn't seem right...
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4Gb HTC One SV app storage says 2.94Gb is "other". What is "other"?

4Gb HTC One SV app storage says 2.94Gb is "other". What is "other"?
When I go into Dtorage andlook at APP Storage it shows 3.58Gb/3.85Gb used, but Apps are only using 662Mb and Available 276Mb. The bulk of the storage is taken by Other which takes 2.94Gb. I have tried Make more space, and moved some apps to the SD card using AppMgr III. I have moved all the data to the SD where allowed and cleaned caches using AppMgr III but I cannot free up any more space. Can anyone please let me know what is Other, and is it possible to reduce or remove some or all of it?
Thank you.
Tim

You might be better off using a Root based Application Managers such as Root Uninstaller or Titanium Backup ( [GUIDE] TITANIUM BACK UP - Basic Guide

Well, you can try things like this, but they are not without risk and you can easily brick your device if something is wrong.