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New to CM7

Hi all,
So last night I decided to give Cyanogenmod7 a try. I came from MIUI.us 2.1.20 - I just love MIUI, but it's a bit too demanding for the Milestone. So I have CM7 up and running, and it is a lot more snappy. But now, I'm having trouble installing some apps.
I tried installing my bank's banking app, but it didn't install - checked the market and it doesn't appear. Same thing with WhatsApp!! If it were working, I might just become a CM7 user..but it's not working.
Am I missing something? I installed after doing a full wipe, after which I installed DT A2SD scripts and then gapps-20111216 (although didn't see gmail or market etc after gapps, so installed those via apk).
What's the deal here?
Thanks.
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Ok, just wiped again, and reinstalled all. CM7 then gapps then dt a2sd. So far it's working.
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googleservicesframework.apk and vending.apk are all you need for using market. Try to reinstall them. May you success.

Ok, so now my problem is A2SD. It's not working! A2SDGUI refuses to go in, and when I do a check, I get a segmentation fault...I've never had this issue before. I've tried reinstalling DT A2SD from withing recovery and still, nothing. Please assist, I just need to get set up properly now.
Regards
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DT scripts dont work ...use an external partition (app2ext)

d.casper.b: CM7 for Milestone already comes with its own ap2ext scripts that are automatically used if there is ext partition present on your sdcard.
You should not install any 3rd party app2ext scripts as they are very likely to be conflicting with the scripts that are already there.

Thanks kabaldan.
I'll check it out.
I was even going so far as trying to use Link2SD from the market..
How'd I know if it's working? By monitoring the available internal storage?
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d.casper.b said:
Thanks kabaldan.
I'll check it out.
I was even going so far as trying to use Link2SD from the market..
How'd I know if it's working? By monitoring the available internal storage?
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when you will enable app2ext you will see the total space in your storage rise to 197 mb

I am not winning. I did a factory reset and flashed cm7 and gapps (not dt a2sd).
I did a test, internal storage was at 191mb, then I installed opera mobile and it went down to 182mb. Then uninstalled it again. Went into cyanogenmod settings and set install location to external. Installed opera again, but it was no different. Moving it to sd under 'manage applications' increased the internal memory again, but that's just moving the app to the FAT32 partition of the sd card.
So it's not seeming to work for me for some reason.
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EDIT: I really don't want to be a nuisance, but now, looking at the available storage using "Quick System Info", I noticed after uninstalling "Opera Mobile", 9mb was freed on internal storage & 13mb on the ext partition.
So, perhaps it is working, and since the dalvik cache is (I assume) on internal storage, the storage is still decreasing. Am I correct? If so, is there a way to also move dalvik cache to the ext partition - I had it like this on MIUI & never looked at available memory ever again.

First of all, have you really partitioned your SD card? Make sure you followed the 3rd step on this guide: http://www.mrmuh.com/2012/01/update-a-motorola-milestone-from-motorola-firmware-to-cyanogenmod-7/ . You should have your SD Card partitioned with two partitions, the first should be FAT32 that's used normally on Android, and the second EXT3 or EXT4. Obviously, make sure you have a backup of your FAT32 partition before partitioning.
Second, you should understand how the apps2ext scripts on CM7 work. Application installs that would be stored on internal memory are rerouted to the EXT3/4 partition on the SDCard. This happens at the underlying system (linux) level, Android (that runs on top of linux) is not aware of this rerouting, so, as far as Android "knows", apps that are rerouted to the EXT partition are on the phone's internal memory. That means that you should make sure that apps you need installed on the EXT partition of the SD card are shown in "Applications > Manage applications" list to be installed on the internal memory. Yep, it's confusing, but once you understand how it works and why it works that way, it makes sense.
Third, the fact that apps are rerouted to the EXT partition doesn't mean that everything about the app will live on the ext partition: it means only the main application package will live on the ext partition, application data is still stored on the internal memory. For most apps, the amount of data used for application data are much smaller than the application package, but in some apps the amount of application data from the app may often surpass the size of the app itself - for example, in my phone, Tweekdeck stores about 9Mb of data, which is about 10 times the size of the application itself (820kb) - presumably this amount of data is cached tweets, pictures, etc. But that case is usually the exception, not the rule, I've just mentioned it so you understand that using apps2ext doesn't mean your internal memory will always stay unused, it just means it will be used (way) less.
Finally, regarding the CyanogenMod Settings location setting, if you understood what I said above, you should now understand that it should actually be set to always install to "Internal", rather than external. However, there's a bug in this that you should be advised, that not all apps will respect this setting: some apps will install to external regardless of how you've configured that setting (meaning the app will use Froyo/Gingerbread native Apps2SD, hence being installed to the FAT partition of the SDCard). So, when you install a new app, check on app management if it didn't get installed to the SDCard, and move it to the internal memory if that's the case. For these kind of apps, you'll have to do it every time you update the app too.

Thanks, I edited my previos post..
I actually have 3 partitions, a FAT32, an ext2 (maybe it's ext3, but doubt it - partitioned some months ago, so my memory's hazy), and a SWAP - which I should get rid of, but am too lazy.
I understand entirely what you've said, I know that internal is really ext if working, and sd is FAT32 partition.
You see, I'm just new to this rom and have to trial and error until I understand, with miui you just flashed the rom and the a2sd scripts and didn't bother again (maybe only to move an app that installed to FAT partition). But it seems CM7 is simply just to flash the rom and you're good to go. But as I was pondering in my previous post...is there any way to move dalvik cache to ext?
Thanks for putting up with me..I'm almost there.
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d.casper.b said:
Thanks, I edited my previos post..
I actually have 3 partitions, a FAT32, an ext2 (maybe it's ext3, but doubt it - partitioned some months ago, so my memory's hazy), and a SWAP - which I should get rid of, but am too lazy.
I understand entirely what you've said, I know that internal is really ext if working, and sd is FAT32 partition.
You see, I'm just new to this rom and have to trial and error until I understand, with miui you just flashed the rom and the a2sd scripts and didn't bother again (maybe only to move an app that installed to FAT partition). But it seems CM7 is simply just to flash the rom and you're good to go. But as I was pondering in my previous post...is there any way to move dalvik cache to ext?
Thanks for putting up with me..I'm almost there.
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in the market you will find an app called s2e which moves app data, davlik cache to sd

also link2sd also free's up more space and makes cm7 snappier

please don't install such things to CM7 for Milestone unless you know what you are doing and you are able to resolve conflicts with the existing scripts
dalvik-cache is already moved automatically
if you want to free more space in /data, enable lib2ext to move native libraries to ext - it's mentioned in the changelog for 7.1.2 release
app data itself should not be moved as it can cause instability

d.casper.b said:
Thanks, I edited my previos post..
I actually have 3 partitions, a FAT32, an ext2 (maybe it's ext3, but doubt it - partitioned some months ago, so my memory's hazy), and a SWAP - which I should get rid of, but am too lazy.
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Yeah, get rid of swap, there won't be any use for it (for now anyway) and it's best for you at this point to have a known working structure (two partitions, 1st FAT, 2nd ext3/4) for your SD as you're troubleshooting your problems/questions, it'll make it easier for us too as this will eliminate potential points of failure or inconsistencies. And you should really consider upgrading to a journaled filesystem, either ext3 or ext4. Using ext2 is unreliable because Android doesn't umount the ext partition cleanly on reboot or shutdown, so you may have problems with apps disappearing or misbehaving every other reboot. Using ext3/4 with journal elimitates this problem since the journal is just replayed for the uncleanly umounted partition and the filesystems behaves more consistently.
d.casper.b said:
You see, I'm just new to this rom and have to trial and error until I understand, with miui you just flashed the rom and the a2sd scripts and didn't bother again (maybe only to move an app that installed to FAT partition). But it seems CM7 is simply just to flash the rom and you're good to go. But as I was pondering in my previous post...is there any way to move dalvik cache to ext?
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The apps2ext script built on CM7 should do this by default - you probably already have your dalvik-cache on the ext partition. To check this, go into OR, enter the console and type: "ls /sddata/dalvik-cache" . If it returns a list of files, you've already got the dalvik-cache on your ext partition. Another option is setting the option dalvik.vm.dexopt-cache-only to 1 in the file /system/build.prop . This will put all dalvik-caches (both from user apps and system apps) on the phone's internal cache partition, thus still freeing space on the internal memory but without using the ext partition, but that's not recommended if you install too many apps because the cache partition may run out space and that will spawn all kinds of weird behavior on Android. The safer route is just using the default configuration anyway (user apps dalvik-cache on sd-ext).
Another option to further reduce internal memory use is using lib2ext, that will move user apps native libraries to the ext partition, but the memory gain in this case is dependent on which apps you use and how big their native libraries (if they even have one) are. To activate it, just go into the Terminal app (with Android booted) and type:
$ su
# lib2ext
And reboot. The libraries will be moved to the ext partition during boot. Make sure you have a big enough ext partition to hold everything (apps, dalvik-cache and apps libs) - the size to recommend is very dependent on how many apps you use and how big they are, but I'd say 512Mb would be the bare minimum.
in the market you will find an app called s2e which moves app data, davlik cache to sd
also link2sd also free's up more space and makes cm7 snappier
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DON'T! JUST DON'T! These third-party apps will cause all kinds of problems with CM7 builtin apps2ext.
EDIT: Oh well, Kabaldan already put all my rambling much more succintly than I could... I'm way too talky

well i was jus trying to help.. .anyway guys thanks i guess i won't be needing those apps anymore ...sorry for my noobness

Thank you so much guys!
It seems like it's working. I will check out lib2ext & the other suggestions tonight or over the weekend (on my way to work now).
I must say, I thought the move to CM7 would be a temporary one, but the speed gain is just what I needed, & the tweaks I thought I'd miss I am finding hidden in the settings .
Just wondering on the battery now - but I've been fiddling non-stop.
So let me play a bit more the weekend & I'll merge my ext2 and SWAP partition into one ext3 partition.
Thanks all, and kabaldan for your hard work on this rom.
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Just as I was on my way...
Everything's running fine, A2SD works. But now, I partitioned my SD card with a 2nd partition (ext3, it was ext2), but now widgets are not loading. Checked the apps install location, and it's 'internal', ie. ext3. I never had this before. I think maybe it's due to the filesystem now?
EDIT: Ok, ext2 is doing the same. I can't keep starting from scratch the whole time guys.
EDIT2: It's now suddenly working! Just have a Fat32 and an Ext3 partition. But I don't understand because it's been setup like this twice before with no success. I'll hold thumbs!
PS, CyanogenMod is quite up my alley now, speed is awesome and I'm happy.
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Insufficient storage google play.

So yeah insufficient storage available when installing anything in Google play..
Wiped cache
Manually deleted dalvik cache. (dont have a recovery and not getting it.)
I have 20 gb on internal storage if the app partition this small this is seriously ****ing stupid.
I don't plan to wipe data nor install any app since I use all I got and don't have that many -.-
It would be a pain in the ass having to each app to external SD to be installing apps... seriously WTF ASUS/Google

deathskater said:
So yeah insufficient storage available when installing anything in Google play..
Wiped cache
Manually deleted dalvik cache. (dont have a recovery and not getting it.)
I have 20 gb on internal storage if the app partition this small this is seriously ****ing stupid.
I don't plan to wipe data nor install any app since I use all I got and don't have that many -.-
It would be a pain in the ass having to each app to external SD to be installing apps... seriously WTF ASUS/Google
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Well... I noticed I could install any other app regardless of size file.. went to the folder where apps are being installed and found out there where apps with the same name as what I was trying to install. I had this installed previously and uninstalled it seems the system created these .odex files that for some reason prevent me from installing the app with its name.
so just delete the .Odex and it works...
Oh well hope this help for other people. I was about to Rage RAAAAWRRRR

deathskater said:
Well... I noticed I could install any other app regardless of size file.. went to the folder where apps are being installed and found out there where apps with the same name as what I was trying to install. I had this installed previously and uninstalled it seems the system created these .odex files that for some reason prevent me from installing the app with its name.
so just delete the .Odex and it works...
Oh well hope this help for other people. I was about to Rage RAAAAWRRRR
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YES! I looked all over and nobody seemed to have the answer until I found your post! I had the same problem. I could install other apps, but I couldn't install 1 specific app that I had already installed/uninstalled, no matter what my download source for the app was. Then I found where the backup .apk and .odex files were (/data/app/), deleted that .odex file, and it reinstalled perfectly after that. Thanks!!!

can confirm before smashing my phone doing a factory reset i found a .odex file in /data/secureapp/ or some thing like that deleted thia and BINGO WAS HIS NAMEO whoop whoop thx

deathskater said:
So yeah insufficient storage available when installing anything in Google play..
Wiped cache
Manually deleted dalvik cache. (dont have a recovery and not getting it.)
I have 20 gb on internal storage if the app partition this small this is seriously ****ing stupid.
I don't plan to wipe data nor install any app since I use all I got and don't have that many -.-
It would be a pain in the ass having to each app to external SD to be installing apps... seriously WTF ASUS/Google
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Environment: Galaxy S3
App: MX player
OS: JB
issue: as title.
but i cannot located the .odex for this app.
could anyone please help?

[Problem] Freezes when trying to wipe data/factory reset on CWM recovery

Hi, I want to install a new ROM, and is the first time I'm trying.
I've followed the steps correctly, and when I press the 3 button and it opens the Samsung recovery, I hit reinstall packages and it loads the orange cwm recovery.
Now this is where the problem begins.
I need to wipe data/factory reset, but when I hit it the phone freezes. (If I wipe on the phone it works, and on the samsung recovery it also works.)
If, on cwm recovery I wipe cache it works, partitioning on cwm recovery also works.
First this is what happened:
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
E:format_volume: make:extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
I partitioned on Rom manager and this happened:
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
E:format_volume failed to unmount "/cache"
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
I partitioned again on cwm recovery and this happened:
- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
It always freezes on "Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure..."
In all three cases.
I don't understand why, and my question is that after it freezes if I turn off the phone (by pressing the turn off button which works), and hit reinstall packages again, and clean cache and delvik cache and load the ROM, if it will work.
I don't know what more can I do..

Why are you partitioning your SD card so many times?

Because it wasn't working correctly?
btw, if I format the sd card, the partition will still remain, right?

lipico said:
Because it wasn't working correctly?
btw, if I format the sd card, the partition will still remain, right?
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Since CWM isn't partitioning correctly, try partitioning on your computer. This guide is helpful -> link. The ext partition should be 1024 MB (=1 GB) or 2048 MB (=2 GB) depending on how much space you want for apps. Swap should be 0 MB. The rest should be FAT32 for your storage. I personally only have two partitions, my FAT32 one and my EXT one, I don't have a SWAP partition.
Format should just erase the SD card, not the partitions, though I might be wrong.

I partition on the computer which didn't worked then I partitioned on the app rom manager but the maximum ext was 512 mb..so I went to partition on cwm recovery when booting..and put 2048 for ext and 0 for swap as you told me..
But if I delete the data on samsung recovery, and then boot CWM recovery, and wipe cache and the dalvik cache there, it's might work right?
thanks a lot.
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lipico said:
I partition on the computer which didn't worked then I partitioned on the app rom manager but the maximum ext was 512 mb..so I went to partition on cwm recovery when booting..and put 2048 for ext and 0 for swap as you told me..
But if I delete the data on samsung recovery, and then boot CWM recovery, and wipe cache and the dalvik cache there, it's might work right?
thanks a lot.
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When you say partition on computer didn't work, what do you mean? It didn't partition your SD card? Or it didn't solve the problems of the wipe freeze? I think you need to stop trying to partition it using so many different tools, erase all the partitions and start over on a computer. It should work, and if it doesn't then it might be a SD card issue.
Edit: Hmm, yeah that should work technically! I've asked on the ROM thread, lets see what they say.

When I partitioned on the computer the ext partition wasn't working right..the software didn't even recognise it..but I think that now it is rightly done..
Maybe tomorrow I'll try to wipe data on the samsung recovery, then I'll reinstall packages and on cwm I'll wipe cache and dalvik and then try to install the rom..maybe it will work..I hope so!
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lipico said:
When I partitioned on the computer the ext partition wasn't working right..the software didn't even recognise it..but I think that now it is rightly done..
Maybe tomorrow I'll try to wipe data on the samsung recovery, then I'll reinstall packages and on cwm I'll wipe cache and dalvik and then try to install the rom..maybe it will work..I hope so!
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Ext is a Linux file system and Windows won't recognise it. I'd recommend a fresh partition (delete all partitions and then add in your FAT32 partition and EXT2/3/4 partition, making sure both are Primary partitions).

I actually partitioned both of mine as Fat32 and it works great
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I think that now it is formated correctly. But the problem still remains.
I think I'll try to wipe the data on samsung recovery, and then complete on cwm recovery.
EDIT: so, I was wiping data and like always it friezed, so, I turned it off, and he turned on on samsung recovery, I pressed reinstall packages, and on cwm deleted cache and dalvik. Installed the rom, and it worked. The rom is functioning, and the problem I had with the "message not processed due to insufficient funds" disappeared. I think the rom is working right, but it doesn't vibrate when I receive sms, and the leds doesn't work either. Don't know if it's like that, I'll see on the rom thread.
Thanks a lot.

lipico said:
I think that now it is formated correctly. But the problem still remains.
I think I'll try to wipe the data on samsung recovery, and then complete on cwm recovery.
EDIT: so, I was wiping data and like always it friezed, so, I turned it off, and he turned on on samsung recovery, I pressed reinstall packages, and on cwm deleted cache and dalvik. Installed the rom, and it worked. The rom is functioning, and the problem I had with the "message not processed due to insufficient funds" disappeared. I think the rom is working right, but it doesn't vibrate when I receive sms, and the leds doesn't work either. Don't know if it's like that, I'll see on the rom thread.
Thanks a lot.
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Glad you finally got it working I would highly recommend doing a reinstall using the new voodoo red CWM recovery after wiping all the data, etc ... just to make sure all of its completely wiped (reinstalling different ROMs sometimes leaves old data on different partitions and takes up space). You should also re-partition SD card just to be safe. But of course this is all optional, just my two cents
You need to play around with different settings. Like under Sound you'll have the Vibrate option set to Only on Silent, Always On, etc. On the SMS setting itself, you can set different ringtones, etc under setting. LED only works on Missed Calls and Charging atm. The only thing that doesn't work (for me anyway) is on some forms, like SMS To field, when you type a name it doesn't come up till you select it. This is a theme issue faced by everyone and there are no fixes atm. Did you install LEAN GOV or the full one? If you installed LEAN, mine didn't come with Google Search installed, download the apk from the internet and install. Using the Link2SD app (which I recommend for saving space) you can Press+Hold the Google Search app from your applications list and convert it into a Systems App. This lets you use the search button on keyboard and search widget as well! I also recommend ADW Launcher which you can install from the Play Store.
If you have any problems, don't hesitate to hit me up Click Thanks if something I said was helpful

Another app I would highly recommend installing ASAP is Titanium Backup. It'll save current versions of apps and data for you to as a backup to your sd card. It's really come in handy a number of times as I've tried new roms or switched back to an older version if an app comes out with a bad update.
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eMJaaay said:
Glad you finally got it working I would highly recommend doing a reinstall using the new voodoo red CWM recovery after wiping all the data, etc ... just to make sure all of its completely wiped (reinstalling different ROMs sometimes leaves old data on different partitions and takes up space). You should also re-partition SD card just to be safe. But of course this is all optional, just my two cents
You need to play around with different settings. Like under Sound you'll have the Vibrate option set to Only on Silent, Always On, etc. On the SMS setting itself, you can set different ringtones, etc under setting. LED only works on Missed Calls and Charging atm. The only thing that doesn't work (for me anyway) is on some forms, like SMS To field, when you type a name it doesn't come up till you select it. This is a theme issue faced by everyone and there are no fixes atm. Did you install LEAN GOV or the full one? If you installed LEAN, mine didn't come with Google Search installed, download the apk from the internet and install. Using the Link2SD app (which I recommend for saving space) you can Press+Hold the Google Search app from your applications list and convert it into a Systems App. This lets you use the search button on keyboard and search widget as well! I also recommend ADW Launcher which you can install from the Play Store.
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Yes, I went on Sound and I put it on Vibrate Always. It doesn't work. The only way for me to know it I received an sms is on the top on the notifications. No even the messaging icon says that I have a sms. But that's ok. When I type a name to send a message the name doesn't came up either. That's a bit bad, by I can handle it! I installed the LEAN GOV-PERFORMANCE.
I'll see the rest that you talked about!
I installed adw launcher, but I don't know were it went. On the settings the "theme settings" doesn't work, and it says to force close.

[Q] HELP! Insufficient Storage Space...11.24 GB Though

Hi all,
I already searched around and could not find anything close to a solution. I have a huge ANNOYING problem. I haven't had this issue until recently. Or rather, I haven't noticed it until now. I flashed a new ROM coming from CM10 thinking it was the ROM, but I have tried two different ROMs and still the same problem. WTF!? I keep getting the message "Insufficient Space available" error when trying to install programs from Google Play or trying to side-load.
For some reason I have two internal storages when I look under storage in system settings. One is 1.97GB and the other is 11.24GB. In the smallest one, I have 209MB available. WTF!? Yet the other has 11.17GB. It's to the point where I have only 9 progrmas installed! 9!! Something's got to be wrong here, Please help!
What's the deal!? Anyone have a solution. I have done a factory reset and cleared everything. Still nothing. Any help is greatly appreciated.
*temporary fix*
OK, so I went in and cleaned out the folder /system/lost+found
It had 1.6gb of used space. Deleted it all and now I have that space available.
The main reason for this being a temporary fix is because I still have two internal storages. So eventually the 2gb where all the programs are being installed into, will run out again. So then phone is not taking advantage of all 14 GB available for storage.
-Carlos

Did you wipe data and caches?
I had this problem before, where I had gigabytes of files in the lost+found folder, which would take up the internal storage where apps are installed. When I went to another ROM, I did a clean flash, and even though I restored all apps from Google, I had much more space available.
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I did all that. Just like always. Even before I flashed the new ROM, I cleared cache and wiped data. Even did Dalvik cache wipe. Still nothing.Where is this lost+found folder you speak of. Maybe go into it manually. But still doesn't explain all that available space.
-Carlos

hondalude89 said:
I did all that. Just like always. Even before I flashed the new ROM, I cleared cache and wiped data. Even did Dalvik cache wipe. Still nothing.Where is this lost+found folder you speak of. Maybe go into it manually. But still doesn't explain all that available space.
-Carlos
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Look in /system/lost+ found.

hondalude89 said:
I did all that. Just like always. Even before I flashed the new ROM, I cleared cache and wiped data. Even did Dalvik cache wipe. Still nothing.
-Carlos
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Wipe data from google play services, google play, and google services frameworks. Clearing the data also wipes the cache for you. To do this go to Manage apps>all and pick those apps. It'll take some time to resync all your google info but after that you should be good.

So I just had this problem yesterday and what worked for me is to wipe Everything, except for the sd cards. That should clear out the data that is from your last rom.

bonkieash said:
So I just had this problem yesterday and what worked for me is to wipe Everything, except for the sd cards. That should clear out the data that is from your last rom.
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Actually the way to fix it is set "use rm-rf" options in settings in TWRP while flashing. I don't know why but make_ext does not work sometimes

epapsiou said:
Actually the way to fix it is set "use rm-rf" options in settings in TWRP while flashing. I don't know why but make_ext does not work sometimes
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I'll try that. Actually I got it to where I can actually install other rpogrmas. But the phone still has a 2gb internal storage and 11.4gb internal storage. Which is pretty frustrating. Buddy's S3 only has one internal storage. Sondoea another Buddy's note2. So I'm lost as to why I have 2 internal storages. Wtf!?
For right now, see first post for my "temporary fix"
-Carlos

hondalude89 said:
I'll try that. Actually I got it to where I can actually install other rpogrmas. But the phone still has a 2gb internal storage and 11.4gb internal storage. Which is pretty frustrating. Buddy's S3 only has one internal storage. Sondoea another Buddy's note2. So I'm lost as to why I have 2 internal storages. Wtf!?
For right now, see first post for my "temporary fix"
-Carlos
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Have you figured out a solution (and not just a temp. fix) to your 2 internal storages issue? I'm having that problem right now after flashing official CM 10.2.
Please let me know asap.

bonkieash said:
So I just had this problem yesterday and what worked for me is to wipe Everything, except for the sd cards. That should clear out the data that is from your last rom.
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Did you wipe internal sd card as well or did you mean you wiped everything except both the internal and micro sd card?
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My solution was to disable Sync App Data in my google account as I logged into a factory wiped phone. I had Despicable Me 2 installed on my tablet, but even though it wasn't installed on my phone it was still syncing the 600 (SIX HUNDRED) MB of App data (videos I assume?!). There is no easy way to know which apps are doing this(abusing data sync), especially if you have multiple devices using the same account but different app sets. Wiping /data and making sure not to sync app data was the only thing that worked for me. Once you are in, you may be able to delete that app data by delteing the app from the 'My Apps' 'All Apps' section, but there should really be a better way to manage this data.

Did anyone come up with a permanent fix for this? I have tried flashing several roms several times and always end up with the split storage.

vegantacodrone said:
Did anyone come up with a permanent fix for this? I have tried flashing several roms several times and always end up with the split storage.
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I haven't found a permanent solution, but you can install apps on the external SD card. I think there is an Xposed module that will force apps onto the sd card as well.

low memory with 10.2

not only does cm10.2 not recognize that there is 8gb on onboard but it only seems to see about half that. now i cant even update nor download apps. any ideas?
thanks!!!

nycdave said:
not only does cm10.2 not recognize that there is 8gb on onboard but it only seems to see about half that. now i cant even update nor download apps. any ideas?
thanks!!!
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roms take more space after being flashed
so to increase your memory you can uninstall unwanted system apps and other apps and after that boot into recovery and wipe cache partition and then reboot you will really have more free space
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you are having space issues right??
dont you use sd card ??

aditya rathee said:
roms take more space after being flashed
so to increase your memory you can uninstall unwanted system apps and other apps and after that boot into recovery and wipe cache partition and then reboot you will really have more free space
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you are having space issues right??
dont you use sd card ??
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If you do the correct wipes and install an aftermarket ROM, is should take up less space. Most aftermarket ROMs are quite a bit smaller than the stock ROMs. There are a few running around in this forum that are heavily bloated with stuff to make the Tab more media friendly, but these are the exceptions. With that being said, did you do a clean wipe prior to install? If not, that's the issue. There's some left over data in there. Also, the memory is partitioned into sections, one for the ROM and one for storage. Getting a SD would be good so you can store your backups there. Backups take up a lot of memory.

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If you do the correct wipes and install an aftermarket ROM, is should take up less space. Most aftermarket ROMs are quite a bit smaller than the stock ROMs. There are a few running around in this forum that are heavily bloated with stuff to make the Tab more media friendly, but these are the exceptions. With that being said, did you do a clean wipe prior to install? If not, that's the issue. There's some left over data in there. Also, the memory is partitioned into sections, one for the ROM and one for storage. Getting a SD would be good so you can store your backups there. Backups take up a lot of memory.
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yes bro i totally agree with you 16 gb internal storage is filled up very quickly if we install apps and play movies and songs and do some gaming
that's why i was asking that whether @nycdave was having sd card or not

aditya rathee said:
yes bro i totally agree with you 16 gb internal storage is filled up very quickly if we install apps and play movies and songs and do some gaming
that's why i was asking that whether @nycdave was having sd card or not
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GUYS..... first of all thank you so much for taking the time to respond. this has been a thorn in my side for a while now.. i do indeed have an sd and prior to the switch from stock to cm10.2 i was able to employ the ext script to swap memory which worked well overall. i do not know of any viable way to employ any memory swap script or app thast works well with cm10.2 i have done a great deal of research and i have not seen anything.. im also not a noob but i do feel like on right now!!!! this is so annoying. here are my questions:
do you know of any app to sd applications that work with cm10.2?
do you know of anyway to install apps to the card?
as for the wipe.... yes I did wipe completely ( at least I thought I did) I wiped data, system, cache, dalvik, and then formatted system, cache, data then wiped then cleared dalvik again prior to rebooting. this was thorough and typically what i do when I flash.
im totally open to suggestions. as of now the tab is pretty much rendered useless because I cannot even update apps. it only sees 4.59gb of the onboard space and the entire 16gb of the ext card.
thanks !!!!!!!!!!!

nycdave said:
GUYS..... first of all thank you so much for taking the time to respond. this has been a thorn in my side for a while now.. i do indeed have an sd and prior to the switch from stock to cm10.2 i was able to employ the ext script to swap memory which worked well overall. i do not know of any viable way to employ any memory swap script or app thast works well with cm10.2 i have done a great deal of research and i have not seen anything.. im also not a noob but i do feel like on right now!!!! this is so annoying. here are my questions:
do you know of any app to sd applications that work with cm10.2?
do you know of anyway to install apps to the card?
as for the wipe.... yes I did wipe completely ( at least I thought I did) I wiped data, system, cache, dalvik, and then formatted system, cache, data then wiped then cleared dalvik again prior to rebooting. this was thorough and typically what i do when I flash.
im totally open to suggestions. as of now the tab is pretty much rendered useless because I cannot even update apps. it only sees 4.59gb of the onboard space and the entire 16gb of the ext card.
thanks !!!!!!!!!!!
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right now there might not be any app which works with cm 10.2 cos it itself is not quiet stable right now
also to move apps to sd you can try app2sd script or any app which move apps to sd card on rooted phones

aditya rathee said:
right now there might not be any app which works with cm 10.2 cos it itself is not quiet stable right now
also to move apps to sd you can try app2sd script or any app which move apps to sd card on rooted phones
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thanks man I have tried it... does not work. my primary concern right now is getting back the total 8gb onboard memory without switching back to stock. I have cleared and formatted data/cache/system partitions and I have flashed a few times already. im losing my mind over this bull**** already. any other ideas?

nycdave said:
thanks man I have tried it... does not work. my primary concern right now is getting back the total 8gb onboard memory without switching back to stock. I have cleared and formatted data/cache/system partitions and I have flashed a few times already. im losing my mind over this bull**** already. any other ideas?
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i think that some memory is occupied by the rom so there is not a thing you can do besides clearing cache so it is of no use
also have you tried sdmaid??

aditya rathee said:
i think that some memory is occupied by the rom so there is not a thing you can do besides clearing cache so it is of no use
also have you tried sdmaid??
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no i have not tried that what is it? do you think cm10.2 takes nearly half the capacity though bro? i have never had this probem with any other device before that has been running cm10

nycdave said:
no i have not tried that what is it? do you think cm10.2 takes nearly half the capacity though bro? i have never had this probem with any other device before that has been running cm10
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it has more clean up features than many other apps so you can try it
also i dont know how so much memory is occupied in this rom of yours
i think you have not done wipes before installing this rom

aditya rathee said:
it has more clean up features than many other apps so you can try it
also i dont know how so much memory is occupied in this rom of yours
i think you have not done wipes before installing this rom
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not only have I done tons of wipes but I have wiped completely..... all the way down to going back to stock to check if I have made a mistake alomng the way........ nothing works!! and with stock i get a full 8gb. with cm10 i get only 4.59

nycdave said:
not only have I done tons of wipes but I have wiped completely..... all the way down to going back to stock to check if I have made a mistake alomng the way........ nothing works!! and with stock i get a full 8gb. with cm10 i get only 4.59
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try some other good rom than this cm which poses a memory problem for you

aditya rathee said:
try some other good rom than this cm which poses a memory problem for you
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got any suggestions?

nycdave said:
got any suggestions?
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yup
try pac rom or cm11 both are good and pac rom more stable than cm11 cos it is in initial stages

nycdave said:
got any suggestions?
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I don't see a link for a cm11 build for the tab 2. Do u have one that u can send me to?
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