hi,
I'm using atrix 2 4 last 6 months, mi fone hav asian retail ics ota version updated frm motorola
recently I hav purchased rom toolbox pro. mi fone s rooted. in rom toolbox under -> app manager -> all appa -> system storage it shows 432 used and 45mb free. wy s it so. actually it hav 3.5gb somthing free internal storage free. I'm using 32gb trancend memory cars.
Because the system/app folder have a specific space. It doesn't matter the free or used space of the other folders.
Also, be careful with using ROM toolbox. It has been known to turn phones into bricks quickly. It kinda quirky with the A2.
poweratrix said:
hi,
I'm using atrix 2 4 last 6 months, mi fone hav asian retail ics ota version updated frm motorola
recently I hav purchased rom toolbox pro. mi fone s rooted. in rom toolbox under -> app manager -> all appa -> system storage it shows 432 used and 45mb free. wy s it so. actually it hav 3.5gb somthing free internal storage free. I'm using 32gb trancend memory cars.
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That's 4 gb of internal memory u r talking about. The space given for system apps is only 500mb. That's y u have only 45mb left.!
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Lifehacker7 said:
That's 4 gb of internal memory u r talking about. The space given for system apps is only 500mb. That's y u have only 45mb left.!
Sent from my head runnin on CM10!
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Yes this is true.
How the storage is laid out on the AT&T phone is as such:
/system (this is where all of the files for any ROM go, /system/app, is where all the apps that come with a ROM are located), is 500MB and in stock ROMs that are odexed you only have 45-50MB left, and no you can not do anything about this. You can run an opensource ROM like CM10 or MM, and get a lot of that /system space back, but I am still not sure why this matters since /system is locked and really NOT usable. You can also deodex your own stock ROM, or use one that is already deodexed to gain some space as well, but again this is really not usable for a normal user, who is not creating their own ROMs or performing "hacks"
/data is 3.89GB and this is the "internal" 4GB that motorola advertises... now again this is really not all that usable, all you can do is install apps from the play store here, you can not use this space to store photos, or even music or videos.
So in short having 4GB in this phone is a bunch of B.S. marketing, since you will never be able to use it for anything useful.
Oh and the TW/HK versions of firmware with ICS have changed how much of the 4GB storage is actually usable.
P.S. these comments are not aimed at any one person in general, just more for everyone's information, so lifehacker7 I was really not replying to you, just commenting that what you posted was 100% correct, and I just wanted to elaborate on that.
Oh and I second what was said by Fall of Enosis about Rom toolbox. ROM toolbox does not play nice with this phone and really neither does TI BU, so be warned as both of these can soft brick you in a hurry.
As u said, since I'm using CM10, I have almost 100mb space left in /system. I barely had 10mb on stock Rom.
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Hi All i just have a quick question maybe some one could help me >?
my infuse came in with 14gb internal and 2gb external, know it shows me only 1.77gb internal and the rest is 13.1 gb sd card > and then it shows me the 2 gb external.
i have installed MIUI rom - then i went back to the stock rom and it shows me the same thing ? is there a way i could format this ?
Sorry for the noob question im knew to this
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Hi All i just have a quick question maybe some one could help me >?
my infuse came in with 14gb internal and 2gb external, know it shows me only 1.77gb internal and the rest is 13.1 gb sd card > and then it shows me the 2 gb external.
i have installed MIUI rom - then i went back to the stock rom and it shows me the same thing ? is there a way i could format this ?
Sorry for the noob question im knew to this
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The Infuse's internal is partitioned in 2. The first half is seen as full on internal, the second half is considered to be an sd card, an internal sd card. And no, there is no way to format it.
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albmob said:
Hi All i just have a quick question maybe some one could help me >?
my infuse came in with 14gb internal and 2gb external, know it shows me only 1.77gb internal and the rest is 13.1 gb sd card > and then it shows me the 2 gb external.
i have installed MIUI rom - then i went back to the stock rom and it shows me the same thing ? is there a way i could format this ?
Sorry for the noob question im knew to this
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what do you mean format? i mean you can format it by factory resettign the phone through settings but that formats the data partition as well and loses all your data. you may be able to format it in windows but none of this will change the size of anything. you cant change the partition tables, well technically you can but don't you will brick your phone! and sinse 2gb is on a different device all together you cant change that at all either.
you seem a bit confused on how this all works. the 1.77 or 2 gb is phone storage, it is used for apps, contacts, message storage, phone related stuff. the 13.1 or 14 is sd storage built into the phone, the aditional 2 is external sd storage (it's under the sim card, remove the battery to get to it. you can expand it up to 32 +the 14 built into the phone). the numbers below advertiesed are just different ways of measuring gigabytes. the definition of giga is 1billion but in conputing they use powers of 2 tradidionally so killo isn't 1000 it's 1024 mega isn't 1million its 1,048,576. mega and kilo pretty much aloways are interperated that way in computing. giga/tera however sometimes use there literal meanings 1billion/1trillion and sometimes mean 1000/1,000,000 megabytes and might also mean 1024/1,048,576 megabytes which would be 1,073,741,824-bytes for gigabytes, if you look at packaging of new hard drives there is often a disclaimer on the method they are using to advertise the capacity. i dont remember which way windows reads gbs but this is one reason hard drives never report the same space as advertised and why you see 13.1 instead of 14 and part of why you see 1.77 (some of it is used for the /system and other partitions) instead of 2.
And that's why you are one of the best there is DANi...I learn from listening to your thorough answers and explanations...very nice..
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hi guys thanks, i just moved from an iPhone so i didn't know that works like that, i got a message saying that i didn't have any room in my phone that's why i was lil confused when i thought the phone had 14 GB int storage. Is there a way to download app's from the market to the sd card ? i mean i know i could move them one by one. but is there a way to download them directly to the sd card ?
Sorry just new to all of this
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hi guys thanks, i just moved from an iPhone so i didn't know that works like that, i got a message saying that i didn't have any room in my phone that's why i was lil confused when i thought the phone had 14 GB int storage. Is there a way to download app's from the market to the sd card ? i mean i know i could move them one by one. but is there a way to download them directly to the sd card ?
Sorry just new to all of this
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that's weird. did you install a whole bunch of app? or things like ringtones ect?
1.77gb is alot for a phone and i never filled up the storage. unless it is the market bug where apps above a certain size never download. if that's the case you need to downgrade the market. if the phone did not come with the new market you can go into settings>applications>all and find the market/vending.apk then you can uninstall updates. if you would like to install a custom rom then gtg465x had a fix for this in a custom market .apk with his roms, and entropy and linux bozo have a kernel fix in their gingerbread kernels so the new market will download apps of any size.
if you infact filled the storage then you can move apps to the sd card in settings>applications>downloaded but keep aftermarket launchers and applications with widgets on the phone storage. the reasaon is that the sd card doesnt mount till after the ui starts and apps on the sd card will disapear from the home screen, if the launcher is on the sd card it will default to the touchwiz launcher. you can also do this in bulk with titanium backup.
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hi yeah it tells me i have 1.7 gb free and i get a message from the mark. i try to download i all the angry birds games at the same time and the first one was able to install fine and then i get that message from the market . i had to move that game to the sd before installing the rest i just installed this ROM MIUI - and when i had the stock ROM i never had this problem - i really like this ROM ... i only have like 5 apps installed and i have moved most of them to the SD - Facebook wont move and A.I Type wont move to the SD the rest are on the Sd -
i read some where on the web where i could go in terminal type a code and have all the apps that i download go there directly to the in.. sd card - im not sure if this is possible that's why im asking @
That no space warning is a bug in Market, go to settings>market and uninstall updates.
Things should download then, search Market fix.
Or just reboot...it will fix it also...done it many times
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albmob said:
hi yeah it tells me i have 1.7 gb free and i get a message from the mark. i try to download i all the angry birds games at the same time and the first one was able to install fine and then i get that message from the market . i had to move that game to the sd before installing the rest i just installed this ROM MIUI - and when i had the stock ROM i never had this problem - i really like this ROM ... i only have like 5 apps installed and i have moved most of them to the SD - Facebook wont move and A.I Type wont move to the SD the rest are on the Sd -
i read some where on the web where i could go in terminal type a code and have all the apps that i download go there directly to the in.. sd card - im not sure if this is possible that's why im asking @
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the newwest miui "should" have a kernel end fix. i mean the aosp kernel was developed by linux bozo and he put out a market fix on the hellraiser kernel but i dont keep up with the aosp roms.
if the kernel isn't part of the latest miui you may want to try the cm7 kernel, it is possible that because jordan elliot is having family things going on that are more important that he hasnt updated the kernel since the fix was released.
anyway it doesnt matter where you put the apps the low space message is an error. it has little to do with the space available.
when you have questions like this it helps on occasion to provide the carrier the phone is for(rogers/att), the rom or kernel you may have installed and if it is stock provide the baseband and maybe even what network you are on if it is not the one that the phone was released for. there may be known issues or differences that affect the answer and it is more productive if you can avoid having questions answered with questions or really broad answers.
Hi thanks for your help man like I said im new to this .. i was getting a msg from the market saying that because I think the market has a 30 mb download limited ... everything is working from know.. next time ill try to read more before I post lol ..
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I have an Acer E210 android mobile phone.
I wanted to know how to unlock my internal memory.
The phone's internal memory is actually greater thn 200MB. But from the DiskUsage it shows only 179.5 MB !!!!
How can I unlock or free the hidden/locked 20-30MB?
Android upgrade
Anyone knowing hoe ==w to upgrade the android 2.2 to 2.3 for Acer E210.
Really been looking to this upgrade.
Hi guys, anybody ever succeded in rooting this E210? I often get to the point where my phone is unusable due to memory ending. Don't know if there's maybe another workaround for this headache, other than rooting and moving apps to SD card.
Thanks a lot!
I succeeded
I succeeded in rooting it using SuperOneClick.
(I could free around 25MB straightaway)
But I still can't feature out how to free the locked internal memory.
I made it too! Tried with the newer version of Superoneclick (2.2 I think) and everything went smooth. Then link2sd to link my apps to the ext2 partition in my microsd and finally freed some mb's and then upgraded all of them.
Finally have a usable E210, it's crazy how these phones get unusable so quickly and without a good reason. I believe this is a good phone, now that I can make something with it!
Thanks SOC
Partition? I cudn't!
MarcoPau said:
I made it too! Tried with the newer version of Superoneclick (2.2 I think) and everything went smooth. Then link2sd to link my apps to the ext2 partition in my microsd and finally freed some mb's and then upgraded all of them.
Finally have a usable E210, it's crazy how these phones get unusable so quickly and without a good reason. I believe this is a good phone, now that I can make something with it!
Thanks SOC
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How did u create a partition Itried all sorts of formats ext1 ext2 and some more. But it jst made my card unusable!
plzz elaborate on the method u used.
This wud b a really gr8 step to free memory!
You have to make a third partition in order to have them recognized. It's supposed to be some sort of bug, but just make a third fat or whatever partition, 50 mbs or so, and you'll be fine At least it worked on mine and a few other users I read on the internet.
Cheers
Upgrade
After rooting how do I upgrade to 2.3?
Any help is appreciated.
Tinu.
tinuworld said:
After rooting how do I upgrade to 2.3?
Any help is appreciated.
Tinu.
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I tried to root it but not sure if it got rooted. I cannot see any SU icon in apps.
I got the following screen when i clicked Root.
Rooted Acer 210!
I rooted it using Gingerbread v1.2.
Hi
I am Beginner in to Rooting and Install or Modify Android OS (2.2).
I Root My G3 Some Days ago and Enable Live Wallpaper . . . . I use Stock Froyo Rom, Now I am close to Full My Phone's Internal Storage.
I have SD Card 4GB which Free about 800 MB,
Is there Any Tutorial or Trick avaliable for Galaxy 3( I5801 ) SD Storage Convert or used as a Internal Space. ?
I search and Found It is avilable for Galaxy Mini
(I want some Hack as Mention in said post)
h**p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398797
(* = t)
Thanks,
you can use things like apps2sd or link2sd to move apps to your sdcard, alternatively, most roms seem to come with a crap load of launchers and music apps etc. delete the ones you dont use/want using root explorer. (they are in system/app folder) that should free up some memory too.
Ava.tar said:
you can use things like apps2sd or link2sd to move apps to your sdcard, alternatively, most roms seem to come with a crap load of launchers and music apps etc. delete the ones you dont use/want using root explorer. (they are in system/app folder) that should free up some memory too.
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I use App2SD and Delete App and After that My Phone Space is about to Full .. .. ..
Now what to Do? So I am in search for SD Card to use as Internal Space.
Thanks For Suggestion .. .. .. ..
On 2.2 Froyo a big part of app that you moved to sd stays on internal memory...I suggest upgrading to 2.3 or partitioning your sd card.I'm on Hercolubus rom 90 apps installed 70 Mb internal memory left...
artifex21 said:
On 2.2 Froyo a big part of app that you moved to sd stays on internal memory...I suggest upgrading to 2.3 or partitioning your sd card.I'm on Hercolubus rom 90 apps installed 70 Mb internal memory left...
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OK, First Thanks for Answer
(1) If I go with Partitioning SD Card How to Do that , Step by Step Guide Available?
(2) for Upgrading 2.3, I dont want miss any of my function or hardware like in some rom Bluetooth not work. Is Hercolubus Rom Stable 100% for G3?
Please Give me Link for Stable Rom or Suggest me Rom which Runs all function of Galaxy 3, I also consider to upgrade my Galaxy 3 to Android 2.3.....
(3) If I upgrade My phone, and Official 2.3 comes (I know chances are less ) How to Roll back to stock rom?
Thanks,
julie_bholu said:
OK, First Thanks for Answer
(1) If I go with Partitioning SD Card How to Do that , Step by Step Guide Available?
(2) for Upgrading 2.3, I dont want miss any of my function or hardware like in some rom Bluetooth not work. Is Hercolubus Rom Stable 100% for G3?
Please Give me Link for Stable Rom or Suggest me Rom which Runs all function of Galaxy 3, I also consider to upgrade my Galaxy 3 to Android 2.3.....
(3) If I upgrade My phone, and Official 2.3 comes (I know chances are less ) How to Roll back to stock rom?
Thanks,
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1- Search it on Google
2- I upgraded mine SG3 to 2.3 and all features still work
3-Just flash the stock Rom. You can find it in SG3 Android Development
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I suggest Link2SD, it's very easy to use, you can choose wich app link and wich not, it's a graphical app and doesn't make the phone slow conversely to App2SD. Now i have like 30 apps and my internal storage is still 183 MB
Solved
Got Solved with Link 2 Sd . . . .
Thanks,
Created Ext2 Partition with Ubuntu and Used Space. . . .
impossible to root
For me my G3 refuse to root! how to force it?
leblancbahiga said:
For me my G3 refuse to root! how to force it?
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Superoneclick root/cf root.
Cheers
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leblancbahiga said:
For me my G3 refuse to root! how to force it?
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Use Super One Click ,
I was looking on the storage tab and I saw 4gb space taken by .. something.. I am curios , what could take so much space ? I have a database server running centos that takes less. Anyway , I havent rooted my phone yet and I am curious . Anyone could tell me what is there eating so much space ? Also with custom rom can you free more space from that ? I come from Desire S, there the stock 4.0.4 rom was using 5-600mb .
That "Other" is probably a load of cache and data that has built up over time and that you've never bothered to delete. At least 1GB of that will be Facebook if you are a heavy user.
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The phone is 5 days old. And no I don't use facebook , those 4gb in other remain there even after factory reset. That is why I am asking.
icrazy said:
The phone is 5 days old. And no I don't use facebook , those 4gb in other remain there even after factory reset. That is why I am asking.
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You can try clicking the make more space button and clearing some apps' cache.
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I was looking on the storage tab and I saw 4gb space taken by .. something.. I am curios , what could take so much space ?
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4.50 / 6.07 is just not true. You do not have 6G of app storage. You have about 2.50G.
So it's possible that you have about 1G used, and therefor about 1.50G free. (If they calculate used space from free space plus an assumption of total space..)
The layout is:
10G - sdcard
2.5G - data
1.7G - system
0.25G - cache
rest - sbl, hboot, boot, recovery, radio, wifi, modem, splash, ...
Touch of jobo what you say makes sense , but I just dont understand what can be in /data to eat 2.5gb or in system to eat 1.7gb
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Touch of jobo what you say makes sense , but I just dont understand what can be in /data to eat 2.5gb or in system to eat 1.7gb
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Those 2.5GB and 1.7GB for data and system respectively are the partition sizes. It doesn't necessarily mean they are full. (In fact, they are not.) It means we could technically flash ROMs that have up to 1.7G of /system. (Currently, ROMs take only up to about 700M tho.)
I believe that you have about 1GB of apps and app data on your /data partition, so about 1.5GB of /data free.
-Jobo
You should download a file manager and have it inspect your SD card to see what's on it and in your internal memory(Not sure if Stock Sense had something like this) I used ES File Manager and it gives you a pretty layout showing what's using what
Thanks IntelligentAj very good ideea . Look at the 2 screenshots taken with sdmaid . The partitions look different and some space is not there
later edit.
Actualy I took it to calculator .It adds up to 5273 mb , is close enough I guess. Should help if anyone else has questions on stock JB partitions .
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I would strongly recommend rooting your phone though and installing a custom ROM. Stock Sense is exponentially slower than pretty much all custom ROM's
I will root it no doubt about it . I have a desire s and lenovo tablet all rooted . But with this one is more complicated .. I have to keep it untouched for some time. And I was curious about the space .
Oh I was worried when I first rooted my phone but they have all in one tools or you can do the actual adb stuff, which isn't hard at all as long as you follow directions
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Atrix 2 4.04 Rooted System ROM too FULL! What do I delete?
Forgive me XDA'ers. I'm getting older & I forget what I've learned here at XDA. It's been close to 2 years that I had my Droid X2, rooted it.
Haven't played with other phones.
So finally got an Atrix 2 & rooted it. Thank God found Boot Menu Manager here because ROM Manager wasn't working.
Anyways in Titanium Backup Pro says:
System ROM: 500 MB (7.16 MB free)
Having only 7.16 MB free concerns me greatly. What do I do to gain space? Ideally I like 20% or more free space.
Have 21 GB free on the 32 GB SD card & 4.31 GB free on the 4.88 GB Internal.
Have all the goodies installed afaik (emulator, Root Explorer etc). If you need more info or in another form let me know. Thank you kindly.
Afaik.. System partition only for system stuff.. I think its normal to have that much free space.. All other applications install in future will go to data partition.. Which is 4.31 or ur internal.. XD
This should be asked in Q&A section and not in dev section.
And to answer it, stock ROMs are full of bloatware which leaves you with least amount of space left on system folder.
So if you want more space, you can either delete unwanted system apps ( proceed with caution or you might delete a necessary file for the phone) or flash a custom ROM. I get around 100mb free space on my system with carbon ROM.
So is it ok to have minimal space left or am I just inviting trouble?
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So is it ok to have minimal space left or am I just inviting trouble?
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No problem at all. It doesn't matter how much of space you Have on System folder. If you wanna make an app as system app by manually moving it to system/app with permissions or if you're gonna flash a zip to add a system app, you'll need more space on system of course. All the downloaded user apps will be in /data. It is no way related to /system.
Thank you so much. I was concerned.
And thanks to the mod who moved this thread appropriately. Sorry about that.