[Q] 4+GB File on SDCard called System Data - Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

can someone please explain to me what this is and why its there?
It says System Data 4874 MiB when using DiskUsage

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[Q] change partition size on Galaxy 3 - more space for apps

Hi,
I have a problem with data space.
Therefore I removed those aplications from system folder :
Swype.apk (11 MB) - for czech and many other user useless because of absence their language support
Layar.apk (5MB) ? - useless too - I do not wanna anyone know where I am located
Samsung Apps.apk (5 MB ?) - useless because Samsung GAY policy
Thinkdroid.apk ( 5 MB) ? - I never used , but I wanna install it on sdcard - weird after remove from system, it was not possible to install it - phone rebooted
Ive expected I will have more free space for aplications, but I have not
So I have now :
System : 182.99 MB used, 27.64 MB free
Data : 188.86 MB used , 5.29 MB free
Cache : 792 KB used 32.03 MB free
My goal is ofcourse to have as much as MB free at DATA folder / partition
Is there any EASY way how to make it happen without data loss and most important - without PHONE BRICK ?
so some partition manager ?
I tried already some trick to have 2 partitions on SD and ofcourse, it does not work - it take only 1 or more hours to get 30+ GBs of music, maps etc back to SD
I am not sure if this works for example at Kyrillos 7.0 , but if I have to download something over DATA connection and cant use wi-fi , then this solution is unacceptable
Of course my goal is to have unchanged aplications and their data + I5800XXJPS
My dream is Android 2.3.4 , but I will wait till FM RADIO and other non working stuff will be solved
I found this http://android.modaco.com/topic/331205-guide-how-to-get-more-free-space-for-your-apps/
but it looks too hard and I need more like 128/136 MB for system partition
I am using APP 2 SD Pro and Move2SD Enabler set to EXTERNAL
for example install ANGRY BIRDS is impossible even I have 200 MB free at my 32 GB SDCARD
thanks for your help
Bro, wrong section.
And you have a 32 GB SD card. Then make a 1 GB ext4 partition. Rest 31 GBs you use for songs and all. Kyrillos has apps2sd v2 enabled. Only /data/data/ remains in internal memory. If you don t want that to also, then you can use app2sd v3. It works. All apps that you install will goto ext4 partition of SD.
It may be possible but there is an easier way. If you are low on space for apps, that means that data partition is full, you on the other hand, you deleted apps from system partition so you have more space there. So... go to data/app and move some of your instaled apps from there to system/app. Be sure to leave some free space on system partition, especially if you are going to change themes, then leave 10mb free.
thanks
ka'cipeder said:
It may be possible but there is an easier way. If you are low on space for apps, that means that data partition is full, you on the other hand, you deleted apps from system partition so you have more space there. So... go to data/app and move some of your instaled apps from there to system/app. Be sure to leave some free space on system partition, especially if you are going to change themes, then leave 10mb free.
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Thanks all to respon, specially You,
I alraedy did exactly You suggest and it helps
I do not wanna go ext partitions, I alraedy deleted some most biggest size files from Dalvik-cache too
if there are a some steps how make works APP2SD ver 3 without partitioning SD, then please write how
now I am trying Regina Launcher first time, initializing takes so loooong
Best Regards
Radek

Quick question! Anyone know any commands for the emulator...

Anyone know on the emulator that totally would irradicate all my files and apps. I flashed my tablet before backing it up and my games etc. applications is taking 8 gigs of space with out letting me have access to it. but i do it see on my pc and tablet that its taking up space. I have tried formatting and recovering those 8 gigs of applications with no success.... COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME A QUICK SOLUTION TO THIS THAT WOULD TERMINATE THESE HIDDEN APPLICATIONS? i just really want my 8 gigabytes of internal memory so i can finally fill it up with roms and applications of what this tablet meant to do!
You can unistall app from the menu, no need to go in terminal...
And for the files, you can use root explorer, file manager, ... select the file you want than delete it :good:
n0is said:
You can unistall app from the menu, no need to go in terminal...
And for the files, you can use root explorer, file manager, ... select the file you want than delete it :good:
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I've done all of those wat u said to me but it does not show up on the menu or the file managers. Do u know how I can gain access to them
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KMoracle said:
I've done all of those wat u said to me but it does not show up on the menu or the file managers. Do u know how I can gain access to them
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To uninstall an app : menu -> settings -> apps -> select an app -> uninstall (you can only uninstall app we've installed before)
n0is said:
To uninstall an app : menu -> settings -> apps -> select an app -> uninstall (you can only uninstall app we've installed before)
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No. The applications prior to rooting it. Please reread the thread over again
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as root,
To delete all contents of of the specified directory including sub-directories, while leaving the specified directory in place:
Code:
rm -r /path/to/dir/*
To delete the specified directory and all of it's contents including sub-directories:
Code:
rm -r /path/to/dir
Be careful how you use it
MrHyde03 said:
as root,
To delete all contents of of the specified directory including sub-directories, while leaving the specified directory in place:
Code:
rm -r /path/to/dir/*
To delete the specified directory and all of it's contents including sub-directories:
Code:
rm -r /path/to/dir
Be careful how you use it
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how can i found out what directory those 8 gigs of applicatioons are in if it is not even showing up on File managers or on my pc? It seems like its partitioned.
KMoracle said:
how can i found out what directory those 8 gigs of applicatioons are in if it is not even showing up on File managers or on my pc? It seems like its partitioned.
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Yes its partitioned.
The Tablet internal has 7818MB memory is partitioned as
1 EFS
2 SBL1
3 SBL2
4 PARAM
5 KERNEL
6 RECOVERY
7 CACHE
8 MODEM
9 FACTORY FS
10 DATAFS
11 HIDDEN
The actual internal memory space for your data and apps is the partitoned Named "DATAFS" it is 5004MB in size. Cache, Factory FS (ie the Android Operating System's Partition) and Hidden take up around 2700MB.
I just mounted HIDDEN and am quite annoyed that Samsung wasted 537 MB to put only 88MB of files to be used for its in store demo instead of user space.
thanks
wjptam said:
Yes its partitioned.
The Tablet internal has 7818MB memory is partitioned as
1 EFS
2 SBL1
3 SBL2
4 PARAM
5 KERNEL
6 RECOVERY
7 CACHE
8 MODEM
9 FACTORY FS
10 DATAFS
11 HIDDEN
The actual internal memory space for your data and apps is the partitoned Named "DATAFS" it is 5004MB in size. Cache, Factory FS (ie the Android Operating System's Partition) and Hidden take up around 2700MB.
I just mounted HIDDEN and am quite annoyed that Samsung wasted 537 MB to put only 88MB of files to be used for its in store demo instead of user space.
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Wow this information is actually helpful. So how can i exactly delete it? Can I access that through my pc via usb?

[Q] [MEMORY LEAK] Device Memory is full, but it's unknown what filled it! +screenshot

The total space is 1.57 GB. The "Apps" (used space) and "Available" (free space) doesn't add up to the total space.
512 + 0.82 = 512.82 MB, where is that missing 1000 MB?
There must be some unknown files that I can't see with Astro file manager (hidden files enabled) because I don't have root.
So how to delete those unknown files (without root)? How to get back that missing 1000 MB?
Looks like your /data/ partition (installed apps) is full, but the /system/ partition (rom+stock apps) has some space left, hence what you see in the storage manager.
If you install Link2SD and go to Storage Info (you will see something like on this screenshot)
What do you see on your device ?
To make space on the /data/ partition you could try to move more apps to the internal SDCard (settings -> apps -> select app -> "move to" button) or you could try to use Link2SD to do more, but you will need root.
Alternatively it is possible to resize the /data/ partition by taking space allocated to the internal memory /SDCard0/ partition.
This guide will explain you how.
You will need root and a kernel with recovery, also knowing your way around in ADB and have some basic knowledge about storage partitions.
I've already moved everything that I can to the internal memory and deleted the cache of many apps and removed the updates of all Google apps.
This problem appeared when I tried to download a file with Dolphin browser. I went to this site:
openstreetmap.hu/letoltesek
and tried to download this file:
TuraReteg.sqlitedb
The phone become unresponsive and something drained the whole memory. So there must be unknown files in that partition.
As I know, it's not possible to access the device memory without root. The Astro file manager shows empty folders. The phone is not mine. So how to delete those unknown files that waste the internal memory without root? (The Clean Master is useless, it cleans the "internal memory" only, NOT the "device memory".)
Maybe what happened is that after the download the contents of that .sqlitedb file got merged into the internal databases of your device...which would mean at least 186MB being injected or copied somewhere, hopefully on the /data/ partition.
Have you tried to do a factory reset (from the phone settings) ?
This should wipe the /data/ partition (and also the SDcard, so remove if there are file on it you wish to keep).
Backup what you need to keep on your device (messages, media and so on).
If that doesn't help and you are on a stock ROM, what you can try after that is connect the phone to a computer and reflash the latest Sony ROM with Sony Companion (it is called "repair phone" in the program if I recall correctly)

Increase space for apps, the end of " Insufficient Storage Available" in device ...

Increase space for apps, the end of " Insufficient Storage Available" in device ...
Hi!
I have a new post with a better and functional solution here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/general/send-apps-to-sd-card-avoid-low-storage-t3344880
Any one that try it, please let me know how it goes with you.
sd card
hello the mobile does not recognize my sdcard of 16gb after I make a ext4 partition of 6 gb and a fat32 partition of 10gb. Any suggestion?
lalahamid said:
hello the mobile does not recognize my sdcard of 16gb after I make a ext4 partition of 6 gb and a fat32 partition of 10gb. Any suggestion?
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How do you made it?
Both partitions must primary.
The pv or phone cant see ext4 partition, only after mounted and in data
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persona78 said:
How do you made it?
Both partitions must primary.
The pc or phone cant see ext4 partition, only after mounted and in data
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mount partition
I have made both partitions as primary and then followed your instructions. When I execute link2sd after installing from sdcard it asks to choose the format for the second partition of the sdcard. then I select fat32 an reboot.
after following your instructions the apps are beeing installed to the ext2 folder (also to the app folder).
But when I check the phones internal memory, it shows a decrease of space, after installing an app.
The Settings only show the phones internal memory an the one fat32 partition of the external sdcard. but nor the ext4 partition?
lalahamid said:
I have made both partitions as primary and then followed your instructions. When I execute link2sd after installing from sdcard it asks to choose the format for the second partition of the sdcard. then I select fat32 an reboot.
after following your instructions the apps are beeing installed to the ext2 folder (also to the app folder).
But when I check the phones internal memory, it shows a decrease of space, after installing an app.
The Settings only show the phones internal memory an the one fat32 partition of the external sdcard. but nor the ext4 partition?
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Noooo!
When asks to choose the format for the second partition of the sdcard you must select EXT4 than reboot. Still the same you had created with mini partition tool, but he need to recreate to create the mount script to.
That's why it fails.
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persona78 said:
Noooo!
When asks to choose the format for the second partition of the sdcard you must select EXT4 than reboot. Still the same you had created with mini partition tool, but he need to recreate to create the mount script to.
That's why it fails.
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I also tried with ext4 and rebootin but then it still doesnt mount. I have to repeat the mounting process again with link2sd but it doesnt mount. I did not find init.d file.
Do I have to make any setting changes while creating a ext4 partition?
lalahamid said:
I also tried with ext4 and rebootin but then it still doesnt mount. I have to repeat the mounting process again with link2sd but it doesnt mount. I did not find init.d file.
Do I have to make any setting changes while creating a ext4 partition?
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If you don't have the file or folder you can created, create a folder and must have 755 permission.
You need that folder....
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Installing apps
Hello,
untill now this method worked really great. I followed all the steps and everything went fine. Now the time has come to check if it works, I downloaded some app in de playstore, but whenever it's done installing my phone reboots instantly. Does anyone know how this comes?
thanks in advance
berenvacht said:
Hello,
untill now this method worked really great. I followed all the steps and everything went fine. Now the time has come to check if it works, I downloaded some app in de playstore, but whenever it's done installing my phone reboots instantly. Does anyone know how this comes?
thanks in advance
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Hi!
This is a light version. Has missing some permissions ( fixed ) and busybox tools ... :/ ( fixed to )
It create a full root WITH option to send your apps to sd card automatically!
How?
Because it create a funtional init.d folder in system/etc where you can put your own scripts to start on boot, giving you full control from your ROM/phone and if you have a ext4 partition in sd card ( 3 GB that's enough ), it will send your apps to sd card releasing storage.
LTE device have a default 2GB /data storage for apps and user definitions, phone call, etc. 3G device is worse!!!
So for a LTE device, 3GB from sd partition + 2GB from data partition = 5GB!
To show you why don´t need more, i have at this momente 61 app in /data/app ( in sd ext4 partition ) that fill 750MB - > 61 apps!!!
If you have a LTE device and your /data partiton is resized you can push a litle the size from external partition to 4GB ( that's enough ), im still trying to find a good size for external partition.
Why don´t need a bigger size?
Because there are file that still inside data partition, in /data/data and dalvik-cache, that still filling up data partition... you can´t take them all ...
3G devices need to be rooted with SuperSu zip first ( i don´t know way ) ... im a LTE user.
UPDATE-Kinguser-3.4.0-Modded_V2.zip
https://mega.nz/#!HoZniaSC
Key:
!tmmKUs-lnmAJo0Y4rcvxgZjYgsath0iTDBUYa7-T3YE
And this video shows how ROM works with a external ext4 partition in sd card what means that all apps go to sd card and let internal storage free:
https://youtu.be/7st6838_aAg
Use it only if you need it. Is your option.
I hope this helps you.
is when is installing? When start doing this?!
persona78 said:
Can you explan it better?!
is when is installing? When start doing this?!
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I created a shortcut sdext2 and renamed it to app, after i renamed the originally app to _app. directly after completing the process, I wanted to test if it worked. So I started downloading some apps. When it's done installing the app it reboots my phone. When its rebooted the app is not installed on my phone.
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berenvacht said:
I created a shortcut sdext2 and renamed it to app, after i renamed the originally app to _app. directly after completing the process, I wanted to test if it worked. So I started downloading some apps. When it's done installing the app it reboots my phone. When its rebooted the app is not installed on my phone.
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Also when I create the shortcut sdext2, the shortcut has other permissions, should I change these permissions to the permissions of the 'original' app folder?
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berenvacht said:
I created a shortcut sdext2 and renamed it to app, after i renamed the originally app to _app. directly after completing the process, I wanted to test if it worked. So I started downloading some apps. When it's done installing the app it reboots my phone. When its rebooted the app is not installed on my phone.
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Also when I create the shortcut sdext2, the shortcut has other permissions, should I change these permissions to the permissions of the 'original' app folder?
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See if you miss same thing:
need root
Need to have the ext4 partiton in sd card ( i use mini partition tool for windows)
Do backup from your data, apps, contacts, msg, etc, with default app in phone to restore after factory reset
download Root browser and link2sd from Google play, go to data app look for it (Root Browser: black folder with a android pirate and Link2 sd: Blue sd card icon) and copy to sd card
do factory reset but in inicial settings DON´T ACTIVATE GOOGLE ACCOUNT turn all connection off.
install Root Browser and link2sd from sd card
execute link2sd to mount ext4 partition from sd card, reboot
execute Root Browser, go to data a rename app folder to _app
look for sdext2 and create a short cut and paste in the same place, rename it app, reboot
activate Google account, now all should be working fine.
you will noticed that link2sd and root browser are missing, is because they are in _app and that folder is no longer in use, the apps can be deleted. Don´t install link2sd again, only root browser if you need it.
Tell me if you understand it
persona78 said:
See if you miss same thing:
need root
Need to have the ext4 partiton in sd card ( i use mini partition tool for windows)
Do backup from your data, apps, contacts, msg, etc, with default app in phone to restore after factory reset
download Root browser and link2sd from Google play, go to data app look for it (Root Browser: black folder with a android pirate and Link2 sd: Blue sd card icon) and copy to sd card
do factory reset but in inicial settings DON´T ACTIVATE GOOGLE ACCOUNT turn all connection off.
install Root Browser and link2sd from sd card
execute link2sd to mount ext4 partition from sd card, reboot
execute Root Browser, go to data a rename app folder to _app
look for sdext2 and create a short cut and paste in the same place, rename it app, reboot
activate Google account, now all should be working fine.
you will noticed that link2sd and root browser are missing, is because they are in _app and that folder is no longer in use, the apps can be deleted. Don´t install link2sd again, only root browser if you need it.
Tell me if you understand it
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I followed all steps again, but still the same problem. The strange thing is that the whole method works fine, except installing the apps. It's like my phone doesn't accept me using a ext4 partition instead of the 'original app'. Maybe it's because of a software restriction android uses in their operating systems... I have no clue at all. I will keep searching the internet, as soon as find something I will post it here.
You should definitely change the permissions too. However this method seems convenient, it will reduce the lifetime of your sd card and you will risk data loss. I think the repartition script is better.
The time life still the same, only the apk goes to sd card.
So is like any other file, like mp3 for example, it writes the file (apk ) , than only reads when need it to load in RAM ( I think you know that all the work is in RAM ). The apps lib files and dalvik-cache still in data partition.
If you do a factory reset the apps still gonna be there, you don't loose them, only need to re-create the process in phone, reboot and they will automatically installed.
This and the resize of data partition will make you a huge amount of data storage, i have 8,5Gb for data storage ....
Hi!
I re-edit the main post with a functional solution.
lalahamid said:
hello the mobile does not recognize my sdcard of 16gb after I make a ext4 partition of 6 gb and a fat32 partition of 10gb. Any suggestion?
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try this option, this works but was tested in 4.4.2 ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/general/send-apps-to-sd-card-avoid-low-storage-t3344880
Hi!
Diferent version from KingUser root zip.
It create a full root WITH option to send your apps to sd card automatically!
How?
Because it create a funtional init.d folder in system/etc where you can put your own scripts to start on boot, giving you full control from your ROM/phone and if you have a ext4 partition in sd card ( 3 GB that's enough ), it will send your apps to sd card releasing storage.
LTE device have a default 2GB /data storage for apps and user definitions, phone call, etc. 3G device is worse!!!
So for a LTE device, 3GB from sd partition + 2GB from data partition = 5GB!
To show you why don´t need more, i have at this momente 61 app in /data/app ( in sd ext4 partition ) that fill 750MB - > 61 apps!!!
If you have a LTE device and your /data partiton is resized you can push a litle the size from external partition to 4GB ( that's enough ), im still trying to find a good size for external partition.
Why don´t need a bigger size?
Because there are file that still inside data partition, in /data/data and dalvik-cache, that still filling up data partition... you can´t take them all ...
3G devices need to be rooted with SuperSu zip first ( i don´t know way ) ... im a LTE user.
UPDATE-Kinguser-3.4.0-Modded_V2.zip
https://mega.nz/#!HoZniaSC
Key:
!tmmKUs-lnmAJo0Y4rcvxgZjYgsath0iTDBUYa7-T3YE
And this video shows how ROM works with a external ext4 partition in sd card what means that all apps go to sd card and let internal storage free:
https://youtu.be/7st6838_aAg
Use it only if you need it. Is your option.
I hope this helps you.

Parameter not available

Hi,
To be able to install the AndroidOS 12 ROM, I need to move the package to internal storage. But when I do that, I get the message "Parameter not available". But the file does get moved, though I am unable to install it using Local Upgrade utility inside System Update. Any ideas?
I tried moving the file to internal storage using Solid Xplorer and the X-plore app as well, but it still doesn't work. Any thoughts?

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