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[Q] Can't install large apps anymore

Suddenly I can't download from market any large apps ( about 25 MB), using logcat I see "... not enough free space in internal downlad storage".
90% of the installed apps are on the sd, and I have a lot of free space :
SD 3 GB free
Internal 1,36 free
Emmc 11 free
I tried to clear cache and vm cache from recovery, but no luck.
I am using a cyanogenmod rom.
Any advice,pls ?

Are you using the new market? If so that has been causing the same problems for me

natious said:
Are you using the new market? If so that has been causing the same problems for me
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I tried both: at the beginning I had the old market, after I tried with the new one: same result!
I looked around and I found that the problem could be the /cache folder.
I have:
Filesystem------Size--Used--Free--MountPoint
/dev/block/stl1 30.7M 4.1M 26.7M /cache
If the system uses the /cache downloading I could never install an app like that (about 28MB).
Can I mount/link the /cache fs in another place ?
EDIT:
Funny situation, indeed!!
I switched from cyano to overcome (full wipe).
My /cache was 30 MB and with 4k used, so I could install one big application!
I started to install another one.... no space left!
Again... now I have /cache with 4MB used, so I can't install any other big application!!
Browsing with root file manager I really can't see anything of 4MB size (even hidden!!)
EDIT [SOLVED]
Using the script in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1188972&highlight=cache
Code:
stratosk - 27/07/2011
# Corgar - 28/07/2011 ( changed location of cache in dbdata for onenand i/o, decreased cache dimension to 50mb )
# Remount /cache partition with a larger one (54.5 MB / 50mb cache)
# create a file 54.4 MB
dd if=/dev/zero of=/data/cache.img bs=1024 count=55808
# create ext4 filesystem
mke2fs -F -T ext4 /data/cache.img
# unmounting old cache partition
umount /cache
# mount
losetup /dev/block/loop7 /dbdata/cache.img
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop7 /cache
chown system.cache /cache
chmod 770 /cache
All the applications can be installed!!

i have same problem

Swap SD on CM 11 ?

How to apply the sd swap on the new cm11 of dhiru?

even i have too that doubt, how to use swap sd in Cm 11. i tried swap sd of JB4.2.2 , but it didnt work.

redflash52 said:
How to apply the sd swap on the new cm11 of dhiru?
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file partioning MTD has changed in CM 11 4.4.. lets wait for our great developers to find out a proper way for swapping memory.

Use script manager to execute this script at boot..
For GalaxySL = i9003
#!/system/bin/sh
umount /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0
umount /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1
mount -t vfat -o uid=1023,gid=1023 /dev/block/vold/179:49 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0
mount -t vfat -o uid=1023,gid=1023 /dev/block/vold/179:1 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1
Can't be installed inside "init.d" folder.. Suggest to use /data..
Replace the id = 179:49 and 179.1 according to your device internal and external id.You can check them by executing the command:
mount | grep sdcard0
and
mount | grep sdcard1
to swap change the id.. change the sdcard0 id to sdcard1..

I am currently trying this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=48876834&postcount=472
so far so good but havent tested it much, i think games run slower..

[Completed] Cyanogenmod 12 and 2nd partition in Sdcard

Any one can tell me what I make round. I have cyanogenmod with one sdcard with 2 partitions the first is mount with ext4 and the second I try fat32 ext4 ext3 ...
I no found fuse.ko in the system but internal partition and storage is mount with fuse in /storage/....
I try to mount the second partition by many difference ways . Always is mount and show up
I copy files from internal memory or sdcard first partition to the second partition
But if I try to open the files I got permission errors . Very possible is a Selinux problem but I have in permissive mode
I look with rootexplorer and files a copy in the 2nd partition in the sdcard for the owner only can read or write
Any ideas how to make the correct mounts for the 2nd Partition on SD card
I make a simple script for make test that is the last configuration I make but still only the owner can read or write that means any app can't open the files if is not root
that is the configuration I use
#!/system/bin/sh
# Mount SD Card Ext4 Script
mkdir /storage/sdcard2
mount -r -w -o exec,dev,suid,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/vold/179:66 /storage/sdcard2
mount -r -w -o exec,dev,suid,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /storage/sdcard2
chown media_rw:media_rw /storage/sdcard2
chmod g+w /storage/sdcard2
ln -s /storage/sdcard2 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard2
ln -s /storage/sdcard2 /mnt/sdcard2
chown media_rw:media_rw /mnt/sdcard2
chmod g+w /mnt/sdcard2

Hi there,
I'm sorry but I can't find anything related to your question.
Please post that in the forum bellow for more answers from the experts:
> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck

cw11 failing to swap internal / external memory

Guys, I'm completely lost in tutorials so pls help me I'm freaking out!
I'm trying to bring to life my mother's HTC Explorer so I installed CM11 (cm-11-20140316-UNOFFICIAL-pico.zip) using some yt tutorial .
It works fine and now I'm trying to increase the phone internal memory. But in vain :'(
I tried:
1) editing build.prop
Code:
persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=1
ro.vold.switchablepair=/storage/sdcard0,/storage/sdcard1
-> no change
2) Trying to execute the StorageSwap.sh
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
umount /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0
umount /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1
mount -t vfat -o uid=1023,gid=1023 /dev/block/vold/179:97 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard0
mount -t vfat -o uid=1023,gid=1023 /dev/block/vold/179:8 /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1
-> not working! permission denied
Can someone pls share a proved and easy way to make this work??

Ascend G6 L11 -- use whole internal memory for apps+data

Note: This is probably only helpful for people with a computer science or linux hacking background!
We all know the single biggest issue with this phone is the lack of internal memory for apps and app data. The internal partitioning looks like this:
/system 1 GB
/data 2 GB
sdcard0 4 GB -- lots of space that competes with external SD! Let's use it!
other stuff (tmp, boot, etc.) 1 GB
persona78 provided an excellent mod of the (most recent) stock ROM that gives you root and a working init.d:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ascend-g6/general/root-upadtekinguser-zip-modded-extras-t3349679
This mod also enables to move apps to a new ext4 partition on the external SD card. My experience however is:
dalvik cache and app data (e.g. some social media apps caching videos etc.) will still fill up the /data partition
access to external SD, even a fast one, is much slower
if you also move app data to external SD, the phone becomes unusable (slow)
So I propose the following solution, successfully tested on my phone, that will use just short of 6 GB on the internal SD card for dalvik cache, apps and their data!
This is how to do it:
backup everything important from the phone
unlock bootloader and install the ROM from persona78, linked above. Make sure root works, adb works.
connect to a Linux machine via USB that has adb installed
select mass storage mode on the phone in the USB settings
Now in mass storage mode do the following:
the phone exposes a block device without partitioning (e.g. /dev/sdb) and a block device with partitioning (e.g. /dev/sdc, /dev/sdc1). the former is the internal storage (sdcard0), the latter external storage (sdcard1).
mount /dev/sdb to /mnt/internal and /dev/sdc1 to /mnt/external
rsync -a /mnt/internal/ /mnt/external/
umount /dev/sdb
mkfs.vfat -C /var/tmp/vfat 256000
dd if=/var/tmp/vfat of=/dev/sdb bs=1M (you can delete /var/tmp/vfat after this)
losetup /dev/loop0 /dev/sdb -o 262144000
mkfs.ext4 /dev/loop0
On the phone you can now change back the USB mode to MTP (but not to charge only -- a data mode is needed for adb to work).
Now run adb shell and obtain root in the shell via 'su'. In the adb root shell:
mkdir -p /data/sdext4
losetup -o 262144000 /dev/block/loop7 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop7 /data/sdext4
in /data/sdext4, create two directories called 'data-app' and 'data-data'. Give them the respective permissions and group,ownership as with the current /data/app and /data/data directories.
cp -a /data/app/* /data/sdext4/data-app
cp -a /data/data/* /data/sdext4/data-data
rm -r /data/app/* /data/data/*
mount -o remount,rw /system
edit /etc/init.d/01AOBoot as follows
Content of /etc/init.d/01AOBoot:
#!/system/bin/sh
CONCURRENCY=makefile
# mount sdext4
losetup -o 262144000 /dev/block/loop7 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
mount -t ext4 /dev/block/loop7 /data/sdext4
mount -o bind /data/sdext4/data-app /data/app
mount -o bind /data/sdext4/data-data /data/data
# change dalvik permissions
chmod 773 /data/dalvik-cache
# change scaling_min_freq to 300000
echo 300000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_min_freq
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Now run adb reboot. It is done.
Explanation: Apps and their data need to reside on an ext4 partition. sdcard0 however has to be vfat, otherwise the phone will always complain and ask to format it. We can also not change the internal storage partitioning. Therefore we simply hide a large ext4 filesystem behind a small vfat filesystem on the same partition. Apps will startup fast and run fast, and all media files can be put on the external sd card.
I know this is very exotic to most, but maybe there are a few people like me with the necessary background who would like to follow my example. Happy hacking!

Are you kidding me?
This is a great work that you did. My phone keeps complaining about low disk space but I was gonna use parted to resize the data partition.