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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

[Q] How to resize/recreate /system and /data partitions?

With all the lighter custom ROMs we have today, the default huge /system partition we have in the O3D is a waste of space. Same with the /data partition. For those who don´t know, both /system and /data (and other smaller ones) are actual internal SD Card space!
That´s why we have LG specs saying we have 8GB of internal flash storage, when in fact we have just 5.5GB available.
So my question is: is there a (safe) way to wipe all internal SD partitions and then recreate them with more appropriate sizes, earning back all the wasted space?
Thanks a lot!

Marcovecchio said:
With all the lighter custom ROMs we have today, the default huge /system partition we have in the O3D is a waste of space. Same with the /data partition. For those who don´t know, both /system and /data (and other smaller ones) are actual internal SD Card space!
That´s why we have LG specs saying we have 8GB of internal flash storage, when in fact we have just 5.5GB available.
So my question is: is there a (safe) way to wipe all internal SD partitions and then recreate them with more appropriate sizes, earning back all the wasted space?
Thanks a lot!
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Have you read about data2ext? I think it would be a very good solution to us.
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Thanks for the reply, ThiaiZ!
However, I think I´m looking for something different: as far as I know, data2ext changes the /data partition pointer to external memory (SD Card), so the original /data partition will never be used by the OS, and it´s space will be wasted, right?
I would like to find a way to get this wasted space back! If we could repartition /system, /data, /cache, to smaller sizes, we would have more storage space for stuff on the internal SD. Does it make sense? Thanks!

Well, since I had no solutions here, I would like to post some examples of this for other phone models:
MyTouch 3G Slide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893706
LG GT540 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171531
The MyTouch 3G Slide thread is particularly good because it explains in detail how to check the partition sizes, and shows how much space is wasted on the /system partition.

Marcovecchio said:
Well, since I had no solutions here, I would like to post some examples of this for other phone models:
MyTouch 3G Slide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893706
LG GT540 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171531
The MyTouch 3G Slide thread is particularly good because it explains in detail how to check the partition sizes, and shows how much space is wasted on the /system partition.
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Don't we have to be s-off to be able to resize the partitions ?
I did it a lot on my HTC Desire.
BTW do you have any idea in which block data and sd-ext are mounted on our device ?

I believe the S-OFF flag exists only in HTC devices. I read that somewhere here, at XDA. The guy seemed to know what he was talking about, and he said LG never implemented any kind of protection like S-ON / S-OFF.
About the block names, I believe you can list the blocks and the partition names they´re mounted as, with the "df" command. I know almost nothing about Linux, and even less about how Android manage it´s partitions, but that would be nice to be able to tweak their sizes...

LG GT540's partitions can easily be resized by flashing an MBN file. Don't know if this phone can get that done too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171531

Don't try resizing partitions.
You'll brick your phone.

[MOD]TURBO BOOST - Dual Swap Space in Cache and Data Partition...

I just found this very interesting MOD on the HTC Sensation Forum and wanted to share it with you, since it's also available for our DS!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145133
Basically they offer a script with which you can use your cache partition (and even the data partition) as swap and hereby boost your phones speed!
From the original Thread:
"The HTC Sensation has 768 MB ram and 4 GB internal eMMC memory. The eMMC is separated into several partitions (e.g. /system, /boot, /data, /cache). In former times of Android, the /cache partition was used for caching. Nowadays, in ICS times, the applications are using the /data partition to save information, libraries and cache data. So /cache is no longer used by the operating system or applications.
Therefore, this partition is empty except 4ext-logfiles, last recovery-log and an obligatory and empty lost+found directory. So we have got another 114 MB of space that can now be used as fast swap space for the kernel. As this is internal memory, it is faster, than a swap area on the sdcard!
TRY IT – YOU WILL BE CONVINCED AT ONCE!
If you are afraid of too many read/write requests to /cache, which may harm your eMMC memory of your phone, then don’t read further – we are not afraid, because there are also a lot of read/write requests to the /data partition as well and this is in Android “by design”."
Please post your questions, suggestions and problems in the thread above! Hope this Information might be useful
All Credits to delta-roh & Harbir! Thank them!

thanks

thanks for the introduction to our family. It could be better if you can leech a few paragraphs from that thread to this thread. and ye, put credits.

Swap support?
I have installed this mod but i cannot turn on the swap. The amidabuddha's kernel have swap support? I have read the topic but only z-ram support was pesent and z-ram support are disabled..

Can't turn swap on too,I use ROM is VierSaga 2.2.0,just report the results.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using xda app-developers app

Guys, I don't think this should be the support thread. Go to the original thread for help
Sent from my supercharged :tank:

thanks ...

Atrix 2 4.04 Rooted System ROM too FULL! What do I delete?

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?

zapjb said:
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.

storage issue

Hello, I have this phone (8gb) since August and never noticed how much storage I have until now because it started notifying me storage was full. Well, it says total space is 4,53gb and without /system 3,60. So my question is, where is the 4gb of storage that I don't see? I was hoping it was occupied by /system but it is not. We're talking about a half of the storage and it's unbelievable that I cannot use at least 5 of the 8 I've payed for.
Any help would be very appreciated!

4.53 gb is your /data partition(user apps and data are stored here), other space is used in /system partition where all system files are located.

Is there a way to resize the partitions?

isavoro said:
Is there a way to resize the partitions?
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it was possible to resize partitions in many phones and there are also apps available on playstore for it. but you should reset it to default before flashing any rom. :/

And do you think reducing /system may be a problem?

isavoro said:
And do you think reducing /system may be a problem?
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when I was using stock, my system partition was filled by 1.5gb from 2.19gb. there is still some space there but you shouldn't reduce it because it will get filled over time with app updates. and there will be problem with ota updates if you resize it.