good morning. please, the sdcard missing is a problem for we that want play with roms.... every time we have to save to pc before wipping.... is there a way for create a partition unformattable when we wipe for installing a new rom? where i can find something about? thanks
is there this possibility even with modded rom? every time you flash, have to reinstall all things from folder external?
In theory you should change gpt.bin inside firmware to change partitons memory scheme.
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Hi,
This has been asked many times before with no real solution that applies to different devices.
I'm running out of space on my /system partition and can't install any more apps even though I don't have that many installed.
I want a way to re-size the Android partitions manually to whatever size I want. Or just delete all current partitions and create new ones.
How do I do that? Is there any GUI partitioning tools similar to the ones available for Windows?
I don't want to move files from /system to another partition. I want to change the partition size.
My current /system partition:
For what reason are you moving apps to /system? You can't install them there, you have to push/move them there, installs go to /data. So keep them in /data, where they're installed by default. You have tons of space available there.
Partition table (start addresses and sizes) is hard-coded in bootloader, and can be redefined in kernel boot parameters (in this case recovery needs to be recompiled with the same parameters too, otherwise it won't write to the same partitions the kernel will read from). You're welcome to hack any of those. As you could probably understand from this paragraph, I wouldn't expect having GUI tools for that.
Thanks for the reply.
I'm not trying to move apps to /system. I thought apps are installed there by default because every time I try to install a new app it gives me an error message saying that there is not enough space on /system.
Now I know that apps are not installed in /system.
I just need more space in /system so I can install new apps without any errors.
What can I do to get more space on /system partition? Can I replace the bootloader?
I don't have any Android programming experience. I probably need something that is available out there to do the job.
In stock form, you shouldn't even have write permissions to /system. Nothing should be ever written there, and it can be 99.99999% utilized - there shouldn't be any free space left for anything, it shouldn't normally be used.
If you're getting that error when trying to install an app - you need to check what's reporting the error. It's not a "real" error, it means there's something wrong with your phone.
Try wiping cache partition from recovery...does this make any difference?
Jack is correct.
Swyped from my DesireS
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if this may help you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959691
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mayank88288 said:
refer to this
if this may help you http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959691
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Way to bump a year old thread :thumbup:
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hey guys, in the recovery, I was wondering If I can do the format options in the mount and storage section, like format /sdcard and so on. I wanted to do like a fresh install when I move from one ROM to another because when I last changed ROMs, in the sdcard, I saw the same folders there from the apps I previously used which should be gone. If I can, which options should I choose?
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hey guys, in the recovery, I was wondering If I can do the format options in the mount and storage section, like format /sdcard and so on. I wanted to do like a fresh install when I move from one ROM to another because when I last changed ROMs, in the sdcard, I saw the same folders there from the apps I previously used which should be gone. If I can, which options should I choose?
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if u format the sdcard u will lose everything in it...
Hi
Yes, Format everything for a fresh install but if ur worried about those files from previous ROMs then just cut and paste those files to a folder on ur computer so u always have them in case u find out later u wanted them... like for a game level, an album cover... etc.
But always keep ur titanium backup files, ur recovery files, ur android files, ur dcim(pictures) etc files on the SD card since they are important/ needed.
There is also a zip file called "format all" on the xda section that does it all with one click. I use it after factory reset, wipe cache and wipe Dalvik files... it formats all the stuff under mounts & storage except SD card.
Good luck...and always make a backup of working ROM.... just in case....
Vs Nexus S4G using tapatalk2
Hi!
When I'm installing apps via Play Store or apk files, it takes too long to complete..
I'm using Validus LP ROM and 5.1 PA GApps (last of ktruzee thread). I did clean install after repartitioned my Skyrocket with PIT file method.
I use EXT4 format for Data, System and Preload partitions; and FAT for Internal SD.
I have 1.2GB in System and 8GB in Data.
I saw at another thread that this issue may be related to read and write permissions of partition format or something like that, so, my first question is:
Could you please tell me which stock partition formats do your Skyrockets have?
And, if it isn't the reason of that laggy installs, what could it be?
Well, it seems to be only question of patience... Maybe ROM just needed to settle after repartition, formatting and flashing process.
Moderators, could you please delete or close this thread?
Hi, I'd like to install a new ROM , but before that I want to completely erase my internal storage (because it contains alot of junk files and empty/unused folders - and I cannot tell these from the actual useful files&folders in my phone - thus I do not know what I can or cannot delete).
I've already backed up all my important files to my PC/cloud.
The thing is - if I used TWRP to delete internal storage - it would also erase everything else thus leaving my phone ROM-less and bootlooped and then I'll have to push the ROM through fastboot and I dont want to do that,
so my question is:
is it possible to delete internal storage and then proceed to installing a new ROM via TWRP and not fastboot?
thanks.
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Hi, I'd like to install a new ROM , but before that I want to completely erase my internal storage (because it contains alot of junk files and empty/unused folders - and I cannot tell these from the actual useful files&folders in my phone - thus I do not know what I can or cannot delete).
I've already backed up all my important files to my PC/cloud.
The thing is - if I used TWRP to delete internal storage - it would also erase everything else thus leaving my phone ROM-less and bootlooped and then I'll have to push the ROM through fastboot and I dont want to do that,
so my question is:
is it possible to delete internal storage and then proceed to installing a new ROM via TWRP and not fastboot?
thanks.
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Erasing the internal storage through Twrp won't erase the twrp itself.You can still connect your device (when in twrp) to Pc and transfer stuff.Thus you can then flash a new rom and also copy anything else you want.
thanks, so what will it delete? everything above the root folder?
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thanks, so what will it delete? everything above the root folder?
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it will wipe everything on phone internel memory but system software will remain and twrp,so if u want to flash new rom u will need to put it back on internal memory
Hi all...
Just wandering if anyone new how to resize the system partition of a galaxy a53?
Need to make it larger to fit files onto it but not able to delete bloatware or anything for some reason using all the recommended processes. And to be honest having larger system partition would probably just be useful anyway.
My phone is rooted. I'm not fussed about having to refresh ect. And I have TWRP flashed and Stock Rom.
Please help lol
TWRP should automatically resize your system partition.
When you're installing the ROM, make sure you format /data then /system before installing.
It does, but i want to make the partition larger so i can add files to the system partition once the rom is flashed and phone is set up to be used.
At the moment it say 6GB partition and only the rom fits onto the partition and there isnt any room to add extra files. so im looking to make the partition say 10GB to give myself some wiggle room to play with.
i Have 128GB in total so can spare some extra GB's lol