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WM 5 Rom, storage question

Hi people!
I pops this question here, use i know someone will know!
i want to change the storage allocation on my WM5 device. My device "storage" is full, but i still have storage left at "program".
Is there anyway that one can tweak etc that so i can have equal store=program??
My current allocation looks like this:
Storage: 14.5 MB, free 2.16 MB
Program: 61.0MB free 37.00MB
Wich makes it difficult to install programs on my device!!
Thanks in advance guys!!
Cheers!

^^rac said:
Hi people!
I pops this question here, use i know someone will know!
i want to change the storage allocation on my WM5 device. My device "storage" is full, but i still have storage left at "program".
Is there anyway that one can tweak etc that so i can have equal store=program??
My current allocation looks like this:
Storage: 14.5 MB, free 2.16 MB
Program: 61.0MB free 37.00MB
Wich makes it difficult to install programs on my device!!
Thanks in advance guys!!
Cheers!
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try this forum:
http://buzzdev.net/index.php?option=com_phorum&Itemid=125&phorum_query=read,26,6657
you can browse on the subject called persistent storage or ramdisk.
May I just suggest that after you successfully managed your ramdisk which means that a ramdisk folder appears and your storage total becomes 30+ (by the way, I think ramdisk and storage are the same) please do not install an upgrade for higher ramdisk as it becomes a problem of mine and the other user.
But if you insist to upgrade more and encountered a problem, please read below:
I don't know what happened to your storage card but I think I know for the ramdisk.
Well, I suggest that you hard reset your xdaII and do not install ramdisk software to increase ramdisk size. Based on my experience, after I installed the ramdisk 64, the size increased to 90+ but everytime I soft reset, the data I saved in it gets lost.
After hard resetting, the ramdisk came back to normal 30+, I found the lost previous data intact though.

Repartition /system

Is there a way, say at the time of flashing the ROM (I flashed back to a stock i9000) or from Recovery console, that the /system mount can be be repartitioned with more space?
Reason being that I need to move a new font in to replace the Fallback font that google includes since all the Chinese characters in it are simplified (annoying if you read mostly Japanese). Problem is my font is like 9mb and theres only 5mb free on system.
Thanks

i was gonna ask about this one, it would be awesome if some space from SD card can be partitioned to the internal memory.

Ok, so I found a way around reparitioning although I think I real need to repartition now or I might run into trougble.
I rolled an update.zip containing the font I wanted to swap in and simply replaced the old one. It took, but now my /system has 0.0mb free. So now I'm thinking I may have to roll my own system.img and reflash my droid with the new font already included in; assuming it is Odin3 that predetermines the partition size and sizes accordingly. This is ROM development question I know, but Where/How are the partition sizes for /system and /data determined? Is there a config file in each flash IMG that states the size it should be or is it like I already mentioned, does Odin3 determine it?
Thanks

I'm missing the internal SD partition on my P5100. Please Help!!!

When I check out my available storage, it shows nothing for USB internal storage. It only shows the "Device Memory" of 1.97gb as the total space. If I put in an external SD card, it does show that. I know that it will not show my full 16gb, but there should be an un-mounted partition of approximately 10gb free.
I think it may have happened as I tried installing a couple of roms. I installed the CM10 JB and a stock rooted 4.04 one. I just got the device and it came with 4.03 on it. I have tried reinstalling different stock ones and they all show no internal usb storage anymore. How can I tell if there is an unused partition on the device? I have ADB/Shell access, but not sure what commands to use. When I go to CWM and mount the "USB Storage" it doesn’t mount it.
I have tried to fix permissions, reset everything and installed the stock rom from odin and CWM. I also tried CWM 6. I appreciate any help on this matter.
Thanks.

I had the same problem I solved it by using .PIT file with stock ROM
and repartitioning when using odin
I am attaching the file please use it at your own risk
I am not a devoloper

dr-PHP said:
I had the same problem I solved it by using .PIT file with stock ROM
and repartitioning when using odin
I am attaching the file please use it at your own risk
I am not a devoloper
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I just tried that and i'm still having the same problems. This is what I did. I put the file you gave me in the .pit box and put the Russian Stock 4.04 in the PDA box. I made sure the Re-Partition box was checked. Do I need CWM installed before I do this? What stock file did you use? I appreciate it.

I just tried it again with Odin 1.87 and it worked!!! It now saws I have 12gb free. Is that normal? I assume therest is reserved for other things.
Thank you so much!!!

One more question. Should I have a seperate partition for USB storage as I thought I did before? It use to say 1.97gb of device memory and 10gb of USB storage.

where did you download odin 1.87 the latest version i know is 1.85?
Mohamed Selim

Mohamedselim said:
where did you download odin 1.87 the latest version i know is 1.85?
Mohamed Selim
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1744388

danstarr said:
I just tried it again with Odin 1.87 and it worked!!! It now saws I have 12gb free. Is that normal? I assume therest is reserved for other things.
Thank you so much!!!
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I am glad that help
I am not sure whether 12 GP is normal I think it not normal
I think we need .pit file for tab 2 P5100 which is not available any where
the .pit file i attached is for some other tab

dr-PHP said:
I am glad that help
I am not sure whether 12 GP is normal I think it not normal
I think we need .pit file for tab 2 P5100 which is not available any where
the .pit file i attached is for some other tab
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Actually, 12GB free is normal. the other 4 GB is reserved for system(software/apps)
Whats with this idea that the pit file is a silver bullet for everything?

stoney73 said:
Actually, 12GB free is normal. the other 4 GB is reserved for system(software/apps)
Whats with this idea that the pit file is a silver bullet for everything?
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I suggest to try the pit file with extreme as i know it reformat and repartition system partition so if used incorrectly could miss up with system and brick the device
Sent from my GT-P5100 using xda app-developers app

I see lots people looking for PIT file
ODIN+PIT
GT-P5100 Odin3 v1.87 + pit
mediafire.com/?lh0batz9fjaalps
GT-P5110 Odin3 v1.87 + pit
mediafire.com/?lnrkin53245y0qt
That is from russian forum
4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=353211
Hope to help with these files.

I have the same problem
I have the same problem as yours now, can you please or anyone help me about this
My p5100 only shows 1.97 gb of internal memory i've tried almost everything you did like flashing those .pit files but no luck for me :crying:

Lo1z01 said:
I have the same problem as yours now, can you please or anyone help me about this
My p5100 only shows 1.97 gb of internal memory i've tried almost everything you did like flashing those .pit files but no luck for me :crying:
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Hi, I'm having the exact same problem, did all mentioned above And I still have lest than 2GB of memery, depending on the ROM i flash, ODIN gives no errors
Update: in ODIN deselect reboot, after flash reboot manualy to recovery and select factory reset - reformated and worked

how to partition android internal memory ?

How to partitipn the internal memory to increase the system memory

zjhumka said:
How to partitipn the internal memory to increase the system memory
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If it is a samsung device then you must retrieve the pit file with heimdall.
And modify the pit.
Backup your rom.
Then flash the pit with heimdall.
Then restore your rom.
Or reflash a new rom (recommended)
Check out AdamOutler's tool for looking at pit files.

Am using lg e400 running cyanogenmod 9

[Q] MTK (Mediatek) Repartitioning 101 gone wrong

Hello guys, for the previous year I would say, I have read about repartitioning MTK phones, starting with my old Cubot MTK6572 (Rest In Peace) to my current Doogee MTK6582.
I have tried countless times to repartition using the EBRTweak utility, or changing the EBR1 & EBR2 files myself but it never, ever works.. I always manage to get in the first initial boot and have a false victory where I see that I have re partitioned successfully, but after I reboot after, I always get a boot loop after that initial boot.
For editing the EBR files, I have tried:
-Using EBRTweak
-Editing myself by changing the values from scratch by making calculations with sectors, bytes and addresses
-Editing myself by
First adding a value in the /data partition length, adding that value
Second adding that same value to the start address of the FAT partition
Third removing that same value to the length of the FAT partition
For flashing the EBR files, I have tried:
-Flashing all the patitions with SP flash tools with the new EBR files (without changing the Scatter file)
-Flashing all the patitions with SP flash tools with the new EBR files (changing the Scatter file)
-Flashing only the EBR partitionsa on a working ROM
-Flashing the EBR files using an updater-script via a custom recovery
With each of these methods, all my calculations were exact when I verified everything (to the byte), including using "disktype" command in Linux.
So after one year of failure, I finally decided to post on XDA to ask for help... please, please, does anyone know why the first boot works but the second boot always ends up in a boot loop? :silly:

I emailed Doogee engineers and they told me that u cant re-partition it
NaturalBornCamper said:
Hello guys, for the previous year I would say, I have read about repartitioning MTK phones, starting with my old Cubot MTK6572 (Rest In Peace) to my current Doogee MTK6582.
I have tried countless times to repartition using the EBRTweak utility, or changing the EBR1 & EBR2 files myself but it never, ever works.. I always manage to get in the first initial boot and have a false victory where I see that I have re partitioned successfully, but after I reboot after, I always get a boot loop after that initial boot.
For editing the EBR files, I have tried:
-Using EBRTweak
-Editing myself by changing the values from scratch by making calculations with sectors, bytes and addresses
-Editing myself by
First adding a value in the /data partition length, adding that value
Second adding that same value to the start address of the FAT partition
Third removing that same value to the length of the FAT partition
For flashing the EBR files, I have tried:
-Flashing all the patitions with SP flash tools with the new EBR files (without changing the Scatter file)
-Flashing all the patitions with SP flash tools with the new EBR files (changing the Scatter file)
-Flashing only the EBR partitionsa on a working ROM
-Flashing the EBR files using an updater-script via a custom recovery
With each of these methods, all my calculations were exact when I verified everything (to the byte), including using "disktype" command in Linux.
So after one year of failure, I finally decided to post on XDA to ask for help... please, please, does anyone know why the first boot works but the second boot always ends up in a boot loop? :silly:
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I dont know whats the purpose of the repartition...

bestmedever said:
I dont know whats the purpose of the repartition...
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Some phones (Notably the Mediatek "MTK" phones) are known to have a very small internal storage for your applications.
This is because the storage usually attributed to applications 6GB on the MTK6582 is split in two parts:
1- 1.3gb for applications
2- 4.7gb for an internal sd-card to put music and movies
But nobody uses internal sd-card much, because we all have external sd cards of 32gb or more. This means that you have a 4.7GB that is completely unused and an internal storage for applications of 1.3gb that gets full as soon as you install a few applications like Facebook, Youtube (that use a LOT of space nowadays), or update your system apps.
All this is completely ridiculous so a few people and I are trying to make repartition and have more space for application, while getting rid of that useless "internal sd-card"

exactly
NaturalBornCamper said:
Some phones (Notably the Mediatek "MTK" phones) are known to have a very small internal storage for your applications.
This is because the storage usually attributed to applications 6GB on the MTK6582 is split in two parts:
1- 1.3gb for applications
2- 4.7gb for an internal sd-card to put music and movies
But nobody uses internal sd-card much, because we all have external sd cards of 32gb or more. This means that you have a 4.7GB that is completely unused and an internal storage for applications of 1.3gb that gets full as soon as you install a few applications like Facebook, Youtube (that use a LOT of space nowadays), or update your system apps.
All this is completely ridiculous so a few people and I are trying to make repartition and have more space for application, while getting rid of that useless "internal sd-card"
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yeah that's what I'm saying, I talked with MTK engineers but they just replay with "if you re-partition your phone, it will brick" over and over, I told them to just give me a solution, like changing EBR files or something, and I know how to unbrick MTK phones, but they didn't care at all, the problem is: why they just put all the storage as an internal storage instead of phone storage and internal storage, it's pathetic to put phone storage and SD card storage at same time...

WOW! You actually managed to talk to them? That is awesome, we could have a lead here, don't let that go, friend!
I'm happy that you agree with me however and all the thousands of people with the same problem. Maybe if you tell them that you don't care about bricking your phone and the warranty, that you just like to play around and you have a backup phone anyways (to convince them to answer).
You could tell them that the repartitioning works on the first initial boot, but ends up in a boot loop after you reboot a second time. If they don't want to tell us how to fix it, they could at least tell us why this is happening so we could research on the subject.
Thanks for your help, I'll hit "thanks" on your post!