good morning,
I have a problem I bought a motorola me865 and has an 8GB storage but I only show available 3.5 GB, I can do to recover the lost space.
michaelpa said:
good morning,
I have a problem I bought a motorola me865 and has an 8GB storage but I only show available 3.5 GB, I can do to recover the lost space.
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There is only like 5 gb user accessible storage out of the 8gb . Probably the apps have used the rest in your case. ( or some big hd videos)
You could get an SD card to expand the storage.
And btw, questions belong in q&a
i think u can't use any of internal storage
here is what i know how the partition is
4 GB (for apps) + 1 GB (webtop) + 3 GB (system) = 8 GB
i'm not sure about system partition
and this is for ATT ICS ..... recent JB might allow to use internal storage
shardul.phatak said:
i think u can't use any of internal storage
here is what i know how the partition is
4 GB (for apps) + 1 GB (webtop) + 3 GB (system) = 8 GB
i'm not sure about system partition
and this is for ATT ICS ..... recent JB might allow to use internal storage
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The camera can store stuff on the internal memory. It is accessible. ( just don't put the SD card at all. It will be forced to use the internal memory alone) JB leak had around 6gb free on the internal memory I believe. Webtop is the culprit!
shardul.phatak said:
i think u can't use any of internal storage
here is what i know how the partition is
4 GB (for apps) + 1 GB (webtop) + 3 GB (system) = 8 GB
i'm not sure about system partition
and this is for ATT ICS ..... recent JB might allow to use internal storage
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Fxz the hktw version and you can use the internal memory as an internal sdcard.. Moto officially changed the boot image to emulate an internal sdcard on /data/media. And on the jb leak that Wang posted, they have more or less removed the webtop partition.. Webtop partition is just 128kb in this. 6GB is data. In short, apps and internal Sd share that 6GB.
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@Dark4Droid @bond devs i remember when i bought a110 it had inbuilt sotorage in partition i.e. 256 mb and 2gb then i updated the phone to v2 ics then the storage became 1gb and 1.5 gb
my query is if this partition can be done like that then why cant we allot all 4gb as one storage is it possible
arjunmanoj said:
@Dark4Droid @bond devs i remember when i bought a110 it had inbuilt sotorage in partition i.e. 256 mb and 2gb then i updated the phone to v2 ics then the storage became 1gb and 1.5 gb
my query is if this partition can be done like that then why cant we allot all 4gb as one storage is it possible
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Buddy you must have observed that out of this 4gb only 2.5 gb is available to the user and the rest is allotted to system, cache and data partition.
So there is no way through which you can get a whole 4gb as single partition.
To know more about space occupied by different partitions write this command in terminal emulator.
df /cache(for cache)
df /system(for system)
And so on...
Hope you get it
Good question
arjunmanoj said:
@Dark4Droid @bond devs i remember when i bought a110 it had inbuilt sotorage in partition i.e. 256 mb and 2gb then i updated the phone to v2 ics then the storage became 1gb and 1.5 gb
my query is if this partition can be done like that then why cant we allot all 4gb as one storage is it possible
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EXACTLY WAS THINKING THE SAME BRO , I HAVE ONLY 200MB LEFT IN MY INTERNAL..
[email protected] said:
Buddy you must have observed that out of this 4gb only 2.5 gb is available to the user and the rest is allotted to
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BRO MAY BE HE WAS TRYING TO SAY WHY CANT WE COMBINE PHONE STORAGE(SD) OF 1.05 GB AND INTERNAL STORAGE 1.48 TO GET 2.5 GB AS INTERNAL STORAGE ,AS A WHOLE ... SINCE WE DONT USE INTERNAL SD CARD AS PRIMARY , I DONT FIND A REASON Y CANT WE DO THIS SO THAT WE CAN INSTALL MORE APPS !!!!!! PLS REPLY WHETHER THIS IS POSSIBLE TO DO !!!!!! CHEERS :good:
Yes it is possible but i don't like messing up with partitions because i have enough space for my use.
You can also swap internal by replacing voldf.stab file located in etc with the edited one.
[email protected] said:
Yes it is possible but i don't like messing up with partitions because i have enough space for my use.
You can also swap internal by replacing voldf.stab file located in etc with the edited one.
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Yea bro am aware of tht .. not totally new to these things
and Can u please tell me how to do that i wanted to increase my internal storage very badly ...
cheers
Go to this thread...
It contains the peocedure you want.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299662
[email protected] said:
Buddy you must have observed that out of this 4gb only 2.5 gb is available to the user and the rest is allotted to system, cache and data partition.
So there is no way through which you can get a whole 4gb as single partition.
To know more about space occupied by different partitions write this command in terminal emulator.
df /cache(for cache)
df /system(for system)
And so on...
Hope you get it
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Whats so ever the point is that cant we combine the partitions made by micromax as one whole memory
[email protected] said:
Go to this thread...
It contains the peocedure you want.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2299662
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bro not this ....
i dont want internal sd card ... i want tht storage added to the app storage ... is it possible??
Hello miro's users, i want to know how partition that you have for internal storage,
i have three partition, internal sotrage (754mb), internal storage (2gb), and sd card
it is same with your phone that have two partition for internal storage???
anyone have this issues, i just want to know
abus3189 said:
Hello miro's users, i want to know how partition that you have for internal storage,
i have three partition, internal sotrage (754mb), internal storage (2gb), and sd card
it is same with your phone that have two partition for internal storage???
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I dont understand your question..but anyways
The internal storage i.e 754 mb is for all installed apps or space left for installing apps...
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GizmOstic1177 said:
I dont understand your question..but anyways
The internal storage i.e 754 mb is for all installed apps or space left for installing apps...
Sent from my ST26i using xda premium
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yes 754 mb is for all installed apps, so if i use all that space that means i can't install any apk right,
so all miro also have that kind partition, why its not go to 2gb partition when we install something
abus3189 said:
yes 754 mb is for all installed apps, so if i use all that space that means i can't install any apk right,
so all miro also have that kind partition, why its not go to 2gb partition when we install something
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Every phone..infact xperia j,xperia l,xperia m,xperia tipo and xmiro n take all the phones..they all have this partition!
Won't You like to keep any music,pics,vids in your internal storage?
If it would had been 2gb only for installing apps..u could not have kept any music or vid in internal storage!
Are You Getting It?
This partition is necessary bro
Hit Thanks if you found my answer helpful!
GizmOstic1177 said:
Every phone..infact xperia j,xperia l,xperia m,xperia tipo and xmiro n take all the phones..they all have this partition!
Won't You like to keep any music,pics,vids in your internal storage?
If it would had been 2gb only for installing apps..u could not have kept any music or vid in internal storage!
Are You Getting It?
This partition is necessary bro
Hit Thanks if you found my answer helpful!
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ok i get it, thanks
Yesterday I root my Sony Xperia J.. I want to swap Internal with SD card(8gb), but I don`t know how..
I want to install apps to SD card..
Sony Xperia J
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
Takisamtija said:
Yesterday I root my Sony Xperia J.. I want to swap Internal with SD card(8gb), but I don`t know how..
I want to install apps to SD card..
Sony Xperia J
Jelly Bean 4.1.2
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Although this is possible, and many noobs here will do it, I cannot advise doing this as the risks of hard-bricking your phone are very high.
For example:
You do the swap and then factory reset = Hard Brick
or
You do the swap and then Wipe Internal Data = Hard Brick.
Either way it's not worth it, even with a class 10 sdcard you'll notice how much slower your phone becomes.
CtrlAltDelIrl said:
Although this is possible, and many noobs here will do it, I cannot advise doing this as the risks of hard-bricking your phone are very high.
For example:
You do the swap and then factory reset = Hard Brick
or
You do the swap and then Wipe Internal Data = Hard Brick.
Either way it's not worth it, even with a class 10 sdcard you'll notice how much slower your phone becomes.
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I couldn't agree more. A friend of mine has done it with his Ace. Hard bricked.
What I did( Ihave a 32 GB SD card, so yeah), was shrinking my Fat32 partition, and making an ext2 partiton of 2,5 gb. With the help of Link2SD you can move 99% of apps to this partition. I have 110 apps, and my internal memory has 1,2 GB left, and my phone memory 551 mb.
No performance loss, and even a little (may be placebo, I don't know) improvement.
Partitioning your SD card may decrease the the life time, but I find it very effective and handy.
Have a nice day!
MatsPunt said:
I couldn't agree more. A friend of mine has done it with his Ace. Hard bricked.
What I did( Ihave a 32 GB SD card, so yeah), was shrinking my Fat32 partition, and making an ext2 partiton of 2,5 gb. With the help of Link2SD you can move 99% of apps to this partition. I have 110 apps, and my internal memory has 1,2 GB left, and my phone memory 551 mb.
No performance loss, and even a little (may be placebo, I don't know) improvement.
Partitioning your SD card may decrease the the life time, but I find it very effective and handy.
Have a nice day!
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hello there sir, I'm interested in your way of doing this, so would you explain it in a more detailed way? I don't really get it...
what do you mean by 'shrinking my Fat32 partition' ?
and what do you mean by 'making an ext2 partition of 2,5 gb' ?
you also stated that your sd card is 32 gb, is this your internal SD card or external SD card?
what's the difference between link2SD from the other apps such as app2sd? and fyi i'm using titanium backup (not pro) and it CANNOT move the apps to my micro sd card (ext sd card)
thank you~
eryannda said:
hello there sir, I'm interested in your way of doing this, so would you explain it in a more detailed way? I don't really get it...
what do you mean by 'shrinking my Fat32 partition' ?
and what do you mean by 'making an ext2 partition of 2,5 gb' ?
you also stated that your sd card is 32 gb, is this your internal SD card or external SD card?
what's the difference between link2SD from the other apps such as app2sd? and fyi i'm using titanium backup (not pro) and it CANNOT move the apps to my micro sd card (ext sd card)
thank you~
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We're talking about the external SD here.
Storage is accessed by partitions. See a partition as a little chunk of code that defines how the storage is used.
A normal micro SD without any modifications will have 1 FAT 32 partition.
What you could do is using a tool like Mini Tool Partition Wizard(Windows only), to shrink the existing FAT32 partition, so there is unallocated space left. Every size is possible, but the unallocated space has to be smaller than the FAT 32 partition. Please note that a Class 10 SD is preferred, or at least Class 6. Lower classes can't handle the app loading very well, and the apps will sooner start to lag.
Now you can create a new partition, since there is unallocated space left. You will use Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4, it doesn't really matter, but Ext2 works 99℅ of the time, so use that one. These are all part of the Linux file system, as your phone memory is. Your micro SD will act like an extra phone memory. But it will be slower, since flash will always be faster than the maximum R/W speed of a SD card.
(Root access is required)
You now have 2 partitions, one FAT 32 and one Ext.... Insert the micro SD card in the phone and download Link2SD from the Play Store. Open it and it will prompt you that it has detected a second partition. Grabt Superuser rights. Select the kind, and let it generate the needed information. Reboot and you're good to go! You can now move any user app to the external SD.
(Way more extensive tutorials are available. Just Google: how to use link2sd? I'm on my phone now, so sorry)
Oh, and the difference between apps like App2SD and Link2SD, is that with the former you can only move apps to the internal SD, and not the external, micro SD. The latter does give you this option, but root is required.
Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any question!
Sent from my C1605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
MatsPunt said:
We're talking about the external SD here.
Storage is accessed by partitions. See a partition as a little chunk of code that defines how the storage is used.
A normal micro SD without any modifications will have 1 FAT 32 partition.
What you could do is using a tool like Mini Tool Partition Wizard(Windows only), to shrink the existing FAT32 partition, so there is unallocated space left. Every size is possible, but the unallocated space has to be smaller than the FAT 32 partition. Please note that a Class 10 SD is preferred, or at least Class 6. Lower classes can't handle the app loading very well, and the apps will sooner start to lag.
Now you can create a new partition, since there is unallocated space left. You will use Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4, it doesn't really matter, but Ext2 works 99℅ of the time, so use that one. These are all part of the Linux file system, as your phone memory is. Your micro SD will act like an extra phone memory. But it will be slower, since flash will always be faster than the maximum R/W speed of a SD card.
(Root access is required)
You now have 2 partitions, one FAT 32 and one Ext.... Insert the micro SD card in the phone and download Link2SD from the Play Store. Open it and it will prompt you that it has detected a second partition. Grabt Superuser rights. Select the kind, and let it generate the needed information. Reboot and you're good to go! You can now move any user app to the external SD.
(Way more extensive tutorials are available. Just Google: how to use link2sd? I'm on my phone now, so sorry)
Oh, and the difference between apps like App2SD and Link2SD, is that with the former you can only move apps to the internal SD, and not the external, micro SD. The latter does give you this option, but root is required.
Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any question!
Sent from my C1605 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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You now have 2 partitions, one FAT 32 and one Ext....
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you explained it very well, but sorry sir, i'm still a lil bit confused about partitioning the sd card.. what do you mean by 'Ext' ? because the only formats i know are ntfs, fat32, and exFAT..
As the others above me said, it's not advised. But if you really want to swap the memories check this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...eria-sd-card-fix-remount-sd-internal-t1943643
eryannda said:
you explained it very well, but sorry sir, i'm still a lil bit confused about partitioning the sd card.. what do you mean by 'Ext' ? because the only formats i know are ntfs, fat32, and exFAT..
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With Ext I mean Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4. These are Linux file systems. Since Android is based on Linux, Android recognizes this Et2/3/4 partition as a storage where it can write data. A little help from link2SD is needed, but it works fine. If you're still interested, follow this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142844
It's quite easy to follow.
MatsPunt said:
With Ext I mean Ext2, Ext3 or Ext4. These are Linux file systems. Since Android is based on Linux, Android recognizes this Et2/3/4 partition as a storage where it can write data. A little help from link2SD is needed, but it works fine. If you're still interested, follow this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2142844
It's quite easy to follow.
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Hi,
You guys saying about hard brick possibilities. I had swapped my External with Internal. Now after seeing your posts I am thinking of reverting back to normal. Would it cause any issues ? I am not sure how much it would improve the performance though. I am quite sure the lag I have sometime is because of higher RAM usage [I have more than 120 apps installed including games such as PES (more than 150 MB) utilizing 8 GB external as Internal] . I am on Xperia Miro
about my rooted xperia j st26i
Paduretu Ionut said:
As the others above me said, it's not advised. But if you really want to swap the memories check this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xpe...eria-sd-card-fix-remount-sd-internal-t1943643
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hi, im not that good on the sony flashtool and i would like to know why my xperia j 11.0.A.3.28 gets rooted when i click on 'My ST26/Root/Force Emulator'. i dont need to download any rooting files it just roots with Force Emulator...
danieltaylorlevi1996 said:
hi, im not that good on the sony flashtool and i would like to know why my xperia j 11.0.A.3.28 gets rooted when i click on 'My ST26/Root/Force Emulator'. i dont need to download any rooting files it just roots with Force Emulator...
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If you see an app like Superuser or SuperSU installed, it means your phone is rooted...Download any root explorer app and copy the vold.fstab file (in that thread ) in root/system/etc then reboot.
Hi Guys I Swapped My Xperia J's External Memory With Internal & Now i want to revert back to normal.
Will it work if i flash stock ftf?
Thanks in advance
manthan29jamdagni said:
Hi Guys I Swapped My Xperia J's External Memory With Internal & Now i want to revert back to normal.
Will it work if i flash stock ftf?
Thanks in advance
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First, swap them as they were than flash stock ftf. It's highly possible to hard brick your J if you don't swap them back.
Good Luck.
Xperia M2 D2303 on K.K. 4.4.4
Dzepar said:
First, swap them as they were than flash stock ftf. It's highly possible to hard brick your J if you don't swap them back.
Good Luck.
Xperia M2 D2303 on K.K. 4.4.4
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Thanks for replying...Appreciate it ...but the problem is that someone else swapped the memories before...& I am not aware of the method by which he did that...nor I know about swapping them back..
I was hoping for some help on swapping back the memory to their original state..
manthan29jamdagni said:
Thanks for replying...Appreciate it ...but the problem is that someone else swapped the memories before...& I am not aware of the method by which he did that...nor I know about swapping them back..
I was hoping for some help on swapping back the memory to their original state..
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I never did this, but look Here you'll find answer.
Good Luck.