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[Q] Regarding the system cache after AlphaRev re-partitioning

Hello everyone, this is my first post on these forums!
I have rooted my HTC Desire, installed a Cyanogenmod 7.0.3 stable version, S-Off-'d, and partitioned the internal memory with AlphaRev CM7 r2 image. So far, everything seems to be working well, however, I noticed something curious after the repartitioning.
In quick system info, the stats are like this:
SD card storage - Total 7.05GB, Free 2.14Gb
A2SD storage - Total 457MB, Free: 140MB
Internal storage - Total 288MB, Free 140MB
System storage - Total 145MB, Free 16,38MB
System cache - Total 288MB, Free 140MB
If the CM7 r2 partition image has 5MB cache, why does the system info display a total of 288MB (same as internal storage)? While I had the stock partition, it displayed the correct 40MB of system cache. Again, it works just fine, but I wish to know what it means.
The second much noobier question is this: I use LauncherPro in CM7, since I like it much better than the ADW launcher. Does LauncherPro perhaps use the same system cache for it's caching? If that's the case, could the 5MB of system cache be too small for it to work correctly? I thought that the 5MB only for system cache was a bit small anyways, but I can't seem to find any faults for now and had no problems downloading very large apps from the Android Market as of yet.
I would be grateful if someone could provide me some answers.
P.S. I should also perhaps mention that I had re-partitioned the internal memory after I backed up my CM7 image with all the apps and settings. After the re-partitioning, I restored my nandbackup.

Nevermind, figured it out.

[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] Low Disk Space warning from 10% to 5%

I hope this is the right section.
I own a Desire. I have a custom ROM ( JB ) and a sd-ext script ( mount2sd. Specifically, I mounted sd-ext/, which is 1gb, as data/ and data/ as sd-ext/. So now my data/ partition is on the sd-ext and all the apps are there ).
Now I have 100 MB free, and I get the low disk space warning, not allowing me to download and install more apps. I suppose this is because I have less than 10% of memory free, but my free memory is still as big as the original data/ folder, or some MB less.
Is there any way to lower the warning treshold to 5% so I won't be able to install apps when the free space will be 50 MB?
Many thanks

[Q] Android eating my storage - detailed folder tree

I have Lenovo P780 4 GB with LiFe 0.9 ROM. Asked this question in P780 specific Q & A but doesn't get any traction there.
Something is eating my data partition and file explorers or disk analyzers didn't show me the files responsible for that (as stated below - I finally got some info from disk analyzers). It gets to a point where I have 20MB of files, but very little free space so that I can't install new apps.
I removed few apps so I could install disk analyzers to write this post. Before also wiped data partition to see if it helps - right from the start about 200 MB was occupied but this mysterious problem. After 1 day and some apps installed, I couldn't install any more.
When writing this post I found some things new for me that are probably solution to this problem when coupled with your knowledge (bolded)
How can I get my storage back? What can I safely delete? - That's the most important questions
Secondary ones:I don't plan to use any internal memory for my own files like mp3s, movies, books etc (have memory card for that) - Can I merge some partitions (do I need separate system & data?) and get some space from those hidden ones? It's 4GB and I seem to have less than 2 available for system and data.
I seem to have 2 partitions (as seen in Disk Usage & Storage Analyzer):
SYSTEM - size 755 MB, 658 MB occupied, 96,71 free. Folder structure (as seen in Disk Usage & Storage Analyzer):
- xbin - 300MB - DiskUsage didn't show that one
- lib - 181MB
- priv-app - 136MB
- app - 93 MB
- etc - 53MB
- preload-app - 49MB
- usr - 41MB
- framework - 28MB
- bin - 21MB
... (will provide the rest if neccesary)
/DATA - size 1006B, 835MB occupied, 172MB free.
Folder structure (DiskUsage - told me more than Disk Usage & Storage Analyzer here):
- app - 304MB
- dalvik-cache - 265MB
- app-lib - 142MB
- data - 60MB
- media - 10MB
- system - 9MB
- piggybank - 4MB
... (few small ones - will provide details if neccesary)
+ something called "System data" - 33MB
Folder structure (as seen in Disk Usage & Storage Analyzer and file explorers):
- Andoid - 4MB
- .LenovoTheme - 4MB
- Download - 0.92MB
... (and smaller ones)
In DiskUsage I see also
/mnt/shell/emulated (484MB, 3 dirs - 474 free),
/ (2,11MB, 35 dirs),
/cache (124 MB, 5 dirs - 119MB free),
/dev (484MB, 12 dirs - 484MB free),
/mnt/asec (484 MB, 1 dir - don't know how much occupied),
/mnt/cd-rom (9,24MB, 3 dirs - fully occupied),
/mnt/obb (484 MB, 1 dirs - don't know how much occupied),
/mnt/secure (484 MB, 3 dird - don't know how much occupied),
/preload (196MB, 2 dirs - 192 free),
/proc (0 bytes, 224 dirs),
/protect_f (9MB, 4 dirs - 5MB free)
/sys/fs/cgroup (484 MB, 2 dirs - 484 MB free)
When mounted through TWRP I see partition that is 1,45 GB, only two folders (.android_secure, TWRP) and 16 KB used.
Thanks in advance.

Did you try factory reset ? also this could also be a ROM specific problem

haltstaker said:
Did you try factory reset ? also this could also be a ROM specific problem
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No I didn't, I noticed the problem few days after installing this ROM. I tried wiping data partition. After that, I had "only" about 200MB occupied on it when booted the system and installed File Explorer. But with installing more apps it got worse.
Do you recognize anything that is not necessary, or is taking up too much space there?

They are all app datas and other important system stuff. So you can't just delete them . Maybe there is an app that takes huge amount of your space . Check in app manager how much space each of your app takes . Uninstall if you find an app is too big for your phone . If you can't find anything there , changing your ROM might help as you said that you noticed this after installing the new ROM

haltstaker said:
changing your ROM might help as you said that you noticed this after installing the new ROM
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That's what I'll do. I installed this ROM without using phone previously cause ROM that I had initially was resetting every few minutes.

I hope it works out for you

I just replied to your thread on the original posting thread this rom is fine for me but life 09 has got rid of all the bloatware I found the magic menu which allows everything to be installed apps etc.. on ext sd card I'm stick with it because the developer is working on getting it to work with 64bit just haven't had time recently

[Q] [MEMORY LEAK] Device Memory is full, but it's unknown what filled it! +screenshot

The total space is 1.57 GB. The "Apps" (used space) and "Available" (free space) doesn't add up to the total space.
512 + 0.82 = 512.82 MB, where is that missing 1000 MB?
There must be some unknown files that I can't see with Astro file manager (hidden files enabled) because I don't have root.
So how to delete those unknown files (without root)? How to get back that missing 1000 MB?

Looks like your /data/ partition (installed apps) is full, but the /system/ partition (rom+stock apps) has some space left, hence what you see in the storage manager.
If you install Link2SD and go to Storage Info (you will see something like on this screenshot)
What do you see on your device ?
To make space on the /data/ partition you could try to move more apps to the internal SDCard (settings -> apps -> select app -> "move to" button) or you could try to use Link2SD to do more, but you will need root.
Alternatively it is possible to resize the /data/ partition by taking space allocated to the internal memory /SDCard0/ partition.
This guide will explain you how.
You will need root and a kernel with recovery, also knowing your way around in ADB and have some basic knowledge about storage partitions.

I've already moved everything that I can to the internal memory and deleted the cache of many apps and removed the updates of all Google apps.
This problem appeared when I tried to download a file with Dolphin browser. I went to this site:
openstreetmap.hu/letoltesek
and tried to download this file:
TuraReteg.sqlitedb
The phone become unresponsive and something drained the whole memory. So there must be unknown files in that partition.
As I know, it's not possible to access the device memory without root. The Astro file manager shows empty folders. The phone is not mine. So how to delete those unknown files that waste the internal memory without root? (The Clean Master is useless, it cleans the "internal memory" only, NOT the "device memory".)

Maybe what happened is that after the download the contents of that .sqlitedb file got merged into the internal databases of your device...which would mean at least 186MB being injected or copied somewhere, hopefully on the /data/ partition.
Have you tried to do a factory reset (from the phone settings) ?
This should wipe the /data/ partition (and also the SDcard, so remove if there are file on it you wish to keep).
Backup what you need to keep on your device (messages, media and so on).
If that doesn't help and you are on a stock ROM, what you can try after that is connect the phone to a computer and reflash the latest Sony ROM with Sony Companion (it is called "repair phone" in the program if I recall correctly)