I can't understand this ROM.
I have installed it, and despite the fact that everything seems to be working well:
1. Instead of 30MB of storage I get 14.5MB
2. From these 14MB 13MB are already in use
3. This leaves me around 1.5MB to work with.
It is enough to try to sync my contacts (400 items) to get the memory completely stuffed and the device stuck.
Can anyone explain where to continue from here???
Thanks
Helio
Read the sticky thread "30 MB storage Reminder" and please do not cross post.
read the thread first.. and search..
heliod said:
I can't understand this ROM.
I have installed it, and despite the fact that everything seems to be working well:
1. Instead of 30MB of storage I get 14.5MB
2. From these 14MB 13MB are already in use
3. This leaves me around 1.5MB to work with.
It is enough to try to sync my contacts (400 items) to get the memory completely stuffed and the device stuck.
Can anyone explain where to continue from here???
Thanks
Helio
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unlock and unhide your EXTROM before you flash, use HIMA_DOC_tools to reformat your storage so that it will show 30MB instead of 14MB, then flash with WM6, actually, this is not ROM-specific instruction, but you need to do this with WM5 and WM6 ROMS to increase your storage capacity. but if you are happy with 14MB storage, then dont do the steps i detailed.
Many thanks.
Regarding the cross post, I apologyze for that, I was trying to delete my message in the other thread and couldn't find where to do it.
Just done it. Worked like Magic.
I don't know how I missed the link to the memory-related thread on the original upgrade thread.
Again, thanks to all that bothered to help.
Helio
Problem solved!
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hello i have like 80 megs missing on my internal drive i i havent installed anything on there so i should have more than 12 megs
zomg.. Have any of the other threads about this subject helped? It's hard to tell because you really didn't give any info about what you've done to resolve the problem or what you've done to the phone in general. (example rom flashing picture taking etc etc)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=478907&highlight=internal+memory
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=406535&highlight=internal+memory
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=416725&highlight=internal+memory
i have flashed it with AthineOS manilla and my pictures save to my storage card i have looed for my cache but there isnt any
Ok well read those threads and do all the stuff they say to or reflash the phone.
I have a Sprint Diamond.
When I go to Start/Settings/System/Hardware/Device Information - I show only 90.93MB of Storage Memory total.
Is this normal? Or do I have a bad hard drive?
Try using USB to your PC, and see if you can go in and manually format the 'removable disk' that Windows picks up when you plug the Diamond in. I had to do this a few times, but it eventually worked.
Also, if Windows gives you the 'can't format' error, but it still says 'formatting', let it go, it should work anyway. If you need any more help, try searching, there have been more people with this problem.
thank you for your response!
I am just wondering what it SHOULD read. I've read in some places it's supposed to be the same as RAM, 256MB. Is this correct?
About searching - maybe I'm not putting the proper search words in - but I haven't come up with anything useful at all.
atomic2mod said:
thank you for your response!
I am just wondering what it SHOULD read. I've read in some places it's supposed to be the same as RAM, 256MB. Is this correct?
About searching - maybe I'm not putting the proper search words in - but I haven't come up with anything useful at all.
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Ram size=288 MB
Flash size=256 MB
Storage memory depends on the Rom you have flashed to the phone. Right now mine is 64.57 MB, so your fine!
much appreciated! Thank you!
it depends on the rom u flashed, so ur alright.
I have a 4 gig sd card with it partioned ext2,ext3, and a linux swap. To be honest I don't know really what that means exactly, just followed the tutoriul to have my apps to go to my sd card. When I go to sd storage info it says.
Total space- 3,255mb Available space 1,875 mb.
Under Sd card secondary it says Total space- 457mb Available space- 292mb
For Internal phone storage it says 78mb available.
My question is where are my apps actually going? And where does my other stuff such as music, movies and other files go? From what i am guessing I have 1875mb for files and 292mb for apps. Correct? Thanx in advance for explaining this too me.
It should be fat32, ext3, linux-swap. 78 megs sounds right for apps2sd. Your apps go to ext3 along with your cache, movies and other files you can browse on your phone go to your fat32which is your normal storage and swap is a location where your phone puts operating memory to hold more processes in the background(helps out you ram)
badaphooko01 said:
To be honest I don't know really what that means exactly
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This is a warning flag that you will probably brick or otherwise disable your phone in the future.
Nothing in the dev subforum should be performed until you fully understand how it works.
jashsu said:
This is a warning flag that you will probably brick or otherwise disable your phone in the future.
Nothing in the dev subforum should be performed until you fully understand how it works.
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I doubt everybody here knows exactly every technical detail and aspect about their phones. In addition I knew I was partioning my sd card just wanted to understand where all my files were going. I have successfully rooted my phone the old fashion way and installed numerous roms and themes after many hours of reading and following directions in these forums. I'm sorry i am not expert in linux or coding. All I asked was for some information of the subject, if you can't help then don't post. Thanks gridlock for your answer.
You are welcome but I must defend jashsu, you have only been a member since last month and made a few posts, he was just staying on the side of caution because there are a lot of people who just dive in without knowing what they are doing and no offense but your ? Was a common type of ? That a noob who did not have much knowledge would ask
badaphooko01 said:
if you can't help then don't post.
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I tried to help, you weren't receptive of it. Maybe a second time with some added emphasis will drive the point home?
Nothing in the dev subforum should be performed until you fully understand how it works.
Are there people in the dev forum who can/should do things that they don't fully understand? Of course; they are the hackers and experimenters who are not afraid of bricking their devices. I assume (perhaps wrongly?) from your comment "I don't know really what that means exactly, just followed the tutoriul" that you are not one of those people. I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
I stand by what I wrote.
Edit: by the way the asking of questions (although searching would be good too) is part of the process of learning and therefore understanding. I was not at all trying to discourage you from asking the question, I was just pointing out the danger of proceeding with dev modifications without proper understanding.
78mb?? your lucky I only got 33mb! and I got cyanogens rom with automatic apps2sd!
where do you guys reckon my space has gone?
Did you wipe before you flash cyanogen, right now on 4.04 I have 64mb internal with running the danger spl, that does change internal memory
Ok Guys, new to this site, hopefully y'all can help me out.
I recently rooted my G1, Installed the latest Cyanogen (4.7.2.1) and installed a theme ( Marks Theme). I dont have very many apps cause I didnt want to bog down the phone memory.....
I love the set up but it started running slower even after I started running the over clocker widget.
My phone is only showing 14.18 MB of free internal memory. I went through my applications installed and can only find around 25 MB being used from all installed apps ( including browser and messaging etc.)
I even tried to do a factory reset ( by going through the settings) and the factory reset is not working. It changed nothing.
Is there something that Im missing? I feel like I should have much more free memory.
I love the way my phone works and the set up, I just wish it had more free memory so that it would run faster.
Ive thought about doing the Apps2SD but I feel like I chould have much more memory on my phone even before doing something like that.
PLEASE HELP!!!!!!
This is a question, and as such belongs in the Q&A section. You'll receive a better response to such things there.
The internal memory you're referring to is your /system partition.
It is where the entire OS is stored, basically. Which takes up, in your case, a whopping 55 MB (out of 70 MB).
If you //really// want more room, follow the Apps-2-SD tutorials out there. You'll get /plenty/ of space.
You could always upgrade to the new amon ra and then let it partition the sd card for you.Then you can have all that free phone storage for whatever it is.Bext time just try to restrict yourself from posting in wrong section
-Best regards
IConrad01 said:
This is a question, and as such belongs in the Q&A section. You'll receive a better response to such things there.
The internal memory you're referring to is your /system partition.
It is where the entire OS is stored, basically. Which takes up, in your case, a whopping 55 MB (out of 70 MB).
If you //really// want more room, follow the Apps-2-SD tutorials out there. You'll get /plenty/ of space.
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Thank you for the quick response. Is there a way to move this thread?
Also is there a better ROM that will take up less memory? I like this version but obviously it is wayy to large.
Anyone else running cyanogen 4.7.2.1 having this issue?
Most people using the Cyanogen ROM also utilize A2SD. Partition your SD card and you'll get more room.
pewterwest said:
Anyone else running cyanogen 4.7.2.1 having this issue?
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There is no issue, you just don't have an ext partition ergo, all applications are installed to your phone which is why you have low phone memory.
pewterwest said:
Thank you for the quick response. Is there a way to move this thread?
Also is there a better ROM that will take up less memory? I like this version but obviously it is wayy to large.
Anyone else running cyanogen 4.7.2.1 having this issue?
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Hello! app2SD will put the apps to ext...Then you will have more memory, why do you think people use it? To save even more money on geico?
Go here for the amon recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
Hi, first of this has nothing to do with development, should be in Q&A. Please remember for next time
OK, when you're on a custom ROM, don't use factory reset. Instead boot in to the recovery image and perform a wipe from there, and that's exactly what I'd suggest. Be prepared to loose everything stored on the phones memory, but you can use a backup app from the market for that... No you really should way more space than that, I can't really explain why...
IConrad01 said:
This is a question, and as such belongs in the Q&A section. You'll receive a better response to such things there.
The internal memory you're referring to is your /system partition.
It is where the entire OS is stored, basically. Which takes up, in your case, a whopping 55 MB (out of 70 MB).
If you //really// want more room, follow the Apps-2-SD tutorials out there. You'll get /plenty/ of space.
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The phone has two main partitions: /system and /data. It isn't /system that's filling up, it's /data (which makes sense...). The phone can't write to /system when it's unrooted, so it's not possible to store files there...
Everyone is trying to help but for a noob it can be a bit too much...4.2.7.1 is the best Rom available so keep that....RA Recovery is the best way to set up your memory card to accept your apps and keep them there freeing up a ton of space on the phone....simple way to fix is....Just format you sdcard with EXT3 using the RA-recovery v1.5.1 then once your card is formatted just reboot and Cyanogen's rom will move all the apps for you.....will not need to wipe any info on the phone that way...done it many times......Pm me if you need help!!!!
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some threads to help:
Ra - Recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
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[REF] manual partition of sdcard w/parted,goto ext3/4 from adb. no liveCD req'd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714
Young Money. Cash Money.
(partition sd card)
The non rooted standard T-Mobile rom is about the same size and will give you about the same amount of free space. There could be a more barebones rom but I think it's just a lot easier to run Apps2SD then to create a rom that might get you an extra 10mb of internal space. This is the fault of the internal memory on the phone being small. The only way to fix that is getting Apps2sd running which if you make a partion of 100mb should be enough to install all the apps you need. Getting a larger SD card for $10 is also another option so you wont have 1/10th of your sd cards storage gone.
djdarkknight96 said:
Everyone is trying to help but for a noob it can be a bit too much...4.2.7.1 is the best Rom available so keep that....RA Recovery is the best way to set up your memory card to accept your apps and keep them there freeing up a ton of space on the phone....simple way to fix is....Just format you sdcard with EXT3 using the RA-recovery v1.5.1 then once your card is formatted just reboot and Cyanogen's rom will move all the apps for you.....will not need to wipe any info on the phone that way...done it many times......Pm me if you need help!!!!
EDIT:
some threads to help:
Ra - Recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
OR-
[REF] manual partition of sdcard w/parted,goto ext3/4 from adb. no liveCD req'd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=534714
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Guys thank you very much for your help..... i partioned my sd and now i have 58.8 MB free on internal.... you guys are great.
Is there anything else i can do besides rooting, apps2sd and overclocker to make even faster?
pewterwest said:
Guys thank you very much for your help..... i partioned my sd and now i have 58.8 MB free on internal.... you guys are great.
Is there anything else i can do besides rooting, apps2sd and overclocker to make even faster?
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You can always try different roms. CM is good and fast, but maybe try dwang 1.13 or Wesgarner version. wg is based on CM. I find it faster and more stable but this is just my opinion. if you back everything up with nandroid and some app like mybackup, you can flash all you want. you'll be able to get everything back with a nandroid/mybackup restore. try different stuff out and figure out what you like!
I've got everything backed up with the appmonster.
Will this be adequate prep for flashing a ROM?
Are the backup files stored on the external SD card?
Is it easy to retrieve your apps after flashing the ROM?
I gather only the internal SD and phone memory will be reformatted.
I'm I ready to go flashing?
Check the App Monster's description at AppBrain (and the program's settings of course, where did your phone saved the needed files)...
Did you saved the SMS and call log? And what about Titanium Backup? Have you ever tried it?
Did you download all the needed files before doing ROM change?
I would say that when you can answer these questions yourself, then maybe you are ready to flash roms. Do not rush in, read plenty, get familiar with the lingo, procedures, ways to salvage a bad flash etc etc....when you are comfortable then proceed. Read all the faqs, then when you need help people will be far more helpful.
Also make sure you have 3 button d/l mode.....and enjoy! It is addictive, fun and harmless! Welcome
GTi9000 insanitycm010/insaneglitch
slaphead20 said:
...when you can answer these questions yourself, then maybe you are ready to flash roms...
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10:10 point, you are right.
When somebody have no further questions, he is ready to flashing (I was in the same situation some month before).
Reading, reading, and do everything as it is written.
kleingy said:
Check the App Monster's description at AppBrain (and the program's settings of course, where did your phone saved the needed files)...
Did you saved the SMS and call log? And what about Titanium Backup? Have you ever tried it?
Did you download all the needed files before doing ROM change?
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I tried Titanium Backup, but it says I gotta ROOT first. I was going to try to ROOT and ROM in one go with the Darky's ROM v10.1.
Monster saved all the apps, I have to study about whether the contacts and logs were backed up too.
I'm just a little confused about what exactly happens when you flash a ROM.
The way I understand it it's like reformatting and reinstalling the OS on a PC.
Where I'm confused is about the internal SD card. Does that get affected? I know the external SD doesn't experience anything.
One my complications is that I don't have a PC, and have to borrow one to get the flashing done.
I've been considering a netbook. But I want to run Unbutu and not windows!
I used to have a windows partition on my MacBook but I ran out of space for it. I hardly ever used it.
I was hoping getting the SGS would get me away from PC's and Mac's.
I guess a cheap netbook wont kill me; and sparing 30Gs for a windows partition now wont be such a bit deal with these nifty 320-500G hardrives out there now.
Maybe I should just have someone slap a fancy 500G drive with flash ram in the MacBook then problem solved.
Fark but I'm also getting old and lazy.
Maybe I'll just wait and study this all a bit more. The phone works pretty well with Froyo anyway. The only real issue is that it eats up the battery fairly fast.