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How to keep Storage clean and XDA fast

Free up storage:
-why
-how (simple)
-how (using utilities)
-how (advanced)
WHY
-The less files in storage, the faster your device
-Your storage is almost full and you want to install more
-summed up: your XDA is a mess and needs a good cleaning
-I believe the RAMdisk is faster than NAND ROM where storage is located
-Even the slowest SD card hardly shows any slowdown on most program starts
HOW simple
-Go to ActiveSync on your desktop PC
-Go to Tools>Add/remove software
-In Add/Remove Software uncheck "Install program into default installation folder"
-In the installed programs list uncheck a program
-Take a (mental) note of "Space available on device"
-Click OK
-Ask yourself if you really need it
-If so, check that program again
-Click OK
-Follow instructions on XDA, select \RAMdisk or \Storage Card as install path
-Check "Space available on device"
-Be happy
-Continue with the rest of the installed software in the same way
-Some programs refuse to follow your orders, most will move out of the way
HOW using utilities
There are two utilities that I know of that are able to transfer some of the files in your storage to RAMdisk or Storage Card, both commercial:
Wizcode Pocket Mechanic
SKTools
I'm not a fan of either of these. SKtools was only able to relocate 1.5MB of files that I could have easilly moved manually on a total mess that allowed much better results. Pocket Mechanic moved so much more that after a soft reset my today screen was as clean as a whisle, none of my today plugins loaded... OTOH both do have a lot of other neat tricks up their sleeves.
A neat little tool is System Path from http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-Cupertino/2039/
Watch out, perhaps well documented but only in Japanese. Tips: unzip, place in \Windows, soft reset, find applet in Settings\system\system path. And never uncheck \Windows, just ADD seach paths.
There are lots of other nice tools on that page...
HOW advanced
-Copy files to their new location
-Edit their shortcuts
-Export all related registry keys, then edit them to the new path
-Rename the original files (I always add tmp to the extensions)
-Test if they work from the new locations
-If so, remove the original files
-If not, check if there are for example .cfg, .ini or other settings files you should edit
-Always use an editor for this that can handle both ASCII and Unicode!
-Have courage, luck and enough time
-Think first, blooper next...

Really appreciate your tips.
On your guide using AS to check the memory, do you mean by unchecking, the space available will change accordingly? I did not see that.
The problem is I don't install most programs on device storage but on SD card. Now cannot really decide where the programs are residing except by look at the "Program Files" in both Storage and SD Card to decide.
System Path is interesting. I will be trying it out.

Not just by unchecking, but by uninstalling programs that were first installed with default path on, then reinstalling with default path off. Of course if all your software is already on RAMdisk or Storage card to begin with, you won't notice a change because nothing changes. This thread is for people who 've used a lot of EXE installers with default path on, they run into lack of Storage and often have no idea how to solve it.

Disadvantage
A big disadvantage when you install your programs in ramdisk:
When your battery runs flat, you loose everything on the ramdisk. Ramdisk is only persistant when doing a hard reset and NOT by an empty battery.

mach2005 said:
A big disadvantage when you install your programs in ramdisk:
When your battery runs flat, you loose everything on the ramdisk. Ramdisk is only persistant when doing a hard reset and NOT by an empty battery.
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That sounds fair, RAM needs some power to keep its contents. But I've drained my main battery several times willingly for test purposes without loosing a single bit on RAMdisk. Obviously it needs just the backup battery. I never drained that. But I do keep a copy of my RAMdisk on my PC and advice all to follow that advice. MOBsync makes this even easier than ActiveSync.

Hi,
i cant seem to be able uncheck the box (its not available- blanked out) ..
Most of my softwares is installed in RAMDISK and storage card except for must be in storage utilies. Yet my storage space is almost full ... i cant account for it.
I am using activesync 4.5 build 5096

Where did you install the programs/applications from? Did you put .cab files in your /temp folder? If this is the case, with most if not all .cab files you can delete them after installing the program. They can take up a fair bit of room. Cheers.

mantd said:
i cant seem to be able uncheck the box (its not available- blanked out) ..
Most of my softwares is installed in RAMDISK and storage card except for must be in storage utilies. Yet my storage space is almost full ... i cant account for it.
I am using activesync 4.5 build 5096
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Did you expand your RAMdisk size? see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332215
Your activesync version should have no effect on the available storage.

Hi Maggy,
Yeah, i did.. I managed to recover 3mb + by deleting and reinstalling back some of my apps. Thanks for the tips.
I am using c_shekar WM6 AKU7.
This is my current memory config:-
Storage
Total 30.53 Mb,
In Use 26.08 Mb,
Free 4.45Mb
Programs
Total 61.28Mb,
In use 28.18,
Free 33.10
Is it normal for the storage to grow even when programs are installed in SD or Ramdisk ? Anyway to know which files were installed and where ? Then it would be easier to move it somewhere else
-mantd

All installed programs put some lines in registry, so that grows. Lots of programs create garbage in registry and often do not clean up after uninstall.
Programs that need dll's will place them in \windows, all installed programs create shortcuts (.lnk) in \windows\start menu\programs. All of this adds up to Storage In Use.
Most programs install either in \Program Files or \RAMdisk\Program Files or \Storage Card\Program Files. Often in their own subfolder. If not, then read their shortcuts to find them.
At initial installation most programs, especially those with PC exe install, will install in Storage even if you click RAMdisk or Storage Card. Today plugins have more or less valid reasons to do so, otherwise it's just plain stupid and annoying. Lots of cab installers have the same behaviour but cab's can be edited to change this behaviour (not all). By running PC exe installers without your device connected it will create a folder C:\Windows\Program Files\[app-to-install] which will most likely contain a cab...
success

"There are two utilities that I know of that are able to transfer some of the files in your storage to RAMdisk or Storage Card, both commercial:
Wizcode Pocket Mechanic
SKTools"
Found that tiny tool:
MobileAppMover
It´s freeware.
First search - than search and overwrite.

The site from the developper of MobileAppMover
http://www.iaccarino.de/silvio/ppcstuff.htm
His description:
MobileAppMover is a tool for moving all references from a specific directory to another directory. It will search and replace a given path in the whole registry and in every shortcut. You can use this to move complete program installations from memory to storage card and vice versa. The files itself won't be moved by this tool.
For use at own risk only!
So it's not a tool for noobs who do not know the difference between a program and a Today plugin or who do not know how to move the appropriate files manually. Neither of the two commercial tools are able to move every today plugin, strange things will happen if you try to move them anyway with mobileappmover. Please be sure to have a Safe Mode boot utility installed before you try this at home.
In the worst case scenario you'll need to reflash your ROM.

IE Cache size ?
Hi,
When I changed the registry key to limit cache size avoiding low memory error in Pocket IE first it's ok but after I resetting the device all device settings and registry back to old settings , how can I solve this problem ?

You were modifying this key?:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\5.0\Cache\Content - CacheLimit?

yes it says 43018

each time I edited this when I reset the device this setting turns back

use schaps Advanced Config 3.0, its the best tweaking app htere is

schaps Advanced Config
ather90 said:
use schaps Advanced Config 3.0, its the best tweaking app htere is
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Yeah i used it too. Thats powerfull tool. See here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=317070

good

Sprite Backup

I try to restore but it does not take the code... any tip?

Do you mean you forgot the password?

CorruptedSanity said:
Do you mean you forgot the password?
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i think he means it's not taking the password he put in when it asks for it, if it was put in correctly. make sure you're putting it in correctly if that's not it, then is it possible you originally put the password in wrong?

hello there, after I.ve restore the back up file, there is double icon like internet explore and extra one says internet explore (2,) and same to file expolore and file explore (2), and I couldnt delete the extra icon, did I back up wrong?

s.chao said:
hello there, after I.ve restore the back up file, there is double icon like internet explore and extra one says internet explore (2,) and same to file expolore and file explore (2), and I couldnt delete the extra icon, did I back up wrong?
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It will duplicate if you HR then make changes b4 restoring. You can use a tool like Pocket Mechanic or SK tools to easily delete duplicate shortcuts.
Otherwise you can delete them through your desktop via activesync or with a file explorer such as resco.
All of them have free trials, but I couldn't live without SK Tools.

brianlb said:
i think he means it's not taking the password he put in when it asks for it, if it was put in correctly. make sure you're putting it in correctly if that's not it, then is it possible you originally put the password in wrong?
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Yes, it didn' t take the correct password. I sort it out putting the same password (6 digits) for restoring (it was 6 digits) and for locking (it was 4 digits).
Probably, it was a conflict between the 2 passwords... thnx anyway...

USB Transfer Problem. Help!

Hi all, can anyone sort this -
When i connect via usb i choose 'disk drive' to transfer files/music etc to the phone. Everty time i try to transfer anything it says on the PC (windows xp) 'cannot copy xxxx - the path is too deep'
Has anyone else had any problems or does anyone have any ideas? Thanks

My first reaction is to say that wherever you're trying to copy from or too has a long pathname. Are you trying to copy individual files or whole folders, and where are you trying to copy from/to (e.g. My Documents)?

Dark Fire said:
My first reaction is to say that wherever you're trying to copy from or too has a long pathname. Are you trying to copy individual files or whole folders, and where are you trying to copy from/to (e.g. My Documents)?
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It doesn't matter how long the filename is it still says it. I've tries individual files and full folders but still the same. And i've tried copying from/to all sorts of different places but still no joy???

Hmmm. Maybe the way that Windows is transferring files is malfunctioning. This is definitely an advanced problem, which requires an expert.
*Waits for expert*

First of all, try another USB port. If that doesn't work, try this, in order. stop after the diamond works:
1- uninstall/reinstall activesync, then try accessing files with it.
2- Stop the Diamond usb drive by clicking the safely remove device icon. Then plug it again.
3- Uninstall all USB Root hub in your windows device manager, then reboot computer.
4- Hard Reset device.
5- Reinstall Windows
6- Return Device.

Can you try moving a file name with 8 chacters or less from your c:\ to the phone? Eg c:\song.mp3 to your phone
Also, what OS are you using? What file system does the phone 'disk' show up as in windows?

someone1234 said:
Can you try moving a file name with 8 chacters or less from your c:\ to the phone? Eg c:\song.mp3 to your phone
Also, what OS are you using? What file system does the phone 'disk' show up as in windows?
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It shows as fat32. ?

this simply means the files are under a folder tree with too deep or too long with characters. such as:
C:\My Documents and Settings\Andrew Loh\Documents\my structural folders\andrew loh\scanning\pdf\finanacial documents\banking stuff\hong kong bank\bank statement\date 2008-06-09\page 1\200806091211224412.pdf

Simpliest thing first.....take your diamond to another computer.....confirm if it's computer problem or diamond problem

andrewloh said:
this simply means the files are under a folder tree with too deep or too long with characters. such as:
C:\My Documents and Settings\Andrew Loh\Documents\my structural folders\andrew loh\scanning\pdf\finanacial documents\banking stuff\hong kong bank\bank statement\date 2008-06-09\page 1\200806091211224412.pdf
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Thats not the problem tho. I can't even transfer a file called pic1.jpg!

nokmond said:
Thats not the problem tho. I can't even transfer a file called pic1.jpg!
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It seems related to FAT system I guess.
Could you try to format the disk from PC when connected as DISK mode and try to copy file or folder again?
This might be helpful.

william_tai said:
It seems related to FAT system I guess.
Could you try to format the disk from PC when connected as DISK mode and try to copy file or folder again?
This might be helpful.
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Right - i've tried to transfer files from a different pc via 'disk mode' and it worked fine.
I can transfer stuff from mine via active sync but it takes ages transferring albums etc. It must be some setting on my computer causing the problem, although i don't have problems transferring things to sd cards etc. Any ideas?

For the love of God...
Hi All,
This seems like a very old problem but as far as I can tell, was never resolved or someone didn't share their solutions with the rest of us lovely newbies!
Unfortunately for me I am now having the same problem and after searching the forums it led me to this thread (along with two others that didn't have any difinitive answers either). When trying to copy anything that is within a folder from my comp (be it from a partitioned drive or the desktop of the root C: drive) I get the error "Cannot Copy ****ath is too deep".
After much trawling on the internet I found some third party software that should have solved the problem. No such luck , when using that I get a "semaphore timeout error". Next I try to direct extract from a .rar file to the internal memory and it tells me the reason it can't complete is that "the disk may be full".
As it stands now; I've formatted my phone's internal storage (and then had to transfer all programs one by one back over from my comp), enabled DMA transfer from the Device Manager in Windows XP and still no luck at all.
Could someone please shed some light on this as (as you could probably tell by the long winded post) I'm at my wit's end with this despite loving the phone in general!
Cheers in advance,
Night

I also have the same problem,
When i use activesync, big files like movies can only be put on the device itself, not the internal memory of 4g.
When i use the diskdrive option, the computer sees it als an usb storage, but files cannot be transferred, because of the "path is too deep" error.
in dutch it is called "pad is te lang", any options?
Also does someone know where to buy the official extended battery in Holland, because bol.com cannot deliver and other sites are way expensive.

Ok, just fixed it.
I turned off the activesync software in windows.
Connected the device to my usbconnector on the back of the pc (a 2.0 usbdrive)
Then it worked! Now 755 mb of .mp4 movie on the device...

i dont know if someone still got such a problem. I got it today and solved it with flashing an other rom on it from the Ruu.

nokmond said:
Hi all, can anyone sort this -
When i connect via usb i choose 'disk drive' to transfer files/music etc to the phone. Everty time i try to transfer anything it says on the PC (windows xp) 'cannot copy xxxx - the path is too deep'
Has anyone else had any problems or does anyone have any ideas? Thanks
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i had that problem too and nothing helped me...i fix that with easy solution----just try another usb port on your pc...that work for me

Screen align problem.

Hello, i just flashed the Touch IT 4.5. But im having problems with the startup screen align, the problem is that my screen is cracked and i cant do the align. Any way i can write some file, conectiong thought USB to my phone, or any other way to do the align?

Haven't tried it but maybe you should try mymobiler?

You probably have to edit the rom w/ the following (or maybe remove welcome.lnk in startup) to bypass the alignment (which I doubt Itje's rom is editable because of the nature of Bepe's kitchen)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Welcome]
"Disable"=dword:ffffffff

jackleung said:
You probably have to edit the rom w/ the following (or maybe remove welcome.lnk in startup) to bypass the alignment (which I doubt Itje's rom is editable because of the nature of Bepe's kitchen)
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Welcome]
"Disable"=dword:ffffffff
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I cant actually delete the file, it just doesent let me.
Any way i can edit the registry thought the Desktop PC?
About Mobile Me it just doesent work for me..

Max399 said:
I cant actually delete the file, it just doesent let me.
Any way i can edit the registry thought the Desktop PC?
About Mobile Me it just doesent work for me..
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..... Read my reply carefully. U need to "edit the rom". In other words, you have to edit the rom before you flash. Since you can't get pass the initialization page, you have NO WAY to edit thru PC.

OK, well i managed to get thro the align by deleting the welcome.lng
But now the touch screen doesent work.
Im controling the Pocket PC thought the Desktop PC with a programm. But even with it i cant do the align.
Maybe theres some registri settings for the calibration points, or something?
U need to be able to use the touchscreen..

you should create a file "welcome.not" and put in to SD card (if its called Storage Card), or to the device root, that shall work. (and do a new hard/soft reset )
that must skip the align screen.

Der_Immitanz_konverter said:
you should create a file "welcome.not" and put in to SD card (if its called Storage Card), or to the device root, that shall work. (and do a new hard/soft reset )
that must skip the align screen.
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Well done. Thanks so much!

Der_Immitanz_konverter said:
you should create a file "welcome.not" and put in to SD card (if its called Storage Card), or to the device root, that shall work. (and do a new hard/soft reset )
that must skip the align screen.
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I have a same problem.Align screen was skipped when i put welcome.not in SD but screen doesn't work right.
how can i fix screen without align screen??
mymobiler doesn't connect to my phone too.

[Q] How to import a key to registry when WM does not start?

Is there a way to import *.reg file to the registry when WM does not start?
The problem is I have changed a key HKCU\ControlPanel\Sip\DefaultIm to change default keyboard and now WM doesn't load. It stucks before the green screen after initial Xperia animations. I guess either I've entered a bad CLSID or it tires to load keyboard before it mounts SD card.
Anyhow I have access to SD card contents only (via SDcard reader) and I would like to change the mentioned registry key contents. How to achieve this goal?
Thanks in advance.

Hm generally I'd like to mention: Don't install anything that autostarts on your storage card. To solve your problem: What about the active synch connection to your pc? Does it work? You could access your phones registry by using your pc.

ActiveSync of course do not work.

then hard reset phone .... or flash a new rom

Yep, I think this is the only solution for your problem.

guess it locks too early to do anything. with activesync would've been easier.
but you can try auto-install from sd-card:
- make a cab with your reg-settings
- make a dir called 2577 on your sd-card & put the cab in
- boot and see...
but i really think that directory is read at a later stage of boot-process.
so a hardreset should be your only option.

Hardreset to go to the original state of the last ROM flash, also of registry