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Gingerbread ROMs not playing nicely with Dark Tremors apps2sd?

SOLVED.
Used another SD card that wasn't partitioned and everything works fine.
MM Gingerbread and PhoenRom both cause me to not be able to install/update/restore apps due to insufficient storage even though there is plenty of space.
If I go back to CyanogenMod everything works fine.
My SD card is partitioned 7GB Windows/1GB Linux.
Going into Settings/Applications/Downloaded shows "72MB used / 124MB free"
On SD card shows "3.2GB used / 3.3GB free"
I currently have the PhoenRom installed, this is what df now shows:
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 192M 32K 192M 4096
/mnt/asec 192M 0K 192M 4096
/mnt/obb 192M 0K 192M 4096
/system 145M 141M 3M 4096
/data 196M 75M 120M 4096
/cache 95M 4M 90M 4096
/system/sd 955M 26M 928M 4096
/mnt/sdcard 6G 3G 3G 4096
/mnt/secure/asec 6G 3G 3G 4096
/mnt/asec/com.android.BlackMarketApp-1 3M 1M 1M 4096
When wiping user data in recovery I get the message
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (or /dev/bloc/mmcblk0)
(Invalid argument)
Error mounting /sd-ext/!
Skipping format
I don't know if this is significant.

Hi. I have same problem on LG Optimus One with Android 2.2.1 ... how you solve that?

So don't partition
From your brief description of "Solved" ... it sounds like you just grabbed another FAT32 formatted SD Card and just put it in. No partition setup. However from reading other posts on DarkTremor's apps2sd ... you MUST have an EXT3 formatted partition in addition to the FAT32 partition in order for apps2sd to function.
From my understanding, since the Android OS has no problems running apps from EXT2 and EXT3 partitions ... the trick is that the apps are actually moved to the FAT32 partition and shortcuts (a.k.a. links) are put on the EXT3 partitions. This tricks and Android OS into thinking the apps are installed on EXT3 and not FAT32.
Unless I am just totally missing how this works.

[Q] Question ?

Hello All,
just a silly question in my mind .. why do SGS GT-i9000 has 2GB dedicated ROM ?
i mean whats the purpose or function of it ? can any1 please explain and eleborate in detail ?
all the other phones have storage , RAM and CPU .. only this phone has 2GB ROM which i didnt see in any other phone why?

It has been reserved to install game and apps.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

can we reduce this size. 1gb to rom & 15gb to sdcard.
Users with Ideos X5 do it.

Anyone know linux commands, may you see script below.
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
d
1
d
2
n
5
1708032
n
1708033
1953792
t
2
b
w
mke2fs "-F", "-j", "-b4096", "-m0", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 (what is -j flag ?)
mkfs.vfat "-v", "-n", "SDCard, "/dev/block/mmcblk0p1"
is it work?

Thats my partition table.
Moderator pls dnt merge posts I need get access to devs topic. Thank you.
~ # df
df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 169004 32 168972 0% /dev
/dev/block/mtdblock3 81920 2388 79532 3% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 1935192 291380 1643812 15% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 13660864 11975456 1685408 88% /sdcard
/dev/block/mtdblock2 192000 131920 60080 69% /system
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 16.0 GB, 16005464064 bytes
1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 1953792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16 * 512 = 8192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 5 1708032 13664224 c Win95 FAT32 (LB
A)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 1708033 1953792 1966080 c Win95 FAT32 (LB
A)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0p1: 13.9 GB, 13992165376 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 427007 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0p2: 2013 MB, 2013265920 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 61440 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 doesn't contain a valid partition table
~ #
I try create custom partition size for my phone i897
With Simplistian help I can get partition Info of my phone
#df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 169004 32 168972 0% /dev
/dev/block/mtdblock3 81920 2388 79532 3% /cache
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 1935192 291380 1643812 15% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 13660864 11975456 1685408 88% /sdcard
/dev/block/mtdblock2 192000 131920 60080 69% /system
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 16.0 GB, 16005464064 bytes
1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 1953792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16 * 512 = 8192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 5 1708032 13664224 c Win95 FAT32 (LB
A)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 1708033 1953792 1966080 c Win95 FAT32 (LB
A)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0p1: 13.9 GB, 13992165376 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 427007 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
~ # fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0p2: 2013 MB, 2013265920 bytes
4 heads, 16 sectors/track, 61440 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 64 * 512 = 32768 bytes
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 doesn't contain a valid partition table

androiderrr said:
It has been reserved to install game and apps.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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but why ? whats the cause behind it ?
phones that dont have dedicated and assigned ROMs can also have games and apps ... for e.g. SGS 2 doesnt has dedicated ROM it only has 1GB RAM and Dual core 1.2Ghz cpu but we still install apps and games into it .. which means they are stored directly to SD card or Internal memory of phone ..
but I havent gone through any solid answer from anyone that why 2GB dedicated ROM given to SGS GT i9000 ?
does that mean we can only install apps games etc upto 2GB volume on our SGS i9000 ? not more then that ?

Yeah we can install games and apps only upto 2GB.But thats more than sufficient.Dont u think so?Even one day if u run out of space u can install as many apps as u wish on extranal SD card.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

androiderrr said:
Yeah we can install games and apps only upto 2GB.But thats more than sufficient.Dont u think so?Even one day if u run out of space u can install as many apps as u wish on extranal SD card.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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so that means other androids like SGS 2 etc , apps and games are installed directly into phone's internal storage ( internal SD card ? ) plus with that we can choose the option to install apps and games to external storage ( external sd card ) as well ?
1 more question .. does it really makes any difference to install apps or games into phones internal ROM or external sd card ?
what i mean is does this makes any impact on performance or on anything ?

salmanghiyas said:
so that means other androids like SGS 2 etc , apps and games are installed directly into phone's internal storage ( internal SD card ? ) plus with that we can choose the option to install apps and games to external storage ( external sd card ) as well ?
Even with galaxy s you have option to install apps wherever u like internal memory(you have 2GB for that) and on external sd card
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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salmanghiyas said:
1 more question .. does it really makes any difference to install apps or games into phones internal ROM or external sd card ?
what i mean is does this makes any impact on performance or on anything ?
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Hardly any noticible difference on performance..
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

androiderrr said:
Hardly any noticible difference on performance..
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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TQVM androiderrr

salmanghiyas said:
Hello All,
just a silly question in my mind .. why do SGS GT-i9000 has 2GB dedicated ROM ?
i mean whats the purpose or function of it ? can any1 please explain and eleborate in detail ?
all the other phones have storage , RAM and CPU .. only this phone has 2GB ROM which i didnt see in any other phone why?
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When the SGS was first released, we didn't have the possibility of loading apps to SD card, this only came with the later releases of Android.
The phone being released with 2GB was one of the things that made it the best phone at that time.

[Q] low space in /system

Hello
any ideas why my system directory is full?
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 185M 64K 185M 4096
/mnt/asec 185M 0K 185M 4096
/mnt/obb 185M 0K 185M 4096
/system 330M 319M 11M 1024
/data 1G 322M 1G 2048
/cache 61M 4M 57M 2048
/mnt/extasec 185M 0K 185M 4096
/lgdrm 2M 2M 398K 2048
/mnt/sdcard 5G 2G 2G 32768
/mnt/secure/asec 5G 2G 2G 32768

take a look in /system/app and you will understand why

ilos said:
take a look in /system/app and you will understand why
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i know that all the files are double and odexed already....the question is how can i fix it since this is a scratch install...

just removed app that you don't want.
I always used TB to remove app that i don't need, here the result after removing some craps... ( ie LG default craps... and some live wallpapers )
here my df :
Code:
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 185M 64K 185M 4096
/mnt/asec 185M 0K 185M 4096
/mnt/obb 185M 0K 185M 4096
/system 338M 251M 87M 1024
/data 1G 355M 1G 4096
/cache 61M 4M 57M 1024
/mnt/extasec 185M 0K 185M 4096
/lgdrm 2M 2M 410K 2048
Rom => V20L

ilos said:
just removed app that you don't want
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i want them all, i simply dont get it why its like this
before v20L it was about 120Mb,
could it be that the V20L just copied files over and made dups?

you used all app ? FSecure etc.... ?

ilos said:
you used all app ? FSecure etc.... ?
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nope i froze must of them
i will just smartflash v10d and then kdz

so uninstall them in place of freezing them

ilos said:
so uninstall them in place of freezing them
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i saw no reason to un-install when i can simply freeze them it was o.k beforehand
ahhh.... never mind.
thanks.

... or just leave it alone? Why do you need space on /system anyway?
BTW, wrong forum for general questions
Sent from my LG-P990

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Hi all.. today I'm with this issue.. low space on system.
No issue before some installs.. I explain.
I needed to reinitialize system partition because R/W issues.. so I executed a script that make backup of system content, format it and restore contents; I used it before and it work, but this time it locks due to some errors, I think.
Reinstalled rom, reinstalled kernel (that reinit ext-4 partition if needed), re-executed the script (good execution).
When rebooted.. low space notify on system!
I think there's something is wrong.. but I don know what I need to check.. can you help me??

Just backup the apps and uninstall them. you can't keep apps n increase free space at the same time. I can't see why you want bloatwares..

That sounds odd. I would suggest to use NVFlash to start with some fresh formatted partition layout.

yea, that's there, but i'd rather not waste my time to keep bloatwares, you agree?

RknDroidFreak said:
yea, that's there, but i'd rather not waste my time to keep bloatwares, you agree?
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Im referring to extreme who has different issues than the op. (ops post is from last year btw).
Sent from my LG-P990 using XDA

Internal memory and partition...

Hi Guys,
Every time I tried to understand the android partitions I get more confuse. Let me clear my doubts. These are based on CyanoGenMod 9/10 and Galaxy S I9000 ....
This is how the partition exists in CyanoGenMod.....
We have a very fast NAND which is 512MB. This memory shared between /cache, /system, /datadata, /modem etc.
Then we have a flash memory which is either 8GB or 16 GB. This one partitioned into 2.
2GB for /data
6GB or 14GB for /sdcard
Question 1
So normally all your Apps are installed into the /data partition?
Question 2
In that case can I say MoveToSD means moving the Apps to the /sdcard partion?
Question 3
I noticed that for each application I move to SD I see a entry in "/mnt/asecure" . What's the use of it?
Last week I bought a Galaxy S3 because I thought I need a hardware beast. (I was really enjoying and still enjoying the Galaxy S with Cyanogen) And using "df" commands partitions are as follows....
/dev 896M 84K 896M 4096
/mnt/asec 896M 0K 896M 4096
/mnt/obb 896M 0K 896M 4096
/efs 19M 4M 15M 4096
/cache 1007M 17M 990M 4096
/system 1G 1G 463M 4096
/data 11G 4G 6G 4096
/firmware 199M 45M 154M 4096
/tombstones 251M 18M 233M 4096
/storage/sdcard0 10G 4G 6G 4096
/mnt/asec/ch.teamtasks.tasks.paid-1 4M 2M 1M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.disney.brave_google-1 26M 25M 1M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.touchtype.swiftkey-1 14M 10M 3M 4096
Question 4
Can someone explain this partition? why the /data shows as 11GB. And /sdcard0 is 10GB. I'm not quite sure my phone is 16GB model and it's not possible to have that much memory for /data.
Question 5
In this layout when I install Apps where it will get installed? I haven't root it yet so I cannot test.
Question 6
In this layout what is the meaning of MoveToSd could be? Samsung removed that option but I believe somehow it gets applied. Because I have plenty of Apps installed but some apps have a "mnt/asec" entry similar to Android secure. So is it similar are these apps get moved to /sdcard0 partition.
I'm developing some apps at the same time I'm trying to understand the core concepts with Android. Any guideline will be helpful and I really appreciate the replies. Thanks in advance....

wrong section
you should have posted this under Q&A!

[Q] KFH7 32GB partition size - have I been ripped off?

Hello all,
I have bought a used KFH7 supposed to be the 32GB model.
I'm wondering, though, if it might not indeed be the 16GB model and if I have been ripped off.
The df command submitted in root shell gives me:
KFH7 alleged 32GB model
Code:
C:\KFFirstAide>adb shell
[email protected]:/ # df
df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 375M 32K 375M 4096
/mnt/asec 375M 0K 375M 4096
/mnt/obb 375M 0K 375M 4096
/system 872M 808M 63M 4096
/data 12G 2G 9G 4096
/cache 639M 10M 628M 4096
/efs 15M 4M 11M 4096
/mnt/sdcard 12G 2G 9G 4096
[email protected]:/ #
which are the exact same vaules I'm getting from a friends 16GB model:
KFH7 16GB model
Code:
C:\KFFirstAide>adb shell
[email protected]:/ # df
df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 375M 32K 375M 4096
/mnt/asec 375M 0K 375M 4096
/mnt/obb 375M 0K 375M 4096
/system 872M 808M 63M 4096
/data 12G 4G 8G 4096
/cache 639M 10M 628M 4096
/efs 15M 4M 11M 4096
/mnt/sdcard 12G 4G 8G 4096
[email protected]:/ #
Can you comment, please, if my suspicion is justified? Do I miss something here?
Not sure it's important, but I have rooted the device, installed Hashcode's 2nd bootloader and TWRP and am running psych0phobia's Kinology.
Thank you very much for your help

Based on the information, yes, you've been ripped-off. Should've checked storage on the device before you purchased it, simply by going to Settings > Device.

Thanks, seokhun
this is the answer I was afraid to get.
seokhun said:
Should've checked storage on the device before you purchased it, simply by going to Settings > Device.
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Excellent piece of advice, but kinda hard to follow, when you buy a used device on eBay.
Can somebody post the df output of a confirmed 32GB model, please? I assume it's just the data partition that's larger, right?
I guess I had some vague hope that rooting or flashing Kinology might have tampered with the partition information.
Thanks again for any input.

Here's mine, in ADB Shell # df and Storage on the device itself.

You should probably get in touch with eBay's fraud dept.

Thanks, seokhun,
this confirms it. I was sold a 16GB unit rather than 32GB.
I'll get in touch with the seller - let's see what he says.
Thanks again for your quick repsonses