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[Q] EXT2 cache partition a big fail for me !! :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Does anyone out there know what causes 4EXT CWM and Amon Ra all (with custom tools) all to fail in regards to seeing a formatted cache partition on EXT-2.
I have DONE EVERYTHING I can possibly think of, from using Gpart in Ubuntu, to the phone itself. Many times in the past I have made it would just leave my 2 Gig cache partition empty because NOTHING works EVER!...
Did I miss something, can you even have 4 separate functional partitions with the Nexus 1 ?
The closest I have come to something really functional is with 4EXT, it seems to go through all the stages but when I check alignment I only get the first 2 partitions (fat-32 and EXT-1) EXT-2 says it is unformatted for some odd reason! This has been performed using a full card wipe on an external source. Even still everything is seems to go as planned until I check the card. With 4EXT I attempt to force a ext3 or 4 format and it restarts the recovery ! When I check A2SDGUI it says I only have 15 megabytes for cache.
I have used black rose and set it to 220/15/201 (dla5244), tried the latest versions of 4EXT and wasted many hours before posting...
CAN ANYONE HELP !!

Download SD Formatter from here, run the program and choose under Options:
FORMAT TYPE: FULL (OverWrite)
FORMAT SIZE ADJUSTMENT: ON
This will format your µSD (be sure to backup your important stuff). When finished, try to make an ext4 partition with 4EXT recovery. You only need one ext4 partition (so no 2nd) and no swap.

Thank you for the fast response but I have tried that. Except I want this phone to work optimally and I have figured everything else out so it is hard to settle for mediocrity. I mean I know that 1 SD-EXT partition works... Even 1 + fat32 and SWAP but I can NEVER have the phone identify the SD-EXT2 partition... no matter what... In partition magic (terrabyte bootit) and of course Gpart in Ubuntu all indicate that everything is great. Except the phone doesn't use the partition and like I was saying before the 4EXT shows it as unformatted after it's format. When I force a format on the partition the software reboots !?!... And if I leave it claiming it's unformatted even though we may think it is, QND's MIUI can only see 15 megabyte cache partition !
But then why not just go back to stock roms and one partition? To your point it's hard to step back and use something less inclined for performance when it should work ? no ?
I know I am a NOOB BUT I also know that it seems like no one out there can offer CLOSURE on the matter. like "ohh that's because the N1 cannot identify a EXT2 partition" or "ohh... that's your SD card's fault it isn't aligned right etc."
I mean I can see others have had this problem and gave up, I don't want to give up unless it is a limitation of the hardware (?sd card?)
Another way to look at it is although beautiful and helpful for most... 4EXT should be focused on getting that to work, I would think... To your point everyone is confused and shouldn't have more than 2 partitions ? Doesn't seem right to me.
Anyways if you have any other ideas OR anyone else can think of a solution lets do it I want to invest time into this and make it work !!
Sincerely! !

Why should you have more than 2 partitions on your µSD? 1 fat32 for your pictures and videos and stuff, and if you don't have enough space for your apps, 1 ext4 for A2SD (maximum 1GB).
Swap is not necessary and in fact slows your system down. A thread about swap is somewere to be found here.
And why the 2GB cache partition? You already have a 15MB cache partition on your phone.. 220/15/201.
You really don't need more than 2 partitions on your µSD.

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I am willing to accept that you are right that it isn't needed. But I am not using A2SD, I am using XPART. According to the guides I am read, the best way is with 3 or 4 partitions (Swap being the option). The Cache partition on the other hand makes sense because even with titanium backup I can see my 60 or so apps are storing a couple hundred megs in cache. So this way a dedicated partition for processing things once instead of multiple times would provide the fastest solution. Being that the n1 is not the top performer anymore (still my fave though ), any extra speed should help when I am using my phone day to day.
The QND MIUI mod by jbbandos has the following about XPART :
"You can use it with one FAT32 and one ext4 partition, as A2SD, which seems to be the more stable setup, but the recommended setup for speed is one FAT32, one large ext4 (for your data partition), one smaller ext4 (cache), and a swap partition. I'm not that much of a fan of a swap partition, as I am always afraid it will wear out the SD card precociously, but most people report it working well, and I prefer the single ext4 for stability, but YMMV. "
you can read more here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1084726
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Anyways that is what I want, and I will invest the time to get it. I believe that 4EXT is primarily in development to perform this function. But I have a problem, with the results. I realize that it may not be necessary but I would like to know the WHY as to why this doesn't work.
AS ALWAYS thank you for you help none the less..

Never used XPART, I didn't know they recommend this. I never used apps to ext scripts longer than a few days.
This is because I'd rather install 10 crappy apps less, than having a slower system. Then again, if I would use an apps to ext script, I would definitely go for stability .
Unfortunately I don't know what you could do now..

I found my previous QND build with XPROT using blackrose was good for like 7 months !!! I just wanted to update and get it working properly. I would HIGHLY recommend it as you phone sees like 1 gig of internal mem so all apps that have widgets are useful and don't need to go to SD. In my opinion it was more stable than stock !!! Honestly, great tool.

OH yeah and it is also much faster I have found !

[Q] Resize /system partition, how?

I'm on latest CM9 with Semaphore 1.2.4, but this latest update used up a lot of space in /system partition which only left me 2MB spaces. I need extra spaces for system app and new bootanimation, how?

You cant change the system partition size however to get the space in it try moving your app to sdcard.
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Even I need help with it..
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erpurohit said:
You cant change the system partition size however to get the space in it try moving your app to sdcard.
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How sure are you on that? From what I understand PIT files in ODIN can change partition layout. If one can change partition layout, one should be able to increase /system as well.
That said, I find Android very confusing. Some examples:
Onboard flash is not a SD card. A SD card is something you can just pull out of the device. Yet android refers to the onboard flash - or well, more accurately a specific partition on the onboard flash - as SD card.
CWM backup is supposed to do a *FULL* backup. Yet it does not include my pictures. No matter what format/wipe options I choose in CWM, the pictures don't go away... I have a whole different concept off a full wipe / factory reset / format SD than that.
It seems several tools format the wrong thing.
App data directories seem to move all over the place. I usually make nandroid backups and I have issues restoring my app *data* every time I use another ROM.
All that said, I'm a big time linux user. I'm extremely familiar with system maintenance on computers. However Android is new to me. All the confusing on naming etc. however is a HUGE !#@%!!#% obstacle.
But why explain things clearly or use terms what they're for. Much easier to confuse people right? At least someone can make money of it then.

Get slimbean 2.1
It has 1.9 gb of /system!!
Sent from my Rolls-Royce.

jay_ingale said:
Get slimbean 2.1
It has 1.9 gb of /system!!
Sent from my Rolls-Royce.
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All new version of jelly bean will be of this size only....

Delete /system/media/videos and convert cyanogenmod wallapapers to user apps. Saves ~15 mb
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Sorry to bump such old thread.
I was offered a I9000 that I would like to use as second phone.
I flashed I9000XXJVU_I9000OXAJVU_OXA through odin, and then root (cf-root) and MackayRom 1.7 .
As it says in the rom thread, I have a space problem. Is there any chance better than this one?
Any possibility of repartitioning the internal storage?
Here is my partition scheme:

Formatting SD Card Ext

I have my phone unlocked and rooted and have used Big Bear's Iconic rom to flash my phone. This completed fine but part of the process after flashing describes flashinf with data2sd ext3 script. When i tried this I realised my sdcard was formatted fat 32 and not ext3. My desktop machine uses ubuntu linux and I wondered if its possible to format the card via terminal or some piece of software and in what proportions should i partition it to extend my salsa's pitiful internal memory. Also when this is done does the script need to be on a particular partition or just somewhere on the card.
If its easier to configure the card via windows I also have a winxp laptop that could do the job.
Any help greatly appreciated.

bean12345 said:
I have my phone unlocked and rooted and have used Big Bear's Iconic rom to flash my phone. This completed fine but part of the process after flashing describes flashinf with data2sd ext3 script. When i tried this I realised my sdcard was formatted fat 32 and not ext3. My desktop machine uses ubuntu linux and I wondered if its possible to format the card via terminal or some piece of software and in what proportions should i partition it to extend my salsa's pitiful internal memory. Also when this is done does the script need to be on a particular partition or just somewhere on the card.
If its easier to configure the card via windows I also have a winxp laptop that could do the job.
Any help greatly appreciated.
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yeah it would be easier via windows, i still not found software on Ubuntu to do the partitions lol.
just copy the data2sd-ext3.zip onto your sd card that's all and flash from there. you only need a small 1gb partition max on the sd cad the rest in fat32.

Cool will give that a try tomorrow and let you know how it goes

Worked a charm thanks I do have a couple of question though if i may. Although working with no probs the script mentions preparing the partition with ext2 (I used ext3) and an app called busybox to be installed into system/xbin. What does this app do and is it needed.
Also is this script tailored to the salsa or can it be used on other android devices to achieve more internal memory?. My Desire has the same issue you see.
Thanks in advance for all the help

Yes busybox is requiredlol, otherwise it wouldn't work. We never changed the txt over from ext2 but its still the same and works on both anyway. As for desire....I have no idea, this was based on wildfire s/salsa only, try it out see what happens lol
Busybox is part of the superuser setup without this builtin or added in we wouldn't have root at all. Deleting it would cause issues too.
BigBear is using Xparent Tapatalk Purple

Busybox is part of the superuser setup without this builtin or added in we wouldn't have root at all
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So given my phone is rooted (thanks to your help a few weeks ago) I take it I must already have this Busybox installed otherwise the script would have failed correct?
I partitioned my test 1 gig sd card into two equal parts one ext3 and one left fat32, the phone reports equal portions on sd card and internal memory via the Settings----> Storage menu. So I'm assuming all is well.

Yeah busybox will already be there lol. That's all fine on the SD, but just be aware, the lower the class SD your using, I assume its a 2gb, you may have a class 4, which will lag. If you experience lag, reduce the ext3 size to 500mb you will see a difference.
BigBear is using Xparent Tapatalk Purple

Is there any difference between data2sdext3 and data2whatever? If yes which one is better to flash with a custom ROM (I am using Bear's XSeries V11).
(Data2ext3 is causing problems for me. Crashing various apps time to time. Using a class 4 sdcard with 470 MB partition. Found data2whatever on Razer's ROM page)

razasohail said:
Is there any difference between data2sdext3 and data2whatever? If yes which one is better to flash with a custom ROM (I am using Bear's XSeries V11).
(Data2ext3 is causing problems for me. Crashing various apps time to time. Using a class 4 sdcard with 470 MB partition. Found data2whatever on Razer's ROM page)
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A big difference between them.data2SD ext3 is designed for non apps2SD roms ie mine, data2whatever is for apps2SD roms only.if you're having force close issues then you didn't install something correctly. Using these scripts on the wrong Rom could have adverse affects in the Rom.
Each Rom made will have the correct script to use in the listing. If you choose to use them the opposite way round then the developer won't help you correct the problems I'm afraid, all I can suggest is redo the Rom of your choice till it works correctly.
If your having problems with mine, post up in the thread as long as your using the setup I gave and I'll help as much as I can.
For force close issues you can always use fix permissions in Rom manager or in recovery advanced section, this normally stops them.if it dont reinstall them Rom. It tends to be a user error when this happens, I'm using my own Rom and never get force close problems.
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Please kindly help me, I am in very big trouble, Please help me bro………………

It is a long story. I bought a galaxy note n7000 from London with Gingerbread 2.3.5. After coming to my home country I informed that it is updated to ICS 4.0.3. As I was very new in smart world I did a very big mistake I had a super brick but spending 7 days I somehow revive it losing almost 5 GB internal memory.
I used this thread to do that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26285877#post26285877
After that I was using ICS indian official rom for 5 to six month.
In the process that I did I removed the 12 number hidden partition maybe called preload like:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 4194kB 25.2MB 21.0MB ext4 EFS
2 25.2MB 26.5MB 1311kB SBL1
3 27.3MB 28.6MB 1311kB SBL2
4 29.4MB 37.7MB 8389kB PARAM
5 37.7MB 46.1MB 8389kB KERNEL
6 46.1MB 54.5MB 8389kB RECOVERY
7 54.5MB 264MB 210MB ext4 CACHE
8 264MB 281MB 16.8MB MODEM
9 281MB 1174MB 893MB ext4 FACTORYFS
10 1174MB 3322MB 2147MB ext4 DATAFS
11 3322MB 15.2GB 11.9GB fat32 UMS
12 15.2GB 15.8GB 537MB ext4 HIDDEN
As the author of the thread said that:
It is also known that the hidden partition (partition 12) is not needed for normal use and install of roms. So you can delete it and enlarge the UMS partition (to 15800mb) and you will have a larger sdcard to use.
But I think the above information is wrong as I never find Snote application in my rom as it need this hidden part. But apart I did not find any problem.
Now when I got jelly bean 4.1.2 update over kies I did that and got in a big problem. I tried 50 times 10 different roms but got bootloop every time. After searching a lot I came to know that the hidden preload is essential for jelly bean so I started the ADB program and use the Samsung official pit files and got back the hidden preload part.
Then I load jelly bean rom by odin a well it started good.
Now everything is fine but I got a problem that I never get before.
If I turn on the wifi my phone stuck, it freeze completely unlit I reboot it, I Thought it is jelly bean roam problem but no I got the same problem in ICS also the rom I used 4 month without any problem.
Yah I got some experience in last one year, and I revive my phone from super brick alone so I have some knowledge a I used all in this problem but no luck.
I can inform U that I have tried all general solutions for that
So please is there any kind person who knows this problem specifically and give the right solution.
I am in very big trouble, Please help me bro………………

the problem could be:
when you get a brick, portion of the system partition gets corrupted. so you used a workaround to bypass this portion using the modified PIT files. then you used an original PIT file which may have activated these again and now then system is reading these bad blocks and getting errors. so you may need to use the scanners again and use a modified PIT .. if doing this manually this time, donot remove the hidden partition.. As the guide was written when ICS and it didnot use preload.. but JB is too huge to accommodate in the System partition so uses preload for a lot of apps..

Repartition is a "workaround" with these limitations. You should really consider a mainboard replacement seriously now.
---------- Post added at 01:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:37 PM ----------
Hey, stop posting this now everywhere in Custom Rom threads. It is enough if you make a thread in Q&A, no need to spam the development forum!

Thnaks Brother
nokiamodeln91 said:
the problem could be:
when you get a brick, portion of the system partition gets corrupted. so you used a workaround to bypass this portion using the modified PIT files. then you used an original PIT file which may have activated these again and now then system is reading these bad blocks and getting errors. so you may need to use the scanners again and use a modified PIT .. if doing this manually this time, donot remove the hidden partition.. As the guide was written when ICS and it didnot use preload.. but JB is too huge to accommodate in the System partition so uses preload for a lot of apps..
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I did the repartition and every partition is checked by ADB and formatted with no error and my phone is running on ICS now everything owrking fine but once I turn on wifi the phone become bit hot and hang right away

did you try installing a different kernel like speedmod

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nokiamodeln91 said:
did you try installing a different kernel like speedmod
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The problem is in internal memory, I already lost 6 gb internal memory, rest of them checked by adb and no problem but it has some probllem , there is some bad sectors that adb could not identifi so whenever my phone wants to read or write something in internal memory it hangs,
solution is to change the 16GB internal memory, but the question is it possible to do so, if I change the mother board will it chane the full memory also?????????????

Yeah. Changing the motherboard will do

i also encountered same problem..
i even used repartitioning
i think the work around solution is not a long term one..
replacing the motherboard is the main solution but its like buying a mid range phone
so now my phone is in my closet..
i wonder after replacing the mainboard, would the emmc bug still exist?..

Thnaks Brother
jaycm1130 said:
i also encountered same problem..
i even used repartitioning
i think the work around solution is not a long term one..
replacing the motherboard is the main solution but its like buying a mid range phone
so now my phone is in my closet..
i wonder after replacing the mainboard, would the emmc bug still exist?..
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Dear Bro,
Sorry to say I don not have warranty. After three days working what I understand that the main problem is the DATAFS partition just that is all, but It is impossible to find out that in the 16GB memory where this DATAFS will be fine, after a long work I reduced the DATAFS to 900MB and upto now phone is working fine. But I know that It is not the final solution, I will some how try to change the EMMC disk or the full mother board as soon as possible.
Thanks again for ur reply

I.am.zahid said:
Dear Bro,
Sorry to say I don not have warranty. After three days working what I understand that the main problem is the DATAFS partition just that is all, but It is impossible to find out that in the 16GB memory where this DATAFS will be fine, after a long work I reduced the DATAFS to 900MB and upto now phone is working fine. But I know that It is not the final solution, I will some how try to change the EMMC disk or the full mother board as soon as possible.
Thanks again for ur reply
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yes.. were facing same problem.. i feel you..
right now i'll try to look for a JTAG service..
just to see my GNOTE bring back to life..
the repartition thing destroyed boot..
not even download mode can be accessed.. hard bricked..

Sad
jaycm1130 said:
yes.. were facing same problem.. i feel you..
right now i'll try to look for a JTAG service..
just to see my GNOTE bring back to life..
the repartition thing destroyed boot..
not even download mode can be accessed.. hard bricked..
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Your your one is more complicated than mine. I can use my note now but unstable and 10GB memory loss

I.am.zahid said:
Your your one is more complicated than mine. I can use my note now but unstable and 10GB memory loss
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my trouble began after flashing the leak version of android 4.1.2 DBT..
phone hangs and needed to reboot just like your case..
i tried to repartition to see that, if i skip the bad sectors of the internal storage.. i could see good results..
unfortunately odin hands, and after i unplug the phone.. it never turned on..
deadboot..

[Q] Link2SD + internal memory problems

Recently, i flashed my galaxy mini with cyanogenmod 10.1. Just after installation itself, the internal memory was almost 110MB used out of 178MB.
So i installed link2sd to solve my internal memory problem. But, at the time of mounting the second partition, it showed an error that i was out of storage space and that the mount script cannot be created. I made the second partition from CWM. I also tried partitioning it myself in ext2, ext4 and fat32 formats but still, the same error appeared. I dont remember if i tried with ext3.
After searching a bit about my problem and getting no help, i decided to try s2e. I downloaded and installed it from CWM. The problem is, i forgot to uninstall link2sd. After reboot, i couldn't find any apps named s2e. But, link2sd automatically started and now, it showed a mount warning which said:
"2nd partition is not mounted during boot time. it has been mounted after system finishes booting. Therefore, linked apps are not visible to system at the moment. To make them visible again, please try 'recreate mount scrips' or 'quick reboot' "
when i clicked on 'recreate mount scripts', the old error came up. So after rebooting again, i used the 'quick reboot' option and then link2sd seemed working. The problem is that, now, whenever i switch off and switch on the phone, i need to use the option 'quick reboot' from link2sd to make it work.
Any help to get rid of that problem?
And, another doubt: why was my internal memory almost 110MB used just after installing cyanogenmod? Is there any way i can free up more space?

nitheeshas said:
Recently, i flashed my galaxy mini with cyanogenmod 10.1. Just after installation itself, the internal memory was almost 110MB used out of 178MB.
So i installed link2sd to solve my internal memory problem. But, at the time of mounting the second partition, it showed an error that i was out of storage space and that the mount script cannot be created. I made the second partition from CWM. I also tried partitioning it myself in ext2, ext4 and fat32 formats but still, the same error appeared. I dont remember if i tried with ext3.
After searching a bit about my problem and getting no help, i decided to try s2e. I downloaded and installed it from CWM. The problem is, i forgot to uninstall link2sd. After reboot, i couldn't find any apps named s2e. But, link2sd automatically started and now, it showed a mount warning which said:
"2nd partition is not mounted during boot time. it has been mounted after system finishes booting. Therefore, linked apps are not visible to system at the moment. To make them visible again, please try 'recreate mount scrips' or 'quick reboot' "
when i clicked on 'recreate mount scripts', the old error came up. So after rebooting again, i used the 'quick reboot' option and then link2sd seemed working. The problem is that, now, whenever i switch off and switch on the phone, i need to use the option 'quick reboot' from link2sd to make it work.
Any help to get rid of that problem?
And, another doubt: why was my internal memory almost 110MB used just after installing cyanogenmod? Is there any way i can free up more space?
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i suffered with this issue too
currently using "fixed int2ext+ for android 4.2.1+" by CronicCorey.. the best in my opinion.. i guess there are many threads already for internal memory issues.
i really suggest int2ext+..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37951911

vipinbp said:
i suffered with this issue too
currently using "fixed int2ext for android 4.2.1 " by CronicCorey.. the best in my opinion.. i guess there are many threads already for internal memory issues.
i really suggest int2ext ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37951911
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Thanks for replying. Int2ext leaves the \data\data inside internal memory itself right? As i've said, i have only about 68mb in internal memory because the rest had been occupied since i installed cyanogenmod. Is there any way i can clean up those files from internal memory? And also, my \system partition is almost full with just 4kb remaining. I just saw this in link2sd. Is this normal??
Or, another case, i would love to get link2sd fixed because i already did stuff up my phone with a lot of apps and also, i think its a really good app manager.

nitheeshas said:
Thanks for replying. Int2ext leaves the \data\data inside internal memory itself right? As i've said, i have only about 68mb in internal memory because the rest had been occupied since i installed cyanogenmod. Is there any way i can clean up those files from internal memory? And also, my \system partition is almost full with just 4kb remaining. I just saw this in link2sd. Is this normal??
Or, another case, i would love to get link2sd fixed because i already did stuff up my phone with a lot of apps and also, i think its a really good app manager.
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/system does not appear in the internal memory that u r referring to. \system is allocated a different memory i.e., about 207mb. Your ROM goes in there.
all the user apps data and cache is saved in /data. This is your Internal memory.
there are different versions of int2ext script. Go through the link i gave. There's one more:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879806
Read the details there.
briefly speaking, int2ext moves all the /data stuff onto the ext4 partition that u create on you sd card.
int2ext+ leaves /data/data in the internal memory.
I am using fixed-int2ext+ and I have more than about 105 apps installed on my phone and the /data/data/ size is about 145 mb.. leaving about 35mb free on internal memory. My phone is super smooth.
In u prefer int2ext, then you can practically store any number of apps (limited only by your ext4 partition size. But the phone gets laggy and slow. I have tried both and i prefer int2ext+.
Also, if you are using the latest CM10.1 nightly by rohan007, you'll still have about 19mb or so free on /system.

vipinbp said:
/system does not appear in the internal memory that u r referring to. \system is allocated a different memory i.e., about 207mb. Your ROM goes in there.
all the user apps data and cache is saved in /data. This is your Internal memory.
there are different versions of int2ext script. Go through the link i gave. There's one more:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879806
Read the details there.
briefly speaking, int2ext moves all the /data stuff onto the ext4 partition that u create on you sd card.
int2ext+ leaves /data/data in the internal memory.
I am using fixed-int2ext+ and I have more than about 105 apps installed on my phone and the /data/data/ size is about 145 mb.. leaving about 35mb free on internal memory. My phone is super smooth.
In u prefer int2ext, then you can practically store any number of apps (limited only by your ext4 partition size. But the phone gets laggy and slow. I have tried both and i prefer int2ext+.
Also, if you are using the latest CM10.1 nightly by rohan007, you'll still have about 19mb or so free on /system.
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i did a data and cache reset today and still, the internal data memory is almost 110MB used. That means i have only about 70MB left even after data reset. And yes, i am using CM10.1 (02-04-2013 update) nightly by rohan007 and still, the system partition has only 4KB left.
I did go through the different int2ext scripts. Possibly, i think int2ext+ would be better.
Anyways, today, after doing a complete reset, the home key stopped working. Also i found a few other bugs in the notification drawer. So i just deleted that rom and i'm trying baltrom now. It seems pretty smooth than the other cm 10.1. Also, it had the int2ext+ so the memory problem solved for now. And one more thing, I'M DONE WITH LINK2SD!

Lol.. I never faced that issue.. Been using cm10.1 for more than a month now.. And I flashed this ROM many times.. No such issues at all.. I wonder what went wrong.. Anyways.. Enjoy with int2ext+..
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vipinbp said:
Lol.. I never faced that issue.. Been using cm10.1 for more than a month now.. And I flashed this ROM many times.. No such issues at all.. I wonder what went wrong.. Anyways.. Enjoy with int2ext+..
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I think i found out why home button stopped working. If we have installed gapps, doing a data reset can produce problems(like, home button not working) and we'll have to flash the rom again to fix it. Thats what happened, I THINK. I read something similar in the forum. Thats how i came to this conclusion.

nitheeshas said:
I think i found out why home button stopped working. If we have installed gapps, doing a data reset can produce problems(like, home button not working) and we'll have to flash the rom again to fix it. Thats what happened, I THINK. I read something similar in the forum. Thats how i came to this conclusion.
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Next time while flashing the ROM, could you try this method?
See post #13 (by MAD_psycho_Zz)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2152506&page=2
Try that. May be you can have a clean flash and may be everything will be better.

vipinbp said:
Next time while flashing the ROM, could you try this method?
See post #13 (by MAD_psycho_Zz)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2152506&page=2
Try that. May be you can have a clean flash and may be everything will be better.
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that is the exact same way i used to flash baltrom yesterday. So far no problems.