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ok so i searched dalvik cache and I cant find anything... the only thing I know about it is that it takes up space on your phone memory even though your apps are on the sd card... so how do you delete the dalvik cache?...I would need to do this regularly after it takes up a lot of space... I would prefer not to wipe.
dalvik cache is the the stuff that your apps store while you're running it and is pretty vital to the function of your phone. I suspect restarting your phone will clear it, though I have no idea as I use apps2sd and have no need to watch my internal memory. Sorry.
dalvik-cache contains uncompressed (consider an apk a neat lil zip file) versions of the dex files (the exe of dalvik) so that they run on your phone. You delete it, it'll just reindex them on next reboot.
Are you using an apps2sd where your apps are on the sd card or just installing from SD?
TheDudeOfLife said:
dalvik-cache contains uncompressed (consider an apk a neat lil zip file) versions of the dex files (the exe of dalvik) so that they run on your phone. You delete it, it'll just reindex them on next reboot.
Are you using an apps2sd where your apps are on the sd card or just installing from SD?
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umm im using a hero ROM so i believe that my apps are on the sd...is it really worth it to bother deleting my dalvik cache or should I just leave it alone until it gets really big??
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umm im using a hero ROM so i believe that my apps are on the sd...is it really worth it to bother deleting my dalvik cache or should I just leave it alone until it gets really big??
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Leave it.... If things get buggy then you can rm -r it so the system could start fresh and rebuild anything the could have been damaged. As far as deleting it altogether - like Dude said- not going to happen, system will rebuild it, most likely the same size, may be few bytes off.
Look into your other chaches (browser, market, street, tunewiki, maps, whatever else you're using), this is where you can gain some memory back. Also consider nuking whatever you downloaded, or it came with the rom but you do not use it and have no intention of using it.
Good luck.
Ok, long story short, I have 113MB of 'system data' in my /datadata folder (66% full), and I want it gone.
But I can't get rid of it... I've tried a full clean install, I've tried manually formatting /datadata from CWM, and I've also tried formatting boot, cache, data, datadata, and system from CWM followed by a fresh install (Kang 12/17).
My wife has the same phone and ROM and she only has 26% full in /datadata. I can't - for the life of me - figure out how to completely clean /datadata.
One thing I noticed in terminal emulator is that the data in /data and /datadata is about equal to what is listed in /system. However, formatting /system did not clear it out.
Please help as this is driving me insane!
Isn't datadata based on your apps? Like dalvik? I think ur wife just has less apps.
mbc663 said:
Isn't datadata based on your apps? Like dalvik? I think ur wife just has less apps.
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I thought so to, but even with no apps (nothing but what comes with the ROM) I have 3x what she has... and she has what comes with the ROM plus all her other apps.
If it does have to do exclusively with the apps, I'm more than willing to do everything step by step to figure out which app(s) cause my issue, but in order to do that I need to be able to clear the folder of everything except what true system data is necessary and start from square 1.
/datadata is apps settings and data. A little more info might help...
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/datadata is apps settings and data. A little more info might help...
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What kind of info do you need, and I'll try and supply it. I'm trying to do a clean install so that all of those app settings and data are starting from scratch. Factory resets didn't do it, formatting the folders through CWM didn't do it...
I must be missing something... but I can't figure out what it is.
Some basic background:
Most recently on the 12/17 Kang (CM7.2 RC0) with the glitch v13 (2.6.35.13) kernel and Gapps 08/28
For the just completed testing I only flashed Gapps (08/28) and the 12/17 Kang so I could see if anything I did worked on clearing /datadata.
Other than that, the only modification I've done to my phone is the modem is KG3 i9000.
Have u tried Titanium Backup Pro app ??
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Have u tried Titanium Backup Pro app ??
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I haven't... I have the free version currently. Would the pro version do all of this stuff?
The free version should do for deleting data and removing apps.
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I'll go out out on a limb here but try backing up your sd card and formatting it?
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I'll go out out on a limb here but try backing up your sd card and formatting it?
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I had thought of that too... once formatted and I reinstall the ROM and stuff, is it easy enough to just copy those folders back on the phone? That was the one thing I was worried about... and thus I hadn't tried yet.
Formatting always makes me nervous
Are you encountering any issues with it being that full? Or is this just to satisfy your ocd?
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I had thought of that too... once formatted and I reinstall the ROM and stuff, is it easy enough to just copy those folders back on the phone? That was the one thing I was worried about... and thus I hadn't tried yet.
Formatting always makes me nervous
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As simple as dragging and dropping files. Also nice to start fresh every once in a while to clear out junk from old apps.
I'm getting ready to format my SDcard and start all over... but if I format my SD card, I'll no longer have my ROM zips there to flash. I put the ROMs on my external SD card (emmc), but in CWM I can't mount emmc to make sure they are there to flash when I format my SDCard...
How do I get my ROM flashed again once I format my SD card?
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Doing more research it appears that I should be able to format my SD card w/o losing my ROM as long as I leave my boot and system folders alone.
So, if I format /data, /datadata, and /sdcard I should be able to reboot and see if it worked
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Are you encountering any issues with it being that full? Or is this just to satisfy your ocd?
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I am encountering issues with it being that full. I have like 70 apps with approx 38MB of data taken up... combined with the large amount of 'system data' in the /datadata partition I'm running into the issues when that folder gets to 90% capacity.
It's at the point that I can't install new apps that save any data at all or I will have to constantly shuffle which apps can save their data. Doing research I found that the 172MB cap shouldn't be an issue unless you are hording apps... I have a small number of apps with a small amount of data, so things should be better
Thanks for all the suggestions...
But so far nothing has worked.
I formatted the SD card along with data and datadata and rebooted the phone.
My /datadata folder was still listed at 66% full. So formatting nearly everything still couldn't clear this folder.
I'm still boggled why the other captivate started with 8MB system data and I start with 113MB, both on a clean install...
Perhaps my only hope is to clear stuff out again and flash ICS and hope that something is different enough that this 'problem' goes away...
An additional thought
Would I be able to delete the /datadata folder through Root Explorer, reboot into recovery and reflash the ROM?
I would assume the ROM will repartition the phone correctly. System data can't exist in a folder that doesn't exist - right?
So out of curiousity I backed up all of my apps using titanium backup and installed the new MIUI Rom based on ICS. It kept crashing because for some reason the internal storage filled up. Now I re-installed CM7.1, but my internal storage is again almost full.
My question is, what can I do? I moved ALL my apps to my SD card before I even installed MIUI and before I installed MIUI, I had 170mb free. Actually while typing this I realized that I guess MIUI didn't remove CM7 when it installed or something... hmm. Anyway any help is appreciated, and be gentle this is my first post.
Also android.process.acore keeps stopping.
did you wipe data/factory reset,cache and dalvik cache atleast 3 times before flashing new rom???
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Do it 4x, just to be sure
Each apk (program) on your system has a corresponding entry in the dalvik-cache that gets generated from the .apk. If your storage (/data) filled up things are going to be broken in all sorts of ways, including the inability to make the dalvik caches. Since you didn't format between ROMs, you'll also run into permission issues and settings that don't make sense in the new ROM. Cyanogen uses an alternate location (/cache) for the dalvik-cache for system apps, I don't know if MIUI does, but that could be some of the difference in space. Duplicating data for the same .apks in different ROMs could've also filled up your space. It's best to format all the phone partitions to not worry about this stuff. Usually you're safe not formatting /sdcard, but some ROMs are picky. Some ROM install scripts don't format /system and that leads to BIG headaches. If you format all the partitions, then you don't need to worry about clearing user data/battery stats/dalvik-cache because that was already handled when you formatted the storage that contained that data.
tl;dr: Fix permissions after installing a new ROM. If the old and new ROMs are different enough, everything will still be broken because you made the android gods angry. Sacrifice (format) /system, /data, and /cache (and sd-ext if you have it) *before* installing the new ROM and things should be fine.
Haven't used MIUI for awhile, but didn't think it had an ICS version. There is one in XDA, but it is not stable and I think requires blackrose hboot and differnet partition sizes for hboot. It also runs a2sd on reboot i think?
CM7 uses Dark Tremor beta4, that's what I use. It needs flashed after rom and scripts run to move apps. Check out their site
As suggested format all including system and format sd card with sdformatter, full erase and size adjustment on and set up 1gb ext 0 swap
copy sdcard and have a good nandroid first
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Haven't used MIUI for awhile, but didn't think it had an ICS version. There is one in XDA, but it is not stable and I think requires blackrose hboot and differnet partition sizes for hboot. It also runs a2sd on reboot i think
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MIUI has both blackrose and non blackrose version of ICS
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right, but one is unstable and he can't keep his ics partition if flashing non ics one
I've tried the latest versions and both br and non-br ones seemed have problem with data connectivity. Some others have experienced the same. Thought the dev's investigating it. But, previous version, i.e. 2.3.2, worked fine.
Try non-br 2.3.2 with 185/85/166 partition layout, that was great.
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Having similar issues with ICS MiUI which really seems rather unstable (v2.3.2), and going to flash the latest update from a few days ago (v2.3.9).
Any suggestions on how to deal with some of the stock MiUI "bloatware" that comes with it and seems stuck on the system ROM? A2SD is supposed to be enabled, but unless stuff I dowload off market/play or restore is deemed systems apps, which I doubt is the case, I can't seem to choose to move them to SD card or in this case the "USB Storage" (Sorry, my postcount's too low to post on the actual MiUI Dev thread)
Also, as a sidetrack, does anyone know how best I can sieve through my contacts storage/DB? recently I think i might've accidentally synched with my FB countacts and it seems to have bloated up to 16-18+Mb which is alot from the previous 10-12Mb or less from what I recall. Is there an app or something to help 'manage" it better or do I have to manually go through and get rid of excess contact info on the phone or from my Google contacts list?
Thanks in advance for any advice you guys might have.
Hi guys,
is possible to have on ace the script that boost the sd card by editing the cache size?
Because exist several apps to do this but start on every boot, if possible in my opinion is better a light script that start after boot
Thanks, Gabriele.
Built in scripts of custom ROM may be helpful
There are several CM7 ROMs available with cache size 2048 KB set as default, I feel we can follow those scripts and use them.
Hi,
thanks for help
I'm not a complete noob, but it doesn't matter if i use jelly bean right?
Gabriele.
I have extracted one from a cm7 rom but when i copy to my cm10.1 rom, the script is copied but is blank. Obviously doesn't work. Repeated 3 times, same result.
Nobody use one of this script or something similiar to boost the cache of sd?
Thanks Gabriele.
So basically I tried most of the 5.1.1 Roms and what seems to be the common denominator for all of them is awfull speed when installing apks, taking more time with video playback, and just general lag-innes across the apps and the system.
No matter if the apps are downloaded from the playstore or you have them locally, no matter if you install an app that you don't already have, or update an existing one - the process of installing any app just takes forever, fexmpl facebook or some other heavy apps take 5+ minutes to install.
I tried scaviging my hdd and the forum for some 5.0.2 lp roms and when I install fexmpl. Nameless rom the phone works much faster.
The problem with that particular rom however is that I get random force closes across a bunch of apps and sometimes random restarts.
So basically my questions are:
did anyone else also notice this kind of behaviour on their I9305? Is it suppose to work like this, and if yes why? Can I do anything about it other than look for another 5.0.2 lp rom?
Did you wipe internal data (/data and /data/media) when you flashed CM12.1?
Thx for your reply @daedric
Not really. I wiped factory reset, cache and dalvik/art cache and format /system as always.
I'm guessing it's the option "wipe user media" inside philz recovery.
So I should just add that extra step with wiping media and then as usual install a 5.1.1 rom and gapps?
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Lots of stuff is left in internal storage, stuff made by apps, and Android itself. Things like spotify offline musics, offline gmaps but also data for which the user has no control. (/data/data/android for example).
A new rom, and it's apps, will find it there and use it if possible, to avoid downloading it again. As such, problems can pop up, SPECIALLY if going from 5.1 to 5.0 (upgrades are intended and expected by google and apps, downgrades aren't).
To avoid false positives of instability, wipe your whole device. That means /system, /cache and /data
(data must be formated, and not recursive deleted. Because the user media is inside /data (/data/media) it's not possible to format /data without deleting /data/media, or /storage/sdcard0 as it's mounted. So, recoveries delete all dirs and fils inside /data except /data/media. This can cause problems, specially after multiple flashes.)
Thx alot man, I'll give it a go