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Deleting system files

Is it possible to delete any files in the system directory? I can save close to 16 megs if delete the ring tones/notification tones/alarms that I'll never use. any advice?
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Yes it's possible, but I don't think it will do you any good. As I understand, internal memory is in the data partition, and deleting files in the system partition doesn't give you any more space in data...
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So what can we delete to free up space for apps?

Download and use a script to move apps and cache to your SD
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As mentioned, your best bet is to move stuff to the SD card.

meh... i guess that's our best option. thanks for your help.

just saw this post#11 which has some possibilities:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9706945#post9706945

(Q) Ext4 on latest CM7 Kang Milestone

I finally decide to have a partion on my 8GB SD other than FAT32. So i used the FuFu Minimod to split my SD. First to Ext2 then to Ext3 and then to Ext4.
It all went fine. I have moved some basic apps like Facebook and Igo to the Ext4 partion.
The weird thing that drove me to create this thread is the fact that my phone became a bit slow... unresponsive... and just because the Ext4 with basic apps on it?
Did i miss something or this is normal?
Appreciate all feedbacks.
WF
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Try wipe both Cache and Dalvik-Cache

Thanks... but is not the case... and yes i already did that before creating the thead.
Tks

Well then, manually move the app to the sdcard, then move back to the phone.
It should move into the ext4 partition.

They are all in ext4...
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wisefreakz said:
They are all in ext4...
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I know it is inside ext4. Please try to move to the sdcard and back to the phone again.
I did face this b4

I have done that before you mention... and it looks like its a bit more stable.
One doubt... i notice that all sd-ext\app files are alson in data\app.
Why is that?
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Why
Is ext4 faster or what ?
Im kinda noob on this android and stuff things, so i donno.
I can put my apps on SDcard without formatting to ext2, 3 or 4.

Well, now after billions of testing, formating, reflashing... all looks pretty nice now.
@ivanotera: moving apps to sdcard is not the same as moving apps to a second partition where this second partition is journaled - case of ext4.
It means that when you boot your phone, this partition is ready to use and does not need to be "prepared" as the usual fat32 - thats why we see the message after boot up that sd card is being prepared (in fact the OS is checking if the partion is corrupted or not.
Also when moving apps directly to sd card like you are doing, is not good as phone becomes slow, widgets, shortcuts dissapear while booting phone and while phone is connected to pc via usb with sd mounted for access.
With ext4 (using ext4.ko module) OS will think that this second partition is part of the internal storage and all of the above mentioned will not be a problem anymore and you will not get that anoying message that you have not enough space just because you added a couple apps.
Hope this can clarify some important things.
Cya
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Yeah, got it.
But another question, is ext4 "viewable" by windows ?
Because i have a 32gb card, so i use it as a "pen drive", have some apps so when i format a pc, not at home, i have some apps already, and dont have to download it.
Or in the case of creating a ext4, i partition the sdcard, so i have the "apps" partition and the "windows" partition ?

Internal storage

Any one know how to increase internal storage? As iwanted to keep all the apps in internal storage instead of sdcard .

Advise against it. Set by default for system apps. Unless you flash custom rom. Best solution transfer apps to ext sd card
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jim2sad said:
Any one know how to increase internal storage? As iwanted to keep all the apps in internal storage instead of sdcard .
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I don't think messing around with the partition is a good idea. But if you are a pro, that's what Android is for.
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Well, yes and no. You have x GB of internal storage. That will never change. The deal is that you can only use a set amount of that x GB for apps and data. Without going into that much detail, though, a majority of that x GB is partitioned like this:
/system – x GB
/data – x GB
/cache – x MB/GB
/data is the only partition you can actually use for apps and data. So, to answer your question, you can make that /data partition larger. This requires root, though, as you suspected.
Resizing the partitions is much more advanced, though, and is not as simple as just installing an app. Whether you have a custom or stock ROM, make sure you leave yourself enough space where it needs to be.
So can I custom partitions my phone u may ask. At the moment it does not seem to be any tools or mod for doing this on N7000. But u can google "custom mtd partitions android" (or galaxy note).
But its not something I recommend but if u feel comfortable for doing this (if u find any ways to custom partitions) despite all the warnings that may appear on the guide, you can just go ahead and custom partition
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Thanks for all the feedback =]

Question for Internal SDcard

can the internal sdcard with the Data partion merge so that the data has 8GB instead of 4GB?
I do not know if that is so you can then make the ExtSdCard to internal sdcard??

If it could be done I think someone would have posted the guide already.
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blackknightavalon said:
If it could be done I think someone would have posted the guide already.
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So mean my 2 partition can not merge with android devices??

I have plenty of apps and data stored in the system partition. But it would not be wise to use it all up as system uses that free space for caches and processing. Filling it up would make apps run slow.
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iKlutz said:
I have plenty of apps and data stored in the system partition. But it would not be wise to use it all up as system uses that free space for caches and processing. Filling it up would make apps run slow.
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I would really like to have if the data partitions get 4GB instead of 8GB, it would be so I was wondering if you can not lead the two partitions get together

[Q] GT-S5570I corrupted /data

Hi there. We have a problem with a galaxy mini plus. Its stuck in a boot-loop and after a long time of trying we believe the internal /data is fried/not working in a hardware matter of speaking. So we would like to ask if theres anyway to make the system boot and directly mount sd-ext as our data, as to not use /data at all to bypass the problem. Thanks in advance
-saruboy

We've tried that of course. As I said I believe the internal /data partition has been HARDWAREly corrupted, and no reflashing is gonna fix that. Thats why im kindly asking anyone for a script that would during boot mount sd-ext partition instead of the real /data without using the real /data at all. Thanks.
-saruboy
edit: the post that was deleted was suggesting me to flash stock with odin just so you know what i was answering.
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Here also interested. I was given this phone and it's showing similar symptoms, though it can actually wipe/format the data partition, but still bootloops after wiping/formatting.
Gonna make further tests on it.