[Q] How partitions works? - Moto X Q&A

Hello XDA, really sorry for any confusion here, my english isn't that good...
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As you can see in the screenshots above, I can't understand how partitions really works, I have ~985 MB of free /cache storage, ~500 MB free /system storage, and 1.1 GB on /data, this according to Partition Table App. A total of 2.5 GB of free storage.
But in the other hand, in my settings, I only have 1.1 GB of free storage(this I think would be /data).
I'am aware that partitions are somewhat limited, but I really have 2.5 GB of free storage? Moving apps to /system is the best option for more usable free storage?
And if I have almost 1 GB of free cache storage, why do i receive warnings about apps not going to work when I reaches ~900 MB of free storage in /data?

djlucask said:
Hello XDA, really sorry for any confusion here, my english isn't that good...
As you can see in the screenshots above, I can't understand how partitions really works, I have ~985 MB of free /cache storage, ~500 MB free /system storage, and 1.1 GB on /data, this according to Partition Table App. A total of 2.5 GB of free storage.
But in the other hand, in my settings, I only have 1.1 GB of free storage(this I think would be /data).
I'am aware that partitions are somewhat limited, but I really have 2.5 GB of free storage? Moving apps to /system is the best option for more usable free storage?
And if I have almost 1 GB of free cache storage, why do i receive warnings about apps not going to work when I reaches ~900 MB of free storage in /data?
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With internal & system memory mixed as in the current motos w/o SD cards, it is all the same "pool" of storage. Also fstrim is now keeping that memory clean & defragmented.

aviwdoowks said:
With internal & system memory mixed as in the current motos w/o SD cards, it is all the same "pool" of storage. Also fstrim is now keeping that memory clean & defragmented.
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Thanks for the reply.
So, the internal memory is placed dynamically, so I can use all the space?

djlucask said:
Thanks for the reply.
So, the internal memory is placed dynamically, so I can use all the space?
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That is how I understand it and the actual behavior confirms this.

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Please help: i have Diamond STORAGE FULL problem!

Hello..
its my first time to use windows mobile i have HTC diamond WM6.1 original htc rom..
my diamond shows :
ONLY! 6 MB free of 80.3 MB in phone Storage
and 1.7 GB free of 3.67 in Internal Storage
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is that normal ?
i think the problem with the phone storage !
only 6 MB free !! thats really too little and slows my phone down!
although :
- i install all programs on Internal 4GB Storage
- all camera photos and all music on Internal 4GB storage
i dont know why its low space and i dont know how to clean it !!
any help ?
no any fix.. ?
right click the storage using file explorer on your PC. Click search.
In the search criteria specify all files (including hidden files) over 1MB or 1000KB and hit search. See what files come up. Delete unnecessary files or move to internal storage if files required.
Try clearing the opera cache and/or the google maps cache if you have an older version of google maps which stores the cache in phone memory.
New versions of google maps can be installed to internal storage and will put the cache there aswell...
supersanj
i did what u said and i found alot of strange files to me, but how to know if there are necessary or not for windows !! ..
Just leave the files where they are will you? I wouldn't be suprised if you install all your programs to main memory instead of internal storage, I'm also pretty sure you got some sort of theme installed
i install all programs on "internal storage" memory not "device" memory..

[Q] Partition Size

Hi,
i just installed Titanum Backup on my Captivate and it says:
System Rom: 289 MB (40 MB free)
i don't know why is showing this i thought that our captivate has 2 GB ROM !
Now i just have 40 mb left and i dont know where are my 2 GB...
Thx
Look one more line down. See where it says the Internal is 2.01GB (or something close to that number). That's the 2GB you're referencing.
thx, i know that, so what System Rom means?
why if the System Rom gets full i can not install more apps? its just for the OS?
It is just for the OS and anything you install as a system app. When you download a program from the market it goes to the Internal.
cas0404 said:
thx, i know that, so what System Rom means?
why if the System Rom gets full i can not install more apps? its just for the OS?
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ROM = READ ONLY MEMORY
Yes, OS and some system apps. Not ones you download from market or other sources.
It's actually Electronically Erasable Programable Read Only Memory in old tech speak, EEPROM, which doesn't need a battery to keep info. It's what you 'flash' when you run minikies, odin, etc.
All the applications and data you add are stored in another type of static memory (internal or on an sdcard) that also doesn't need a battery to keep info.
To actually run programs, they get loaded from the previous types of memory into faster random access memory (RAM or ' system memory')
that only works when battery power is available. When you reboot your phone, typically by turning its offer and on, the RAM is cleared of any memory. You can't also check ram usage and free up parts of ram with task manager. Press and hold the home key and you wlll get a button for task manager. Click it, then select the RAM tab and you will see.
You've got all of those types of memory in the captivate.
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laughingT said:
ROM = READ ONLY MEMORY
Yes, OS and some system apps. Not ones you download from market or other sources.
It's actually Electronically Erasable Programable Read Only Memory in old tech speak, EEPROM, which doesn't need a battery to keep info. It's what you 'flash' when you run minikies, odin, etc.
All the applications and data you add are stored in another type of static memory (internal or on an sdcard) that also doesn't need a battery to keep info.
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The /system (ROM) partition is on the same nand as /data (internal storage, where user apps are installed) and /sdcard, they're not separate types. Just mounted differently, you need superuser permission to remount the "ROM" partition read/write
Duh! Of course, it's all on the one 16 GB ROM. And then there is the 1/2 GB of RAM.
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SD-ext problem?

Hey guys.
I'm using a 4gb partition with amarullz script.
Here is a screenshot:
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Now, I installed some 10 apps. and then play store tells me that there is insufficient storage...
I checked titanium back, and sd card (a2sd) is full, but internal storage still has 3.7 gb free.
How do i fix this..
Please hellpp~
well i suggest u to use s2e and tick "applications"..."application data"..."dalvik cache" and look how much space i have with 130 apps and games installed
masterex567 said:
Hey guys.
I'm using a 4gb partition with amarullz script.
Here is a screenshot:
Now, I installed some 10 apps. and then play store tells me that there is insufficient storage...
I checked titanium back, and sd card (a2sd) is full, but internal storage still has 3.7 gb free.
How do i fix this..
Please hellpp~
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Okk.
so is this normal??
having only a 180 mb partition when i did a 4gb partition??
i see that apps are only installing to the 180 mb partition not to the internal memory by amarullz script.
masterex567 said:
Okk.
so is this normal??
having only a 180 mb partition when i did a 4gb partition??
i see that apps are only installing to the 180 mb partition not to the internal memory by amarullz script.
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Are you using CM7? If yes go to Settings>CM Settings>Application Moving>Allow and choose Internal. Something like that. Just find it coz I'm not using CM7 right now.
Have you enabled "Use Jit" in performance settings?
I read that it was important for app2sd..
fernandojhr said:
Have you enabled "Use Jit" in performance settings?
I read that it was important for app2sd..
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Nope. It's disabled in default in Apocalypse but I can use S2E, Amarullz, Cronmod.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768181
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1768181
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..Sorrry..
Shadow xD said:
Are you using CM7? If yes go to Settings>CM Settings>Application Moving>Allow and choose Internal. Something like that. Just find it coz I'm not using CM7 right now.
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I'm doing that but the SD card (a2sd) keeps getting full..
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[Q] Problem with updating apps in Market (insufficient space)

Hello,
Some of the apps in Play Market are saying that I have insufficient space when I try to update them.
At the same time, some apps update successfully, while others report about insufficient space.
For example:
Samsung Print Service Plugin - 10,42 MB - insufficient
Asphalt 8 - some small update slightly bigger than 10 MB - successfully update.
Revolt Classic - 114 MB app, update for 30 MB. Downloaded and updated without any problems
Facebook - 10+ MB. - insufficient
At the same time - update which is 100% of an app's size report about insufficient space, even when it's only 10 MB, while updates which are a smaller than the whole app, but are twice or more times bigger then those small updates - are installing just fine
Device memory - free 493 MB.
SD card - free 4.98 GB
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I read somewhere that Samsung devices (or was it Android devices overall) have some limits for particular memory partitions so to say (cache, data, etc). And even when overall device's memory will have enough free space to install apps, it may report insufficient space due to overlimit of some memory partitions. Not sure how accurate I am saying this.
I tried looking at ADB to figure that out, but without much luck:
I tried clearing Cache partition from stock 3e recovery, but it behaves strangely - at first I see Android robot lying with red triangle or exclamation mark, and then the phone restarts itself. Dunno if it was successful.
I have an all stock firmware with root and reflashed stock recovery.
Do you have any ideas why does it behave this way?
Im having those problems when my free phone memory drops below 500 MB. Have you tried to delete unused apps and having over 500 MB free trying to update them again?
Maybe some stuff from those updates are automatically installing on sd card? Idk
from S4 Active Blue Ocean
I was just able to install a new game, which is 150+ MB, but am still unsable to update an app which is less than 2 MBs... Very strange.
I don't think it's really an actual free memory size's problem, and rather some part of it...
Try clearing data from Google Play Services.
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Missing space after flashing custom rom

Dear Community,
So I'm using the Nexus 6 with 32gb and after flashing a custom rom (Chroma Rom) I noticed that I'm missing ~3gb free total space.
So I searched around a bit and using logcat i found some partitions that were 1.4gb and had almost no data on it (less than 1mb).
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Is this the missing space? Is there a way to add these back to the "normal" partition so they can be used?
Greetings
3m7ecc
3m7ecc said:
Dear Community,
So I'm using the Nexus 6 with 32gb and after flashing a custom rom (Chroma Rom) I noticed that I'm missing ~3gb free space.
So I searched around a bit and using logcat i found some partitions that were 1.4gb and had almost no data on it (less than 1mb).
Is this the missing space? Is there a way to add these back to the "normal" partition so they can be used?
Greetings
3m7ecc
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generally, when you flash a rom, itll wipe out all your different caches, which can take a lot of space. anyways, if you don't ever wipe out your caches manually, it can be a HUGE amount of space.
simms22 said:
generally, when you flash a rom, itll wipe out all your different caches, which can take a lot of space. anyways, if you don't ever wipe out your caches manually, it can be a HUGE amount of space.
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Oops, sorry, I meant total space, not free space! Before I had something 26gb-ish and now there's only 23,03gb left..
Greetings
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3m7ecc said:
Oops, sorry, I meant total space, not free space! Before I had something 26gb-ish and now there's only 23,03gb left..
Greetings
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each rom will take a different amount of space, depending whats included.

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