I noticed a storage space waste with the LP.
When you install applications they go to / data / app and there it creates a lib folder with the content of the lib folder from within the application;
Often the lib folder of this application alone is more than half the size of the application (which increases their occupation);
If you install an app and deletes the apk the lib folder it still works because the libs are in the lib folder (which reduces their occupation);
But when this app is updated folder changed apk is not cleared but another maid;
I think the facility should be reconsidered, that is, so an app is installed within the lib apk should be automatically erased.
Such a situation would be a bug or an error Lollipop development project?
You sure you are not on about odexed apps??
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Guys, I have a question:
I try to copy bootanimation.zip to /system/media folder using root explorer but failed due to not enough memory. And I saw on the top 274.64MB used, 1.48MB free. After look through all the folders, I noticed different folder has it own memory size available. Just wanna to know, beside deleting existing files in /system/media, any chance to increase the memory size of the /system/media by "transferring" from under utilized folder? Thanks
i have the same problem before having no space in system rom... just root ur phone.. delete some .apk file you do not use in the system/app but be careful what you are deleting.. just delete some files like
dual clock
aldiko
swype (if u do not use this keyboard)
talk
press reader
those are the files that i deleted and i got 24.7mb free
crushvic said:
i have the same problem before having no space in system rom... just root ur phone.. delete some .apk file you do not use in the system/app but be careful what you are deleting.. just delete some files like
dual clock
aldiko
swype (if u do not use this keyboard)
talk
press reader
those are the files that i deleted and i got 24.7mb free
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crushvic, what is the different between /system/app and /data/app folders in internal SD. I found both contains apps. Thank you very much.
michaelnct said:
crushvic, what is the different between /system/app and /data/app folders in internal SD. I found both contains apps. Thank you very much.
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System apps are applications installed with the system. You cannot delete or modify them if you don't have root.
These are often sensitive applications (like phone.apk, or XXXlauncher.apk : don't touch these apk !) but sometimes there are some useless applications that you can delete as crushvic told you.
Data apps are applications that can be supressed easily (even without root) and that come installed more oftenly with android market. These are "user applications".
flolep said:
System apps are applications installed with the system. You cannot delete or modify them if you don't have root.
These are often sensitive applications (like phone.apk, or XXXlauncher.apk : don't touch these apk !) but sometimes there are some useless applications that you can delete as crushvic told you.
Data apps are applications that can be supressed easily (even without root) and that come installed more oftenly with android market. These are "user applications".
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I see..... in order for me to earn back some space in /system/ folder..... I have to "kill" those useless app as mentioned above..... Thanks for the useful info, your guys are helpful....
hi,
is there some way to make applications use a user defined folder for their (temporary) files?
I'm using cynanogen mod 7 and in my sdcard folder i have a lot folders created by applications i've installed. but since i never need these folders it would be great if they'd be in a subdirectory (like sdcard/appFiles/dropbox)
right now i have directories called gameloft, dropbox, ezPDFReader, tapatalkxda_download, etc.
they clutter my sdcard folder and make it less nice to look at.
I want to save some space on the internal storage, and since tha system partition is enormous, on 4.3 I integrate the updates into system/app. For example If Facebook gets an update I delete "facebook-xhdpi.apk" and I just move the new facebook from data/app to system/app and voila! Even after a factory reset I have no problems...
But on Kit Kat this is almost impossible. Even after signing the apks, renaming them like the old ones and giving the correct permissions via root explorer they force close. Even Google+ gives a "reinstall-loop" as I call it :crying:
What can I do? Fixing permissions by TWRP doesn't work either.
Open the APK using 7zip, extract the libraries there(the files inside the lib folder), place the extracted libraries inside /system/lib/, delete the libs folder inside the apk, move the apk to /system/app/ or /system/priv-app/ depending what type it is.
Just a warning though... Be careful with replacing already existing libraries in /system/lib/ sometimes they break stuff so if that happens just don't replace them.
Doesn't titanium offer this kind of switch? Have never done it but if it's automated then it's worth a look.
It does... But once you wipe data of the app you moved to system it force closes again. Thing is... System apps doesn't extract libraries in /data/data/ folder hence they force close.
Riyal said:
It does... But once you wipe data of the app you moved to system it force closes again. Thing is... System apps doesn't extract libraries in /data/data/ folder hence they force close.
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Would it be possible to change the path via titanium or even shift the files via a file explorer? Again haven't done it myself before either.
Also could the apps be added to the ROM you're installing prior to the initial flash?
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i want to save some custom apps that i have moved to system when i install CM updates. so i want to add them to a script in addon.d
these app folders seem to have the apk and an empty lib folder. adding the apk seems easy, but how exactly do i tell the script to also backup the 'lib' folder and restore it?
thanks.
Wanting to know the same thing as well. Sad that this question is ignored :/ hoping this comment would bump this up
Or have you YOLOd and tried with the folder names in the addon.d script?
So I accidentally deleted the Downloads folder on my internal storage while browsing the files on my PC and I immediately recreated it but its not working. I mean whenever anything is downloaded by the native Downloads manager app it shows up inside the app but not in the folder. I tried using both Download and Downloads as folder name but its still not working. My device has root access but I'm not able to find a Download(s) folder anywhere in the root directories either. Any ideas on how to fix this?
Did you check the permissions of the folder you recreated? Here's a snapshot (assuming I can figure this stupid app) of the permissions for the download folder on my htc m8. I imagine the permissions should be the same across devices.
Thanks for the response. I don't use ES File manager, only Solid Explorer for normal activities and Root Explorer for root related stuff etc. but if I'm not mistaken the dialogue in your screenshot represents global permissions, not just the permissions granted to the Download folder. Since the Download folder is located in the sdcard directory I believe the r/w permissions are automatically granted to the system. The issue probably lies somewhere else. The system download manager keeps storing downloaded files somewhere else, just not in the Download folder I created, and I've go no idea where or how to reassign it.