I'm using the latest safestrap that allows use of the preinstall and webtop partitions for system and data (dont remember which one is used for which). Since these partitions are kinda small, I filled it up quick when restoring apps from Titanium Backup.
When I went to move some of the larger apps to SD card, I got a generic error "Couldn't move app to SD card" or something like that. I also couldn't install any apps no matter how much space I freed by uninstalling larger apps.
The fix was to free up a bit of space by uninstalling an app or two, then rebooting to Safestrap. Go into the Wipe menu, then Advanced Wipe, and check the Dalvik Cache, and Cache folders.
Reboot and move apps all you want!
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ok I just switched from mytouch. The app2sd worked there alright. However, I cant get apps to install on on sd card on nexus one.
I formated to ext4 512mb, sawp 0. I set app to install external in cyanogenmod settings. I dont see any other option for app2sd in cyanogen mod7 nightly?
The apps just keep installing to internal memory!!
I even try flashing DT app2sd and samething happens. Am I missing something here?
Once you install DT, just open a terminal emulator and type in "a2sd reinstall".
Alternatively, you could type "a2sd cachesdreset", which will also move your dalvik to sd (much better).
With the "external" command, this will install the apps into the .android_secure folder on the root of the sdcard. This folder is locked by Android, so you can't view the contents. You can find out which apps are installed to the sdcard by looking at the sdcard tab under Settings -> Applications. But this only installs a portion of the app (some apps, it is the majority, others, not so much), but all the data the app generates will still be on the internal memory, so you will continue to see it go down.
And I don't think danger-rat meant alternatively (maybe he did) with DT and cachesdreset, but you can actually do both of those, and that is what most people do.
a2sd reinstall will move all your apps onto the sdcard's ext partition. a2sd cachesd (or cachesdreset which erases all the dalvik cache requiring a rebuild when the phone boots back up) will move all the dalvik cache to the sdcard's ext partiton. I have both done on my phone and leave the internal memory for just the data that the apps generate (it is possible to move that to the sd as well, but it is recommended to have a class 10 sdcard).
Need to have install set to internal. DT used ext partition as "internal" memory.
For the life of me, I CANNOT get A2SD to work properly.
ROM: MIUI 1.9.16
SD Card: 16GB w/ 1GB EXT4 partition
Problem:
When I do a fresh install of MIUI (wipe cache, wipe dalvik, wipe data/factory reset) A2SD+ in settings->system->storage says available and used are "0.00B".
If I use dark tremor a2sd install scripts, they 'claim' to have activated the space. It appears space is used on it too (around 100mb, despite previous wipe of all data which says it wipes SD-EXT). When new apps install they east away at my meager "internal" storage (IE: 20mb remaining) and my programs area says I ahve a total of something like 200mb of storage (shouldn't this change to over 1GB because of the partition?!).
As of right now I've restored my previous install, which says "0.00B" for A2SD+, and I have a 1GB EXT4 partition sitting here doing nothing.
a2sd is auto on MIUI after flash/reboot--shouldn't need to run scripts--but you can
try reformatting sdcard outside of phone and with sdformatter, then partition it as ext3 0 swap
ext4 never worked quite right for me
then fresh install with system/data/cache wipes 3 times each
Thanks for the reply. What's with this common habit of wiping 3 times? Doesn't wiping just unlink all the inodes from the partition table, then mark the sectors as free space anyways?
Anyway, MIUI at flash point never picks up this partition. I will try changing it to EXT3 and seeing what happens.
I am not a tech, but I think the phone doesn't do thorough job. That's why I format outside phone. Don't know for sure on System wipe, but most peolple recommend 3 or more times on data/caches.
I have been using these methods for quite awhile now and have much fewer flash issues between roms. Thanks to Temasek on his Format zips--------
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Well would you look at that. Fresh flash of the ROM with an EXT3 partition and it works! Didn't have to flash any DT zip. Thanks!
EDIT:
After using MIUI backup to restore my apps and stuff, I'm already out of space. My sd-ext isn't being used! how do I fix this?!
Your Welcome--
Sorry for double post, but I spoke too soon. A2SD still doesn't appear to be working correctly. I've attached a few screenshots to help show what I'm talking about. Titanium backup doesn't see the space (I don't think) either. It appears MIUI sees the space available... but doesn't use it. I just did an a2sd zipalign, followed by a a2sd cachesd to move the dalvik cache to the SD card which helped my space woes a bit, but my a2sd partition seems to be completely unused, other than the dalvik cache!
I can't view your thumbs, get error on page. May be my work computer
Had that happen once and a2sd was doing its thing, just not showing in Root Explorer as ext being used
Do you have any low mem warnings
You could try Quick System from market and see what it says
Your A2SD is working fine. As you can see, you have >100 MB of apps installed on it (0.94GB SD-EXT partition size, 832MB free). The reason you still see your internal memory being used is - 1) Dalvik-cache is still on the internal memory, 2) App data is still on internal memory. You can change that in A2SD GUI settings. If it tells you that Dalvik is already on SD - it's lying, the app isn't too correct, the script is much more correct. You can run the script to move Dalvik to SD in that case.
And the integration of A2SD isn't system-wide - actually, the system has no idea that A2SD is present, and doesn't report anything else for its partition sizes but the original sizes.
Jack_R1, after a random soft reset occurred, titanium now shows the a2sd. Thanks for clearing some of the information up for me.
As stated in the title, does flashing a new ROM erase data on the built-in flash drive such as contacts, apps, appdata, music, videos, pictures etc?
I'm rather new to ROM flashing.
short answer: Yes with an If, long answer: No -- with a But...
When flashing a new ROM to an Android phone its a good idea to do as its creator has advised and wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvik cache all via ClockworkMod recovery, that way there is no additional bloat ware or old system data to gum up the works,, anything stored on the phone (contacts/system data) is erased anything on the 'internal storage' (8GB or so on the XL) or memory card is spared, so anything backed up to there will be safe
Its worth making note that when first installing a ROM, most if not all work on A2SD/ADSD+/+ etc, this is where your given the option to store app data on the memory card, in devices where you can take out the memory card you will need to format it (via ClockWorkMod recovery) and sort out the size of your 'hidden' EX3/4 partition that app data is stored on. formating and partitioning yor memory card wipes everything on it so back it up to a PC before doing anything!
Additional Note: Since the XL has internal storage make sure you get everything you want off it first then when we have CWM working on the XL format the crap out of the internal storage and have fun!
DanTehMan01 said:
short answer: Yes with an If, long answer: No -- with a But...
When flashing a new ROM to an Android phone its a good idea to do as its creator has advised and wipe data/factory reset and wipe dalvik cache all via ClockworkMod recovery, that way there is no additional bloat ware or old system data to gum up the works,, anything stored on the phone (contacts/system data) is erased anything on the 'internal storage' (8GB or so on the XL) or memory card is spared, so anything backed up to there will be safe
Its worth making note that when first installing a ROM, most if not all work on A2SD/ADSD+/+ etc, this is where your given the option to store app data on the memory card, in devices where you can take out the memory card you will need to format it (via ClockWorkMod recovery) and sort out the size of your 'hidden' EX3/4 partition that app data is stored on. formating and partitioning yor memory card wipes everything on it so back it up to a PC before doing anything!
Additional Note: Since the XL has internal storage make sure you get everything you want off it first then when we have CWM working on the XL format the crap out of the internal storage and have fun!
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Ahhhh I see. So if I want to flash a new ROM, I have to back up everything on my own then manually re-enter them.
Thanks for enlightening.
Pretty much yeh, always a good idea to manually do a backup every now and again,, once you have your ex3/4 partition apps data will be restored when you reinstal the app, also Titanium Backup w/root permissions on a fully ROMd device will restore data in the same way too (if you backup with root access the first time etc)
I have read threads and followed instructions of how to get s2e done on my CM7.1 nexus one.
I just wanna confirm if I did the whole thing right
I partitioned my SD card with a 1024 ext3 and swap size 0
After istalling the S2E, mount as ext4 I got 138 Mb internal memory free (should be fine)
I moved Applications and Dalvik Cache to sd-ext but not application data.
I found the internal memory still decreases over the time and now "Applications" field grays out and I wont be able to move the applications back to the phone as before. (why ?? - I can move around the "Applications", "Dalvik Cache", "Download cache" and "Private apps" between the phone and sd-ext by selecting and reboot)
Am I doing the whole thing right actually ?
I believe once you have enough apps on the ext partition that it won't fit back in the internal memory, that the option stays grayed out. Otherwise, if you attempted to move it back, it wouldn't fit and would just cause issues.
I got this work now
but I got a new problem as I just bought a new sd card
and I have to figure out how to move all those to work on the new card
I did an nandroid backup and backup in my pc
I put in the new sdcard into my phone and partition it via CW
It's fine.
Then I switch off my phone and put everything else into the new card
Done.
Nandroid advanced restore sd ext
When my screen on, I lost android market and all Google add-on
what happen = =
I saw my apps on my screen with a wrong icon
I can not download the Titanium or the S2E and I got no market in the phone
Am i following the right steps ?
Whenever I have swapped sdcards, I have always used Titanium Backup to backup all the apps then I move the folder to the new card, and then I restore all the apps.
You may want to try and wipe the phone's /system partition (only the /system, otherwise you can lose all your data) and reinstall CM and gapps. Then once you install S2E from the market and reboot, all your apps should show up (assuming you don't mess with the ext partition).
I have a galaxy tab 8.9 with Cwm installed (Gt-P7310)
I've been trying out different rom's lately.
After returning to the stock Ics had noticed that only free memory 1 Gb. Before trying the Rom's had a free space of 6 gb.
The Sd folder has a size of 6 Gigas. I do not know where they might be the other 5 gb.
Is there any way to delete the entire contents of the tablet and re-install android? Something similar to format a pc?
I've tried installing with Odin, but the end had the same available space.
Thanks!!
Have you tried wiping the sdcard partition?
0. Before you do this make a nandroid backup and transfer that backup to your pc, along with any important files you want to keep.
Download a ROM.zip and Gapps.zip and put them on the sdcard partition.
1. In recovery, wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik.
2. Install a new ROM and Gapps.
This next part could be risky. If something went wrong with your flash, it might be a pain to get files back on to fix it, but if you know how to use ADB, it is easy enough. That being said, most flashes go fine, and you shouldn't have any trouble.
3. Wipe the sdcard partition. Reboot. When all is said and done, you should have around 10 or 12 gb of space.
Thanks for the tip.
I had already tried to wipe system, data, cache, and dalvik and install a new rom with no results.
But I found the problem:
The Camera folder was duplicated in: / data / media.
After removing it I was the free space que I expected.
Thanks for your help!