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[Q] Use full Nook eMMC capacity for CM internal storage?

Just got my Nook Color tonight. I booted it from a CWM microSD card, installed CM 7.1 stable, gapps, and ran ROM Manager to install CWM to internal memory.
When I go to Menu, Settings, Storage, under the 'Internal Storage' heading, it says "Total space" of 5.09 GB and "Available space" of 4.68 GB. (One app installed so far)
Looking farther down the screen, it shows /mnt/eemc to have 1.00 GB of space.
Is there a way to combine them so that I have 5.68 GB of usable internal space to install apps to? Also, are those two the full available capacity of the eMMC storage? If not, can it be enlarged to maximum?
Also, further down the screen, it shows /mnt/usbdisk, with no space. Should it be left intact, or can it be safely removed to limit my confusion?
Thanks!

+1 to your question.
I'm gonna use my NC only as a tablet not any book reading so I don't think that 1GB is required.
Still let's wait for a dev. to give expert advice about this and possibly a how-to...

I would leave /mnt/usbdisk alone as it will be useful if you decide to use flash drives through nook tweeks in the usb section. As for the emmc data area, you can store data there with no problem if you are not going to use the nook as an e-reader.
By downloading the nook tweeks app, you will have access to the micro usb port (through an adapter) to transfer data between the nook and a flash drive or (using a powered hub) a card reader. You can also transfer data between the nook and a camera to directly save photos to the nook or view them. Usb host mode opens the nook up to another level and makes it a very functional tablet.
I use my nook with a digital camera on photo shoots so that I can preview my shots on a larger screen than that of the camera. You can check out my threads here concerning host mode. PM me if I can be of any assistance.
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SweetBearCub said:
Just got my Nook Color tonight. I booted it from a CWM microSD card, installed CM 7.1 stable, gapps, and ran ROM Manager to install CWM to internal memory.
When I go to Menu, Settings, Storage, under the 'Internal Storage' heading, it says "Total space" of 5.09 GB and "Available space" of 4.68 GB. (One app installed so far)
Looking farther down the screen, it shows /mnt/eemc to have 1.00 GB of space.
Is there a way to combine them so that I have 5.68 GB of usable internal space to install apps to? Also, are those two the full available capacity of the eMMC storage? If not, can it be enlarged to maximum?
Also, further down the screen, it shows /mnt/usbdisk, with no space. Should it be left intact, or can it be safely removed to limit my confusion?
Thanks!
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Hey there, I know long time but iI have some info to share since I'm having the same configuration as yours.
The 'Internal Storage' you're seeing isn't exactly the emmc. Its just that cm7 doesn't know its put on an SD. And it thinks the second or third partition of the SD (i.e. cm7 system partition) is internal.
Also that /mnt/eemc is the actual internal memory and thus these 2 can't be linked. However, the nook has another 5gb emmc internal partition callednmedia which you can possibly combine with emmc.
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there are many threads about the NC partition layout and changing it. do a search. the 5g partition basically won't be used by your cm7 NC. the apps will go on the 1g. I repartitioned mine for 4g instead of 1g and 2g for /emmc. then you can set cm7 to swap the /emmc and /sdcard and then use the NC without an SD installed.

mr72 said:
there are many threads about the NC partition layout and changing it. do a search. the 5g partition basically won't be used by your cm7 NC. the apps will go on the 1g. I repartitioned mine for 4g instead of 1g and 2g for /emmc. then you can set cm7 to swap the /emmc and /sdcard and then use the NC without an SD installed.
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I was thinking something else.....
I wanted to merge internal data and media so as to get combined partition. I'm running CM7 off the SD card so I don't need to switch them. I was just thinking of merging them.
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therkr said:
I was thinking something else.....
I wanted to merge internal data and media so as to get combined partition.
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Yes, I understand that's what you want to do. However, those partitions are not contiguous space. Search on Nook Color partitions and you will quickly see why.
Specifically, look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094371
which links to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13971291&postcount=110
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 is the "data" partition
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 is the "cache" partition
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 is the "/mnt/emmc" partition
You are wanting to combine "data" and "/mnt/emmc". Problem is the "cache" partition is stuck in between them.
The other problem is your NC uses these two partitions for different things.
I think the suggestion I made before, which is to repartition for 2GB+4GB as in the first link, then do Settings -> CyanogenMod Settings -> Application -> Use internal storage to get them to swap, is the best, simplest solution with the lowest risk. This uses the 2G partition for whatever normally is used for /sdcard by most apps (downloads, misc. files, temp storage, etc.) and 4G partition for your apps, and leaves your whole SD card for use solely for your side-loaded media content. This schema will not interfere with further CM updates or unnecessarily change the default partition scheme for which most of the devs are writing code.
If you want to become a Linux & Android master of partitioning and storage management, then you can probably implement a more custom scheme. In my last job I was a software engineer working on a Linux-based network-attached storage appliance and I wrote most of the system code dealing with disk and partition management, so you could say I know a lot about it, but still I chose the easy path for my NC.

mr72 said:
If you want to become a Linux & Android master of partitioning and storage management, then you can probably implement a more custom scheme. In my last job I was a software engineer working on a Linux-based network-attached storage appliance and I wrote most of the system code dealing with disk and partition management, so you could say I know a lot about it, but still I chose the easy path for my NC.
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Thanks for the info. But I'm just a highschool sophomore who loves technology. Can't do this unless someone has ever tried (and succeeded) before.
I'll probably use your method when I install CM7 (or CM9) onto emmc.
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[Q] Internal Storage Missing 4GB

I am missing roughly 3 to 4GB of space on my internal storage. Long story short -- flashed cm11.0_golden.nova.20141127.ODIN_TWRP the first couple of tries it failed mainly due to me not knowing how to enter into recovery mode. After about 4 or 5 tries I figured it out and all was well. Then I notice a large chunk of my internal storage is missing. I enter recovery mode and format all internal storage. I gain a few hundred MB. I cannot see those missing GB of space at all. My best guess is that those first few unsuccessful attempts at flashing the rom are still there in the internal storage taking the space I am missing. Is there any way to repartition the internal storage? I have used all of the methods available to me with TWRP and have had no success in gaining that storage back. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

davesunday said:
I am missing roughly 3 to 4GB of space on my internal storage. Long story short -- flashed cm11.0_golden.nova.20141127.ODIN_TWRP the first couple of tries it failed mainly due to me not knowing how to enter into recovery mode. After about 4 or 5 tries I figured it out and all was well. Then I notice a large chunk of my internal storage is missing. I enter recovery mode and format all internal storage. I gain a few hundred MB. I cannot see those missing GB of space at all. My best guess is that those first few unsuccessful attempts at flashing the rom are still there in the internal storage taking the space I am missing. Is there any way to repartition the internal storage? I have used all of the methods available to me with TWRP and have had no success in gaining that storage back. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Guessing you have S3 mini soo i have same "issue" it's actually the phone itself takes around 3-4 GB i have usable 4.64 gb and i have 8GB model.

So is this just the normal amount of space taken up by the system? And yes mine is an 8GB model also.

Yes guys it's normal if you have 4GB.
4GB for system and 4GB for user

When i look at how much storage total it lists 4.72GB. For available space it shows 4.27GB. Will the 4GB taken up by the system not be shown? I just figured that it would list close to 8GB total with X amount taken by system. Im pretty sure this is how it was before I flashed the phone.

davesunday said:
When i look at how much storage total it lists 4.72GB. For available space it shows 4.27GB. Will the 4GB taken up by the system not be shown? I just figured that it would list close to 8GB total with X amount taken by system. Im pretty sure this is how it was before I flashed the phone.
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Could it be the missing 4GB is the partition of the system? I am using stock ROM also can only access about 4GB for saving files and apps. Maybe the CM11 itself using 4GB for OS process and pre-installed/bloatware apps? Just my guest.
You can try to reach the missing space using 3rd party apps such as XDA File Manager. BUT, I wont dare to do anything to the 'hidden files', as I know it could damage your system. That's why they made it invisible to normal/average user (like me). Unless you know what and which files to be played with.
{PARDON MY ENGLISH}

Naimlaaa said:
Could it be the missing 4GB is the partition of the system? I am using stock ROM also can only access about 4GB for saving files and apps. Maybe the CM11 itself using 4GB for OS process and pre-installed/bloatware apps? Just my guest.
You can try to reach the missing space using 3rd party apps such as XDA File Manager. BUT, I wont dare to do anything to the 'hidden files', as I know it could damage your system. That's why they made it invisible to normal/average user (like me). Unless you know what and which files to be played with.
{PARDON MY ENGLISH}
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But, what's the actual space occupied by the system files? We could try to resize "system partition" to gain some gb on "data partition"?

fabiocaruso said:
But, what's the actual space occupied by the system files? We could try to resize "system partition" to gain some gb on "data partition"?
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I'm also interested in repartitioning it, I successfully made it for a Galaxy S2 and my Note N7000... I used a specific pit file flashed with Odin... is there any pit file for GT-I8190 8 Gb? Thanks in advance!

fabiocaruso said:
But, what's the actual space occupied by the system files? We could try to resize "system partition" to gain some gb on "data partition"?
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Im not sure about CM11, but with Slimrom is about 1.23GB. You can see this using Titanium Backup in the overview.
gt-i8190n using SlimKat(Android-Andi) marinated F_Kernel(Fred8861)
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tomnic said:
I'm also interested in repartitioning it, I successfully made it for a Galaxy S2 and my Note N7000... I used a specific pit file flashed with Odin... is there any pit file for GT-I8190 8 Gb? Thanks in advance!
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Hi there. Can you tell me more about partition setting/tweaking. I think i've screwed some of it while playing with terminal command.
gt-i8190n using SlimKat(Android-Andi) marinated F_Kernel(Fred8861)

[Q] free space disapeared

Hi,
On the first screens, i've no free space on the phone storage and i've about 3 or 4 apps that need just less than 1gb... What does mean the 4.31gb "other" ?
What can i do to fix that ?
As you can see, part of my application disapeared because of the way in the storage changed...
For example, when i take a picture it's located in storage/emulated/0/picture/screenshot and before it was simply picture/screenshot.
I tried to do a factory reset but nothing change after that...
Thanks in advance

alain21218 said:
Hi,
On the first screens, i've no free space on the phone storage and i've about 3 or 4 apps that need just less than 1gb... What does mean the 4.31gb "other" ?
What can i do to fix that ?
As you can see, part of my application disapeared because of the way in the storage changed...
For example, when i take a picture it's located in storage/emulated/0/picture/screenshot and before it was simply picture/screenshot.
I tried to do a factory reset but nothing change after that...
Thanks in advance
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It seems like you have just under 1GB of free space on phone storage.
I just went on HTC.com and here is the conversation about what Other is:
10:31:30 PM Customer Corey
Initial Question/Comment: When I go into Settings-Storage-Phone Storage-Other it says I am using 3.53GB. I would like to know what this Other stuff is.
10:32:10 PM System System
Federico P. has joined this session!
10:32:10 PM System System
Connected with Federico P.
10:32:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Hi Corey, how are you? I will assist you today.
10:32:24 PM Customer Corey
I am doing good. How are you?
10:33:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Under OTHER is stored all the system files, updates, cache, and information that the phone needs to work, it cannot be deleted unfortunately.
10:33:35 PM Customer Corey
Ok. Thank you very much that is all I needed to know.
It seems like there is nothing you can do to fix that.
Your applications disappeared because you moved them to the sdcard, but something else also happened or you just need to restart your phone so they will reappear. If you remove your sdcard after moving them to the sdcard, they can appear greyed out like that. There can also be a problem with your sdcard and that is why your apps appear like that and your pictures save on your phone.
Try to change your Primary storage by going into Settings-Storage-Primary storage and set it to Automatic switching. You may have to restart your phone.
I really think there is a problem with your sdcard, ranging from a minor problem all the way up to it is not working anymore.

blaqueknight said:
It seems like you have just under 1GB of free space on phone storage.
I just went on HTC.com and here is the conversation about what Other is:
10:31:30 PM Customer Corey
Initial Question/Comment: When I go into Settings-Storage-Phone Storage-Other it says I am using 3.53GB. I would like to know what this Other stuff is.
10:32:10 PM System System
Federico P. has joined this session!
10:32:10 PM System System
Connected with Federico P.
10:32:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Hi Corey, how are you? I will assist you today.
10:32:24 PM Customer Corey
I am doing good. How are you?
10:33:15 PM Agent Federico P.
Under OTHER is stored all the system files, updates, cache, and information that the phone needs to work, it cannot be deleted unfortunately.
10:33:35 PM Customer Corey
Ok. Thank you very much that is all I needed to know.
It seems like there is nothing you can do to fix that.
Your applications disappeared because you moved them to the sdcard, but something else also happened or you just need to restart your phone so they will reappear. If you remove your sdcard after moving them to the sdcard, they can appear greyed out like that. There can also be a problem with your sdcard and that is why your apps appear like that and your pictures save on your phone.
Try to change your Primary storage by going into Settings-Storage-Primary storage and set it to Automatic switching. You may have to restart your phone.
I really think there is a problem with your sdcard, ranging from a minor problem all the way up to it is not working anymore.
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First, thanks for your answer !
I know there were a part of "other" but this part was not more than about 2 gb before. I don't think the problem is my sd card cause the application i showed you on the screenshot are the only one i did not move ... For example, i had Hearthstone moved and it steel on my sd card.
The picrture was just an example, all my memory moved to emulated/0
And the same for settings/storage/primary is the same than ever
When i plugged my phone with usb to my computer, the internal storage were about 7.60 gb,... And look what i can see now
I can't download what i want with that...
All of that happen when i followed a tutorial to upgrade RAM with ROEHSOFT. I was needing to partition my EXTERNAL storage, what i did. I make a swap part about 3gb and the rest for the storage in fat32. After the partition, i had my 2 part but my internal storage change like what you see on these pictures. I think partition is now in my internal storage & that why the default internal storage way changed... But i have no idea to fix it... Can't use backup, can't part internal storage again, can't factory reset cause it has no effect after reboot...

alain21218 said:
First, thanks for your answer !
I know there were a part of "other" but this part was not more than about 2 gb before. I don't think the problem is my sd card cause the application i showed you on the screenshot are the only one i did not move ... For example, i had Hearthstone moved and it steel on my sd card.
The picrture was just an example, all my memory moved to emulated/0
And the same for settings/storage/primary is the same than ever
When i plugged my phone with usb to my computer, the internal storage were about 7.60 gb,... And look what i can see now
I can't download what i want with that...
All of that happen when i followed a tutorial to upgrade RAM with ROEHSOFT. I was needing to partition my EXTERNAL storage, what i did. I make a swap part about 3gb and the rest for the storage in fat32. After the partition, i had my 2 part but my internal storage change like what you see on these pictures. I think partition is now in my internal storage & that why the default internal storage way changed... But i have no idea to fix it... Can't use backup, can't part internal storage again, can't factory reset cause it has no effect after reboot...
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I think you should delete the apps that are showing that they were on your sdcard then try to reinstall them. They should be in Settings-Apps.
I just looked up the ROEHSOFT RAM Expander (SWAP) app. I have never heard of this app before, but it had this as a note:
Note: only FAT32 Drives can be used for Swap. When you are using a Partition then use fat32 format or swap otherwise it will not be visible in the Drivelist!
It may not be working right because you need to use a FAT32 partition for the SWAP/RAM. If needed you can use Aparted to format the sdcard then use ROEHSOFT again to create SWAP. I found this tutorial. Is this how you did it or something different?

blaqueknight said:
I think you should delete the apps that are showing that they were on your sdcard then try to reinstall them. They should be in Settings-Apps.
I just looked up the ROEHSOFT RAM Expander (SWAP) app. I have never heard of this app before, but it had this as a note:
Note: only FAT32 Drives can be used for Swap. When you are using a Partition then use fat32 format or swap otherwise it will not be visible in the Drivelist!
It may not be working right because you need to use a FAT32 partition for the SWAP/RAM. If needed you can use Aparted to format the sdcard then use ROEHSOFT again to create SWAP. I found this tutorial. Is this how you did it or something different?
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That's what i did but it cause the different default path in my internal storage.
Finally i flashed cwm and wipe all + factory reset. Now i have what i had before. I still have 4 gb use by android so i think i had this before... ? I did not find any rom for the 64 bits euro, are the cricket/boost/etc working on it ? Or maybe there some roms i did not found like cm11 or cm12 ?

alain21218 said:
That's what i did but it cause the different default path in my internal storage.
Finally i flashed cwm and wipe all + factory reset. Now i have what i had before. I still have 4 gb use by android so i think i had this before... ? I did not find any rom for the 64 bits euro, are the cricket/boost/etc working on it ? Or maybe there some roms i did not found like cm11 or cm12 ?
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Where did you get CWM from? Did you use this recovery? As far as I know, there is no ROM for 64-bit, you cannot use the Cricket/Boost/etc. Those are just for 32-bit. There is a kernel.

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Where did you get CWM from? Did you use this recovery? As far as I know, there is no ROM for 64-bit, you cannot use the Cricket/Boost/etc. Those are just for 32-bit. There is a kernel.
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ClockWorkMod is the only one i know how to use so i flashed this one
I saw somewhere that the stock rom was also in 32 bits so i'm gonna see no difference if i install cm11 32 bits, right ?

alain21218 said:
ClockWorkMod is the only one i know how to use so i flashed this one
I saw somewhere that the stock rom was also in 32 bits so i'm gonna see no difference if i install cm11 32 bits, right ?
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Oh, ok, I didn't know that CWM was available for the 64-bit version. Thanks for that info.
As far as I know our ROMs are KitKat based, which only supports 32-bit devices. It will be good when Lollipop hits our devices as it supports 64-bit devices, but I'm not so sure if the ROMs that were built for 32-bit devices will work for a 64-bit device. You would have to ask the respective developers of those ROMs. My guess is no.

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Oh, ok, I didn't know that CWM was available for the 64-bit version. Thanks for that info.
As far as I know our ROMs are KitKat based, which only supports 32-bit devices. It will be good when Lollipop hits our devices as it supports 64-bit devices, but I'm not so sure if the ROMs that were built for 32-bit devices will work for a 64-bit device. You would have to ask the respective developers of those ROMs. My guess is no.
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So, i will probably waiting for 5.0 ^^
Thanks for your help !

Storage Issues on 5th Gen 7in Kindle Fire Running CM 12.1

Hi everyone,
I'm having an odd issue with my Kindle Fire. Just some quick background, I was running 5.1.2.1 so I flashed the firmware for 5.1.2 and then used Kingsroot to root. I then used Flashfire to flash my ROM. I'm currently using CM 12.1 that's found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/rom-cm-12-1-2015-11-15-t3249416
So now on to my issue. I set up two users on my tablet, one for my son and one for me. I downloaded a bunch of games for my son including large titles such as Minecraft Story Mode (which is over 1gb). I started to run out of space so I decided to delete some apps. And despite deleting nearly every game on the device, it says I only have about ~500 mb of space left. It barely lets me install new apps (only if they're really small). It's almost as if the apps I deleted never actually got deleted. I went from having like 10 games installed, to not even having the space to download one game. I'm not recovering any of that free space when I delete apps.
I also tried moving some apps to the SD card using the "Apps" menu in settings. It appears that the apps are not moving over to the SD card. I'm just using the native features so I may give an app like Link2SD a try.
So does anyone have any ideas why my storage space just seems to get smaller and smaller? Is there some type of permission that's not letting me fully delete apps? Any help would be appreciated!

I have no idea why your storage space is getting smaller, but I had problems moving apps to the SD card as well. I use Link2SD and that works perfectly. You have to wipe your SD card and then set up a primary FAT32 partition and then a primary Ext4 partition for it to work.

Having the exact same problem. Did you find a solution?

matt11601 said:
Having the exact same problem. Did you find a solution?
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- Space does not just disappear; use one of the umpteen disk space managers in the Play Store to see what's happening and remediate
- Link2SD or similar utility for moving apps to SD card (see previous post)

link2sd moves like only 10%

now i know i have asked this before but that was about 6 months ago. and maby now a solution has been found?
when i use link2sd it claims it has linked the apps. but if i check internal storage, 1gb free i link then 5gb worth of apps i then check the free space 1.2 gb free what gives? so i restart it maby it just hasent updated storage info no dice. so basicaly im sitting here STILL unable to install apps off the internal stoage. i have the sd card formatted to both portions primary ext3 and fat32. any better options?
no i dont want an answer "go buy a device that meets your storage needs" im not a rich-mofo im poor. i would assume that is why you buy these tablets and root them in the first place.

Nightmare-Rex420 said:
now i know i have asked this before but that was about 6 months ago. and maby now a solution has been found?
when i use link2sd it claims it has linked the apps. but if i check internal storage, 1gb free i link then 5gb worth of apps i then check the free space 1.2 gb free what gives? so i restart it maby it just hasent updated storage info no dice. so basicaly im sitting here STILL unable to install apps off the internal stoage. i have the sd card formatted to both portions primary ext3 and fat32. any better options?
no i dont want an answer "go buy a device that meets your storage needs" im not a rich-mofo im poor. i would assume that is why you buy these tablets and root them in the first place.
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- last paragraph was unnecessary and certainly discourages a response
- assume ext3 was a typo; should be ext4 (although it probably doesn't matter)
- Link2SD does a pretty good job detailing what was moved to the SD card and what remains in internal storage
- the 'pro' version of Link2SD is needed to migrate data associated with an app
- the free version of Apps2SD (by Vicky Bonick) supports migrating app data
- Apps2SD and Link2SD are mostly compatible; you won't have to relink all your apps
- no "solution" is needed as there is not a fundamental problem with symbolic linking; just a little better understanding how the tools work

Nightmare-Rex420 said:
now i know i have asked this before but that was about 6 months ago. and maby now a solution has been found?
when i use link2sd it claims it has linked the apps. but if i check internal storage, 1gb free i link then 5gb worth of apps i then check the free space 1.2 gb free what gives? so i restart it maby it just hasent updated storage info no dice. so basicaly im sitting here STILL unable to install apps off the internal stoage. i have the sd card formatted to both portions primary ext3 and fat32. any better options?
no i dont want an answer "go buy a device that meets your storage needs" im not a rich-mofo im poor. i would assume that is why you buy these tablets and root them in the first place.
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same for me. I cant move apps with any app. only with the xposed module "OBB to SD" which also allows moving app data and obb

freaky2xd said:
same for me. I cant move apps with any app. only with the xposed module "OBB to SD" which also allows moving app data and obb
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The Xposed module works well for those who wish to go that direction. Not sure about side-effects and/or error recovery but haven't seen any negative reports.
Third party apps that leverage symbolic linking (Apps2SD, Link2SD, etc.) are fussy about SD card format which is likely where the trouble lies.