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Free memory in /system in new 2.1 Eris Leak ROMS

Ahoy hoy.
Just a quickie, I'm using nprussell's lovely Villain 3.2 atm but I'm having an arse of a time pushing things over using adb because the system is always 99% full. Same goes with the other Eris-leak-based-ROMs.
Is this because the rom is based off of a system dump? And does anyone have any clues on how to free it up some...
I would be soooo grateful for any help.

you can try moving apps from /system/app to /data/app, for example google maps gives you 2.6 mb in /system... also check /system/bin and /system/xbin if you can get some stuff out there to /data/xbin. you can probably get ~10mb back easily. also check for stuff you don't need in /system/app (for me that would be twitter, stock, footprints, quickoffice). remember to delete the .odex aswell if there is one, not only the .apk.

Easier way?
Is there any easier way to remove stuff from system/app than remounting it like this?
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system

other than changing it in the rom before you flash it?

kendong2 said:
other than changing it in the rom before you flash it?
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Yes, I'm talking pre-flashed.

try my latest rom, i have 14mb free which is about 9%

tricky
I tried moving some apps from /system/sd on Villain 3.3 and it works for apps that are not related to the core system .. so if you move google maps it will work
it is also possible to remove twitter, flickr, facebook .. etc .. (unless you need it)
but when I moved some (many) HTC apps I got fc's and the stock lock screen and so on
I knew it was a stupid idea anyway but I have never tried it so I had to see
anyway: dont remove and/or move core htc apps, they seem to highly depend on each other

Getting rid of Sense

I just loaded up Fresh 1.00 beta and have everything running like I want using LauncherPro. If I want to go through and free up space and get rid of stuff I don't want, can I get rid of all of the htc/sense stuff as long as I don't intend to run Sense again?
Are there any files I should specifically avoid deleting?
I play to:
adb remount
adb shell
rm /system/app/xxx.apk (i'll probably 'mv /system/app/xxx.apk /system/app/bak/xxx.apk.bak' to keep as a backup)
I did this with some apps, like Talk.apk, without any problems, but I don't know how viable it really is.
PS - on another note, is it better to wait for a new OC/undervolting kernal to come out for Fresh 1.00 or can I just flash in the kernal in the dev subforum?

You can in dc. I'd flash that.
The other method is to simply find the apk in system/app and mv it.
Like you suggested. Should work fine
Swyped from my Evo 4G

[Q] ADW EX Moved Correctly?

New to the CM7 world, but not new to rooting, I have been messing with my system files and I want to know if i did something wrong:
I purchased ADW Ex and wanted that launcher to be my only one, so I used the new ROM Toolbox and froze ADW with no problems. This still wasn't good enough for me (Aren't we all tweakers, that's why we are here?) so I deleted ADW in system/app and moved ADW Ex from data/app to the system/app. - Rebooted. My EVO seems to be running fine but when I look at the app in the android applications it says its only 684kb. The only place I see it showing its full size (1.8mb) is Root Browser (ROM Toolbox). I did not move the app to the SD so where is the rest of the apk file? Did I do this procedure correctly? I nandriod so I don't mind back-tracking.

Typically the app will show a smaller size if its not in the system vs the sd card. Though if the launcher is working and no fcs, then you did it right and should have no problems.

[Q] Best location for Launcher (SD card partition or System app)

I tried to search around and see if there was a thread for this but did not find one. I hope some knowledgeable people can chime in on this.
I recently put the launcher I use in System/App and removed stock Sense from System/App. The goal was to remove any chance of my old launcher (stock Sense) from ever running in the background while also making sure my current launcher performs the best it can.
So, question still stands. If someone has a fairly fast SD Card (I think mines Class 8 or 10), would launcher have better performance if placed on a 2nd EXT Partition through Link2SD? OR......do Launcher's perform best in System/App?
As a sidenote, it has been mentioned frequently that at least 1 Launcher (whichever it may be) MUST stay in System/App folder or phone will just black screen after boot. A followup to that statement......is it possible to have Launcher on SD Card but ALSO a System App to prevent this behavior?

Stupifier said:
I tried to search around and see if there was a thread for this but did not find one. I hope some knowledgeable people can chime in on this.
I recently put the launcher I use in System/App and removed stock Sense from System/App. The goal was to remove any chance of my old launcher (stock Sense) from ever running in the background while also making sure my current launcher performs the best it can.
So, question still stands. If someone has a fairly fast SD Card (I think mines Class 8 or 10), would launcher have better performance if placed on a 2nd EXT Partition through Link2SD? OR......do Launcher's perform best in System/App?
As a sidenote, it has been mentioned frequently that at least 1 Launcher (whichever it may be) MUST stay in System/App folder or phone will just black screen after boot. A followup to that statement......is it possible to have Launcher on SD Card but ALSO a System App to prevent this behavior?
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The location of the launcher won't matter once it's loaded in memory which it should stay in memory as long as possible to prevent redraws.
However to answer your question, the native /system partition is likely faster than even a class 10 sdcard so you might as well put the launcher of your choice in /system/app. The default launcher if it's not sense should be named Launcher2.apk. There's no real reason to remove Rosie as only one launcher will stay in memory at a time. I personally just leave my launcher with it's default apk name in /data/app on aosp ROMs and run stock sense rosie launcher whenever I run sense roms.

Thank you! I have not renamed my Launcher to Launcher2.apk yet. I did not know about that one. Can you elaborate on that or is that just something you picked up over your experiences?

That's the stock android launcher filename. It should look for Launcher2.apk by default but the sense framework checks for Rosie.apk first. If that doesn't work for you leave the launcher in /data for the quickest load times but really once the launcher is in memory the location is irrelevant. Rosie and third party can't run at once. Senseless ROMs basically run with a third-party launcher as launcher2.apk.
Edit: Let me correct myself. Ice Cream Senseless has ADWLauncher.apk in /system/app and not Launcher2.apk. So no, you don't have to rename the launcher to Launcher2.apk.

Well, currently, I have Go Launcher EX as my ONLY launcher in System/App. I had put it there before I wrote up this thread so it has its regular default name (com.gau.go.launcherex.apk). I haven't had any issues at boot or any related FCs at all with it so I'll just leave it as is.

What apps can I get rid of?

After rooting my SGS2 and installing Cyanogen Mod 9 I have loads of apps that can do things which other apps can do, if that makes sense. I currently have the following apps installed and I want to know which ones I can remove because they duplicating their features, kind of like on a PC where you have Google Chrome, IE, Firefox...like you have 3 web browsers un necessarily.
Rom toolbox Pro
Terminal Emulator
Superuser
SMS Backup & Restore
Lucky Patcher
Root Explorer
Rom Manager
Busybox free
AppExtractor
Chainfire 3D
CWM
Titanium Backup
So for example Rom Toolbox Pro has a root browser so can I delete Root explorer?
Also is there a way where I can change my theme back to how it was? I am so used to like the standard SGS2 layout and theme I just wondered if I can change it back. Like I am finding it weird getting used to the keyboard, when I pull down the notification bar I don't have wifi, bluetooth, gps, 3g, auto rotation anymore. And the messaging layout is different etc.
And is there a way where I can get back my old default apps like My files, Music, Task Manager...I know that there are apps that can do that but I kind of liked having the default ones that were there?
Thanks peoples.
Okay I just found out that Samsung Apps only work on official Samsung ROMs right? That's what I have just read here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654574

Yeah thats right, just copy&paste the Samsung .apks wont work, but they can be ported in order to work.