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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

[Q] Losing sms pics

well i have observed that after u do fix permissions on cwm recovery i always loose contacts pics in messages...same happened in latest RCMix HD v5.9.7..... any one can plz help how to get rid of this problem

I have the same problem, also using RcMixHD 5.9.7.
In the contacts the pictures are shown, but not in sms section.

Same problem here. No photo in sms section. ROM is RCMixHD 5.9.7.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Did you have RcMixHD 5.9.6 on the phone?
I can imagine that there was a time I had thos pictures.

I had the same .. but there is a "pretty" easy fix ..
Has to do with file permissions .. Follow the instructions in the link below .. worked for me
http://androidforums.com/incredible...ndcent-wont-display-pictures.html#post2136845
*edit .. btw step 7 (mount /datadata) didn't work for me. but If you just substitute /datadata in step 9 with /data/data it will work.. (guess it's some kind of symlink)
Ofcourse in this case you can drop step 14 (you can't umount something that isn't mounted )

Is there a simple solution for this...? ;-)

That is the simple sollution ...
don't worry just follow the instructions on screen (perhaps my /datadata workaround if it doesn't work for you)
No real brick can come from this .. ur just messing with contact pic permissions.

lalitsehgal21 said:
well i have observed that after u do fix permissions on cwm recovery i always loose contacts pics in messages...same happened in latest RCMix HD v5.9.7..... any one can plz help how to get rid of this problem
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It might be that you didn't backup your rom before.
I always sinc my contacts with google so If something go wrong I will have all my contacts with their pics just sincronising them with google.
Sorry for else

Normally i'm syncing with "myphonebook" from T-mobile, but they had/have a problem with their service.

usedr said:
Normally i'm syncing with "myphonebook" from T-mobile, but they had/have a problem with their service.
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I don't know hte issue of your provider but android is Google built in and it is too easy sinc your contacts with it that it's impossible to don't do!!! didn't it?

Yes, it is pretty easy, I just had he issue that all my contact-pictures got a really low resolution.
I did the guide from androidforums now with root explorer. Can someone please tell me the rights (read/write/execute) from the folder: data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/files
What permission does the file folder has?
I accidently changed the permissions from the folder, not from the .jpg files IN the folder.
That would be great.
Edit:
Ok, in root explorer I can't set permissions for more than one file, so I had to try the guide from androidforums:
"This is what I did to fix it:
Boot into clockworkmod recovery
Go into the mount/umount section
mount /system
mount /data
Connect usb data cable to computer from phone (I use linux so I don't need anything special in the way of drivers)
adb shell
mount /datadata
The above step may take a few seconds to mount
cd /datadata/com.android.providers.contacts
chmod og+rx *
cd files
chmod 664 *.jpg
cd /
umount /datadata
umount /data
exit
Reboot your phone
"
I have no problem till the point: "mount /datadata"
There I get the message there is no datadata in etc/...
Could someone help me? I took the adb shell from the previous downgrade from 1.72. Or does it have to be a specific adb shell?
Sorry for those questions, I hope someone can help me.

read my post before ... you can skip that step and just go to the dir it refers to wich is ... /data/data, don't mount /datadata just skip the step and go to /data/data when the post says /datadata ...
Also in this case you can skip the the step umount /datadata (we didn't mounted the link so no use in umounting it)

Sorry for the late reply.
It worked! I just left the mounting out and used /data/data instead of /datadata.
Was this a typo? Because there is no folder called datadata.
Thanks for your help!

Good to hear you worked it out ... well ... not likely it is a typo .. since you don't have to mount /data/data ... Perhaps this guy is running some weird rom ..
Who knows

[Q] Can't access my old files after switching ROM from AOKP to CM

Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on /sdcard that I could see previously.
If I copy a "new" mp3 onto my Galaxy Nexus, it's recognized just fine by both Google Play and Apollo. However, none of my old mp3s (or files, for that matter) are recognized. They were placed in /sdcard/Music, a folder that I cannot see when I plug in my phone, only from the file manager running on the phone. The issue persists if I move an "old" mp3 from my music folder out into the sdcard root, it's still not recognized. This makes me think this might be permission related, but the file manager says that all files are readable and writable.
I've tried running "fix permissions" in both ROM manager and the CWM recovery, but it makes no difference. Any idea what has happened, and how to fix it so that I can use all my old files again?
edit If it's any help, I just ran ls -al in a terminal emulator and I can't see any difference at all between folders I can and cannot see. Example: I can see /sdcard/media just fine, because I created that folder from Explorer in Windows. Music in that directory works. I cannot see /sdcard/music. Here's the permissions:
Code:
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-18 media
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-16 music
This is a bit confusing.
When I try pulling and pushing a file with adb like so:
Code:
adb pull file.tar
adb push file.tar file2.tar
I get
Code:
failed to copy 'file.tar' to 'file2.tar': Read-only file system
I've tried remounting /sdcard in root terminals both on the phone and via adb, but I get mount: Operation not permitted. I'm thinking this might be because /sdcard isn't the actual path but I've tried /storage/sdcard0 and /mnt/sdcard as well and I get the same error.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
(This question was also posted on android.stackexchange)

adb push /sdcard/file2.tar
also, cm doesnt have root access enabled by default for adb.
/sdcard/ is already rw, otherwise apps couldnt place anything there. nor could we.
Sent from my i9250

Didn't realize I needed an absolute path, thanks! I now managed to push the file, but it does not show up under the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer. It does show up when I do an ls in adb shell though. Any ideas?

bajsmumsaren said:
Didn't realize I needed an absolute path, thanks! I now managed to push the file, but it does not show up under the "Galaxy Nexus" unit in My Computer. It does show up when I do an ls in adb shell though. Any ideas?
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try disabling mtp on the device; or rebooting, if you want to stick with mtp. maybe it has to refresh file list?

bk201doesntexist said:
try disabling mtp on the device; or rebooting, if you want to stick with mtp. maybe it has to refresh file list?
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Switching from MTP to PTP does nothing, the same files are shown ("new" files). I'd like to stress that if I take a picture for example, that pictures does show up both with MTP and PTP. New files work fine. It's the old files that I can see in the file explorer in the actual phone that just refuse to show up when I connect to my computer, and they are obviously also not recognized by apps in the phone (such as Apollo or Google Play).
I realize that I could work around this issue by just removing everything from my sd card and then putting it back, but I really want to figure out how this can even happen.

I'm no expert by far, but it sounds like when you changed ROM the"index"file for mtp isn't updates. Have you tried to run the media scanner?
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy Nexus

Herman76 said:
I'm no expert by far, but it sounds like when you changed ROM the"index"file for mtp isn't updates. Have you tried to run the media scanner?
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If I've understood correctly, power cycling the device should trigger the media scanner. I just tried restarting, and it made no difference. (I've restarted the device several times since this problem occurred).
Opening the Gallery app still only shows me two pictures (I've taken two photos since the ROM flash), interestingly the thumbs are for other pictures lying around and after a while Gallery crashes. I use QuickPic more often though and that app behaves well, and shows all photos.
edit As a final resort, I tried doing a full wipe and reinstalling CM10 M1 completely, without restoring any settings or apps from any old installations. The issue still persists! Any files created with my now "old" CM10 installation no longer appear, even when they are moved within a folder where other "new" files are shown and working. This is starting to annoy me, but since this obviously is a bug in CM10 M1 I see no point in trying to spend time solving it, I'm just going to switch back to AOKP. Thank you for any answers and attempts at solving this.
edit2 Formatting /sdcard in CWM recovery fixed this, even though it might not be the most elegant solution.

Have you seen this?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30288268
Basically what it suggests is that you go to apps via settings, find the "Media Storage" app (it's a system app) Clear data/cache, then reboot. This was my problem.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

[Q] Mounting /system to r/w in 5.0.1

Anybody having trouble mounting /System in 5.0.1? es explorer can't write to it and when I use terminal emulator to mount it's still no go. ?

I use ScriptManager. It has the auto mount system partition as needed feature working for Samsung SELinux but it occasionally has an issue mounting as ro after writing. Just reboot. The prompt will keep popping up with "Not recommended" and something else like continue or default or recommended, can't recall. But with stock kernel, the only choice is "Not recommended" and reboot when done. No problem writing. Can't even use advanced mode to mount system as ro when it fails. Just reboot.
I just sent an update to the developer yesterday. He had sent me a development apk last Christmas to get the icon sizing issue corrected; mismatched to text on the Note 4, resizing the text makes the icons tiny. He fixed that in development but hasn't released it yet.

Are you talking about mounting system in a root file browser app? If so, use root explorer. It never fails.

tx_dbs_tx said:
Are you talking about mounting system in a root file browser app? If so, use root explorer. It never fails.
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Yes. Got file Explorer going but still can't get any of the reboot menu apps to go with your stock L roms. Stock tar yes... I dunno.

jhill110 said:
Yes. Got file Explorer going but still can't get any of the reboot menu apps to go with your stock L roms. Stock tar yes... I dunno.
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Do u want me to upload the 4 way reboot mod for my deodexed rom? I have that done already.
Edit: Here you go. Pushh this android.policy.jar to system/framework. You might get a freeze & reboot but once you hot swap it if the system freezes then recovers, just copy & paste it one more time then set permissions & reboot again.

tx_dbs_tx said:
Do u want me to upload the 4 way reboot mod for my deodexed rom? I have that done already.
Edit: Here you go. Pushh this android.policy.jar to system/framework. You might get a freeze & reboot but once you hot swap it if the system freezes then recovers, just copy & paste it one more time then set permissions & reboot again.
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Thanks tx, your my hero! Still scratching my head tho... Running your rom completely from scratch... Total wipe of everything. Thanks again.
Edit: Awesome menu. Took one reboot and went through the "android is upgrading" for 15 minutes but it's working great.
Thanks again! :thumbup:

samep said:
I use ScriptManager. It has the auto mount system partition as needed feature working for Samsung SELinux but it occasionally has an issue mounting as ro after writing. Just reboot. The prompt will keep popping up with "Not recommended" and something else like continue or default or recommended, can't recall. But with stock kernel, the only choice is "Not recommended" and reboot when done. No problem writing. Can't even use advanced mode to mount system as ro when it fails. Just reboot.
I just sent an update to the developer yesterday. He had sent me a development apk last Christmas to get the icon sizing issue corrected; mismatched to text on the Note 4, resizing the text makes the icons tiny. He fixed that in development but hasn't released it yet.
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May be off topic but I wanted to update the status of this app. The developer is focusing on lollipop issues and updated the application a couple of times recently. I appreciate the fact he's responded to the issues that were present with Samsung stock kernel and icon to text proportionality with Note 4. It keeps getting better; squashing bugs and adding features. I have the pro version so long term support is a wonderful thing regarding a purchase.

Help! Cannot write or delete from internal memory!

Here is my issue I cannot create folders or delete anything on the internal sdcard.
Background info: I just got this gs3 its on boost mobile. I am on NJ3 I used CF-auto-root method to get root. Everything went fine updated Supersu installed a bunch of apps including Titanium Backup and made backups of all apps on the phone. Everything finished fine. I have not deleted any apps yet nor have I installed a custom record very or any ROMs its still!l stock. I have a 64gb sdcard installed which is new and empty so I wanted to put my backups on it but could not. While looking for a fix I noticed that even the default INTERNAL sdcard had a red folder on top with "cannot write to this location" . so now I cannot use TB. It gives an "insufficient storage" message and fails
I then went to ES File Explorer and tried to make a folder on the internal card and could not, also tried to delete and could not !! I have Googled this problem and come up with a number of solutions but most are very old threads. Can anyone give me some help fixing this? The phone seems to otherwise work but I fear it will only get worse with time.
edit I can install apps though even now.

Oh I left out that I did recieve an update for Security policy update. Which I understand has something to do with SElinux. I also found a fix for what appears to be my problem related to this it is;
SU
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
I decided to try it but get a message that -F is invalid
syntax is restorecon (--nRrv-- )
From what I can google the version of restorecon I have on my phone does not include that switch!!! Just my luck, can anyone help me figure out if I can change the binary to an updated one so I can use this?

Well I am disappointed 45 views and not one reply, oh well.
I eventually bit the bullet and did a factory reset from the settings menu, it cleared up the issue and I still had root!! Google reinstalled all my apps and SuperSu disabled Knox for me. I also unchecked auto update for security updates so that Samsung does not send another one to me without my knowledge. also disabled autoupdate for Samsung apps.
know everything is golden again.