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[Q] MIUI 1.4.22 A2SD+ problem (solved)

Hi,
After flashing MIUI XJ 1.4.22 A2SD ROM I am having problem with "Low on Space" notification. I did standard procedure: cleared data/cache/factory reset, flashed rom, terminal emulator(zipalign, cachesd), recover apps from backup..... and notification appear. Funny thing is that after that I checked ext3 partition only dalvik-cache folder is there but no app, app-private or data. Did flashing several time and always the same thing..
Now i'm back to 1.4.15 and every thing is working fine (internal cache 93mb with over than 40 apps on).
If someone has some clue how to solve this, it would be appreciated.

Problem solved...

and how? plz?

well this worked for me...
I installed 1.4.15 back (after wiping cache, factory reset.....). Did zipalign, cachesd, and restored my apps and settings from miui backup. At this point everything is working as it should. Then rebooted and went in clockworkmod recovery. Cleared only cache (not dalvik cache) and flashed 1.4.22. Rebooted phone and after quite a long booting(than usual).... voala everything is working.
The only difference that i can see when flashing first time 1.4.22 and previous version is that i tried first install 1.4.22 ota update and it stoped with error when flashing. After i tried classical full install of rom and it installed with a2sd problems. Dalvik cache was on ext3 partition but i suspect that it was also in data/....
I tried also moving dalvik cache with a2sdgui but it didn't help.
I hope this helps you.

I installed terminal app and did:
Code:
$ su
# a2sd reinstall
Now it seems to work just fine. Hope this helps.

hi
a few months ago i used Starburst FROYO ROM and it had the most stable a2sd implemented i ever used. recently i switched to MIUI XJ 1.4.x but my a2sd isn't working properly...
if i look into settings>sd card settings it tells me that i have
sd card: total space xGB and available space xGB
a2sd+: total space - 509MB available space - 404MB
but if i look with app2sd app it tels me that i have 147MB of internal mem and only 15MB left free
and i starting to get "low space" warning
i've tryied to do $ su # a2sd reinstall but it doesn't changed anything
i am on MIUI 1.4.29
thanks

When I reflashed, what I did is the following:
# su
# a2sd check
# a2sd cachesd
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That worked for me.

davebv said:
When I reflashed, what I did is the following:
That worked for me.
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that helped. thanks a lot!

[Q] InsertCoin - How to upgrade to the new rom

I flashed Insertcoin - 1.08 (A2SD version) yesterday and today a new version of the ROM is available (1.0.9). How do I update?
I have flashed A2SD version; so how do I know that A2SD is working?

Hi
I would do a full wipe, and then apply the 1.0.9 with the recovery.
to check if a2sd is working see this tuto

black3yed said:
Hi
I would do a full wipe, and then apply the 1.0.9 with the recovery.
to check if a2sd is working see this tuto
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I had followed that tut earlier but it says "A2SD not found"
Don't you think that the tut is for DarkTremor script? Does Insertcoin use DT?

I don't know if insertcoin uses DT. I've searched in the insertcoin thread and found nothing about it.
Maybe you can try with quick system info from the market.
You should have a A2SD storage line which shows total and free storage.

Since It has been updated to AceS 2.50 - you need a full wipe.
And No, Insertcoin does not uses DarkTremor's script - uses MCR (as I can recall).

black3yed said:
I don't know if insertcoin uses DT. I've searched in the insertcoin thread and found nothing about it.
Maybe you can try with quick system info from the market.
You should have a A2SD storage line which shows total and free storage.
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I tried Quick System Info and it shows 0.98GB of Total A2SD Storage. Free:605 MB
But how do I know that apps that I install are going into SD? The internal storage space is consumed whenever I install any app.

I've read in another thread (don't remember which one), that apps are using a2sd storage, but data apps are still using internal storage. Thats why it still decrease when installing new applications.
Try deleting some data apps, without uninstalling apps and check internal storage again

black3yed said:
I've read in another thread (don't remember which one), that apps are using a2sd storage, but data apps are still using internal storage. Thats why it still decrease when installing new applications.
Try deleting some data apps, without uninstalling apps and check internal storage again
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What are data apps? any examples?

A2SD HELP!

I have been having nothing but problems with A2SD I decided to partition my EXT3 to 2GB and at first installed leedroid and have since moved to OxygeN both obviously show only around 120mb when I start phone I understand this. It doesn't show A2SD so I install quick system info that says I have 1.99GB A2SD storage. OK move to the future and I have around 14 apps installed and have ran out of space on my phone. internal storage 16.05mb A2SD free 1.85GB the phone is not installing apps to the SD card. It was the same for leedroid and for OxygeN. I have nearly all my A2SD space available. I have no apps moved to SD using Froyo-A2SD. I'm pulling my hair out as my phone refuses to let me download a 700k app from market now..
I tried wiping cache too it upped my free space to 17mb.

Vhero said:
I have been having nothing but problems with A2SD I decided to partition my EXT3 to 2GB and at first installed leedroid and have since moved to OxygeN both obviously show only around 120mb when I start phone I understand this. It doesn't show A2SD so I install quick system info that says I have 1.99GB A2SD storage. OK move to the future and I have around 14 apps installed and have ran out of space on my phone. internal storage 16.05mb A2SD free 1.85GB the phone is not installing apps to the SD card. It was the same for leedroid and for OxygeN. I have nearly all my A2SD space available. I have no apps moved to SD using Froyo-A2SD. I'm pulling my hair out as my phone refuses to let me download a 700k app from market now..
I tried wiping cache too it upped my free space to 17mb.
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Have you moved dalvik from internal memory to sd ?

gippy2 said:
Have you moved dalvik from internal memory to sd ?
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No I read thats a bad idea as it can cause problems?
EDIT - Tried it and now I have 97mb free.. AWESOME so far no probs will update if I have any more. Also noticed though when I backed up before adding the mod it had some games/apps in the devlik cache i no longer have installed? Any way I can remove them? Like Skype etc..

A2SD was the reason for me to root...tryed arround diff ROMs...had the same prob like u...then i find my perfect ROM: Acemod007
super fast, stable, super support, and the best: a2sd works perfectly! i have an 2 gb ext4 partition and round 150 apps installed and 200 mb internal free (running CM7r2)!
Check this out!
greez

Va2.0 said:
A2SD was the reason for me to root...tryed arround diff ROMs...had the same prob like u...then i find my perfect ROM: Acemod007
super fast, stable, super support, and the best: a2sd works perfectly! i have an 2 gb ext4 partition and round 150 apps installed and 200 mb internal free (running CM7r2)!
Check this out!
greez
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yep thats why i rooted It's an annoying problem.

To find out, if a2sd+ is working, open terminal emulator and type
Code:
su
ls -l /data
In the ouput you should find this
Code:
/app -> /sd-ext/app
/app-private -> /sd-ext/app-private
/dalvik-cache -> /sd-ext/dalvik-cache
If you cannot find this, partition your sd card with gparted again (save important data before this):
1.) Create fat32 partition (primary)
2.) Create ext partition (primary)
3.) Flash e.g. oxygen rom
At last, make sure you followed the instructions in leedroid thread step by step in the correct order.

is the code i should write 1 or i ?

Neither nor. It's an "L" in lower case character.
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Apps2sd

my ROM is a apps2sd ROM. Ext sd is reporting use, i.e. I set 1g of ext and storage says 658mb of ext is free. But in applications my apps give me the choice to Move to SD! ?
I used TB pro to batch move apps to SD but altho my apps now report they are on SD. Ext usage actually went down after the move. Am I confusing Apps on Sd / ext ? So on roms with default apps2sd you ignore in applications that they appear to be on internal mem?
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Yes ignore it. You've just moved your apps from ext to fat. Read the root memory faq in my signature
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I've some A2SD questions as well. I'm on CM7 with several apps already installed. My 4GB SD card has already been partitioned to 3GB FAT32 and 1GB ext4.
I was getting low memory warnings so I applied the darktremors script (stable, not nightly) expecting it to automatically move my apps to the sd card like your a2sd guide said it would. However, I still got low memory warning, so I manually moved the app to sd card using manage applications. This however moved the apps to the FAT32 partition, and several of my apps suh as my clock widget and swype no longer work.
How to I get my existing apps to move to the SD card's ext4 partition?

They need to all be moved to phone.
The apps should automatically move to ext download quick system info to check a2sd is working.
If its not try "a2sd reinstall" from terminal emulator.
Dalvik-cache is not moved by default and takes up a whole load of space so don't forget "a2sd cachesd" too
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OK, I thought the a2sd would move existing apps as well, didn't know I needed to "a2sd reinstall". Can I do the reinstall through an adb shell or do I need to download a terminal emulator?
I don't have a Class 4 card, it's a generic card and I don't know what class it is, so should I move the dalvik-cache to the cache partition using "a2sd cachepart" rather than "a2sd cachesd"?
Do I need to wipe cache and dalvik-cache before running any a2sd commands such as reinstall and cachesd/cachepart?
Lastly, do I need to reboot the phone after running these commands?
Thanks.

goister said:
OK, I thought the a2sd would move existing apps as well, didn't know I needed to "a2sd reinstall". Can I do the reinstall through an adb shell or do I need to download a terminal emulator?
I don't have a Class 4 card, it's a generic card and I don't know what class it is, so should I move the dalvik-cache to the cache partition using "a2sd cachepart" rather than "a2sd cachesd"?
Do I need to wipe cache and dalvik-cache before running any a2sd commands such as reinstall and cachesd/cachepart?
Lastly, do I need to reboot the phone after running these commands?
Thanks.
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Ive never seen any performance issues even on class 2 cards. Keeping dalvik on NAND may give a miniscule performance increase, but I think its so negligible, you wont notice. But put it where you want. I recommend card though as you need the cache partition for downloads and as it fills with dalvik, it will limit the size of apps you can download from the market.
a2sd reinstall is for if it doesn't work properly. Its always the first thing to try. Then move dalvik. The way dalvik move works is that it wipes dalvik, moves the location then reboots the phone (rebuilding dalvik so expect delays when booting up the first time). For this reason its best to use "terminal emulator" from the market.
Hope this helps.

Alright, thanks! Will try reinstall and moving dalvik cache to the sdcard. Might get a new faster card since 4GB is getting tight anyway.

Tried the reinstall and it seemed to work. I had to move my apps back to the internal memory in 2 batches since I was running out of internal memory. So here's what I did
1. Move batch 1 of apps from sdcard back to internal memory
2. Run a2sd check in adb shell
3. Run a2sd reinstall in adb shell
4. After phone rebooted, checked my storage to find about 50MB of internal space left (woohoo!)
5. Move batch 2 of apps from sdcard back to internal memory
6. checked my storage to find still about 50MB of internal space left. I guess this means a2sd automatically moved them to the sd-ext partition?
When I ran a2sd check in step 2, the output showed that my ext partition type was ext2 rather than ext4 which I formatted the sd-ext partition to. Is this a mistake?
Will try moving dalvik-cache perhaps this weekend.
Are there any benchmarks I can run on the sdcard to make sure it's fast enough for dalvik-cache? Perhaps HDTach/CrystalDiskBench/ATTO/AS-SSD Bench/etc? There aren't any markings on the sdcard that indicates its class. It's a generic HP 4GB sdcard. Will a "dd if=largefile of=/dev/null" for read and a "dd if=largefile1 of=largefile2" for write work?

I've never known a card too slow for dalvik. Just move it. You can move it back again
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I believe the ext2 is due to some error with a2sd check. I encountered it too when i used the command and i was using an ext4 partition.
As for dalvik, try moving it. If it too slow then move it back.

itachi1706 said:
I believe the ext2 is due to some error with a2sd check. I encountered it too when i used the command and i was using an ext4 partition.
As for dalvik, try moving it. If it too slow then move it back.
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Sorry, yes its a bug, fixed apparently in the latest BETA.

Don't think I'll be playing with the phone for a while - it's my wife's phone, and it took almost a week for me to figure things out and start from stock to CM7 with A2SD...now it's relatively stable with quite a bit of internal memory available, so I think I'll keep it that way for a while.
Thanks for all the help!

Hello rootsu,
i installed a Data++ rom and now some applications that i install, not from market, disappear after a reboot. From the market it is fine but if i put a .apk in the card and install it, disappear after reboot. Not all of them. Only some of them.
I have a aura sygic gps and this is one of them that disappear after install. The only way that doesn't is to move to the card. And another one, that doesn´te have the option to move to the card, disappear after reboot.
I already wipe dalvik cache, wipe everytnhig, rom install again, etc...
What's the problem? Do you now? I've searched a lot but i cant find anything.

That's a new one on me.
Install, take titanium backup, boot recovery, factory reset, format /data, titanium restore?
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Thanks, rootsu.
And when i go to install again, say that this will replace another application.
I already made a backup, when i have stock, and restore it and happens the same.
What to do?
Edit: I do a backup, only the application, with titanium, and when restore it and say error and dont restore the application.

Hello rootsu,
i modify de hboot to sense and all problems gone. Its good now. I think thats a problem with a Hboot Data++.
Thanks.

Ah maybe yes. Good work
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Hello rootsu,
i install hboot sense and Leedroid 3.3.3 and works fine, but i have a question about cache file system. Why my cache system space is 202mb? In the AlphaRev 1.8 page the hboot sense as 40 mb. I dont understand.
The cache system space is from sdcard memory or memory phone?
Thanks

Although I am not rootSU, I feel free to answer:
I am pretty sure it uses space of SD Card. Using internal memory would be a little strange, especially we are talking about 160 MB here.
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MatDrOiD said:
Although I am not rootSU, I feel free to answer:
I am pretty sure it uses space of SD Card. Using internal memory would be a little strange, especially we are talking about 160 MB here.
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Thanks MatDrOiD.

"Low on space" on rooted phone, ics installed

Sorry to ask the same question again, but I can't find a direct comparison with my issue on here (not that I can recognise anyway, I realise it's probably my lack of knowledge however!)
So, just installed ICS. I chose to have both apps and cache on sd when installing. I have only installed a few apps and already I'm "low on space". I noticed the space drop significantly when I restored my sms messages so maybe that's the problem, but don't understand why the messages aren't being stored on the sdcard as requested. I have previously set up an ext partition (ext3 I think, but I'm not sure how to check).
I'm hoping this is just a setting I'm missing as it seems insane to be out of space so quickly.

Which ROM are u using? You probably didn't activate a2sd script. Run the terminal and type:
1. su
2. a2sd install
3. (Y)es to moving Dalvik cache to sd-ext
4. (N)o to moving app-data to sd-ext
5. (Y) to reboot
And also I suggest you to create ext4 partiton instead of ext3.

Delete your sms again and download quick system info pro and note down ext free space from the first screen. Install another app from play store and check your free space again - if it goes down your a2sd works.
If that is working ok you might just have to limit the number of sms you keep. What HBoot are you on? Maybe that's why you don't have much space for messages.
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I'm on Nikez JB with a2sd (yny) and I still have low memory warnings. I have 29 apps installed and I think there's something wrong with a2sd. Is anybody experiencing similar problem?

Have you partitioned your sd card correctly?
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kgarlick said:
I'm on Nikez JB with a2sd (yny) and I still have low memory warnings. I have 29 apps installed and I think there's something wrong with a2sd. Is anybody experiencing similar problem?
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check nikez JB thread and click the link to his site, there is a command for TE there to check if a2sd worked, cant remember what it is.
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I've checked that in TE, I'm assuming that a2sd works:
Code:
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What's bugging me is that when I'm going to Manage Applications I've screen where on start I see how many free memory I have:
Code:
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...and after few second free space is larger than @ start:
Code:
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Is this normal behaviour? Phone is taking the first calculation (when opening Manage Applications) as a free space, not that after few seconds. That is confusing me.
Is this indicating that there is something wrong with a2sd?