Hi,
I use runnymede Rom since a few versions. From 4.9 to AiO v2.1 I've changed my partition on sd card from ext3 to ext4 and resized it to 1gb from 512mb. And here is problem, which is after update to AiO 2.4. I always use standard app2sd+ script because xd2sd (2nd script in runnymede) caused that my system was very unstable (tested on differents versions). Nevermind.
With app2sd+ script I've got too low memory free instead of I should have - titanium backup shows
Rom system 152, 22mb free
Phone memory 301, 34 free
SD 14.8gb, 12,2gb free
SD (a2sd) 1.08gb 614mb free
In settings -> apps -> manage apps -> I've got 239mb using, free only 49mb. In phone memory shows using 2,4gb, free 11gb..
Why?
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Because app2sd+ moves stuff to SD in the background as it were. It does not show as internal free memory. Instead when you install an app, app2sd+ will automatically move as much as it can to the ext partition, but some of it still goes to internal. Increasing your ext part size won't help as it has nothing to do with what the phone reports as free internal memory.
Hope that helps.
Booce
I see, thanks for clear it to me.
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Hi,
I'm a desire user running on the cyanogenmod 6.1.0 stable.
I know that the ROM does not support apps2sd so i know i have a smaller limit on how many apps i can install using froyo's app2sd.
right now i'm just using froyo's apps2sd and have 39 apps total which is approx 83mb.
So i'm wondering what is actually using all my space on my internal phone storage? Is there a way to check this using adb and if so, how?
I've used an app called Quick System Info Pro which shows me the following:
SD Card
7.48GB , 7.00 Free
A2SD
103 MB , 40.58 Free ???? <--- i don't have a2sd script installed, and also don't even have a second partition on my sd card. what is this 103mb total and 40.58mb free referring to?
Internal storage
148mb , 29.59mb free <--- like i mentioned earlier i have approx 30mb left
System
250mb , 130mb free
System cache
40mb , 22.50mb free.
i know i can just install a2sd but i just want to know what exactly is using up all my space? (can i use adb to check each directory/folder on my internal phone storage, and how?)
Probably your cache. Try to wipe cache then see if you have more space.
i already wiped dalvik cache and the regular cache
Try DiskUsage from the Market
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I believe Cyanogenmod 6.1 supports apps2sd,and it has the option listed under application settings.....just check it up
Why not check via application management in the standard setup menu? There you can just go to all applications and sort them by size.
phobos24 said:
I believe Cyanogenmod 6.1 supports apps2sd,and it has the option listed under application settings.....just check it up
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its not actual apps2sd though, some stuff still gets stored in the internal. Widgets won't work if i store on sd. Are you sure it supports apps2sd? then i can just create a ext partition on my sd, will it work though?
TheGhost1233 said:
Why not check via application management in the standard setup menu? There you can just go to all applications and sort them by size.
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it only shows the apps, what about other files thats not listed in there?
Besides the apps there is not that much on the internal memory. If you don't have that many apps installed, Gmail, facebook, maps, contacts or normal mail will probably take up most of the space.
I'm not familiar with CM so i don't know which A2SD they use, but even with A2SD+ (which requires the ext partition) some part of the app stays on internal memory, however it does not affect widgets or any other app when you mount the SD card. Not sure if you can enable A2SD+ when the rom is already installed, i always have the ext partition before flashing.
edwinlee90 said:
its not actual apps2sd though, some stuff still gets stored in the internal. Widgets won't work if i store on sd. Are you sure it supports apps2sd? then i can just create a ext partition on my sd, will it work though?
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CM 6.1 has apps2sd....but are you by any chance talking about apps2ext i(i don't think cm supports it )
phobos24 said:
CM 6.1 has apps2sd....but are you by any chance talking about apps2ext i(i don't think cm supports it )
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apps2sd as in the froyo 2.2 one?
and yes i'm using cm 6.1's apps2sd then, but even though i moved all the apps that i can to the sd(some apps i cant move to sd) i'm still low on storage, down to 29MBs.
Try darktremor's a2sd, though dalvik caches are still on my desire, but i can install alot more apps than the usual cyanogenmod app2sd
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I'm using app2sd+ on my Desire with the Leedroid ROM. The ext3 partition on my SD card has over 500MB free space yet my Desire still reports low internal storage - 6MB and at one point last week it was completely full, ie. apps stopped syncing data as they couldn't write to the storage.
I have taken the SD card out of the phone and mounted it on my Linux computer to see how much space it's using:
Code:
/dev/mmcblk0p2 836M 245M 549M 31% /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74
(where 549M is free space)
Code:
du -sh /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/*
105M /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/app
2,0M /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/app-private
122M /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/dalvik-cache
Anyone know what could be causing this, and how to get the phone to see how much space is really there?
Basically check if the android has moved any apps to the sd cards fat 32 partition by going to manage applications/SD card in settings
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This why I dont like app2sd.
It has moved a handful of apps to the FAT32 partition on the SD card. But I don't understand why - I have tonnes of space on the ext3 partition that I created for app2sd+, why does it not see that space?
(I didn't want to use app2sd+ either but I have no choice due to the crappy amount of internal storage on the Desire)
It does it automatically so just move as much apps back to the phone as possible then run the a2sd reinstall command
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reaper7881 said:
It does it automatically so just move as much apps back to the phone as possible then run the a2sd reinstall command
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what command is that out of interest?
also some apps automagically try and set themselves up to install to the fat32 partition - annoying... perhaps google should implement a way to choose where you want them installing, but i guess they think they are catering for the majority...
Once u have moved thwdpps from the fat 32 to the phone that command reruns the a2sd script movring app the apps on the phone to the extra partition
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Sorry I don't understand. If I try to move those apps back to the phone (internal storage) it won't let me because it claims there's not enough space available.
However as I showed in my first post there's plenty of free space on the ext3 partition on my SD card. That ext3 partition is supposed to be used by app2sd+ to extend the internal storage.
I'm not sure what a2sd reinstall has to do with it - I'm not using a2sd I'm using app2sd+ (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7473663&postcount=3)
shankly1985 said:
This why I dont like app2sd.
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This has nothing to do with a2sd+ script per se. I'd call that a bug in Leedroid implementation.
reaper7881 said:
It does it automatically so just move as much apps back to the phone as possible then run the a2sd reinstall command
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Leedroid uses cyanogenmod script. You are talking about Darktremor's, so this won't work.
Lothaen said:
perhaps google should implement a way to choose where you want them installing, but i guess they think they are catering for the majority...
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You have this option in Spare parts for a year or so. I noticed it for the first time in October last year. But it only works for those apps which had hardcoded Froyo a2sd (fat32) capability.
Op, where is your davlik cache? Download diskusage and check what happens. With some 90 apps & stock hboot you should have some 90mb internal. I have about that with my setup from the sig and my 130mb davlik is on /data.
Hi,
In Diskusage->Appstorage shows 319MB for data and 314MB for Applications.
In /data Diskusage shows 132.9MB of data.
I have 5.04MB free internal storage.
reluctantwinmouser said:
I'm using app2sd+ on my Desire with the Leedroid ROM. The ext3 partition on my SD card has over 500MB free space yet my Desire still reports low internal storage - 6MB and at one point last week it was completely full, ie. apps stopped syncing data as they couldn't write to the storage.
I have taken the SD card out of the phone and mounted it on my Linux computer to see how much space it's using:
Code:
/dev/mmcblk0p2 836M 245M 549M 31% /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74
(where 549M is free space)
Code:
du -sh /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/*
105M /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/app
2,0M /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/app-private
122M /media/f74d2438-5eb6-4570-9ee3-fae2f7e5ef74/dalvik-cache
Anyone know what could be causing this, and how to get the phone to see how much space is really there?
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Can you Please Post Questions in the Q&A forum Thanks
Moving to Q&A
I am tired searching months for solution... my Internal memory always comes to 10MB or less.
I have:
HTC Desire with LeeDrOiD GB V3.0.8.2 Bravo
Hopefully it use AP2SD+ right
My Titanium backup says:
System ROM: 262 MB (19,2 MB free)
Internal: 158 MB (16,1 MB free)
SD card: 7,23 GB MB (25,8 MB free) ... this is not problem, I just need to erase bunch of mp3, etc...
SD caRD (a2sd): 697 MB (508 MB free)
LeeDrOiD GB V3.0.8.2 Bravo - Nice room, a bunch of unusefull apps but small, probably not big deal.
I prefer my own apss:
music - Mixing
calendar - Busssiness calendar
RealCalc
ES File Explorer
TeamViewer... Alots of them use soo many Internal memory.
Nimbuz.. Also take too much
A long time ago I have erased flash app... Easy live with that. Always fighting with Google earth update to get it right - to have enough memory before update...
LOVE HTC Desire, but that memory... As you can see I am moding user, like to have my apps and right setup.
TO eassy it, to find solutions for me, some more info for you:
I was thinking about to get different ROM.
I think I can live without Sense - using Mail widget and news widged.. but I think it can be raplaced with other market apps... I liked go launcher EX, but didnt have memory space to play with it - therfore it was erased.
I was reading something about HTC allow more freelly deal with this HTC desire memory problem... Didnt find solutions yet.
The 'solution' I found was to sell my Desire and buy a Samsung galaxy 2.
The internal storage on the Desire is just too small for many users, and the complicated and unsupported hacks to expand it with SD card storage are buggy and error prone.
reluctantwinmouser said:
The 'solution' I found was to sell my Desire and buy a Samsung galaxy 2.
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I support this solution!
Yes, I was thinking about that. But I was choosing/looking for my phone soo hard and thinking that this is RIGHT form me... Unofrtunatelly I forgot about memory... My first touch screen phone... (right screen size.. not to big, not too expensive, but new technology- something better, good forum support...) I think you understand.
It is a bit hard for me to buy new one soo early. But I will have to.
OK, I take this as solution.
I ma strongly thinking about to get small or the smallest room which I can get...
Maybe Cyanogen
Any recomendations?
Redux 2 or dGB
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Smallest rom you can get right now is dGB. It uses only 60 MB of /system.
SwiftKeyed from dGB with Transparent XDA App
Yes, I am going to try each one.
.. Just need to findout about backups ... if Titanium backup will do all the thing (app + setings)
I have no idea where did I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045824
Does it worth a try?
danielson84 said:
Yes, I am going to try each one.
.. Just need to findout about backups ... if Titanium backup will do all the thing (app + setings)
I have no idea where did I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045824
Does it worth a try?
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Titanium or My Backup will do thing.
It is worth of trying and I recommend it if you want Sense ROM but you need good sd card. I had some lags so switched back to Redux 2.
Hi there,
Am using Runnymede 2.2 AIO with the SDEXT thing going on, partitioned 1Gb EXT4 and the rest FAT32.
Shopwing 600Mb free space, but when I launch the browser it informs me that I have low space and it can't start.
What gives?!
Thanks for any help!
Also, instant force close when trying to install anything from the market - not sure if that's related as perhaps it can't write to storage for some reason?
Thanks!
Hi guyz. I am a newbie to this desire community. During last week i tried as many roms as possible. I made a ext 4 partition of about 1GB. When i tried sense based Aurora rom, i noticed 900 mb of internal memory available(guess its counting ext partition as internal memory). When i tried some other roms i noticed 180mb of memory(a2sd). Why is that?
So if i use a2sd and install 40 apps what would be my internel memory? Will it be sufficient? I raised this query because before i try few other roms i should be clear which is the suitable one.
Thanks
karthikus said:
Hi guyz. I am a newbie to this desire community. During last week i tried as many roms as possible. I made a ext 4 partition of about 1GB. When i tried sense based Aurora rom, i noticed 900 mb of internal memory available(guess its counting ext partition as internal memory). When i tried some other roms i noticed 180mb of memory(a2sd). Why is that?
So if i use a2sd and install 40 apps what would be my internel memory? Will it be sufficient? I raised this query because before i try few other roms i should be clear which is the suitable one.
Thanks
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I have a 1GB ext4 partition with some 60 apps installed. Usually I have around 4-600MB on ext partition and 70-100MB on internal memory free, depending on the ROM I use. Hope that helps.
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The Aurora-ROM used a technology called DATA2SD / DATA2EXT (different names, but they work the same way)
A2SD: All apps you install will be automatically to EXT-partition (internal memory still decreases and is still 150 MB).
A2SD+: Functions plus the moving of dalvik-cache to EXT-partition
DATA2SD / DATA2EXT: The whole internal memory (/data-partition) will be moved to EXT-partition and the size of the EXT-partition is from now on the "new" internal memory.
How much internal memory you have free depends on the apps you install.
Hello ALL!
i have htc desire with stock hboot s-off.
1gb Ext3 on sd,
Nikez Lente ICS 4.0.4 installed
after that i decide to install some memory swap script to increase memory
i installed int2extv2+ .
Luckily it successfull installed . i can see internal memory 1gb (my sd ext mounted as internal storage)
but after installing some applications i get notification "phone storage memory full"..
what to do please help.. but internal storage is still 400MB free (sdext)
Thanks
tauqeer512 said:
Hello ALL!
i have htc desire with stock hboot s-off.
1gb Ext3 on sd,
Nikez Lente ICS 4.0.4 installed
after that i decide to install some memory swap script to increase memory
i installed int2extv2+ .
Luckily it successfull installed . i can see internal memory 1gb (my sd ext mounted as internal storage)
but after installing some applications i get notification "phone storage memory full"..
what to do please help.. but internal storage is still 400MB free (sdext)
Thanks
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I think u have to activate the script by terminal emulater like how u do a2sd but I never used int2ext.
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- Find out what is using your internal memory first. Install something like DiskUsage, enable root and browse your actual /data partition. It should be 147MB total size. It's probably filling up despite the script. This may explain the low memory warning
- How did you partition your sd card? Should be done with 4EXT recovery or gparted only, not clockworkmod or minitool
- Did you install the correct version of the script for your partition? I've only used it once on a different phone / ROM. I used in2ext4+ or something like that, suitable for an ext4 partition, seemed to work
You could repartition to an ext4 partition (slightly faster than ext3), and pick the version of the script which moves apps and dalvik cache to the sd-ext.
Why don't you try Beanstalk RC6 4.4.4 + mounts2sd? You will never have low mem issues.. specially if u move everything to ext4. The thing is you need a good sd card..