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[Q] Can I free up System ROM memory?

Okay so in Titanium Backup my free System ROM memory is 229MB. SD Card Maid says 211MB free. Im not sure why they both have different values but, can I make any of these unused MB converted to usable system space for more apps? I've tried making some apps system apps through Titanium Backup and that takes more ROM memory and makes the used internal memory less, but that just makes the apps unusable. Im using CM7 Nightly and CWM Recovery. Thanks for the help.

Well I probably found an answer in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855424 but if anybody has another suggestion .....

Sure you can. I recommend using Titanium Backup to uninstall system apps. Be sure to make a full backup using whichever recovery you currently are using jiust encase you delete something important. I removed apps related to live wallpapers, friend streams, twitter etc. Features I don't use. Hope this helps.

I forgot to ask. Do you have a SD-EXT partition set up? May want to look into that.

Removing system apps doesn't free up storage for installing user apps. You can manually move apps into the system partition if you want, but you have to redo that after that app gets upgraded. The other option is to play with MTD partition size as mentioned in the thread you found.

You can't flash the apps to system/data?

sednafx said:
You can't flash the apps to system/data?
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/system/app is where they'd go. You don't necessarily need to flash them there, you can use Titanium or a root-capable file explorer to move them. Some apps need some extra steps to work with their native libraries though. In addition the problem I mentioned of updates going back to /data/app instead of updating in the system partition, you also have to keep track of what you've moved in and do it again if you flash an updated ROM (without wiping).

bkrodgers said:
/system/app is where they'd go. You don't necessarily need to flash them there, you can use Titanium or a root-capable file explorer to move them. Some apps need some extra steps to work with their native libraries though. In addition the problem I mentioned of updates going back to /data/app instead of updating in the system partition, you also have to keep track of what you've moved in and do it again if you flash an updated ROM (without wiping).
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You are correct. Good points.

I don't have an SD EXT but I'll look into that. The link I posted helped alot. Thanks for all your help guys.

hi guys .. i don't know if this is a dumb question .. i am not expert at flashing custom roms .. in my titatinum backup info .. my system rom got 200+mb free and now i want to flash a custom rom but its size is 300mb+ ?? should i still continue or is there anything else to solve this??

[Q] Flashing CM7 nightlies - LINK2SD messes up

Can anyone help me out here?
I'm on the stable unofficial cm7.2 from alquez. Now the nightly builds are being released, but everytime I update by installing the zip via cwm my link2sd goes all nuts.
When I reboot after flash I get a mount warning, so I do a reboot.. then I try all sorts of things but all the liniks seem to be messed up and my internal memory goes full to capacity.
Does anyone know how to update without messing up my link2sd? I have to restore my nandroid everytime and so I don't get to use the nightlies.
I'm using an 8GB SD partitioned ext4 to 1GB.

Getting back up and running from a CM7 Nightly Update
1/ NANDROID BACKUP TO GET BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE IF YOU HAVE TO
2/ Titanium backup of all apps/data and system data
4/ Backup Titanium backup, ES File Explorer and LINK2SD apk's to SD card (Always have them there anyways!) using ES File Explorer
3/ Full wipe and install of new nightly and gapps
4/ Use CM7 File Explorer to reinstall TB, ES File, and LINK2SD
5/ Run Link2SD and relink SD Ext
6/ Turn on autolinking in settings
7/ Reboot
8/ Full titanium restore (files will auto relink to SD Ext with autolink on)
9/ Mass unlink the files you want on the Internal memory
10/ Redo your widgets on desktop
All your settings including WiFi, Google accounts, apps settings and data, System and Cyanogenmod settings will be retained.
Like I said. Pretty much all you have to redo is widgets.

*se-nsei. said:
Can anyone help me out here?
I'm on the stable unofficial cm7.2 from alquez. Now the nightly builds are being released, but everytime I update by installing the zip via cwm my link2sd goes all nuts.
When I reboot after flash I get a mount warning, so I do a reboot.. then I try all sorts of things but all the liniks seem to be messed up and my internal memory goes full to capacity.
Does anyone know how to update without messing up my link2sd? I have to restore my nandroid everytime and so I don't get to use the nightlies.
I'm using an 8GB SD partitioned ext4 to 1GB.
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After flashing new build of CM7
go to link2sd, then recreate mount script choosing your correct partition (ext4 in this case)
fully reboot (not quick reboot)
all your app should now shown correctly

alexyie said:
After flashing new build of CM7
go to link2sd, then recreate mount script choosing your correct partition (ext4 in this case)
fully reboot (not quick reboot)
all your app should now shown correctly
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Sometimes you can lose some but not all of your linked apps and they won't relink dalvik or libraries.
Last attempt at a normal update and remount script I lost 69 apps that refused to relink.
If you want to be safer than sorry...

d33ps1x said:
1/ NANDROID BACKUP TO GET BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE IF YOU HAVE TO
2/ Titanium backup of all apps/data and system data
4/ Backup Titanium backup, ES File Explorer and LINK2SD apk's to SD card (Always have them there anyways!) using ES File Explorer
3/ Full wipe and install of new nightly and gapps
4/ Use CM7 File Explorer to reinstall TB, ES File, and LINK2SD
5/ Run Link2SD and relink SD Ext
6/ Turn on autolinking in settings
7/ Reboot
8/ Full titanium restore (files will auto relink to SD Ext with autolink on)
9/ Mass unlink the files you want on the Internal memory
10/ Redo your widgets on desktop
All your settings including WiFi, Google accounts, apps settings and data, System and Cyanogenmod settings will be retained.
Like I said. Pretty much all you have to redo is widgets.
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OMg. That's the same as installing any custom ROM, just keeping the settings (which I backup anyway). I can't do this nightly! I might as well just update when there are major major improvements such as kernal, etc.
Can't we like, use a patch or something that saves all the links when updating, or something like that?

*se-nsei. said:
OMg. That's the same as installing any custom ROM, just keeping the settings (which I backup anyway). I can't do this nightly! I might as well just update when there are major major improvements such as kernal, etc.
Can't we like, use a patch or something that saves all the links when updating, or something like that?
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I'll work something out.

I too, always do full backup with Titanium, then full wipe, clear dalvik cash, install new CM build, then restore app using Titanium again.
My question is, why when I reinstall new build, gapps are always present, I don't have to install them again? I always do factory reset, clear cash partition and dalvik cash before update.
Wildfire S powered by CM 7.2

No.12 said:
I too, always do full backup with Titanium, then full wipe, clear dalvik cash, install new CM build, then restore app using Titanium again.
My question is, why when I reinstall new build, gapps are always present, I don't have to install them again? I always do factory reset, clear cash partition and dalvik cash before update.
Wildfire S powered by CM 7.2
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They're present because you included them in the full titanium backup.
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Cool if you can d33p

d33ps1x said:
I'll work something out.
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that would be great, thanks in advance.

[Q] SD card formated... How reinstall all apps automatically from playstore ?

Hello,
I wanted to update my firmware, unfortunatelly my device was fully formated ... How reinstall all apps automatically from playstore ?
I can see my 156 apps in google playstore.... But reinstall them one by one would be very boring !
Thanks for your help.

Just open Playstore in computer...sign into playstore and click my android apps in the upper right hand corner...there you will see which all apps were installed on your device...jst keep pressing install and things will be installed on to your phone...!!
Hope this helps

kskendsup, that's exactly what he(everyone) DOESN'T want to do. He has 156 apps
I am in need of a similar solution, I just flashed and did a full wipe, but android/google play refuses to sync my apps like it did before.
Is there anyway to automate downloading and installing all the apps listed in "My Apps"? I do have root access.
/sorry for threadjacking

How about downloading an macro recorder or similar program on PC and make it press install in every app you have in play store.
And to prevent this from happening again, use titanium backup. You can even transfer your titanium backups to pc in case of full wipe.

For future reference why not get a backup program like Mybackup Pro or Titanium Backup? Titanium offers scheduled backups and has a lot of other features like only keeping 3 backups, or 1 if you prefer.
To reinstall most apps the simplest way I find is to login to my Google account, turn WiFi on and after a few minutes it starts to restore them. Remember to check the box that asks if you want it to keep your device backed up.
If neither of these are what you want then I don't know what you can do. I normally backup a ROM and the apps separately so I can always recover if an update to a ROM requires a full wipe.

Guys, if I format the CD card, do all system folders get deleted also? Or it'll just delete user data?

The formatting of the SD card means that everything will get deleted but i guess the important folders are made by system again which are required for the system to run...!!

cutt88 said:
Guys, if I format the CD card, do all system folders get deleted also? Or it'll just delete user data?
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Formatting sdcard alone will not format system and user data (unless for some apps on asec).
Format system and wipe data thru CWM will delete them

kskendsup said:
The formatting of the SD card means that everything will get deleted but i guess the important folders are made by system again which are required for the system to run...!!
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Just asking to make sure the formatting won't brick my phone..

@dionas
I had and loved to use titanium BUT
When my all phone was erased by updating firmware, titanium has also gone !. So titanium isn't the solution in my case .
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cutt88 said:
Just asking to make sure the formatting won't brick my phone..
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Nah it wont brick..unless you totally wipe it through CWM and then no rom is loaded onto it, it would not start but thats not bricking it..!!
If you just normally format your SD card it means only your music n things like that will be deleted..no chance of bricking i guess..!!

[Q] A question about TWRP and Simple2Ext

Hello everbody,
I have some questions related to TWRP. What I am aiming for is trying out new ROMs to see which one suits best my needs. For that I need to do a full backup of my system. As far as I know this is what TWRP is supposed to do this.
I just did some tests and it turned out that this is not the case - I created a full backup using TWRP (checked all checkboxes in the backup creation window). This is the place to mention that I use Simple2Ext to move all user apps to sd-ext. So I assumed that TWRP will manage to restore the whole system as it backs up all partitions (incl. sd-ext). It seems though this is not the case - I just recovered a backup but the system contains only the system apps (Calculator, Gallery etc.) Not even Google Play Store. All user apps (including S2E) have an SD icon in the Apps settings and when I try to start an app from the desktop, it says App isn't installed.
What am I doing wrong? How can I make a full backup which I can restore and have S2E working? Is this possible?

Nytmarez said:
Hello everbody,
I have some questions related to TWRP. What I am aiming for is trying out new ROMs to see which one suits best my needs. For that I need to do a full backup of my system. As far as I know this is what TWRP is supposed to do this.
I just did some tests and it turned out that this is not the case - I created a full backup using TWRP (checked all checkboxes in the backup creation window). This is the place to mention that I use Simple2Ext to move all user apps to sd-ext. So I assumed that TWRP will manage to restore the whole system as it backs up all partitions (incl. sd-ext). It seems though this is not the case - I just recovered a backup but the system contains only the system apps (Calculator, Gallery etc.) Not even Google Play Store. All user apps (including S2E) have an SD icon in the Apps settings and when I try to start an app from the desktop, it says App isn't installed.
What am I doing wrong? How can I make a full backup which I can restore and have S2E working? Is this possible?
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It seems that it did a only-system-partition backup. Don't know if that's the only backup function with TWRP, but as it should be based on CyanogenMod recovery, it should support a full backupt (including every partition). I suggest to write in development thread.

[Q] how i restore original android on wildfire s ?

Hey Guys ,
i've a problem with my htc wildfire s
i unlocked & rooted my phone then installed clockworkmod and cyanogenmod but it doesn't seem to work proberly so i tried to restore the original phone android 7 sense but didn't know how ????
now my phone don't open at all
PLZ , any help quickly

Download stock rom and flash it u el b fine u el get ur original android
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Recovering your phone
I assume you Unlocked your bootloader and installed Clockworkmod Recovery.
One of the first things you Should Have done at that point is back up your original ROM and then save it somewhere for safe keeping that way you can use the restore feature when you boot up into recovery. This would revert it back to the exact state of your phone when the back up was done.
If you did NOT back up your ROM, then I recommend looking for a stock ROM online and downloading it and flashing it via Recovery.
(not as familiar with this method, but i believe it would be like installing any other ROM, correct me if I'm wrong?)
You could also fix this problem by installing the RUU for your phone model/carrier like you may have done when unlocking the bootoader (if it was necessary) This would revert it completely back to stock.

MediaTechFreak said:
I assume you Unlocked your bootloader and installed Clockworkmod Recovery.
One of the first things you Should Have done at that point is back up your original ROM and then save it somewhere for safe keeping that way you can use the restore feature when you boot up into recovery. This would revert it back to the exact state of your phone when the back up was done.
If you did NOT back up your ROM, then I recommend looking for a stock ROM online and downloading it and flashing it via Recovery.
(not as familiar with this method, but i believe it would be like installing any other ROM, correct me if I'm wrong?)
You could also fix this problem by installing the RUU for your phone model/carrier like you may have done when unlocking the bootoader (if it was necessary) This would revert it completely back to stock.
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Thanx man so much
I have another question , how to expand the internal phone memory with that of memory card ?

My favourite method is to install link2sd after rooting and enable the auto linking feature. This uses symbolic links and a secondary partition with ext2 format on the SD to automatically push applications to SD right after u install them. App data is kept on the internal memory for speed.
At anytime, u can unlink apps which moves the app to internal memory. They say certian apps perform faster when installed to internal memory. You can also choose to move certian apps to system partition to save even more space while keeping performance.
To create the secondary partition, you can boot into CMW recovery and use the partition SD feature.
Check out a few tutorials online of how to set it up. It's easy and gives u lots of control. I do factory reset every once in a while to retain only apps on system partition and then clear the SD secondary partition using link2sd and then I reinstall and link extra apps again.
I can have around 45 apps installed at a time. Goodluck! Let me know if u have any questions.
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MediaTechFreak said:
My favourite method is to install link2sd after rooting and enable the auto linking feature. This uses symbolic links and a secondary partition with ext2 format on the SD to automatically push applications to SD right after u install them. App data is kept on the internal memory for speed.
At anytime, u can unlink apps which moves the app to internal memory. They say certian apps perform faster when installed to internal memory. You can also choose to move certian apps to system partition to save even more space while keeping performance.
To create the secondary partition, you can boot into CMW recovery and use the partition SD feature.
Check out a few tutorials online of how to set it up. It's easy and gives u lots of control. I do factory reset every once in a while to retain only apps on system partition and then clear the SD secondary partition using link2sd and then I reinstall and link extra apps again.
I can have around 45 apps installed at a time. Goodluck! Let me know if u have any questions.
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Hi,
i did the partition sd card thing ,, but how can i UNDO it ?
and i wanna install playstore on my android i've downloaded one but it turn black on opening ,, any solution ????
thanx

mwageih said:
Hi,
i did the partition sd card thing ,, but how can i UNDO it ?
and i wanna install playstore on my android i've downloaded one but it turn black on opening ,, any solution ????
thanx
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If u want to undo your partion u have to use "mini tool partion professional" application....
Second:- To install playstore ask any of ur friend who has an android device to download gapps app from play store, then take gapps app with the help of Bluetooth and install it. Once installed launch it and click check for gapps update.... Download update and install n reboot....
U'll find play store....
P.S. first remove installed playstore from ur device
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