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APP2SD half-working.

Hello everyone, I've got a problem with APP2SD on my Leedroid ROM.
The problem is that some application, now, are installed in the SD card while some others in the Internal Memory Storage. (Maybe because I installed some apps while connected to the PC???).
Quick System Info says:
- A2SD: 116Mb of 457Mb Free
- Internal Mem: 8Mb of 148Mb Free.
In adb I see that:
- /system/app contains only the default stock apps.
- Most of the apps are in /data/app and the same apps are in /system/sd/app (symbolic Link?)..
But I cannot find where are the other 140Mb of Apps in the Internal Memory as shown in QuickSystemInfo.
Can you help me to figure it out?
Thanks in advance!

Hurizen said:
Hello everyone, I've got a problem with APP2SD on my Leedroid ROM.
The problem is that some application now are installed on SD card, and some on Internal Memory Storage. (Maybe because I installed some apps while connected to the PC???).
Quick System Info says:
A2SD: 116Mb of 457Mb Free
Internal Mem: 8Mb of 148Mb Free.
In adb I see that:
- /system/app contains only the default stock apps.
- Most of the apps are in /data/app and the same apps are in /system/sd/app (symbolic Link?)..
But I cannot find where are the other apps 140Mb of Apps in the Internal Memory as shown in QuickSystemInfo.
Can you help me to figure it out?
Thanks in advance!
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I'm having the same problem and the low memory notification pisses me off every time but i deleted some app's data and its gone, although i only have around 16mb free space in the internal storage

Hurizen said:
Hello everyone, I've got a problem with APP2SD on my Leedroid ROM.
The problem is that some application now are installed on SD card, and some on Internal Memory Storage. (Maybe because I installed some apps while connected to the PC???).
Quick System Info says:
A2SD: 116Mb of 457Mb Free
Internal Mem: 8Mb of 148Mb Free.
In adb I see that:
- /system/app contains only the default stock apps.
- Most of the apps are in /data/app and the same apps are in /system/sd/app (symbolic Link?)..
But I cannot find where are the other apps 140Mb of Apps in the Internal Memory as shown in QuickSystemInfo.
Can you help me to figure it out?
Thanks in advance!
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ok for starters /data/app/ and /system/sd/app/ are the same folder, the apps2sd script has created a symlink between the 2 folders. fyi /system/sd/app/, /system/sd/app-private/ and /system/sd/dalvik-cache, is your ext partition, now there is nothing wrong with the apps2sd on your rom, you are seeing your internal storage decrease because although apps2sd moves /data/app/ to your sd ext, /data/data/ remains on the nand (internal storage) this directory holds all your settings and app data, some apps use up more space in /data/data/ than others, thats why with some apps, your internal storage will stay the same, but others will takes space off it,

It's normal certainly.
YOur 140 Mb probably used for data (application settings and data, application cache)because not all developpers save it on your sd card but in your internal storage too.
Use the app "Quick System Info" (available on the market) and sort your app by application data size.You could see where is your 140 missing data.
Do not forget = > app2sd if for the apk storageONLY and not the application settings or cache (symlink only on /data/app and not on /data/data, did you see the difference ?).
Good luck for your stuff

elfabio said:
It's normal certainly.
Your 140 Mb probably used for data
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You got it!!! Thanks!... But.. Now?
It's there a way to move this data somewhere else?
Thanks everyone!

Hurizen said:
You got it!!! Thanks!... But.. Now?
It's there a way to move this data somewhere else?
Thanks everyone!
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Sure there is a solution
try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=852219

sibere said:
Sure there is a solution
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Thanks Man!

i also flashed Lee's rom, I have check by using sys info. apps2d has 45Xmb, and 35X mb available, while some apps cannot move the sd card, is my apps2sd functioning properly? how to check? thx~~~~

[Q] Half used SD-EXT is full? - Invalid Packages

Edit: Question now: I tried stock a2sd with Y, Y, Y and after installing a load of apps it says "Insufficient storage available" for each new app (apart from a few small apps dotted around the middle of the sea of Insufficient storage available errors). Titanium Backup says that every partition has loads of free space.
In recovery it says the "Cache" partition is nearly full. How can I move this to the sd-ext partition (not the dalvik cache)?
Also, does stock a2sd with Y, Y, Y, do the same thing as data2sd and do I need to do a2sd install each time I install a new app?
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I used a2sdx in ICS for Desire in aroma and after successfully installing some apps from the Google Play store, everything I try and install after downloading says "Package is invalid"! It happens no matter how many times I try and install the apps.
After fixing permissions and scanning for errors in 4EXT (said sd ext (1GB ext 4) had errors and then fixed them) nothing is different.
When I cleared both caches, it allowed me to install about 3 more before the errors appeared again, but clearing the caches again makes no difference!
Can anyone help please?
EDIT: To save people reading through all the pages, I've added important info from them below.
EDIT 2: I've removed irrelevant information and added more info.
When installing apps, aLogcat says:
D/dalvikvm( 2421) Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (28632 of 32768)
E/dalvikvm( 2421): Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device
W/dalvikvm( 2421): Dex0ptZ: extraction of classes.dex from /data/app/appname.apk failed
W/installd( 131): DexInv: --- END '/data/app/appname.apk' --- status-0xff00, process failed
E/installd( 131): dexopt failed on '/data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]@[email protected]' res - 65280
W/PackageManager( 200): Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/appname.apk
I/ActivityManager( 200): Force stopping package appname uid-10109
Looking at the page for amarullz a2sdx (called amarullz ad2sdx there) it says that 3rd Party App Data, System App Apk and 3rd Party Apk is on the SD-ext partition, which the system reads at the internal memory. The System App Data and Dalvik Cache is on the actual internal memory. Is it that with 100 or so apps that I have installed that the Desire's internal memory is too small to cope with it? Because whenever I clear the Dalvik Cache, I can install a few more apps because it clears what the system thinks is "a2sd" (sd maid).
According to SDMaid (after using it and clearing the Dalvik cache, as the "App2SD" is usually full):
Partition: (used/total)
Android OS: 213MB/250MB
Internal Data: 430MB/1.97GB
Sdcard: 402MB/13.05GB
App2SD 138MB/148MB

http://www.thespicygadgematics.com/2011/12/fix-android-package-file-is-invalid.html

Tried that already and didn't work.

All methods?

I had the same problem and the link posted by MatDrOiD didn't work either. (Following all methods)
I only seemed to get the issue after using Titanium Backup to restore my apps (I was using with data). On a clean install of Sandvold ISC 0.7 it worked fine until I started restoring apps.
I was able to fix it by doing the following. I'm not sure if this will work but it worked for me.
1.Clear the cache for play store and uninstall updates
2. Settings | Backup & reset
Unchecked automatic restore
3. In Titanium Backup
More | Clean up the Dalvik cache

MatDrOiD said:
All methods?
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Yep. Reinstalling the rom on top only allows about 4 more downloads before it says every one is corrupt. I never had this problem before I switched to a2sdx.
yaythan said:
I had the same problem and the link posted by MatDrOiD didn't work either. (Following all methods)
I only seemed to get the issue after using Titanium Backup to restore my apps (I was using with data). On a clean install of Sandvold ISC 0.7 it worked fine until I started restoring apps.
I was able to fix it by doing the following. I'm not sure if this will work but it worked for me.
1.Clear the cache for play store and uninstall updates
2. Settings | Backup & reset
Unchecked automatic restore
3. In Titanium Backup
More | Clean up the Dalvik cache
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I didn't get a chance to install TB.

Started a complete fresh with Beta 0.8, and after filling 0.5GB out of now 2GB of the sd-ext with loads of apps, it's saying "Invalid Package" with everything.
Free space:
system: 45.3 MiB
data 142.8 MiB
cache 38.9 MiB
sdcard 97.9 MiB
sd-ext 1.5 GiB
I HATE that error message so much - I'm wasting a lot of time on this. I've tried everything in that stupid article. Any ideas?

Repartition SD card with max 1,5GB EXT-partition.
Then run full wipe 2x and flash Rom with a2dsdx.
If this does not help, full wipe and use stock a2sd.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA

Just used aLogcat and it says:
D/dalvikvm( 2421) Zip inflate: partial write (will retry): (28632 of 32768)
E/dalvikvm( 2421): Zip inflate: write failed: No space left on device
W/dalvikvm( 2421): Dex0ptZ: extraction of classes.dex from /data/app/appname.apk failed
W/installd( 131): DexInv: --- END '/data/app/appname.apk' --- status-0xff00, process failed
E/installd( 131): dexopt failed on '/data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]@[email protected]' res - 65280
W/PackageManager( 200): Package couldn't be installed in /data/app/appname.apk
I/ActivityManager( 200): Force stopping package appname uid-10109
How can the space there be full after just clearing both caches? :S
MatDrOiD said:
Repartition SD card with max 1,5GB EXT-partition.
Then run full wipe 2x and flash Rom with a2dsdx.
If this does not help, full wipe and use stock a2sd.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA
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I had only a 1GB partition before and I wiped 3 times before installing fresh - I did this 2 times. Is there any way to fix from the above log information?

Which software did you use to partition SD card?

4EXT Recovery Touch v1.0.0.5 RC 3.

Is dalvikvm where it's trying to extract the file?

Any ideas?

Last time I had that issue I had a corrupt sd-ext partition. In recovery go to tools->file system check or something like that. It repaired my sd-ext and the problem was fixed
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium

00Scott00 said:
Last time I had that issue I had a corrupt sd-ext partition. In recovery go to tools->file system check or something like that. It repaired my sd-ext and the problem was fixed
Sent from my HTC Desire using xda premium
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Like I said in my first post, I already tried that. However, just to be sure I rebooted into recovery, and it did say the sd-ext "filesystem contains errors!" After fixing and rebooting it made no difference. Every time I reboot into recovery, it says the file system contains errors so it doesn't appear to be fixing them even though it says it has. After it says it's fixed, checking it again without rebooting says the file system is fine.
Anything else I can use to fix it?

Ok, sounds like your SD card is on the way out...

Does nobody really know how to solve this issue?
00Scott00 said:
Ok, sounds like your SD card is on the way out...
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I highly doubt that. It works just fine with the FAT32 partition and Apps would install fine before I used a2sdx. Plus it's brand new.

It sounds like your sd-ext is buggered beyond what 4EXT can fix
Have you tried deleting your sd-ext partition then recreating a new one? You will lose its contents but its worth a try.
In the past when I have had sd-ext problems I just backed up the contents of the SD then in gparted removed all partitions, recreated the partitions and formatted to the FAT32 for the main partition then EXT3/4 for the 2nd partition. Then restored the data on the FAT32 partition

yaythan said:
It sounds like your sd-ext is buggered beyond what 4EXT can fix
Have you tried deleting your sd-ext partition then recreating a new one? You will lose its contents but its worth a try.
In the past when I have had sd-ext problems I just backed up the contents of the SD then in gparted removed all partitions, recreated the partitions and formatted to the FAT32 for the main partition then EXT3/4 for the 2nd partition. Then restored the data on the FAT32 partition
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I tried doing that before but the same problem occurs again.
I've just used SDMaid to clear everything it could, and now I can install a few apps.
In Titanium Backup and SDMaid, the free space conflicts with what 4Ext said before (after updating 4ext, it now says the same as below. The names for internal and sd-ext are swapped round because I'm using a2sdx):
System Rom: 262 MB (47.5 MB free)
Internal: 2.11 GB (1.61 GB free)
SD Card: 264 MB free)
SD card (a2sd): 154 MB (3.51 MB free) Before I used SDMaid this was full. It did say the same in aLogcat - "No free space!" when installing apps.
Obviously with a2sdx it swaps round the internal with sd-ext, but it looks as if it's not using the 2.11 GB partition very much but filling the 154 MB one.
I don't understand why it's not filling what it thinks is the internal partition. Is there any way to move the apps and stop others from installing there?
EDIT: Just wiped everything including partitions, redid the partitions, started complete fresh with 0.10.1 and it happens again. This is really starting to annoy me a lot.

Right, looking at the page for amarullz a2sdx (called amarullz ad2sdx there) it says that 3rd Party App Data, System App Apk and 3rd Party Apk is on the SD-ext partition, which the system reads at the internal memory. The System App Data and Dalvik Cache is on the actual internal memory. Is it that with 100 or so apps that I have installed that the Desire's internal memory is too small to cope with it? Because whenever I clear the Dalvik Cache, I can install a few more apps because it clears what the system thinks is "a2sd" (sd maid).
According to SDMaid (after using it and clearing the Dalvik cache, as the "App2SD" is usually full):
Partition: (used/total)
Android OS: 213MB/250MB
Internal Data: 430MB/1.97GB
Sdcard: 402MB/13.05GB
App2SD 138MB/148MB

[Q] [ICS 0.7]insufficient storage error for particular apps

For certain apps play store is aborting the install displaying insufficient storage after downloading the app.
I was trying to install double twist player which around 7 MB. But play store was not allowing me to install even after several attempts.
I have installed ICS 0.7 (typical) with stock a2sd script with dalvik+app data in sd-ext.
i read somewhere wiping dalvik+cache will fix this, I did a wipe cache+dalvik from recovery but nothing changed.
With titanium backup when i checked the memory usage
System ROM : 262 MB (40.2 MB free)
Internal : 154 MB (150 MB free)
SD Card : 14.3 GB (3.64 GB free)
SD card(a2sd) : 1.58 GB (1.40 GB free)
I am not sure then why it is showing insufficient storage ?
Another amusing thing was i was able to install other apps of size 180 KB, 2 MB, 4 MB and even 7 MB. While some other apps of 3 MB and 4 MB i was not able to install.

Looks like the same issue as posted here

I am not entirely sure about that.
Coz in that post he says his titanium backup shows data is not moved to sd-ext
Hammerbak said:
I partitioned 2 GB of storage on my SD and it isn't using it all as you see on the titanium backup screenshot.
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But in my case titanium backup shows app data has been moved to ext with usage info.
And for him with disk usage he could see cache is occupying large space
Hammerbak said:
I checked with the Diskusage app and found that approximately 600 MB was allocated for cache and data. Why isn't all of my 2 GB of sd-ext added to this "list"?
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But for me with disk usage what i get is similar to titanium
/data (147.6 MB) - 143.5 MB free
/cache (40 MB) - 38.6 MB free
/data/dalvik cache (1511 MB) - 1344 MB free
/system (250 MB) - 38.3 MB free

iblueZ said:
I am not entirely sure about that.
Coz in that post he says his titanium backup shows data is not moved to sd-ext
But in my case titanium backup shows app data has been moved to ext with usage info.
And for him with disk usage he could see cache is occupying large space
But for me with disk usage what i get is similar to titanium
/data (147.6 MB) - 143.5 MB free
/cache (40 MB) - 38.6 MB free
/data/dalvik cache (1511 MB) - 1344 MB free
/system (250 MB) - 38.3 MB free
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I run the same setup but with a2sd , dalvik and app to sd-ext , app data to internal.
My titanium:
System ROM 262 MB (43 MB free)
Internal 154 MB (129 MB free)
SD card 15.5 GB (14.2 GB free)
SD card (a2sd) 1.00 GB (789 MB free)

Bojan155 said:
My titanium:
System ROM 262 MB (43 MB free)
Internal 154 MB (129 MB free)
SD card 15.5 GB (14.2 GB free)
SD card (a2sd) 1.00 GB (789 MB free)
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Hmmm looks similar.
One thing i forgot to mention yesterday i actually changed my microSD card (from 4 GB to 16 GB).
1) Used 4ext recovery to do (nand+ext) backup in 4 GB card
2) then copied fat32 contents from 4 GB card to 16GB card fat32 partition
3) restored the backup using 4ext in 16 GB
Not sure whether its due to that.
I am planning to try a full wipe and then restore apps using backup pro.
Lets c what happens after that.

In terminal
Code:
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache
cd /cache
mv download download.bak
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache download
ls -ahl

Yes the complete wipe did the trick, i think its some partition issue which was root cause of prob i guess.
In 4 GB card ext4 partition was 768 MB and in 16 GB ext4 i have given 1.5 GB. And i used 4ext recovery to restore nand+ext backup created, which might have caused some conflict related to storage space or a2sd working. (jst my guess)
I was getting lot of FCs and restarts doing so. I did recovery restore seeing this link
May be best option to transfer data/apps while swapping the card was to backup apps and data using my backup pro. And make a complete wipe and install ROM and then restore apps and data, at least in d case of ICS beta ROM .
bortak said:
In terminal
Code:
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache
cd /cache
mv download download.bak
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache download
ls -ahl
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from my little understanding of linux commands you are asking to create a folder market-cache and then link the file downloaded to market-cache folder. Am i rt?
In that case it shud b 'cp' nt 'mv'
But i already did complete wipe n install. May be, i will try this next time . Thanks.

Another prob now....FCs poping up when i open dialer, maps, google talk, browser etc....i did try wipe dalvik+cache...even tried new installation after factor reset...the pop ups are coming after some time (may be few hours)...
These probs started coming after i started using sandisk mobile ultra 16 GB class 6 card.
i am attaching my logcat...pls help

Similar problem
Hi,
I have a similar problem,
I'm on HTC desire, Hboot stock bravo, partionned sd card with recovery (ext3)
I installed Beta_07.zip afert a full wipe (factory, cache, dalvick cache, battery stats, format sd card then create a partition, then install beta 07 from zip, selected default installation, then a2sd install in terminal, answer no for moving dalvik cache (because of bad performances), and yes for moving data, reboot ...
And now in the market i can't download anything at all
I wanted to install market fix (15 ko) ... market download it, and can't install "not enough space".
I'm soooo tired
I've tried
Code:
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache
cd /cache
mv download download.bak
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache download
ls -ahl
It doesn't work, he doesn't find market-cache directory :-/
Can you help me, please ?

can anyone please review the logcat and tell me whats going wrong?

adelie67 said:
Hi,
I have a similar problem,
I'm on HTC desire, Hboot stock bravo, partionned sd card with recovery (ext3)
I installed Beta_07.zip afert a full wipe (factory, cache, dalvick cache, battery stats, format sd card then create a partition, then install beta 07 from zip, selected default installation, then a2sd install in terminal, answer no for moving dalvik cache (because of bad performances), and yes for moving data, reboot ...
And now in the market i can't download anything at all
I wanted to install market fix (15 ko) ... market download it, and can't install "not enough space".
I'm soooo tired
I've tried
Code:
su
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache
cd /cache
mv download download.bak
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/ICS/market-cache download
ls -ahl
It doesn't work, he doesn't find market-cache directory :-/
Can you help me, please ?
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Do a2sd install but dalvik cache YES to sd and NO to app-data.

[Q] Link2SD insufficient space?

I've been using Link2SD for a while, and I thought I had still a lot of space (~70 MB), cause in the system settings/applications it said that, but when I checked the free space with Link2SD it said that I only have ~10 MB, and now I can't install anything.
I already cleared the cache partition, now I have ~25 MB, but it's still not too much.
Did I do something badly or how can I only have so small space?

Pr3no said:
I've been using Link2SD for a while, and I thought I had still a lot of space (~70 MB), cause in the system settings/applications it said that, but when I checked the free space with Link2SD it said that I only have ~10 MB, and now I can't install anything.
I already cleared the cache partition, now I have ~25 MB, but it's still not too much.
Did I do something badly or how can I only have so small space?
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- Link everything to SD card.
- Get titanium backup pro from somewhere.. in options select integrate system davlik into rom. Maybe you have to delete some unused applications from system if your ROM is big.
- if on sense ROM use these commands as the last resort, also it may have few bugs like apps crashing. Restart if that happens.
"su"
"a2sd cachesd"

[Q] plants vs zombies2 install problem

I wanted to install p. vs z 2 but it has 168 MB. And our Desire 151MB system partitionn :crying:
Of cause i have an ext partition. There are 754 free Mb of 1,41 GB. (quick system info)
But my intern memory just have 33,44MB of 151 free.
So on the ext i could install it 4 times but the store first download to intern. Is there a way to install? Maybe if someone uploads the apk and i flash it in the recovery directly to ext4?
An other question. When i startet my phone there where just 5,6MB free. When moves the a2sd script things to the partition and when moves it it back?

HandyBesitzer said:
I wanted to install p. vs z 2 but it has 168 MB. And our Desire 151MB system partitionn :crying:
Of cause i have an ext partition. There are 754 free Mb of 1,41 GB. (quick system info)
But my intern memory just have 33,44MB of 151 free.
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Your /data partition is 151MB, not your /system partition. Your /system partition is 250MB as you are on stock hboot.
So on the ext i could install it 4 times but the store first download to intern. Is there a way to install? Maybe if someone uploads the apk and i flash it in the recovery directly to ext4?
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When installing apps, as far as I know it doesn't actually install it to internal (/data), and then move it to ext4. It should install it directly to ext4.
However, depending on the ROM, it needs to see the available space on the internal. The apk is then tricked to your ext4 partition.
One way to install it which might work (not tried it)
- Find and download the apk
- Copy and paste it to your /sd-ext partition using a file browser
- Change file permissions to match your other apps
- Reboot
An other question. When i startet my phone there where just 5,6MB free. When moves the a2sd script things to the partition and when moves it it back?
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What ROM are you using, and are you using the built in A2SD script or something else? Any A2SD script should move apps (and maybe dalvik cache) automatically to your ext4 partition. I does not move it to internal and back to ext4.
It looks like your memory usage is not very efficient. You may benefit from changing hboot if your ROM /system size is a lot smaller than 250MB. Your dalvik cache might also be on internal, when you could move it to sd-ext where there is plenty of free space.

eddiehk6 said:
Your /data partition is 151MB, not your /system partition. Your /system partition is 250MB as you are on stock hboot.
When installing apps, as far as I know it doesn't actually install it to internal (/data), and then move it to ext4. It should install it directly to ext4.
However, depending on the ROM, it needs to see the available space on the internal. The apk is then tricked to your ext4 partition.
One way to install it which might work (not tried it)
- Find and download the apk
- Copy and paste it to your /sd-ext partition using a file browser
- Change file permissions to match your other apps
- Reboot
What ROM are you using, and are you using the built in A2SD script or something else? Any A2SD script should move apps (and maybe dalvik cache) automatically to your ext4 partition. I does not move it to internal and back to ext4.
It looks like your memory usage is not very efficient. You may benefit from changing hboot if your ROM /system size is a lot smaller than 250MB. Your dalvik cache might also be on internal, when you could move it to sd-ext where there is plenty of free space.
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i'm using RSK Sattelite ROM.
but if the apps are installed to ext how comes that the data sometimes has about 10MB free and after i installed an update there are 15MB free??

HandyBesitzer said:
i'm using RSK Sattelite ROM.
but if the apps are installed to ext how comes that the data sometimes has about 10MB free and after i installed an update there are 15MB free??
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It depends a bit on how your script works. Reading the ROM OP it has some sort of "a2sdx" built it, I'm not familiar with exactly how it works. You need to understand this script first before wondering about anything internal memory related.
Think about it logically though...the script is meant to move things to the ext. That's its purpose. Generally they move at least the whole app apk to ext.
So
- If you have an app installed, it should already be on the ext.
- When you update the app, it will overwrite the existing apk on ext.
- There are other things along with an app such as app libs, app data and dalvik cache, which may be on internal or ext depending on the script. These can change on app updates as well.
Have a look at an app like 'DiskUsage', use it to browse your /data partition. See what's using the space. Often you may have some stray /system apps on /data, and you need to move them back to /system.