Hi, I recently installed beanstalk 4.3 on my S3 and noted that my internal memory is almost full but I can't figure out what is taking up all the space. I'm including a screenshot, are there any scripts or hacks to swap the internal and SD memory for this ROM?
thanks
Use a file explorer and look at the internal storage and see if there is a folder called 0. If this here than it is most likely the issue and you will need to update your recovery and clean out the 0 folder.
nsmith4 said:
Use a file explorer and look at the internal storage and see if there is a folder called 0. If this here than it is most likely the issue and you will need to update your recovery and clean out the 0 folder.
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I cleaned up the 0 folder but noticed that on my internal memory root folder I have an external_sd and extsdcard folders (which have everything I have on my actual external sd card) in addition to the storage folder which contains my actual sd card (sdcard1) as well as the sdcard0 and emulated folder. I think this is what's using up all the memory (maybe?) any idea why all these folders were created? can I just erase the external_sd and extsdcard folders since all that data is in my actual sd card or are they bound?
sorry for all the questions but I dont want to mess anything up
nesssy said:
I cleaned up the 0 folder but noticed that on my internal memory root folder I have an external_sd and extsdcard folders (which have everything I have on my actual external sd card) in addition to the storage folder which contains my actual sd card (sdcard1) as well as the sdcard0 and emulated folder. I think this is what's using up all the memory (maybe?) any idea why all these folders were created? can I just erase the external_sd and extsdcard folders since all that data is in my actual sd card or are they bound?
sorry for all the questions but I dont want to mess anything up
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No don't delete those folders. Those are linked to your SD card should have nothing to do with your internal memory. Nor sure what's going on with your internal memory though. You may want to try saving your 0 folder to a pc then deleting it entirely(the 0 folder). If that doesn't work then maybe go back to stock.
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I have Astro File Manager installed. I have not used it much but now have a question I can't find a answer to. I added some files to the SDCard when it was connected to my PC. I go to Astro and it looks like, at least on my Incredible that my sdcard is listed under mnt/emmc. I have installed the TitantiumBackup and it thinks my SDCard is mnt/sdcard but that looks like it is the internal memory when I connect the phone to the PC. I did a backup and instead of installing the backup to my sdcard it all went to the internal memory. What good is a backup there? I thought the purpose was to put the backup to the sdcard so you could easily have it on a external card.
If my sdcard should be mnt/sdcard how do I get the phone to use that for the removable sdcard? On the root of my internal file system I have a /sdcard folder which looks like it is the same as the /mnt/sdcard folder. The /mnt/sdcard/ and the mnt/emmc/ are different and the mnt/emmc/ folder has all my sdcard files and folders.
Am I missing something somewhere? Why is it so difficult to find the sdcard files and is there a way to fix my file system or TitantiumBackup to find the right system? I am at a loss on this one.
Titanium Backup shows -
External storage: /mnt/sdcard (ok)
Backup directory: /mnt/sdcard/TitantiumBackup
When phone is connected to the PC both of these are internal storage, not the SDCard. What, where should I see sdcard in Astro to really be the SDCard?
If it should be /mnt/sdcard how do I make the file system to use that and not use /mnt/emmc/ as the sdcard? I did a backup today and TitantiumBackup put all the files on the /mnt/sdcard/ area so now the backup is not on my sdcard. I could not find any place in TitantiumBackup to change where the backups go.
your post is extremely confusing.
just to clear some things up.
are you doing all this (checking on the pc and checking astro) at the same time? cause if you are you will see two different things. Unmount and switch to "charge only" if you want to see astro correctly on the phone.
/mnt/emmc is your internal memory
/mnt/sdcard is your sdcard
Always will be.
PhillyCheez said:
your post is extremely confusing.
just to clear some things up.
are you doing all this (checking on the pc and checking astro) at the same time? cause if you are you will see two different things. Unmount and switch to "charge only" if you want to see astro correctly on the phone.
/mnt/emmc is your internal memory
/mnt/sdcard is your sdcard
Always will be.
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No, not checking both at the same time. Below is using Astro:
Astro = /mnt/emmc - sdcard
Astro = mnt/sdcard - internal memory
Connected to PC:
I don't see mnt or sdcard or most of what I see using Astro on the internal drive.
On the SDCard I see what I see under /mnt/emmc/ using Astro.
HTC Support said to mount the SD card from the phone to PC, copy all data to the PC and then unmount from PC and format the SD card. I did that, and after the format I went to copy all back to the card but the card was just as before the format. I unmounted the phone from the PC and Astro showed I formated the /sdcard - my phone data area. The /mnt/emmc (where my Incredible thinks the SD card is) had all the information showing as before.
The /mnt/sdcard only had 3 files, .android_secure (empty directory) LOST.DIR (empty directory) and tmp - .astro folder - astro.db. The /mnt/emmc/ has all my SD Card files and directories.
I know this is not set up right, especially when the format could / did not find the sdcard. Anyone know how to fix this to get it the way it should be?
HTC Support to the rescue. Since the in the phone format did not work, or at least work on the SD Card they had me take the original 2GB card that came with the phone and put it in a card reader on my PC and d0 a format there (FAT32). After the format I copied the files back to that card and put it in my phone. All works as it should, in a file manager /sdcard or /mnt/sdcard showed what was on my SD Card. I then put my 8GB card in the card reader on my PC and did a FAT32 format on it and then copied the files back to it. I then swapped the cards and now I can see the 8GB SD card as either /sdcard or /mnt/sdcard as it should.
Now all I need to find out is what should really be in /mnt/emmc and see if I can get that back the way it should be. Anyone know what directories & files should be there?
Very strange issue, just got it out of nowhere and no matter how many full wipes I do and how many different roms I install, it keeps happening.
This never happened before...
So basically, my internal storage is being read as "sdcard" while I have the extsdcard seperately. And NOW, there's a sdcard0 and storage blah blah blah its just really confusing!!
When I install a new rom after a system wipe, the previous "internal storge" moves into a folder "0" and that folder is placed into the new "sdcard"
/storage/ contains /extsdcard/ and /sdcard0/
/extsdcard/ is my actual sdcard
/sdcard0/ contains my internal storage AND a "0" folder which contains my previous internal storage from a previous rom -_-
please help! I'm sorry I can't make this any clearer
abc123pro said:
Very strange issue, just got it out of nowhere and no matter how many full wipes I do and how many different roms I install, it keeps happening.
This never happened before...
So basically, my internal storage is being read as "sdcard" while I have the extsdcard seperately. And NOW, there's a sdcard0 and storage blah blah blah its just really confusing!!
When I install a new rom after a system wipe, the previous "internal storge" moves into a folder "0" and that folder is placed into the new "sdcard"
/storage/ contains /extsdcard/ and /sdcard0/
/extsdcard/ is my actual sdcard
/sdcard0/ contains my internal storage AND a "0" folder which contains my previous internal storage from a previous rom -_-
please help! I'm sorry I can't make this any clearer
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extsdcard is your external sd card. It's a symlink to /storage/sdcard1.
sdcard0 = internal sd. It's a symlink to /storage/sdcard/legacy.
sdcard1 = external sd.
The real internal sd path should be /storage/emulated/0
It's 4.2 multiuser stuff. It can be confusing. All these symlinks are necessary for backwards compatibility.
Aerowinder said:
extsdcard is your external sd card. It's a symlink to /storage/sdcard1.
sdcard0 = internal sd. It's a symlink to /storage/sdcard/legacy.
sdcard1 = external sd.
The real internal sd path should be /storage/emulated/0
It's 4.2 multiuser stuff. It can be confusing. All these symlinks are necessary for backwards compatibility.
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Ah, I see... so all this is mormal? Weird how I never noticed it before. Thanks for letting me know.
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Yeah internal storage is now called sdcard. Extsdcard is your micro sd memory card.
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After I flashed Carbon ROM, using Root Explorer, under /storage I find 'emulated', 'sdcard0`, 'sdcard1’, and 'usbdisk0'
Where has my external sd card gone and what is 'emulated'?
Does 'emulated' double use of my puny 16gb internal storage?
Can I delete 'emulated' as offered as an option by Root Explorer?
Any links much appreciated!
The folder with 0 folder that is probably sdcard0 has all the data. Yeah you can delete sdcard1 and emulated. Check if there is any external_sdcard in root.
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So I came across this directory /storage/emulated/0, and it seems to be a copy of my system that I have under the internal sd directory...
thing is it takes up 2gb. what exactly is the emulated/0 directory and if i already have this all under internal sd is it safe to delete?
some more research and I found the answer... for anyone else wondering.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995979
never seen this before as all my other phone were HTC and had a different folder structure.
The Illest 619 said:
So I came across this directory /storage/emulated/0, and it seems to be a copy of my system that I have under the internal sd directory...
thing is it takes up 2gb. what exactly is the emulated/0 directory and if i already have this all under internal sd is it safe to delete?
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It's en emulated mount of the SD Card.
You can't really delete it the mount, bu deleting the files in it will delete them from your SD Card.
It says 2GB of disk usage, but it's the same 2GB of disk space you are using on your Internal SD Card. It's not a different 2GB.
In other words, don't mess with it.
Skipjacks said:
It's en emulated mount of the SD Card.
You can't really delete it the mount, bu deleting the files in it will delete them from your SD Card.
It says 2GB of disk usage, but it's the same 2GB of disk space you are using on your Internal SD Card. It's not a different 2GB.
In other words, don't mess with it.
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yeah i just found this in another forum as well. thanks.
galley
My problem is that my cm this with sdcard1 as internal. and also sdcard0
do not want to resort to Swap Internal & External SD:crying:
It´s a bug?
how can I solve?
flaviort said:
galley
My problem is that my cm this with sdcard1 as internal. and also sdcard0
do not want to resort to Swap Internal & External SD:crying:
It´s a bug?
how can I solve?
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Go to root directory, thru file manager with Root Access.
Open "System" folder
Under system folder there is the "Build.prop", open it and look for "#Change to 1 for swapping SD cards, #persist.sys.vold.switchexternal=0" line.
Change the value of 0 into 1.
Then Reboot.