Droid Incredible Specs:
-OVO Community Rom Sense 3.0
-HTC Kernel
-Android 2.3.4
So I keep getting every week that my phones running out of memory space. I wouldnt mind the message but everytime that happens I have to clear all of my apps cache and data so I can be able to use the Internet if not it wont let me.What I dont understand is how?
-Obviously we have 8GB interior memory
-I have an external 4GB Micro SD Card
So my question is, is there anyway I can possibly use the interior memory of my phone (like the DROID X, etc does it) for the apps and cache and all of the sweet stuff. Since I mostly use my SD Card and a few gigs on the interior memory for music.
????
If thats not possible can I somehow override the message so it will stop bothering me and let me use my apps and internet without having to clear caches and data?
Thanks in Advance
I believe the ext4 mod is what you need to resolve this issue. Found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1315372
eljean said:
Droid Incredible Specs:
-OVO Community Rom Sense 3.0
-HTC Kernel
-Android 2.3.4
So I keep getting every week that my phones running out of memory space. I wouldnt mind the message but everytime that happens I have to clear all of my apps cache and data so I can be able to use the Internet if not it wont let me.What I dont understand is how?
-Obviously we have 8GB interior memory
-I have an external 4GB Micro SD Card
So my question is, is there anyway I can possibly use the interior memory of my phone (like the DROID X, etc does it) for the apps and cache and all of the sweet stuff. Since I mostly use my SD Card and a few gigs on the interior memory for music.
????
If thats not possible can I somehow override the message so it will stop bothering me and let me use my apps and internet without having to clear caches and data?
Thanks in Advance
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The low space warning is common among incredible users. It is due to the /data/data partition filling up because it was made ridiculously small by the manufacture, HTC.
You could move apps to sd either nativley, or with the many apps on the market. Link2sd is a great one in my opinion, and the way to go if you choose to use an app to solve your issue.
Or you could use the ext4_no_data_limit mod. What it does is move the app storage (/data/data) off of its own seperate tiny partition and instead uses the much larger /data partition to store your apps needed files.
The first option does not require root, but you have to know how to partition your sd for use with the app.
The second option does require root, and also that you have a kernel that supports ext4. The mod will install a compatible kernel for you, but you cant switch to a different kernel after flashing this mod unless it also supports ext4.
I would go the way of the second option, as it is more reliable than an app, and also is better because it does not use the slow sdcard or emmc. And the gingertiny kernel it installs has tons of perks, and is great on battery life.
Thank you guys! Tons of help
Curious if anyone has modified the partition table on the device? With the System taking up 4 some gigs... seems silly not to shrink it down a bit for more app usage. Any thoughts on this one or am I just thinking silly on it?
I think the same but i found nothing. I flashed a debloated rom for the 10.1 and now have 1.2GB free on system parts. I used titanium backup to transfer some app from data to system but it's boring. But it's nothing compared to my MicroSD card memory
eowindel said:
I think the same but i found nothing. I flashed a debloated rom for the 10.1 and now have 1.2GB free on system parts. I used titanium backup to transfer some app from data to system but it's boring. But it's nothing compared to my MicroSD card memory
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I did transfer some apps over as well, or in reality can remove them because they sit on the SD partition because of updates (really wish it would just update to system by default). I know moving some updates over just screws it up, let alone just moving screws up the icons on the desktop portion.
I don't have a de-bloated rom right now. The way I see it, its being used or wasted at this point. Apps don't seem to be slowing it down, though im sure a few are running in the background, but nothing that has hampered battery life like my previous Nexus 7 (2013). This seems to do much better at not wasting power. Guess im not being as picky as I use to with random apps chewing up space.
I would of jumped all over a 32GB edition from the get go. Paired with a 64GB SD card, its win win. Even now it is, just can't install everything I want to in 1 go since most apps still are stored locally on the main internal SD Partition and can't be transferred over. I can live with it, and im sure someone will figure it out. I know I use to do it with an old phone that had, next to no internal memory (a loong time ago). PITA to update, but well worth being able to use the phone.
You can use FolderMount [ROOT] to create a symbolic link between internal SD card and external to move your application.
For example if you want your google offline music on sdcard you can mount /sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.music on external sdcard.
It is possible to do it for every folder so it solves the problem :highfive:
eowindel said:
You can use FolderMount [ROOT] to create a symbolic link between internal SD card and external to move your application.
For example if you want your google offline music on sdcard you can mount /sdcard/android/data/com.google.android.music on external sdcard.
It is possible to do it for every folder so it solves the problem :highfive:
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Yeah just read into that. Thanks for the link so it reminds me.
Course, internal storage is always faster But for music/movies obviously SD Card just works fine with that.
Hello fellow s4miniers
I have just moved from a bad experience with iphones to galaxy s4 mini I updated to kitkat and rooted it. The main issue I hated about the phone is that when you choose the move to sd for apps and games options, it only moves the app itself but not the large app data files.
For example, I got Need For Speed with 2GB of data still stuck in the internal memory while the sd is useless in this concern even when I move the app to the sd. The app large data files stay in the internal memo. This really bugs me . who has this problem too? Is there a solution for it? :-\
S4 mini I9195 Android 4.2.2 rooted.
jihadinhorocks said:
Hello fellow s4miniers
I have just moved from a bad experience with iphones to galaxy s4 mini I updated to kitkat and rooted it. The main issue I hated about the phone is that when you choose the move to sd for apps and games options, it only moves the app itself but not the large app data files.
For example, I got Need For Speed with 2GB of data still stuck in the internal memory while the sd is useless in this concern even when I move the app to the sd. The app large data files stay in the internal memo. This really bugs me . who has this problem too? Is there a solution for it? :-\
S4 mini I9195 Android 4.2.2 rooted.
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its not a problem ! .. all phones has this glitch its an android thing that data has to be on internal sd or phone not eXT-sd .. there is some scripts like link2sd and others that can help but i dont know how search on your own
rrgrrg said:
its not a problem ! .. all phones has this glitch its an android thing that data has to be on internal sd or phone not eXT-sd .. there is some scripts like link2sd and others that can help but i dont know how search on your own
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I tried Link2sd and still it does not solve the issue it only moves the app but not the large data files. there are custom firmwares that make your device read the eXT-sd as internal and internal as sd but none of them is available for my model. Besides, these CFWs are glitchy and not stable and slow the phone big time. Nevertheless, this lends androids more useless to me compared to iOS in this concern.
jihadinhorocks said:
I tried Link2sd and still it does not solve the issue it only moves the app but not the large data files. there are custom firmwares that make your device read the eXT-sd as internal and internal as sd but none of them is available for my model. Besides, these CFWs are glitchy and not stable and slow the phone big time. Nevertheless, this lends androids more useless to me compared to iOS in this concern.
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you could try gl to sd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp&hl=en_GB
I like folder mount to move directories to extsd
sent from my i9192 with CM11 by sekil
Folder Mount let you choose directories (you can choose the big ones) to move to external SD, as said fburgos. I had 3 games with 2GB each, all in external SD, and had 2 GB of free space in internal memory.
Hey everyone,
I am having issues with my external SD card, which apparently is a design part of KitKat. I have read of some fixes for other devices, but before I try any of those, do you know if they will work on the T989? If so, what fix do you recommend? Thanks in advance!
I am having no problems running HellKat which is a 4.4.2 ROM if I remember correctly. External storage seems to function fine on my device.
What issues are you having? The only issue I had was that the phone didn't allow for Mass Storage anymore and needed to use MTP/PTP. I did up a quick and dirty shell script to get around this though and I'm more than happy with the results.
bmg002 said:
I am having no problems running HellKat which is a 4.4.2 ROM if I remember correctly. External storage seems to function fine on my device.
What issues are you having? The only issue I had was that the phone didn't allow for Mass Storage anymore and needed to use MTP/PTP. I did up a quick and dirty shell script to get around this though and I'm more than happy with the results.
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I am running this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521015
I've been happy with it for quite a while, but maybe it wasn't using my external SD when I thought it was. My external has 12.29GB avail, but my internal is full. Everything tries to download to the internal, and I get a message that download failed for no space. I was reading some on it, and it seems like KitKat doesn't really support external SD. (Unless I've interpretted things wrong, which I guess is a possibility.) I found a few workarounds online, but I haven't heard of the devs before, and I couldn't find much on XDA, so just thought I'd post it here for the experts.
Thanks!
Brando81 said:
I am running this ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521015
I've been happy with it for quite a while, but maybe it wasn't using my external SD when I thought it was. My external has 12.29GB avail, but my internal is full. Everything tries to download to the internal, and I get a message that download failed for no space. I was reading some on it, and it seems like KitKat doesn't really support external SD. (Unless I've interpretted things wrong, which I guess is a possibility.) I found a few workarounds online, but I haven't heard of the devs before, and I couldn't find much on XDA, so just thought I'd post it here for the experts.
Thanks!
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Sounds like normal issues...look into app2sd or similar apps. And check your app default download locations. I know most default to internal.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-T989 using XDA Free mobile app
Guys, In this post I am discussing certain important issues of our T2 Ultra and the ways to work around those issues.
After updating to Kitkat firmware, the ability for third party apps to write to our External SD cards was lost, like not able to download movies through torrents directly to our External SD card.
Secondly, the Move to SD card option made availaible by Sony is nothing similar to what we all think. It DOES NOT transfer major portion of the data to our External SD cards, rather a tiny fragment, which is safe to say, is not like moving it anywhere at all.
Thirdly, the RAM, as specified in numerous reviews and websites, our phone DOES NOT have 1GB RAM. It has 856MB to be exact. Thats an entire 140+ MB less. This has its effects on multi tasking, as u might have observed, while returning to the home screen after using some apps, it takes time for the screen to load apps onto it.
All these are serious problems, considering we paid a decent price for this phone and didnt get what we exactly needed.
Luckily, there is a work around.
First thing, u have to ROOT your phone. If u just search around the this forum, ul find plenty ways to do it.
To solve the problem of not being able to write to External SD cards in-app, u have to download 'Nextapp sdfix' from google playstore. Once downloaded, u can follow the instructions and the issue gets resolved. Its 100% working.
Now to solve the issue of moving apps to External SD card, u have to download 'Folder Mount' app from playstore. Once done, u can easily mount the folders of ur heavy apps like games onto ur External SD card, and it clears space on your Internal SD card. It works very well.
Lastly, to solve the RAM issue, ofcourse we cant increase the RAM by any way but we can smartly clear off the unwanted apps running in the background and gain most of the RAM.
'Fast Reboot' app does just that! Small app with big function, just download it from the playstore, it will put a green icon on ur homescreen, and all u have to do is to just click on it! Simple. It clears out all the RAM and u can directly notice the difference! It gives me 300+ RAM free everytime after using it.
Thats it guys, all your RAM and Internal memory storage problems should get resolved by this.
Hit thanks if helped.
Sent from my D5322 Sony Xperia™ T2 Ultra Dual
'Folder Mount' is great. It really solves the sd card problem. Thank you!
unklemai said:
'Folder Mount' is great. It really solves the sd card problem. Thank you!
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Have fun bro :thumbup::thumbup:
Sent from my D5322 Sony Xperia™ T2 Ultra Dual
thanks!!
All good to know.
Even though I installed an external micro sd card, I am unable to install the new apps you specify.
1 I guess I have to uninstall some apps, to make room
2 Install the apps you specify
3 Move some apps out to the sd card
4 reinstall the apps I deleted
I guess I will figure it out
but thanks again for the good information:good:
AndroMAN said:
Guys, In this post I am discussing certain important issues of our T2 Ultra and the ways to work around those issues.
After updating to Kitkat firmware, the ability for third party apps to write to our External SD cards was lost, like not able to download movies through torrents directly to our External SD card.
Secondly, the Move to SD card option made availaible by Sony is nothing similar to what we all think. It DOES NOT transfer major portion of the data to our External SD cards, rather a tiny fragment, which is safe to say, is not like moving it anywhere at all.
Thirdly, the RAM, as specified in numerous reviews and websites, our phone DOES NOT have 1GB RAM. It has 856MB to be exact. Thats an entire 140+ MB less. This has its effects on multi tasking, as u might have observed, while returning to the home screen after using some apps, it takes time for the screen to load apps onto it.
All these are serious problems, considering we paid a decent price for this phone and didnt get what we exactly needed.
Luckily, there is a work around.
First thing, u have to ROOT your phone. If u just search around the this forum, ul find plenty ways to do it.
To solve the problem of not being able to write to External SD cards in-app, u have to download 'Nextapp sdfix' from google playstore. Once downloaded, u can follow the instructions and the issue gets resolved. Its 100% working.
Now to solve the issue of moving apps to External SD card, u have to download 'Folder Mount' app from playstore. Once done, u can easily mount the folders of ur heavy apps like games onto ur External SD card, and it clears space on your Internal SD card. It works very well.
Lastly, to solve the RAM issue, ofcourse we cant increase the RAM by any way but we can smartly clear off the unwanted apps running in the background and gain most of the RAM.
'Fast Reboot' app does just that! Small app with big function, just download it from the playstore, it will put a green icon on ur homescreen, and all u have to do is to just click on it! Simple. It clears out all the RAM and u can directly notice the difference! It gives me 300+ RAM free everytime after using it.
Thats it guys, all your RAM and Internal memory storage problems should get resolved by this.
Hit thanks if helped.
Sent from my D5322 Sony Xperia™ T2 Ultra Dual
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SD card partitioning won't work??
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i am using ultra T2 (lollipop os). i am also having the same problem can u help me???? The above process did not solved...
link2sd stopped working for me when I upgraded to 5.1.1
Thangarajk said:
i am using ultra T2 (lollipop os). i am also having the same problem can u help me???? The above process did not solved...
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Update it to Lollipop 5.1.1, will be much better..
virgilone2 said:
link2sd stopped working for me when I upgraded to 5.1.1
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Works fine on mine :/
thesims2customs said:
Update it to Lollipop 5.1.1, will be much better..
Works fine on mine :/
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May I know what rom are you using and the way you root your phone?
because once I install link2sd, my kingroot su gone. BTW I am using stock rom 5.1.1
popo9595 said:
May I know what rom are you using and the way you root your phone?
because once I install link2sd, my kingroot su gone. BTW I am using stock rom 5.1.1
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I'm using stock 5.1.1 currently.. I rooted my phone with Kingroot 4.6.0 (if I'm not wrong) then I replaced it with SuperSU*...
Installed Link2SD and it is still working till now..
*I'm using method by w0lfdroid
Very useful tips,thanks. Can we use swap(tools like ROEHSOFT RAM-EXPANDER ) to deal with the low RAM issue?
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AndroMAN said:
Guys, In this post I am discussing certain important issues of our T2 Ultra and the ways to work around those issues.
After updating to Kitkat firmware, the ability for third party apps to write to our External SD cards was lost, like not able to download movies through torrents directly to our External SD card.
Secondly, the Move to SD card option made availaible by Sony is nothing similar to what we all think. It DOES NOT transfer major portion of the data to our External SD cards, rather a tiny fragment, which is safe to say, is not like moving it anywhere at all.
Thirdly, the RAM, as specified in numerous reviews and websites, our phone DOES NOT have 1GB RAM. It has 856MB to be exact. Thats an entire 140+ MB less. This has its effects on multi tasking, as u might have observed, while returning to the home screen after using some apps, it takes time for the screen to load apps onto it.
All these are serious problems, considering we paid a decent price for this phone and didnt get what we exactly needed.
Luckily, there is a work around.
First thing, u have to ROOT your phone. If u just search around the this forum, ul find plenty ways to do it.
To solve the problem of not being able to write to External SD cards in-app, u have to download 'Nextapp sdfix' from google playstore. Once downloaded, u can follow the instructions and the issue gets resolved. Its 100% working.
Now to solve the issue of moving apps to External SD card, u have to download 'Folder Mount' app from playstore. Once done, u can easily mount the folders of ur heavy apps like games onto ur External SD card, and it clears space on your Internal SD card. It works very well.
Lastly, to solve the RAM issue, ofcourse we cant increase the RAM by any way but we can smartly clear off the unwanted apps running in the background and gain most of the RAM.
'Fast Reboot' app does just that! Small app with big function, just download it from the playstore, it will put a green icon on ur homescreen, and all u have to do is to just click on it! Simple. It clears out all the RAM and u can directly notice the difference! It gives me 300+ RAM free everytime after using it.
Thats it guys, all your RAM and Internal memory storage problems should get resolved by this.
Hit thanks if helped.
Sent from my D5322 Sony Xperia™ T2 Ultra Dual
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Does the app sdfix works in android 5.1.1, or having this i don't need the app or i need another similar one?