Anyone tried resizing the partitions? - Sony Xperia M

I recently installed Blisspop but was suprised to see my internal storage go down by a gig after installing 3 apps. I was looking for a way remedy the shortage when I found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2720675&page=3#post61194706 . That method works on a few Xperia devices. So, has anyone tried resizing partitions? I think I read somewhere that resizing hard bricks the Xperia M!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m/general/discusion-repartitioning-t3101472

iks8 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-m/general/discusion-repartitioning-t3101472
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Thanks for that. I hope you buy a better phone next time. This phone will be the last Sony that I ever buy.

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[Q] Low on space - clean cache is not fixing

Hello guys. Friend of mine asked me about some problem she have, but I can't actually help her so i decided to ask you for some help. So.. her Xperia Arc S have the error
Low on space !
Phone storage space is getting low.
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I know what this mean, but the only installed things are some games ( 2 ) and the message is staying there from one week. The available system memory is only 32 mb free. But almost nothing is installed and all pictures and music and etc. are in the SD card. In the device memory there is almost nothing and I can't delete a single thing.. So do you guys know what sort of problem is this and how can I solve it ? I will be grateful if you can help me. Btw the device it's not rooted and it's fully STOCK ! I can't root it. It's not mine you know.. So.. someone .. :angel: I looked other threads like this but didn't find the salution.. not even on stock device
ivanbelejkov said:
Hello guys. Friend of mine asked me about some problem she have, but I can't actually help her so i decided to ask you for some help. So.. her Xperia Arc S have the error I know what this mean, but the only installed things are some games ( 2 ) and the message is staying there from one week. The available system memory is only 32 mb free. But almost nothing is installed and all pictures and music and etc. are in the SD card. In the device memory there is almost nothing and I can't delete a single thing.. So do you guys know what sort of problem is this and how can I solve it ? I will be grateful if you can help me. Btw the device it's not rooted and it's fully STOCK ! I can't root it. It's not mine you know.. So.. someone .. :angel: I looked other threads like this but didn't find the salution.. not even on stock device
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the easiest way dealing with it is using "link2sd"
a more complicated but better way ul find here

[Q] swap internal and external cards????

sorry if its been asked before, but i havnt found any working solution for kitkat as of yet.
ive tried ever commands i know was working in 4.3, 4.2.2 and erlier, but aint got it to work.
so if anyone get this working i would like to know, as im sitting here with my 128Gb SD card and only 16Gb to install games and GPS and other on, that aint working good google, time to change the android security?
smaberg said:
sorry if its been asked before, but i havnt found any working solution for kitkat as of yet.
ive tried ever commands i know was working in 4.3, 4.2.2 and erlier, but aint got it to work.
so if anyone get this working i would like to know, as im sitting here with my 128Gb SD card and only 16Gb to install games and GPS and other on, that aint working good google, time to change the android security?
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I don't know about swapping but in settings, storage, make more space, you can move stuff to SDCard.
exad said:
I don't know about swapping but in settings, storage, make more space, you can move stuff to SDCard.
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yeh i know, but not helping as i need more than 32Gb internal space, thanx anyway :laugh:
Try foldermount and creating a link from internal to external... That's what I done as a temporary measure.
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Here try this link. Ask the dev to see if he can mod his script.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
2dogs16 said:
Here try this link. Ask the dev to see if he can mod his script.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036796
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Yeah but to try this I need the vold block address for both internal and external sd card, anyone?
Any of the devs here should be able to help you. Labtofar, Mike1986, or flair.
2dogs16 said:
Any of the devs here should be able to help you. Labtofar, Mike1986, or flair.
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Yeah, but don't want to disturb em' with pm.
So hoping some one is able to reply t to this thread with a solution. I'm open to try most things...as I've seen other brands running 4.4.2 with this kind of mod.
And I'm sure many of you out there is also interested in this as it bumps the internal memory from 16 Gb up to 128 Gb.
Any luck?
No nobody seems to know how to for the one with KitKat
I've also interested to expand internal memory.
smaberg said:
sorry if its been asked before, but i havnt found any working solution for kitkat as of yet.
ive tried ever commands i know was working in 4.3, 4.2.2 and erlier, but aint got it to work.
so if anyone get this working i would like to know, as im sitting here with my 128Gb SD card and only 16Gb to install games and GPS and other on, that aint working good google, time to change the android security?
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Here try this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066307

[Q] Bricked My G3 withen the first day of having it

I have rooted and modded over 5 diffrent phones and 3 difrrent tablets. I have brought dead tablets that no PC repair place would or could fix. they said unfixable.. I was able to fix.. No problem. I hae had my own phones, LG Optimus L9 and F6 Both MetroPCS I have had a few tablets. I root everything withen the first 5 mins..
I just recently started using TWRP over CWM. I like TWRP most.. I never had problems with TWRP.. On my F6 when I fo a partition SDcard(External) it works wit no problem.
On my G3 Using the same commands as I did on my F6. Hardbricked my phone.. and that was with the latest TWRP using TWRP manager.. Everything worked up to that point
of Partitioning my sdcard. Only diffrents from this and my other phones is Unlocked bootloader.. I dont know if that made such a differents as to why it deleted my
internal Partitions insted of the the external.. I now have a $600.00 paper weight. (lucky for me I just got it..( So I was able to get a refund))....
When I used the partition sdcard. it seemed to work then it gave error then said failed.. after trying again. I decided I would just take my sdcard out and format it on my PC. so I used the shutdown command in the reboot area.. After getting the sdcard formated.. I stuck it back in and closed the cover. Now it wouldnt boot back up.. No power or anything. Just a black screen.. I thought it might be something with my phone, till my friend that was over with his, had the very same thing happend using the same commands as I did with the same version of TWRP as I did.. Im surprised my friend didnt want to kick my butt for that.. Not that he would of been able too. but hes getting his replaced for nothing also just gota pay shipping, Now what I want to know is this,
Has anyone here know what happend and why this happend? I searched google and couldnt find anything with the answers I need. I only used TWRP to partition my SDcard but ended up deleting my internal somehow at least it seems. but that doesnt do that on my f6 with TWRP.. so I dont get it, I used the same commands on my
other phone(f6) and even my tablet which they all have TWRP. and nothing like that has ever happend before.
I need a little expert knowledge from someone that might have some clue as too what I did wrong or what could I have done that caused this. So that I dont do this again.
I have another G3 on the way.. it seems like out of all the LG's I have had this one is easy to brick. ( I have never hardbricked a phone before this)
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799647
kroukes2000 said:
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799647
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Thanks, but I have tried all the flashing tools and stock rom approach.. Cant even get into Download mode.. so nothing will work.. its hardbricked..
anyhow I already sent the phone back to T-Mobile. and I already have a new one comming..
Thank you for your input though.....
What about this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/lg-g3-bricked-tried-everything-experts-t2852962
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Are you using a T-Mobile g3? You shouldn't have to format your SD card through twrp. You should do it through the PC or phone. I wonder if you accidentally deleted your partitions on your phone. Did you try pluging in your phone into your charger and turning it on that way?
I dont get it. Why are you trying to format the sd card to the computer and all that. If you already had twrp going you simply wipe than install new room and reboot...
why is this even here and not in Q&A
My advice...DO NOT ROOT ANOTHER PHONE. Reading your post it is VERY obvious you have no clue what you're doing. Also, it's within, not withen...
Cant really figure out what happened by what you described...I'll have to agree with Mikeyinid, just leave the phones alone or be prepared for your own consequences, not sending it back to t-mobile because you screwed it up. These are some of the reasons phones come locked down, development is so hard on these devices and will just get worse as time goes on.
I'm sure this will come out wrong. Why is this post in here? This is a development area right?
aclegg2011 said:
Are you using a T-Mobile g3? You shouldn't have to format your SD card through twrp. You should do it through the PC or phone. I wonder if you accidentally deleted your partitions on your phone. Did you try pluging in your phone into your charger and turning it on that way?
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I should have. but like I said. I have never had that problem before. and Yes I think I deleted the phones partition when it shoudnt of let me do that With my F6 it only formates
the External Sdcard.. On here it seem to format a little more then just the external SD card.. Thank you for your input
yanowman said:
I dont get it. Why are you trying to format the sd card to the computer and all that. If you already had twrp going you simply wipe than install new room and reboot...
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EXTERNAL SDcard. was on my LG Optimus F6 with a 4 gig swap partition and a 5 gig 2nd partition for link2sd since that phone wont let you install to SDcard..
I needed to wipe that whole card so that I could reformat it with the 64 gigs that it was. instead of the 50 gigs that I had because it was split in 3 parts.
thats the only reason. I had to delete the partitions and reformat it, I didnt want the phone partitions formated.. Only the EXTERNAL sdcard....
Thank you for your input.,.
mikeyinid said:
My advice...DO NOT ROOT ANOTHER PHONE. Reading your post it is VERY obvious you have no clue what you're doing. Also, it's within, not withen...
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Just because I dont type and spell that great doesnt mean I dont know what I am doing.. I have rooted many phones in the past With no problem.. I just happend to run into a problem with this one phone. thats why I asked if anyone here has had that problem before or have heard of it before.. it seemed very strange that it would do that.
Ducter said:
Cant really figure out what happened by what you described...I'll have to agree with Mikeyinid, just leave the phones alone or be prepared for your own consequences, not sending it back to t-mobile because you screwed it up. These are some of the reasons phones come locked down, development is so hard on these devices and will just get worse as time goes on.
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I do agree that the phones are getting harder and harder to deal with.. Most of the LG's are almost hard to brick. well at leat hardbrick. this one on the other hand was pretty easy.. Yes I know you can brick anyphone on per pus. but you know what I mean..
Burley1 said:
I'm sure this will come out wrong. Why is this post in here? This is a development area right?
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Sorry, I might be out of line by posting in here.. but this has to deal with Dev and rooting questions. not a gen. question. so alot of them people in there wouldnt have any clue as to what happend.. but I thought maybe someone over here would.. but if this is out of place.. then I am sorry.. please move it to a place that it should be..
Eliminater74 said:
Just because I dont type and spell that great doesnt mean I dont know what I am doing.. I have rooted many phones in the past With no problem.. I just happend to run into a problem with this one phone. thats why I asked if anyone here has had that problem before or have heard of it before.. it seemed very strange that it would do that.
I do agree that the phones are getting harder and harder to deal with.. Most of the LG's are almost hard to brick. well at leat hardbrick. this one on the other hand was pretty easy.. Yes I know you can brick anyphone on per pus. but you know what I mean..
Sorry, I might be out of line by posting in here.. but this has to deal with Dev and rooting questions. not a gen. question. so alot of them people in there wouldnt have any clue as to what happend.. but I thought maybe someone over here would.. but if this is out of place.. then I am sorry.. please move it to a place that it should be..
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I apologize. My post came out very douchey. I honestly think there is alot you need to learn. I'm just trying to give you advice. And I shouldn't have corrected your misspelling. It isn't something I would generally do.
Eliminater74 said:
I should have. but like I said. I have never had that problem before. and Yes I think I deleted the phones partition when it shoudnt of let me do that With my F6 it only formates
the External Sdcard.. On here it seem to format a little more then just the external SD card.. Thank you for your input
EXTERNAL SDcard. was on my LG Optimus F6 with a 4 gig swap partition and a 5 gig 2nd partition for link2sd since that phone wont let you install to SDcard..
I needed to wipe that whole card so that I could reformat it with the 64 gigs that it was. instead of the 50 gigs that I had because it was split in 3 parts.
thats the only reason. I had to delete the partitions and reformat it, I didnt want the phone partitions formated.. Only the EXTERNAL sdcard....
Thank you for your input.,.
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Makes sense. Its pretty hard to hardbrick the g3 though. Does your phone at least turn on and goes to the lg screen? If you do have the T-Mobile version g3 you should be able boot into recovery doing the hard button reset and flash a ROM from your SD card. As long as twrp was installed right. I don't think you can format twrp, but I could be wrong.
Did your get taken care of by Google? I'm surprised they honored the warranty with it being rooted.
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I've been posting this kind of problem for the past month. No one posted this but your motherboard malfunctioned due to no partition/boot.img that unable the phone to boot. QPST is a hit/miss most of the time but the lg recovery tool doesnt work due to lost IMEI and S/N. The only way is to get a replacement or lose all your data and repair it to LG. They're going to replace your motherboard and it takes around 2 weeks to get the phone back with same IMEI
xmagiicsx said:
I've been posting this kind of problem for the past month. No one posted this but your motherboard malfunctioned due to no partition/boot.img that unable the phone to boot. QPST is a hit/miss most of the time but the lg recovery tool doesnt work due to lost IMEI and S/N. The only way is to get a replacement or lose all your data and repair it to LG. They're going to replace your motherboard and it takes around 2 weeks to get the phone back with same IMEI
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Thank you so much for a Realistic answer to my question/problem.. I cant understand why nobody else could figure out what I was talking about..
But the question still rises to how did I format my boot partition though TWRP Advanced settings / Partition SD card ? That should only format my External SD not the Internal sd..
I was wondering if it could be the fact that this one if the first LG phone that I have had that has a unlocked bootloader and that opened it up to more (be very carefull) as to my other phones used LOKI to get around the boot lock. (LG Optimus L9 and F6 both MetroPCS. ) because with both of them phones TWRP does what I wanted it to do. that is format only External SD.. even all the tabs that I have installed TWRP on.. only formated the External...
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Thank you so much for a Realistic answer to my question/problem.. I cant understand why nobody else could figure out what I was talking about..
But the question still rises to how did I format my boot partition though TWRP Advanced settings / Partition SD card ? That should only format my External SD not the Internal sd..
I was wondering if it could be the fact that this one if the first LG phone that I have had that has a unlocked bootloader and that opened it up to more (be very carefull) as to my other phones used LOKI to get around the boot lock. (LG Optimus L9 and F6 both MetroPCS. ) because with both of them phones TWRP does what I wanted it to do. that is format only External SD.. even all the tabs that I have installed TWRP on.. only formated the External...
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I know its not the main point but wanted to clear up that the L9 did not use loki. It doesnt use an aboot.img, it uses omap. That was one of the biggest pita phones ever..
Swizzle82 said:
I know its not the main point but wanted to clear up that the L9 did not use loki. It doesnt use an aboot.img, it uses omap. That was one of the biggest pita phones ever..
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Your right.. But its been so long since I had that phone.. I didnt think about it.. My bad........... Most LG's are all locked up tight. Thank God this G3 has a unlocked bootloader...
xmagiicsx said:
I've been posting this kind of problem for the past month. No one posted this but your motherboard malfunctioned due to no partition/boot.img that unable the phone to boot. QPST is a hit/miss most of the time but the lg recovery tool doesnt work due to lost IMEI and S/N. The only way is to get a replacement or lose all your data and repair it to LG. They're going to replace your motherboard and it takes around 2 weeks to get the phone back with same IMEI
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Dont mean to hijack this thread but do you think you can look at this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56391046
Im kinda in the same boat on nexus4 any insight would be great. Thanks
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Xperia S No Internal Storage Problem

Hey everyone. I own an xperia S like 3 years now and im always dealing with problems lately... Now, i got problem with the internal storage. Its like it doesnt exist anymore...! The phone's memory is 1.97GB and so do the internal storage (it appears to be 1.97GB in the settings) but when i bought the phone the storage was 32 GB or 40 i dont remember exactly... Now i cant install new apps, neither can i record videos because it says that i dont have enough space... wtf, how did this happen and how can i fix that? Pls help
WakaFlockaHey said:
Hey everyone. I own an xperia S like 3 years now and im always dealing with problems lately... Now, i got problem with the internal storage. Its like it doesnt exist anymore...! The phone's memory is 1.97GB and so do the internal storage (it appears to be 1.97GB in the settings) but when i bought the phone the storage was 32 GB or 40 i dont remember exactly... Now i cant install new apps, neither can i record videos because it says that i dont have enough space... wtf, how did this happen and how can i fix that? Pls help
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Which ROM are You currently using?
Mirhawk said:
Which ROM are You currently using?
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what do u mean? i havent installed any custom rom. my phone's version is 4.1.2
WakaFlockaHey said:
what do u mean? i havent installed any custom rom. my phone's version is 4.1.2
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1st do a factory reset,, if still problem persist then flash official firmware...

"System" taking up large amount of storage

As the title says, in file manager "system" is taking up about 12gb out of my 16gby phone came with. Tried searching up solutions, none of which worked. I heard it could be due to the A/B partition feature but I'm not sure. Any information or help would be appreciated.
nothing you can do about it. Nokia 3.2 sucks
MRza3ter said:
nothing you can do about it. Nokia 3.2 sucks
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you can change to a custom ROM if you find one, but I doubt there is.

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