Sorry if this is in the wrong place, since I'm a new user I am only allowed to post in general :-(
To make a long story short, skip to the question at the end of this post ;-)
So I have an a101 16gb and I have installed Urukdroid0.7 on my internl storage. I installed the google market app, done the google market cache and framework data bit. Google market runs and I seem to get a complete list of applications.
When I try to install an application I get an error message that says i do not have enought room to install the app. I've done some research and it seems that you can not have a partition larger than 2gb, fine.
When installing Uruk on an SDcard it creates 3 partitions, p1 512mb, p2 1gb, and p3 what evers left over.
I have installed Uruk on my internal storage and my partitions are p1 5gb, p2 512mb, and p3 whatevers left.
I'm thinking the 5gb partition is stock android, then 512mb partiton for Uruk system, but then the third partition should be <2gb right?
Since Uruk is installed on my internal storage, to make google market work how should I partition my internal storage, p1 5gb (stock android), p2 512mb (Uruk System), p3 <2gb (app storage for google market), p4 everything else?
I read in the urukdroid thread that its a known problem, just wait for urukdroid 1.0 ( probably release in a week - or maybe even faster )
Or you can pm sauron
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So it turns out my partion was actually to small. After several tries here what I ended up with- p1 <2gb (2047), p2 <2gb (2047), and p3 everything else. Now the google market app works in both stock android and uruk.
I had a hard time finding this information and I'm not a unix guy at all so fyi-
If you plan to do any droid dev you might as well get a copy of ubuntu. I downloaded the windows installer from ubuntu.org. Its cool, it runs in windows and creates a side by side installation of ubuntu and sets up all the multiboot stuff for you. Once ubuntu is installed go to the apps menu and open the software center. Search for gparted and install. Boot your tablet and go to the recovery menu. From there pick restore/repair. Then turn on the usb. Conect your tablet to your pc and ubuntu will mount the partitions in your tablet. Open gparted (you fine it in the system/admin menu). Select yout device. my machine has only one hard drive so my tablet was device 2. Unmount all of the partiions in the device. To do this just right click on the partition and select unmount. Once you have unmounted all the partitions you can rigth click on each to get resize/remove, delete, etc options.
Have fun. Oh and of course just because this worked for me doesnt mean it will work for you and you assume all responability if you brick your device ;-)
Thats a good tip. When you have your 10 post that in the Uruk thread.
I had some questions about uruk too and the forum wouldn't let me post there.
The same case here ... I have some troubles posting in dev topic ...
Yeah I hope it helps somebody and Ill post in again as soon as Im able.
Thanks
I just hope $aur0n takes his time and resolves the hang issue (I've been following the dev threads). I'd rather wait and get a stable 1.0 release than a buggy one...
He and the others are doing an amazing job in putting it all together. Keep going!
Guess Ive got lucky, 0.7 has been very stable for me. Eagerly awaiting 1.0
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hy everyone...
i have my Hero rooted, and I pushed Superuser.apk and everything is fine...
but, I can't make apps2sd working...
can anyone help me with this...
thanks a lot..
You'd probably have to be a bit more specific about what isn't working for people to be able to help you.
However, a common thing I've heard with apps2sd which might be your problem is the following: the phone actually has to store some of the application in the phone itself even if the majority of the application is on the SD card. Therefore it can appear like your application is on the phone even with apps2sd working properly. The way to check this would be to check how much space is available on the phone, download and install a large program from the market and then see if the decrease in space available on the phone is the same as the size of the program you downloaded.
Well steve...
I formated my Hero last night, wiped it clean, and than i rooted it and pushed 'su' and 'Superuser.apk' and every thing is working. moved my cache into sd...
and i partitioned my 4GB SD card into 3 partitions:
1. 100MB Linux-swap
2. 512MB ext2
3. the rest into Fat32
I rebooted my Hero, it did recognize my SD.
but still apps2sd does not work...
1st edition of the application gives me that my SD isn't formatted properly and the second edition comes to the reboot button and doesn't reboot...
NOT WORKING
i can reformat my second partition (ext2) to ext3 or ext4 but don't know will it help...
Should I update my Firmware..?!
Thanks for ur time...
Firmware Generic 1.5
HBoot - 1.76.0004
Hamo
mstulanovic said:
Well steve...
I formated my Hero last night, wiped it clean, and than i rooted it and pushed 'su' and 'Superuser.apk' and every thing is working. moved my cache into sd...
and i partitioned my 4GB SD card into 3 partitions:
1. 100MB Linux-swap
2. 512MB ext2
3. the rest into Fat32
I rebooted my Hero, it did recognize my SD.
but still apps2sd does not work...
1st edition of the application gives me that my SD isn't formatted properly and the second edition comes to the reboot button and doesn't reboot...
NOT WORKING
i can reformat my second partition (ext2) to ext3 or ext4 but don't know will it help...
Should I update my Firmware..?!
Thanks for ur time...
Firmware Generic 1.5
HBoot - 1.76.0004
Hamo
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I think rooting alone is not enough to get A2SD to work. You actually need the app A2SD in the /system/bin folder of your phone. Why don't you simply flash Modacos rom 2.6 which comes with automatic support for A2SD? For that, you would need Ext3 partition.
thanks salmanbodla
my problem is that I am on the move all the time...
don't have wireless connection in the car or train for my laptop all the time, and can't use the phone alone to do that,,,
I have only one day OFF and I am trying to do all that next week
if there any other tips to get apps2sd work with out flashing the rom it will be nice...
mstulanovic said:
thanks salmanbodla
my problem is that I am on the move all the time...
don't have wireless connection in the car or train for my laptop all the time, and can't use the phone alone to do that,,,
I have only one day OFF and I am trying to do all that next week
if there any other tips to get apps2sd work with out flashing the rom it will be nice...
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I can't think of a simpler way than the one I suggested. Seriously, it is very quick... all you need is to download the right stuff from these forum's (Hero Android Development) as well as the Android SDK so that you can use ADB (if required... that's actually optional). Can you not wait until your next day off ad try it then?
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yes, I can wait...
thanks a lot
I just want to thank everyone who tried to help me...
I downloaded Modaco's 2.7 ROM and updated my phone... Now everything is working perfectly... all three partitions are working, the phone is fast, and has a lot of memory...
there are some new stuff on it... its good )
now I can travel with all my emails working perfect, and all apps and maps...
and no worries that my phone will tell there is a shortage in the memory...
Hi, i have been searching but have been unable to find some answers..
Completely new to this,before i start.
I installed urukdroid 1.5 using the easy install method on my archos 101.
1. When using urukdroid it is so slow and unresponsive, from what i have read this is probably because i have a slow cheap sd card, sound about right??
2. So if i want to uninstall ud from my card am i best using the recovery menu option (and would that just wipe all my stuff) or (as i saw in a different post) format the sd card on a pc and copy my stuff back on to it?? unsure of what is actually on the card and whats on the archos as far as uninstall goes. and what happens to the partitions
2.1. Secondly, why do people put ud on a sd card instead of the internal memory? (remember noob alert!!) it seems like you limit yourself to only using one sd card and the possibility of it running really slow.
3. So if i want to put it on my internal memory - should i do it? what are the pitfalls? will it wipe all my data like it did on the sd card? (lucky i took a backup eh!)
4. And, last question, i promise, is urukdroid really that much faster once you overclock and get it all running nicely?? for example i tried to run shadow gun on the stock 101 and it tried hard but didnt quite get there, would this run ok under ud? or am i completely missing the point of ud (very possible)
Thank you all for any help/answers.
Lee...
I also just installed Uruk 1.5 on my A70 last night and have updated to 1.6RC2 then 1.6RC4. I used advanced install and let it do its thing to install to internal memory. I can see maybe a slight improvement over the stock ROM but I now have a problem where I can't install any apps due to lack of space. This method did not wipe all my data and while still on 1.5 I was able to find my backed up apps and re-installed a few. You will still have your original ROM to fall back on. Unfortunately I have a feeling that anyone knowledgeable will not be reading these posts and newbies cant post in the developer's thread where the meat of the conversation is taking place. Maybe we'll get lucky.
Hi,
Yes i agree, anyone who would know the answers prob doesnt read these. Is it possible to bump it up a bit in anyway??
Lee...
1. If you don't have a verrrry fast sd card ii is alot slower then internal, esp. as the controller is also slower on sd then on the internal .
2. If you remove the sd card, and flash the Urukdroid initram and zimage you can install everything on internal.
The easyinstaller allwas to resize your internal memory so that the original Android and Data stays intact.
2.1. UrukDroid started on sd because it is easier to not do something wrong instead on the internal. Since 0.7 it is stable eough to allways go to internal.
3. Yes internal is the best way, and for erasing read 2.
4. No it is not much faster, how could it be?
Std archos runs with 1GHz and Uruk sometimes up to 1.2GHz ( most of us can't get over 1.1 ) so to be able to play really demanding games it is the wrong tablet.
And yes you are completely missing the point.
UD and every ROM for other devices are there to give you more freedom, like root or the way bigger appspace ( std archos has 300MB ), OS upgrade ( when CM7 or CM9 are done for ex) or other designes ( like MIUI).
My A70 runs much better since I changed to Urukdroid. Less laggy and generally faster. Very few crashes. The ext4 filesytem is much faster than Fat32 and I think that compcache and swap also help a lot.
Don.
Hi Fzelle,
Thanks for your help, cleared stuff up.
Like i said, i thought i might be missing the point of it, i did wonder how much difference overclocking it to 1.2Ghz and the UD system would make. but i can see the point of having a bigger app area, i had the warning of running out of space.
Just to check though, to uninstall it from my sd card you said see 2. but it wasnt clear what that meant. should i go to the recovery boot screen and delete it there or just format my sd card? and i have now got a rootfs.img on my internal storage, is this normal??
Thanks again.
Cheers Lee...
Rootfs.img comes from the SDE installation, as you have installed Angstrom Linux with that.
If you don't plan to use that, you can erase that or save it to your computer.
If you shut down the tab and remove the sd, install the zimage and initram of uruk you will be asked to install again.
Use advanced and install on internal.
Hey guys, figured this would be a good place to ask. I got this mirror off ebay:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/5-Android-4-...Monitors_Cams_Kits&hash=item2c87701b25&_uhb=1
It's pretty neat, but it has a pretty modified version of 4.0.4 and it's kind of a pain to get around some limitations. Maybe someone with more knowledge can guide me a bit:
1) I managed to root it and install gapps which work
2) i figured out how to get into recovery, but no volume buttons so all i can do is select reset
3) i can use ADB and connect it to my computer
Issues:
- i would like to install clockwork touch, but since it was never developed for it, i seem to be SOL.
- it has 8GB internal memory, but something is off, the "system partition" is 250mb and seems to be the only partition the OS thinks as of internal. Oddly enough the other 6GB also show up as internal in storage, but apps will install by default to the 250 partition, which limits me quite a bit. Connecting to the computer will lead to the 6GB partition. I don't get it. Moving apps to the 6gb partition shows them as "on sd". It has a micro sd slot which shows it as "sd"
- i cant for the life of me change the default launcher which is made by them and garbage
If anyone has some ideas, shoot. First thing would be figuring out a way to backup and restore, without that, i don't have much courage to mess too much with it.
Thanks for reading!
any news about this one ??
can you install any rom on it ?
A few days ago I successfully installed the newest Cyanogenmod 11 for HTC Chacha.
When I installed it for the first time, I also installed the Link2SD app. After a while, I started getting the "Insufficient storage available" message, so I decided to do a hard reset and reinstall the mod.
Now I have it installed for the second time. At the beginning [this time I skipped Link2SD] everything was alright. Now I keep getting the message again.
Things I have done:
1. After installing Cyanogenmod, I partitioned the SD card and used the CronMod INT2EXT script. Right now my phone says that I have 203 MB of free storage.
2. I have tried the LuckyPatcher fix. It didn't work.
3. I have also tried the adb shell command. I have tried setting it both to 1 and to 2, none of which worked.
4. My app-asec folder is completely empty. The app-lib only contains the folders with the apps I have managed to install. The logs are not the problem either.
5. This happens whenever I try to install ANY app, no matter the size.
6. I have tried clearing the cache of both Play Store and Play Services. It didn't work.
7. What's weird is that at first, simply rebooting my phone worked and I was able to install 2 or 3 apps before getting the message. Right now I can't install anything.
Does anyone have any idea what else I can try?
Note: Somewhere in the process, after rebooting my phone, I found that the Google Services were gone. I had to flash it and reinstall it using CWM. I still don't know why they disappeared, right now they seem to be working fine, except now I can't get anything from the Play Store.
Thanks in advance for any solutions, I really appreciate it!
Check out this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735775&page=71
Grab the newest build of CWM and there's a guide there on how to use CronMod with it. I've modded some Wildfires for customers and definitely find CronMod to be the best all around solution for more space, if the SD card is up to it. Also, make sure you are partitioning the SD card the right way. I found that making the partition in Windows with a tool like MiniTool Partition just doesn't seem to work right. If you can use GParted in Linux (you can even do it from a LiveCD) then that seems to do a better job of it. Also make note of what type it is (ext2 / ext3 / ext4) with the appropriate CronMod script.
es0tericcha0s said:
Check out this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735775&page=71
Grab the newest build of CWM and there's a guide there on how to use CronMod with it. I've modded some Wildfires for customers and definitely find CronMod to be the best all around solution for more space, if the SD card is up to it. Also, make sure you are partitioning the SD card the right way. I found that making the partition in Windows with a tool like MiniTool Partition just doesn't seem to work right. If you can use GParted in Linux (you can even do it from a LiveCD) then that seems to do a better job of it. Also make note of what type it is (ext2 / ext3 / ext4) with the appropriate CronMod script.
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How do I check the type (ext2/ext3/ext4)? And will choosing the right setting in Link2SD do the trick?
You know, I've checked the page of CM11 for ChaCha and the dev said that it's a bug that needs to be fixed - the perks of running a new software on an old device, so there's probably not much I can do.
Well, the tool you used to partition the SD card should tell you. Alternatively, your custom recovery should have an option to partition for you (this is better than Windows as well) and then it'll set it up as ext 2 at first and allow you to change it to ext 3 or 4.
Hi guys, so I've got this tablet for free with my new contract and I want to root it to play a bit with it . Do you guys have any idea how to do it ? I haven't managed to find any tutorials on the web .
Vonino Onyx QS root request
+1 on this issue.
I too have a Vonino Onyx QS tablet running on Android 4.4.2. The device is decent enough, but storage management is awful! Despite being advertised as an 8 GB tablet in terms of storage, the Onyx QS runs aground at about 900 MB of installed apps (including related data and cache) and starts yelling that there is "Insufficient storage available". This renders the tablet virtually unusable after installing just a few essential apps. Emails stop working, apps will no longer update and data-intensive apps such as Google Earth will simply refuse to run. The 32 GB external SD card I've added makes no difference. It's almost like the OS has no clue what to do with it.
I suck at Android. However, after a lot of digging for pieces of information I've come to undersand that these devices use separate partitions for the apps and other files. Some folks have also hinted towards the fact that the puny 0.9 GB app partition can be resized on a rooted device by means of a partition management app. Or apps could at least be moved to the SD card right before their installation (making use of an app such as Link2SD and, again, a rooted device).
This bring us full circle back to the OP's request: could someone please create and explain a rooting method for this tablet?
Just so you know, these are fresh screenshots of this fresh factory reset configuration. Thought it would fix the problem, but it didn't.
SilentGTX said:
Hi guys, so I've got this tablet for free with my new contract and I want to root it to play a bit with it . Do you guys have any idea how to do it ? I haven't managed to find any tutorials on the web .
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Muravey said:
+1 on this issue.
I too have a Vonino Onyx QS tablet running on Android 4.4.2. The device is decent enough, but storage management is awful! Despite being advertised as an 8 GB tablet in terms of storage, the Onyx QS runs aground at about 900 MB of installed apps (including related data and cache) and starts yelling that there is "Insufficient storage available". This renders the tablet virtually unusable after installing just a few essential apps. Emails stop working, apps will no longer update and data-intensive apps such as Google Earth will simply refuse to run. The 32 GB external SD card I've added makes no difference. It's almost like the OS has no clue what to do with it.
I suck at Android. However, after a lot of digging for pieces of information I've come to undersand that these devices use separate partitions for the apps and other files. Some folks have also hinted towards the fact that the puny 0.9 GB app partition can be resized on a rooted device by means of a partition management app. Or apps could at least be moved to the SD card right before their installation (making use of an app such as Link2SD and, again, a rooted device).
This bring us full circle back to the OP's request: could someone please create and explain a rooting method for this tablet?
Just so you know, these are fresh screenshots of this fresh factory reset configuration. Thought it would fix the problem, but it didn't.
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try with Kingo ROOT. You do it at you'r own risk.
Successful rooting of Vonino Onyx QS tablet
Paget96 said:
try with Kingo ROOT. You do it at you'r own risk.
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Hi, Paget96! Thank you so much for the solution!
I'm writing this to let you, the OP and everybody else know that Kingo Root did it! I have succesfully rooted the tablet and the process itself was quick and merely a matter of installing the software on my PC, connecting the tablet via USB and clicking my way through.
Afterwards I installed Link2SD Plus to manage the transfer of apps from internal storage to the external SD card (32 GB in my case). The app is dirt cheap and truly what you need, because the free version does not allow you to move app data, only the app itself and its libraries. As I've come to know, data and cache build-up is what ends up killing storage space.
Before installing Link2SD however, one must prepare the SD card by means of a partitioning program. Highly recommend you do this via card reader on an actual PC. Use MiniTool Partition Wizard, it seems to be very popular these days. Delete whatever's already on the card and make two PRIMARY partitions: the first one will be FAT32 and will store the media you consume (like music, photos, videos etc.), while the second partition has to be ext4 (ext2 did not work for me on this tablet) and will hold the apps and their data. You can go ahead and name them "Media" and "Apps" respectively to avoid confusion. Remember: both must be primary partitions, the first one is FAT32 for media, the second is ext4 for apps. I made my app partition 10 GB big. Overkill, you say? Hey, I'm done with insufficient storage space errors, ok? :silly:
While you're at it, you might want to add a third partition for swap space to add more RAM to your device. There are tutorials for it on the web.
Once you're done formatting the card, reinstall it in the tablet, open up Link2SD and choose ext4 at the script mounting prompt. From there on, moving apps from internal to SD card space should be intuitive.
Prior to all this fiddling I suggest you perform a factory reset on your device so you can start clean. Can't tell you anythihg about custom ROMs or stuff like that because I didn't have a need for them. This thing works fine apart from that silly storage limitation.
Phew! I can finally enjoy using my tablet... :fingers-crossed:
Muravey said:
Hi, Paget96! Thank you so much for the solution!
I'm writing this to let you, the OP and everybody else know that Kingo Root did it! I have succesfully rooted the tablet and the process itself was quick and merely a matter of installing the software on my PC, connecting the tablet via USB and clicking my way through.
Afterwards I installed Link2SD Plus to manage the transfer of apps from internal storage to the external SD card (32 GB in my case). The app is dirt cheap and truly what you need, because the free version does not allow you to move app data, only the app itself and its libraries. As I've come to know, data and cache build-up is what ends up killing storage space.
Before installing Link2SD however, one must prepare the SD card by means of a partitioning program. Highly recommend you do this via card reader on an actual PC. Use MiniTool Partition Wizard, it seems to be very popular these days. Delete whatever's already on the card and make two PRIMARY partitions: the first one will be FAT32 and will store the media you consume (like music, photos, videos etc.), while the second partition has to be ext4 (ext2 did not work for me on this tablet) and will hold the apps and their data. You can go ahead and name them "Media" and "Apps" respectively to avoid confusion. Remember: both must be primary partitions, the first one is FAT32 for media, the second is ext4 for apps. I made my app partition 10 GB big. Overkill, you say? Hey, I'm done with insufficient storage space errors, ok? :silly:
While you're at it, you might want to add a third partition for swap space to add more RAM to your device. There are tutorials for it on the web.
Once you're done formatting the card, reinstall it in the tablet, open up Link2SD and choose ext4 at the script mounting prompt. From there on, moving apps from internal to SD card space should be intuitive.
Prior to all this fiddling I suggest you perform a factory reset on your device so you can start clean. Can't tell you anythihg about custom ROMs or stuff like that because I didn't have a need for them. This thing works fine apart from that silly storage limitation.
Phew! I can finally enjoy using my tablet... :fingers-crossed:
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10gb is too big, you will broke your sd.
Better use 512mb.
Paget96 said:
10gb is too big, you will broke your sd.
Better use 512mb.
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Could you expand on that one, please? Why am I at risk of ruining the SD card?
Muravey said:
Could you expand on that one, please? Why am I at risk of ruining the SD card?
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Brcause sd work without stop, that is not good.
SD prob
Hi, i have the same tablet ... and i managed to root it ... but i cant manage to increse the storage . l've done the exact stepts ... installed micropartition deleted my sd card (2gb micro sd samasung) i did the first partition fat32 primary with a size of 800 gb and when i try to make the second one ext4 the program says that windows cant see the second partion on a removable device but i continuued anyways ,,, and created the second one with ext2 and then with ext4 as primary ... my windows and my tablet cant see the second partion ... need a little help ... thx
I heave installed the drivers, and nothing happens. Its not connecting to my pc. I changed the pc too. I heave the error: Unfortunately, Mobile data has stopped. I tryed to repair this with recovery -- Wipe data, factory reset. Not working.