[Q] touchpad 16 gb only showing 12 gb of space? - TouchPad General

I just reset my touchpad. (doctor + on device data wipe). My touchpad used to 14 gb before this now it shows 12gb. Any suggestions?

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did you install touchdroid android, or modify the partitions in any way?
also, check your installed apps/preware veifry app space usage

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I tried that chroid ipk and thats it thats why I doctered my device because I wouldent let me use uberkernel anymore.

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curious...do you know how to use novaterm?

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No idea man...

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blerg...the big problem i have with webOS doctor is that it doesnt restore the partition table...it doesnt even touch it...so im thinking that either something modified your partition, or you can try to reinstall 3.0.2 again...
if you knew how to use novaterm, we could check the partition tables to see if theyre valid, but if you dont have the sdk/pdk set up, its not worth it to do it if you dont know how to use it

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Is there a toutorial I can follow that can help redo my partitons?

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i TOTALLY do not recommended doing that! As far as I know, that is the only surefire method to bricking your touchpad if you miss a single character on the command line.
Id say google it, but you might be better off taking the 2gb hit and wait for some partition guides to come available. Most of the advanced nova stuff is on webosinternals.com and the palm SDK site, so you cam start your research there.
Also ask some other 16gb users who can use nova to post the size/locations of their partitions, that way you have a reference point
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App

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Thanks man... ill try that do you think CM7 will rest the partitions.

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UnderZone7 said:
Thanks man... ill try that do you think CM7 will rest the partitions.
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highly, unlikely, if anything you will end up with LESS spaace on your webOS partition because CM will need to reallocate partition space for its own use

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My Touchpad shows only 12,6 gb too, but it've been that way all along. Other strange thing was that i wasn't able to update from 3.0 to 3.0.2 by OTA, it just showed me "your device is up to date", had to use Doctor. Hope that all those things are just a software hickup, not a damn hardware malfunction.

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Unrealwolf said:
My Touchpad shows only 12,6 gb too, but it've been that way all along. Other strange thing was that i wasn't able to update from 3.0 to 3.0.2 by OTA, it just showed me "your device is up to date", had to use Doctor. Hope that all those things are just a software hickup, not a damn hardware malfunction.
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wow, that is strange... i hope it isnt a hardware defect either...unless webOS 3.x.x takes up 2gb
heres how you can check (make sure you have palm SDK, novaterm and a calculator handy )
-connect TP via usb straight to your pc (no usb hubs!)
-on the TP, either hit cancel or do nothing, do not enter usb mode! you dont need dev mode either.
-load up novaterm
-hit connect
-type "df -h" (without the quotes)
-add up the size totals, and see whatcha got!
if possible, please post results, im curious to see if its hardware or software

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I have the same issue.. I will try it out once I get home later today

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Solidus_n313 said:
-connect TP via usb straight to your pc (no usb hubs!)
-on the TP, either hit cancel or do nothing, do not enter usb mode! you dont need dev mode either.
-load up novaterm
-hit connect
-type "df -h" (without the quotes)
-add up the size totals, and see whatcha got!
if possible, please post results, im curious to see if its hardware or software
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I've got some problems with novaterm - it shows an error (which could be ignored) after every keypress, it doesn't scroll proper, ant it doesn't allow me to copy/paste. I've made a screensot of the beginning of that long output thing, here
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21304732/unt.png
BTW. i've found that it's quite common: here is the thread of a guy who has 12.6 gigs too http://forums.precentral.net/hp-touchpad/298469-where-my-16gb.html

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I also had 12.6 GB free space when I received my TP. But I was able to update it to 3.0.2 via OTA without any problems. Though, the free space was still 12.6 GB after the update.

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I have a 32gb only showing 23.5 gb available. It seems to lose 2gb each time I do webos doctor. Hopefully there's someway to reset its partitioning.

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I'm only showing 12 Gb as well.
Here's what I show in Novaterm:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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theniel said:
I have a 32gb only showing 23.5 gb available. It seems to lose 2gb each time I do webos doctor. Hopefully there's someway to reset its partitioning.
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I would hope that is not the case....can anyone verify this? Would make WebOS doctor a pretty crappy restore tool.