[Q] Cache constantly filling up after loading CM7.1 - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I loaded CM 7.1 stable on my Fascinate a couple months ago and sometime there after I started getting Force Closes all over the place.
Rebooting my phone only seemed to temporarily alleviate the issue for an hour or so, but shortly after it would start occurring again. It wasnt until I opened Touchdown that I found the potential cause as it reported I was "Low on space". I found this pretty odd seeing as I had several GBs free on both internal and SD storage.
After searching around a bit I believe it's my cache thats filling up. I ran Clear Cache in CWM it cleared up the issue for several days but eventually it starts occurring again.
First question: is clearing the Cache via CWM on regular intervals going to hurt anything?
Second (and more important) question: Is there any way to fix this without going with a different ROM?
Thanks a bunch in advance!!

I got it too!
I'm having the same issue, or I believe I am. You get a notification saying your low on space, and you can't receive any txtmsg's? Once you clear up the space the msg's come through fine.
I was using the stable for a long time.. and didn't get the error, and then I flashed the latest nightly and that's when I got the error.
I don't think the nightly is what caused the error, I actually believe it's pure coincidence. I've managed to keep in under control and can fix it when it happens.
I clear my cache as well, but I found out that the /data/data also needs some cleaning to get rid of the error. When I free some space in the /data/data I don't even need to touch my /cache at all.
I will post any other findings... info.. etc.. that I find.
Maniac

your datadata folder is full most likely. You can try uninstalling some apps, or try running ng cache cleaner from market, or read this thread and try this tweak JT posted!
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/5635-problems-with-datadata-causing-force-closes-for-google-apps/

A novice question Im sure, but whats the best/easiest way to see how much free space is available on these partitions?

use the disk usage app from market.

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[Q] Vibrant very slow and disappearing apps

I am very new to this, but I have rooted Vibrant. Everything has been working fine for the most part, things have been going downhill. All day today it's just been extremely slow and when I take pics they either show up in the gallery with a long delay or not at all, I can find them in the files directory. Also, my emails were not being received nor could I send any. After uninstalling a few un-needed apps (I had over 11 GB of memory left to begin with and an empty SD), clearing cache, etc, I decided to just factory reset. I couldn't find anything that could possibly be clogging up my phone. I did, and it got a little better. I am getting my emails now, however, I tried to redownload some of my apps, and I've had major problems. Some of them downloaded completely and then just disappeared. Some of them downloaded and worked, but it took a couple of hours to download a few apps. I have no idea what to do at this point, any advice would be very much appreciated.

[Q] Apps stop responding in CM7...

I have been running CM7 since the first pre-beta release as my daily driver, this problem has always existed and I am beginning to think its either settings or my particular phone. The phone itself, CM7 works quite well, scrolls quick and almost all the stock things work quick.
However, most apps have issues hanging and I have the option of closing the app or waiting. If I choose to wait the app will eventually start working after having to click wait several times. It does not appear to be linked to one app, I do not have many apps installed, however here are some of the apps I have with the issue... facebook, espn score center, words with friends. On occasion the gallery will also have issues.
Here is more information about my phone and what I have tried.
Cyanogenmod 7.1.0-ba2tF-Olympus
Kernel: 2.6.32.39-mb860-cm7-g54722f1
baseband: N_01.97.00R
I have tried clearing cache, data, etc. Reinstalling. Removing and readding apps. I tried sd speed increase with little or no improvement. I thought that maybe where the apps are installed is an issue, however do not exactly understand where the storage is as my external sd card and internal "sd card" appear almost identical with folder structure. (I thought this was odd...)
So my question is, has anybody had this issue or have any suggestions on how to fix it? I have searched for weeks trying to find a solution with no success anywhere. I would like to think its something stupid as my phone quadrant scores are around 3700.
Thanks for taking the time to read and any advice!

android.process.media has stopped

i'm having sporadic notification with this message "unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped".
This on a fresh install of alpha0, wiped data/factory reset, cache, dalvik. all patches/fix, gapps, gapps fix provided by cm dev are applied. This never happened on alpha 3.5.
is anyone having the same issue? whats the fix, if any?
nomadman said:
i'm having sporadic notification with this message "unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped".
This on a fresh install of alpha0, wiped data/factory reset, cache, dalvik. all patches/fix, gapps, gapps fix provided by cm dev are applied. This never happened on alpha 3.5.
is anyone having the same issue? whats the fix, if any?
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let me guess that you have lots files either your download folder and or music/video, clear out your downloads along clearing media storage
I haven't been having it actually close but I have been having the Watchdog app report that process is using high cpu. I read an another site that going to Apps > All Apps > Media Storage and then clear any app cache or data.
It seems to have helped me so it's worth a shot to try that before doing anything more drastic.
Sup guys. Yea I had only 2gig of space left on the sdcard. I have about 1500 songs and gameloft data on it. I have no idea how much space data for webos took.
I uninstalled android, went to webos and formatted the sdcard. Reinstalled android. I have not copied my mp3 collection and games data back yet. But so far no more problems and a lot less ICS reboots. I'll copy over the games data files and music soon. I'll find out if it starts to go nuts again.
I am having the same issuer on CM9 A0.5. However, in my app manager I am having problems clearing data and cache...
It's annoying, but not a dealbreaker.
i keep getting this error as well. i've cleared the cache and i still get it, but a lot less frequently.
additionally, i'm only using 17gb (seems high, but w/e).
This might not apply to you, but I started having that same issue when I changed the dpi on the lcd from 160 to 132. When I changed it back to 160 I stopped having the media process force close on me.
johnysavage said:
This might not apply to you, but I started having that same issue when I changed the dpi on the lcd from 160 to 132. When I changed it back to 160 I stopped having the media process force close on me.
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interesting. i changed it to 145 (? i'll have to look when i get home to confirm).
i will say that my gf's TP is also set the same and she doesn't have those errors. however, she probably is using a lot less storage than i am.
I'm not quite sure its a storage issue. Everything was fine the past 48hrs. I didn't install anything and kept my sdcard usage under 10gig. I have a 32gig tp. And today it just started giving me the message again.
I want to test something. I'm using nova as my default home launcher. I have it packed with Widgets. I loaded the default cm9 home launcher with no Widgets. It hasent giving me that message since then. And my reboot/crash has decreased dramatically. If anyone cares to try it, maybe we might get to the bottom of this problem.
edit: damnit. spoke to soon. i change to animated wallpaper and it rebooted.
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I'm keep getting same error after clear the storage.
I had this problem with .5. In settings, apps, I cleared data and force stopped download manager and media storage. That was two days ago, all good since.
remember that android now indexes the download folder apart from music video and amoung other folders, either you have a file android is parsing incorrectly or the indexing system hits a limit of how many files it can index...
darkassain said:
remember that android now indexes the download folder apart from music video and amoung other folders, either you have a file android is parsing incorrectly or the indexing system hits a limit of how many files it can index...
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Do you know what the ceiling is? Im worried about my music, hidden folder from webos, and android files.
danknee said:
I had this problem with .5. In settings, apps, I cleared data and force stopped download manager and media storage. That was two days ago, all good since.
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Looks like this worked for me! Had the same problem in CM9 a0.6
darkassain said:
let me guess that you have lots files either your download folder and or music/video, clear out your downloads along clearing media storage
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Oh my god, you're so RIGHT !
That's it !
Got to clean data on media storage and downloads (with Titanium backup, it didn't wiped my downloads with the integrated android apps manager)
Thanks
I have the same problem. I'm running the latest nightly release of CM11.
It happens to me mostly when i use the camera or whatsapp.
I've barely got 10 mp3's in my media folder and the download folder is empty.
I force stopped download manager and media but it didn't help.

Storage space issues

OK I came across this problem last month & tried to find a solution. I discovered many posts to the same problem however I was only able to fix it by doing a factory reset. The problem has come up again & I'd rather not reset it again. It only comes up after numerous picture uploads to Facebook. Until I do that my phone runs fine. I'm running Open Kang if that makes a difference. Given this information does anyone have a suggestion as to how to fix it? It was suggested that I flash a new ROM as maybe the one I have is too big? Starting to get extremely frustrated with a phone I've only had since April & really know nothing about
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Mentalmama said:
OK I came across this problem last month & tried to find a solution. I discovered many posts to the same problem however I was only able to fix it by doing a factory reset. The problem has come up again & I'd rather not reset it again. It only comes up after numerous picture uploads to Facebook. Until I do that my phone runs fine. I'm running Open Kang if that makes a difference. Given this information does anyone have a suggestion as to how to fix it? It was suggested that I flash a new ROM as maybe the one I have is too big? Starting to get extremely frustrated with a phone I've only had since April & really know nothing about
Sent from my SGH-T959 using xda app-developers app
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​This is (as others suggested) a problem with the ROM you have installed. There really is no way of getting around a wipe, but you can download an app called "Titainum Backup" and backup your apps from there. Once you get into your new ROM, simply download Titainium Backup again and restore your apps.
​As far as fixing the problem goes, I would reccomend using ODIN to flash back to stock, then flash CM9. (However, I am sure that flashing from your current rom directly to CM9 would work just as well)
The real reason this is occurring is the mounting of the /datadata simlink to the /data/data partition, this is actually in the kernel and sets it when flashing, not the rom. That partition stores the data for applications, and continues to grow as apps run. Often times when you sync alot of emails it will also fill the partition when its mounted as /datadata, so that makes sense with your pic uploads to facebook, now I'll tell you why.
Early on in ICS builds, we had two schools of thought. If you mount with the /data/data partition, you have essentially 2GB of space for that app data, however, this comes at the cost of decreased performance and much slower application response times. If its mounted with /data/data symlinked to /datadata, it clips that partition at about 180MB, a lot smaller, but the increase in performance is phenomenal.
So it was damned if you do (slow response times) or damned if you don't (less space) for those of us in the rom game. I think most (myself and DD included) made a conscious decision after lots of testing, to use /datadata with less space, for faster performance.
You may be easily able to resolve it by performing some simple app maintenance. On apps like email and gmail, set your sync interval down to a few days, uninstall unnecessary applications, and with facebook, I don't use it myself, but try clearing its cache if there is a setting for that, or go into apps in settings, and clear the data for the application. You may have to sign in again, but it should not effect your uploaded content, merely clear the local cache on the phone freeing up that /datadata space.
Hope this sheds some light on the issue for you, and how you can avoid it or remedy it going down the road.
Sent from the ICZen Experience
Br1cK'd said:
The real reason this is occurring is the mounting of the /datadata simlink to the /data/data partition, this is actually in the kernel and sets it when flashing, not the rom. That partition stores the data for applications, and continues to grow as apps run. Often times when you sync alot of emails it will also fill the partition when its mounted as /datadata, so that makes sense with your pic uploads to facebook, now I'll tell you why.
Early on in ICS builds, we had two schools of thought. If you mount with the /data/data partition, you have essentially 2GB of space for that app data, however, this comes at the cost of decreased performance and much slower application response times. If its mounted with /data/data symlinked to /datadata, it clips that partition at about 180MB, a lot smaller, but the increase in performance is phenomenal.
So it was damned if you do (slow response times) or damned if you don't (less space) for those of us in the rom game. I think most (myself and DD included) made a conscious decision after lots of testing, to use /datadata with less space, for faster performance.
You may be easily able to resolve it by performing some simple app maintenance. On apps like email and gmail, set your sync interval down to a few days, uninstall unnecessary applications, and with facebook, I don't use it myself, but try clearing its cache if there is a setting for that, or go into apps in settings, and clear the data for the application. You may have to sign in again, but it should not effect your uploaded content, merely clear the local cache on the phone freeing up that /datadata space.
Hope this sheds some light on the issue for you, and how you can avoid it or remedy it going down the road.
Sent from the ICZen Experience
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Br1ck'd to the rescue! I knew you still lurked these threads!!
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[Q/Help] CM9 forced reboots

Running current supermaster34's CM9 on gpy70 international 5.0, coming from his remixics. Device reboots anytime I try to access the applications AND the storage sections of the main menu. I have no apps installed on my external which is the culprit for some people. I cannot even try to erase app data because it reboots. Task manager apps also shut the system down. I've done several full wipes/clean installs, tried dirty flashes as well with no luck. Did not have this issue on remix.
Driving me nuts, any ideas? Could my titanium restore from my external have some part in this (can't see why)? What is accessing my external that's causing this? Is it my media? At a loss, any help would be awesome.
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annoyingduck said:
Running current supermaster34's CM9 on gpy70 international 5.0, coming from his remixics. Device reboots anytime I try to access the applications AND the storage sections of the main menu. I have no apps installed on my external which is the culprit for some people. I cannot even try to erase app data because it reboots. Task manager apps also shut the system down. I've done several full wipes/clean installs, tried dirty flashes as well with no luck. Did not have this issue on remix.
Driving me nuts, any ideas? Could my titanium restore from my external have some part in this (can't see why)? What is accessing my external that's causing this? Is it my media? At a loss, any help would be awesome.
Sent from my VZW GS3 running Synergy/Trinity/Dark Horse Rises
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Maybe it is a bug in the rom itself otherwise send a PM to supermaster34
annoyingduck said:
Running current supermaster34's CM9 on gpy70 international 5.0, coming from his remixics. Device reboots anytime I try to access the applications AND the storage sections of the main menu. I have no apps installed on my external which is the culprit for some people. I cannot even try to erase app data because it reboots. Task manager apps also shut the system down. I've done several full wipes/clean installs, tried dirty flashes as well with no luck. Did not have this issue on remix.
Driving me nuts, any ideas? Could my titanium restore from my external have some part in this (can't see why)? What is accessing my external that's causing this? Is it my media? At a loss, any help would be awesome.
Sent from my VZW GS3 running Synergy/Trinity/Dark Horse Rises
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You can use titanium backup to wipe app data. I'll have to test this on or after wednesday as I'm pretty busy until then. I guess you could use titanium backup for app management for the time being while I check out this bug. Seeing as the issue doesn't occur on RemICS-UX then it might be worth sticking to that for a bit
Supermaster34 said:
You can use titanium backup to wipe app data. I'll have to test this on or after wednesday as I'm pretty busy until then. I guess you could use titanium backup for app management for the time being while I check out this bug. Seeing as the issue doesn't occur on RemICS-UX then it might be worth sticking to that for a bit
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Ok, new development on this issue. Apparently this has something to do with restoring apps from titanium, or atleast the shock to the system of all those apps being put back at once. So I wiped again and reinstalled, checked the application and storage menus and there was NO force close. However, after I restored my apps from titanium....bam, force reboots in both of those options in the settings menu. So then I tried removing my T backup from my external to my internal and did the whole thing over again...same result - force reboots. What I think is happening is that the system is locking up trying to read all of that data just thrown into the mix all at once. Would make sense being that both the application and storage sections both have the same reboot issue. Oh, and I also tried this on remixics with the same result, before when I mentioned that it did not happen in remix was inaccurate due to the fact that I never did a Titanium restore on remix.
So now what? What could be causing this? Is it possible that something is trying to access the external and causing the already known reboot? But what would explain the storage section menu doing the same thing? That's not a reported issue that I have heard of, as well as any task manager causing a reboot.
I know your busy, not pushing at all, just reporting what I am finding as I find it. Thanks again, SM34

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