So I was trying to install an update to an app and then it said that I didn't have enough space?!?! I don't have a lot of apps and I don't have anything special on my phone. But somehow I'm running out of System Storage (Device Memory) space?!?!
Attached are some screenshots. I've been trying to find how to view the system storage contents or find its path but haven't found anything useful. What is going on with my storage? What is using so much space?
Thanks!
kuckimonster said:
So I was trying to install an update to an app and then it said that I didn't have enough space?!?! I don't have a lot of apps and I don't have anything special on my phone. But somehow I'm running out of System Storage (Device Memory) space?!?!
Attached are some screenshots. I've been trying to find how to view the system storage contents or find its path but haven't found anything useful. What is going on with my storage? What is using so much space?
Thanks!
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Could be a wifi dump file... but I was under the impression that was an issue isolated to a specific firmware release on I9100G model phones only. And your screenshots look like ICS... (which is not available on G model phones yet)
What model phone do you have, and what version of firmware or ROM are you running?
Thanks for your reply. I have a GT-I9100 and am running ICS 4.0.3 XXLPB.
kuckimonster said:
Thanks for your reply. I have a GT-I9100 and am running ICS 4.0.3 XXLPB.
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Hmm... do you have root? It may be worth checking to see if you have a file named something like "dumpstate_sys_WIFI_OFF_xxxxxxxxx_error.log.txt" that's pretty big in your /data folder.
Checked my phone, Applications take up only 158 MB.
You probably have some heavy games/multimedia applications installed. Otherwise, I cannot understand how your Applications take up 434 MB. (But even Google Play application size is limited by 50 MB) +To that, additional data storage by these applications, and it is sufficient to fill up your phone.
Perhaps, you should try to install/move some of your programs to SDCard.
If you have root and busybox, from terminal,
"cd /data"
"du -hs *"
will display disk usage by files/folders. find which files/folders use most storage, report here.
ctomgee said:
Hmm... do you have root? It may be worth checking to see if you have a file named something like "dumpstate_sys_WIFI_OFF_xxxxxxxxx_error.log.txt" that's pretty big in your /data folder.
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Can we deleting this logs???it's safe ?
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Can we deleting this logs???it's safe ?
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Yes, it's safe. It's just a log file. In fact, the workaround to "fix" this issue essentially keeps this file from being created.
ctomgee said:
Yes, it's safe. It's just a log file. In fact, the workaround to "fix" this issue essentially keeps this file from being created.
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Wtf ????from 728mb free to 1.7free??? Big thanks bro ......big thanks ...wish can i press the thanks botton million time for u :thumbup:
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mohannad072 said:
Wtf ????from 728mb free to 1.7free??? Big thanks bro ......big thanks ...wish can i press the thanks botton million time for u :thumbup:
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See this thread (post 10, specifically) for the "workaround" to keep the file from being generated in the first place.
It's not my solution, I'm just linking to it.
"32K com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
32K flixster"
straight from Terminal. That's all there is in the data folder. I checked in Finder too...
Using an app to sort things by size, the biggest thing is a ClockWorkMod backup but that's over 2 GB so I assume that's not in the Device Memory/System Storage place. Anyways here's the path:
"/clockworkmod/backup/2012-05-05.12.04.32/data.ext4.tar" 1.69 GB and
"/clockworkmod/backup/2012-05-05.12.04.32/system.ext4.tar" 467 MB
The next biggest culprit is:
"/DCIM/.thumbnails/.thumbdata3--1967290299" which is a whopping 274 MB.
Thanks again for all your replies.
kuckimonster said:
"32K com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
32K flixster"
straight from Terminal. That's all there is in the data folder. I checked in Finder too...
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That looks like you're looking in the wrong data folder. If you're going through the "My Files" app, then the data folder you looked in was actually /sdcard/data. Which is not the same as /data.
Are you rooted? You need root access to browse the /data folder, and you'll need a different file explorer than "My Files", like Root Explorer.
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kuckimonster said:
Using an app to sort things by size, the biggest thing is a ClockWorkMod backup but that's over 2 GB so I assume that's not in the Device Memory/System Storage place. Anyways here's the path:
"/clockworkmod/backup/2012-05-05.12.04.32/data.ext4.tar" 1.69 GB and
"/clockworkmod/backup/2012-05-05.12.04.32/system.ext4.tar" 467 MB
The next biggest culprit is:
"/DCIM/.thumbnails/.thumbdata3--1967290299" which is a whopping 274 MB.
Thanks again for all your replies.
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Again, these are children of the /sdcard folder. Which is on a separate partition from the "system storage". So you are not looking in the right place. I'm betting you're not rooted, either.
Yes, I am rooted (little yellow hazard sign at boot up and CWM and Superuser Apps).
I don't know how to access the system storage partition then... I'm certainly no pro in the Android world though...
kuckimonster said:
Yes, I am rooted (little yellow hazard sign at boot up and CWM and Superuser Apps).
I don't know how to access the system storage partition then... I'm certainly no pro in the Android world though...
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Well, do you have "Root Explorer", (paid) or "ES File Explorer" (free)? Get one of those, navigate to /data, sort by size. (if you use ES File Explorer, you'll have to enable going up to the root folder, and enable root browsing) See if you've got a wifi dump file.
BTW, the "little yellow hazard sign at boot up" doesn't necessarily mean you have root. That just means you have flashed a kernel (via Odin) that was not signed by Samsung. More often than not, this is a kernel that roots your phone, or is used to root your phone, but not necessarily.
Thanks again ctomgee. Apparently no wifi dump file on /data... Sigh...
kuckimonster said:
Thanks again ctomgee. Apparently no wifi dump file on /data... Sigh...
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Well, do what mirbeksm suggested in post 5... that should spit out disk usage of the /data folder ordered by files/folders, as he stated... post the results, or maybe you'll be able to figure it out after running.
I'm trying but can't quite figure out how to view the root folder from the computer (Mac to make things more complicated), it goes straight to /sdcard.
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I'm trying but can't quite figure out how to view the root folder from the computer (Mac to make things more complicated), it goes straight to /sdcard.
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You can't run an adb shell from a mac?
I guess you could use a terminal emulator (there are several available from the play store) directly from the phone to start a shell, then type the commands from there. (you may have to do "su" first, if the prompt is a "$" instead of a "#")
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I need the community's help. I have never posted on XDA cause I have always been able to find the answers I was looking for by searching these forums. This time I am stumped. I am not a noob, but I'm also not a dev or programmer. I have managed, thanks to XDA, to unlock, root and flash a dozen different android devices I've owned without bricking any of them (I admit I'm a flash-a-holic and refuse to get treatment ).
I have a TFP (201) that refuses to download anything from anywhere except the Google Play Store. Cannot download via browser, Amazon app store, Goo Manager, Rom Manager or any other means. In each case it almost immediately tells me that the download was unsuccessful or download errored. I have done dozens of searches and have tried an equal number of so-called fixes with no luck. I have tried every custom rom on the forum, have switched between CWM and TWRP. I have flashed previous backups from TWRP. All to no avail.
Two other issues that may be related; 1- when i run the fix permissions script from inside Rom Manager or from Recovery screen, I get a "an error occurred while attempting to run priviliged commands!" 2- in CWM, when I try to flash older nandroid backups, it tells me that the files are not valid because it can't find the checksum (MD5) corresponding file.
I am currently running aokpcb_tf201_r2.1 with the kernel it comes with, everything else works except no downloading.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Can you check to see if your internal SdCard folder has the correct permissions using root explorer? I forget the details of exactly where it is, as I dont have my prime with me, however it is a folder within /data partition... something like /data/media/sdcard or something of that nature.
GooglePlay I believe uses the /cache partition for its downloads, thus I believe these are not throwing errors, whilst everything else is done into the internal sdcard folder.
Same oribkem
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Can you check to see if your internal SdCard folder has the correct permissions using root explorer? I forget the details of exactly where it is, as I dont have my prime with me, however it is a folder within /data partition... something like /data/media/sdcard or something of that nature.
GooglePlay I believe uses the /cache partition for its downloads, thus I believe these are not throwing errors, whilst everything else is done into the internal sdcard folder.
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having the same problem , and you solution didn't work man .
kokopuphz said:
Can you check to see if your internal SdCard folder has the correct permissions using root explorer? I forget the details of exactly where it is, as I dont have my prime with me, however it is a folder within /data partition... something like /data/media/sdcard or something of that nature.
GooglePlay I believe uses the /cache partition for its downloads, thus I believe these are not throwing errors, whilst everything else is done into the internal sdcard folder.
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This seemed to work. If you go to data/media/download and change the permissions this should fix the problem. I was unable to download anything using any browser or an email attachment.
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Hi!
I have the following (cosmetic, i know...) issue: after formatting data for a clean install, i still have a folder which won't go away (see attachment). it contains files with corrupt names, and I could not delete it in any way (format, using CWM, deleting from phone or PC)
I think a PIT fash would do the trick, but I am afaid its not worth it for being too risky.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks to get rid of these files?
Coirpre said:
Hi!
I have the following (cosmetic, i know...) issue: after formatting data for a clean install, i still have a folder which won't go away (see attachment). it contains files with corrupt names, and I could not delete it in any way (format, using CWM, deleting from phone or PC)
I think a PIT fash would do the trick, but I am afaid its not worth it for being too risky.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks to get rid of these files?
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Mango? you have a fruit folder?
don't go pitting now. Root explorer wouldn't delete that?
gastonw said:
Mango? you have a fruit folder?
don't go pitting now. Root explorer wouldn't delete that?
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looks like its re-generating.. maybe that directory is part of your rom
bytes2000 said:
looks like its re-generating.. maybe that directory is part of your rom
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Mango? you have a fruit folder?
don't go pitting now. Root explorer wouldn't delete that?
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I tried deleting from PC and with solid explorer (with root) which was unsuccesful. The folder is the library of a comic reader app, thus not system relevant. Depending of the program I use to try to delete it, I get: "File or folder not found (CM File Manager), "unable to delete file /.../ö°Ñ5 π.∞..." (Solid Explorer), and on the PC, I can see a few files with names such as └éQ┬¾╠/Ú.┼, which can not be deleted, because they "can not be found."
does this help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083682
Have sent that other guy a pm...
MistahBungle said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083682
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911-Future_Maker said:
Hi mate. Have you tried flashing with Odin? This way I fixed formattiing my sdext2 partition which was unaccessible at all.
You may try to flash some other CWM recovery like Philz and then delete those files.
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I can't quite understand this. not enough information, I have almost no knowledge whatsoever about filesystems. Should I flash with odin? a rom? or a new CWM?
Why ? You've got the fix
Reminder: "don't mess with mangos"
When I use an explorer like ES explorer or Root explorer I can go to system/ and find several files & folders.
However, when going to recovery and using the TWRP File manager or by using ADB Shell the System-folder is empty except for a folder named bin/. No sign of build.prop or any other files/folders.
Can anyone please help me explain why this is so? Is this normal?
wish someone knew the answer to this
really irritating ... i am using note 2 using philz CWM it's alright and the aroma file manager works like a charm .. but using TWRP .. same problem even the aroma file manager get's crippled ...
i really prefer twrp .. but until there's a fix i am sticking to CWM
Gnopps said:
When I use an explorer like ES explorer or Root explorer I can go to system/ and find several files & folders.
However, when going to recovery and using the TWRP File manager or by using ADB Shell the System-folder is empty except for a folder named bin/. No sign of build.prop or any other files/folders.
Can anyone please help me explain why this is so? Is this normal?
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i face the same problem now, maybe it's RE who hide such kind of information from users to prevent the system
On the TWRP home screen, select mount and check the "system" box. You should now be able to browse the entire system directory.
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dalvikna said:
i face the same problem now, maybe it's RE who hide such kind of information from users to prevent the system
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Go to TWRP, go to Mounts and select system.
Now you will be able to see contents of /system partition.
Press Thanks if helped.
Hand Solo said:
On the TWRP home screen, select mount and check the "system" box. You should now be able to browse the entire system directory.
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Thank you
Hand Solo said:
On the TWRP home screen, select mount and check the "system" box. You should now be able to browse the entire system directory.
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hnkotnis said:
Go to TWRP, go to Mounts and select system.
Now you will be able to see contents of /system partition.
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You're my savior. Messed up by build.prop file so much to the point of bootlooping, and just needed to delete it and dirty-reflash my rom, without a computer. But everytime I would do that, it would preserve build.prop for some reason, anyway, Thanks
Thanks!
Hand Solo said:
On the TWRP home screen, select mount and check the "system" box. You should now be able to browse the entire system directory.
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Thank you... this was what i needed.
hnkotnis said:
Go to TWRP, go to Mounts and select system.
Now you will be able to see contents of /system partition.
Press Thanks if helped.
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thank you
Plesse. Somebody can help me. I can't mount data because, ask me for a password so i cant get INTI data folder, to delete my password
hnkotnis said:
Go to TWRP, go to Mounts and select system.
Now you will be able to see contents of /system partition.
Press Thanks if helped.
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Lol... ran into this today and wanted to just impress upon folks just how amazing and encouraging it can be when someone takes the time to type out a response/suggestion.
In this case, 6yrs after the hnkotnis made this simple post, I'm rushing through a bunch of stuff, screwed up my build.prop (experimenting) and then came up against a roadblock where I couldn't restore my build.prop backup in TWRP.
I was confused as hell - I'm a relatively advanced used with several hundred ROM flashes under my belt and lots of troubleshooting capability but here I am absolutely stalled out on an issue that just drives me up the wall. I'm about to cave and just reset the phone entirely but figure I'll ask the question of Google.
I arrive here and within 10s I'm saying "Duh" to myself... grab the backed up build.prop, repeat the process and I'm back in business.
hnkotnis; if you're still around and part of this community - thank you! You're one of the good ones that make XDA what it is.
It might've seemed silly at the time and perhaps even a moment to make this post but I don't think we can understate the importance of community like this...
Cheers:highfive:
Hey there guys!
Well this is gonna sound a bit ridiculous but I've actually deleted Launcher2.apk and SystemUI.apk instead of copied them (stupid yeah I know I could eat my face off right now...) and I need them back. There's no official ROM available for download which pretty much sucks so I can't get them anywhere. So if anyone here has the same tablet as me, consider sharing those two system apps with me.
Thanks.
Benzonat0r said:
Hey there guys!
Well this is gonna sound a bit ridiculous but I've actually deleted Launcher2.apk and SystemUI.apk instead of copied them (stupid yeah I know I could eat my face off right now...) and I need them back. There's no official ROM available for download which pretty much sucks so I can't get them anywhere. So if anyone here has the same tablet as me, consider sharing those two system apps with me.
Thanks.
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I am surprised that there isn't any restore system. Looks if you have a kernel menu with touch combinaison. Like us with power on button + vol up.
Bizcuite
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Well I can get into recovery easily but it's useless, can't mount external sd card so I can't flash anything.
Benzonat0r said:
Well I can get into recovery easily but it's useless, can't mount external sd card so I can't flash anything.
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Just to be sure you have no way to reflash any firmware?
Else try to connect your tab to your computer and use adb even if your system bootloop. Try to install adb and push your missing files.
I doubt that there are no firmwares to download.
If they havr used the same boot like archos. The mount of the sdcard depend of the initramfs (ramdisk) not the OS.
Bizcuite
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bizcuite said:
Just to be sure you have no way to reflash any firmware?
Else try to connect your tab to your computer and use adb even if your system bootloop. Try to install adb and push your missing files.
I doubt that there are no firmwares to download.
If they havr used the same boot like archos. The mount of the sdcard depend of the initramfs (ramdisk) not the OS.
Bizcuite
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It's not in a boot loop it just hangs at "bootanimation" (If you'd call it that I know I wouldn't) and wham stays like this forever.
Oh and another problem.
Code:
adb shell
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed no such file or directory (2) -
Can't push files from recovery because I need to mount /system. I can't do that because adb shell isn't working.
I don't see 7h G3 anywhere, see for yourself.
http://arnovatech.com/support/updates_fwm.html?country=gb&lang=en
Benzonat0r said:
Hey there guys!
Well this is gonna sound a bit ridiculous but I've actually deleted Launcher2.apk and SystemUI.apk instead of copied them (stupid yeah I know I could eat my face off right now...) and I need them back. There's no official ROM available for download which pretty much sucks so I can't get them anywhere. So if anyone here has the same tablet as me, consider sharing those two system apps with me.
Thanks.
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I have the same tablet, if you need these two files ... here they are: View attachment Launcher2.apk
View attachment SystemUI.apk
Just in case when still struggling or for future need:
unbrick-and-reflash-arnova-7h-g3-solved
with the massive overhaul that is kitkat, google changed alot of files, and therefore a new way must be discovered to switch internal/external storages.
The editing vold.fstab option from 4.1-4.2 no longer works as vold.fstab was removed in 4.3, and the editing build.prop method for 4.3 no longer works.
Anyone know how to do it for 4.4?
thanks in advance
No Luck So Far
Been working for hours trying to figure this one out. Things to note is that now there are two mount points.
1) /mnt/media_rw/sdcard1 / sdcard0 (this has the actual /dev/block/vold/179:1 origin
2) /dev/fuse /storage/sdcard1 / sdcard 0
I've been unsuccessful trying any of the old build.prop tweaks. Hopefully someone smarter will come along and bang this one out.
Bump..... Stuck on 4.3 till a solution arises
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I've asked the compiler of the NeatKernel if he would fork it and swap out the sdcards in fstab.aries, but have yet to receive a reply....
Perhaps if you two went and posted the same, it might motivate him to do so.
Me too
alkspo said:
Bump..... Stuck on 4.3 till a solution arises
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You got Company!
vivin007 said:
You got Company!
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Same here! I upgraded to 4.4 and then realised that the build.prop 's changes made in 4.3 doesn't work for 4.4. Downgrading to 4.3 till there is a solution.
Still no "real" solution. but pretty convenient for me.
@fusionjack integrated swap option in the rom i was using which is slimsaber, so now i have swap
unfortunately, its only for this rom unless other rom makers incorporate it as well
alkspo said:
Still no "real" solution. but pretty convenient for me.
@fusionjack integrated swap option in the rom i was using which is slimsaber, so now i have swap
unfortunately, its only for this rom unless other rom makers incorporate it as well
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Good news, so it's not impossible, it's just about time to see the swap method for 4.4 floating around.
I found an application that allows you to move the data from games to external sdcard, but you have to run the game through the application to play it though. Its called gl to sd, your phone must be rooted though.
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anatoliy0813 said:
I found an application that allows you to move the data from games to external sdcard, but you have to run the game through the application to play it though. Its called gl to sd, your phone must be rooted though.
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Yeah I know it, but DirectoryBind is better m8. Once it moves and link the data to external you can forget about it.
I've been trying to swap the storage on my note 2 on 4.3 can abtobetell me how to do this tried so many methods and nothing works. I would really appreciate some help guys. Thanks in advance
bigevil124 said:
I've been trying to swap the storage on my note 2 on 4.3 can abtobetell me how to do this tried so many methods and nothing works. I would really appreciate some help guys. Thanks in advance
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Try file, called "fstab.sun6i" in / folder. I keep trying, but all the changes, I made was unstable...If I'll make some progress I'll write it down
Hi im not sure if this helps but someone released a script for cm11 to swap sdcards. Worked fine on resurection for me all I tested.the thread is somewhere in galaxy2 forum I posted to his thread so one of my last replys. I will find the link and edit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2595756
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swap internal sd to external
Hello
did anyone come up to a solution for this or have any info about it?
i want to swap mine too and nothing seems to work on Kitkat
thank you
rictec said:
Hello
did anyone come up to a solution for this or have any info about it?
i want to swap mine too and nothing seems to work on Kitkat
thank you
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Hi
on kitkat, you should unpack your boot.img file, update the fstab.* files inside, repack it, and flash it.
The way the img file is built depends on your device manufacturer. I did it successfully on my mtk tablet with the tools I found in this forum.
I am pretty sure that unpack/pack tools exist for samsung as well (for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/how-to-unpack-split-samsung-boot-img-t1810907 )
Good luck in your search.
tried that but it failed
seb_131 said:
Hi
on kitkat, you should unpack your boot.img file, update the fstab.* files inside, repack it, and flash it.
The way the img file is built depends on your device manufacturer. I did it successfully on my mtk tablet with the tools I found in this forum.
I am pretty sure that unpack/pack tools exist for samsung as well (for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/how-to-unpack-split-samsung-boot-img-t1810907 )
Good luck in your search.
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thank you for you reply i already try that had some trouble to flash back the boot and when i manage to do it fstab got ignored
i m currently doing that with a boot script but have to run it every time the table reboots
its not a samsung is a storex A31 based device
rictec said:
thank you for you reply i already try that had some trouble to flash back the boot and when i manage to do it fstab got ignored
i m currently doing that with a boot script but have to run it every time the table reboots
its not a samsung is a storex A31 based device
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You have to look for the dev kit dedicated to your processor. Have a look there : http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/73913-onda-kitchen-a31-a31s/
I have a mtk based device. I found the tools in this forum. I edited the 3 fstab.* files I found, and then all worked fine.
thank you
seb_131 said:
Hi
on kitkat, you should unpack your boot.img file, update the fstab.* files inside, repack it, and flash it.
The way the img file is built depends on your device manufacturer. I did it successfully on my mtk tablet with the tools I found in this forum.
I am pretty sure that unpack/pack tools exist for samsung as well (for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/help/how-to-unpack-split-samsung-boot-img-t1810907 )
Good luck in your search.
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You have to look for the dev kit dedicated to your processor. Have a look there : http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/73913-onda-kitchen-a31-a31s/
I have a mtk based device. I found the tools in this forum. I edited the 3 fstab.* files I found, and then all worked fine.
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i have those thank you did not wanted to do a entire img just to change some files on boot but it looks like i have to maybe i do some more twicks and be great
Foldermount maybe a good solution
alkspo said:
with the massive overhaul that is kitkat, google changed alot of files, and therefore a new way must be discovered to switch internal/external storages.
The editing vold.fstab option from 4.1-4.2 no longer works as vold.fstab was removed in 4.3, and the editing build.prop method for 4.3 no longer works.
Anyone know how to do it for 4.4?
thanks in advance
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Before 4.4 I could do it by "Android Internal to External sdcard" app, but this app couldn't do the trick on 4.4 KitKat OS, so "Foldermount" could be a good solution for you. All this app does is make a image of your apps (that you want to) to sdcard. The real files are located in external sdcard and only the clone file ( of max few KB) will residue at internal sdcard. If you are a gamer, this will help you until the real solution arrives.
Good Luck.
There is real solution! Or at least it works for me.
biopsin said:
Since Android 4.2 and the intro of multiusers there is a problem with bind folders across sdcards, making any attempt on mount bind folders as root would result in visible to root only.
Solution is to fool Android with temporary hijack debuggerd to create the mount binds for us. Thanks Chainfire for this workaround!
* Download both files and rename without .txt
* edit debuggerd.mnt to suit your needs (using any other dir then /emulated/legacy/ will result in read only if browsing folders from sdcard0)
* move debuggerd.mnt to /system/bin
* move mount.sh to any place with execute permissions
* execute mount.sh with any preferred method.
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Quoted from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2718760.
Thank You biopsin! Thank You Chainfire!
I'm including my files, but 'mount.sh' was not really changed in practical sense.
In case of 'debugger.mnt' it all depends on Your device. You need to check which block for You is internal and which external storage. Just 'mount' command should help.
You can also use it to mount only one folder - like 'obb', which will let You keep applications data on external card.
Just use "mount -o bind /storage/sdcard1/Android /obb /storage/sdcard0/Android/obb" command in debuggerd.mnt file.
You can also have different 'debuggerd.mnt' files (of course called somehow different - like 'debuggerd02.mnt') and different 'mount.sh' files which will let You mount different things whenever You like.
Enjoy!
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And for easier usage You can try $cripter - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=sites.mjwhitta.scripter&hl=en .
It's the best I found.