I have 8gb sdcard which is partitioned into 6.3gb+700mb( to use link2sd).. Now my problem is, in the folder
/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails/ there are two files named .thumbdataxxxxxxxxx which is around 500mb each.. No matter how many times I delete them they are created automatically in few hours.. Because of this my sdcard free space is 0.0byte.. I have only a few gallery pics. The size of the photos are 100 to 200mb only.. Is this kind of virus?? I'm using zoner antivirus it didn't detect any virus..
What should I do now..?
Some one please help me..
My phone is Rooted with stock ics 4.0.4
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ariftwister said:
I have 8gb sdcard which is partitioned into 6.3gb+1gb( to use link2sd).. Now my problem is, in the folder
/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails/ there are two files named .thumbdataxxxxxxxxx which is around 500mb each.. No matter how many times I delete them they are created automatically in few hours.. Because of this my sdcard free space is 0.0byte.. I have only a few gallery pics. The size of the photos are 100 to 200mb only.. Is this kind of virus?? I'm using zoner antivirus it didn't detect any virus..
What should I do now..?
Some one please help me..
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CMIIW but the ext partition must be less then 1GB? Try partition it with 900mb
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Singgih4050 said:
CMIIW but the ext partition must be less then 1GB? Try partition it with 900mb
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Sorry old info.. Now my ext partition is 700mb only...
Noob question - what is sdcard class n what does it indicate n how can we find the class ?
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ariftwister said:
Sorry old info.. Now my ext partition is 700mb only...
Noob question - what is sdcard class n what does it indicate n how can we find the class ?
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SD Card Class is to determine the SD Card Write and Read Speed,The Higher the Class the better it is
Just ask the dealer...lol
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SD Card Class is to determine the SD Card Write and Read Speed,The Higher the Class the better it is
Just ask the dealer...lol
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yeah i know that .. but how can i find the class of sdcard that i am using now??? i fear the problem is caused by the sdcard itself??
ariftwister said:
yeah i know that .. but how can i find the class of sdcard that i am using now??? i fear the problem is caused by the sdcard itself??
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I doesn't know how to Find it on the SD card (Mine only have Manufacturer logo and SD Card capacity)
Don't think too negative its bad for your Mind and Brain
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ariftwister said:
I have 8gb sdcard which is partitioned into 6.3gb+700mb( to use link2sd).. Now my problem is, in the folder
/sdcard/DCIM/.thumbnails/ there are two files named .thumbdataxxxxxxxxx which is around 500mb each.. No matter how many times I delete them they are created automatically in few hours.. Because of this my sdcard free space is 0.0byte.. I have only a few gallery pics. The size of the photos are 100 to 200mb only.. Is this kind of virus?? I'm using zoner antivirus it didn't detect any virus..
What should I do now..?
Some one please help me..
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Run the shell command "lsof" to see what process using/creating this file.
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I doesn't know how to Find it on the SD card (Mine only have Manufacturer logo and SD Card capacity)
Don't think too negative its bad for your Mind and Brain
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Mine also have only the manufacturer name n capacity....
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Run the shell command "lsof" to see what process using/creating this file.
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I'm New to this... How to run it ? Could you please expand?
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I'm New to this... How to run it ? Could you please expand?
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Open a shell on your phone, preferable "adb shell", but I guess "ConnectBot" or similar is good enough.
Become root (using Link2SD, I assume you've got root).
Run the command "lsof", best is to do this once you see the file is growing. So try deleting it, and wait for it to re-appear. Due to the size of the file, it must be written to for a long time before it fills up the SDcard. Now run "lsof" (stands for "LiSt Open Files".
Code:
[email protected]:/ # lsof > /sdcard/files.txt
Now open the file "files.txt" in your favourite editor and search for a line containing the file name.
It may look like:
com.andro 7817 app_54 32 ??? ??? ??? ??? /system/fonts/DroidNaskh-Regular.ttf
The first number "7817" is the process number owning the file in question (here /system/fonts/DroidNaskh-Regular.ttf, but you are looking for thubdata). See what process this is using "ps":
Code:
[email protected]:/ # ps 7817
USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME
app_54 7817 166 283756 24068 ffffffff 2aabc3f0 S com.android.calendar
Ah... calendar...! Now you what what app create this file, and you can continue the investigation of this app!
kuisma said:
Open a shell on your phone, preferable "adb shell", but I guess "ConnectBot" or similar is good enough.
Become root (using Link2SD, I assume you've got root).
Run the command "lsof", best is to do this once you see the file is growing. So try deleting it, and wait for it to re-appear. Due to the size of the file, it must be written to for a long time before it fills up the SDcard. Now run "lsof" (stands for "LiSt Open Files".
Code:
[email protected]:/ # lsof > /sdcard/files.txt
Now open the file "files.txt" in your favourite editor and search for a line containing the file name.
It may look like:
com.andro 7817 app_54 32 ??? ??? ??? ??? /system/fonts/DroidNaskh-Regular.ttf
The first number "7817" is the process number owning the file in question (here /system/fonts/DroidNaskh-Regular.ttf, but you are looking for thubdata). See what process this is using "ps":
Code:
[email protected]:/ # ps 7817
USER PID PPID VSIZE RSS WCHAN PC NAME
app_54 7817 166 283756 24068 ffffffff 2aabc3f0 S com.android.calendar
Ah... calendar...! Now you what what app create this file, and you can continue the investigation of this app!
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I can't run connectbot as root.... It doesn't prompt superuser.. So when I run lsof command as $ it shows access denied...:banghead:
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I can't run connectbot as root.... It doesn't prompt superuser.. So when I run lsof command as $ it shows access denied...:banghead:
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No "su" command?
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No "su" command?
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After running the su command I got root...then followed ur steps...it shows android.process.media
What shall I do now??
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After running the su command I got root...then followed ur steps...it shows android.process.media
What shall I do now??
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Ok, this is a system process. I guess you've got some image with an invalid embedded thumbnail. Move all images from your device to your computer and see if the problem goes away. In this case, at least one of your images is broken, and you'll have to find which. Move all movies as well to be of the safe side.
kuisma said:
Ok, this is a system process. I guess you've got some image with an invalid embedded thumbnail. Move all images from your device to your computer and see if the problem goes away. In this case, at least one of your images is broken, and you'll have to find which. Move all movies as well to be of the safe side.
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Thanks....Ok I will try it... But isn't there any easy way to find that file...coz I have got nearly 1000 photos
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Thanks....Ok I will try it... But isn't there any easy way to find that file...coz I have got nearly 1000 photos
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You can find it within 10 operations. Divide and conquer.
First move all the pictures to verify the error goes away. If not, I was wrong, and we'll have to try something else.
If the error goes away, restore half of the pictures, i.e. 500 of them. Did the error occur again? Remove half of the half again, i.e. 250 etc. By dividing by half all the time, you will get down to one single picture in 10 steps.
kuisma said:
You can find it within 10 operations. Divide and conquer.
First move all the pictures to verify the error goes away. If not, I was wrong, and we'll have to try something else.
If the error goes away, restore half of the pictures, i.e. 500 of them. Did the error occur again? Remove half of the half again, i.e. 250 etc. By dividing by half all the time, you will get down to one single picture in 10 steps.
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Kk thanks dude.. What if still the problem persists?
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Kk thanks dude.. What if still the problem persists?
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Still persists after you first move all the pictures from the phone? Then we'll have to try something else, but try this first, ok?
kuisma said:
Still persists after you first move all the pictures from the phone? Then we'll have to try something else, but try this first, ok?
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Ok.. Thanks for your help
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Finally. It is solved, this was caused by the app audio manager(a.k.a Hide it pro)
When I uninstalled it the problem is gone
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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.
kuckimonster said:
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 "#")
Hi GUys
I was using Ram Manager . I changed the Heap size to 128 Byte and Noow the phone is stuck on Boot Logo.
I'm rooted on Stock Firmware.
Please help, urgent
Did you backup?
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Try another kernel
Nandroid ftw!!
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philicibine said:
Try another kernel
Nandroid ftw!!
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No backup. I've not made any backup beacuse I'm stupid.
Please help; will Reset to factory setting help?
Boot into recovery, connect to your computer, open command prompt and type adb pull /system/build.prop
Edit the build.prop with notepad++ and fix the VM size, chances are that app set the VM size as 128 or 128mb instead of 128m which it should be.
Then once its fixed just adb push it back to /system/build.prop
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nodstuff said:
Boot into recovery, connect to your computer, open command prompt and type adb pull /system/build.prop
Edit the build.prop with notepad++ and fix the VM size, chances are that app set the VM size as 128 or 128mb instead of 128m which it should be.
Then once its fixed just adb push it back to /system/build.prop
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I'm Really noob . Please tell how to :
Boot into Recovery?
How do I push adb ?
eggman89 said:
I'm Really noob . Please tell how to :
Boot into Recovery?
How do I push adb ?
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Hold volume down, home button and power button together and it will boot into recovery.
I take it you don't have the android sdk on your computer? You need that to use adb.
If not then the easiest option is to factory reset, or maybe someone will make you a flashable zip that will replace your build.prop.
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How do I :
"open command prompt and type adb pull /system/build.prop" .
Is it the windows Command Propmt?
If you have these questions you honestly shouldn't be messing with heap size.
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eggman89 said:
How do I :
"open command prompt and type adb pull /system/build.prop" .
Is it the windows Command Propmt?
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Yes, that's it.
First type "adb devices" (no" ")
If you get a long serial number then adb is set up on your computer but I doubt it seeing as you are asking how to boot into recovery.
I take it you have a custom recovery?
If you give me a few mins I'll make you a flashable zip that will replace your build.prop, tell me what rom you are on
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Lutin said:
If you have these questions you honestly shouldn't be messing with heap size.
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I know. I made a stupid mistake and I don't even know why I changed it?
How do I do factory reset?What will I lose?
nodstuff said:
Yes, that's it.
First type "adb devices" (no" ")
If you get a long serial number then adb is set up on your computer but I doubt it seeing as you are asking how to boot into recovery.
I take it you have a custom recovery?
If you give me a few mins I'll make you a flashable zip that will replace your build.prop, tell me what rom you are on
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Hi
I'm on stock LFB (Indian Version).
I am on CWM-based Recovery c5.5.0.4
nodstuff said:
Yes, that's it.
First type "adb devices" (no" ")
If you get a long serial number then adb is set up on your computer but I doubt it seeing as you are asking how to boot into recovery.
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I get adb is not a recognized internal or external command.
I also deleted dalvik cache; but it didn't help
eggman89 said:
I get adb is not a recognized internal or external command.
I also deleted dalvik cache; but it didn't help
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Get me a build.prop from that firmware and I'll make you a zip you can flash in cwm.
You'll find it in the system folder.
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Get me a build.prop from that firmware and I'll make you a zip you can flash in cwm.
You'll find it in the system folder.
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I'm unable to access filesystem
Let me ask someone?
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I'm unable to access filesystem
Let me ask someone?
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Download another one from samfirmware.com
I'm not downloading it for you.
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Download another one from samfirmware.com
I'm not downloading it for you.
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Yes. I'm already downloading it. It's about 800mb and it'll take about 36minutes more.
Once I get that I'll provide it to you.
Thanks a lot for the help
But how will I push the build.prop ?
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Download another one from samfirmware.com
I'm not downloading it for you.
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he needs adb to push the zip to his mobile first.
bala_gamer said:
he needs adb to push the zip to his mobile first.
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How do I get adb?
eggman89 said:
Yes. I'm already downloading it. It's about 800mb and it'll take about 36minutes more.
Once I get that I'll provide it to you.
Thanks a lot for the help
But how will I push the build.prop ?
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man if you are downloading the full rom, better flash it via odin . job done. almost all the stock roms are non wipe
Dears,
Kindly I want to know some info about swap as I am a newbie in root.. I downloaded 2 apps for this "MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check and Swapper For Root" and I tried them.. They are very amazing apps but sometimes I don't feel that they are working.. Anyways, I disabled the swap and I deleted the swap file from the SD card after using "Swapper For Root" and then I tried "MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check" to make sure that my device can do the swap or not and then I Uninstalled both of them but when I wrote in terminal "free" after I deleted both of the 2 apps I found the below...
Swap: 61432 37240 24192
I want to know if it is normal or not to find a swap space like this.. I used MemoryInfo & Swapfile check and Swapper For Root Only.
If this space is not normal or it will affect negatively on my device or my SD card so I wish you can help me solve this problem.
My device is SE Xperia Mini Pro SK17i "Rooted" through a guide on SE Forum, Build Number 4.1.B.0.587.
Thanks in advance & I very much appreciate your support.
Best Regards,
DoLcEka
dolceka said:
Dears,
Kindly I want to know some info about swap as I am a newbie in root.. I downloaded 2 apps for this "MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check and Swapper For Root" and I tried them.. They are very amazing apps but sometimes I don't feel that they are working.. Anyways, I disabled the swap and I deleted the swap file from the SD card after using "Swapper For Root" and then I tried "MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check" to make sure that my device can do the swap or not and then I Uninstalled both of them but when I wrote in terminal "free" after I deleted both of the 2 apps I found the below...
Swap: 61432 37240 24192
I want to know if it is normal or not to find a swap space like this.. I used MemoryInfo & Swapfile check and Swapper For Root Only.
If this space is not normal or it will affect negatively on my device or my SD card so I wish you can help me solve this problem.
My device is SE Xperia Mini Pro SK17i "Rooted" through a guide on SE Forum, Build Number 4.1.B.0.587.
Thanks in advance & I very much appreciate your support.
Best Regards,
DoLcEka
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i just checked my ray & j my j has no swap it says 0 0 0 at swap then i disabeld my swap partition on my ray and it still reads that its swapping it shuld'nt do any harm. try wipe dalvrk cache and reboot.
What should I do exactly with wipe dalvik??
And I am sry but I didnt get your reply.. This swap place "60 MBs" is okay or not??
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the only way is throw your sd card to the amazon sea
I am far away from there.. I live in Egypt.. Nile is okay ? )
Or there is a solution ?
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Any updates guys ???
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Any updates guys ???
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check system/etc/init.d folder and delete all scripts there
I found 2 files.. Beats " I think it is for beats audio which I installed later" and RockoDev.. But I couldn't delete any of them through ES File Explorer.. Any other ways to delete these files ??
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I tried another explorer "AntTek Explorer" and I delete them but the swap space is still exist.. Should I delete mkswap, swapon and swapoff files from /system/xbin ???
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Any updates ??
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Any updates ??
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I wouldn't delete anything from /system/xbin. Did you reboot your phone after uninstalling the apps and deleting the init.d scripts?
dolceka said:
Any updates ??
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Please don't create more than one thread about the same question as this is against the rules. I have deleted your other thread as it's the same as this one and you're already receiving help here.
Thanks
AvRS
I am sry about the second thread but I thought that I will recieve no more replies so I just wanted to refresh the post no more.. I am sry again
After I uninstalled the apps I restarted.. And after I deleted the scripts I did a reboot too.. But it is still the same
If it is okay to find a swap space like this in my SD so I don't have to worry.. The problem is that I don't have a PC or a Lap nowadays.. On the other hand, I don't want to disable the option of swap in case I may do it later after taking a backup from SD.
Thanks in advance guys for your support.
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dolceka said:
I am sry about the second thread but I thought that I will recieve no more replies so I just wanted to refresh the post no more.. I am sry again
After I uninstalled the apps I restarted.. And after I deleted the scripts I did a reboot too.. But it is still the same
If it is okay to find a swap space like this in my SD so I don't have to worry.. The problem is that I don't have a PC or a Lap nowadays.. On the other hand, I don't want to disable the option of swap in case I may do it later after taking a backup from SD.
Thanks in advance guys for your support.
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If you look in your sdcard, can you see the swap file? If you can, you can either delete it or try and figure out how to reset that particular swap using terminal emulator. If you want to try the second solution, you need to look for the swap in /sys/block and let me know if you find it.
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If you look in your sdcard, can you see the swap file? If you can, you can either delete it or try and figure out how to reset that particular swap using terminal emulator. If you want to try the second solution, you need to look for the swap in /sys/block and let me know if you find it.
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No I can't see the swap file in my SD card... I searched by "swap" and I found "mkswap, swapon & swapoff" in /system/xbin and I checked /sys/block as you told me and I found some files with the names of "ram0, ram1, ram2.. Till ram7 and zram0" "loop1 till loop64" "dm-1 to 64" "mmcblk0" "mtdblock0 till mtdblock3".. What do you think!?
dolceka said:
No I can't see the swap file in my SD card... I searched by "swap" and I found "mkswap, swapon & swapoff" in /system/xbin and I checked /sys/block as you told me and I found some files with the names of "ram0, ram1, ram2.. Till ram7 and zram0" "loop1 till loop64" "dm-1 to 64" "mmcblk0" "mtdblock0 till mtdblock3".. What do you think!?
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okay I took a look in the app...
I would try this in terminal emulator:
su
echo "1" > /dev/block/mtdblock3/reset
if it doesn't work, remove the "" from around the 1.
I got.. Cannot create dev/block..etc. Wrong directory !! (
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dolceka said:
I got.. Cannot create dev/block..etc. Wrong directory !! (
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in terminal try:
su
swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3
if that doesn't work you can look again for the swap file. According to the app it should be somewhere in your system folder or you can just set the swappiness to 0
again in terminal:
su
sysctl -w vm.swappiness=0
which rom are you running right now, because you should also be able to restore just the system partition from a nandroid back up with out losing all your settings....
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in terminal try:
su
swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3
if that doesn't work you can look again for the swap file. According to the app it should be somewhere in your system folder or you can just set the swappiness to 0
again in terminal:
su
sysctl -w vm.swappiness=0
which rom are you running right now, because you should also be able to restore just the system partition from a nandroid back up with out losing all your settings....
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I didn't find any swap files.. I searched for "swap" and I got "mkswap, swapoff & swapon" no more files.. and I searched for ROEHSOFT in case the swap file will be named by the app's developer but I found nothing too.. I tried "swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3" and nothing happened "Wrong Directory" So I tried "swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3" and it showed me "Invalid Argument"... I became disappointed of this issue, Is it dangerous on my SD card or on my device to have a swap space like this !? "I can't take a backup from my SD right now, I don't have a PC or a Lap now" ... If it is not that dangerous, I will accept it ... Thanks again guys for youor support, If you find any others ways I will be greatful
dolceka said:
I didn't find any swap files.. I searched for "swap" and I got "mkswap, swapoff & swapon" no more files.. and I searched for ROEHSOFT in case the swap file will be named by the app's developer but I found nothing too.. I tried "swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3" and nothing happened "Wrong Directory" So I tried "swapoff /dev/block/mtdblk3" and it showed me "Invalid Argument"... I became disappointed of this issue, Is it dangerous on my SD card or on my device to have a swap space like this !? "I can't take a backup from my SD right now, I don't have a PC or a Lap now" ... If it is not that dangerous, I will accept it ... Thanks again guys for youor support, If you find any others ways I will be greatful
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Have you checked using "free" to see if the swap is still being used, if the numbers don't change over time then no swapping is happening. If the swap is in RAM then there is no harm to the device. If the swap is on the sdcard or internal memory then there may be a slow damaging of the media, but I think this takes a long time. Try setting vm.swappiness to 0 this will minimize the swapping until you are ready to flash a new ROM.
One reason why I asked what kind of rom you are on is because by flashing the rom again you should wipe out the swap. This is easy to do with with a custom rom but it is a little bit harder to do with a Sony stock ROM. Also any nandroid back up from before you set up the swap will wipe it out also.
Hi can anyone help me I have flashed my phone a few times now and when I go in to a file manager and look at my internal memory card it says sdcard0 and if I open that there is another file called 0 and if I open that there's another file called 0 and so on this happens until I've opend about 8 files named 0 then I reach one named Google can anyone tell me whats happend here and what I can do to fix it thanks
It happens with some file managers try different one.
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galaxys3_newbie said:
Hi can anyone help me I have flashed my phone a few times now and when I go in to a file manager and look at my internal memory card it says sdcard0 and if I open that there is another file called 0 and if I open that there's another file called 0 and so on this happens until I've opend about 8 files named 0 then I reach one named Google can anyone tell me whats happend here and what I can do to fix it thanks
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This happend since you were using an outdated version of CWM recovery for JB roms. This bug has been fixed in the latest versions of CWM.. Update your recovery via fastboot beofre flashing any further..
Ok thanks is there away to rwmove the files aswell please
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Does anyone know how I can delete the 0 files
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Hello can anyone help me
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There is no easy way.. you have to copy all ur conents from your phone to memory to PC and then delete the '0' folders and then copy back your contents from PC.. i have done this and it went smoothly..
Hi is there a way to clean up these /0 directories who looks identical?
It add's an additional /0 directory in emulated every time I do a clean flash. Don't that use up my internal storage?
I'm using Temasek's cm 10.1 unofficial v83 + kernel but i don't think it has to do with the ROM
Is it safe to just delete these directories or is there any other way around this?
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Klype said:
Hi is there a way to clean up these /0 directories who looks identical?
It add's an additional /0 directory in emulated every time I do a clean flash. Don't that use up my internal storage?
I'm using Temasek's cm 10.1 unofficial v83 + kernel but i don't think it has to do with the ROM
Is it safe to just delete these directories or is there any other way around this?
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You need to upgrade your recovery application to the latest version to stop getting multiple /0 folders.
You only need one level of /0. And, yes you can delete the redundant levels. But make sure your files under the last level are copied to the sole remaining level.
/0 level came in with multi-user support in 4.2
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BillGoss said:
You need to upgrade your recovery application to the latest version to stop getting multiple /0 folders.
You only need one level of /0. And, yes you can delete the redundant levels. But make sure your files under the last level are copied to the sole remaining level.
/0 level came in with multi-user support in 4.2
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Thanks for answering
I've flashed cwmtouch 6.0.2.8 awhile ago and the levels of /0's stopped adding up.
I've copied all the files from the last levels to emulated/0.
Then i deleted the files from the last levels except one made by a rom i had several months ago. It can't seem to be deleted because of some elevated permissions. I've tried with several Explorer's with no luck.
How do I get around to change permissions or simply get rid of former systemfiles not in use anymore?
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Klype said:
Thanks for answering
I've flashed cwmtouch 6.0.2.8 awhile ago and the levels of /0's stopped adding up.
I've copied all the files from the last levels to emulated/0.
Then i deleted the files from the last levels except one made by a rom i had several months ago. It can't seem to be deleted because of some elevated permissions. I've tried with several Explorer's with no luck.
How do I get around to change permissions or simply get rid of former systemfiles not in use anymore?
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You can try with philz recovery and aroma file manager inside the recovery, see first posts of thread.
and please search next time, this has been discussed way too much
Klype said:
Thanks for answering
I've flashed cwmtouch 6.0.2.8 awhile ago and the levels of /0's stopped adding up.
I've copied all the files from the last levels to emulated/0.
Then i deleted the files from the last levels except one made by a rom i had several months ago. It can't seem to be deleted because of some elevated permissions. I've tried with several Explorer's with no luck.
How do I get around to change permissions or simply get rid of former systemfiles not in use anymore?
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Use terminal. Then remove the folder using the 'rm -rf' command. You may need to read up on this if you aren't familiar with Linux commands.
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Back you files up to a PC, then boot to recovery and format /sdcard. That will remove all the 0/0/0/0/0/0 folders, then boot and copy your files back.
BillGoss said:
Use terminal. Then remove the folder using the 'rm -rf' command. You may need to read up on this if you aren't familiar with Linux commands.
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Yes i might have to read up a bit on terminal commands if i should have a chance to use it...
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Glebun said:
and please search next time, this has been discussed way too much
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Actually i did search but didn't understand what to do and what to search for. Thats why i finally asked the question here in the Q n A section. The search motor in the android app is also really difficult to search with.
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delsus said:
Back you files up to a PC, then boot to recovery and format /sdcard. That will remove all the 0/0/0/0/0/0 folders, then boot and copy your files back.
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Thanks that's a good idea
At least it solve my problem for now till i learn more about using the terminal
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Striatum_bdr said:
You can try with philz recovery and aroma file manager inside the recovery, see first posts of thread.
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I flashed aroma file manager and it worked like a charm
Thanks for pointing me in this direction now everything works as it should :thumbup:
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Klype said:
I flashed aroma file manager and it worked like a charm
Thanks for pointing me in this direction now everything works as it should :thumbup:
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hi..
i have the same pb.. can u pls assist me how can u solve it..?
my sinternal storage is now storage\emulated\0
wbr..
t-mobile_mda said:
hi..
i have the same pb.. can u pls assist me how can u solve it..?
my sinternal storage is now storage\emulated\0
wbr..
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Yes look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/info-flashed-4-2-sdcard-data-t2274218