Hi, i bought a chinese smartphone, zopo zp910 4gb of flash memory, but when i'm trying to flash a rom using mtk6589 flash tools, the software show @emmc 28gb. Is possible that the phone has a flash memory with size locked?
Thank you.
potaturrias said:
Hi, i bought a chinese smartphone, zopo zp910 4gb of flash memory, but when i'm trying to flash a rom using mtk6589 flash tools, the software show @emmc 28gb. Is possible that the phone has a flash memory with size locked?
Thank you.
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Well, I too get that feeling of size lock emmc as on when I flash my Canvas HD a116 i think it is size lock with "mbr" file which os used to alocate 4GB in process of flash some have provided other mbr files that is modified to extend but I did not used any as I have no spare MT6589 chip when I get one I eventually will test it you can search on xda. Even there is a little app called "meteos MT6589" just a click to expand partition but after that have to factory format to settle the partition so nanadroid backup is must. I will link you that thread of mbr flashable files it is in my bookmarks have to search a little.
Here you go --->>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455850
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Hello.
My Father has a Galaxy S II , and he is always complaining that his phone is low on space.
The phone is 16GB and has another 16GB MicroSD card.
Most of his on-board integrated 16GB is free, and his MicroSD card is almost completely empty, the problem is that this phone has a very small Android OS 2GB partition, and every time he installs an app it always leaves something on the OS partition (even after manually moving every possible app to SD using the built in Move To SD, and placing all photos and videos on MicroSD). So even with very few Apps installed his phone is always begging for space since essentially he can only make use of 2GB of his 32GB of storage.
So I have considered maybe the best way to fix this his issue, is to install a Custom ROM on his phone, which only contains 1 Single Partition for the integrated 16GB of storage space, and another partition for the 16GB of MicroSD storage.
Thus eliminating the limited 2GB OS partition. (basically make it like every new Android phone since the galaxy S2)
I have never used a custom Android ROM so this is new to me ( i am more familiar with PC's).
So my primary question before I start looking for info and procedures on rooting and custom roms for this phone is as follows:
IS it possible to even install a new android OS on this phone which will have only one primary partition, or is this phone forever destined to only work as it is now with a small 2GB OS partition? In other words is there a hardware limitation which prevents this phone from addressing more than 2GB for its OS partition?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
mr_interested said:
IS it possible to even install a new android OS on this phone which will have only one primary partition, or is this phone forever destined to only work as it is now with a small 2GB OS partition? In other words is there a hardware limitation which prevents this phone from addressing more than 2GB for its OS partition?
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You can repartition the phone using a modified PIT file. You will be able to increase the Data partition to avoid the "out of space" when installing or updating apps. The tradeoff is to have a smaller internal SD partition.
I have done it to my S 2.
There is a thread with clear instructions on how to do it. You will have to learn to use Odin, but that will be very useful as long as you have Samsung phones.
Here is the link: [MOD][GUIDE]Partition your internal memory for better App management (Pit Files)
svbarbosa said:
You can repartition the phone using a modified PIT file. You will be able to increase the Data partition to avoid the "out of space" when installing or updating apps. The tradeoff is to have a smaller internal SD partition.
I have done it to my S 2.
There is a thread with clear instructions on how to do it. You will have to learn to use Odin, but that will be very useful as long as you have Samsung phones.
Here is the link: [MOD][GUIDE]Partition your internal memory for better App management (Pit Files)
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Thanks for the info.
Would it not be easier to just format the phone and start from scratch by installing a new custom Android OS ?
Will starting from scratch with a new OS allow me to set my partitions (just like on a PC) ?
Thanks again.
mr_interested said:
Thanks for the info.
Would it not be easier to just format the phone and start from scratch by installing a new custom Android OS ?
Will starting from scratch with a new OS allow me to set my partitions (just like on a PC) ?
Thanks again.
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No. You must use the Odin / Pit file to modify partition sizes.
And yes, that assumes you will flash a new rom.
svbarbosa said:
No. You must use the Odin / Pit file to modify partition sizes.
And yes, that assumes you will flash a new rom.
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Don't forget to mention that re-partitioning your phone will delete all data so do a backup!!!!!
gsstudios said:
Don't forget to mention that re-partitioning your phone will delete all data so do a backup!!!!!
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Well said.
I did not mention it because it is the first step in the instructions.
But it is never too much to repeat. Backup! Backup! Backup!
Dear developers,
Recently I got a new phone Vivo Y22 with Funtouch OS v1.0 (Christmas present). Its was okay at first then it start telling me that storage has not enough space (with only factory apps and Clean Master). I realize the it had about 4GB internal storage but divided to 2 parts. 2.5GB for system space and 1.06GB as internal storage. In system space, i have only 150mb left I always need to use Clean Master to wipe cache before I download anything. I tried Link2SD, I formatted my SD card and set 4GB partition as EXT2 but did not detect. Same goes for EXT3 and EXT4. It only works for FAT32 but some files cannot be linked using this format. Read some threads in web, they mentioned some phone does not support EXT2,3,4 format. Maybe this is my case? I tried to look for informations about Vivo Y22 but very less and worst, some of them is in chinese.
So the 1st question is: How can I increase the system space? Could I adjust the system space to occupy my more of my Internal Memory?
Second question is, how do I update my phone from JellyBean to KitKat? Do I follow tutorials that uses the same Chipset (Y22 uses MediaTek MT6582)? How if I want to install custom ROMs like CM11 (can't find Vivo Y22 in Device section in CM site so i presume it is not supported?)? There is very less information about rooting and flashing when it comes to this phone. I only manage to root the phone using tutorials given for some other chinese phone.
Thanks in advance..
By,
adlfurball
(just started using smartphone 3 weeks ago, was using old flip phones before hand)
Did you ever manage to fix this? I'd love to root my Y22 and put vanilla Android on there but can't find how to do it. The memory problem is useless on this phone.
I would like to install a Rom on Allview A4 you in such manner that I can format the flash memory the way I want. In this moment I'm having 2Gb for media files and 2Gb for system files( 1.2Gb for system and 0.8Gb for apk).
Help with memory....
tudoras.rt said:
I would like to install a Rom on Allview A4 you in such manner that I can format the flash memory the way I want. In this moment I'm having 2Gb for media files and 2Gb for system files( 1.2Gb for system and 0.8Gb for apk).
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I can help you with memory and you doesn't need to be rooted or to have custom rom.......but you will loose any guarantee.... because you wil make modification in system memory..... you have to download sp flash tool ... and drivers for cdc serial and after you downloaded all this files you must install inf file aand you will also need stock firmware for allview A4 you but you don't need to flash all files which are included in folder only mbr and ebr files which must be edited with this program:ROM Ebr changer..be sure to take v2.0:.......or I will edit them for you.....After you did that and flashed this 2 files on the phone you must do a factory reset because the system must set the new partitions size........My email is [email protected] send me pm if you don't understand something and I will tell you about custom roms on this phone.......
Dear All Greetings
i bought new smartphone mtk 6582 equipped with 1 GB RAM, 8GB Builtin storage, Quad Core Processor, 4.4.2 Kitkat OS.
The problem is that my phone internal app storage space is misconfigured, its only 800+ mb for apps, i just updated the preinstall applications like whatsapp keyboard and gapps and its filled
i cant install anymore applications.
I followed a thread in xda on titled
New Thread for increase Primary Partitions for MTK Phones [/SIZE][/B]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2455850
but did not succeed, in 1st attempt i got boot loop, in second attempt i flash the ebr files and wipe the cache partition and my device gets soft bricked emmc corrupted.
it is requested to all of you please help to get rid of this problem.
I have been trying to root and flash custom rom and twrp and have been unsuccessful but every attempt I have made looks to have taken more storage space each time so now the only partition available reads 8gb total
dchio said:
I have been trying to root and flash custom rom and twrp and have been unsuccessful but every attempt I have made looks to have taken more storage space each time so now the only partition available reads 8gb total
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Sounds like you got a clone ? in other words fake Tab S6 ? install CPU-Z and tell us your cpu and screen resolution! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cpuid.cpu_z