hi,
I flashed xiaomi.eu rom on mido of my uncle, it shows around 25gb of usable storage space.. is this correct?
on my redmi note 3 with slimrom I got 29gb free.
second question .. I flash the rom in twrp and wanted to delete the rom file after that. but I just can't find it? might it be that this file still uses space?
In the 32gb storage, system, data, and other things use it also. It's not only the space for media etc... And don't even compare other devices, because they are all different with different size ROM's etc..
Here it is lol i have only 1.5 gb left
Anyone know why if we install a custom rom, it's still missing 6GB that goes to "System"? I get around 24-25GB after installing RR.
strifej said:
Anyone know why if we install a custom rom, it's still missing 6GB that goes to "System"? I get around 24-25GB after installing RR.
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Install the app "DiskInfo" and it will show you how much space has been allocated to each partition. On mine (Slim) the system partition is 3GB, and the data partition is 24GB.
DarthJabba9 said:
Install the app "DiskInfo" and it will show you how much space has been allocated to each partition. On mine (Slim) the system partition is 3GB, and the data partition is 24GB.
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Yes, mine is similar, but there's missing space. There's still 5GB that's "System" but we can't use it and it's not being used by the ROM. Should be leftover from MIUI. Trying to figure out how to get back that space.. because 32GB isn't really that great when it's really 27GB (then less system, giving 22GB usable).
strifej said:
Yes, mine is similar, but there's missing space. There's still 5GB that's "System" but we can't use it and it's not being used by the ROM. Should be leftover from MIUI. Trying to figure out how to get back that space.. because 32GB isn't really that great when it's really 27GB (then less system, giving 22GB usable).
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I am not sure why the space is not being recovered. Perhaps if you posted a screenshot of your disk map, as reported by DiskInfo, someone might be able to give helpful tips.
On the other hand, you can try installing Slim. It might well recover some of that space for you. I went from stock miui to MultiPro, to OctOS, to Slim. Clearly, somewhere along the line, something recovered all my space for me. By the way, when I refer to installing Slim, I mean a clean flash.
DarthJabba9 said:
I am not sure why the space is not being recovered. Perhaps if you posted a screenshot of your disk map, as reported by DiskInfo, someone might be able to give helpful tips.
On the other hand, you can try installing Slim. It might well recover some of that space for you. I went from stock miui to MultiPro, to OctOS, to Slim. Clearly, somewhere along the line, something recovered all my space for me. By the way, when I refer to installing Slim, I mean a clean flash.
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So, I ran Disk Info (thanks btw, great app) and I'm thinking the problem is the TMPFS mounts that are taking 2x1.5GB = 3GB away. Everything else looks normal. 3GB system, 24GB user.
strifej said:
So, I ran Disk Info (thanks btw, great app) and I'm thinking the problem is the TMPFS mounts that are taking 2x1.5GB = 3GB away. Everything else looks normal. 3GB system, 24GB user.
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No, that is not a problem. Everything looks as it should be (exactly the same on mine). I wouldn't worry if I were you. But if you want to try something else, then perhaps you can try cleaning your installed system with SD Maid. It is likely to recover some space from app corpses, etc.
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I have 25Gb of available space but less than 2Gb for apps? I'd like to use all internal storage for apps and the external card for media. Any idea how I set that up?
I have a Galaxy S2 Epic (SPH-D710) stock ROM, rooted with the zermax kernel and fited with a Sandisk 16Gb class 4 micro sd card.
Problem discovered while installing Navfree. Got the error message "not enough space". So I can't install and move.
Settings>Applications>Maganage applications>All shows
112Mb used of 1.9Gb available.
Settings>Storage>USB storage shows
Total space is 11.5Gb and Available space 11.5Gb
Settings>Storage>SD card shows
Total space 14.83Gb (aka 16Gb!) and Available space 14.81Gb.
syco123 said:
Settings>Storage>SD card shows
Total space 14.83Gb (aka 16Gb!) and Available space 14.81Gb.
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That's perfectly normal dude.. The system uses a chunk of the built-in 16GB for the ROM's use (/system, /data, /cache plus a few other partitions), and the rest is assigned to /sdcard, hence the 11.5GB (I know, that's kind of like false advertisement but what you wanna do ? Sue Samsung ?)
And for the external SD, that's also normal. I'm surprised you didn't notice this detail on the capacity of your harddrive before : end-users tend to think in "base2" (whereas 1KB=1024 bytes, 1MB=1024KB, 1GB=1024MB, and so on), while media manufacturers count in "base10" (i.e. 1KB=1000bytes, 1MB=1000KB, etc). It's a cheap way to reach the symbolic "GB", "TB", "PB" (etc) landmarks more quickly (at least, quicker than the competition).
Do the maths, you'll see that over 16GB that makes a huge chunk of "magically" disappeared storage, but it never was there to begin with.. Also false advertising there, kind of.. But we're all in the same boat here. :S
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That's perfectly normal dude..
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Yea, I understand that, that why I put "(aka 16Gb") as I'm referring to a 16Gb card but listing 14.83Gb available. It was to not cause confusion, guess I failed there!
The problem I'm having is, I need around 4Gb (apparently) to install Navfree. I only have 2Gb available to apps even though I have 25Gb of storage.
People must be installing Navfree, so I must be doing something wrong.
16GB is 16000000000btye/1024/ 1024/1024 = 14. 9GB.
So it is 16Gb and not 16GB.
No such 4gb large program for android. The program is maybe 10-20mb. And the 4gb is the DATA. You can store the 4gb in your SD card.
Accidentally sent from my Google Nexus S using XDA Premium
I just tried again and it installed with a file size of 15.53Mb. Weird, Oh well, thanks anyway.
yeah i was gonna say : you might find some bloatware on the android market here and there, but by and large it is still pretty much immune to this phenomenon..
A 4GB program is something you might encounter under Windows, but Linux ?
Sorry that my first post is reviving an old-ish thread, but the initial question asked hasn't been answered (and a search of the forum didn't help me)..
Is it possible to resize the partitions of the internal storage on my s2, and if so, how?
And whilst on the subject of the internal storage, can someone please clarify if flashing a custom ROM will affect files on the "USB storage" partition, or only the files stored on the "internal" storage partition?
Sorry if these seem like noobish questions, but I am new to this customising malarkey, and want to make sure I don't lose any data unnecessarily, like I did countless times with my iPhone...
nope, flashing a rom (either stock or custom) *should* not alter usb or internal sdcard storage. If it does, that's a surefire sign that the guy who cooked the said rom has no friggin clue whatsoever about what he's messing with and to steer clear from this particular rom...
It must be possible to alter the partitioning scheme to resize the internal storage. At least that's the theory, we're dealing with a flavor of linux here, and everything is doable with linux -and enough effort and dedication.
However, as this partition lies on the same emmc chip as the system, data, cache and kernel/recovery/bootloader partitions, I highly recommend *NOT* to mess with it in any way -not unless you have another smartphone lying around that you could use as backup while your borked SGS2 is shipped back to the samsung service centre, and you're prepared to spend some $$ over the repairs (since rooting is absolutely necessary for this kind of manipulation, your warranty would theoretically be null&void in the process)...
i have comb, 3.3 1.1.
i go to storage view in settings.
it shows, 13 gigs, 12 available.
in the internal view it shows total 1.8 and 122 mb for media.
i get a notification saying low on space..
i cannot instal any app.
whats up?
new-to-it said:
i have comb, 3.3 1.1.
i go to storage view in settings.
it shows, 13 gigs, 12 available.
in the internal view it shows total 1.8 and 122 mb for media.
i get a notification saying low on space..
i cannot instal any app.
whats up?
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Out of 16 gigs built in storage, 13 is set aside as regular sdcard storage while 2 gigs is used for "internal data" and 1 gig is not used at all. If you use the NVflash from the teamdrh ICS rom you can re-format it to have 4 gigs internal and 12 for storage.
The easy thing you can do since your are still on honeycomb is to install app2sd and move some of your data files to the "storage part" (13gigs) which will free that space up in your "internal data" (2gigs) or you can go through and uninstall any apps you no longer use.
i have 4 apps right now, the rest are the google stuff apps crap, which i assume cant go anywhere in fear of them not knowing when i fart..
but
without using the app2sd-(i cant fit it right now)-i can go to settings and move apps, but- where it sez move to- it sez move to usb then after moved it sez move to tablet.
redeyedjedi said:
Out of 16 gigs built in storage, 13 is set aside as regular sdcard storage while 2 gigs is used for "internal data" and 1 gig is not used at all.
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No, no space is wasted like this--certainly not 1G. Use the busybox df instead of the system df. This has confused other users before.
If you use the NVflash from the teamdrh ICS rom you can re-format it to have 4 gigs internal and 12 for storage.
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This is incorrect. Nvflash works on the NAND chip, not on SD cards. To repartition SD cards, use CWM, or this easy method if you want to keep existing data.
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new-to-it said:
i have comb, 3.3 1.1.
i go to storage view in settings.
it shows, 13 gigs, 12 available.
in the internal view it shows total 1.8 and 122 mb for media.
i get a notification saying low on space..
i cannot instal any app.
whats up?
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This has been reported on GtabComb-b3.3 by some other users, but, I was never able to get to the bottom of the problem. Most users will just repartition their SD cards and make the problem away before I can get to troubleshooting the problem.
Get me a logcat, dmesg and other outputs after you've tried to install an app from Market. See this post for the commands to run.
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new-to-it said:
i can go to settings and move apps, but- where it sez move to- it sez move to usb then after moved it sez move to tablet.
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That is the correct behaviour. Move to USB moves apps to /sdcard. Move to tablet moves the apps back into /data.
I meant to say you could use CWM to make 4 gigs. Where did that 1gig go?
redeyedjedi said:
I meant to say you could use CWM to make 4 gigs. Where did that 1gig go?
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The missing 1 gig is the symlink I am working on that is set aside for data/cache and data/dalvic cache. Since the transition to make ROMs larger and our nand being only 512m that was put within either the ROM, CWM, or the boot.img so that everything will run without chopping away at the System to make it lighter, the way I do. If you Flash the nand with the older 1.2 NVflash and the older 1.2 ROMS that 1 gig will return and cache will return to its proper placement within the set stock partitions.
See, what you guys have latched on to is the total size of the /sdcard partition; but, that, is a red herring:
Partition sizes are fixed by CWM when you repartition the SD card--it is not changed in any other way. And, since the size of the internal SD card is fixed, and since all CWMs versions partition the SD card the same way each time, the total sizes of the both partitions cannot change drastically. Therefore, barring filesystem corruption--unlikely here because the only symptom is an inability to install new apps, the 13 GB value being reported has got to be an artifact of rounding, as I mentioned above. Plus, that 1GB is supposedly part of /sdcard, so no space is going to be deducted from /data (where apps usually live) anyway.
redeyedjedi said:
Where did that 1gig go?
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Nowhere. This is an artifact of the rounding out process. See above.
As usual, I just can't understand what Nobe's trying to say. Going for the most straight-forward reading, however:
nobe1976 said:
The missing 1 gig is the symlink
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Nope. The maximum size of a symbolic link on all the standard filesystems seen on the gtablet is only 255 bytes--not 1G.
I am working on that is set aside for data/cache and data/dalvic cache. Since the transition to make ROMs larger and our nand being only 512m that was put within either the ROM, CWM, or the boot.img so that everything will run without chopping away at the System to make it lighter, the way I do.
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Wrong ROM, wrong partition, and, wrong bootloader.
First of all, the user's clearly stated that he has GtabComb-3.3 and a 1.1 bootloader--not any of the ICS/JB ROMs which require a different nvflash package. Second, even if the entire contents of /cache were in /data, it still wouldn't cause any reduction in the size of the /sdcard partition, which is entirely separate. See description above.
If you Flash the nand with the older 1.2 NVflash and the older 1.2 ROMS that 1 gig will return and cache will return to its proper placement within the set stock partitions.
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Changing the bootloader won't fix the user's problems--except as a side-effect of re-installing the ROM from scratch.
We'll have to wait until the user comes back with the various outputs and do some more tests to really find out the cause of the user's real problem: Why can't he install any apps even with enough space on /data? He also can move apps to and from the SD card just fine, apparently.
I didn't mean for miss information on this OP's problem. The 1 gig issue that redeyedjedi is seeing is in fact within the updated jellybean and ICS ROMs only. I should have made that noted. To my understanding after the busy box command you and I went through later this year is that it does impact the data partition on the updated firmware only. I soon realized that after messing with a certain /etc file that it looks to be a virtual swap placement. Busybox reads now 4 gig of data with a 4096/0 partition set in recovery after replacing that file with he that sets proper cache within /dev partition. The fact that it still shows up on standard df means that the ROM somewhere is still showing something there if I am correct or could be a ghost or something. Correct me if I am wrong please.
Sent from My SmOoThA$$ Gtablet.
nobe1976 said:
The 1 gig issue that redeyedjedi is seeing is in fact within the updated jellybean and ICS ROMs only. I should have made that noted.
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No.There is no 1G issue. It is just an artifact of how the partition spaces are displayed in the ROMs, and in the system-supplied df command on all Android versions. It is to avoid this sort of confusion that I ask users to use the busybox df command which displays its values (total space, free space, used space) in 1-K blocks.
To my understanding after the busy box command you and I went through later this year is that it does impact the data partition on the updated firmware only. I soon realized that after messing with a certain /etc file that it looks to be a virtual swap placement. Busybox reads now 4 gig of data with a 4096/0 partition set in recovery after replacing that file with he that sets proper cache within /dev partition. The fact that it still shows up on standard df means that the ROM somewhere is still showing something there if I am correct or could be a ghost or something. Correct me if I am wrong please.
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Gladly--if only I could understand what you were after. Can you make your questions precise, mate?
Background: CWM recovery, SynergyROM r104
My 'Misc' storage reads 7+ gb. A substantial portion of that is the TW-based SynergyROM, but I can't figure out what the rest is. There are no nandroid backups on the internal storage. Looking through 'Internal Memory' with SolidExplorer, I see that the used space is 3.93gb, however, when I view the content summary the total size for all folders is < 2gb. I've gone through each folder in internal memory and can't figure out where the heck the other 1.9gb of used storage is coming from. I have factory reset/wiped cache since I first noticed this. Anyone have any ideas? I'm stumped here.
Bibbed said:
Background: CWM recovery, SynergyROM r104
My 'Misc' storage reads 7+ gb. A substantial portion of that is the TW-based SynergyROM, but I can't figure out what the rest is. There are no nandroid backups on the internal storage. Looking through 'Internal Memory' with SolidExplorer, I see that the used space is 3.93gb, however, when I view the content summary the total size for all folders is < 2gb. I've gone through each folder in internal memory and can't figure out where the heck the other 1.9gb of used storage is coming from. I have factory reset/wiped cache since I first noticed this. Anyone have any ideas? I'm stumped here.
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Hi,
Probably at this time you maybe have solved this problem. Same happened to me, I had 6 Gb of miscellaneous files and coudn't figure where or what they are. Tried all kind of wipes and reset. Finally what worked for me was doing a internal SD format from the recovery, and the miscellaneous files turned to less than 200 Mb. This equals to a complete factory reset manually done.
Hope this can help you.
vicpoke said:
Finally what worked for me was doing a internal SD format from the recovery, and the miscellaneous files turned to less than 200 Mb. This equals to a complete factory reset manually done.
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Was this system recovery or custom?
relt said:
Was this system recovery or custom?
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I'd imagine a custom recovery.
What are you running?
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Safestrap with HD12 on the stock slot, no other slot active. I've pared my misc. storage down a bit, but I've still got 6.26 in System. Just glancing through the files, there seems to be a ton of clutter, but I'm not about to go in and delete stuff if I don't know exactly what it is I'm doing.
So the past few weeks has been my first experience with safe strap and everything.I have been using only the Hyperdrive rom. After having some issues with the RS14 update, i had to delete the rom slot and make a new one. Ive noticed that i have a ton of hidden files, because i have almost no space left on the internal storage. anybody have any ideas on how to find and delete these files? I would also like to know what you guys set the slot as, as far as given space. this is the only rom im going to be using so i want to maximize my space.
m4gkman said:
So the past few weeks has been my first experience with safe strap and everything.I have been using only the Hyperdrive rom. After having some issues with the RS14 update, i had to delete the rom slot and make a new one. Ive noticed that i have a ton of hidden files, because i have almost no space left on the internal storage. anybody have any ideas on how to find and delete these files? I would also like to know what you guys set the slot as, as far as given space. this is the only rom im going to be using so i want to maximize my space.
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If you do format sdcard that should clear up space (factory reset will not clear them). For the space, Safestrap use the internal storage only, so the O/S, boot etc i would need about 900meg, and the data partition is depended on how many apps you planned to install, let say you assign 1gig for data then the total you need is approx 2gb, if you think you're going to have more apps then assign 2.5 or 3..it's all up to you.
buhohitr said:
If you do format sdcard that should clear up space (factory reset will not clear them). For the space, Safestrap use the internal storage only, so the O/S, boot etc i would need about 900meg, and the data partition is depended on how many apps you planned to install, let say you assign 1gig for data then the total you need is approx 2gb, if you think you're going to have more apps then assign 2.5 or 3..it's all up to you.
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the hidden files are in the internal storage, not my sd card.
buhohitr said:
If you do format sdcard that should clear up space (factory reset will not clear them). For the space, Safestrap use the internal storage only, so the O/S, boot etc i would need about 900meg, and the data partition is depended on how many apps you planned to install, let say you assign 1gig for data then the total you need is approx 2gb, if you think you're going to have more apps then assign 2.5 or 3..it's all up to you.
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i might just have to do a factory data reset, and start from scratch and reroot and start over. I really dont want to have to do that though
m4gkman said:
i might just have to do a factory data reset, and start from scratch and reroot and start over. I really dont want to have to do that though
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Factory reset won't clear, you need to format sdcard,
buhohitr said:
Factory reset won't clear, you need to format sdcard,
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even though the issue isn't in the ext sd card?
m4gkman said:
even though the issue isn't in the ext sd card?
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screenshots taken without sd card in.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skaterdave/12530759613/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/skaterdave/12530758613/
sorry for the links, the images werent' working
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even though the issue isn't in the ext sd card?
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I don't think you understand the misc files are hidden, there no way you can delete them. When you boot into recovery, do the following:
wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe system and format sdcard. Format sdcard is formatting your INTERNAL space, not your external sdcard. After done reflash rom.
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I don't think you understand the misc files are hidden, there no way you can delete them. When you boot into recovery, do the following:
wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe system and format sdcard. Format sdcard is formatting your INTERNAL space, not your external sdcard. After done reflash rom.
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When i hit wipe on safe strap, is it the format data button, or a full advanced wipe? sorry im asking so many questions, still really new to safestrap.
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When i hit wipe on safe strap, is it the format data button, or a full advanced wipe? sorry im asking so many questions, still really new to safestrap.
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Hey, just want to make sure we're on the same page. A 16gb Galaxy S4 only has 6gb available as stock phone. If you assigned 3gb for safestrap, then you should only have 3gb left for storage. So my question is the junk files are on the new rom (3gb safestrap) or from the original O/S? I don't believe safestrap offers the option to "format internal SDcard". If you want to continue to use safestrap, you should be on top of the storage space. Since I don't know all the junks are from, but I suggest you should start clean; Uninstall safestrap, Odin your phone back to stock ROM using PIT file. Now you should have a super clean phone. Record your storage space to see what's the total space, how much in used and how much free. At this point you should also take a look at app to SD, where all the new apps will be install to your external SDcard instead. From now on after you flash new rom or install safestrap, you should check your storage to have an idea what used up the space.
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Hey, just want to make sure we're on the same page. A 16gb Galaxy S4 only has 6gb available as stock phone. If you assigned 3gb for safestrap, then you should only have 3gb left for storage. So my question is the junk files are on the new rom (3gb safestrap) or from the original O/S? I don't believe safestrap offers the option to "format internal SDcard". If you want to continue to use safestrap, you should be on top of the storage space. Since I don't know all the junks are from, but I suggest you should start clean; Uninstall safestrap, Odin your phone back to stock ROM using PIT file. Now you should have a super clean phone. Record your storage space to see what's the total space, how much in used and how much free. At this point you should also take a look at app to SD, where all the new apps will be install to your external SDcard instead. From now on after you flash new rom or install safestrap, you should check your storage to have an idea what used up the space.
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Looks like thats what im going to have to do. Glad i still have bootcamp to use odin, because i didnt use odin, i used safe root. Think it will be the same process?
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Looks like thats what im going to have to do. Glad i still have bootcamp to use odin, because i didnt use odin, i used safe root. Think it will be the same process?
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Do you have Windows? or just MAC?
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Do you have Windows? or just MAC?
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I have a mac, running bootcamp with windows xp as well. But when i rooted this phone i used the mac method of safe root
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I have a mac, running bootcamp with windows xp as well. But when i rooted this phone i used the mac method of safe root
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Ok, doesn't matter which one you pick, but just use Odin to flash stock rom with PIT file found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290859, this should put you back to factory and a super clean storage.
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Ok, doesn't matter which one you pick, but just use Odin to flash stock rom with PIT file found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290859, this should put you back to factory and a super clean storage.
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unfortunately odin only works on windows, thats the only reason i have bootcamp hahaha. thanks for all your help. ill be back at my main computer on monday so Ill post after i give it a shot.
m4gkman said:
So the past few weeks has been my first experience with safe strap and everything.I have been using only the Hyperdrive rom. After having some issues with the RS14 update, i had to delete the rom slot and make a new one. Ive noticed that i have a ton of hidden files, because i have almost no space left on the internal storage. anybody have any ideas on how to find and delete these files? I would also like to know what you guys set the slot as, as far as given space. this is the only rom im going to be using so i want to maximize my space.
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Why are you assuming that it's "hidden files"? It's probably just the bloated stock ROM.
A 16Gb GS4 with just the factory stuff will have at best 8Gb available - the OS and standard applications all use up that internal memory space.
(Just /system alone is 4.2 Gb on my phone, for example. Then there's the /data stuff, including the dalvik cache, etc.)
Re-flashing a full wipe ROM will maximize the available space, but it's never going to have 16 Gb free on a 16 Gb phone.
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m4gkman said:
Looks like thats what im going to have to do. Glad i still have bootcamp to use odin, because i didnt use odin, i used safe root. Think it will be the same process?
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If you have a Mac, you can use Heimdall to flash ROMs, including factory stock.
k1mu said:
Why are you assuming that it's "hidden files"? It's probably just the bloated stock ROM.
A 16Gb GS4 with just the factory stuff will have at best 8Gb available - the OS and standard applications all use up that internal memory space.
(Just /system alone is 4.2 Gb on my phone, for example. Then there's the /data stuff, including the dalvik cache, etc.)
Re-flashing a full wipe ROM will maximize the available space, but it's never going to have 16 Gb free on a 16 Gb phone.
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If you have a Mac, you can use Heimdall to flash ROMs, including factory stock.
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1) because everytime i clear a rom slot and make a new one in safe strap, i get less and less space. if you look at the images in the links i put up, you can see that there is a lot of Misc files in the system folder, and none of them can be seen. and it shows that even on the hyperdrive rom.
3) heimdall doesn't work for some reason on my computer, and because im on 4.3 already, i have to use safe strap and cant just flash roms
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1) because everytime i clear a rom slot and make a new one in safe strap, i get less and less space. if you look at the images in the links i put up, you can see that there is a lot of Misc files in the system folder, and none of them can be seen. and it shows that even on the hyperdrive rom.
3) heimdall doesn't work for some reason on my computer, and because im on 4.3 already, i have to use safe strap and cant just flash roms
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I don't think this is a case of "Hidden files" - possibly something getting left behind after removing a Safestrap slot, but that's not proven.
You should install a program like "Disk Usage" from the play store. That will tell you where the space is being consumed on your internal storage. The "Miscellaneous files" entry doesn't give you the detail that you need to diagnose this.
I can't help you with Heimdall without knowing why it doesn't work.
buhohitr said:
Hey, just want to make sure we're on the same page. A 16gb Galaxy S4 only has 6gb available as stock phone.
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That is not correct. On launch day (May 23rd) my S4 had 9.51gb free space before i put anything on it.
Eric214 said:
That is not correct. On launch day (May 23rd) my S4 had 9.51gb free space before i put anything on it.
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Well, I'm not exact on the number, but basically it took about +/- half of the total...) don't be too technical )
Hey I have this problem on my Redmi that is comparable to what was the case on Windows Phone.
There seems to be a big chunk of 'invisible files' that take up 10 gigabytes of space ('misc'). Using the DiskUsage app it shows system data being the culprit.
Has anyone encountered this problem before? I have already tried solutions like deleting thumbnail files etc. It really seems to be something inside of the system directory but I can't find it even with root.
Details:
32 GB Kenzo, 24gb usable internal storage, 7 GB free space, about 7 GB userdata and 10gb missing files taking up all the space.
Seems to so something with the camera app, still investigating where this data actually is
Edit: /data/misc/camera/ delete the whole folder and voila, 17 GB free space. So happy right now.
Wazzim said:
Seems to so something with the camera app, still investigating where this data actually is
Edit: /data/misc/camera/ delete the whole folder and voila, 17 GB free space. So happy right now.
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What app is that?
i have almost 2GB misc i can't find. unfortunately have to be rooted to look at the data folder, wish there was an easy way without having to install a whole rom
justinxfan said:
What app is that?
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DiskUsage
meangreenie said:
i have almost 2GB misc i can't find. unfortunately have to be rooted to look at the data folder, wish there was an easy way without having to install a whole rom
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Installing the developer ROM didn't take much work when using the MIUI backup feature.