Guest khtse Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 I have MCR R8 with old school A2SD installed, and have a 512MB ext2 partition on my SD card. Lately I have been getting the "low on space" warning all the time when I install new apps, and have to uninstall some apps in order to put some new apps on. Upon checking, all my apps are only using about 70MB of my ext2 partition, and there is still 400MB+ space left there. On the other hand, there is only about 20MB left on my phone storage, causing the "low on space" warning popping up whenever I put new apps onto my phone. I've noticed that when a new app is installed, only part of it goes to my ext2 partition, while the remaining goes to my phone storage. For example, this is some partial output of "adb shell df -h" before and after Google Earth is installed: Before: /dev/block/mtdblock5 147.6M 126.3M 21.3M 86% /data /dev/block/mtdblock4 40.0M 22.4M 17.6M 56% /cache tmpfs 8.0M 0 8.0M 0% /app-cache /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 457.4M 67.4M 365.6M 16% /system/sd After: /dev/block/mtdblock5 147.6M 141.4M 6.3M 96% /data /dev/block/mtdblock4 40.0M 22.4M 17.6M 56% /cache tmpfs 8.0M 0 8.0M 0% /app-cache /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 457.4M 72.8M 360.2M 17% /system/sd i.e. only about 5MB of Google Earth installation went to the SD card, while the other 15MB was installed on the phone storage. Is this how A2SD supposed to work? I'm up to the point that I always have to remove apps in order to installed new ones... which is kind of frustrating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afiorillo Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) Issue the following command and compare the results (please note the symlinks): C:\android-sdk_r06-windows\tools>adb shell ls -l /data drwxrwxr-x 1 system system 2048 Aug 25 06:50 anr lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Aug 23 13:36 app -> /sd-ext/app lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Aug 23 13:36 app-private -> /sd-ext/app-private drwx------ 1 system system 2048 Aug 25 00:20 backup lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Aug 23 13:36 dalvik-cache -> /sd-ext/dalvik-cache drwxrwx--x 1 system system 2048 Aug 25 13:45 data drwxr-x--- 1 root log 2048 Aug 23 13:36 dontpanic drwxrwx--x 1 shell shell 2048 Aug 23 13:36 local drwxrwx--- 1 root root 2048 Aug 23 13:36 lost+found drwxrwx--t 1 system misc 2048 Aug 25 13:50 misc drwx------ 1 root root 2048 Aug 23 16:51 property drwxrwxr-x 1 system system 2048 Aug 25 14:57 system C:\android-sdk_r06-windows\tools> If that is not what you see on your computer, you have got something wrong with your A2SD(+): misplaced ext partition? Edited August 25, 2010 by afiorillo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest khtse Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 This is what I got (I'm using A2SD, not A2SD+) C:\AndroidSDK\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell ls -l /data drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Aug 8 19:06 ←[1;34manr←[0m lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14 Aug 18 14:47 ←[1;36mapp←[0m -> ←[1;34m/system/sd/app←[0m lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 22 Aug 5 14:51 ←[1;36mapp-private←[0m -> ←[1;34m/system/sd/app-private←[0m drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Aug 5 14:47 ←[1;34mase←[0m drwx------ 1 1000 1000 2048 Aug 5 14:53 ←[1;34mbackup←[0m drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Aug 25 12:43 ←[1;34mdalvik-cache←[0m drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Aug 25 12:43 ←[1;34mdata←[0m drwxr-x--- 1 0 1007 2048 Aug 5 14:51 ←[1;34mdontpanic←[0m lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 11 Aug 5 14:51 ←[1;36mdrm←[0m -> ←[1;34m/data/local←[0m drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Aug 5 14:47 ←[1;34metc←[0m drwxrwx--x 1 2000 2000 2048 Aug 18 14:38 ←[1;34mlocal←[0m drwxrwx--- 1 0 0 2048 Aug 5 14:51 ←[1;34mlost+found←[0m drwxrwx--t 1 1000 9998 2048 Aug 25 17:14 ←[1;34mmisc←[0m drwx------ 1 0 0 2048 Aug 25 12:17 ←[1;34mproperty←[0m drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Aug 25 18:24 ←[1;34msystem←[0m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest khtse Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 anyone else has any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest khtse Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 no one? FYI, I had the same problem back when I was using MCR 3.1, so it is not specific to r8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woti17 Posted September 4, 2010 Report Share Posted September 4, 2010 no one? FYI, I had the same problem back when I was using MCR 3.1, so it is not specific to r8. please could you list /data ls -la /data and then cd /data du -sh then cd /data/data du -sh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sally Mack Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 I've been having the exact same problem as the OP... copied and paste from another thread i started before seeing this one. Hi all, I've been having some difficulty maintaining a decent amount of internal storage space. Im using rc1 and partitioned using amon ra recovery. Using quick system info I can see thhat space on the a2sd storage is being taken up, so it appears that its working. That being said, I just ran an experiment with google earth. I used the froyo move to sd card feature, thinking that if a2sd were working properly, it wouldn't affect my internal storage space. My theory was correct, however when I uninstalled it completely, I gained 15mb of internal storage space. Could app data seriously be eating all my internal storage space? There must be something wrong here that im missing! Any help appreciated! Also: #ls -l /data drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 3 02:33 anr lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14 Sep 1 04:16 app -> /system/sd/app lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 22 Sep 1 04:16 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Sep 1 04:12 ase drwx------ 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 1 04:19 backup drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:12 dalvik-cache drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:12 data drwxr-x--- 1 0 1007 2048 Sep 1 04:16 dontpanic lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 11 Sep 1 04:16 drm -> /data/local drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Sep 1 04:12 etc srwxrwxrwx 1 0 1002 2048 Sep 4 22:43 inc_data_path drwxr-xr-x 1 2000 2000 2048 Sep 1 04:16 local drwxrwx--- 1 0 0 2048 Sep 1 04:16 lost+found drwxrwx--t 1 1000 9998 2048 Sep 5 20:14 misc drwx------ 1 0 0 2048 Sep 5 19:36 property drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:12 system # And... # ls -la /data drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:21 . drwxr-xr-x 14 501 20 0 Sep 5 19:35 .. drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 3 02:33 anr lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 14 Sep 1 04:16 app -> /system/sd/app lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 22 Sep 1 04:16 app-private -> /system/sd/app-private drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Sep 1 04:12 ase drwx------ 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 1 04:19 backup drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:12 dalvik-cache drwxrwx--x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:12 data drwxr-x--- 1 0 1007 2048 Sep 1 04:16 dontpanic lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 11 Sep 1 04:16 drm -> /data/local drwxr-xr-x 1 0 0 2048 Sep 1 04:12 etc srwxrwxrwx 1 0 1002 2048 Sep 4 22:43 inc_data_path drwxr-xr-x 1 2000 2000 2048 Sep 1 04:16 local drwxrwx--- 1 0 0 2048 Sep 1 04:16 lost+found drwxrwx--t 1 1000 9998 2048 Sep 5 20:30 misc drwx------ 1 0 0 2048 Sep 5 19:36 property drwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:12 system drwxr-xr-x 1 1000 1000 2048 Sep 5 20:23 tombstones # cd /data # du -sh 116.8M . #cd /data/data # du -sh 55.4M . # Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest theblueraja Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 I've had the same issue, a great "test" is to download the Fennic beta - that destroys my internal storage even though i have a2sd installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subject Delta Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 You need to use A2SD+ which I believe also moves the dalvik cache to the SD card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woti17 Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 You need to use A2SD+ which I believe also moves the dalvik cache to the SD card. yes. the difference between /data and /data/data is mostly the dalvik-cache (you can see it if dalvik-cache is no symlink in data, then you have A2SD not A2SD+) you free the difference by moving fom A2SD to A2SD+ what eats up internal storage even with A2SD+ is /data/data (internal storage) google earth data (not app) ie takes 17MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sally Mack Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 yes. the difference between /data and /data/data is mostly the dalvik-cache (you can see it if dalvik-cache is no symlink in data, then you have A2SD not A2SD+) you free the difference by moving fom A2SD to A2SD+ what eats up internal storage even with A2SD+ is /data/data (internal storage) google earth data (not app) ie takes 17MB So my question is.... is my setup correct? If so, I guess my only solution is to use a2sd+ (or uninstall some apps)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woti17 Posted September 5, 2010 Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 So my question is.... is my setup correct? If so, I guess my only solution is to use a2sd+ (or uninstall some apps)? as far as i can tell yes ie i have A2SD+ data used /data 64MB /data/data 54MB /data/calvik-cache (= symlink to ext partition /system/sd/dalvik-cache) 84MB internal storage (total 148MB) used 68MB / free 80MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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