So when I flashed the first version of MIUI, flashed a cMTD. Quick system info says my system storage is 115mb. I want to try a different of MIUI but I keep getting boot loops. I'm thinking that I might not have enough systeem storage for it. How do I check the size of th the size of the rom.
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Root Checking ROM size
- Thread starter DNick
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You could unzip a copy of the ROM and see how large the resulting system folder is - then add a few MB for safety.
Actually custom mtd is something I've not done yet, so you certainly know that procedure better than I do.
In fact I suspect I might never do it, since I have a copy of Thalamus' utility for building your own custom hboots, which would be more convenient to use. Not worked up the nerve to actually use it yet though!
There's always one other solution: is there 10-15 MB of stuff in there that you don't use (tts languages, wallpapers, ringtones you don't like, apps you don't use)? If so, remove them from the zip before flashing and you can use your existing mtd.
In fact I suspect I might never do it, since I have a copy of Thalamus' utility for building your own custom hboots, which would be more convenient to use. Not worked up the nerve to actually use it yet though!
There's always one other solution: is there 10-15 MB of stuff in there that you don't use (tts languages, wallpapers, ringtones you don't like, apps you don't use)? If so, remove them from the zip before flashing and you can use your existing mtd.
Yes, that's how it is used.
But for what you do with it otherwise, I can only recommend SUroot's root memory guide.
But for what you do with it otherwise, I can only recommend SUroot's root memory guide.
I believe SUroot recommends winrar on a PC, but I've not used it as I'm not a big Windows user.
I tend to just use Astro on my phone. I found by trial and error that the most reliable way is to multi-select files in the same folder within the zip (e.g. system/app), delete them (which is slow - but perhaps not surprising, if it's actually editing the zip file rather than simply removing a pointer in the filesystem), then use the back button to back out of the zip. Then go back into the zip if I want to delete files from another folder. A bit of a faff, but when I tried just moving around within the zip, deleting files from different folders, many of them would turn out not to be deleted (or not according to Astro). But while it takes a few minutes, this method seems to be reliable (hence my running CM7 nightlies with the Oxygen r2 table - I strip the 86MB zips down to about 50MB before flashing).
Edit: the trick on the computer is just to delete things from the zip, without unzipping it (i.e. do not unzip, delete, re-zip). But I've not used winrar, so can't describe its interface for doing this.
I tend to just use Astro on my phone. I found by trial and error that the most reliable way is to multi-select files in the same folder within the zip (e.g. system/app), delete them (which is slow - but perhaps not surprising, if it's actually editing the zip file rather than simply removing a pointer in the filesystem), then use the back button to back out of the zip. Then go back into the zip if I want to delete files from another folder. A bit of a faff, but when I tried just moving around within the zip, deleting files from different folders, many of them would turn out not to be deleted (or not according to Astro). But while it takes a few minutes, this method seems to be reliable (hence my running CM7 nightlies with the Oxygen r2 table - I strip the 86MB zips down to about 50MB before flashing).
Edit: the trick on the computer is just to delete things from the zip, without unzipping it (i.e. do not unzip, delete, re-zip). But I've not used winrar, so can't describe its interface for doing this.
