Help Free up internal space - what are my options?

[SUroot]

Be nice to keep the progress in here too, or link to the other thread, as i'm reading with interest.

Think this one

http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/259925-need-help-panicking-now.html

 

[bingobango]

Thanks - I posted on the root forum as I realise that this went off topic somewhat.

I will update that thread with my progress..

 

[chilijoe]

Is there a way to set or force the apps to write their data or cache to the sd card? I notice that apps (some if not all) still write to internal memory even when the app is on sd. Do i need to root the phone for this?

 

[SUroot]

even then, internal memory will still get used up, but a little slower. Read the faq in my sig about apps2sd+

 

[Eris Ed]

I got a strange notification the other night.... my phone said I couldn't download an app update from the Market because I didn't have enough internal memory!

Actual phone storage was 131/147mb and I have nearly 200mb free on my A2SD+ partition. Had to clear some app cache to get phone storage down to 120mb and everything updated.

Just wondering why the 200mb in the A2SD+ partition didn't get recognised by the Market as available space? I assume it's because my app cache is still on the phone?

 

[SUroot]

16MB free? Yes you still need to keep internal above that to install as it still reads that /data partition initially as the install location. Once installed, the script then does its business and moves it across.

If you need to get more space on internal memory, I can point you to some solutions.