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Root Oxygen 2.2.1 - Disk Space Low !

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albert_htc

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Hi
I've just installed Oxygen 2.2.1 and used Titanium Backup to reload my apps and data.

Now I'm getting Low Disk Space warnings.
Running FreeSpace I get:

Code: 
Cache:
Size 40 MB
Used 1 MB
Free 38 MB


Data:
Size 170 MB
Used 128 MB
Free 19 MB


Ext:
Size 1510 MB
Used 206 MB
Free 1303 MB


SD-Card:
Size 6251 MB
Used 4687 MB
Free 1563 MB


System:
Size 250 MB
Used 97 MB
Free 152 MB
How do i fix this and how do I make sure everything that should be / can be is on the SD card ??

Thanks
 
Looks like you're on stock NAND partitions. Are you S-OFF? See link to the guides in my sig - but it's not a process to be attempted lightly.

With Oxygen ROM being so small, its the best way to resize the system, cache and data partitions using AlphaRev's Oxygen R2 image.

If not, easier way might be creating a EXT3 partition on your SD card as Oxygen should then pick it up and install apps there as phone sees it as internal storage - recommend Gparted is used for this as per the guides.
 
Hi
I'm NOT S-Off !

I do have and Ext partition on my SD. I set this up when I installed CM7.0.3
Any ideas ? Data is 86% used, Ext is 13% !!

Thanks
 
saltire said:
With Oxygen ROM being so small, its the best way to resize the system, cache and data partitions using AlphaRev's Oxygen R2 image.
Click to expand...

Just a brief note in case someone is thinking of doing this. v2.2.1 of Oxygen is too big to fit on the system partition created by the Oxygen R2 hboot. Someone created a modified one with a bigger system image but I can't find the link at the moment. You can also use the CM7 r2 hboot.

If none of that made any sense, best not to bother.

Here is the link to the r3 hboot with a slightly bigger system partition (post #18)
http://forum.oxygen.im/viewtopic.php?pid=1438#p1438
 
Hmm.. where does that leave me ?

My system :
System:
Size 250 MB
Used 97 MB
Free 152 MB

Seems to have some free space !
 
stueyboy said:
Just a brief note in case someone is thinking of doing this. v2.2.1 of Oxygen is too big to fit on the system partition created by the Oxygen R2 hboot. Someone created a modified one with a bigger system image but I can't find the link at the moment. You can also use the CM7 r2 hboot.

If none of that made any sense, best not to bother.

Here is the link to the r3 hboot with a slightly bigger system partition (post #18)
[RESOLVED] Oxygen r2 hboot bootloops alfter flashing Oxygen 2.2 (Page 1) / Bugs / Issues / Oxygen Forum
Click to expand...

You mean 2.2 is too big to fit? Running 2.2.1 and it does fit the R2 hboot just, about 3MB to spare
 
@albert: System has space, but that's where the ROM lives, not user apps.

Nobody has mentioned dalvik cache yet, but 2.16 had a patch you flashed to move that to ext. I suspect that would fix it for you. Don't know whether there is a different one for 2.2.1 or whether the 2.16 one would work - nandroid before trying in any case.

BTW, that ROM would fit in oxygen r2 table (3MB spare), though 2.2 would not.
 
OK. I've just used Titanium Back to move everything to the SD.
Now will that have moved it to the SD or the Ext ?

(I have a horrible feeling it will be the wrong place :rolleyes: )

Help !!
 
I'm back on cm7.0.3
I.may try this again tomorrow. When I move the davlik cache,how much space should that leave me?

How do I get the apps installed to ext3 ?
Thanks
 
How to get apps in ext? Don't move to SD, and move any that are to phone. That's all.

Moving Dalvik will save several 10s of MB - mine is about 100, but I have a lot of apps.

Edit: the dalvik to ext script can be found here. Don't know for sure whether it works with Oxygen 2.2, but I expect it will (I'm guessing that the a2sd script won't have changed between 2.16 and 2.2). As I say, nandroid first, just in case.
 
stueyboy said:
Just a brief note in case someone is thinking of doing this. v2.2.1 of Oxygen is too big to fit on the system partition created by the Oxygen R2 hboot. Someone created a modified one with a bigger system image but I can't find the link at the moment. You can also use the CM7 r2 hboot.

If none of that made any sense, best not to bother.

Here is the link to the r3 hboot with a slightly bigger system partition (post #18)
[RESOLVED] Oxygen r2 hboot bootloops alfter flashing Oxygen 2.2 (Page 1) / Bugs / Issues / Oxygen Forum
Click to expand...

2.2.1 is not too big to fit in the r2 hboot! I'm running it now. granted there is only 3mb spare, but it DOES FIT!
 
Hi
I'm going to try this again today.. and wanted to run a few bit's by you...

Is this the right way to do this :

1. Titanium Backup
2. My Backup
3. Nandroid
4. Full reset/wipe
5. Flash Oxygen
6. Flash Dalvik Cache patch
7. Full reboot
8. Restore APPS + Data using Titanium
9. Restore SMS etc with My Backup
10. Have a Coffee :)

Does that look about right ?
Should I use Titanium to restore system apps and data ? or should I reset things manually ?
Any thing I've missed or any suggestions ?

On CM7.0.3, FreeSpace reports:
Code: 
Cache: 
Size 40 MB 
Used 1 MB 
Free 38 MB 

Data: 
Size 147 MB 
Used 57 MB 
Free 90 MB   

Ext: 
Size 1510 MB 
Used 294 MB 
Free 1216 MB   

SD-Card: 
Size 6251 MB 
Used 4448 MB 
Free 1802 MB   

System: 
Size 250 MB 
Used 126MB 
Free 123 MB
Should I see similar or better with Oxygen ?
Thanks for your time, help and advice :)
 
That sounds about right.

There's a little less stuff in Oxygen, so my guess is that if the dalvik move works you might have slightly more free space, but it mostly depends on what apps you restore.
 
Well I've done it... and everything seems to be working.

FreeSpace reports:
Code: 
Cache:
Size 40 MB
Used 1 MB
Free 38 MB


Data:
Size 147 MB
Used 49 MB
Free 98 MB


Ext:
Size 1510 MB
Used 283 MB
Free 1226 MB


SD-Card:
Size 6251 MB
Used 4252 MB
Free 1899 MB


System:
Size 250 MB
Used 97 MB
Free 152 MB

does that seem about right ? any easy way to check all apps are on the EXT3 partition on the SD Card ?

Thanks :)
 
Apps on the ext appear to be on the phone. The quick way to check is to look at space used - if the ext is filling up significantly and you've got internal space, then you can assume it's working. So in this case, yes, looks like you are fine.

The a2sd+ script moves the app directory from /data (internal) to /sd-ext, so you don't have to worry about it moving some but leaving others. The only ones that won't be there are any you've moved "to SD" by hand, using for example the manage applications menu. You can use the applications menu to see whether there are any on SD (it's one of the tabs).
 
albert_htc said:
does that seem about right ? any easy way to check all apps are on the EXT3 partition on the SD Card ?

Thanks :)
Click to expand...
That seems to be fine. With a similar setup I also got around 100mb free on /data. With A2sd+ script either ALL your apps are on sdext or none.
 
Thanks for the help and advice..

I like this rom, but miss the trackpad wake & unlock.
I may have to try another rom !
 
Actually he'd already found the trackpad wake by that time, but wants to unlock with it as well.

@albert: You could try WidgetLocker: that has a trackpad wake option, so combined with the trackpad unlock patch might give you what you want. Not tried this with Oxygen myself though.
 
as far as for the a2sd i think the oxygen mod had it automatically on the sd card
so this means that i don't need to move manually move the applications right ? and i have checked it with darktremor script and it was working but still they were not moving and my internal space was filling so i had to move them manually ... but why?

oo yeah and one more question does the zipalign do actually something to the phone ? i know it is something like rearanging files/defragmentation but not sure if it works and for what ? faster boot ?

p.s hope the oxygen is better on baterry than cyanogen
 
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