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Hello,
I have been trying to root my Samsung Galaxy S SGH-T959V for the last two months, but I have failed in doing so. I used the Cyanogenmod 11 tool to do it, because it updates your phone firmware to 4.4.4 and has emoji support. But whenever I try to do so, I get the message:
E: Short write of /tmp/sideload/package.zip (No space left on device.)
I'm pretty sure I have enough space to do it, I have 302mb of space available. So I don't think I will use that ROM, does anyone know of another ROM for my phone that has similar effects to the cyanogenmod one?
Help would be VERY appreciated.

Thanks.
 
How big is the sideload package.zip file?

When I boot-up into custom recovery (TWRP) on my Nexus 5, the /tmp partition (created in/by the RAM disk used by TWRP) is just under a one gigabyte in size.

Good suggestion, KOLIO--when the OP replies, I'll move their thread to the Vibrant root area for them :).
 
scary alien said:
How big is the sideload package.zip file?

When I boot-up into custom recovery (TWRP) on my Nexus 5, the /tmp partition (created in/by the RAM disk used by TWRP) is just under a one gigabyte in size.

Good suggestion, KOLIO--when the OP replies, I'll move their thread to the Vibrant root area for them :).
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There doesn't seem to be anything in the file named "package.zip," the root file is named:
"cm-11-20141008-SNAPSHOT-M11-aries," its a zipped file with a bunch of other files in it. From some people I heard to rename the cm-11 blah blah blah file to update.zip or something like that.
 
Welcome to our AndroidForums, Mieszko_M :).

Hmm, well this page says that file is only 222.38 MB in size.

If you know adb, can you start a shell to your device while it's in custom recovery and do a "df" command to display how much space the /tmp file system has?

ScaryAlien@LV-426 ~
$ adb shell
~ # df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 948244 28 948216 0% /dev
tmpfs 948244 20 948224 0% /tmp
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28
13162172 853452 12308720 6% /data
/dev/block/mmcblk0p28
13162172 853452 12308720 6% /sdcard
/dev/block/mmcblk0p27
706392 13072 693320 2% /cache
~ #
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Anyway, I'll also go-ahead and move your thread over to the Vibrant root area for you.
 
Hello,
I have been trying to root my Samsung Galaxy S SGH-T959V for the last two months, but I have failed in doing so. I used the Cyanogenmod 11 tool to do it, because it updates your phone firmware to 4.4.4 and has emoji support. But whenever I try to do so, I get the message:
E: Short write of /tmp/sideload/package.zip (No space left on device.)
I'm pretty sure I have enough space to do it, I have 302mb of space available. So I don't think I will use that ROM, does anyone know of another ROM for my phone that has similar effects to the cyanogenmod one?
Help would be VERY appreciated.

Thanks.
(Ill attach the root file I used to root it.)
 

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scary alien said:
Welcome to our AndroidForums, Mieszko_M :).

Hmm, well this page says that file is only 222.38 MB in size.

If you know adb, can you start a shell to your device while it's in custom recovery and do a "df" command to display how much space the /tmp file system has?



Anyway, I'll also go-ahead and move your thread over to the Vibrant root area for you.
Click to expand...
 
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