Root [Virgin Mobile/Sprint] Free up /system storage

[emress]

I just got a new Virgin Mobile LG F3 phone from Amazon and updated to LG720ZV6 (after bricking my first LG F3 and after several days not being able to unbrick). I rooted using saferoot and restored all of my old programs with Titanium backup and re-linked to SD using Link2SD. Looking at the storage info within Link2SD I see that I only have 2% of my /system storage free (35 MB of 1.19GB remaining). This can't be good. What are the safest ways to free up storage in the /system folder? I'm pretty wary of bricking my phone right now.

 

[daffyducknj]

I just got a new Virgin Mobile LG F3 phone from Amazon and updated to LG720ZV6 (after bricking my first LG F3 and after several days not being able to unbrick). I rooted using saferoot and restored all of my old programs with Titanium backup and re-linked to SD using Link2SD. Looking at the storage info within Link2SD I see that I only have 2% of my /system storage free (35 MB of 1.19GB remaining). This can't be good. What are the safest ways to free up storage in the /system folder? I'm pretty wary of bricking my phone right now.

If you need a list of what's safe to remove from your /system folder, here's a good place to start: Safe apps to remove
What LeslieAnn has listed there is safe to remove. Works with V5 or V6 software versions. I added two apps near the end of the thread. With all of that stuff removed, I have 215 MB free of space on /system (according to Link2SD).

Even after removing apps from /system, if you still need more space, either make /data/sdext2 bigger, and/or add this script. Study the info before using it: http://androidforums.com/lg-optimus-f3/801368-mod-app2external_sd-fixed-duplicate-files.html

I used that script before, but I uninstalled it after Link2SD Plus got the data linking option. I also use the latest GL2SD to link obb files to my SD card's main partition. It also helps that I use a fast 64 GB Class 10 card! (5 GB for sdext2 using ext4, the rest for FAT32 partition.)

 

[Kasenomateru]

I just got a new Virgin Mobile LG F3 phone from Amazon and updated to LG720ZV6 (after bricking my first LG F3 and after several days not being able to unbrick). I rooted using saferoot and restored all of my old programs with Titanium backup and re-linked to SD using Link2SD. Looking at the storage info within Link2SD I see that I only have 2% of my /system storage free (35 MB of 1.19GB remaining). This can't be good. What are the safest ways to free up storage in the /system folder? I'm pretty wary of bricking my phone right now.

Well there is an unbrick method on this forums actually lol

 

[emress]

Thanks, I tried to unbrick it for several days to no avail. I got to the same place as several people in this unbrick thread, where the LG flash utility gets to 3% and fails at the first step of flashing the PrimaryGPT. Tried several computers and several cables. I may try yet again on an older computer running Windows Vista (not Windows 7) but I reached a point where I just needed a phone, and $80 for another LG F3 didn't seem so bad.

Well there is an unbrick method on this forums actually lol

 

[jmpiv4]

removing system apps will NOT give you anymore user available space, but integrating updates of system app will, link2sd can this now. Low "/system" storage should not give you any problems since items in there are pretty much static