17 replies to this topic

[phlewpy]

Hi,

I have noticed that sometimes my /datadata partition gets to 100%
This causes apps to force-close.

Usually I just move some apps to the SD and this resolves the issue. But this is happening once every month or so and start to annoy me.

Is there a better work-around for this issue?
Why is this happening?

Edited by phlewpy, 21 November 2011 - 09:06 PM.

[guijarrelson]

Moving apps to SD don't solve the problem. You must to uninstall extra apps you don't use frequently.

If you want by your own risk, you can move manually with Root Explorer or something like that, move apks from /datadata to /data/data. Substitute the symbolic links with the apps. Performance of that apps could be slower.

[phlewpy]

I really don't have too much crap apps on my phone.
I have noticed that cleaning cache helps.

I would expect the OS to somehow take care of that. Is this being dealt with?

[yaronkle]

I copied /datadata to my SD card and then to my PC. Used a program called foldersize to sort folders by their size.

Found out that greader was taking 50Megs out of the 170Megs.
Since I cleaned it, about 2 or 3 months ago, did not have any more similar FC.

Check what is taking space on the /datadata partition.

Edited by yaronkle, 23 November 2011 - 08:34 AM.

[sagarthaker]

I have used DiskUsage app, to check what is using max space on my /datadata partition. Removed some of them and moved some to SD managed to free up around 50 mb of the space.

[androidmonkey]

I dont understand how this isnt a major issues with anyone running CM7 on the Vibrant.  Only about 170MB is given to /datadata partition.  I dont have many apps installed and the phone becomes VERY unstable when it reaches 80-90% diskspace usage in /datadata.  Cleaning cache temporarily "fixes" this but its a PITA to have manually manage this.  Why not just give /datadata more space??

[Creative]

Would be great to give /datadata more diskspace and reduce /data for ca. 75mb
Or at least a easy script for that

[theyurtingyeti]

yaronkle, on 23 November 2011 - 08:23 AM, said:

I copied /datadata to my SD card and then to my PC. Used a program called foldersize to sort folders by their size.

Found out that greader was taking 50Megs out of the 170Megs.
Since I cleaned it, about 2 or 3 months ago, did not have any more similar FC.

Check what is taking space on the /datadata partition.

How did you do copy /datadata to the SDcard and then the PC. I'm new to terminal emulator / linux shell, but not as new to similar stuff in DOS. I'm having issues getting it to copy...

[yaronkle]

1.8G or 2G of your internal SD card (8 or 16) is reserved for internal memory / partition.
/datadata is in this partition.

You can view and copy files from this partition using Root Explorer.
Whatever you do, do it with care!

Long press the /datadata folder and choose copy.
Choose mnt folder and then sdcard and then "Paste Here".

You can backup your EFS folder at the same time to your PC.

[theyurtingyeti]

yaronkle, on 15 December 2011 - 08:08 PM, said:

1.8G or 2G of your internal SD card (8 or 16) is reserved for internal memory / partition.
/datadata is in this partition.

You can view and copy files from this partition using Root Explorer.
Whatever you do, do it with care!

Long press the /datadata folder and choose copy.
Choose mnt folder and then sdcard and then "Paste Here".

You can backup your EFS folder at the same time to your PC.

Thanks!... For 3.99$ it better be worth it

[yaronkle]

BTW /datadata was intentionally placed by Cyanogen team there:

http://forum.cyanoge...partition-size/

[theyurtingyeti]

Alright, now I'm thoroughly confused... I copied datadata to my emmc and then to my PC. BUT! It's only 37MB which is a far cry from the approx 153MB claimed when I do df -h in emulator...

What gives???

[Rackergen]

You don't need to copy your folder to your PC to check for folder sizes. Linux commands do.

Go into your terminal emulator, get super user rights using "su" and enter

du /datadata | sort -n

This will list your folders in /datadata and sorted, the largest being at the bottom.

[theyurtingyeti]

Rackergen, on 30 December 2011 - 10:38 PM, said:

You don't need to copy your folder to your PC to check for folder sizes. Linux commands do.

Go into your terminal emulator, get super user rights using "su" and enter

du /datadata | sort -n

This will list your folders in /datadata and sorted, the largest being at the bottom.

good to know, thanks. will that also show a breakdown of the 'system data'? Currently I've found nothing that will break out that list for me.

[karmakula]

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[Sandor Kiraly]

Hi i think have same problem... my phone said not enaugh free space....

I know all partition have a lot of space...
how can be resolve?

I think get the answer

http://forum.cyanoge...partition-size/

[Jlik]

sagarthaker, on 13 December 2011 - 10:52 AM, said:

I have used DiskUsage app, to check what is using max space on my /datadata partition. Removed some of them and moved some to SD managed to free up around 50 mb of the space.

Did as well and managed to free up 26MB by removing one app that took a lot of space (didnt used it that often anyway..)..the crashes stopped for now..

CM crew, this problem is MAJOR !! please solve it.

G.

[theyurtingyeti]

I have solved this problem completely now. It turns out there was a ton of latent data in the /datadata directory labled as 'system data'. No formatting could get rid of it. (Some have suggested that it could be due to batch restores in TiBu).

Anyways, I went full on back to stock and performed a master clear in Odin (I kept root though). Then I got CWM back and flashed my ROM back. This time my /datadata folder was near empty with no 'system data'. I have since put all of my apps on with absolutely no issues. I'm at 78 apps now and still have 70 MB of storage left with no apps moved to the SD card.