So anyone with a phone that only has 8GB internal memory has a problem with the dreaded "Storage Space Running Message. The First problem is that the OS Takes up almost 5GB and the other is all the gapp updates take A LOT of space.
There isn't much that you can do about the OS size, there are a few items you may delete Bloatware, Garbage logs, and those dreaded pcm files(guide to getting rid of these w/o factory reset coming) but that only opens up a few hundred megs max.
It's kind of easy to do this but first:
FOLLOW THIS GUIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT WILL WORK ON ANY ANDROID BUT HAS ONLY BEEN TESTED ON MY LG G STYLO(H634) RUNNING 5.1.1(10d)[I REFUSE TO UPDATE B/C GPS]
BACKUP IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO! AND IF YOU DON'T BACKUP ANYWAY!
YOU NEED:
ROOT!
A ROOT FIE MANAGER, I USED FX WITH ROOT EXTENSION
SOME KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE ANDROID/LINUX FILE SYSTEM WORKS
A SAVVY PIECE OF PAPER TO WRITE DOWN PERMISSIONS AND APP NAMES
STEP 1: NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/APP AND /SYSTEM/PRIV-APP AND DELETE ANY BLOATWARE YOU'RE NOT USING, MAKE SURE THAT IT ISN'T AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE OS OR THAT CERTAIN SERVICES DON'T DEPEND ON IT!
STEP 2: COPY UPDATED GAPP FROM /DATA/APP TO YOUR SD CARD BOTH THE APK AND LIB FOLDER! E.G GMAIL, PLAYSTORE, CHOME,ETC.
STEP 3: GO BACK TO /SYSTEM/APP AND /SYSTEM/PRIV-APP AND COPY ANY PERMISSIONS AND FILE NAMES FROM APPS YOU'RE UPDATING INTO SYSTEM PARTITION
STEP 4: GO BACK AND FORTH ONE APP AT A TIME AND DELETE OLD VERSION LIB FOLDER AND ODEX FOLDER FROM /SYSTEM PARTITION.
STEP 5: COPY RENAMED .APKS AND LIB FOLDERS TO LOCATION OF OLD APKS, LIBS AND ODEX FILES. REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE PERMISSIONS TO THESE TO EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE
STEP 6: GO TO SETTINGS > APPS > APP NAME HERE > AND UNINSTALL UPDATES
STEP 7: WHEN YOU'VE MOVED ALL APPS AND CHANGED ALL PERMISSIONS THEN UNINSTALLED UPDATES GO TO /DATA/DALVIK-CACHE AND DELETE BOTH FOLDERS. IF YOU SKIP THIS STEP APPS WILL NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY ESPECIALLY PLAYSTORE
STEP 8: REBOOT PHONE AND WAIT FOR DALVIK-CACHE TO REPOPULATE
STEP 9: (OPTIONAL: ) SETUP LINK2SD OR APPS2SD FOR LOTS OF EXTRA SPACE
STEP 10: CHECK SETTINGS > STORAGE AND GET A BIG SMILE :)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS POST BELOW <3
There isn't much that you can do about the OS size, there are a few items you may delete Bloatware, Garbage logs, and those dreaded pcm files(guide to getting rid of these w/o factory reset coming) but that only opens up a few hundred megs max.
It's kind of easy to do this but first:
FOLLOW THIS GUIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK. IT WILL WORK ON ANY ANDROID BUT HAS ONLY BEEN TESTED ON MY LG G STYLO(H634) RUNNING 5.1.1(10d)[I REFUSE TO UPDATE B/C GPS]
BACKUP IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO! AND IF YOU DON'T BACKUP ANYWAY!
YOU NEED:
ROOT!
A ROOT FIE MANAGER, I USED FX WITH ROOT EXTENSION
SOME KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THE ANDROID/LINUX FILE SYSTEM WORKS
A SAVVY PIECE OF PAPER TO WRITE DOWN PERMISSIONS AND APP NAMES
STEP 1: NAVIGATE TO /SYSTEM/APP AND /SYSTEM/PRIV-APP AND DELETE ANY BLOATWARE YOU'RE NOT USING, MAKE SURE THAT IT ISN'T AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE OS OR THAT CERTAIN SERVICES DON'T DEPEND ON IT!
STEP 2: COPY UPDATED GAPP FROM /DATA/APP TO YOUR SD CARD BOTH THE APK AND LIB FOLDER! E.G GMAIL, PLAYSTORE, CHOME,ETC.
STEP 3: GO BACK TO /SYSTEM/APP AND /SYSTEM/PRIV-APP AND COPY ANY PERMISSIONS AND FILE NAMES FROM APPS YOU'RE UPDATING INTO SYSTEM PARTITION
STEP 4: GO BACK AND FORTH ONE APP AT A TIME AND DELETE OLD VERSION LIB FOLDER AND ODEX FOLDER FROM /SYSTEM PARTITION.
STEP 5: COPY RENAMED .APKS AND LIB FOLDERS TO LOCATION OF OLD APKS, LIBS AND ODEX FILES. REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE PERMISSIONS TO THESE TO EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE
STEP 6: GO TO SETTINGS > APPS > APP NAME HERE > AND UNINSTALL UPDATES
STEP 7: WHEN YOU'VE MOVED ALL APPS AND CHANGED ALL PERMISSIONS THEN UNINSTALLED UPDATES GO TO /DATA/DALVIK-CACHE AND DELETE BOTH FOLDERS. IF YOU SKIP THIS STEP APPS WILL NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY ESPECIALLY PLAYSTORE
STEP 8: REBOOT PHONE AND WAIT FOR DALVIK-CACHE TO REPOPULATE
STEP 9: (OPTIONAL: ) SETUP LINK2SD OR APPS2SD FOR LOTS OF EXTRA SPACE
STEP 10: CHECK SETTINGS > STORAGE AND GET A BIG SMILE :)
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS POST BELOW <3
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