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How is my internal memory being used up if I have apps2sd installed?
it's not being used at all, your internal storage is just going to waste. Also, a2sd has absolutey nothing to do with memory, so it won't make your phone faster
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How is my internal memory being used up if I have apps2sd installed?
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Answer:
The same way the Q&A section is being used without people not using it
stefan.buddle said:
Question:
Answer:
The same way the Q&A section is being used without people not using it
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huh?????
(10 char limit)
The same way the Q&A section is being used without people not using it
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whoopsy made a double negative xD
What?
So that means apps2sd isnt helping me save internal phone memory by saveing apps to my sd card, well, i rooted my phone so my internal memory wouldnt be all used up.....or if im wrong tell me....
tnt8902 said:
How is my internal memory being used up if I have apps2sd installed?
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app2sd installs APPs to sd , but anything else like the cache and such are stored onto your internal. so i suggest clearing out ur cache and such daily. esp from thw browser.
how to clear the ?
Ok how do i do that?
Anybody know how to do this? I found a solution for other devices, but not Droid 3. I need this pretty bad because my internal memory is getting full (11gb) and it doesn't save anything but media crap on external sd card (32gb) I need to save apps in ext card too..
Anybody interested?
hilokilo said:
Anybody know how to do this? I found a solution for other devices, but not Droid 3. I need this pretty bad because my internal memory is getting full (11gb) and it doesn't save anything but media crap on external sd card (32gb) I need to save apps in ext card too..
Anybody interested?
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Connect the device to the computer, transfer files to the external SD card (leave the folders alone). Done.
Or you can use Root Explorer and transfer the files...
ChaoticWeaponry said:
Connect the device to the computer, transfer files to the external SD card (leave the folders alone). Done.
Or you can use Root Explorer and transfer the files...
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Thanks for the reply, but I thibk you misunderstood me.
What I meant was that I would like to switch my External SD Card to Internal.
Since the phone saves everything (like apps) in the internal memory (except media files)
I want to use my full 32 gb sd card as internal mem instead.
I hope I explained clearer this time
You have to edit the mounting points in /system/etc/vold.fstab
I've done this on previous devices, but haven't done it on my D3, so I don't know if it will break anything, so do a nandroid before changing anything.
Do you happen to know how? Thanks.
Sorry. I want to keep this alive.
Check out this post from the CM9 thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21032236 . I am not sure if it can be used exactly as is for a Gingerbread setup, but it should at least give you a good starting point for what you need to edit in order to make it work for you. I know this was already mentioned, but MAKE SURE you have a nandroid backup and to be really safe make sure your phone is charged more than 50% in case you wind up having to do an SBF. If you were not aware, you can't program this phone when the battery is below 50% and it won't charge unless it can boot, so you can see the problem you will encounter if you brick your phone with a low battery.
"App 2 SD"
from market move most of your apps to the external SD
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boazal said:
"App 2 SD"
from market move most of your apps to the external SD
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Read the thread, that's not what he is asking for.
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from i see, he looking for a way to clear the Internal memory, so i suggest him a way.....
boazal said:
from i see, he looking for a way to clear the Internal memory, so i suggest him a way.....
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He is trying to permanently swap the internal and external SD cards so that his 32Gb external is used as the primary storage and to accomplish this he will have to edit a few files in system. The link I provided earlier should get him the info he needs to do this.
mikedyk43 said:
Check out this post from the CM9 thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21032236 . I am not sure if it can be used exactly as is for a Gingerbread setup, but it should at least give you a good starting point for what you need to edit in order to make it work for you. I know this was already mentioned, but MAKE SURE you have a nandroid backup and to be really safe make sure your phone is charged more than 50% in case you wind up having to do an SBF. If you were not aware, you can't program this phone when the battery is below 50% and it won't charge unless it can boot, so you can see the problem you will encounter if you brick your phone with a low battery.
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Thanks for replying and the best part is that you know what im talking about
So, is that thanks button enough for you?
UPDATE - Holy Krap! This also works for Liberty Rom!! D
hilokilo said:
Thanks for replying and the best part is that you know what im talking about
So, is that thanks button enough for you?
UPDATE - Holy Krap! This also works for Liberty Rom!! D
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The thanks is very appreciated, it sounds like you got it figured out, that's what I was really looking for.
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
Which script did you use?
CronMod-INT2EXT4+
palito1980 said:
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
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That's really weird. It's not supposed to happen. Though I have had some issues like that, it's because you know some parts of the app stay in the internal memory of the phone, they have to be manually moved to the SD over time. Since it's a really small amount of storage that that part of the app takes, it really shouldn't be a problem. But since you have a lot of them installed, you're gonna have to manually move the apps to the SD.
Use Titanium Backup and batch move the heaviest apps you have to the SD and it'll work normally.
palito1980 said:
CronMod-INT2EXT4+
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are you sure your EXT partition is EXT4? Make sure cuz CWM formats the EXT partition to EXT 3.
Try Cronmod Int2ext+
I am sure
palito1980 said:
I am sure
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Just use the normal INT2EXT+ with the CWM made partition.
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palito1980 said:
I have CyanogenMod 7.2 on my phone with CronMod memory mod. My internal memory shows that I still have 456 MB of space from my 758 MB ext4 partition. Yet phone show info that I have low storage space. Why?
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I heard that for every use of 500mb of external memory we need 100mb internal memory as it store some files every time we install a app...
SuperAce609 said:
That's really weird. It's not supposed to happen. Though I have had some issues like that, it's because you know some parts of the app stay in the internal memory of the phone, they have to be manually moved to the SD over time. Since it's a really small amount of storage that that part of the app takes, it really shouldn't be a problem. But since you have a lot of them installed, you're gonna have to manually move the apps to the SD.
Use Titanium Backup and batch move the heaviest apps you have to the SD and it'll work normally.
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Do I need to use swap for this to work? if so, can you recommend which size I use?
Thanks in advance
vikashhero said:
Do I need to use swap for this to work? if so, can you recommend which size I use?
Thanks in advance
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Swap and A2SD are two completely different and non related subjects.
SuperAce609 said:
Swap and A2SD are two completely different and non related subjects.
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Sorry, I'm just having no luck getting the fixed IN2EXT4+ to work on an international galaxy ace. the script creates a file in the init.d folder, as opposed to the unfixed version, but it still doesn't mount or recognise the ext partition on the SD card. I've followed your guides very closely, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
after each attempt, i start from scratch (clean ROM install), and yet I keep failing ;/
I partition using CWM recovery 5, so does that create an ext4 partition or 3/lower?
Thanks for your time
vikashhero said:
Sorry, I'm just having no luck getting the fixed IN2EXT4+ to work on an international galaxy ace. the script creates a file in the init.d folder, as opposed to the unfixed version, but it still doesn't mount or recognise the ext partition on the SD card. I've followed your guides very closely, I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong...
after each attempt, i start from scratch (clean ROM install), and yet I keep failing ;/
I partition using CWM recovery 5, so does that create an ext4 partition or 3/lower?
Thanks for your time
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Really. You really haven't noticed it. Look at the script you're flashing and the one on my guide.
SuperAce609 said:
Really. You really haven't noticed it. Look at the script you're flashing and the one on my guide.
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Ive used in2ext+, int2ext4+ and in2extv2+ with identical results. I know I must be annoying you, and I'm really sorry that I am, But I just can't see what I'm doing wrong here?
vikashhero said:
Ive used in2ext+, int2ext4+ and in2extv2+ with identical results. I know I must be annoying you, and I'm really sorry that I am, But I just can't see what I'm doing wrong here?
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What rom/phone are you using? You should have NO problems if you follow everything exactly the way it is.
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What rom/phone are you using? You should have NO problems if you follow everything exactly the way it is.
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Old Droid CM 10.1 with an international Galaxy Ace
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104442
vikashhero said:
Old Droid CM 10.1 with an international Galaxy Ace
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104442
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I don't use JB so I can't help. Check their thread for details.
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I don't use JB so I can't help. Check their thread for details.
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Will do. Sorry to be a bother.
Hello!
I can not believe this: My brand new Xperia Z with 4.2.2 has no option to put apps to sd card!!!
Where did this button go?
The only thing I can move are photos, music and videos! This is CRAP!
What did happen?
My phone is rooted but not on unlocked bootloader.
How can I get this option back?
I tried "Foldermount", but despite this app will cost money it is sending my phone into bootloops!
Could please tell me someone how I can get this crucial option back??
WHY DID THEY DO THIS?
Looking at this thread, I feel we should just stop with the arguing and actually try to answer the question.
OP asked why?
So, to answer your question, as of 4.2, external storage is emulated in order to support the multi-user feature.
Read here & here.
4.2 has changed the way storage is treated by the Android OS.
This is why it is no longer possible to move applications to the external SD Card.
Further, as to how you can try to build up some extra space, it would be nice to copy your Android folder (This is usually where the big games store their files) from the root of your internal sdcard to your external storage.
Then create a soft link like this:
Code:
ln -s /storage/sdcard0/Android /storage/sdcard1/Android
Similarly, you can manually create softlinks for other large folders and move them to external storage. (Should be no problem for a power user!)
I choose to stay above the arguments in the thread & stick to the topic. If you do reply to me, please try and stay on topic if you want me to respond.
Rants, discussions and arguments can be taken over to the general section. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, just find the right place for it, that's all.
c1ph4 said:
@kgs1992; This is so far the best response I got. Thank you very much, Sir!
Unfortunately your links are worthless, because it is all related to TWRP. The only "hack" I did so far with this phone is rooting it. I am really not interested in using TWRP/CWM or ROMs the next weeks and/or months. I am really looking for an option to solve this irritating problem.
You tell me to symlink this Android folder and you "guess" that there are games. What about other files? I will read this up as I think this is the only solution I can think of right now.
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The links were meant to be informative, just to give you some info & provide a reference on which my answer is based.
Symbolic links is (currently) the only possible solution unless you plan to swap the internal and external sdcard mount points.
I don't recommend the latter though, nor can I help you with it because I haven't tried it myself.
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@thalada: Yeah, you are definitley VERY helpful. Better stick with your Real Slim Shady, maybe you will marry him one day.
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Glad i could be of help :silly:
@kingvortex: I really appreciate your efforts! But after I saw this strange "Folder Mount" app I don't think this is the right solution for me. It also needs to be unlocked for money. If my efforts with symlinking fail, I will come back for more. But your advice could be useful for users with very very much spare time. And there is no guarantee that it will work...
@kgs1992: The links are informative, no doubt about that. But I realize that even the hackers from TWRP have problems with this new behavior. This should make us think.
The ExtSD2IntSD switch thing is no option for me either. I totally agree with you!
Just give me time to read this symlink option up. I also need to know where other files than games files are stored. But I also see a problem here that different manufacturers of games store their files in different places. Some ask where they should put the data to, which is good, others (like EA) just use your internal memory without asking.
So, you see: What I need to do know is reading, reading, reading and trying, trying, trying. And maybe one day I will find a solution. But this problem was not there in 4.1.2. Time is a precious ressource nowadays. We should save it and not waste it.
All the best
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@kingvortex: I really appreciate your efforts! But after I saw this strange "Folder Mount" app I don't think this is the right solution for me. It also needs to be unlocked for money. If my efforts with symlinking fail, I will come back for more. But your advice could be useful for users with very very much spare time. And there is no guarantee that it will work...
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@kingvortex is absolutely right.
I gave you the method, i.e. symlinking.
But he, it seems, gave you an app that does the symlinking for you without you having to do much of the work.
I would say his solution is far better than mine, although both effectively do the exact same thing.
Try use GL to SD app from play store. Is worked for me.
shinpeng said:
Try use GL to SD app from play store. Is worked for me.
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Does the same as "Folder Mount": Phone reboots when I try to link with the symbol.
But thanks anyway, was worth a try.
Has anyone tried if link2sd does the trick like it did on my previous phone (neo)
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indycar said:
Has anyone tried if link2sd does the trick like it did on my previous phone (neo)
[email protected]
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You mean the app, right? No, that is the point, it does not work.
All these apps either say:
a) your device is not supported (sic!)
b) your external SD card is emulated (sic!)
These kinds of apps are obsolete now. Thanks to, well, you know already.
Symlinking does not work.
After moving a game directory to external SD card and symlinking it via "Terminal Emulator" I get the following message:
Code:
link failed: function not implemented
I also heard that symlinking is _not_ possible with FAT32 which drives my SD card.
And now?? Great.
P.S.: I have three different places to search for files before moving, btw: storage, sdcard0 and sdcard1. Veeery intelligent.
c1ph4 said:
Symlinking does not work.
After moving a game directory to external SD card and symlinking it via "Terminal Emulator" I get the following message:
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link failed: function not implemented
I also heard that symlinking is _not_ possible with FAT32 which drives my SD card.
And now?? Great.
P.S.: I have three different places to search for files before moving, btw: storage, sdcard0 and sdcard1. Veeery intelligent.
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Make an ext3 partition on your external sdcard.
kgs1992 said:
Make an ext3 partition on your external sdcard.
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Did convert the file system from FAT32 to ext3. All my files are still there.
However, now Android says "SD card empty".
Perfect.
I give up. It is not possible anymore.
What I did:
1) made one partition FAT32, so that this poor little Droid can have his supreme SD card primary deluxe file system
2) made another one, ext3
I ended up with two partitions on the same SD card.
3) downloaded "Link2SD" and started it
4) first it lets you choose which file system is present on your second partition (in my case ext3). Then
5) "Link2SD" said: "Could not create mount script. Mount: invalid argument."
Finish! Nothing worked. I'm out of this. Good luck.
Please try to make a mod
External storage "swap" for Xperia Z1. that will be safe for z1
So that we can make external SD card react as our internal storage by doing this we can directly downloads every thing on our SD card and can install more HD games.
Usually 1 HD game have 1GB to 1.5 GB Data and 5 to 6 games fill up all 11 GB available Internal storage in our device, but if we exchange our internal storage with our SD card than we can fulfill our requirements by using a 32GB or 64GB Sd card
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Right now I am using Gameloft to SD app for moving all my games to SD card
1) First fix your remount reboot error get it from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317432
if you did not have recovery then use windows.exe installation method. Rooted device is requied
2) Download GL to SD app from play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slf.ListglApp&hl=en
move your games data
3) After moving data you can play games by this method only
3.1) open GL to SD app
3.2) you will see two button on top right side, first button is mount and second one is for unmount
3.3) press the mount button
3.4) Now click on play button which ever game you like to play
4) after close the Gl to SD app all the folders unmounted, so if you want to play again you have to open GL app again and mount the games.
zohaib0001 said:
Please try to make a mod
External storage "swap" for Xperia Z1. that will be safe for z1
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Umm.. Why do you want swap with 2 gigs of RAM?
B1nny said:
Umm.. Why do you want swap with 2 gigs of RAM?
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does External swap has anything to do with the RAM?
Swap is normal terminology for offloading the least used data to slower drives. I suspect that the op is asking for a way to use the memory card as internal storage, and vice versa.
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deconfrost said:
does External swap has anything to do with the RAM?
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Sorry I could be very wrong here, in that case sorry. I thought OP was referring to making a swap partition on the sd-card and using that as swap. I've seen people do this on 'low-RAM' devices to increase multi-tasking a bit. That's why I wondered what he was up to since he has 2 gigs of RAM.
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Swap is normal terminology for offloading the least used data to slower drives. I suspect that the op is asking for a way to use the memory card as internal storage, and vice versa.
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Ah that could be it! Thank you!
B1nny said:
Sorry I could be very wrong here, in that case sorry. I thought OP was referring to making a swap partition on the sd-card and using that as swap. I've seen people do this on 'low-RAM' devices to increase multi-tasking a bit. That's why I wondered what he was up to since he has 2 gigs of RAM.
Ah that could be it! Thank you!
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yep he's looking to swap internal storage with ex-sd, I would like to be able to do that too, I have like 2gig left on internal and a 64GB card only being used for camera, photos, videos and very little music
was using that on the XZ but I stopped using it for some reason, don't remember what it was
deconfrost said:
yep he's looking to swap internal storage with ex-sd, I would like to be able to do that too, I have like 2gig left on internal and a 64GB card only being used for camera, photos, videos and very little music
was using that on the XZ but I stopped using it for some reason, don't remember what it was
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Hmmm well you could try simlinking your internal storage to your external sd-card, or only do it for specific folders. I never tested this by the way so I have no idea what could happen if you do this, but it's an idea.
Thank you as well by the way!
I am not asking a Ram increase swap mod i am asking for internal storage swap with external storage Mod
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Please try to make a mod
External storage "swap" for Xperia Z1. that will be safe for z1
So that we can make external SD card react as our internal storage by doing this we can directly downloads every thing on our SD card and can install more HD games.
Usually 1 HD game have 1GB to 1.5 GB Data and 5 to 6 games fill up all 11 GB available Internal storage in our device, but if we exchange our internal storage with our SD card than we can fulfill our requirements by using a 32GB or 64GB Sd card
I use the Foldermount app along with this little fix.
slonn said:
I use the Foldermount app along with this little fix.
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I tried Folder Mount with that fix, but can't get it to work.
The linked folders will mount, but when launching the moved games, it is asking to download additional files again.
The files from the Install.bat of the fix have correctly installed on my phone as well.
So not sure what is going on.
Can you play moved game successfully on your phone?
Bigmille said:
I tried Folder Mount with that fix, but can't get it to work.
The linked folders will mount, but when launching the moved games, it is asking to download additional files again.
The files from the Install.bat of the fix have correctly installed on my phone as well.
So not sure what is going on.
Can you play moved game successfully on your phone?
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after moving all data open folder mount app again now you will see that game you moved click on it then find a button that look like a pin
when you pin your moved folder then game should work
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I use the Foldermount app along with this little fix.
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thanks its working
Maybe you could try this
http://bit.ly/19klEpy
Maybe you could try :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239289
thunder888 said:
Maybe you could try :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2239289
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hmm ... have you or anyone tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733 which is quoted above ??
does it work for Z1 also??
I would like to give it a shot but dont want to risk bricking my device ...
the method given is pretty simple so I can follow but would love to get some opinions from people who have tried this on Z1
jagdesh said:
hmm ... have you or anyone tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180733 which is quoted above ??
does it work for Z1 also??
I would like to give it a shot but dont want to risk bricking my device ...
the method given is pretty simple so I can follow but would love to get some opinions from people who have tried this on Z1
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I don't have Z1 but I've try both of them on my XV. I prefer to framework modifiying. Just rooted - deodexed your current rom and edit framework.jar.
thunder888 said:
I don't have Z1 but I've try both of them on my XV. I prefer to framework modifiying. Just rooted - deodexed your current rom and edit framework.jar.
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I have rooted the Z1 but cannot unlock the bootloader which is required to De-oxdex the rom because at the moment if you unlock your bootloader you will loose camera functionality
So the option i choose is the one which the script manager
But before I enable that i wanted to know if anyone here tried it on their Z1 and if it works ..
jagdesh said:
I have rooted the Z1 but cannot unlock the bootloader which is required to De-oxdex the rom because at the moment if you unlock your bootloader you will loose camera functionality
So the option i choose is the one which the script manager
But before I enable that i wanted to know if anyone here tried it on their Z1 and if it works ..
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you do not need to unlock the bootloader to get a deodexed rom
gregbradley said:
you do not need to unlock the bootloader to get a deodexed rom
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I know that ,, sorry did not mention earlier, in order for Deodexed rom you need Recovery and right now recovery has some issues which should be fixed soon ..
jagdesh said:
I know that ,, sorry did not mention earlier, in order for Deodexed rom you need Recovery and right now recovery has some issues which should be fixed soon ..
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If you gonna try framework swap mod, you can read this thread.