[Miscellaneous Android Development] yuweng:
All MT6573 android phones are plagued by low internal memory issue.

This mod works on all MT6573 Stock ROM with Stock Recovery.

Credits (In Aphabetical Order): banjo0917, casacristo, puppet13th, tazzz811, ungaze & others DEV.

Without them sharing their mods/ tools, this KANG would not be here...

BIG Kudos to them...

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Added on July 07, 2012

- Version 2

Added V2 that take advantage of another unused script on Stock ROM, xlog.sh... If your MT6573 phone already have a copy of install-recovery.sh at etc folder, you can use this V2... i think with V2, you can simply install it to all MT6573 android phone without having worrying if there is a copy of install-recovery.sh at /system/etc :fingers-crossed:

Having said that, it is always safe to check with any Root Explorer & make sure you don't have an existing copy of xlog.sh at /system/etc. If there is, then save a copy to your /sdcard/scriptz folder before using V2... :victory:

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Confirmed MT6573 Android Phone that works with Data2SD mod

CSL Switch Dual II Mi357

Fly IQ260 Blackbird

Spice Mi-350n

Nexian Cosmo Journey A895

Wellcom A90+

Lenovo A60

Spice Mi-350

Alcatel BLAZE DUO OT-918N

i-mobile i695

Nexian Xtreme A899

B63M i can't find the original manufacturer & it seems like this phone is really clone of the clone... :D real shanzhai model...

Tenq S820

T9199

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Detail explanation on what this mod do

It uses install-recovery.sh/ xlog.sh (V2) to start up tweaks/ scripts at your /sdcard/scriptz folder. Inside scriptz folder, there are a few tweaks/ scripts that improve your android phone performance. The beauty of this mod is that it works like init.d but it reside on your SdCard instead of /system/etc/init.d

With normal init.d mod, any wrong tweaks, your phone will not boot or goes into bootloop ! With this SdCard Tweakz, anything wrong, just remove your SdCard & your phone will reboot normally. Then you can use any card reader to remove the scripts that causes the error.

To try any other tweaks, open any init.d tweaks with Notepad ++ or equivalent & save it as XX***.sh -> XX digit, *** -> text. For detail explanation on what you can do with SD Tweakz, you can refer to the original post here...

Again, here are the original developers/ modders in alphabetical order...

banjo0917 - Ported his custom ROM to my Mi357, this has leads me to discover that install-recovery.sh can be use on all MT6573 & ungaze SD Tweakz/ Data2SD

bgcngm - his unpack/ repack script leads me to discover unused script at boot.img

casacristo - First to compile ext2.ko so everyone can use ext2 partition on MT6573 with 2.6.35.7 kernel

DooMLoRD - Use/ modded his Easy Rooting Toolkit [v4.0](zergRush Exploit) for this mod

tazzz811 - First to discover ungaze's Data2SD can be use on MT6573

puppet13th - Use/ modded his tool for this mod earlier

ungaze - Data2SD & SD Tweakz mod

xboxexpert - Use part of his interactive script

others DEV - various scripts at scriptz folder mostly ported from banjo's ROM

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Added on July 11, 2012

- Final Version

via ADB

a2sd-mt6573-ext2-ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.7z

- AIO which includes rooting, auto-install busybox, su, Superuser.apk & ungaze's Data2SD & SD Tweakz

a2sd-mt6573-ext2.7z

- Install only ungaze's Data2SD & SD Tweakz for already rooted mt6573 Android phone. Make sure you have busybox prior to install this or else it will not work... :cool:

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Added on July 21, 2012

- ext4 Test Version

As mention, because of work commitment, i cannot find time to fully test & release this ext4 version...Credits to Banjo0917 for compiling it...

So i'm hoping someone would take over, test it & release the stable version so that all mt6573 users can benefit from it... :laugh: It is actually a fully working version which can also be install over previous ext2 version. Problem is that it works o.k for awhile then the constant FCs... :eek:

Files are extracted from Banjo's earlier patch file, he is most active at his Pinoy forum but not here... :confused:

You can download his rom here for reference...

You can find his latest rom here...

Any taker... :cowboy:

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Added on August 26, 2012

- Cronmod INT2EXT

Just got an update from [SCRIPTS]CronMod-A2SD/D2EXT/INT2EXT (updated 08/24)

thanks to croniccorey & mastermind1024, now you have a few more scripts that you can play with, on ur stock ROM... :victory:

INT2EXT Features

INT2EXT

- Mounts /sd-ext to /data

INT2EXT+

- Mounts /sd-ext to /data & leaves /data/data on internal for speed

INT2EXT4

-Mounts /sd-ext to /data & works with EXT 4 filesystem

INT2EXT4+

-Mounts /sd-ext to /data & leaves /data/data on internal for speed

01int2ext+deodex-mm.sh mod by mastermind1024 for deodex ROM & people facing slow system after using INT2EXT+ script. It moves /dalvik-cache back to internal so that your system response better...

Steps for Installation

1) Download AIO-mt6573-Data2sd-ext4-For Testing.7z, extract it to your desktop; scriptz_cronmod.7z , extract it to /sdcard

2) If you have already use previous mods then it is advisable to format ext2 partition first before installation. Double-click start.bat & when it is about to finish & ask Press any key to reboot . . ., just close it

3) Remove 01data2ext4.sh from /sdcard/scriptz folder

4) Copy only one of the script from /sdcard/scriptz_cronmod to /sdcard/scriptz & reboot

Enjoy & don't forget to thank the original DEV... :D

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Added on August 30, 2012

- Amarullz Ad2sdx

i've been trying to get this mod to work on stock ROM for the longest time & now it does ! :D

Special thanks to mastermind1024, i couldn't figure out why it doesn't work at the first place, it always shows invalid IMEI for both SIM... :p

You can follow Amarullz original post here

Same as Cronmod INT2EXT, only one script should be copied to /sdcard/scriptz folder...

A little explanation about the different scripts

1) Ad2sdx mod by Alex-V - moves everything to sd-ext. According to Alex, if the internal data is full with dalvik cache & you still have plenty of free memory left on sd-ext, you can't install anymore apps...With this mod, you can !

2) Ad2sdx mod by casacristo - modded to mount ext2 instead of ext4 originally. This is the original untouched mod that places the dalvik-cache and system application data to internal memory to maintain performance.

3) Ad2sdx mod by haiduongbk - reverse mount sd-ext & data

Enjoy... ;)

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Added on Sept 24, 2012

- Dark Tremor Apps2sd Version: 2.7.5.3 Beta 04

This is the last version from Dark Tremor AKA Robert Travis Kirton since Jan 2011....

i've been looking forward to his Darktremor 2.8 but sadly it never got release... :(

After installation, use A2SDGUI to move dalvik-cache to SD-EXT. Also included is FreeSpace to check Ext partition...

For maximum space saving, at ADB shell use command su then a2sd datasd but i must warn you it might FC later on... :p He did mention he was never a fan of moving the entire /data/data directory to the SD card...

Credits

Darktremor Apps2sd

A2SDGUI

Oleg Krikun FreeSpace

Enjoy... :laugh:

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Added on Oct 18, 2012

Updated DT_a2sd V2 & cwmr flashable zip

With close to 300 downloads & nobody report back it doesn't work out of the box...

Attached below is V2 that should work without the need to flash dtapps2sd-2.7.5.3-beta04-signed.zip first...

For those who already got cwmr then you can download DT_a2sd cwmr flashable zip here...

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Added on Oct 17, 2012

WARNING : MEDIATEK SMART PHONE FLASH TOOL

i've seen far too many times that fellow xda member make this same mistake over & over again, including myself...

So pls pls people, don't use SP Flash Tool & download ROM not meant for your phone, it will brick it & there is no way to revive it back ! After you have download wrong PRELOADER, your phone will be completely dead, cannot power on, no charging, no recovery, no USB vcom detection & you can say

to it...

Here is the WARNING again :

NEVER DOWNLOAD ROM NOT MEANT FOR YOUR PHONE. IT WILL BRICK IT !