[Android Apps and Games] alexk1781:
I'm having a problem with S2E on my HTC Droid Incredible. I had been managing the dreaded "low storage space" message through a combination of a [relatively] small number of apps, regular app cache clearing, and the occasional clear data for a few of the more space hungry apps. I've grown tired of that, so I decided to try S2E. Everything works great with it except what I need the most. :) I've got plenty of room for my apps, app cache, Dalvik cache, etc. but that stupid 150MB limit for Application Data (data\data) is driving me crazy. I have multiple email accounts that I have to maintain a fairly lengthy history on, due to how and how often I use my phone for those purposes. That takes up a lot of app-data space. Several other apps I use, including a couple for business purposes, are also at least somewhat hungry storage hogs. As I mentioned, I can clear data on a few apps to make the notification go away but, at this point, I'm only getting down to about 25MB of free space after clearing data on the apps I can stand to clear. Bottom line, I can move the Applications, Private Apps, Dalvik Cache, and Download Cache to the sd-ext partition but I cannot move the Application Data (data\data) to the sd-ext partition. I can select it but, no matter how long I leave it nor how many times I reboot, it just keeps saying "Reboot is Required!" and never moves it to the sd-ext partition. I can un-check the others and the next reboot will move them back to the phone then re-check them and it will move them back to the sd-ext partition. It just seems to completely ignore the checking of the Application Data box.

Because of the way my app/cache/storage usage tends to run I would like to put my Applications, Private Apps, and Application Data on the sd-ext partition and leave the Dalvik Cache and Download Cache on the phone for a little better performance.

Here's what I've got:

- HTC (Verizon) Droid Incredible

- Model: ADR6300

- ROM: CyanogenMod-7-11162011-Nightly-Inc

- Android Version 2.3.7

- Baseband Version: 2.15.00.07.28

- 16GB Patriot Class 6 MicroSD card

Here's what I've tried:

1) Did full CWM Backup

2) Backed up MicroSD card.

3) Installed S2E

4) Used ROM Manager / CWM to format the SD Card with a FAT32 primary partition for storage and a 512MB Ext3 Primary Partition for the sd-ext partition.

5) Restored backed up MicroSD card files to the FAT32 partition.

6) Wiped cache partition and Dalvik Cache in CWM and booted into CM7.

7) Opened S2E, and selected Applications and Private Applications to be moved.

8) Rebooted the phone.

9) Launched S2E to check the status. Success.

10) Used FreeSpace and DiskManager to verify storage usage. Success, except for the fact that this did nothing to alleviate the storage space used / restricted for use for the data\data partition.

11) Performed steps 7-10 for the Dalvik Cache - success.

12) Performed steps 7-10 for the Application Data, having decided that this was going to be the only way to alleviate the problem --- unsuccessful.

13) Unchecked the Application Data checkbox and rebooted the phone.

14) Performed step 12 again - still unsuccessful.

15) Did some google/xda searching, finally ending up reading this entire thread.

16) Performed steps 13-14 again, unsuccessfully.

17) Following the advice of someone somewhere in this thread, I alternated letting the phone sit for a while with multiple reboots for about a day - still unsuccessful.

18) Read this thread and searched some more and decided to try an Ext4 partition instead of Ext3, increasing the size while I was at it.

19) Performed full backup in CWM.

20) Backed up MicroSD card.

21) Formatted MicroSD Card, creating FAT32 Primary Partition for storage and a 1GB Ext4 Primary Partition for the sd-ext partition.

22) Wiped cache partition and Dalvik Cache in CWM.

23) Restored MicroSD card and sd-ext partition.

24) Booted into CM7, everything was fine.

25) Opened S2E, checked the Application Data box, and rebooted - still no luck.

26) Played the reboot, reboot, wait, reboot, wait, reboot, reboot, wait game for a few hours - no luck at all.

I've downloaded the latest CM7 Nightly - July 2012, I believe - and installing that will be my next step unless I can get this working with my current ROM. I like this ROM - it works great, it's stable, and other than the frigging low storage space problem I've had no issues with it.

So, before I go that route, does anyone know anything else I can do to get the Application Data moved to the sd-ext partition with my current ROM?

Should I just go ahead and flash the newer ROM without messing with it anymore? Is there anything I should be wary of, any tips or tricks, and/or anything I should know before flashing this newer ROM?

Thanks.