[Q] /datadata partition problem on SlimKat

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Equinos

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I have been having problem with the SlimKat with the /datadata partition being full. i dont have many applications (i think) and i just reflashed the latest stable build a week back with full factory reset and system format. And now i have the /datadata partition full and problems when some applications fill up the cache even a little.

i tried search for solutions on google and on here, but they seem to be outdated for (mostly for CM7/CM9) and not for KK.
I only have about 50 apps installed mostly small applications like greenify, multiling keyboard es file explorer and airdroid. And i move applications to SD card when i can.

The largest application are:
Taomix 39 Mb
OfficeSuite 37 Mb
Line 27 Mb
Perfectly Clear 24 Mb
Google Music 23 Mb

And i constantly use Clean Master to clean caches and junk files.

i'm not really proficient in linux commands so correct me if i'm wrong.

The df command on terminal shows only a few kb of space remaining.

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But while doing
du -m /datadata | sort -nr | head -n 20

it shows that it only has 141 Mb, so i'm guessing it only examines folders

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And directory analyze on ES Explorer shows it has 265 Mb

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So i'm not sure what to make of this. I'm assuming that the du -m command and the ES file explorer are showing different results because they are analyzing different things.

My question is, Is there a way to find what's the cause of this and is there a way to clean up files without messing everything.
Or is there a way to increase the size of /datadata partition and/or relink it to somewhere else.

I've found that there are scripts to do this but they seem to be outdated.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
 

D0MINO

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I have Mackay ROM 4.9.0 installed and a couple of times per day I get FC and an unusable phone due to the same datadata problem. Restart does not work and the only thing I can do is uninstall an application to make more space in the datadata folder (which is 422mb).

I kid you not when I say that I have uninstalled PLENTY of applications and at times have had upwards of 30mb free, but then a few hrs later the blasted folder is full again and I have not done anything! I have tried to see what apps r taking the p*ss but accessing the system is super slow and unusable on the phone and the time I did try, it wouldn't let me as there was like 84kb free in the datadata. When this happens, I am not able to send SMS, answer calls or do anything.

I have just seen that Mackay has a 4.9.3 out only 2 days ago so I am going to try that and see if it makes a difference. AFAIK, this problem only started recently (probably due to the not officially released 4.9.0) so fingers crossed it will sort it out. Otherwise, I will just have to do a hard reset and start from scratch....This little (NOT!) problem has seriously made me decide to buy another phone but I am still undecided which one! All the damn new ones are like 5.5" and the smaller HTC M8 is metal so looks cool but if u drop it it will DENT!...nobody mentions that just moans incessantly about the un-premium feel and look of the plastic ones - at least they are hardy and it's cheaper to replace the casing! Stupid people!
 

pryerlee

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there's a code that resets the data partition to factory state, the code is *#*#7780#*#* but use it only if you can't find any other solution. Use this at your own risk and mske a nandroid backup first before you try it.
 

Equinos

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there's a code that resets the data partition to factory state, the code is *#*#7780#*#* but use it only if you can't find any other solution. Use this at your own risk and mske a nandroid backup first before you try it.
if I wanted to reset the partition I could do it many ways. The problem here is the datadata partition is filling up with something that cannot be deleted even when formatted through CWM. It seems like a problem with linux partitions where deleted files arent released by processes. But I cant seen to find how to delete them you free up space.

I found the following command online and using it on terminal gives me some null and roots listings.

lsof L1 | grep deleted

This problem is fixed by flashing stock gingerbread but the problem seems to come back again. So may be its a internal memory card issue or not. i'm not sure. Other partitions are working fine without problems.

Has anyone else had this
 
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