[HOWTO][Xperia P]save some space on sdcard via init.d script

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i dont have many apps on my phone and need the space on sdcard for photos and videos....

so i made an init.d script to move some big folders (games) from sdcard to /data/ and /system/ partition because there is much space left.

busybox mkdir -p /sdcard/Android/obb/com.nextgenreality.minimoto
busybox mkdir -p /data/Android/obb/com.nextgenreality.minimoto
mount -o bind /data/Android/obb/com.nextgenreality.minimoto /sdcard/Android/obb/com.nextgenreality.minimoto

busybox mkdir -p /sdcard/Navigon
busybox mkdir -p /data/Navigon
mount -o bind /data/Navigon /sdcard/Navigon

rm -r /sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.sims3_row_qwf
busybox mkdir -p /sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.sims3_row_qwf
busybox mkdir -p /data/Android/data/com.eamobile.sims3_row_qwf
mount -o bind /data/Android/data/com.eamobile.sims3_row_qwf /sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.sims3_row_qwf

rm -r /sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.nfshp_row_wf
busybox mkdir -p /sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.nfshp_row_wf
busybox mkdir -p /system/Android/data/com.eamobile.nfshp_row_wf
mount -o bind /system/Android/data/com.eamobile.nfshp_row_wf /sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.nfshp_row_wf

after a reboot i have moved around 1gb to data and 320mb to system ->

Filesystem               Size     Used     Free   Blksize
/dev                   386.3M    64.0K   386.3M   4096
/mnt/asec              386.3M     0.0K   386.3M   4096
/mnt/obb               386.3M     0.0K   386.3M   4096
/dev/shm               386.3M     0.0K   386.3M   4096
/system               1007.9M   891.6M   116.3M   4096
/modemfs                 2.8M     1.1M     1.7M   1024
/data                    2.0G     1.7G   269.0M   4096
/cache                 246.1M     4.2M   241.8M   4096
/mnt/sdcard             11.3G     5.1G     6.1G   32768
/mnt/secure/asec        11.3G     5.1G     6.1G   32768
/mnt/sdcard/Android/obb/com.nextgenreality.minimoto     2.0G     1.7G   269.0M   4096
/mnt/sdcard/Navigon      2.0G     1.7G   269.0M   4096
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.sims3_row_qwf     2.0G     1.7G   269.0M   4096
/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.eamobile.nfshp_row_wf  1007.9M   891.6M   116.3M   4096

be aware that these data are lost if you reflash your rom !!!

have fun
inteks

[edit]
to let you know. i faced a small problem and found a solution

after i moved some big folders to phone memory i got a "low phone memory" at 200mb ?! witch i find is MORE than enogh !

this warning come usally at 10% ....

i found a mod to change the threshold to i.e. 2 or 5%

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877793

so i can use this script ( or make my own, which would be very similar) on the xperia u too rite?

Originally Posted by unreal3000

so i can use this script ( or make my own, which would be very similar) on the xperia u too rite?

Yep, you should be able to.
@OP: what you need is to write a generic script that moves directories based on a plain text list on /sdcard.

there is a sd card in xperia P ? oO

Originally Posted by ilgreco112

there is a sd card in xperia P ? oO

There is no sdcard, but /sdcard is a separate partition.

the main idea stays the same. the xperia u has a partition which acts as an internal sd. so lets say i want to move my music folder on the sdcard to the /data partition. will this work? -

busybox mkdir -p /sdcard/music
busybox mkdir -p /data/music
mount -o bind /data/music /sdcard/music

tks fr the help!

Originally Posted by unreal3000

the main idea stays the same. the xperia u has a partition which acts as an internal sd. so lets say i want to move my music folder on the sdcard to the /data partition. will this work? -

busybox mkdir -p /sdcard/music
busybox mkdir -p /data/music
mount -o bind /data/music /sdcard/music

tks fr the help!

should work, but you should use it for i. e. gamedata that you can always redownload. because if you reflash your phone this data will be lost.

btw. next version of setxperia is able to execute /sdcard/userinit.sh then you can easily edit this file on pc when phone is docked...

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Originally Posted by inteks

should work, but you should use it for i. e. gamedata that you can always redownload. because if you reflash your phone this data will be lost.

btw. next version of setxperia is able to execute /sdcard/userinit.sh then you can easily edit this file on pc when phone is docked...

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so your saying once i have my music folder on the /data partition, i cant edit it through the sdcard partition? (like copy things to the music folder on the sd from my comp, but it would actual get stored on the /data partition?)

Originally Posted by unreal3000

so your saying once i have my music folder on the /data partition, i cant edit it through the sdcard partition? (like copy things to the music folder on the sd from my comp, but it would actual get stored on the /data partition?)

Yeah, that's exactly it.

Originally Posted by unreal3000

so your saying once i have my music folder on the /data partition, i cant edit it through the sdcard partition? (like copy things to the music folder on the sd from my comp, but it would actual get stored on the /data partition?)

no you can't access them through PC. on PC these folders are empty. as i said this is only useful for i. e. big game folder to save some space...

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