[MOD][4.1 4.2] Extend Phone Storage 1.5, 2.5GB A116 (Other MT6589 Devices on request)

gregferns · Jun 11, 2013

hottesthunkkush said:
It can be done easily but why mess wth system's 100mb when you've got 1.7 gb internal sd..

Yes. You are right.

Sent from my Micromax A116 using xda premium

MANOJ5329 · Jun 14, 2013

ThnX

hottesthunkkush said:
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY

I Will Not Responsible For Any Brick or Any Problem So Do It At Your Own Risk.

This Will Extend your Device's /data partition (Phone Storage) from 1 GB to 1.5 GB or 2.5 GB..
This will make your Internal Storage smaller..

Default -- 1GB Phone Storage -- 1.773GB Internal Card

500MB patch -- 1.5GB Phone Storage -- 1.273GB Internal Card

1.5GB patch -- 2.5GB Phone Storage -- 273MB Internal Card

Before Doing Anything :-

Things Needed :-

Download:--

Credits ---->
Guide For Installing V-Com Driver Click Here Credits -----> Abhishek Kumar

Guide For Using S.P. Flash tool Click Here Credits -----> DR_MOOSAVI

MT6589 ROM EDIT APK Credits ------> Meteos

Full Step by Step Procedure is in #2nd Post

HIT THANKS :good: IF YOU THINK MY POST HELPED YOU...

ThnX for d file.

ark906i · Jun 16, 2013

Hello hottesthunkkush
Thank you very much for your guide.
I'm not the owner of this device. I tried to improve internal memory for MT6589 device. However, I use Mt657xRepartiton_EN.apk. Then my cellphone cannot boot anymore. I go to recovery mode then select "wipe data and factory reset". "Mount /data error" message happened. I think the correct data partition has been destroyed.

Could you please suggest how to recover my phone? According to SPF tool, I have some hope and wish to hear your reply soon. Thank you!

kaydee · Jun 16, 2013

ark906i said:
Hello hottesthunkkush
Thank you very much for your guide.
I'm not the owner of this device. I tried to improve internal memory for MT6589 device. However, I use Mt657xRepartiton_EN.apk. Then my cellphone cannot boot anymore. I go to recovery mode then select "wipe data and factory reset". "Mount /data error" message happened. I think the correct data partition has been destroyed.

Could you please suggest how to recover my phone? According to SPF tool, I have some hope and wish to hear your reply soon. Thank you!

Open SPFTools --> Load Scatter --> Select Al ROM Files -->Click On Format (Ignore all warning) --> Now Click On Download (Ignore All Warnings)

This will Restore your data partition,

Note:- Make Backup Of NVRAM Partition From TWRP or CWM To restore IMEI or Find any thread to restore IMEI (recommended) Cuz After this IMEI will be erased, Backup Internal SD files (All files will be removed after flashing Through SPFTools)

After flashing boot you device, press *#06#, if imeis are there then its fine, otherwise restore NVRAM if this dosent work then try to find a thread to rewrite the imei..

these thread should help you out..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2223901

Do everything at your own risk and blah blah blah...

good luck... :good:

ark906i · Jun 17, 2013

hottesthunkkush said:
Open SPFTools --> Load Scatter --> Select Al ROM Files -->Click On Format (Ignore all warning) --> Now Click On Download (Ignore All Warnings)

This will Restore your data partition,

Note:- Make Backup Of NVRAM Partition From TWRP or CWM To restore IMEI or Find any thread to restore IMEI (recommended) Cuz After this IMEI will be erased, Backup Internal SD files (All files will be removed after flashing Through SPFTools)

After flashing boot you device, press *#06#, if imeis are there then its fine, otherwise restore NVRAM if this dosent work then try to find a thread to rewrite the imei..

these thread should help you out..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2160490

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2223901

Do everything at your own risk and blah blah blah...

good luck... :good:

Thank you for your kind reply.

I would like to confirm two point.
First, my issue can be solved by flashing new ROM with high possibility. Is this correct?
Second, after restoration, can I use your procedure in this thread to make re partition my phone?

My cellphone is I-Mobile 5.3 the spec is based on MT6589. Unfortunately, the ROM data has not been released to public. I have to contact service center for assistance.

Thank you again to support.
I will try to study the resource you provided. :victory:

kaydee · Jun 18, 2013

ark906i said:
Thank you for your kind reply.

First, my issue can be solved by flashing new ROM with high possibility. Is this correct?

Yes issue will be solved by flashing rom with sp flash tools..
Note:- IMEI will be erased and internal data;

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Second, after restoration, can I use your procedure in this thread to make re partition my phone?

My cellphone is I-Mobile 5.3 the spec is based on MT6589. Unfortunately, the ROM data has not been released to public. I have to contact service center for assistance.

I will need your mount points of your partitions to confirm this..

How to get mount points:-
Install terminal emulator from market
then type

Code:

ls -l /emmc@*

press enter

this should look like this

Code:

ls -l /emmc@* 

lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@android -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@ebr1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@fat -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@protect_f -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@protect_s -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@sec_ro -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-01 05:30 emmc@usrdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7

I just need mount points of

Code:

emmc@fat -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

and

Code:

emmc@usrdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7

or just match with the points above,
if emmc@fat and emmc@usrdata are same then it will work

ark906i · Jun 18, 2013

hottesthunkkush said:
Yes issue will be solved by flashing rom with sp flash tools..
Note:- IMEI will be erased and internal data;

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I will need your mount points of your partitions to confirm this..
...

or just match with the points above,
if emmc@fat and emmc@usrdata are same then it will work

Thank you for your confirmation. You are kind contributor.

After I get my phone back, I will try to do.

May I ask you one more question? Can you suggest how to back up ROM?
I search in google. However, I would like to ensure which one is reliable source.

kaydee · Jun 18, 2013

ark906i said:
May I ask you one more question? Can you suggest how to back up ROM?
I search in google. However, I would like to ensure which one is reliable source.

Backup System Partition using TWRP or CWM Recovery, Its Very Easy..

shiv.guddadmath · Jul 2, 2013

Worked perfectly

Worked perfectly, I have taken few deviation in the process,
1. I backed the system by CWM
2. Removed the SD Card (I haven't installed Disableswap.zip)
3. Backed the Internal Memory Backup
4. Installed meteos-mtk6589-patched-updated-A116.apk
5. Used 1.5 GB Patch
6. Flashed EBR1 and EBR2 using SP Tool
7. Power off, installed SD Card
7. Booted to recovery mode
8. Wiped data/factory reset
9. restored backup
10. Rebooted phone

Everything working smooth, I have 4.2 stock ROM, and my settings also didn't crash

Shiv

kaydee · Jul 3, 2013

shiv.guddadmath said:
Everything working smooth, I have 4.2 stock ROM, and my settings also didn't crash

Shiv

:good: :good: :good: :good: :good:

PuppyG · Jul 3, 2013

How does it work?

Hi Kaydee,

This is my first ever post in xda!

Anyway, I would like to say, thank you for a great post. Very helpful. Only thing is, it has made me curious for more detail.

Could you please provide some guidance on the following?

What does the program in the rom edit apk do and why is it needed? Is it not enough to just flash the ebr files using the SP tool?
What's in the ebr files? How do you generate or edit them for various sizes?
Isn't the mbr file necessary for this procedure if we are altering the partitions?

Thank you in advance.

sudeep11787 · Jul 5, 2013

Awesome work brother !

Now, i hope i can play nfs most wanted and Real Racing. Because of my class 4 sd card, they didnt run at all earlier.

I installed 2.5 gb one ! It worked perfectly

bsanghani · Jul 11, 2013

Can you send me procedure to undo this.
I have difficulty now to flash any new rom from recovery mode as the internal storage is only 273MB and does not allow to flash new rom

samthechamp · Jul 11, 2013

kaydee said:
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY

I Will Not Responsible For Any Brick or Any Problem So Do It At Your Own Risk.

This Will Extend your Device's /data partition (Phone Storage) from 1 GB to 1.5 GB or 2.5 GB..
This will make your Internal Storage smaller..

Default -- 1GB Phone Storage -- 1.773GB Internal Card

500MB patch -- 1.5GB Phone Storage -- 1.273GB Internal Card

1.5GB patch -- 2.5GB Phone Storage -- 273MB Internal Card

Before Doing Anything :-

Things Needed :-

Download:--

Credits ---->
Guide For Installing V-Com Driver Click Here Credits -----> Abhishek Kumar

Guide For Using S.P. Flash tool Click Here Credits -----> DR_MOOSAVI

MT6589 ROM EDIT APK Credits ------> Meteos

Full Step by Step Procedure is in #2nd Post

HIT THANKS :good: IF YOU THINK MY POST HELPED YOU...

What is the use of doing this big,time consuming method if you can simply swap the memories-
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=

Sent from my Micromax A116 using xda app-developers app

akshay1609 · Jul 12, 2013

After flashing the 1.5GB mod , the phone app storage works fine but internal sd card is not mounting and showing in file manager

---------- Post added at 11:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:08 PM ----------

I have not taken any back up will it matter , how to revert back

hariraj96 · Jul 13, 2013

Device request ..

@kaydee

can u make this mod for canvas 2+ A110Q ???

ilyasovich · Jul 16, 2013

Hi and thanks for the tutorial!

Me too I Need to increase my apps space using the 1,5 GB patch, there is the link to EBR files, My Phone is a iNew i2000 rebranded

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7V3pCIjyQ7pRDBhTnhLVGNTeFU&usp=sharing

The mount point is

emmc@fat -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8

emmc@usrdata -> /dev/block//mmcblk0p7

Thanks

ilyasovich · Jul 17, 2013

Up

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keanu_ritz · Jul 18, 2013

thanks for this useful post!

deeplyyoung · Jul 21, 2013

Bro m using Stock Rom JB 4.2.1 & i need to extend phone storage, just help me n let me know what to do, as m using 32 gb sandisk class 10 Ex sd card & need some more internal space, m getting internal memory low msg everytime....

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