NEVER enough space. Which ROM should I use?

[changoland]

There is absolutely never enough room for anything on any ROM I've used on my Aria. I install everything to SD, but even with updates and whatnot, it fills to the point where I can't even receive a SMS text message because the memory is full.

I've tried every custom ROM that existed as of December 2011 but now there seems to be new ROMs, including some CM9alpha/ICS ROMs.

I just want the ability to take some pictures, install some apps (TO SD!) and not have to be constantly deleting texts just to receive more.

So my question to you all is which ROM leaves the most space available? At this point aesthetics mean absolutely nothing. I'm sorry if this has been answered before, I did a few searches and nothing turned up. I can't imagine I'm the only person who experiences this issue.

 

[Theonew]

There is absolutely never enough room for anything on any ROM I've used on my Aria. I install everything to SD, but even with updates and whatnot, it fills to the point where I can't even receive a SMS text message because the memory is full.

I've tried every custom ROM that existed as of December 2011 but now there seems to be new ROMs, including some CM9alpha/ICS ROMs.

I just want the ability to take some pictures, install some apps (TO SD!) and not have to be constantly deleting texts just to receive more.

So my question to you all is which ROM leaves the most space available? At this point aesthetics mean absolutely nothing. I'm sorry if this has been answered before, I did a few searches and nothing turned up. I can't imagine I'm the only person who experiences this issue.

CM7 should take up the least space. What do you mean by "There is absolutely never enough room for anything"? Have you ever done a clean install?

 

[drumist]

1) Format your SD card so that you have two partitions. The first one is FAT32 and the second one is ext3 (in that order). Apps will install to the ext3 partition, so make it as big as you need. I'd suggest 1GB if you have the space, but you probably won't need that much. Remember to put CM7 and Gapps back on the FAT32 partition before the next step.

2) Install your favorite version of CM7 & Gapps using the usual process.

3) Follow these instructions exactly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21667779&postcount=5

4) Never manually move applications to the SD card from the Manage Applications menu. Once you set up everything like above, you can use the phone freely without ever changing any settings about where apps are installed.

99% of users will never run out of space if they use this setup.

This can be done with other ROMs too, but isn't as easy to set up.

Edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention. You really should only do this if you have a fast SD card (class 6 or better). Otherwise it'll probably slow your phone down a lot.

 

[andyqutami]

CM7 should take up the least space. What do you mean by "There is absolutely never enough room for anything"? Have you ever done a clean install?

^^ Agreed.
CM7 left me with I believe 80mb or 100mb for internal storage with a clean install. Highly recommend it, as far as storage goes.

1) Format your SD card so that you have two partitions. The first one is FAT32 and the second one is ext3 (in that order). Apps will install to the ext3 partition, so make it as big as you need. I'd suggest 1GB if you have the space, but you probably won't need that much. Remember to put CM7 and Gapps back on the FAT32 partition before the next step.

2) Install your favorite version of CM7 & Gapps using the usual process.

3) Follow these instructions exactly: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21667779&postcount=5

4) Never manually move applications to the SD card from the Manage Applications menu. Once you set up everything like above, you can use the phone freely without ever changing any settings about where apps are installed.

99% of users will never run out of space if they use this setup.

This can be done with other ROMs too, but isn't as easy to set up.

Edit: Oh, and I forgot to mention. You really should only do this if you have a fast SD card (class 6 or better). Otherwise it'll probably slow your phone down a lot.

Thanks for this. I'm going to give it a try. Storage space was also my issue.

 

[changoland]

This worked perfectly. Thank you so much.