[Q]What is /datadata and what are the pros/cons?

Snow_fox

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I feel like the title is pretty self explanatory and would appreciate any input on this. A quick google of it didn't yield anything really relevant to my question.
 

scythekain

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I feel like the title is pretty self explanatory and would appreciate any input on this. A quick google of it didn't yield anything really relevant to my question.
Read:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1541942

/datadata is a custom partition in CM7/9 and Roms based on that for the Galaxy S class phones. It's faster than the 2 GB /data storage for apps and that's why it's used for app storage on CM7 and CM9.

The fix in this thread works quite well as it leaves the commonly used libraries in /datadata but puts the rest of the app in /data.

Thanks,