The phone thinks my 32gb G2 is 16 GB

Ferdix85 · Mar 13, 2014 at 10:39 PM

Kickoff said:
Thank you for the info, I have already corrected the guide. I am happy for you.

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én LG-D802-el

On my screen appear this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
su
[email protected]:/ # cd /system
cd /system
[email protected]:/system # dd if=/system/bin/sgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=5
12 seek=61071327 conv=notrunc
dd if=/system/bin/pgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=0 conv=notruncdd
mg of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=61071327 conv=notrunc <
33+0 records in
33+0 records out
16896 bytes (16.5KB) copied, 0.003587 seconds, 4.5MB/s
[email protected]:/system #

The records are 33 and not 34...why?
Thx

vussen · Mar 31, 2014

With Total Commander, I get a error, "cannot copy or move file!" when tried to copy the files to system/bin. I am rooted and got supersu granted.

Kickoff · Mar 31, 2014 at 7:28 PM

I've never had that issue. Try to reinstall TC or use root Explorer. You might have a root problem.

Tapatalk-kal küldve az én LG-V500-el

kapa75 · Apr 2, 2014 at 6:23 PM

Kickoff said:
Ok, I'll try to provide a more comprehensive explanation. I assume that you have a fully working phone, the hardware is 32 GB but you can use only 16 GB (10,7 GB). The files we will use are
here.

Let's start with downloading the necessary files to your SDCard.

On the phone use Total Commander to copy the files to /system/bin and change the permission to 755 on each.

I have problems to put the screenshots here, all are here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3pqceuaqsji0dqn/nvR20mLqMF

Then type via adb:

Code:

adb shell su cd /system parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

Many users reported not to get the following Error messages here:

Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? Fix

Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 30294016 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore?Fix

No problem, check your partitions with "print"

Code:

1|[email protected]:/ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3 Using /dev/block/mmcblk0 Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands. (parted) print print print Model: MMC 032G96 (sd/mmc) Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31.3GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: gpt Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 16.8MB 83.9MB 67.1MB fat16 modem 2 83.9MB 84.9MB 1049kB sbl1 3 84.9MB 85.5MB 524kB dbi 4 101MB 101MB 524kB DDR 5 117MB 118MB 1049kB aboot 6 118MB 120MB 1049kB rpm 7 134MB 151MB 16.8MB boot 8 151MB 152MB 1049kB tz 9 152MB 152MB 1024B pad 10 168MB 171MB 3146kB modemst1 11 171MB 174MB 3146kB modemst2 12 174MB 174MB 1024B pad1 13 185MB 201MB 16.8MB misc 14 201MB 235MB 33.6MB ext4 persist 15 235MB 252MB 16.8MB recovery 16 252MB 255MB 3146kB fsg 17 268MB 269MB 524kB fsc 18 269MB 269MB 524kB ssd 19 269MB 269MB 1024B pad2 20 269MB 270MB 524kB encrypt 21 285MB 294MB 8389kB ext4 drm 22 294MB 302MB 8389kB ext4 sns 23 302MB 336MB 33.6MB laf 24 336MB 369MB 33.6MB fota 25 369MB 403MB 33.6MB ext4 mpt 26 403MB 403MB 524kB dbibak 27 403MB 404MB 1049kB rpmbak 28 404MB 405MB 1049kB tzbak 29 405MB 405MB 8192B rct 30 419MB 3322MB 2902MB ext4 system 31 3322MB 3959MB 638MB ext4 cache 32 3959MB 4043MB 83.9MB tombstones 33 4043MB 4060MB 16.8MB spare 34 4060MB 4110MB 50.3MB ext4 cust 35 4110MB 31.2GB 27.1GB ext4 userdata 36 31.2GB 31.3GB 62.9MB grow

This is what I see if the phone is OK. In your case line 36 should look like:

36 15.7GB 15.8GB 37.7MB grow

Quit parted with

Code:

quit

And from here follow the original description:

Code:

adb shell su cd /system dd if=/system/bin/sgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=61071327 conv=notrunc dd if=/system/bin/pgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=0 conv=notrunc

After finished manually turn off the phone and use the key combination to enter Download Mode. Flash the tight KDZ file or make a recovery via LGMobileSupportTool.

After the first boot you will see that the SDCARD has only 10,7GB only. Make a hard reset Settings/Backup and reset/Factory data reset.

After resetting the phone you will have a 25GB SD Card.

Hi.
I have done everything you have said but it's still showing 16 GB...
I'm lost i dont know how to fix it.

Kickoff · Apr 2, 2014 at 6:39 PM

kapa75 said:
Hi.
I have done everything you have said but it's still showing 16 GB...
I'm lost i dont know how to fix it.

You don't need the quote entire description. Did you performed a hard reset?

kapa75 · Apr 2, 2014

Kickoff said:
You don't need the quote entire description. Did you performed a hard reset?

I'm sorry.
Yes I did.
I followed all your steps everything seemed to be fine but still my device only shows 16 gb.
Maybe I flashed the wrong .kdz file. Which one is it?

Kickoff · Apr 3, 2014

kapa75 said:
I'm sorry.

Yes I did.

I followed all your steps everything seemed to be fine but still my device only shows 16 gb.

Maybe I flashed the wrong .kdz file. Which one is it?

What response do you get on "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0"? What is the size of the partition 35 (userdata)?

blackcodetech · Apr 8, 2014 at 8:20 AM

I have problems to put the screenshots here, all are here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3pqceuaqsji0dqn/nvR20mLqMF

When we use these files ? Does recovery flash mode??

Kickoff · Apr 8, 2014 at 12:57 PM

I cannot understand your post.

rameshchowdhary · May 30, 2013 15 5 0

wow thats amazing working perfectly glad i got 25gb back

Hi there,
thanks so much, you are guide helped to get 25gb back, I am using lg g2 d802t kitkat 4.4.2, thanks again

Kickoff · Apr 25, 2014 at 6:35 AM

rameshchowdhary said:
Hi there,
thanks so much, you are guide helped to get 25gb back, I am using lg g2 d802t kitkat 4.4.2, thanks again

Great!

redkib · Apr 26, 2014 at 2:27 PM

Complicated

Kickoff said:
Have you tried the above method worked for me? Where do you have a problem?

Can you please please please simplify the intractions, it is just too hard to understand. Wating for a more easier instruction.

---------- Post added at 03:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:20 PM ----------

Kickoff said:
How to solve 16GB only on 32GB phones problem?

Disclaimer: I am really a noob, no liability for the below description. However, it worked well for me.

I faced with the the problem of loosing 16GB on my phone after hard resetting to solve the strange security code question after using the flashtool.

User DENWER9008 provided me with the following link.

Then I figured out that the same issue was already discussed in other forums.

http://www.2gcn.com/html/LG_G2//201311035358.html

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/6433-solved-messed-up-partitions-on-internal-storage/page__st__20#entry67870

The necessary files can be downloaded here.

Use minimal adb fastboot as terminal.

Grab parted from the link above. Now you need to extract the individual binaries from the .zip (the 6 files in the sdparted folder within the zip. Copy all 6 files to /system/). Copy dd and both img-files there as well. Then make them useable, and change to the permission to 0755 on each.

1.
adb shell
su
cd /system
./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0

Then you should see this:

Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? Fix

Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 30294016 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore?Fix

./parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted)

Error: The backup GPT table is not at the end of the disk, as it should be.
This might mean that another operating system believes the disk is smaller.
Fix, by moving the backup to the end (and removing the old backup)?
Fix/Ignore/Cancel? fix
fix
Warning: Not all of the space available to /dev/block/mmcblk0 appears to be
used, you can fix the GPT to use all of the space (an extra 30294016 blocks) or
continue with the current setting?
Fix/Ignore? fix
fix
Model: MMC 032G96 (sd/mmc)
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 31.3GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 16.8MB 83.9MB 67.1MB fat16 modem
2 83.9MB 84.9MB 1049kB sbl1
3 84.9MB 85.5MB 524kB dbi
4 101MB 101MB 524kB DDR
5 117MB 118MB 1049kB aboot
6 118MB 120MB 1049kB rpm
7 134MB 151MB 16.8MB boot
8 151MB 152MB 1049kB tz
9 152MB 152MB 1024B pad
10 168MB 171MB 3146kB modemst1
11 171MB 174MB 3146kB modemst2
12 174MB 174MB 1024B pad1
13 185MB 201MB 16.8MB misc
14 201MB 235MB 33.6MB ext4 persist
15 235MB 252MB 16.8MB recovery
16 252MB 255MB 3146kB fsg
17 268MB 269MB 524kB fsc
18 269MB 269MB 524kB ssd
19 269MB 269MB 1024B pad2
20 269MB 270MB 524kB encrypt
21 285MB 294MB 8389kB ext4 drm
22 294MB 302MB 8389kB ext4 sns
23 302MB 336MB 33.6MB laf
24 336MB 369MB 33.6MB fota
25 369MB 403MB 33.6MB ext4 mpt
26 403MB 403MB 524kB dbibak
27 403MB 404MB 1049kB rpmbak
28 404MB 405MB 1049kB tzbak
29 405MB 405MB 8192B rct
30 419MB 3322MB 2902MB ext4 system
31 3322MB 3959MB 638MB ext4 cache
32 3959MB 4043MB 83.9MB tombstones
33 4043MB 4060MB 16.8MB spare
34 4060MB 4110MB 50.3MB ext4 cust
35 4110MB 15.7GB 11.6GB ext4 userdata
36 15.7GB 15.8GB 37.7MB grow

(parted)

2.
adb shell
su
cd /system
./dd if=/system/sgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=61071327 conv=notrunc
./dd if=/system/pgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=0 conv=notrunc

[email protected]:/ # cd /system
f=/sdcard/pgpt16G.img bs=512 count=34 <
34+0 records in
34+0 records out
17408 bytes (17.0KB) copied, 0.014294 seconds, 1.2MB/s
of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=0 conv=notrunc <
34+0 records in
34+0 records out
17408 bytes (17.0KB) copied, 0.008996 seconds, 1.8MB/s

3. Reboot the phone into download mode and flash the required kdz-file. I made a recovery via LGMobileSupportTool.

4. After the first boot you will see that the SDCARD has only 10,7GB only. Make a hard reset Settings/Backup and reset/Factory data reset.

5. After resetting the phone you will have a 25GB SD Card.

OMG...

Please simplify. i am a noob. specially the first steps

Kickoff · Apr 26, 2014 at 2:38 PM

It is really simply and written for noobs. Do you have problems with copying some files to your phone to a specific folder and change the permission? Have you checked the screenshots I made?

redkib · Apr 26, 2014 at 3:21 PM

worked

kapa75 said:
Hi.
I have done everything you have said but it's still showing 16 GB...
I'm lost i dont know how to fix it.

thank you so much for simplifying and solving thank you again and again ...

Kickoff · Apr 26, 2014

This thread helped many people who were always free to ask questions that were always answered when I could help. I can't simply adb commands, I can't simplify permission change. These are requirements to do anything with an Android phone. You haven't asked any particular question only repeated your simplifying request what this always means. And now after being cynical you still expect some help. Ask a question if you have but don't be arrogant. Please.

HarVester23 · Jun 20, 2014 at 2:20 PM

Hey, those important files and SS are gone, any active link to them?

Kickoff · Jun 20, 2014 at 9:35 PM

HarVester23 said:
Hey, those important files and SS are gone, any active link to them?

Link should work again. Thanks for the notice.

alsaidhakeem · Jan 1, 2013 17 2 0

problem

Kickoff said:
Link should work again. Thanks for the notice.

How to enter the situation adb in Mobile,then How to Enter the code, which is composed of several lines
Sorry for the language I used Google translation from Arabic thanks

Kickoff · Jun 23, 2014 at 8:56 PM

alsaidhakeem said:
How to enter the situation adb in Mobile,then How to Enter the code, which is composed of several lines
Sorry for the language I used Google translation from Arabic thanks

Ups this will be very difficult if you do not understand the description. Have you downloaded the necessary files an copied to your phone and set the permissions as it is explained with the screenshots? Do you have adb connection to your phone?

alsaidhakeem · Jan 1, 2013 17 2 0

Kickoff said:
Ups this will be very difficult if you do not understand the description. Have you downloaded the necessary files an copied to your phone and set the permissions as it is explained with the screenshots? Do you have adb connection to your phone?

I download nine files and could not introduced into the system files as described in thread but using an application system explorer and the validity of the root system My question Is that adb connection means sideload adb in recovery?If so, I could not type the code once and at the source code for the fragmentation of no consequence in the black screen of a computer error occurs

The phone thinks my 32gb G2 is 16 GB

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