Low on space

[RichH]

It makes no difference if you have debugging set as phone should be in download mode.
Try Odin 1.83, just in case.
All firmware from www.sammobile.com is safe.

[a_nawar2001]

i've tried 2 firmwares and below messege appeared
<ID:0/024> Added!!
<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..
<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<OSM> Please wait..
<OSM> I9100GXXLA1_I9100GDBTKL2_I9100GXXKL4_HOME.tar.md5 is valid.
<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<OSM> Leave CS..
<ID:0/024> Odin v.3 engine (ID:24)..
<ID:0/024> File analysis..
<ID:0/024> SetupConnection..

and then holded for more than 15 min.??
i'll try to find sutable firmware...

[a_nawar2001]

unfortunatully ICS didn't released to my country EGYPT and the last firmware is 2.3.6,,so can i use any EUR firmware??

[a_nawar2001]

Finally succeeded to install ICS ... but space still full which was my initial problem, now i'll try to install CWM with Odin but need to know if the phone should be rooted before install CMW or not?

[mo.mashi]

Sounds to me like you need to factory reset and clear cache from the Recovery Menu. As you are on 2.3.6 it may be a good time to update to ICS, if available for your phone.

Although they are very well intentioned, I feel that the people who have answered you on this thread so far don't really understand the nature of the problem. I don't blame them for misunderstanding as the error message given by the OS is misleading.

Your 2GB internal storage is subdivided into various partitions but the ones you should be concerned with are the 1.5GB partition that stores your system+apps and the 150MB datadata partition which stores your preferences. Your system partition will never run out of space. It's your 150MB datadata that is at issue in this error message. It's just bad design on the devs for giving such a misleading message. And yes, of course, an unnecessarily extreme solution such as the factory reset or changing your ROM would solve your problem as it empties the datadata partition but your problem will come back as soon as you reinstall enough stuff to fill it up again.

There are some approaches you can take to rectify the situation but before you do anything, MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP!!!

ANNOYING LEGAL DISCLAIMER: By following my instructions you agree that you're responsible for your own actions not to mention their success or failures with regards to applying these approaches. You're also agreeing that while following my instructions, should your phone explode, brick, cease to function, melt into a spreadable goo, turn into a swarm of locust that devour your crops or turn into an Apple iPhone (a fate worst than all of the above put together), I am not responsible for it.

You have three options:

(1) manage the content of the datadata partition manually with your favorite root browser. This is the safest solution. Check to see if there are some left over prefs from programs that you have uninstalled. If you do, delete those preferences. If you're still left with space issues, your gonna have to make some hard choices on what programs you do use and which ones you don't and then uninstall them and delete their preferences.

(2) Find a premade script that manages the situation autmatically. I personally wouldn't trust an automated script in such a delicate area. But if you do, you can probably find one on XDA-developers, make sure it's for your phone and your ROM!!

(3) use adb root, to move the larger and less used preference folders to the 1.5GB partion and place a link to that folder back where it used to be in datadata. A few pitfalls in this approach: like any other files in the Android System partition, your preferences have their own Ownership and Permission schemes. Every application is the sole owner of it's own prefs and cannot access the prefs of other apps. Should these schemes not be preserved upon moving, your prefences will become unreadble and your apps will force close. The current Rooted FileManagers available for Android are too stupid to preserve ownership and permissions when moving files, hence the need for ADB Root and the command prompt. If you don't have ADB, find a good tutorial on installing it. Second, you should also set Titanium backup to follow links (Preferences -> Troubleshooting -> Follow Symbolic Links). I've read in some places that putting preferences in the bigger partition may result in lagging, so I wouldn't put stuff that I use all the time in there.

> adb root
> adb shell

> ls -l /data/data2 # the -l switch will display additonal info such as ownership and permission

if it doesn't exist, make it and change ownership/permssions
> md /data/data2
> chown system.system /data/data2
> chmod 771 /data/data2

> cd /datadata
> cp -p -r com.your.pref.folder.of.choice /data/data2/com.your.pref.folder.of.choice # this will preserve
> rm -r com.your.pref.folder.of.choice
> ln -s /data/data2/com.your.pref.folder.of.choice com.your.pref.folder.of.choice

[Tufftoad]

You better be greatful because I only joined this forum so that I can answer your question.

As much as you may be knowledgeable, this forum has a good atmosphere. Greenman has contributed to the forum and this is your first post. Please don't ruin the atmosphere for other users. Thank you.

[RichH]

Do you also think that as the OP had never even heard of Odin before coming here would understand a single word of what you have written?

[mo.mashi]

As much as you may be knowledgeable, this forum has a good atmosphere. Greenman has contributed to the forum and this is your first post. Please don't ruin the atmosphere for other users. Thank you.

I appollogize if I offended you. The be "grateful comment" and the "DISCLAIMER" were really meant to be humorous and not arrogant or offensive. If any negativity was perceived, it was not intended. That being said, I did join the forum ONLY to answer this thread because I felt the answers the answers were incorrect (and I mean that respectfully to the people who gave their answers).

[mo.mashi]

Do you also think that as the OP had never even heard of Odin before coming here would understand a single word of what you have written?

First of all, it's not your place to make assumptions about the OP's skill levels. Nor does he need you as a spokesperson. If he doesn't get what I'm saying, he's free to ask questions.

Second, the OP already stated, he's resolved his problem by flashing a new ROM. So he's probabably not even subscribed to this post anymore.

Third, putting a few commands in ADB is way more user friendly than using ODIN. In this situation, using ODIN is like using a truck to swat a fly... We're still talking about the same thing here, right? Fixing the "Low on space" error?

Finally, I did not spend all this time writing this post to help only ONE person. Many people have this problem and this is the first entry that they would come accross when doing a google search for the error.

[Doomed]

Wrote a lot of useless stuff. Apart from; Using ODIN is like using a truck to swat a fly

First, nothing wrong using a truck to swat a fly.

Second, It's a bit of a delayed post.

Third, If my phone ever turns into an iphone, I will blame YOU

And the Fourth, I'll have to remember about adb.

Just in case for others: "#" Is used as a comment and not to be entered into the terminal