Disclaimer: This mod is provided as is. I am not responsible for you or your actions, I can barely handle myself most days. This will probably kill your dog and frame your spouse, so if your not feeling up for it, maybe sit this out.
What is this?
This addresses the lack of space on the /system partition that has been forcing people to compromise on GApps packages, and generally be subjected to wonky behavior.
How do I install it?
First you must make a nandroid. This is a flashable zip that you apply in recovery *in between* flashing cm10 and GApps. *NOTE* There are -NO- GApps in this download. This is just a shim to make room for them!
How does this work?
It's mostly edify, with a shell script that shouldn't have been necessary, but I got impatient, and hell, it works.
Is it safe?
I have tested this on my 4G Stingray using CM10 nightlies and Rogue Recovery as both a clean flash and an upgrade. It works under that configuration. See "Before you download" below for currently known issues.
Is this only for the Stingray?
Yes and no. Yes, I only have that one device that suffers the partition issue, and on which to test this. No, I don't see why it couldn't work for at least one other device. But still probably don't try it unless you really know what you're doing.
Why did you make this?
I wanted to solved this problem, and now it's my gift to you all! Enjoy!
Can I incorporate this in my ROM or on my website or at my grandmother's bingo party?
Knock yourselves out. I hope this ends up being super helpful for everybody.
Something broke and it's all your fault!
:eek:
Before you download!
The zip file was updated on 11/28 to fix an issue where the shell script had windows-style line endings, causing it not to run in TWRP and possibly some other recoveries.
The download:
http://www.tangerinepulsar.com/files...mod-signed.zip
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What is this?
This addresses the lack of space on the /system partition that has been forcing people to compromise on GApps packages, and generally be subjected to wonky behavior.
How do I install it?
First you must make a nandroid. This is a flashable zip that you apply in recovery *in between* flashing cm10 and GApps. *NOTE* There are -NO- GApps in this download. This is just a shim to make room for them!
How does this work?
It's mostly edify, with a shell script that shouldn't have been necessary, but I got impatient, and hell, it works.
- What it does is it will create folder on your /data partition called /data/system.app.
- It makes sure that the permissions match the original.
- Then it will migrate the *entire* contents of the traditional /system/app folder into the new folder, also preserving the owners, permissions and attributes of files
- Finally, it deletes the original, and creates a symlink in its place, so that anything that tries to read, or write, to that folder, will end up on the /data partition.
- You can now install a full GApps package, and you'll have a lofty 25MB or so to spare!
Is it safe?
I have tested this on my 4G Stingray using CM10 nightlies and Rogue Recovery as both a clean flash and an upgrade. It works under that configuration. See "Before you download" below for currently known issues.
Is this only for the Stingray?
Yes and no. Yes, I only have that one device that suffers the partition issue, and on which to test this. No, I don't see why it couldn't work for at least one other device. But still probably don't try it unless you really know what you're doing.
Why did you make this?
I wanted to solved this problem, and now it's my gift to you all! Enjoy!
Can I incorporate this in my ROM or on my website or at my grandmother's bingo party?
Knock yourselves out. I hope this ends up being super helpful for everybody.
Something broke and it's all your fault!
:eek:
Before you download!
- Make a nandroid! This is twice that I'm telling you, so I mean it!
- As of right now, if you were to factory reset your device, it would be necessary to restore or reflash from recovery. Do not factory reset if you apply this mod! (Thanks runandhide05!)
- This mod does not work with TWRP recovery at the moment (But I'm working on it). (Thanks dodgefan67!)
- Face unlock currently fails to install. I am working to address this.
- Some future version will use addon.d so that you don't have to flash this every time. This will be implemented once the above issues have been dealt with.
The zip file was updated on 11/28 to fix an issue where the shell script had windows-style line endings, causing it not to run in TWRP and possibly some other recoveries.
The download:
http://www.tangerinepulsar.com/files...mod-signed.zip
