Increase Internal Memory of Android device by Partitioning SD card (Step by Step with Images)

As you are here that means you are having low storage android device,and you are suffering with "Internal memory full" problem and I know how it feels because I also used to have such problem in past so I have a solution for you guys,and its not much hard to follow just look and do as mentioned in the steps below:

NOTE: (i) For this your android device must be rooted.
             (ii) And before following this make sure to backup your SD card..


There are two method of doing this:
1. Using ROM Manager App.
     Pros: Easy
     Cons:Limited to partition SD card upto 512MB
2. By using Clockwork Mod Recovery.
     Pros:No such limitation.
     Cons: Is little bit harder.

Method 1:

To Download:ROM Manager  and Link2Sd from playstore.

Step 1: Open ROM Manager>Partition SD Card...

 Step 2: Select Partition Size as per your requirement.

Step 3: In Swap Size select 32 MB or 64 MB

Step 4: Press OK and restart device

And your SD card will be partitioned.....

Step 5: Open Link2Sd and after opening it will ask you to Select the File System for your SD card's                 2nd Partition, here you have to Select EXT3 or EXT4  and Press OK(Linux File Systems)

Step 6: Again Press OK when the screen below appears.

And Restart your device...

Now to verify that 2nd partition is created or not again open link2sd and press option key.and select Storage info and look for SD Card 2nd Part as shown in image below.

Now after this all is done:
You might be thinking that how to Link apps to SD card?
Ans: Just open link2sd and look for the app that you want to move to sd card and when you find it open it and Click on 'Create Link' and Press OK as shown in image below..

And your application is linked to SD card and you are good to go...also you can enable auto link apps to sd card from link2sd settings...

Method 2:

Note: Clockwork Mod Recovery or any other Custom Recovery Should be installed on device and if you want to install it then search on google about Clockwork mod recovery for the device you have....

Step 1: Boot into Clockwork Mod Recovery on your device.

Step 2: Open Advanced which is last in the options available..

Step 3: Next Select Partition SD Card and Open it.

Step 4: Select the size at which you want to partition your SD card..

Step 5: Select Swap Size of 32MB or 64MB..

After you will select the swap size it will start to partition your SD Card...Now after Partitioning gets completed Reboot your device...

Step 6: After rebooting open Link2Sd and after opening it will ask you to Select the File System for your SD card's 2nd Partition, here you have to Select EXT3 or EXT4(Linux File Systems)  and Press OK

Step 7: Again Press OK when the screen below appears.

And Restart your device...

• Now to verify that 2nd partition is created or not again open link2sd and press option key.and select Storage info and look for SD Card 2nd Part as shown in image below.

• Now after this all is done:

• You might be thinking that how to Link apps to SD card?

Ans: Just open link2sd and look for the app that you want to move to sd card and when you     find it open it and Click on 'Create Link' and Press OK as shown in image below..

And your application is linked to SD card and you are good to go...also you can enable auto link apps to sd card from link2sd settings...

Thats all you have to do to increase your device's internal storage by partitioning sd card and using it as internal memory...


If you want you can follow this video for more convenience:

 

How to Integrate Google Drive under 'SendTo' option in Right Click Context menu.

As the title suggest here we are going to add Google drive or any such Cloud Storage application to Right click context menu under “Send to” pop up  just like we use to send files to thumb drive by right clicking it and just going to "Send to" and selecting the drive….So to do this follow the Steps shown below:

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           (Here we are assuming that Google Drive is already installed on your pc and you have a google drive folder assigned that will be synced with your google account.)

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• The first step is to access the Windows PC’s “Send to” folder.In Windows 7 and Windows 8,you can access it by going to:

                C Drive>Users>[User Profile]>Appdata>Roaming>Microsoft>Windows>SendTo

 

•  Now drag and drop the google drive folder to the SendTo Folder 

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• Thats all we have to do and  as you can see in the image below Google drive is added to “Send to” Popup in right click context menu…

           

 This makes syncing files with cloud storage much Simpler and Faster .Similarly you can add any software or application to "Send to" option in right click context menu....

Cyanogenmod 9 Stable Unofficial Rom for Samsung Galaxy Mini or POP GT-S5570

There are many Galaxy Mini roms out there and developers are trying to make roms better day by day for galaxy mini and there is also unofficial cynogenmod 10 rom available with most of the things working but now a new unofficial cyanogenmod 9 rom is available with all things working can say stable version for galaxy mini....

In this rom:
Camera Fully working
USB tethering fully working
Wifi and Bluetooth fully working. etc

Note: In order to flash cyanogenmod or any custom rom your device must be rooted and must have custom recovery such as clockworkmod installed on it...

Now Follow the STEPS provided below:


1.Download files from below link:
Cyanogenmod 9  from here
Latest Gapps from here

DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK

2.Copy both files to SD card of your device.

3.Reboot your device in Custom Recovery by Pressing and holding  Power + Home key together..

4.Now in recovery mode select Wipe Data option for fresh installation and Confirm.

5.Now flash the rom by following the process below:

(i) Select Install Zip from SD card
(ii) Then select Choose zip from SD card and then select cm-9-20121110-UNOFFICIAL-tass.zip..
(iii) Confirm the installation and wait for the Rom to be fully installed...

Gapps:
By following the same procdure but selecting gapps file in place of cyanogenmod flash gapps.

6.Reboot and enjoy!

And if you want you can watch this video for detailed installation:

 Screenshots:

Android 4.0.3 ICS official update for Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000

Did you heard that ? Samsung India has rolled out Android 4.0 ICE cream sandwich update for Samsung galaxy note owners in India then what you are waiting for....

To update to Android 4.0.3  (Ice cream sandwich) Just follow the steps below:

 Important:
1.Fully recharge your battery before updating.
2.Backup data.
3.Do not use device during update.
4.Keep your device in Airplane mode during upgrade.
5.Upgrade time depends on your internet connection speed..

 Step-1: Connect your device to your computer or laptop and open Kies..and wait for galaxy note to get  connected with kies.....

 Step-2: After the device gets connected with kies it will notify you about new firmware version  upgrade, click on update..

Step-3:Then read all the caution carefully and Check the box saying (I have read all of above information)  and click start upgrade.....

Step-4: Click next

Step-5:Now wait for kies to download packages

Step-6: After downloading all the packages device will reboot and start installation....
After all installation will be completed successfully you will see this screen......

How to flash google apps in Cyanogen Mod ROMs?

After flashing your android device to any custom rom you might be confused about finding google apps such as google play store, gmail,youtube etc missing from your device and you might also not be able to add your gmail account to your android device and without it you cannot install any apps.So, In this article i will show you how to get android market,youtube,gmail and other google apps that are not in cyanogenmod....

Google Apps contain the proprietary Google applications that come pre-installed with most android devices. Due to licensing restrictions, these apps cannot come pre-installed with Cyanogen Mod and must be installed separately. To make it easier a flash able zip of Google apps is made available which you can simply flash via clockworkmod.So, why wasting your time go through the following steps and get them on your device:

1. Download latest version of Google Apps (aka. gapps)  from http://goo-inside.me/gapps/. You can flash latest universal gapps if you have cyanogen mod 7. It is called universal since it is DPI and architecture-independent, and thus can be flashed on all android smartphones.

2. Copy the download gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip file to your sd-card.

3. Reboot your android smartphone to clockwork mod recovery ( Home Button to select and Volume Buttons to navigate in CWM recovery)

4.Now, go to Install Zip From SD>>Choose Zip From SD Card>> and select the gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip file  you downloaded earlier.

6. Wait till the Google apps are installed.

7. Once Google Apps are successfully flashed, Reboot your device.

Once the device will be rebooted it will ask you to sign in with your google account either you can also sign in manually by going to Settings>Account and Sync>Add account.I hope you will be satisfied with this and if you need further help on it please feel free to ask through the comments below......

How to flash Cyanogen Mod 7.1.0 on Dell xcd 35 or zte blade

Hi friends,
This post is about installing cyanogen mod 7.1.0 for dell xcd 35......

-First of all you have to do is to root your device.Rooting provides administrative privileges as every  android device is locked by the vendor.Without much knowledge one can unlock the device using free application available at market.....
Files to download:
z4root for zte blade (Download the file and extract to .apk file or use ES file explorer to open .zip file, it is freely available at market)
Rom manager (Available free at market)
Cyanogenmod 7.1.0 for zte blade 

Follow the steps:

-Open z4root and select temporary root (provides option for unrooting) or permanent root....once the rooting process will be finished device will reboot....

-Then download and install free version of rom manager from android market
-Open it and select Flash Clockwork mod recovery it will flash custom rom on your device then below it there is a option of reboot in recovery select it......

-After that in recovery mode select install zip from sd card
(In recovery mode to toggle between options use volume keys to select use home key and back key as back key)..This image is just an example:

-Select backup and restore to create a backup of current installation.(optional step)

-Then select choose zip from sd card
-After then select "update-cm-7.1.0-Blade-signed.zip" file

Then the installation will start, it will take few minutes to complete,after completion goto main menu and Wipe Data and clear cache and then reboot device,it will take nearly 5-10 min to boot in cyanogen mod that's it you are done.....

How to flash Cyanogenmod 7.2 RC5.7 in samsung galaxy mini

Hi Friend,
This post is about installing cyanogen mod 7.2 RC5.7 on samsung galaxy mini...

What is Cyanogenmod ? 
Intended as a replacement for the software (also known as the "firmware" or "ROM") that comes factory installed on your smartphone, CyanogenMod is based on the Android Open Source Project – the same base software used in all Android devices. However, CyanogenMod offers several benefits over the pre-installed firmware, including vastly flexible interface and customization, a wider set of new features, and sometimes significant improvements in performance.
CyanogenMod's features may allow you to bypass software limitations imposed by carriers, which may prevent you from using the handset in a manner that they do not support. Such features include, but not limited to, the ability to overclock the device's CPU, tether the device to your computer, or fully back up the device to your SD Card.


Now as you know what is cyanogenmod  you might be eager to use it on your device.So proceeding towards the installation.First of all,inorder to install cyanogenmod your device must be rooted and below is the link for " How to root your device " pls go through it before installing cyanogenmod...
 
 To root click here

After rooting we have to follow the steps below to install cyanogenmod:
1.Download Clockwork mod
(To install clockwork mod head to this link)
Clockwork mod is a Custom Rom as a replacement to the default rom installed

2. Download Cyanogen mod 7.2 RC5.7

Note- Don't forget to copy cyanogen mod to SD card before starting installation.

Now follow the installation steps:

Step 1: First of all boot into recovery mode ( By pressing and holding Home + Power key)

(Toggle between options in boot mode use Volume keys and to select use home key and Power key as a back key)

Step 2: Then select install zip from sd card>Choose zip from SD card> update-cm-7.2.0-Galaxy mini.zip


Step 3: Then select Yes install update and wait for few minutes for installation to complete...

Step 4: Go back to main menu and wipe data and wipe cache and then reboot your device


Note-It could last long up to 15 min and if it takes more then 20 min then restart again in recovery and again wipe data and partition.......

And if you want you can also watch this video it is about the same.....but if you have some issues while installing you can see this step by step tutorial about installing clockwork mod and cyanogen mod.......

Updates/Hot Fixes :

 update_app_for_cm7.2_rc5.7.zip : Fixes for carrier logo in status bar, honeycomb lockscreen and framework re-factored and re-fined, new option added. Flash it in CWM recovery as  you did with the rom above. No need to wipe data and cache.