Leopantro:
Why is there a dropbox folder in /data/system/ and why is it filled with over 250mb of event logs?

VULCAN:
Hello House,

I have just changed androids and I would like help transferring my BBM from one android to another, otherwise I will lose all my contacts and conversations of the past nine months

Thanks

sherbol:
I av a g9 techno mini pad wit 16g internal rem 7gn 16g memory card rem 3.8g.I av up to 550mb on my ram BT each time i want to download any app from Google play it kips saying cannot download due to insufficient space on device.
Plz help me wit how I can resolve dis.

4llerbuntu:
Read the logs.

seems to me that something is harvesting info on your devices and sending them home.

/data/system/dropbox is not part
of "DropBox" it is part of the Android
OS DropBoxManager (not related at all
to "DropBox".
This puts data from application
crashes and kernel logs and such in
this log directory. I know the market
uses this directory (See #4) as well,
probably to report application crashes.
You could probably remove the data in
this directory, but DO NOT delete the
directory and you may see logcat
errors from parts of the OS/Apps
looking for specific files in this
directory.
edit : I deleted everything from this
folder and rebooted my device
afterwards, I had no issues with any
applications, and it actually freed up
some space on the device.

Samtobh:

is it rooted?

sherbol:
I don't understand wot u mean by rooted

sherbol:
I don't understand wot u mean by rooted

Samtobh:

so you use android and haven't heard about rooting?
so you use android and haven't heard about rooting?

VULCAN:
Hello House,

I have just changed androids and I would like help transferring my BBM from one android to another, otherwise I will lose all my contacts and conversations of the past nine months

Thanks

Leopantro:


Came across this while searching on it. Would be beneficial to those with tecno phones having "insufficient memory" issues.

vizier007:
is it necessary for me to backup my phone before changing d font ( its rooted but doesn't support fonts in its non root form).

vizier007:

somebody answer me please..

Samtobh:

which font changer app are you about to use? Changed mine without backup and my phone still worked well.

Leopantro:
Okay, more research came up with the below.

I have an issue with disappearing phone
storage. Over the course of a week I realized that I
was losing about 1MB a day. My phone would
basically be dormant and I would still see my
storage space dropping by this amount everyday.
Cache cleaning didn't work. Later I realized that
Android creates a bunch of log files in Data/
System/Dropbox that was responsible for the
disappearing phone storage trick I've been seeing
for a while now.
I know now that Google has incorporated into
Android as of the 2.2 iteration, a DropBox Manager
that's responsible for logging all of the events that
take place during the course of a running Android
session. Everything from what took place at boot to
force close details.

TO SOLVE THIS

The first thing I tried was changing the permissions
on the "Data/System/Dropbox" directory and it
worked. But I didn't use CHMOD and console
command line to do it.
I have a program called Root Explorer that allows
me to permanently change the permissions on any
file or folder I select. I set all of the offending
folders to read only and the log files stopped being
written to those folders.
These are the directories I set to read only:
1. "Data/System/Dropbox"
2. "Data/System/UsageStats"
3. "Data/Tombstones"
Since changing the permissions on these folders
my phone storage has stopped dwindling out of
control. No additional programming necessary.

Seems like any crash files and logcats all
get dumped in the data / tombstone files, after
more searching , one member with a Samsung
moment had a tombstone file 200 mb.

FOR NON ROOTED PHONES

You can download
connectbot from the market , for people with low
storage space warnings

Samtobh:

which font changer app are you about to use? Changed mine without backup and my phone still worked well.

nani667:


That's rather risky o.... I'll advise you make a backup of your ROM before any further font changing.... To avoid stories that touch.......

vizier007:

so its important to back up before changing font..

nani667:


Yes, cos when you encounter brick while changing fonts you'll need the backup to restore your phone

LeJeun3:



Ifont is rather one of the mild font changers, as it hasnt yet bricked a Fone that I know of.